On Friday 8th May the 2nd year students visited Mulleady’s Waste Plant in Drumlish to learn more about what happens the waste in our wheely bins once it gets collected. Students were shown the various stages throughout the plant including…
The Transition Year students with Ms. Colum and Kay Maguire from Ballinamore Tidy Towns carried out some community gardening at St. Felims. The students removed the weeds from the window boxes and refilled them with compost. They also tidied up …
The first year science students transplanted cabbage, spinach, lettuce, onions, carrots and other vegetables that they had grown from seed in the polytunnel.
Science and Agricultural Science students got involved in growing vegetables in the polytunnel. All the produce will be harvested as part of our harvest feast in September.
On Tuesday 3rd March we held our Green Schools Action Day as part of our work on achieving our fourth Green Flag for the theme of TRAVEL. There were a variety of activities on the day to promote greater awareness…
Fair-trade is an alternative approach to conventional trade and is based on a partnership between some of the most disadvantaged farmers and workers in the developing world and the people who buy their products. Fair-trade offers us a powerful way…
On Monday 1st December, Transition Year students along with Ms Cooney and Ms Clarke visited the Irish Aid Centre in Dublin. The purpose of this workshop was to learn more about the work of Irish Aid. The visit is part…
Congratulations to the following first year students who were class winners in the Green Schools/World Wise Schools Poster Competition – Laoise Moran King, Lisa Cull, Abbi Sweeney & Emma Gill.
Leitrim County Council hosted the prize-giving ceremony for the Floral Pride competition in the glens Centre, Manorhamilton on October10th. Ballinamore Community School won first prize in the Secondary School Section. Ann Prior and Lauren McNiffe represented our school and Lauren…
Well done to students and staff of Ballinamore Community School who have worked over the past two years on the water theme for the Green Schools Programme. Students, staff, members of the local community and the an Taisce representative gathered …
