Bhí mé agus mo chara ag súgradh sa ghairdín. Thosaigh sé ag cur sneachta. Chaith mé liathróidí sneachta. Rinne mé agus mo chara fear sneachta. Chuir mé hata agus scairf air. Chuaigh mé isteach sa teach agus rinne mé cupán tae. D'ól mé cupán tae. D'fhéach mé amach an fhuinneog agus chonaic mé an fear sneachta.

Tyler O'Reilly.

An Mháirt a bhí ann. Thit sneachta bog bán i ngach áit agus chuaigh mé go dtí an pháirc. Rinne mé fear sneachta sa pháirc.Bhí áthas an domhain orm agus bhí spórt againn. Ansin tháinig mé abhaile agus d'ól mé anraith te. Bhí tuirse orm.

Dylan Grimes.

An Satharn a bhí ann. Thit calóga sneachta ar an talamh. Bhí sé bog agus bán. Bhí cailín ag súgradh sa ghairdín agus chuaigh mé síos an staighre agus chuir mé cóta agus hata orm. Chuaigh mé amach ag súgradh ach bhí pian i mo cheann. Ansin chuaigh mé isteach sa teach. Bhí áthas orm!

Conor Pigott.

An Satharn a bhí ann. Bhí Paul ag súgradh sa ghairdín. Bhí sé ag cur sneachta. Bhí Mamaí sa chistin. Thit Paul ar an talamh agus thosaigh sé ag caoineadh. Rith Mamaí amach. Chuaigh siad o dtí an tospidéal. Bhris Paul a chos. Bhí brón ar Paul. Tháinig sé abhaile.

Robert McCann.

Bhí sé ag cur sneachta. D'éirigh mé ar maidin agus chuaigh mé síos staighre agus d'ith mé calóga. Chonaic mé sneachta ar an talamh. Chuir mé m'eadaí orm agus chuaigh mé amach ag súgradh sa ghairdín. Chonaic mé mo chara Conor. Bhí mé ag súgradh le Conor. Chaith sé liathróid sneachta i mo shúile. Bhí me ag caoineadh agus rith mé abhaile.

Dylan Kelly.

Jolly Jokes!!

There were two packets of crisps walking down the road.
A car puled over and asked" Do you want a lift?"
The crisps replied "No, we're walkers!"

What do you call a fly that can't fly?
A walk!!

Why did the burglar take a shower?
He wanted to make a clean get away.

Which is the most slippery country in the world?
Greece.

What kind of bar would you find in the North Pole?
A penguin bar...

What do you call a blind Tyrannosaurus?
Yethinkhesawus....

By Dion Pigott.

Bird projects

The Gannet is a common seabird around the Irish coast. It is white with a pale yellow head. It is between 85 and 97cm in length. It has huge wings, a pointed tail and a long bill. It can dive from 40 metres into the water at speeds of up to 100 km per hour. It tucks away its wings and streamlines its body. They have air sacs in their face and chest under their skin which act like bubble wrapping,cushioning the impact with the water. Its diet is fish. By Brendan Lucas.

The swallow is a small bird but very fast. Its diet consists of insects. It's is a migrant bird. It spends the winter in Africa. It comes to Ireland from April to October. It builds its nest from mud usually inside barns and buildings. It usually returns to the same nest as the year before. It has a blue black back wings on top of head with a white belly. Its length is between 17-21cm.It lays between 3-6 eggs. You would see it flying very fast low over rivers, lakes and the ground. People love to see swallows because they're so acrobatic. By Dylan Grimes.

The grey heron:This tall bird has very long legs. It has a grey back, white head and neck with a black crest on its head. It is from 84cm to 102 cm long. It can usually be found standing in water with its neck out stretched to catch food. It nests in bushes and trees in a colony called a heronry. It eats fish, frogs, insects , worms and birds .It will even visit garden ponds to steal fish.You will find it along coasts, estuaries, lakes and rivers. It lays between 3 and 5 eggs. By Robert McCann.

Our Projects on birds

The Swallow
This birdis a small bird but very fast. Its diet consists of insects. Its is a migrant bird. It spends the winter in Africa. It comes to Ireland from April to October. It builds its nest from mud usually inside barns and buildings. It usually returns to the same nest as the year before. It has a blue black back wings on top of head with a white belly. Its length is between 17-21cm.It lays between 3-6 eggs. You would see it flying very fast low over rivers, lakes and the ground. People love to see swallows because they're so acrobatic.

