By Michelle Crean

Creative fairy stories caught the imaginations of young pupils on a very special trip outside the classroom.

On Monday last Second Class pupils from Holy Cross Mercy primary school made their way to the fairy trail in Killarney National Park. But what made the trip so exciting was the seven fairy related stories they heard from the Transition Year students from Killarney Community College about how the trail came in to existence.

The Second Class pupils were broken into pods and walked between sculptures to hear each story delivered in a fun and engaging way. The idea came about as part of a TY English project in creative writing and creating links with their primary school neighbours.

On completing the trail, the groups played games and were treated to a goody bag which included homemade fairy cakes baked by the TYs themselves. They also produced a fairy worksheet with questions about each story for the pupils to work on when they returned to class.

The Mercy girls were incredibly attentive and well behaved throughout, they were a credit to their teachers and school, TY coordinator Ms McCarthy said.

"This project showcased this group's creativity, confidence and organisation skills. It was great to work with a local school and it gave our students a great experience of working with primary school children."