TY’s really enjoyed their Willow Weaving Workshop with The Willow Woman Helena Golden. They learned all about the willow weaving process and created beautiful baskets to take home. 
TY Willow Weaving Workshop
Category Archives: Agricultural Science
Love Your Wellies Prize Presentation
Congratulations to Aisling O Brien who was the overall winner in the Senior Category of Farm PEAT Project ‘Love your Wellies’ Art Competition. This competition was carried out in Ms Colums class. Aisling’s piece ‘Buried in the Past’ portrays the history of the peat landscape & the stories that lie beneath it.
Today we celebrated Aisling’s achievement and two representatives from Farm Peat Project came to the school for the prize-giving event.
Congratulations
Aisling on this fantastic achievement 
Ty trip to Ploughing Championships
Ms Colum’s TY Science class had a great trip to the ploughing Championships. Lots of sites to see and people to meet. A great day, despite the long journey!
Biodiversity Workshops
Ms Colum’s Ty, 5th Year Agricultural Science and 1st Year Science classes had a very informative visit to the community Garden recently. The group learned about how food is grown at the site in polytunnels and also learned about the extensive work that is being done to encourage biodiversity around our town. They also got a chance to pick some blackberries to make jam in Home Ec class!! Thanks to kay Maguire for facilitating the visit.
The Tys also had a very informative talk and demonstration from local beekeeper, PJ McLoughlin, where the students leaned about the importance of bees in local ecosystems, as well as some of the practicalities involved in keeping bees. A really informative talk.
TY Fungus Investigation
The Ty Class, together with Ms Colum and Ms Simpsoncarried out an investigationinto the different tyoes of fungusgrowing on the school grounds. In total, the group found 9 different species and were able to identify 6.
TY Willow Weaving Workshop
TYs had an excellent workshop in willow weaving this week delivered by Helena Golden. The group made bird feeders, and Christmas decorations. An interesting art-form and a new skill for the group.
TY Ag Science Class Visit Ballinamore Community Garden
On Wednesday 1st September Ms. Colum and the TY class visited the local Community Garden in Ballinamore. Students had the opportunity to see many vegetables such as beetroot, potatoes, cabbage, courgette, carrots and also many fruits such as raspberries, pears, strawberries, apples, rhubarb and blackcurrants being grown. In one polytunnel that students visited, grapes and a fig tree were growing. Students learned about growing in polytunnels, raised beds and the importance of companion gardening. Students learned about how pests are controlled and the importance of being sustainable. Kay Maguire and Darren Warren provided students with plenty of very useful information on the history of the Community garden to the day to day running of keep the community garden sustainable
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.
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 carried out at the garden and students saw many examples of companion planting.
5th Year Ag Science Soil Investigations
Fifth Year Agri Science students carrying out soil investigations to find particles in the soil, soil texture and soil mineral matter. Students worked with clay loam soil and a peat soil.
