Every February, Safer Internet Day is celebrated around the world. This year it is being celebrated on Tuesday, 10th February. The theme for the day is: "Let's create a better internet together".
The theme for the day is: "Let's create a better internet together" and to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially among children and young people across the world. There are many resources to download - go to www.saferinternetday.ie/resources/ - or http://www.webwise.ie/ to get guidelines to help you. Dr. Brian O'Neill and Thuy Dinh, DIT researchers, have just published a report - Net Children Go Mobile. See also the reports in the Irish Times on Monday, 9th February 2015 about the publication of the Net Children Go Mobile report. Dr. Brian O'Neill is a past-parent of Stratford.
Watch this video created by the #Up2Us campaign run through the Watch Your Space website - watchyourspace.ie.
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The 1st years completed a zombie lab today where they used their scientific methods and thinking to identify patient zero from the zombie suspects. Using measuring skills, pH, observation skills and much more they successfully identified the source of the outbreak!
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The TY Horticulture class were out in the Autumn sunshine planting Spring bulbs using the chaos planting method. This is when a multitude of different spring bulbs (Hyacinths, Daffodils, Tulips, Crocuses, Narcissi) are mixed together and randomly planted so that we have a mixture of flowers and patterns emerging in the spring. It mimics nature and so is more enticing to pollinators and native insects that need the food in Spring.
Stratford is celebrating Maths Week 2026 (12th - 18th October) with daily activities around the school, at breaktimes and in Maths classes! The tutor-time daily quiz is proving to be extremely competitive as each form group tries to solve it and then run to find Ms Matthews in order to win the box of chocolates!
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