Tech Week 2017 was celebrated in Computer Studies classes from Monday, 24th April through to Friday, 28th April. Students got a chance to use Virtual Reality glasses, explore augmented reality, play music using Makey Makey, play Minecraft on Raspberry Pi's, work with our little Ozobot robot and most interestingly type on an old typewriter! TY students visited the exhibition "Humans need not apply" at the Science Gallery and created their own LED torches at a workshop in Makeshop.
Tech Week 2017 was celebrated in Computer Studies classes from Monday, 24th April through to Friday, 28th April. Students got a chance to use Virtual Reality (VR) glasses, explore augmented reality (AR), play music using Makey Makey, play Minecraft on Raspberry Pi's, work with our little Ozobot robot and most interestingly type on an old typewriter! TY students visited the exhibition "Humans need not apply" at the Science Gallery and created their own LED torches at a workshop in Makeshop. Read some more thoughts by some students:
On Monday during Computer Studies I enjoyed using the VR headset. It was fun and enjoyable for everyone and the experience was amazing. The celery piano was also very interesting and so was everything else. I feel Tech Week was a nice, fun and engaging week as we learned and played with some new tech and experienced something new. Jason Li (1st Year)
My favourite thing I did in Tech Week was scaring people when wearing VR. Peter Barry (2nd Year)
I liked the celery piano. I thought it was different and fun. I would have like a few more notes though. Jools Reilly (2nd Year)
I liked the VR. It was fun and I'd like to do it again. Conor Ryan (2nd Year)
"Making an LED torch" Workshop in Makeshop
I thought it was fantastic fun. It was quick and productive. My torch worked perfectly! Sonny Daly (TY)
I think that the work shop was great! As my first time for doing soldering that was a great experience and very fun. Leo Mazor (TY)
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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