SCHOOLS

IT was a Saturday, but two Tralee schools were still very busy as they hosted open days to showcase the many great facilities they can provide to youngsters starting their second-level education next year. Coláiste Gleann Lí saw many families attending and they were met with eager students and teachers […]

FILMS made by pupils at a Ballyheigue school will be screened at four international film festivals in the coming weeks. St. Joseph’s N.S., Bouleenshere pupils made “The Chase” a silent film in the Charlie Chaplin genre. It has won many awards since children from 2nd, 3rd & 4th classes took the camera, formulated […]

PUPILS at Scoil Eoin Balloonagh showed their generosity recently by getting involved in an appeal to help children in Africa. The Bon Secours hospital got in touch with the school  a few weeks ago asking them to support their ‘Sudan Appeal’. A team of volunteer clinical and support staff from […]

YESTERDAY was World Mental Health Day, but up at IT Tralee the students are holding a weeklong series of events to highlight the issue. “We’ve organised a series of events for Mental Health Week on campus so that students are aware of mental health issues and to ensure it is […]

A NEW sculpture created at Blennerville National School is proving a big hit with staff and pupils since it was installed during the summer break. The school commissioned an art project for the school yard, funded through the Government’s Per Cent for Art Scheme. A local award-winning sculptor, Marjorie Cunningham […]

THE Open Day for Coláiste Gleann Lí post primary school in Clash will take place this Saturday, October 14th from 10am to 1pm. “Since the school was established four years ago, its enrolments have continued to increase steadily, the rise in students numbers is seen as a testimony to the hard work […]

FIFTH Year students of Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí were kept busy for the four days they spent in Barcelon this week. The students return on Tuesday night, but they had a great time in the Catalan city. After a long night of travelling they started their trip by a tour of the […]

THE history of the CBS The Green was recalled at a special celebration of the school on Friday on the occasion of the 90th anniversary since the building of the school. There were many past members of staff and former pupils present for the event which was also saw the […]

THE number of people signing on the Live Register in Tralee has dropped by 289 last month, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office. It shows there were 3,916 people signing on in Tralee in September compared to 4,205 in August, almost a seven per cent drop, […]

THERE was great pride in Presentation Secondary Tralee when news was received that three students from the school who sat their Junior Certificate examinations in June 2017 have been nominated to participate in the National Science Olympiad based on their excellent results in Science and Mathematics. Aisling Harty, Charlotte O’Halloran […]

CLOSE to 400 people took to CBS, The Green Secondary School on Sunday last to  take part in their third annual  5K and 3K fun run. Kerry footballer Barry John Keane shot the starting gun for the 5K run and rising Kerry senior star Jack Barry of Na Gaeil sent the […]

THE Sightsavers Junior Painter Awards 2018 has just been launched and the organisers are looking for artistic young people from Kerry to take part. Last year schools from Kerry submitted hundreds of paintings with Mia Hunt from SN Naomh Eirc placing in the top 15 finalists for her painting ‘Open […]

SPA N.S. was certainly the place to be last Friday as the students hosted an action packed celebration of flags, food and fitness. In the morning the student council organised a special whole school assembly to celebrate the Spa National School’s success in retaining their status as a top Healthy […]

A SCHOOL which is renowned for its renowned for its high standard of Post-Primary education is holding two open days in October. Coláiste Íde is an all-Irish 7 day boarding school for girls situated in the Dingle Peninsula which has been ranked No.1 in Kerry in No.2 in Munster in the […]

THE schoolchildren in St Brendan’s NS Blennerville pulled out all the stops to raise funds for Kerry Hospice during the annual coffee morning fundraiser earlier this month. Some of the classes baked cakes and all pupils brought in €2 each to buy the goodies. Later that afternoon the parents came in for […]

TY students at Presentation Secondary School in Tralee have completed their first “Activity Week” of the year with a varied schedule of events. The group were lucky that their assigned day for the Ploughing Championships on Tuesday last so they had the best of the weather as well as all […]

CBS Primary School in Clounalour has been given the go-ahead for an extension to be built. In March, Kerry County Council granted permission, subject to conditions, to an application from the school for the removal of eight pre fabs and the construction of an extension to the school along with a […]

A FORMER Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí student has been awarded a €20,000 scholarship. Niamh O’Connell, who begins studying engineering at University College Dublin, was the recipient of the funding from the Naughton Foundation at a ceremony in Trinity College Dublin recently. Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí will also receive €1,000 towards science facilities at the […]

IT was an exciting time last week for pupils of Moyderwell Mercy Primary School, when their new playground was ready for use and Mercy Day was held at the school. We called up on Friday morning to see the senior infants get their first turn on the €30,000 playground which […]

CALLING all budding local artists, you are invited to submit entries for this year’s Credit Union National Art Competition. The theme for this year’s competition is “Set your imagination Free..” which is sure to allow the imagination run wild. Now in its 34th year, the competition attracts up to 30,000 entries […]

THE sun shone down on pupils and staff of Scoil Eoin, as a morning of great fun unfolded for the official opening of their ‘Outside Storytellers Garden’ on Friday. The new outdoor space looks amazing for the kids, with a large chair and mushroom seats carved by Limerick man, Will Fogarty, […]

WHILE adults took off on the annual Ardfert Harvest Cycle in aid of the local school two weeks ago, the planned kids cycle for September 10 had to be postponed. Well now the Kids’ Fun Cycle has been rescheduled for this Sunday, September 24. Registration from 10am to 10.45am and […]

THE Tree Council of Ireland supported by Tetra Pak is calling on Tralee and Kerry’s primary schools to get involved in Tetra Pak Tree Day 2017 on Thursday, October 5. The aim of Tetra Pak Tree Day 2017 is to encourage primary school children across the country to put down their […]

HUNDREDS of teenagers had a day off today after they collected their Junior Certificate results at five Tralee secondary schools. There were smiles aplenty as they gathered this morning and principals were delighted with how they got on in the exams. In Presentation Secondary there were 107 students who sat […]

As hundreds of students in Tralee schools get their results this morning, Career Guidance Counsellor, Billy Ryle, says the Junior Cert is a very important exam in its own right… Junior Cert exam results were issued on Wednesday morning to 61,654 (30,349 female, 31,305 male) candidates nationwide, including 1,858 (923 […]

THE weather wasn’t ideal but that didn’t put off over 85 hardy souls for the fourth annual Ardfert Harvest Cycle. Held to raise funds for Ardfert NS, the leisure cycle had two routes, 32km and 70km, providing a challenge for both the novice and experienced cyclist. The rain threatened all morning […]

TRALEE and Irish team athlete Shona Heaslip was present on Thursday to help launch the CBS The Green annual 5k/3K timed fun run which takes place next month. The secondary school is busy preparing for the run which takes place on Sunday,  October 1 at 1pm. Both routes are fast and […]

CBS The Green are looking for past pupils to join them for a their 90th anniversary celebrations at the school this autumn. They are also hoping they will contribute their own memories and stories of their time in the school for the event which takes place on October 6 at 1.30pm. […]

THERE’S just days to go to the 4th annual Ardfert Harvest Cycle and organisers are hoping for another great turnout. Held to raise funds for Ardfert NS, the leisure cycle with 2 routes, 32km and 70km, will provide a challenge for both the novice and experienced cyclist as they negotiate […]

SO they’re all settled in by now. Hundreds of junior infants started school this week and they begin a wonderful journey through primary school. We took photos in schools in town and on the outskirts, visiting Caherleaheen, Listellick, Flemby, Tralee Educate Together and St John’s in Ashe Street, while St […]