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Fáilte isteach go suíomh gréasáin Naomh Lorcán Ó Tuathail. Tá súil againn go mbainfidh tú taitneamh as!

Welcome to St. Laurence O'Toole's CBS website.

We hope you enjoy it!

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Wanted!!

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The Larriers Art Club were busy looking for outlaws this week. Keep an eye out for these dodgy characters. Click here for more posters

The Scientific-tastic 'Larriers'

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Congratulations to our Fifth Class Larriers who became the first pupils from this school to participate in the Young Scientist Exhibition with their project 'It's getting Hot in Here!'

The boys noted ''This was the first year that St. Laurence O’Tooles C.B.S. entered the BT Young Scientist Awards and we were delighted that our project, ‘It’s Getting Hot in Here’ was one of the few chosen to display at the main event.The aim of our project was to investigate global warming and the effect that it is having on the world. Over the course of three months we learned about the Greenhouse Effect and the consequences this is having on the polar bear. We chose this topic because our school is currently working towards our third green flag.

We carried out an experiment to see how polluted the air is around Seville Place. The results weren’t pretty!We’re pleased to say though, that after investigating how the students and staff commute to school, that we are not adding to the problem of air pollution. An impressive 70 out of 86 people surveyed either walk or cycle to school!''

IABA Boxing in the Community Awards

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The boys participated in the IABA Bronze and Silver boxing programmes again this year, a superb sports programme that is fun and promotes important skills such as balance, coordination and reaction.
Both Paul and Michael Carruth, one of Ireland's Olympic Gold medalists, called in to present the boys with their awards. A big congratulations to all, especially to the Larriers' Boxer of the Year, Alex!

Raising Money for Irish Guide Dogs

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Last year the Larriers raised money for The Simon Community through their festive singing.

This year the boys decided to raise money for another great cause, one which is so important to many people in Ireland. The boys, again through their wonderful singing, raised money for The Irish Guide Dogs. The boys have helped sponsor a service that helps people who are blind or vision impaired.

The Larriers, through their efforts yesterday, will help a number of people gain greater mobility and independence. It is very important to the boys, that no matter what may happen, they know they can always help somebody and make a difference through their time, effort and talent - well done to all at the Larriers!

Ps. By raising money for both The Simon Community and The Irish Guide Dogs, the Larriers have now raised over €1,100 for these great causes! Go'on the Larriers!

Rummikub Challeng December 2011

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Second Class took part in the NCI Rummikub Challenge this month. A fun day was had by all. Check out the action here!

Tubridy meets his heroes from the Larriers!

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On Monday, Ryan Tubridy realised a long held personal ambition to meet a legendary Larrier. Two of our finest Larriers travelled to RTE to promote a literacy initiative. A source close to Tubriby later indicated
'Ryan was delighted to finally meet two legendary Larriers, he has heard so much about the superb scholars of St. Laurence O' Toole's, a super school. Of all the wonderful people Ryan has interviewed he feels little else will surpass meeting two fanatastic Larrier legends!'

Larriers Maths Games 2011

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Thanks to Ms Collins for organising Maths games for the Larriers. Check out the fun that took place Here!

I'm a Celebrity, GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!

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Fourth class were busy this week on location filming a new episode of I'm a Celebrity, GET ME OUT OF HERE!!! Check out the action here.

Halloween comes to the Larriers!

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Fright night at the Larriers!

Our very own Oompa Loompa Larriers! We think we'll keep green hair as part of the uniform!!

More stylish than usual!!

Scarier than usual!!

Larriers Conker Competition 2011

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Check out the action at the Larrier's Conker Competition 2011. Everyone had a smashing time!

Toe by Toe - Reading Made Easy

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Another Larrier finishes his 'Toe by Toe' book. Great start to a new term. Well done.

Larriers Sunflower Competition 2011

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Its that time of the year again when Mr Bailey goes around to each house and measures up the biggest sunflowers. This year’s winner managed 9 feet!!! Well done Mason. He watered it twice a day with plant food. It was hard work but worth it. Second place went to Scott and third to Dylan. Well done to all the boys.

Larriers Latest News!

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'Meet and Greets'!

The 'Meet and Greets' for parents and guardians have been arranged for the week beginning Monday, 12th September, 2011.

The teacher will also talk about the homework, the healthy lunch policy and show a number of short videos indicating the curriculum resources available at the school.

Each class will have their 'Meet and Greet' on the following date. Hope you can make it!

4th Class. Monday, September 12th 2011. 1:30-2:30pm

5th Class. Tuesday, September 13th 2010. 1:30-2:30pm

2nd Class. Wednesday, September 14th 2011. 1:30-2:30pm

6th Class. Thursday, September 15th 2011. 1:30-2:30pm

3rd Class. Monday, September 19th 2011. 1:30-2:30pm

A New Class of Larrier!

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The sixth class heavies have arrived, to show, talent, leadership, ability and the true Larriers' way!

Fifth class legends we've just become, ready for a year of study and fun!

Into fourth, where our flair and fantastic finesse will shine!

Second become third, moving up the Larriers' ladder of greatness!

Our newest littlest Larriers! A class of scholars and sports stars in the making!

Return of the Larriers!

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Ahh, the 'auld 'Aroo'chaa, arro'chaa'chaa', how we've missed ya'!!

The heavies from our sixth class are back!!

Back to School!

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The 'Larriers' will re-open on Thursday, 1st September at 8:50am

See you 'On the line at ten to nine'!!

A really big welcome back to everyone and a huge welcome to our newest Larriers!

Larriers Latest News!!

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Toe by Toe

Another Larrier finishes his 'Toe by Toe' reading program. Well done.

Larriers V Scoil Cholmcille

Soccer Final 2011

The Larriers Cycle'thon!