The Grey Heron
This tall bird has very long legs. It has a grey back, white head and neck with a black crest on its head. It is from 84cm to 102 cm long. It can usually be found standing in water whit its neck out stretched to catch food. It nests in bushes and trees in a colony called a heronry. It eats fish, frogs, insects , worms and birds .It will even visit garden ponds to steal fish.You will find it along coasts, estuaries, lakes and rivers. It lays between 3 and 5 eggs.

The Gannet
This bird is a common seabird around the Irish coast. It is white with a pale yellow head. It is between 85 and 97cm in length. it has huge wings, a pointed tail and a long bill. It can dive from 40 metres into the water at speeds of up to 100 km per hour. It tucks away its wings and streamlines its body. They have air sacs in their face and chest under their skin which act like bubble wrapping cushioning the impact with the water. Its diet is fish.

Marino art competition

Congratulations to Robert from our class, who won a cool dvd player for his artwork from Ms. Magnier and all at Marino College.

Well done Robert!

This morning our class was asked to help out with the annual Halloween parade in the community. We headed for the junior boy's school and walked from there, around the IFSC and finally to the community centre. There was lots of activities to do there including, apple bobbing, bubble blowing, pass the parcel and a magician. All the children had lots of fun and there were some great costumes to be seen!

Last week our class went on a trip to learn about the Royal Canal. It was all made by hand.
They started it in 1790 and finished it in 1817.
It cost about two million Euros to build.
Its 90 miles long and joins the River Liffey with the River Shannon. After a lot of work it has reopened to boats. It has 46 locks. It was originally built to carry passengers and goods to and from Dublin.
We saw lots of wildlife. Ducks, birds, moorhens, pigeons and water rats. We saw one rat running with a lump of bread in its mouth! We saw Ash, Sycamore and even a hurley tree outside Croke Park. We spoke to a man who was working on cleaning up the Canal. He is a World Champion Fisherman. He told us all about the fish that live in the canal. It was a great trip. We enjoyed ourselves.

Irish Legend meets the Larrier Legends!

Yesterday we were delighted to welcome Alan Kelly into our classroom. He was a great player for Ireland and is now the coach - helping Shay Given make the saves!
It was great to have Alan Kelly in the classroom and it was nice for him to meet the Larriers Legends! From one legend to another in sixth class we reckon!!

The tree of seasons
We have just started to read a novel in 6th class. It’s The Tree of Seasons by Stephen Gately. Stephen was a ex-pupil of ours and became world famous through singing with Boyzone. We are proud to read this book. The book is a fictional story with all sorts of weird and wonderful supernatural creatures. We've only read a few chapters so far and it seems to be a good read.

History Occupations

During our history lesson we studied the school roll book for 1911. These are some of the jobs that the fathers of the boys did:
Confectioner ,railway guard ,labourer ,crane driver ,van man,
sailor ,printer, tailor ,shunter ,glazier
farmer, drover golfer, book binder ,iron moulder,
fireman, soldier ,stoker, coach maker ,carter,
blacksmith ,jockey, boxmaker, dairy man.

Place Names in Our Area

We learned about some of our local place names:
Coburg Place: was called after Queen Victoria's husband.
Commons Street: was named after the Commissioners of Dublin. It is said that Molly Malone lived here.
Guild Street / Mayor Street: These were called after titles in the Corporation of Dublin.
Seville Place: Some people think this street got its name from oranges.
It got its name from the capture of Seville in Spain by the British in 1812.
Sheriff Street: was named after one of the titles of office existing in the Corporation of Dublin in 1773.

Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King
We learned about Martin Luther King in history. He was born in Alabama USA in 1929. He fought for Civil Rights for black people. He wanted them to have the same rights and conditions as white people. He was a religious man, a pastor. He only used non-violent methods to achieve his aims.

In 1965 he organised a mass march from Alabama to Washington. He made his famous "I have a dream" speech here. He was shot on April the 4th 1968. America had lost a great leader and the world became a poorer place without him.

