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WE know it’s early, but if you’re making any plans for St Valentine’s night, you might consider this fundraiser from Scoil Eoin, Balloonagh. There is a great buzz of excitement around the school as they monitor the progress of their new building and the fundraising committee are organising a Valentine’s […]

THE excitement was palpable on Wednesday when we called to Scoil Eoin to catch the pupils preparing for the annual Christmas concert. Taking place over Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, it’s always a huge undertaking with hundreds of pupils taking part every year and teachers have been getting their charges ready over the […]

SCOIL Eoin Balloonagh took part in the Team Hope Shoebox Appeal once again this year for Team Hope and hundreds of boxes were made up. The project was undertaken by the Student Council with the help of their coordinator Mrs. Carol Anne O’Donoghue. They were overwhelmed with the response and generosity […]

IT was a night of celebration and reflection as a much-loved teacher was joined by family and work colleagues at her retirement party. Taking place in Ballygarry House Hotel on Friday night, Catherine Sugrue was saying farewell to teaching after 37 years in Scoil Eoin, Balloonagh. Originally from Lohercannan, now […]

SHE’S pretty much been there since she was four years old, but it was time for Rena O’Connell to say goodbye to Scoil Eoin in Balloonagh on Thursday. As the junior infants were beginning their educational journey, the deputy principal was ending her time teaching after 39 years. Originally from […]

ONE pupil in Scoil Eoin Balloonagh received a pleasant surprise on Monday morning when he was announced as the 2019 School Spirit Award winner. All fifth and sixth class pupils were asked to congregate in the halla for the announcement of Leon O’Connor as the recipient. The School Spirit Award […]

THERE was beautiful weather on Saturday morning as families arrived for Scoil Eoin’s First Holy Communion Day. Taking place in Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church, three classes of pupils received the sacrament watched by their families in the packed church. The families also had wonderful weather for photographs. Scroll […]

SCOIL Eoin in Tralee is one of 150 schools chosen from approximately 400 applications to take part in the Creative Schools pilot project. This initiative aims to put arts and creativity at the heart of children and young people’s lives by developing arts and creativity in schools. Faha National School, Fybough […]

THREE classes from Scoil Eoin Balloonagh received their Confirmation at Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church on Friday. Bishop of Kerry, Ray Browne was present along with a number of clergy for the occasion and families packed the church as the pupils received the sacrament. Scroll down for photos…

AS is the custom, the St Patrick’s celebrations started early at Scoil Eoin Balloonagh as the whole school came out in the yard for their annual parade on Friday. St Patrick (Jimmy Diggins) led the procession with eight year old Ryan Kelliher, a pupil at the school, who has Muscular […]

IT’S a day when children from Scoil Eoin can get messy and learn about science at the same time. Science Day saw hundreds of pupils take part in the school hall and they had great fun as the event’s coordinator, teacher Aileen Griffin, explained. “Classes third to sixth, about 350 […]

SCOIL Eoin, Balloonagh, held a Halloween Fancy Dress Day on Thursday, October 25 to raise funds for ‘Recovery Haven’. Children came to school wearing amazing creative Halloween costumes on the day (which you can see by clicking here) and brought in a donation of €2 each. On Monday morning, the […]

GHOULS, vampires and zombies invaded Scoil Eoin in Balloonagh on Thursday as the school held a Halloween Fancy Dress Day. This year the fun day was to raise funds for Recovery Haven and children duly obliged wearing Halloween costumes where each child was asked to bring a donation of €2 […]

SCOIL Eoin Balloonagh took part in the Team Hope Shoebox Appeal once again this year. Last year 264,636 boxes were collected and sent across the world to poor communities including Belarus, Eastern Europe and six countries across Africa. Team Hope delivers the boxes straight into the hands of little boys […]

THE largest primary school in Tralee saw dozens of new arrivals on Thursday as junior infants began their educational journey. The parents were more nervous than the little ones, as over sixty children settled into the three classes at Scoil Eoin in Balloonagh. The children weren’t long settling in once […]

SCOIL Eoin gave out their annual Student Council School Spirit Award winner this morning and as always it was a popular choice. Tomás Kennedy, a fifth class pupil, won the award after being nominated twice — once by his class teacher Mr. John Brosnan and also by his P. B. L. […]

THEY were blessed with the weather yesterday morning for two First Holy Communion services in Tralee, as the big day arrived for Scoil Eoin and Caherleaheen NS pupils. There were 79 pupils from Ms Daly, Ms Dennehy and Ms Sheehan’s classes at Scoil Eoin, receiving the Host for the first […]

A PUPIL from Scoil Eoin, Balloonagh, is celebrating after winning the BEBRAS Computational Thinking Challenge Final. Kai Seino achieved the overall highest score in the competition which took place last Saturday, April 21 in NUI Maynooth. The talented student from the Tralee school won first place in the 8-10 age […]

AFTER having their big day postponed three weeks ago, the pupils of Scoil Eoin Balloonagh finally received their Confirmation at Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church on Wednesday. Due to weather warnings about the cold snap the pupils had to wait a few weeks more, but there were no such […]

WHILE it might not feel like spring yet, the good people at Scoil Eoin are planning an event to showcase how to use seasonal ingredients to create amazing dishes. The ‘Spring Food Demo’ is being organised by the Parents Association  at the primary school to raise funds to be used […]

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 […]

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, […]

IT wasn’t a morning for photos outside as the misty rain swept over Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church on Saturday. Inside there was standing room only as nearly 80 pupils from Scoil Eoin received their First Holy Communion, watched by their families and class teachers. After the lovely ceremony, […]

A SCOIL Eoin student is celebrating after winning the BEBRAS Computational Thinking Challenge Final in NUI Maynooth last Saturday. Sixth class pupil Coren Hughes from the Balloonagh school won first place in the 10-12 age group category. The competition aims to identify and encourage students who have a talent in the area […]

IT’S been a hectic week of activities at Scoil Eoin, Balloonagh. The pupils were taking part in Seachtain na Gaeilge and set dancers taught by Peggy Sweeney and Teresa Murphy and the school’s Trad Group taught by Siobhán Meehan entertained classes in the hall during the week. The school also had a […]

THE corridors and halls of Scoil Eoin, Balloonagh came alive with colour and festive spirit this week as pupils put their talent on display for the Annual Christmas Concert. For weeks,  the children, guided by their teachers and music co-ordinator Triona Daly, had been rehearsing for the much anticipated concerts which took […]

KIND-HEARTED pupils from Scoil Eoin, Balloonagh, did a very generous thing recently when they raised over €1,000 for a charity which helps African families. Each year the school fundraises for the missions and the pupils held a Halloween fancy dress party day at the school on October 28 where they […]

PUPILS all over town are taking part in Science Week events and they were really getting into the spirit of things in the county’s biggest primary school on Wednesday. There was more vinegar in the air than a Saturday night in The Green Rooster when we visited  the school gym […]

WITH the Christmas shopping period now in full swing two local primary schools went out and about to spread a bit of festive cheer for shoppers. Out caroling on Wednesday afternoon, were Scoil Eoin who went to Manor West, while Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn set themselves up in the Mall. “We’re just out entertaining […]

THIS week, schools across the nation are getting involved in Science Week and Scoil Eoin pupils put their skills into practice showing off science experiments to fellow pupils, teachers and parents. This year marks 20 years of Science Week, a national, annual event that celebrates the fascinating worlds of science, technology, engineering and […]