Congratulations to 5th year student Hannah Banks who reached the Super Chef Cookery Final held in St. Angela’s College, Sligo on the 11th March. There were over 800 entries and Hannah made the top 16 with her dish. Well done…
On the 9th of March, Chef Sham Hanifa who owns the award winning Cottage Restaurant, Jamestown, Leitrim, visited our school to give a presentation on why Certified Irish Angus beef is superior to other beef breeds. Sham who also works…
Second year Home Economics students completed a model of their dream bedroom and followed the design brief process as part of their interior design module covered in class. The project was also part of their Christmas assessment in home economics.…
Well done to all students who entered the Super Chef Cookery Competition (which is being organised by St. Angela’s College and The Restaurant Association of Ireland). Students had to choose their favourite meal and modify it to make it a…
Keelings have teamed up with the Association of Teachers of Home Economics (ATHE) to offer student’s and schools great prizes this autumn. Prizes are €500 voucher for your school and €100 voucher for winning students. Closing date for entries is…
A variety of activities were held in school during Healthy Living Week this year. The aim of this themed week in school is to highlight the importance of subjects like Home Economics and PE in school and engage with…
The Green schools committee with Ms. Colum travelled to Claremorris, Co. Mayo to collect the green flag for travel at the Green Schools award ceremony. Students and staff at Ballinamore had been working on the travel theme with the help…
After waiting three weeks our chickens hatched out and were delighted to meet the students at Ballinamore Community School.
Ms. Cooney’s 2nd year Home Economics class and Mr. Duignan’s 2nd year woodwork class collaborated in a craft project whereby the students firstly completed an embroidered piece in class and the frames were then made in the woodwork classes to…
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…
