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Engineers Week at Ballagh NS

We had lots of fun as Chemical, Electronic and Civil Engineers this week during Engineers’ Week 2023 We carried out the following experiments: Mummy Apples  This experiment  demonstrates the Chemical Engineering and Food Science process of Food Preservation.Results : Using salt and baking soda, we carved and dehydrated (dried out) an apple to create mummified fruit. Salt […]

Published Authors!!

There was great excitement in Ballagh NS recently when the published copies of “OurClassBook” were delivered to us by CJ Fallon Book Publishers. The book is a wonderful collection of stories and artwork created by the children in Ballagh NS. Each child wrote an article describing their Best Day Ever. They then produced some wonderful […]

Green School Projects

Well done to our pupils who produced some wonderful projects on our current Green School topic of Energy. Their presentation of the projects were excellently delivered and very informative.

Green Schools – Energy Testing Kit

We borrowed a Home Energy Testing Kit from Roscommon Library as part of our “Green Schools – Global Citizenship Energy” theme. This kit contained many gadgets that could be used to test where we might be over using or wasting energy either in the home or at school. The children were facinted with the different […]

Gallery At School

Ballagh National School were extremely lucky and very proud to be selected as one of only twelve schools throughout the whole of Ireland to take part in the National Art Gallery’s holistic programme “Gallery at School 2022-2023”. This initiative brought the Arts to life for our pupils as they had the opportunity to take part […]