The newest recruits in sixth class!

The Larriers legends are back!!

Pigeon Impossible

Here is the latest short animation we used in class - it was really great and helped in putting reports, stories, recounts and short dramas together - check out the characters, settings, ideas and sequencing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEjUAnPc2VA

This small clip takes place in Washington D.C. outside a sandwich bar. A man walks by Walter Beckett and hands him a brief case with a small computer in it. A pigeon flies up to Walter and wants his donut, so he flicked a small bit of donut onto the ground for the pigeon to go for it. The pigeon wants the biggest bit but the man wont give it to the pigeon, suddenly the pigeon attacks the man so the man threw the donut onto the ground and the pigeon flew onto the brief case and it fell onto the ground with the pigeon stuck inside of it.

The pigeon doesn't know what to do so it starts to press a load of buttons. One of the buttons was shooting out a laser and another button shoots out gunshots. Another button makes the brief case fly. And while the pigeon was flying it was shooting out the gun shots and laser. When the man gets the pigeon to stop with the donut he throws it in the air so the pigeon wold be distracted and looking at the doughnut. The man brushes the pigeon out of the but the doughnut falls and hits the button and the button is set to launch a rocket towards Moscow and blow it up!

The rocket launches and the man flies up to it and tries to fire a few shots at the rocket with the few bullets he has left. So he chooses another setting to a mini-rocket and he is about to fire when the pigeon lands again on the briefcase in front of the mini-rocket, looking for the doughnut.

The man opens the briefcase and the doughnut falls out again down to the street and the pigeon follows it. So back to where the man is about to shoot the mini-rocket. He does and blows up the rocket and saves Moscow and a world war. The man then flies down and lands right beside where the bird is eating the doughnut.

And two seconds later a part of the rocket lands and squashes the bird. Brilliant!

By Sean T.

The Octopus Adventure

Here is another great short film which helped our writing - short stories, film reviews, recount and report writing! You can watch it at the link below but read my report first!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=badHUNl2HXU

This story takes place in a small village in France where two octopuses lived. They lived in a seafood shop. The two octopuses were in love but one day the female octopus was sold to a tall, skinny man. He owned a van that sold seafood to restaurants. The outside of the van had a logo that showed octopuses being cut and served!

As the man started his van, the other octopus who remained in the tank leapt out and chased the van. The man took off - the chasing octopus scaled the side of the van and moved towards the window. He tried to help the girl octopus out of the box but the man sees him. As the man was trying to grab the male octopus the girl grabs the handbrake sending her and the boy flying out the window and making the man crash!

The man starts the van again and tries to run over the octopuses but they jump from a wall into a pool in a back garden. Now they jump from one pool to another as the man chases after them. They take big leaps from one pool to another. Eventually the man garbs the boy octopus - he thinks he has him. WRONG!!

The octopus grabs on to an electric wire and sits there while the man drives past in his van and falls into the water below the village wall. Now you think it's over. WRONG AGAIN!!
A seagull garbs the boy octopus from the wire and flies away. Now the girl octopus is mad so she pulls the wire back and swings herself towards the seagull. I pity the seagull.

By Jordan D.

Heavenly Appeals

Recently we have been watching short animated films to help our story writing, our report writing and our recount writing. Here you can read about the film 'Heavenly Appeals' and watch it when you click on the link below - it is really great.

http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYq_35xJtFY

This story takes place outside the gates of heaven when a little man comes up from hell to try to make it to heaven. But outside the gates there is a little fat man who chooses who gets in and who doesn't.
The fat angel took the man's appeals case and pretended to read it. Then the angel took out a stamp and stamped 'denied' on the case, then he dropped it back down to hell. The little man was shocked and very sad that he didn't get in.
Then the fat angel started pull the leaver up and down. The little man was going up and down making him smack his head aginst the rock he was on. Suddenly the angel started to choke on a donut and fell of his cloud. The angel tried to fly back up but he was too heavy. He asked the man from hell to pull him up.
The little man helped him up to his cloud. They started to talk to each other for a while. Out of nowhere the angel pushed the man's weight off the rock and he fell with it. But the little man from hell turned into an angel and flew into heaven. Then the fat angel from heaven turned into the fat man from hell.

