6th year QOTD
Choose a healthy future, choose organic
Táimid chomh gnóthach le gaoth Mhárta- Busy Bees
We have a very busy day planned tomorrow in the kitchen. The transition year students are taking over the kitchen to prepare a healthy “spice bag” alternative. The fakeaway is the new takeaway here in St Dominic’s Secondary school. We endeavour to carry out measurable small steps to achieve positive healthy changes to students day-to-day diets’. This is at the heart of our Home Economics classes and the Healthy Promoting Schools ethos we have developed .The transition year students are replacing the takeaways that our students would consume regularly, with healthy home cooked versions of that meal. We would like to thank the following local businesses, Whelan Brothers Limited, Kevin Doyle’s Fruit and Veg and B Borza for donating ingredients that will enable us to cook this meal with all the trimmings. All proceeds are in aid of Pieta House. #localbusinesssupportinglocalpeople.
Happiness is experimenting in the kitchen
The transition years experimented with a variety of ingredients today.
Pad Thai
Pad Thai has been around following the end of WWII. As Pad is a Thai word for stir-fried. In Thailand, Pad Thai is very popular however most famously sold as street food. There are many ways to cook Pad Thai and sometimes depends on your geographical location as well as each chef’s individuality. The basic Pad Thai recipe consists of sweet, salty and sour tastes which are provided by fish sauce/ soya sauce, sugar and lime. In class we used a recipe that is a local dish in Chiang Mai.
Simple leek and potato soup 🍵
TY Thai cookery class
Eating disorder awareness week
Spina Bifida Facts Video
Pregnant women should include
- 10 micrograms of vitamin D each day throughout your pregnancy – you should also carry on taking this after your baby is born if you breastfeed
- 400 micrograms of folic acid each day – you should take this from before you are pregnant until you are 12 weeks pregnant
You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind
Maith sibh cailíní rinne sibh an-obair innu sna scrúdaithe. Mock exams can provide a valuable insight into the areas where perhaps you are struggling in Home Economics, a benchmark of your knowledge or where you need to focus or refocus your revision for the actual Leaving Certificate exam. Today you sat your pre run, there is a lot to be learned from the experience, be it reading the questions properly, time keeping or keeping the nerves at bay.
“A lot of us would like to move mountains, but few of us are willing to practice on small hills.” Anonymous
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