Killarney

By Michelle Crean
<h3>Learning all about a chronic illness was the focus of a recent school activity.</h3>
To mark Diabetes Awareness Month Kilcummin NS organised its own Diabetes Awareness Week.
 The school rounded off the day by hosting their own Blue Day and the children took part in the Blue Balloon Challenge doing various daily activities including singing, dancing, squatting and writing among other activities to show what life is like trying to balance everyday activities with a chronic illness such as diabetes.
 The children also wore blue in solidarity with those suffering with diabetes and raised a total of &euro;241 for Diabetes Ireland.
 &#8220;Our Student Council also organised a used battery &#8216;drive-by&#8217; outside the school during the week to collect used batteries that will be recycled in aid of Barretstown,&#8221; Patrick Mannix, from Kilcummin NS, said.
 &#8220;Every battery recycled will help to Power Positivity by funding the charity&#8217;s energy costs over the next three years. Barretstown is a specially-designed camp in Co Kildare that provides Therapeutic Recreation programmes for children with serious and often life-threatening illnesses and their families.&#8221;

Pupils learn all about diabetes awareness

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