Nature Gallery

Some more beautiful photos taken by our resident photographer Molly from our sports department.  

Check out our nature gallery for more lovely snaps 📷

Halfway through Level 5 restrictions

We are halfway through the six week level 5 lockdown!  Every time we do the right thing, we are protecting ourselves and the people around us.  👍

Please continue to wash your hands, cover your mouth if coughing or sneezing, maintain a safe distance and continue to wear a face covering.  

Illustration by Alex, Computer Trainee

Sports Course - Bush Craft Skills

Last week the sports group were learning about local amenities and facilities while developing their teamwork to complete some bush craft skills.  What a fantastic experience for the trainees and great to get out and get some exercise and fresh air!  Thanks to North West Adventure Tours for their fantastic guidance.

Welcome to our new trainees

We are delighted to welcome a new group of trainees into the centre that started induction with Aideen this week.  Best of luck and we hope ye enjoy your journey at Sligo CTC!

Gardening with Aideen

It was a lovely Autumn morning today in Sligo so Aideen and Dylan were out in our garden digging up some of our harvest of organic potatoes and garlic. Delicious and well worth the wait 😋 

Managing your online wellbeing

Today is the last day of wellbeing month and we are asking trainees to reduce their screen time.  Here are the top 10 tips for managing your online wellbeing.  For more info go to webwise.ie

Learning at Home - Covid 19 Posters

This week the trainees were asked to do some research on COVID-19 and to design a COVID-19 poster, here is a snapshop of some of the posters sent in by trainees.  They have captured all the important messages for the new normal that we have to abide by every day - good hand hygiene, social distancing, wearing masks etc.  

Wellbeing Month - Photography Challenge

This week the theme for Welbeing Month is 'Take Notice'.  It is easy to rush through daily life without stopping to notice much. Paying attention to the present moment – to our own thoughts, feelings and to the world around you can improve your mental wellbeing.  Get your camera out this week and enjoy this photography challenge 📷

Wellbeing Month - Be Active

This week as part of wellbeing month we will have range of activities for 'Be Active' week and demonstrations from our sports tutors Danny and Steve.  Please take part and enjoy the week 😃

For more info on getting active go to:

https://www.getirelandactive.ie/

https://www.gov.ie/en/campaigns/together/

Keep Learning - Pancake Challenge

Sligo CTC Time Capsule Photos

Sligo CTC are making a collection of images to capture this unprecedented time of our lives.  When the centre reopens we will put all the photos together in a photo album and store them in a time capsule to be opened on a future date. Thanks to all our talented trainees and staff for sending in their photos 📷   

Wellbeing Week - Creative Drawing

Some lovely drawings sent in by trainees

Wellbeing Month - Sligo CTC Time Capsule Photo Project

Send in your photos of life during COVID-19 for you or #sligoctctimecapsule on

Facebook and Instagram 📷

A message from Gavin

Check out this video from Gavin Dykes, Manager as we start wellbeing month 😀

Sligo CTC Wellbeing Month

CTC Cookery Corner - Orange & Poppy Seed Muffins

Recipe by Mairead

CTC Cookery Corner - Beef Meatloaf

Why not try out some cooking or baking over the weekend with these delicious recipes sent in from our Catering Tutors Emma and Mairead 😋

Recipe by Emma

Gardening with Aideen - Routine Jobs

For more info go to:  www.giy.ie

Some routine jobs:

• Thinning:  Thin your salad leaves (rocket and oriental greens) down so that there is a 3cm gap between seedlings, if you want to aim for two or more harvests from them.
• Leave the salad leaves alone for one large harvest.
• Thin radishes to 3cm between each seedling.
• Thin spinach to 10cm between seedlings for now.
• Harvest all the leaves you’re thinning as you go for a microgreens salad.
• Weeding: Remove weeds between rows of carrot seedlings, ideally with a hoe.
• Remove weeds within carrot rows with a more precise tool, like a hand-hoe, trowel or your own hand.
• Thin carrot seedlings as you remove weeds within the row, leaving 5cm between each one.
• Supporting:  Make sure to get supports in for your peas before they grow taller than 20cm.
• Use branches, bamboo canes or something upcycled as supports for your peas.

Gardening with Aideen - Pest Prevention and Soil

Posters designed by Joey, Computer Trainee

Learning at Home - Drawing

Zikrullah has been getting great use of his art pack put together by our Art Tutor Catherine and sent out to him to enhance his learning at home.  He loves drawing and sent in some very creative drawings he was working on today.  Well done Zikrullah 🎨