Monopoly champions 2015

On Wednesday 27 May 2015, the boys from third class headed over to the NCI to take part in the annual Monopoly competition. The few weeks of tough practice in class paid off as the Larriers emerged victorious in 6 of their 11

games to claim first prize overall! 

They received a €100 cheque for the class which they have decided to spend on a class party at the end of the year!

Inspired by yesterday’s intense game, Shane and Paul wrote two fantastic pieces on Monopoly!

 

Monopoly

I like to play monopoly in school and at home. You play with two dice. I like to get the airport, the train stations and the bus stations. I love to go past ‘GO’ to collect €200.

 

 Shane

 

 

 

How to play Monopoly

 

1. Take out the board and each player gets to pick a token.

 

2. Give everyone the amount of money shown on the instructions

 

3. Roll the dice to see who gets to go first. The person who gets the highest number wins and then from the player who got the highest number it goes clockwise.

 

4. Then put all the tokens on go. 'GO' is very cool because when you go past it you get €200.

 

5. If you buy  property you get the card for it. The card shows you how much people pay you they land on your property.

 

6.  If you don’t want to buy a place you can put it on auction which means other people can offer prices for the property. The person who offers the highest price wins.

 

7. If you land on go to jail you go diagonally to the other jail place. There are four ways to get out.

 

·         Wait three turns and then roll the dice normally

·         Use a get out of jail card which will be explained later.

·         Pay €50 and get out on the next turn.

 

8. If you land on a chance card or community chest you get a second card. It is either a good or bad one. The get out of jail card is a chance card

 

9.   To buy a house you need to own all properties of the same colour and       when you land on your property you can buy a house there.

 

10.            To get a hotel you must have 4 properties on all properties.

 

11.            If you run out of money you can mortgage your house.

 

 Paul

 

Blaine's Best Christmas Present

Check out the amazing story Blaine wrote for Homework on his first day back! Well done Blaine!

My Christmas Present

When Christmas morning came, I was so excited to see what Santa brought me. I jumped out of bed and ran to the sitting room. I first noticed a bike! Then a jet, two games for my 3-D DS and a star wars space ship. I seen a little box on the floor and I said to myself ‘What’s that?’ I couldn’t believe my eyes, it was a Samsung Galaxy phone! I was delighted because my last phone broke! It was by far my favourite Christmas present.

By Blaine

Panto excitement

The class had a wonderful time at the panto ' sleeping beauty' on wednesday!

The class made kris kindle cards for each other on Friday! Well done boys for spreading the Christmas spirit!

Happy birthday Callum!

Thank you for the yummy cake!

Carol singing

Adam was a wonderful festive dancer at our carol singing on Thursday! Well done to everyone involved it was a great day!

11.12.13

Yesterday the class completed a challenge to celebrate at 9.10 on 11.12.13! Well done boys!

Our First Pen Licence

Well done Paul and Taighe on receiving your pen licence. We can't wait to see all of your beautiful writing in the future.

Croke Park Tour

Croke Park

Yesterday me and my class went on a trip to Croke park. So we visited the Croke park museum. A lady brought us on the tour and first we saw a short film named 'A summer in September.' Then we went to where the teams buses enter Croke park and the team's changing rooms. We got to stand where the teams are presented with their trophies and some of us even sat in the presidents seat! The best bit was going into the corporate boxes, they were very nice. After the tour we got to try some GAA activities. It was a great day. 

By Cian

Third Class have had a very busy September. Last week they went to the National Art Gallery with Fighting words.
This is what Cameron thought of the trip:

In the National Gallery we looked at the art. It was fun. We got to look at the different rooms where people we not usually allowed to visit. We got to write a story and draw pictures for it. It was great!

Mé, Tú, Sé, Sí, Sinn, Sibh, Siad

A Nice Day

One day, I went outside. The sky was red, the air was fresh, and guess what? Tomorrow, the weather will be great again! The sun will shine brightly in the sky and I'll be outside having fun. So I said to myself, 'I hope I find a cent' because do you know that saying? 'Pick up a cent, it gives you good luck'.
But now, after all, I said I want a piece of cake from someone! I know! I'll go to a nice restaurant in a big city in England. I might take that one o' clock flight over there.

By Cian G.

Pancake Monday

By Cian

This week in cooking club we made banana pancakes.  I enjoyed mixing the batter and cooking the pancakes.  I poured the mixture in the frying pan and waited until they went nice and crispy and smelt gorgeous.  I cooked two pancakes, I gave one to Brian to try and he said it was a beaut!

The most popular topping was plain, hot and crispy but you could have maple syrup if you wanted.  All the boys got one except Mr. Bailey, he’ll have to make his own next week.

I enjoyed making them but my favourite part was eating them, I’m looking forward to next week when Liz and Úna will be making Pancakes for all the Larriers.  Úna makes the best pancakes!

My Family

My Auntie Jackie got this present of some cream for her birthday to make herself look younger. It said on the paper to use once a week. She's been trying it for ages but it doesn't work. Actually, you know what? I like my family the way it is. Wrinkles and all.
By Luke F.

Larrier's Cooking Club

On Monday Justin, Brian, Karl and Evan made cookies with the Afterschool Cooking Club.  Check out the full story here.

The Party

One time, I had a party at my home. It was almost the best party ever! Every week, I celebrate a little party in my room. I love it. It is great. I buy loads of sweets and a cake and I sit on my bed gobbling everything up all by myself. Then, I jump up and down for a while and finally, I settle down to play on my DS. It's always a great party!
By Adam R.

Spelling Story

"What do you think you're doing?" shouted my ma. She had just caught me wearing her brand new rubber gloves. She had bought them specially to clean the house.
"I'm just using them to clean my bike, Ma. Does it really matter what they are used for?" I asked.
"Well, that's OK, son", she said. "Just as long as you're not using them for writing graffiti on the walls!"
By Ross Fay (The Birthday Boy!)

Different Decades

Me and my father BOTH LOVE MUSIC. I like hip hop and rap with artists like Eminem and 50 Cent, whereas my FATHER likes MUSIC from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s with bands like the Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, Dire Straights, The Police, Bob Marley and Pink Floyd and many, many more he would like to mention but we would be here all night writing them all down! My dad says that there will never be proper MUSIC made like from his generation again and it's no wonder the kids brains are scrambled from listening to all the BANG-BANG and THUMP-THUMP that comes from hip hop and rap.

By Ross

A New Friend

One day, I was walking down the street. I bumped into some man. His name was Joel. I said, "hello". He said, "What is you name?". "My name is Adam", I said. "Will you be my friend?" said Joel, "because I have no friends". I said "OK!!!" in a surprise. So we went into my house. We played all day like there was no tomorrow. Now Joel has a friend. By Adam