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The Larriers of St. Laurence O' Toole's were at it again on Friday, raising money and awareness for The Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland. Together with PWC, Localise and the girls' school, the Larriers of sixth class organised a 'cycle'thon', cycling the distance from Dublin to Cork and inviting the volunteers and people of PWC to help along the way. Altogether everybody raised €4,188.80! Thankfully nobody got lost and a great journey was enjoyed by all!

Well done Larriers!

The Rocketeer By Cian O'Reilly

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The Scientific-tastic Larriers!

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The Larriers recently completed a number of scientific experiments for the Discovery Primary Science Programme.

The science experiments were completed and I think the foundation of scientific principles was matched only by the fun! Well done to all the boys and a big thank you to Miss Sunderland, our own wonderful 'mad scientist'!!

There are some great 'After School' clubs in Larriers and one of the best is our Art Club with Niall and Andy.

Click on the link below to see some of the great pictures and sculptures created by members of the Larriers Art Club

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'Toe by Toe' - Read like a Pro'!

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In the Larriers we have a very successful programme called 'Toe by Toe'. This helps our guys become great readers. Each time one of the boys finishes the programme we have a little celebration, to celebrate a great reader and new 'Larrier Legend'.

Click on the link below to see the latest addition to out Larriers Hall of Fame!

Click to see the new Larrier legend?

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The 'Larriers' were out in the community last week carol singing for a great cause. The boys were singing to raise money for the Dublin Simon Community. They were absolutely fantastic and managed to raise over €1000 while 'Singing for Simon'! Well done 'Larriers'!

Larrriers on Ireland AM

Children's authors Sarah Webb and Oisin McCann ask the third class boys about their favourite books at the Ark Cultural Centre in Dublin.

Click Here to check out the action
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Boxing in the Community!
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The boys recently received their certificates for successfully completing 'The Bronze Stage' of the IABA / Dublin City Council Boxing course. Every Larrier passed and to mark the achievement
All-Ireland Boxing Champion Bernard Rowe

came down to present the boys with their certificates!
Well done Larrier Legends!!

Check out 'Larriers Activities' for more pictures!
Boxing in the Community Awards!
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The video of our annual conker competition is ready!

Click on Larriers Activities or on the link below to watch the fun!
Who will be 'Conker Champion' 2010??!!
Click here to see!!

Halloween comes early to the Larriers!!
Be brave and have a look below!!

The scares begin early in Larriers!

Uh-oh, looks like this Larrier went to the wrong hairdresser!!

The legends of Larriers become super scary!!

Escape from Larriers before the Halloween ghosts arrive!!
Ms. Larkin gives Debbie a scare!!

Irish Legend visits the Legends of Larriers

This week Alan Kelly visited our school. He is an Irish legend and is currently the Irish goalkeeping coach. Our lovely secretary was more excited than the little Larrier legends!! Check out each class diary for more pictures of the visit!!!

The Sunny Larriers Sunflower Competition!!
Check out the results of the Larriers' Sunflower Competition!
Click on Larriers Activities to see some amazing photographs!!

The First Day Back in Larriers Land!

The new recruits in the league of Larriers! Welcome to our new second class!!
What y'all looking at??! Larriers Rule!!
Scott joins Evan in the league of legendary Larriers!
Moving up the larriers ladder!!

'Meet and Greets'!

The 'Meet and Greets' for parents and guardians have been arranged for the week beginning Monday, 13th September, 2010.

The 'Meet and Greets' are an opportunity for you to visit your child in their classroom, in their learning environment. It is a chance to see your child using the interactive whiteboard, engaging in lessons and participating in classroom games.
The teacher will also talk about the homework, the healthy lunch policy and show a number of short videos indicating the curriculum resources available at the school.
Each class will have their 'Meet and Greet' on the following date. Hope you can make it!

2nd Class. Monday, September 13th 2010. 1:15-2:30pm
3rd Class. Tuesday, September 14th 2010. 1:15-2:30pm
4th Class. Wednesday, September 15th 2010. 1:15-2:30pm
5th Class. Thursday, September 16th 2010. 1:15-2:30pm

6th Class. Monday, September 20th 2010. 1:15-2:30pm

Larriers Latest News

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Here are the upcoming Cumann na mBunscol Gaelic fixtures for this month. C'mon the Larriers, Cumann na mBunscol Champions in 2009!!

Thursday, September 16th 2010: Larriers vs. St. Paul's.

Location: Fairview Park Time: 2:30pm

Thursday, September 23rd 2010: Larriers vs. St. Gabriel's.

Location: Fairview Park Time: 3:15pm

Thursday, September 30th 2010: Larriers vs. Francis St.

Location: Phoenix Park: Time: TBA

We hope to see you there, cheering on the Larriers!!

Larriers love sport, especially sport for fun. This year we are very lucky that Dublin City Council in partnership with the Irish Amateur Boxing Association is offering a six week Boxing in the Community Bronze Award Programme.

The programme is non-contact, promoting the opportunity to learn new skills, gain in confidence and improve agility. It will promote footwork, fitness and fun!!

28/05/2010
Correction: Having won the semi-final 5-2 against Wedgewood in Fairview today the League Final will be on Thursday 3rd June in Irishtown Stadium at 11 am against Ladyswell NS.
Reminder: The Pegasus Cup Final will be played at 12 noon next Monday, 31st May in Irishtown Stadium, also against Ladyswell NS.

