General School News

Department of Education and Skills (DES) Coronavirus / Covid-19 Updates

As further advice or information is provided, it will be issued to schools and posted on the Department of Education and Skills (DES) website.

We're all in this together! A short video on some of the ways we've managed so far

For the past couple of months people all over the world have had to face unimaginable challenges and the real superheroes are the front line health care workers.

Stratford hosts its first ever online school assembly during the COVID-19 closures: We're All in This Together!

Monday morning the 30th of March 2020, during the age of COVID-19.

Instead of moving to the sounds of the bell announcing the start of the school day, Stratford staff and students move to their laptops at 8.55am, and login to our first ever Online Assembly. Ms Talbot explains in detail.

Stratford Student-Parent Charter: Findings from recent survey

Over the last few years while developing our Student Parent Charter here at Stratford we have hosted discussions on proposed legislation and worked with our Parents Association to conduct a survey on school communications.

TY Student Wins Inaugural Mary Elmes Prize in Holocaust Studies

Congratulations to Dragos Cazan who won first prize in the inaugural Mary Elmes Prize in Holocaust Studies for TY students! See here for more details.

ESRI report finds strong appetite for senior cycle reform among pupils, parents and teachers

According to the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) report summarised in this recent Irish Times article, "students are giving up sports and social activities due to the stress and pressure of the Leaving Cert, according to new research on pupils’ experiences of second-level education."

Classical Studies students visit Rome

5th and 6th Year Leaving Certificate Classics students went to Rome on a four-day trip leaving on Sunday, 23rd February.

A busy Seachtain na Gaeilge starts from Monday, 9th March

Beidh Seachtain na Gaeilge ar siúl ón 9ú Márta - 13ú Márta. Beidh imeachtaí ar siúl i rith na seachtaine.

TY students visit central London and Bletchley Park

The TYs flew out from Dublin to Luton airport extremely early on Sunday, 2nd February on the TY London Trip to explore World War II History, English/Drama and World War II Codebreaking and Computer Science history.

Educational Research Centre (Dublin) publishes first results of national evaluation of the Digital Learning Framework

The Digital Learning Framework (DLF) is a resource to assist schools to effectively embed digital technologies into teaching, learning and assessment activities, and is a key element of the national Digital Strategy for Schools 2015-2020.