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To the Future and Beyond with Limerick School Project Book Release To the Future and Beyond with Limerick School Project Book Release

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To the Future and Beyond with Limerick School Project Book Release

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The Limerick School Project, National School, has launched a new book, ‘Limerick School Project – The Next 25 Years and Beyond’. The book has been compiled, written and illustrated by the children of the Limerick School Project under the guidance of their teachers, this book imagines school life in the future.

The celebrations which took place this year of the Limerick School Project’s 25th anniversary has prompted many discussions about the lives of children at that time, compared to the present, and in turn, to the lives of the children of the future. The result of these discussions is the creation of a book that every child in the school has contributed to, in drawings, poems and stories.

Commenting on the book ‘Limerick School Project – The Next 25 Years and Beyond’ Principal Orla McCoy said: “This is much more than a collection of drawings and stories by the current pupils in the school – it embodies the energy and diversity of the pupils and teachers past and present, a vibrancy and imagination that bodes well for the future of LSP and equality based education in the city.”


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Jason Nash, Limerick College of Art and Design, who was responsible for the overall design of the book, said: “It’s always a lot of fun when working with children, they have very imaginative and creative minds, coming up with great ideas and wacky inventions. That’s ideal for making a fun and exciting book and makes my work as a designer much more interesting.”

In 1986 the concept of a ‘multi-denominational, child-centred, co-educational and democratically run’ school was set in motion when a group of foresighted parents met in Cruises’ Hotel and the Limerick School Project was born. The school grew, over the years, from 56 pupils and 2 teachers to its present population of 220 pupils and 13 teachers. Now well established in O’Connell Avenue, during this school year of 2014-2015, the school is delighted to be celebrating 25 years of LSP.

‘Limerick School Project – the next 25 Years and Beyond’ is available for purchase for €10 from the school secretary 061 412994. All proceeds go towards the cost of printing the book.

For further information about Limerick School project click here.

Read more about the work of Limerick School Project here.

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