Larriers are Xtra-Vision All-Ireland 5-a-side Champions!!
It's not every day you win an All-Ireland. We are the first Dublin side to both win the Leinster and All-Ireland 5-a-side for more than a decade. Well done to the lads on this magnificent achievement. A special mention for Hayden Macauley who also won the Player of the Tournament award. Read more about the win on the FAI Schools homepage.
We're not finished yet though - we play the league semi-final on Friday 28th May at 2.15pm in Fairview Park against Queen of Angels, Wedgewood National School and the Pegasus Cup Final in Irishtown Stadium on Monday 31st May at 12 noon against Ladyswell National School. If we win the league semi-final we will play Ladyswell again, for the league title, in Irishtown Stadium on Friday 4th June. 4th and 5th class will take part in the annual FAI North Inner City futsol league on June 3rd in the North Wall Community Hall. Go on the Larriers!
Meanwhile Anthony and John in Rang a trí have done some excellent Science work about our solar system. Check it out here
Football crazy ... (an update)
In what is turning out to be the most incredible season of sporting success - not to mention Discover Primary Science, the 2nd Green Flag and Website Awards - the Larriers legends march on.
On Wednesday, 19th May, Larriers won their Xtra-Vision Leinster 5-a-side competition becoming the first Dublin team in ten years to be crowned Leinster champions. They will represent Leinster at the All-Ireland finals in Tullamore on Wednesday, 26th May, and will play the Ulster, Munster and Connacht champions for the title of Xtra-Vision Schools' All-Ireland Champions.
As if that wasn't enough Larriers won a nail biting Pegasus Cup semi-final, in extra time, against a very strong Taney N.S. team to book their place in the final. We await the other semi between Ballyroan Boys' N.S. and Ladyswell N.S. to see who we'll meet. We're also waiting to see who comes out of the South side section of our league to see who we play in the league semi-final.
To date Shane 'Shayo' Rooney is on 32 goals for all competitions and would be on more, says manager Dave 'murhinio' Bailey, if the manager didn't keep subbing him to give other lads a run!! Take it outa tha' Drogba!

Match reports by Evan
Our man (utd fan!) in midfieldand and ace reporter, Evan Pierce, has decided that we should be reporting on the matches we've played. You can read Evan's match reports and the thoughts on football of James and Jonathan on the Larriers Activites page.

Around the classes ...
Check out the 2nd class Fantastic Friends video here, the 3rd class news here, 4th class's spelling stories here, 5th class cookery here and their trip to Trinity College here and the 6th class Pigeon Impossible reports.

Discover Primary Science
Minister for Science Conor Lenihan, who launched the 2010 Discover Primary Science Initiative, will visit the school to present our Discover Primary Science Award and close the Initiative for the 2009/2010 school year on a date to be confirmed in June.

Larriers get second Green Flag
Congratulations to the Green School Committee for successfully (and finally) securing our second Green Flag for Energy Conservation. The Committee will attend the Green Flag ceremony at Croke Park on the 26th May to be awarded the flag. Well done to all and to Ms Collins for all her work with the committee.

Football Crazy ...
Well done to the school 5-a-side football team who won the Xtra-vision Dublin 'B' Section and will go on to the Leinster finals in Navan on the 19th May. The school team is flying this season under the guidance of Mr.'Murhinio' Bailey. As defending champions they have won their section of the City Division 3 league, winning all matches, scoring 19 and only conceding one. Fingers crossed for the play-offs. This team is on a charge and will play the semi-finals of the Pegasus Cup in Fairview against Taney PS this Wednesday, 12th May at 3.15pm. An impressive run of results has seen the lads win their last two cup matches 7-0 and 10-0. Following from their Gaelic football league win in Croke Park last December this could be our most successful year of football ever. Go on the Larriers Legends!

Larriers Latest News for March 2010

'In like a Lion ...', March is marching on and we're as busy as ever in Larriers. Here's a taste of what we've been doing ...

Discover Primary Science

As part of our Discover Primary Science school project we held a Science exhibition in the Hall last Friday, the 12th of March. The Girls' School, the Junior Boys' School and the parents all came in to see us demonstrating the experiments we have been doing. A big thanks to everyone for coming and supporting us. This Science expo was only the last stage in our project. For ages now we have been doing experiments in all the classes and learning cool stuff about science.

Click on 5th and 6th classes to see their science experiments. Besides all the experiments 2nd and 3rd visited the zoo as their science trip this year while 4th, 5th and 6th visited Bull Island. Dylan shares 2nd class thoughts on the zoo here. 3rd posted a photo of the gang at the zoo here and click 4th class to see a Bull Island photostory.

Finally, a big thank you is due to all the staff for their hard work in making our Discover Primary Science project such a success, most especially Ms. Sunderland who lead the project and organised everything.

Seachtain na Gaeilge

Tá gach rang gníomhach ag foghlaim frasaí Gaelach, damhsa ceilí, Amhrán na bhFiann agus 'D'Éirigh mé ar Maidin'. Ar an Mháirt, 16ú, beidh ranganna a dó agus a trí pairteach i bparáíd Lá Fhéile Pádraig á eagrú ag an North Wall Womens' Centre do pháiste na naoínairí agus páistí óga na scoileanna máguaird. Leis an seachtaine a thabhairt chun chríoch beidh crinniú na scoile ar an Aoine, 19ú, le beim faoi leith ar ár dteanga 's cultúr dúchas. Tá fotoscéalta den scoth i nGaeilge ag rang a ceathair le feiceal anseo.
iFestival
Classes have been working hard preparing digital content for the DISC ifestival @ the ILAC Library in May. Each class has taken one I.T. (Information Technology) approach: 2nd are making a photojournal, 3rd a history photojournal, 4th are podcasting, 5th are dong e-stories and 6th enviornmental comics using Comic Life. Click here to see 3rd class's excellent History Photojournal.

