IT’S been quite a week for children in and around town over the past three days.

It’s also a big day for parents and teachers who see the junior infants adapting to their new surroundings in school.

Forty-five pupils in CBS National School had their first day of school on Thursday.

“It has been fantastic,” said CBS Principal Denis Coleman “We’ve had a very quiet morning, everyone has settled in very well. A lot of them with have been in preschool here as well so it makes the transition into junior infants much easier,” he said.

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The town’s only Irish language school, Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn, was busy once more with a 45 new kids who will begin their school lives learning as gaeilge. 

“We have a lot of siblings of pupils who have come to us and a lot of new families also,” said Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn principal Cáit Uí Chonchúir.

“They’re all excited and delighted, there have been very few tears, I think most of tears came from the moms and dads out on the corridors!” said Cáit.

Out in St Brendan’s NS in Blennerville, the new school has itself 29 new arrivals.

“They’ve been absolutely fabulous,” said junior infant teacher, Edel O’Sullivan. “It was one of the easiest first days I’ve ever had, they’ve been excellent altogether, I can’t complain!” she said.

It was a similar story out in another St Brendan’s NS, this time in Fenit, as ten young pupils settled in for eight years of primary school education.  Scroll down for class photos and more…