TY Card Making Module
Transition Year students completed a card making module on the lead up to Christmas. Students created a variety of different Christmas cards using a variety of art & craft techniques. …
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Interior Design Projects
As part of their study on Interior Design in the home, 2nd year Home Economics students completed a project based on redecorating a bedroom using a shoe box to model their finished rooms. Marks awarded were included as part of…
Spring Adult Education Courses
The following adult evening courses will take places subject to numbers- Cardmaking (Crafts) Introduction to Patchwork Internet Safety- One night coeliac cookery demonstration For more information on any of these courses contact Jenny on 07196 44136 (during school hours)
Harvest Feast 2012
To showcase the wonderful produce grown by the Agricultural Science class, the Home Economics classes used the various vegetables grown in the school garden by making a big pot of vegetable soup, lots of delicious potato wedges and with the…
1st Year Halloween Party
As part of Halloween cookery first years made their own healthy version of the barm brack and then compared their version to a commercially bought brack to link in with consumer studies section of the course. Students then participated in…
Pizza making
5th and 6th year students learnt all about yeast and made their own dough and tomato sauce to make their own pizza’s prior to their school tour to Italy.
TY pizza workshop
On Tuesday 23rd October 2012 as part of the TY Home Economics course the transition year students completed a pizza making workshop using their own fresh yeast pizza dough and homemade tomato sauce. Students thoroughly enjoyed the workshop and it…
5th yr Trip to local butcher
On Friday 19th October the 5th year Home Economics class went on a trip to local butcher Michael Scollan’s premises. As part of the Leaving Certificate curriculum students study the topic of meat in depth and so to link in…
Cookery School Live Competition 2012
On Sunday 14th October 2012 TY student Ciana Stringer represented Ballinamore PPS in a cookery competition at Killegar Mushroom Festival. Students entering had 30 minutes to create a dish using local or seasonal produce and present it to judges Neven…
Cooking for Irish Culture Week 2012
As part of ‘Irish Culture Week’ in school Home Economics students looked at the importance of the potato in Irish cooking and the impact the famine had on this important staple food in Ireland. Students cooked their own potato bread…