Larriers Latest News for February 2010
WHAT IS LOVE?
Once again for Valentine's Day the Larriers wrote what they think love is and we hung them on our Big Heart poster in the school foyer. Have a look as you come in! My favourite has to be 'Love is when you get married and have puppies!!' I think third class need to do some work on the RSE programme.

Love is when you kiss a girl.
Love is letting her take over the bathroom.
Love is two people sharing one heart.
Love is ignoring the credit card statement.
Love is not letting your loved one down!! and a daily text!!

Love is getting married.
Love is being happy.
Love is money, when you haven’t got enough of it.
Love is like taking you to heaven.

Love is not asking how much them shoes were.
Love is hard chicks.
Love is when I’m asleep.
Love is liking someone.
Love is women who don’t rob the cash.
Love is when you hug your ma.
Love is when you find the happy side of yourself.
Love is romantic and a happy life.
Love is very romantic.
Love is when you get a kiss on the cheek.
Love is when you kissed the girl.
Love is when you meet a girl.
Love is a big cloud of romance.
Love is when two people like each other a lot.
Love is romantic and a new born baby boy or girl.
Love is splendid.
Love is when you have feelings about a girl.
Love is when you kiss and you feel a nice warm sign rushing through your body.
Love is helping my little nephew walk.
Love is something very special.
Love is about a man and a woman getting together and feeling happy with each other.
Love is in the air. Do, do, do, do, do Love is in the air.
Love is when you feel something special about someone.
Love is a special feeling with somebody and you feel great with them sometimes.
Love is a feeling.
Love is a beautiful feeling when you are in love.
Love is romance, lovely.
Love is when you kiss your bird and take care of her.
Love is when there is two people, one is a girl and a boy.
Love is when you get a strange feeling when you see a girl.
Love is when you like someone and have babies.
Love is when you like your family.
Love is sharing, being helpful and very thankful.
Love is kissing your girlfriend.
Love is about loving and caring about each other.
Love is giving Valentine’s gifts and cards.
Love is when you get married and have kids.
Love is caring for one another.
Love is when you kiss your girlfriend.
Love is staying in bed all day.
Love is when you kiss your girl and say marry me.
Love is when you like someone and have babies.
Love is when you get married and have puppies.

Our trip to the Mansion House
On Tuesday the 2nd of February our school GAA team was invited to the Mansion House by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Emer Costello. The bus journey didn’t take long and we had a laugh too. We saw a Lamborghini and an Audi R8 along the way. When we arrived we thought the house was a real mansion! We were brought inside to the main room where the speeches were said and the presentations were made. It took ages with the speeches but they were good. The girl’s school were up first to receive their medals and Leah lifted the cup up for the girls. Ms. Harte got up and called the team out one by one and gave us our medals.
Darrell and Shane lifted the cup up for Larriers and we all cheered. Then the Lord Mayor presented us with this framed certificated in honour of our famous win and to mark our trip to the Mansion House. Afterwards we were getting our photographs taken with the Lord Mayor. We rushed over to get some tayto and drinks after the photos. We were able to talk with each other for a few minutes and then we got back on the bus and headed home. We really enjoyed the day and felt very proud of our school team.
By Brandon Arkins and Dylan Grimes, 5th class.

Larriers Latest News for January 2010
RAINBOW DAY
This Friday, 29th January, 2010, is Rainbow Day in our school to raise money for Haiti. We will wear our own clothes to school and there is a small prize for the most colourful outfit in each class. Everyone will bring in at least one euro but you can bring more if you want. The Girls' and Junior Boys' schools are also having a Rainbow day and the Afterschool Project are giving money too. .Our students' council and the parents' council are donating €100 each from their fundraising at Christmas. . A big THANK YOU to all the pupils in our three North Wall primary schools and their parents for making Rainbow Day such a success. In total €1,125 was raised. Thanks also to the Parents' Council, the Students' Council and the Board of Management here in our school who all contributed money. We gave the cheque to the Lord Mayor, Emer Costello,for the Lord Mayor's Haiti Relief Fund yesterday when were in the Mansion House for a reception for the CUp winning Boys' and Girls' Teams.

Our classes are busy blogging.
Check out the 6th class discovering science here.
Éist leis an dán Sneachta ag Rang 4 anseo .... and hear Luke explain about his Totem Animal here.
3rd class are learning about similes and you can read Tyrek's simile poem here or take a look at Ade's story about Moses and the Burning Bush here.

Larriers Latest News for December 2009

Larriers win a Junior Spider Award for our Website's Online Content

We entered this school website in the 'Online Content' section of the first ever Eircom Junior Spider Awards for primary and Second level pupils because we think our stories and videos are pretty good. We won the award. See photos of the awards here and a video about the awards here. Collecting the award on behalf of the school were school computer club members Luke, Conor and Alex, pictured here with Andy who runs the club, Sophie from sponsors HB and awards host Aidan Power at the awards on December 18th.

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS

See highlights of the game here ...
... and 6th class have written reflections and poems about our Croke Park adventure. Click here to read them.

LARRIERS MAKE THE FINAL IN CROKER Next Saturday, 12th December we will play our Cumann na mBunscoil Gaelic football final in Croke Park. Well done to the team and trainers Ms. Harte and Mr. Brennan. A special word of thanks to Paul (Pillar) Caffery for all the support and help this year (and in all the past years). Well done also to the Larrier Girls who play their final in Croker on the same day at the same time. Admission is Adult - €5, Child - €2. All children must be accompanied by an adult. It is a always a great honour to play in Croke Park and we trust that we will give a good account of ourselves, players and supporters.

Click here to see the Boys' and Girls' joint schools' letter about the day.

Click here to see our Semi-final photostory.

