Congratulations to the following first year students who were class winners in the Green Schools/World Wise Schools Poster Competition – Laoise Moran King, Lisa Cull, Abbi Sweeney & Emma Gill.
This year’s T.Y class had an opportunity to step-back and take time out from the normal pressures of school life when they engaged with their Retreat. With the early start of 8am, the class travelled to Ballinatubber Abbey in Co.…
Our Transition year group recently travelled to Dublin for their science trip. The focus of the trip was sustainability and biodiversity, with the group travelling first to The National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin for a sustainability workshop. The workshop was…
This year’s T.Y students have just started an outreach link with our local Active Age group in Ballinamore. They have decided to work with Active Age and offer a series of computer lessons. These lessons are being offered to members…
On Tuesday the 7th of October Transition Year Students attended a Mental Health Conference in The Bush Hotel in Carrick on Shannon. When we went in we chooses two of three workshops. The workshops were an Introduction to Mindfulness, Optimise Your Mind and…
On Friday 26th September Maire Dufficy a food advisor with Bord Bia visited the school to give a cookery demonstration to Transition Year students, students studying Home Economics for Senior Cycle and the student council reps. Maire began the demo…
TY SVP Youth for Justice from Robert O'Reilly on Vimeo. Part of the our TY presentation at the SVP Youth for Justice project T.Y students travelled to the Sligo Park Hotel on Thursday 1st May to engage with…
On Friday the 11th of April the Day we got off for our Easter holidays our Transition Year students organised a ping pong tournament in aid of the Jack and Jill Foundation. It was €2 to enter and each year…
As part of a St. Vincent De Paul Project: “Youth for Justice”, T.Y students, went down to the Rehab Care Centre here in Ballinamore in groups of three every Tuesday and Thursday over recent weeks. We met Rosin O’Donohoe, who…
