The TY class had a great time today participating in a Barista Training Workshop, learning about different types of coffee and how to make them. The skills they gained will be valuable for future hospitality jobs and when they go…
Thanks to Devin from FEAST Ireland for an excellent workshop with our TYs. Through the ‘Food from the Land’ workshop students learned more about the traditions of bread and butter making, about farmed and foraged foods and got the chance…
TYs really enjoyed a bread making workshop with Dimitar from ‘My Strandhill Bakery’ on Tuesday 26th September. They learned the science of yeast in bread making, the process of fermentation, proving and plaiting bread. All the students got to make…
First years made their own pizza dough this week in class with lots of delicious toppings. Our TYs enjoyed the pizza bases kindly supplied by Pizza da Piero (they had entered a pizza competition and came runner’s up in the…
As part of our work in Global Citizenship, this year for Fairtrade Fortnight students learned more about the benefits of supporting fairtrade for the farmers and producers of some of our favourite food products like bananas, chocolate, tea and coffee.…
TY’s recently enjoyed a workshop delivered by Devin from FEAST Ireland as part of their global citizenship education class. A fun and informative workshop where students learned about sustainable Irish produce, how the food system affects climate change, food miles,…
Ms Cooney’s 5th yrs made lemon meringue pie as part of their LC coursework cookery tasks. A technical challenge where students made their own pastry, baked it blind, made a lemon curd filling and a meringue topping. A busy class…
Lots of Christmas projects happening across different subject departments- Festive fun in Mr Duignan’s Engineering class as 1st yrs made Christmas Trees with LEDs and Ms Cooney’s1st yr Home Economics class upcycled tops and jumpers into Christmas themed ones.
TYs experimented with another craft recently – Melted Crayon canvas art. Students really enjoyed working through the process as they created their pieces. Thanks to Taragh from the Craft cabin, Cavan for facilitating the workshop.
This week our TYs really enjoyed learning Decoupage with Taragh from the The Craft Cabin, Cavan A lovely craft that everyone found relaxing as they worked through the process completing their pieces.