LATEST NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 2009

NOTE: There is a change of venue for the semi-final against St. James's St. CBS. The new venue is Dolphin Park in Dolphin's Barn. Weather permitting the match will throw in at 2.45pm. If you are intending on going to support please ring the school on Thursday to check that the match is on. Dora the Explorer fans can click here for a map. Go on the Larriers!!

Larriers' budding film critic, Alex, tells how he was a jury member for the CineMagic Film Featival where he met the President. Read his story here.

Some November Calendar dates are now posted, more to come.

Larriers make the Semi-finals in the 'Ga' - The school Gaelic Football team will play for a place in the Croke Park final against James's St. CBS next Thursday 12th November in the Phoenix Park 15 acres. Come out and cheer on the Larriers! Our football chant is:

Larriers are we, we come from Sheriff Stree'

we're strong and proud and we sing very loud
Larriers are we!

Reminder - Staff Meeting on Friday 20th November. Pupils will go home at 12 noon.

ATTENTION - CALLING ALL PARENTS.
The 'meet and greet' for each class is on the week of the 23rd - 27th November. Hope to see you all here. The date and time for each class 'meet and greet' are posted in the November Calendar.

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Latest news for October 2009
LARRIERS WIN A FÍS FILM AWARD

On Tuesday 20th October, 2009 we went to the FÍS (Primary Schools' Film) Awards in the Helix. It's like the 'Oscars' for film making in Irish Schools. We won an award and a video camera in film makilng for 'Original Storytelling' for our Helping Hands film. Helping Hands was made as part of our 'Friendship Week' in October 2008. It's all about including others in our games. The sir was on the radio with Ryan Tubridy about it. So here's our Award Speech for our FÍS 'Oscar' - Well done to Dion, Brendon Lucas, Alex and Pierre and all in Susan's class, October 2008, for making this fab film. Thanks to Andy, Susan and the DISC project for making it possible. Thanks to Ann and Michelle and all at the NCTE and FÍS Awards for their help, support and enouragement and for the fab FÍS Award and deadly video camera we won. Thanks to Mark Kelly and all the gang at Dublin Bus for getting us there and back (and to lots of other places and back) safely. Thanks to our families and our community especially to those who came to the Helix with us to share in our success.

13th October: We extend our sympathies to the families of former pupil Stephen Gately and Thomas Mitchell, father of recent former pupil Thomas, both of whom we are remembering in our prayers this week. Ar dheis Dé go raibh siad. Third class have posted a tribute to Stephen.

The Larriers are busy blogging. Check out mini-beasts by 6th class, self-portraits by 5th, a video puppet show as Gaeilge by 4th and ten things 3rd want to do with their lives. See the School Links class tabs.

The Cumann na mBunscoil schools Gaelic football competitions are now well underway. The Larriers have done well over the past few years, twice making the final in Croker and three times making the semi-finals. This year we are challenging for Corn na Life (The Liffey Cup) and want to go all the way. Follow our footballing adventures on The Road to Croker
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Latest news for September 2009

On Friday, 25th Rep. of Ireland manager Giovanni Trappatoni and assistant Marco Tardelli visited Sheriff YC FC to launch a cup in honour of the late Kevin Murphy, Sheriff YC's Hon. Secretary for many years. We were invited as most of us play for Sheriff. So the whole school went and it was good. We all got his autograph. The sir got a great picture of Trappatoni with our school's Chairperson, Seamus. Can you spot the difference? See our photostory of the event below.

Thursday, September 10th, 2009 It's hard to find many photos of Fr. Ivan Tonge PP as he has been the man behind the camera in the North Wall since his arrival in August 2000. The thousands of photos he has taken of this community provide many fond memories and will do so for years to come. Between saying masses, baptising and marrying, blessing and burying, First Communions and Confirmations, fundraising, publishing a book, planning two new school buildings, managing three schools, organising school and community trips at home and abroad, hosting evenings, events and parties, to mention but a few of his many achievements here, it's hard to know where he found the time. So it no surprise that among his favourite quips were - "we never sleep" and "we care".

Today we have a farewell mass at 1pm for Ivan. All the community will be there. All the kids in our schools will be there and many more who have left our schools will come and represent their secondary schools. It will be brilliant, but it will be sad for us and for Fr. Ivan. It's never easy to say goodbye, especially to someone who cared so much for us and who we cared for, for so long. Our community and our schools are better places than they might be, in many ways, because of Fr. Tonge.
THANK YOU and FAREWELL FR. IVAN from all the Larriers.

d'BOYz 'r' ba'k 'n TOWN
First day back September 2009 photostory

The Monthly Events Calender dates for September are now posted.

Well done to 3rd and 4th classes who already have September postings on their class blogs.
'Swine Flu' - Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - information is available on our Home School Diary page.

Last June 4th class (now 5th) did interviews for a DISC podcasting project. Near FM covered the story. They interviewed Mark about ICT (Information & Communication Technology) in the school and then played three of the interviews. You can here the segment here. It's about twenty minutes long so to just listen to the boys' interviews scroll across about two thirds of the way.

WELCOME BACK TO LARRIERS FOR THE 2009 - 2010 SCHOOL YEAR!!

To get us up and running we have posted the holidays for the 2009 -2010 school year. Also - following many requests from parents and pupils - we uploaded the Conker Competion 2008 and the Soccer League Final videos to the Larriers Activites page.

Congratulations to all the boys and girls who took part in the Literacy Through the Arts Summer Camp here in the school from 24th to 28th August. A big thanks to the teachers - Ms. Henry and Ms. Lucas from the Girls' school and Ms. O'Carroll from our school. A special thanks and fond farewell - after seven years teaching with us - to Ms. Smithers who lead the camp, making it a huge success. On the last day of the camp the families came to see a display of the work and to see all the participalnts receive their certs.
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LARRIERS LATEST for MARCH 2009

The dates of events for March have been posted under the 'Monthly Events Calendar' tab.
This month last year's four main prize winners will go on the DDDA Sunderland trip.

