BT Young Scientist 2020 - Congratulations Ayush Tambde (3rd Year) !
Young Scientists ‘ahead of the game’ as they explore bushfires’ fallout and quantum computers
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3rd Year Stratford student's Quantum Computing project accepted for 2020 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition
Congratulations to Ayush Tambde in 3rd Year who found out on Wednesday, 23rd October that his project - "Adapting a Neural Network to efficiently run on a Quantum Circuit" - has been accepted for the 2020 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, starting 8th January.
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Stratford students invited to compete in the Bebras Computational Thinking National Finals
Six Stratford College students have been invited to participate in the National Final of the International Bebras Challenge on Computational Thinking in early May, hosted by the Department of Computer Science in Maynooth University. The Bebras Challenge involves students doing 15 online problem solving exercises in 45 minutes.
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SciFest@Schools competition: TYs present their Coding projects
Having worked diligently on their Scratch games and applications since September, and armed with explanatory posters and their Design Process log to show all the work that went into the design of these computer games, the TYs were ready to face the SciFest judges on Wednesday, 19th December.
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Stratford College selected as one of the pilot schools for Leaving Certificate Computer Science
Stratford College has been selected to be one of the pilot schools to be part of the phased introduction of Computer Science as a subject in the Leaving Certificate. Being a pilot school means that Leaving Certificate Computer Science will be introduced to Stratford College 5th Year students starting September 2018. They will sit the Leaving Certificate Computer Science online exam in June 2020. Computer Science will be the first online Leaving Certificate exam.
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Computer Science: new Leaving Certificate subject will be introduced in September 2018
The NCCA (National Council for Curriculum and Assessment) published the draft specification for the new Leaving Certificate subject of Computer Science in June 2017. It is currently in the consultation phase which is due to end on 22nd September 2017.
Read more →Coderdojo Stratford is on every Tuesday lunchtime in the Computer Lab
Ms. O'Kelly, Mr. Desmond and Mr. Clancy are running this year's Coderdojo Stratford. Students are using scratch to learn how to programme. It's on every Tuesday at lunchtime in the Computer Lab.
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