IT WAS a special day in Blennerville National School on Thursday when a pupil got her lovely locks chopped for charity.
Third class pupil, Kayla O’Connor, from Curraheen, decided during the summer that she would donate some of her hair to the Little Princess cancer charity and today was the big day.
Special needs assistant at the school and hairdresser, Anne Marie Scott, was chosen to cut Kayla’s locks which she did in front of the junior classes whose eyes were transfixed by the spectacle.
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Kayla’s eyes lit up as soon as she saw the cut plaits in her hands – she achieved what she set out to do.
The Little Princess Trust provides real hair wigs to boys and girls across Ireland and the UK that have sadly lost their own hair through cancer treatment. Buckets were on hand also on the day to donate to the charity.
The idea came to Kayla while she was in the hairdressers with her grandmother Liz O’Connor who, as it happens, is also her third class teacher. Watching on also was mom, Niamh O’Connor who couldn’t be more proud of her little girl and her great deed. Scroll down for photos…