Congratulations to Tara Kerin, a past pupil of Scartaglen National School who lined out in the green and gold of Kerry in Croke Park on the recent All Ireland Football Championship Final day. It’s a great honour for Tara, pictured here with her brother. Seán, to be selected to play in Croke Park on All…
Deputy Danny Healy Rae welcomed Wednesday’s announcement by the Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton T.D., that €47 Million would be provided by the Department of Education and Skills, through the summer works scheme which is aimed at providing major improvements in primary and post primary schools. 27 Kerry Schools Up to 27 Kerry…
There are people packing ruck-sacks and fiddle cases in various parts of the world right now with an imaginary ‘Destination Scart’ tag dangling away somewhere in their focused minds. There are tunes arranged for Peter Browne’s and Tom McCarthy’s bars on Friday night as a warming up exercise and crowds are expected at these venues…
Kind-hearted sixth class pupils in Scartaglin National School contributed part of their Confirmation Day money to a Crumlin Children’s Hospital in which their class-mate, Rory O’Connell was undergoing treatment on their big day. The collection by Rang VI was supplemented by a Pancake Tuesday Party Day and other events in the school involving the pupils,…
Áine Daly is a past pupil of Scartaglin National School and is currently training to be a primary school teacher in Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. This summer, Áine is volunteering with the Hope Foundation where she will travel to Calcutta in June to work with Street and Slum Children. As part of her fundraising drive, …
Scartaglin National School pupils enjoyed pottery classes recently with renowned potter, Marjorie Cunningham. The pupils were first shown how to make clay plates. Each child made their own plate and formed their handprint on it. Marjorie took the plates away to be fired – and the pupils were fired up in anticipation of the return…
Michael Healy Rae, T.D. took up an invitation to visit Scartaglin National School on Monday morning. The purpose of the visit was to highlight the issue of class sizes as part of the I.N.T.O. ‘Room to Bloom-Reduce Class Size’ Pre–Budget Lobbying Campaign. Its main points are to protect primary education staffing levels in the up-coming Budget…
The members of the Castleisland branch of the Kerry Hospice Foundation would like to thank all those supported and contributed to their recent annual coffee morning. A huge thanks to The McCarthy family, Upper Maine Street; The Bank of Ireland; Aileen Lynch, Lynch’s Pharmacy and Shanahan’s Haven Pharmacy who hosted in Castleisland alongside the local branch…
Scartaglin National School had a visit from Breda Bucke last week. Ms. Bucke, a Bóthar representative from Limerick, gave a power-point presentation in each classroom. There she outlined the work done by the charity Bóthar. The 102 pupils in at the school have raised in the region of €900 over the past few months to…