5th class boys and girls go on the annual schools' tour to visit the tomb of St. Laurence O'Toole in Eu, the war graves at Traiport and the Effel tower.
The school will be closed on Monday and Tuesday 16th and 17th for St. Patrick's Day.
6th class are taking part in Robo Ireland's Lego Mindstorm competition.
The soccer league and Pegasus Cup start this week. Read more here ...

Good luck and 'Go on the Larriers!'
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February Mid-Term Update
Soccer Shocker - Littler Larriers Legends almost win Leinster U10 FAI 5-a-side!! Read Tyler's report here ... (The FAI report on the North City area final is here and on the Leinster final here.)
We're still not recovered since St. Valentine's Day we need to know - "Could this be Love?".
Three cars compared - the Lancia Delta, Nissan Almera and Suzuki Alto. Read all about them in ... Aaron's Auto Review
If you like to 'move it, move it' watch the history video about 'Theseus and the Minotaur' here, but watch to the end!!

A big THANK YOU to all the parents who came to the Parent-Teacher meetings

Well done to all the boys for a great half-term since Christmas!!

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12/02/09

Valentine's Day is fast approaching, so 5th class surveyed the school to find out what Love is..? Everyone in the school was asked to complete a slip beginning with the words Love is ... They were the all stuck up on the 'Love is' poster in the school foyer. Here are some of our favourites.
Love is... soft!
Love is... great!
Love is... never simple!
Love is... like a soft fluffy cloud!
Love is... when you share things you want to keep!
Love is... a prayer!
Click here to see the 5th class 'Love is ...' list
Meanwhile Ms. Larkin brought in a big load of rushes from home and we all got to make St. Bridget's crosses to honour St. Bridget's Day on the 1st of February. Click here for more

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20/01/09: This year is flying in!!
Hi all,
Just to let you know that we've started posting the calendar dates of school events, holidays etc. This month by month list is designed to let everyone know what's going on.
Each month is uploaded as a post and as things come up or dates are decided these posts will be edited to reflect the most up to date information we have.
We're all busy blogging away. Thanks Joanne for the lovely supportive comments on the 4th class diary.
2nd class have just made another video. This one is the story of Setanta and Paul says many of these boys are budding Setantas at the hurling. Jonathan in 3rd class has posted an item about our roof garden .
5th are busy with their resoultions revolution! 6th are explaining democracy in this, the age of Obama!
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Happy New Year and Welcome Back for 2009

Fáilte mór roimh uilig ar ais don Athbhliain. A huge welcome back to all who sail in the Larriers. Already some of the classes are posting. 4th class have posted some Christmas reflections and New Year Resolutions while 3rd and 6th classes are getting in some poetry practice!

The Calendar for the term will be posted up shortly. Here are a couple of upcoming events to note:

Staff meeting this Friday, 16th January. Boys will be finished school at 12 noon.

The Dublin Final for the 3rd/4th class Indoor Soccer competition will be held in Finglas this week or next. Leroy the legend can now stop wreckin' everybody's heads every day with "when's the final, when's the final, will ye tell me - when's the final?". Leroy, the date will be up here when we get it and we'll tell you first.

Go on the littler Larriers!!

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Nollaig Shona agus Athbhliain faoi mhaise ó na Larriers!
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Larriers Latest 15/12/08
"If you believe they put a man on the moon" 2nd class have the video evidence. Click here to launch.

Larriers' 6th class girls and boys raise almost €8,000 for the school at Temple St. Children's Hospital. Full story.

Find out how LOUD 4th class poetry is!! It's even LOUDER than ...
Third class are on a Christmas countdown. Check out the Crib Are 5th class doing anything nice for Christmas? Let's find out.

PANCAKE TUESDAY (the day after Swine Flu jab Monday and the day before Ash Wednesday!)

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... and see our 'Love is ... ' list for Valentines Day 2010 here

Holidays 2011 - 2012

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FIRST TERM:
Closed on the following dates
School Open: Monday 1st September
Midterm Break: Closed Monday 31st to Friday 4th November. Opening Monday 7th November at 8:50am
Christmas Holidays: Thursday is final day of term.Closed from Friday 23rd December to Friday 6th January

SECOND TERM: Opening Monday January 9th at 8: 50am
Closed on the following dates
Midterm Break: Closed on Thursday 16th to Friday 17th February. Opening on Monday 20th February at 8:50am
St. Patrick’s Day: Closed on Friday 16th March and Monday 19th March. Open Tuesday 20th March 8.50
Easter Break: Closed from Monday 2nd April to Friday 13th April. Opening Monday 16th April at 8:50am

THIRD TERM: Opening Monday 16th April at 8.50am
Closed on the following dates
May: Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th May

June: Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th June

SUMMER HOLIDAYS: Closing on Friday 29th June.

2010 - 2012

FIRST TERM:
Closed on the following dates
School Open: Monday 30th August
Midterm Break: Closed Monday 25th to Friday 29th October. Opening Tuesday 2nd November at 8:50am
School Planning Day: Monday 1st November Opening. Opening on Tuesday 2nd November at 8:50am
Christmas Holidays: Closed from Thursday 24th December to Friday 7th January

SECOND TERM: Opening Monday January 10th at 8: 50am
Closed on the following dates
Midterm Break: Closed on Monday 21st to Friday 25th February. Opening on Monday 28th February at 8:50am
St. Patrick’s Day: Closed on Thursday 17th March and Friday 18th March
Easter Break: Closed from Monday 2nd April to Friday 13th April. Opening Monday 16th April at 8:50am

THIRD TERM: Opening Monday 16th April at 8.50am
Closed on the following dates
May: Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th June

SUMMER HOLIDAYS: Closing on Friday 30th June.

