Spring Clean 2012
This is National Spring Clean month and Ballinamore PPS will be getting involved as part of their green schools programme. Mr Mullen and Classs 3A began the spring clean on Tuesday 17th April and the other classes will be getting …
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One Good Idea
Congratulations to the TY students in Team C-Busters, whose ‘One Good Idea’ project has been chosen among the top twenty finalists in Ireland. The team will travel to Dublin Castle on May 3rd, to present their project to a panel…
French Food Morning 2012
Fifth Year Home Economics Students received a very informative presentation from French assistant Marie L’hermet all about the foods eaten in France and about the variety of fods in the different regions of France. Marie demonstrated a popular French pastry snack…
Lá Glas
Bhí lá glas ar siúl sa scoil ar an aoine 16ú Márta. I rith seachtain na Gaeilge. Chaith na daltaí éadaí glasa. The money raised was in aid of Crumlin childrens hospital. Bhain gach duine taitneamh as an la.
Farm Trip Agricultural Science
On Thursday 29th March 2012 the fifth Year agricultural science students visited John and Graham Taylor’s Dairy Farm in Newtowngore.
Daffodils for Daffodil Day
The Transition Year students planted daffodils at the Vocational School last October which grew very well. The students then picked the daffodils on Friday 23rd March 2012 and donated them to Daffodil day through the ICA in Carrick on Shannon. …
Healthy Living Week 2012
To highlight to students and parents the relevance of Home Economics to our daily lives and to help get information across about the importance of looking after our health there was lots of activity for a fun themed healthy living…
Soil Sampling at St. Felims
On tuesday 20th March 2012 Fifth Year Agricultural Science students with P.J. Mc Loughlin from Teagasc Mohill took soil samples from St. Felims football as part of their experiment work in agricultural science. Students used the “W” sampling design method …
La Semaine Française – Quiz Winners
During the recent Semaine Française, the TY class organised a French quiz among all the classes. Everyone paid €1 to enter and the money collected was redistributed in prizes. Congratulations to all the winners. Félicitations à tous les gagnants!
FTA French Quiz Winners
The French Teachers Association organised a table quiz for 1st year students in the region. Over 30 teams took part and Ballinamore PPS won second place. Congratulations to Ciara Smyth, Fenora McKiernan, Jack Gilheaney and Karl Warren who represented 1B.