Chicks Hatch
After waiting three weeks our chickens hatched out and were delighted to meet the students at Ballinamore Community School.
Category Agricultural Science
Community Gardening
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 …
First Year Gardening
The first year science students transplanted cabbage, spinach, lettuce, onions, carrots and other vegetables that they had grown from seed in the polytunnel.
Ecology Field Trip in Agricultural Science
The Leaving Certificate Agricultural Science students went on a field trip to a local grassland habitat where they examined biotic, abiotic and edaphic factors as part of their agricultural science practical coursework.
Gardening 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.
Ballinamore CS Floral Pride Winners
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…
Third Green Flag for Ballinamore Community School
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 …
Harvesting the School Garden
The fifth year agricultural science students with their teacher Ms. Cunningham and Ms. Colum harvested the school garden up at the Vocational school. Students harvested potatoes, cabbage, beetroot, lettuce, onions, nasturitums and a variety of herbs that were growing in …
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…
Floral Pride Winners 2012
Well done to all students that were involved in the floral pride this year. Students planted window boxes at St. Felims, plants at Fatima and carried out great gardening at the school garden located at the Vocational school.