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. 
Well done to TY students Madison Conway & Aisling O Brien on their entry for this year’s Junk Kouture competition. Their creation ‘Soar with Seshat’ (Soar represents the wings in their design and Seshat was the Egyptian Goddess of Books) is made fully out of materials they recycled and repurposed, and was completed as part of Ms Cooney’s Global Citizenship Education Module. Amazing work girls! 
In our efforts to reduce fast fashion in school, 1st year Home Economics students upcycled old jumpers from home into Christmas themed ones. Well done to all students on their creativity and sustainable efforts in making them.
Tomatoes and potatoes that were grown in the school polytunnel along with homegrown fruits and vegetables kindly gifted to the Home Economics Department from various teachers all resulted in lots of delicious products for students and staff to enjoy.
A great opportunity for students to see a range of preservation techniques in action in the classroom – crab apple jelly, beetroot relish, shatta – a Palestinian condiment made from red chilli’s, tomato sauce and salsa were on the menu. Thanks Mr Cunnane for the beetroot, Ms Colum for the crab apples and Ms Parke for the homegrown chillies.
The Ty group had an excellent pair of workshops over the past two weeks in Home Ec class, delivered by @The Craft Cabin, Cavan. Week one was decoupage, while in week two, the group learned to do string art. The group really enjoyed both workshops.
We are delighted to have received our @WorldWise_Irl global passport award which recognises our continued efforts in raising awareness & creating action around global citizenship & social justice issues 
‘ Before you finish breakfast this morning you have have depended on more than half of the world’ – Martin Luther King Jr
As part of Fairtrade Fortnight 2021, Home Economics students learned more about what exactly fair-trade is, how different our food can look in its original state before it reaches our table, and the impact our shopping choices and habits can have for Fairtrade farmers and those who produce all our favourite foods & drinks like tea, coffee, chocolate, fruit and even our clothes. This years Fairtrade theme was around cocoa highlighting the importance of farmers being paid fairly for their work and being able to earn a living income. Students completed the chocolate quiz to learn more interesting facts about chocolate production and 1st years entered a Fairtrade Poster competition to encourage family and friends to choose fair-trade products when shopping. Congratulations to Saffron Flynn who won first prize and to runners up Kate McCauley and Rosemary Brady. All their poster’s will be displayed on the GCE noticeboard also.
