Councillor Terry O’Brien and Mayor of Tralee Jim Finucane with Miss O’Sullivans Holy Family National School sixth class, front from left: Terry O’Brien, Yuxi Mzhang, Niall Fitzmaurice, Matthew Brown and Eoin McDonald. Back: James O’Halloran, Brandon Ndebele, Liam McGee, Jim Finucane, Johnathan Kerry, Vincent Mulligan, Robert Kerins, Usman Butt and Michelle O’Sullivan. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.
SIXTH class Holy Family National School students are keeping in touch with the past while also trying to turn a profit.
As part of a Junior Young Entrepreneur initiative, Miss O’Sullivan sixth class students have produced an events calendar – showing what’s coming up in the Kingdom – which shows of photos of Tralee’s past and present.
“It’s not just a calendar, it’s an historical look at Tralee through photos,” said Michelle O’Sullivan.
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“The children researched the old photos of Tralee by themselves online. When they decided on which ones they wanted, they went around the town and – from the exact same spot – the took a photo of what it looks like today,” said Miss O’Sullivan.
It was the first year that Holy Family National class took part in the initiative. Principal Ed O’Brien was very happy with the results.
“The greatest benefit I see from it is that it gives a practical application to the skills the children are learning,” said Mr O’Brien.
“In school, pupils learn a lot of theory, but they don’t ever really put it into practice in school. You’d often hear from a pupil ‘what am I going to use this for?’ so this is a great opportunity to show things works in every day life and in the business world,” said Ed O’Brien.
The calender is available from Holy Family National School and costs €5.
Mayor of Tralee Jim Finucane with sixth class Holy Family School pupils, from left: Whitney Osayanihiy, Shannon Enright, Sophie Hennessey, Emily Rose Fitzgearld, Lucas Vada, Jim Finucane, Cormac Lynch, Jordan Kissane, Chalum T Fitzgerald, Tony Monaghan and Paul Browne. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.
