TY Mini-Gardens
Green-fingered TY students planted red onions, peas, bread beans and beetroot in the poly-tunnel as they began their individual mini-gardens.
Category Transition Year
TY AED and CPR Training
TY Students received AED and CPR training on Wednesday. Thanks to qualified trainers Ms Stenson and Mr Mullen for teaching these life-saving skills to our TYs
TY Visit to Ballinamore Community Garden
Ms Colum brought the TY class to Ballinamore Community Garden. Kay Maguire and Eamon Smith showed the students the polytunnels. Students got to look at plants such as nasturtiums, strawberry plants, borage, kale among many other plants. Companion planting is…
TY Christmas Market
As part of their TY Mini-company projects, Ty students held a Christmas market in the canteen over lunch-break. the event was a great success, with lots of innovation and enterprise on display and hopefully, a little profit!
Third Year/TY trip to Butler’s Chocolate factory and Ice Skating
Ms O’Reilly and Ms Convey took Ty and Third year students to Dublin for a very enjoyable tour of Butler’s Chocolate Factory, followed by Ice Skating last week. A great day was had by all.
Ty Trip to Tanagh Adventure Centre
Pumpkin Carving
TY Ag Science students learned about the relevance of the pumpkin in modern Irish agriculture and then used their creative skills to carve out the pumpkins. The pumpkin pulp was then sent to the Home Economics class and used for…
National Tree Day
For National tree day, TY students planted an oak tree on the school grounds with Kay Maguire and Eamon Smith from Ballinamore Tidy Towns.
TY Trip to Marble Arch caves and Arigna Mines
Our Transition year students recently spent the day visiting the Marble Arch caves and Arigna mines.
Biodiversity – Sowing Wildflower Seeds
Ms Colum’s Ty and First year students planted wildflower seeds to help encourage bees and other pollinators around our school. Encouraging bees helps biodiversity in our locality and is also part of the National Pollinator plan