By Taylor C

Playing rugby

On the 16th of March our class went to Bull Island. We went to the Bull Island visitor centre.

We saw the bones of a whale and a mummified bat. The short eared owl and the long eared owl migrate to Bull Island. We were shown a slide show about all the animals that live on Bull Island.

After that we played rugby and ran over sand dunes.

We picked teams and played. My team lost and the other team won. We all got smashed up, especially by Leon. Check out our photographs above! It was cold and windy but it was great! One of the best trips!

By Alex and Leon

Trip to Bull Island

Last Tuesday we visited Bull Island. It was a long walk to the island from the bus stop. When we reached the Bull Island Visitor's Centre went into the little house to learn about birds and science. We learned about other animals too. We saw edible crabs, velvet crabs, the common seal, long eared owl, bats, kestrels, glowfish and the bones of a dolphin.

We also did about energy and solar panels. We put a long strip of glass at a light to see if the fan worked. It did work and we know that light can be a source of energy now.

After that we had lunch and walked on the beach and in the dunes. We played some rugby on the way home too. It was class!!

By Karl

Working with clay

By Darrell

By Josh

When we were using clay we decided to make clay people and clay monsters. It was great fun. I made a clay footballer. Jordan made a clay monster .Nathan made a football boot. Darrell made a footballer. Josh made a Larriers crest.
Everyone had fun making clay things out of clay but there was clay everywhere. It was on the floor and on the doors! You could make anything out of it. After we had made it and it dries, Breda paints it with you. We brought them home after a couple of days when they had dried.

By Taylor M.

The Dagger of Truth

The Dagger of Truth

The Amazon. A jungle that contains many secrets. The Mayans once inhabited this jungle. They built amazing temples. Inside these temples were amazing treasures. Treasures that today would be worth millions. One man is seeking out these treasures.
He has tracked down an item known as the ‘Dagger of Truths’. He is now closing in on the whereabouts of this ancient artefact. This search has lead him to a temple in the heart of the Amazon jungle. The sound of the animals in the jungle echoed. Startled. Not by a tiger or a puma, but a man. This man was about to make history.
The sun overshadowed the temple as the man stepped through the undergrowth of the jungle. He continued to the temple. The doors were bashed in. Inside the temple there was no light. He walked on. On the ground there was a torch. Luckily he had brought his lighter. He lit it. Now he could see.
Engravings on the walls told the story of a chief. It describes how this chief brought the dagger here. As he walked on the temple started to widen. Soon he was standing in room that had giant pillars equally spaced all around. In the very centre there were steps. Atop these steps was what he had been looking for. The ‘Dagger of Truths’.
He walked towards the steps not noticing what was about to happen. He had stepped on a stone tile. It began to go down. It was a trap! He ran for the dagger. Arrows firing form both sides of the walls. Missing him, but only just. He managed to grab the dagger by the handle. The arrows stopped. The daggers blade was glass and green. The handle was silver. A secret door opened at the other end of the room. He went through. Inside was a small room.
In this room there was a giant circular stone calendar at the end. He walked over, cautious of his actions. The calendar was set in years, months and days. He noticed something in the middle. A slit small enough for the daggers blade to fit in. This could be another trap. He was about to gamble his life. He shoved the blade of the dagger in.
At first there was nothing, then the calendar began to turn. First the closest to the blade. The day. Then the month and after that the year. It came to a halt. The entire calendar pushed into the wall. All except for the top three symbols. It was now clear.
The symbols revealed a date. Probably the most important date in our history since the birth of Jesus Christ. The end of the world!
“He’s here, I know it”. He was astounded how quickly they had found him. He took the dagger and began to look for a door. He started by looking at the walls. It didn’t take long. He pressed a tile on the wall and soon a door appeared. He went in as the door closed behind him. A man walked into the room with the calendar. Followed by men with guns.
“We’re too late”. He walked towards the calendar. “ Get me Professor Decovek”.

Part Two - coming soon to a blog near you . . . .

By Alex Fay

Dancing Raisins

Equipment

A jar glass of water, a fizzy drink e.g. 7up or fizzy water and the main thing, a hand full of raisins.