September / October / November / December / January / February 2011/12

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February Dates

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Care Team - Monday 6th February

Swimming Seniors - Monday 6th February

After School Book Club - Tuesday 7th February

Ukulele Group - Tuesday 7th February

Dental Screening - Tuesday 7th February

Larkin Activities - Wednesday 8th February

Guitar Group - Wednesday 8th February

Localise Community Project - Wednesday 8th February

Lunchtime Book Club - Thursday 9th February

Guitar Group - Thursday 9th February

Sixth Class Croke Park Tour - Thursday 9th February

Assembly with Rang a Cuig - Friday 10th February

Third Class Croke Park Tour - Friday 10th February

Astro Pitch - Friday 10th February

Care Team - Monday 13th February

Swimming Juniors - Monday 13th February

After School Book Club - Tuesday 14th February

Ukulele Group - Tuesday 14th February

Board of Management - Tuesday 14th February

Larkin Activities - Wednesday 15th February

Guitar Group - Wednesday 15th February

Localise Community Project - Wednesday 15th February

MidTerm - Thursday 16th February

MidTerm - Friday 17th February

Care Team - Monday 20th February

Swimming Juniors - Monday 20th February

After School Book Club - Tuesday 21st February

Ukulele Group - Tuesday 21st February

Larkin Activities - Wednesday 22nd February

Guitar Group - Wednesday 22nd February

Localise Community Project - Wednesday 22nd February

Lunchtime Book Club - Thursday 23rd February

Guitar Group - Thursday 23rd February

Sixth Class Croke Park Tour - Thursday 23rd February

Assembly with Rang a Ceathair - Friday 24th February

Astro Pitch - Friday 24th February

Care Team - Monday 27th February

Swimming Seniors - Monday 27th February

After School Book Club - Tuesday 28th February

Ukulele Group - Tuesday 28th February

Larkin Activities - Wednesday 29th February

Guitar Group - Wednesday 29th February

Localise Community Project - Wednesday 29th February

January Dates

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Care Team - Monday 9th January

After School Book Club - Tuesday 10th January

Art Club - Wednesday 11th January

Guitar group - Wednesday 11th January

Lunchtime Book Club - Thursday 12th January

Sixth Class Science Trip to RDS - Thursday 12th January

Fifth Class Young Scientist Exhibition at RDS - Thursday 12th January

Assembly with Rang a Dó - Friday 13th January

Astro Pitch - Friday 13th January

Swimming Juniors - Monday 16th January

Care Team - Monday 16th January

After School Book Club - Tuesday 17th January

Fifth Class Book Marks Project with TAP - Wednesday 18th January

Art Club - Wednesday 18th January

Guitar Club with Caroline - Wednesday 18th January

One Book One Community Launch OCSS - Thursday 19th January

Astro Pitch - Friday 20th January

Swimming Seniors - Monday 23rd January

Care Team - Monday 23rd January

After School Book Club - Tuesday 24th January

Art Club - Wednesday 25th January

Guitar Club with Caroline - Wednesday 25th January

School Completion Meeting - Thursday 26th January

Book Club - Thursday 26th January

Assembly with Rang a Sé - Friday 27th January

Astro Pitch - Friday 27th January

Swimming Juniors - Monday 30th January

Care Team - Monday 30th January

December Dates
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Swimming Juniors - Monday 5th December
Care Team - Monday 5th December
After School Book Club - Tuesday 6th December
Parent Computer Classes - Tuesday 6th December
Art Club - Wednesday 7th December
Tree Lighting Ceremony in Citigroup - Wednesday 7th December
Lunchtime Book Club - Thursday 8th December
Rummi Kub in NCI - Thursday 8th December
Boxing in the Community Silver - Thursday 8th December
Assembly with Rang a Trí - Friday 9th December
Astro Pitch - Friday 11th November

Swimming Seniors - Monday 12th December
Care Team - Monday 12th December
Parent Computer Classes - Tuesday 13th December
After School Book Club - Tuesday 13th December
Christmas Pantomime in the Helix - Wednesday 14th December
Lunchtime Book Club - Thursday 15th December
Guitar Club with Caroline - Thursday 15th December
Christmas Show in the CCD - Thursday 15th December
Astro Pitch - Friday 16th December

Swimming Juniors - Monday 19th December
Care Team - Monday 19th December
After School Book Club - Tuesday 20th December
Parent Computer Classes - Tuesday 20th December
Art Club - Wednesday 21st December
Guitar Club with Caroline - Wednesday 21st December
End of Year Christmas Show - Thursday 22nd December

November Dates
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Swimming Seniors - Monday 7th November
Care Team - Monday 7th November
After School Book Club - Tuesday 8th November
Parent Computer Classes - Tuesday 8th November
Art Club - Wednesday 9th November
Guitar Club with Caroline - Wednesday 9th November
Lunchtime Book Club - Thursday 10th November
Guitar Club with Caroline - Thursday 10th November
Boxing in the Community Silver - Thursday 10th November
Assembly (5th Class ) - Friday 11th November
Astro Pitch - Friday 11th November

Swimming Juniors - Monday 14th November
Care Team - Monday 14th November
Feast of St. Laurence O' Toole - Monday 14th November
Parent Computer Classes - Tuesday 15th November
After School Book Club - Tuesday 15th November
Art Club - Wednesday 16th November
Guitar Club with Caroline - Wednesday 16th November
Lunchtime Book Club - Thursday 17th November
Guitar Club with Caroline - Thursday 17th November
Boxing in the Community Silver - Thursday 17th November
Student of the Month Trip - Thursday 17th November
Astro Pitch - Friday 18th November

