On Thursday, 5th March students and staff dressed up for Purim. The theme was "Careers". There were some brilliant ideas and all money raised went to Barnardo's. It also coincided with World Book Day which added an extra buzz around the school.
On Thursday the 5th of March, Student Council organised the annual Purim dress up day. This year the event was in aid of Barnardo's Children's Charity and the theme was Careers. So many amazing and inventive costumes were seen on the day with the best dressed awards going to Kara (6th Year), Alannah (3rd Year) and Alan (1st Year). Approximately €273 was raised.
The day also tied in with World Book Day as Ms. O'Kelly and the TY's organised a book sale and library quiz. I also got to take part in my first ever reading flash mob. Overall the day was a great success and we are all very proud of the support we received from the entire school. Now, With all the preparation and anticipation over with, we can all start counting down the days till next Purim. For more photos, go to the 2014-15 Web Gallery.
Kate Dempsey, 5th Year
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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