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IT was an emotional evening at St Brendan’s NS in Blennerville on Tuesday as the sixth class pupils bade a fond farewell to their primary schooldays. Eight years of fun, laughter and learning is coming to a close this week, but there was a chance to look back on it […]
THERE was great excitement at St John’s Church on Saturday as families arrived for St Brendan’s NS Blennerville’s First Holy Communion Day. They were joined by two pupils from St John’s Parochial School so 30 boys and girls in total received the sacrament from Fr Bernard Healy. The weather was […]
IT’S been a momentous week in the lives of parents around town as they saw their little ones start primary school. Since Caherleaheen NS welcomed the new junior infants on Wednesday, they were well settled in by teacher Adrienne Heaslip by the time we called to take some photos on […]
EIGHT years of primary school education is coming to an end for the sixth class pupils of St Brendan’s NS in Blennerville the week and it was time to reflect on that special time at the annual graduation ceremony on Tuesday evening. The parents and pupils gathered in the school […]
THE beautiful sunshine of the last three Saturdays gave way to cloudy, showery conditions on Saturday morning as second class pupils from St Brendan’s NS Blennerville made their way to St John’s Church. The occasion for the thirty pupils was their First Holy Communion and Fr Bernard Healy and Fr […]
THE Bishop of Kerry Ray Browne was in St John’s Church on Thursday to administer the sacrament of Confirmation to a number of children from different Tralee schools. They had a beautiful day for it too with the sun shining as the families made their way to the church. In […]
A SUNNY Tuesday morning at Blennerville NS was made all the brighter when the reigning Rose of Tralee paid a visit. New Zealand’s Keely O’Grady was there with George Sugrue of Chernobyl Children International (CCI) to thank the pupils for all of their hard work collecting humanitarian aid to donate […]
FAMILIES arrived in glorious sunshine to St Brendan’s NS Blennerville on Tuesday evening for a special graduation night for sixth class pupils. There were 26 pupils saying a fond farewell after eight years of running the gamut of emotions during their wonderful time at the school. “They were a pleasure […]
JUST typical, isn’t it? We get a mini-heatwave, just in time for back-to-school, depriving the children of the beach time they couldn’t avail of during the miserable weather we endured during July and August. However, the mood was buoyant when we visited St Brendan’s NS in Blennerville on Friday morning. […]
THERE were many tears on Tuesday as sixth class pupils spent an emotional final day at St Brendan’s NS Blennerville. After a lap of honour earlier that day — where the pupils from other classes gave them a guard of honour — their eight years of primary school education came […]