Swimming Seniors - Monday 21st November
Care Team - Monday 21st November
After School Book Club - Tuesday 22nd November
Parent Computer Classes - Tuesday 22nd November
Art Club - Wednesday 23rd November
Guitar Club with Caroline - Wednesday 23rd November
Lunchtime Book Club - Thursday 24th November
Guitar Club with Caroline - Thursday 24th November
North Wall Education Support Group - Thursday 24th November
Boxing in the Community Silver - Thursday 24th November
Assembly (4th Class) - Friday 25th November
Astro Pitch - Friday 25th November

Swimming Juniors - Monday 28th November
Care Team - Monday 28th November
After School Book Club - Tuesday 29th November
Art Club - Wednesday 30th November
Guitar Club with Caroline - Wednesday 30th November

October Dates
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Swimming Seniors - Monday 3rd October
Care Team - Monday 3rd October
After School Book Club - Tuesday 4th October
Parent Computer Classes - Tuesday 4th October
Junior Gaelic - Tuesday 4th October
Fighting Words 2nd Class - Thursday 6th October
Lunchtime Book Club - Thursday 6th October
Boxing in the Community - Thursday 6th October
North Wall Education Support Group - Thursday 6th October
Assembly (Sunflower and Conker Competition Awards) - Friday 7th October
Astro Pitch - Friday 7th October

Swimming Juniors - Monday 10th October
Care Team - Monday 10th October
After School Book Club - Tuesday 11th October
Parent Computer Classes - Tuesday 11th October
Junior Gaelic - Tuesday 11th October
Lunchtime Book Club - Thursday 13th October
Boxing in the Community - Thursday 13th October
Liberty Hall Author's Reading - Friday 14th October
Astro Pitch - Friday 14th October

Swimming Seniors - Monday 17th October
Care Team - Monday 17th October
After School Book Club - Tuesday 18th October
Parent Computer Classes - Tuesday 18th October
Junior Gaelic - Tuesday 18th October
Lunchtime Book Club - Thursday 20th October
Boxing in the Community - Thursday 20th October
Astro Pitch - Friday 21st October

Swimming Juniors - Monday 24th October
Care Team - Monday 24th October
After School Book Club - Tuesday 25th October
Parent Computer Classes - Tuesday 25th October
Junior Gaelic - Tuesday 25th October
Presidential Election! - Thursday 27th October
Assembly - Friday 28th October
Astro Pitch - Friday 28th October

September Dates
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Swimming 2nd / 3rd / 4th - Monday 12th September
Meet and Greet 4th Class - Monday 12th September
Micra and Sigma Testing - Tuesday 13th September
Meet and Greet 5th Class - Tuesday 13th September
Junior Gaelic Match - Tuesday 13th September
Micra and Sigma Testing - Wednesday 14th September
Meet and Greet 2nd Class - Wednesday 14th September
Micra and Sigma Testing - Thursday 15th September
Meet and Greet 5th Class - Thursday 15th September
Senior Gaelic Match - Thursday 15th September

Swimming 5th / 6th Class - Monday 19th September
Junior Gaelic Match - Tuesday 20th September
Write to Read Meeting - Tuesday 20th September
Fighting Words Trip 4th Class - Wednesday 21st September
Senior Gaelic Match - Thursday 22nd September
Boxing in the Community - Thursday 22nd September
Annual Conker Competition - Friday 23rd September

Swimming 2nd / 3rd / 4th Class - Monday 26th September
Paired Teaching - Monday 26th September
Junior Gaelic Match - Tuesday 27th September
Senior Gaelic Match - Thursday 29th September
ERST Meeting - Thursday 29th September
ERST Meeting - Friday 30th September

Caring in the Community

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Each year the 6th class girls and boys from our schools undertake a Caring in the Community project through Localise, mentored by PwC volunteers. This is a photostory of our first localise project in 2008. You can read more about it here.

About our school

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We are a Senior Boys' Primary School from 2nd to 6th class (7-13 years). Situated in the North Wall, in the parish of Saint Laurence O'Toole - we are near Dublin's IFSC. We were a Christian Brothers School (CBS) but now all CBS schools are under the Trusteeship of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust. There will be more about this in the History blog (see Links setion - when the history link is set up!). The principal said he is going to write up the history blog, so it will take ages!!

There is lots going on in our school all the time so we hope these linked web blogs will give an idea of what we're up to. The blogs for classes are set up. You can see them under 'Links' on the right of this page. We will be setting up other blogs like Activities, History and School Information.

This page will be used to post a calendar of school events each month and to give updates on our news. For example if we won a football match we would post it on this page under the Larriers Latest section with a link to a post on the Activities section, for more details. So save this link to your favourites and drop back from time to time and see how we're getting on.

About this Website/Blog
Welcome to our school website/blogspot. The idea behind this 'website' is to use a blogging approach to web building. This has a number of advantages for us as a primary school:

It's free, easy and quick to use.
It allows each class to upload their own work from a computer in the classroom, so we all get to decide what goes up.
It's like every class having their own website!
It uploads easily and moves quickly between links making it enjoyable to use.

There are lots of other advantages. If you follow the class links you will see we are learning to use different skills to create content. We are using text, clipart, digital photos, digital video and sound recording. As we get better at this we will learn to use different software and approaches to publish our work. See some of our videos in the class diaries under the 'Links' menu.
So, this is kind of a big adventure for our school. The plan is to teach all the staff and all the pupils to be able to do loads of different cool stuff with blogs. If it works we all hope to learn how to set up our own blogs.
Hope you like our Blogsite-Webspot!!

School Location Map

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