Information

The raisins are heavier than the drink so they sink to the bottom of the drink. In the fizzy drink though, they collect bubbles at the bottom of the jar, and these bubbles help the raisins dance up the jar to the surface. With the bubbles of carbon dioxide, the raisins are ligther than the drink so they rise to the top.

Experiment

Drop a handful of raisins into glass.

Drop a handful of raisins into 7up.

After a while the raisins will rise to the surface.

What I noticed

I noticed that the raisins went to the surface of the fizzy drink but when they got there the bubbles burst and the raisins went back down. Also, after a while the fizz went flat and the raisins did not go as fast as they did at the start.

By Luke.

Our Assembly

Last week it was our turn to do the assembly and Luke and I were the presenters. We did a 'Teachers Challenge'. The teachers had to listen and arrange the lyrics of Don’t Stop Believing by Journey. We had cut them up in class. The words were cut up on a sheet in front of them. We helped each teacher do it. Ms O’Carroll won as she was first finished and she got a bag of Mars bars for her class.
Then we did the Students of the Month award me, Taylor, Alex and Nathan Barrett won it in our class. We will go bowling at the 'Plex for it.
Then we moved on to Classroom of the Month award and 5th class won so they got a bag of Mars bars too.
After that we put on the song agin and which ever class sang the best singers got to go first. 2nd class went out first then 4th then 3rd and eventually 5th. Everyone said that we did the best assembly ever!!

By Josh

Our Science Experiments

Can you balance - three ways to find out

Experiment 3. Can you stand against a wall and raise your opposite leg?

I thought it would be easy to stand with your feet apart, with one foot shoulder and head touching the wall and raise your other leg. Dead easy or is it??!!! When you are against the wall you can't move your leg off the wall. One of the lads made sure we didn't move our head, shoulder or foot off the wall. When you try to lift your other leg off the wall you fall. I did it i kept falling off the wall. Because I lifted my leg up too low and my centre of gravity was not over my two feet! Very hard unless you have incredible balance!

By Taylor M.

Can you balance - three ways to find out

Experiment 2. Can you stand against a wall and bend down without moving your knees?

I thought I Can you stand against the wall without moving your knee off the wall, no problem. Its harder than you think. If you can touch your toes you might be able to do it but when I did it, I moved my centre of gravity from over my feet and I fell over. One of the lads made sure we didn't bend our knees. I wasn't able to pick up the coin, it was too hard.

By Taylor M.

Can you Balance - three ways to find out

Experiment 1. Can you stand up without leaning foward?

Harder than it seems!! When you are standing your centre of gravity is over your feet. When you sit down or are bending forward your centre of gravity is over the chair. To stand up you must move to get your centre of gravity over your feet but it is impossible to stand up if you don't lean forwards. When I tried it I nearly got it. But I nearly fell back any time I was pushing up because the chair kept on moving back!

by Taylor M.

Our Pulse and Heartbeat

Last week in school we learned about active pulse, resting pulse and the heart! It was great! First we took our pulse sitting down, on our wrist or neck or behind the knee, with two fingers. Then we ran on the spot for 1 min and my active pulse was going very fast! My resting pulse was 44 beats per second and my active pulse was 105. I felt great but my legs were sleepy!

We learnt about the heart, and the way system of blood vessels, arteries, veins and capillaries is over 60,000 miles long! That’s long enough to go around the world more than twice! And the adult pumps about 5 quarters of blood each minute-approximately 2,000 gallons of blood each day-throughout the body. You can see us in the photos taking our resting pulse, then exercising and counting our active pulse after!

By Jake

Daniel O' Connell

By Karl

By Jordan D.

Daniel O' Connell was born in Co Kerry in 1775. He came from a Catholic family that was very wealthy so they managed to keep their land by giving the government money even in spite of the penal laws.

While he was over in France studying to be a lawyer he saw much bloodshed during the French Revolution and that was what turned Daniel O Connell against violence. O' Connell was a clever lawyer and a fine speaker. His aim was to abolish the penal laws.

When he got home to Ireland there was a election in Co. Clare to be come a member of parliament which is now in London because The Act of Union. He told all the members of the parliament that the penal laws were unfair and that is why the penal laws were abolished. All thanks to Daniel O Connell.

We created posters of Daniel O' Connell as 'The Liberator' to remind us of the story!

By Leon Bannerman.