6th Years visit the Civic Theatre "Caith amach é"
The 6th years had a great trip to the Civic Theatre to see a live show based on their Sraith pictures for the Leaving Certificate.
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U16 Boys Basketball team win semi's to make it two finals in a row!
Fantastic news from Wesley College as our U16 Boys basketball team won their semi-finals convincingly 52-30! The finals will be on Thursday 12th December.
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Mitzvah Week - Student Council running Mitzvah Raffle in support of Focus Ireland
Tickets are on sale for the Mitzvah Raffle (which started on Thursday 28th November) in aid of Focus Ireland. The raffle will take place at the 5th Year Assembly which will be held in Monday 9th December. You can buy 1 ticket for €2 or 5/row/column of tickets for €5.
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Rounders Challenge - Teachers v. 1st Year Students
During break on the 25th November the 1st year students years had a rounders game against the teachers. The teachers batted first, and Mr. O’Callaghan was the first batter and he had a fair hit but he only got to 1st base. The rest of the teachers batted with the help of a few 3rd year students with a surprisingly good hit from our History teacher, Ms. Kenny and our Computer Studies teacher, Ms. O’Kelly.
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Two Transition Year students selected to move forward in Certified Irish Angus Beef competition
Stratford College is delighted to share that two of our Transition Year students, Patrick and Omri, have been selected to move forward with the Certified Irish Angus Beef competition.
Stratford College takes part in national protest for reform of Senior Cycle
During lunchtime on Tuesday the 19th of November, Stratford College teachers took part in the national protest to highlight concerns over the "acceleration" of Senior Cycle reform. Teachers are concerned about the lack of guidance and training from the Department of Education, the lack of consideration towards student use of AI for proposed assessment tasks, and the elevated stress on students that these assessments would potentially cause.
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Stratford U16 Boys Basketball team make it to the Cup semi-finals
Stratford 16's came up against another big sporting school ... Cabinteely Community School in the Cup quarter finals on Wednesday 13th November. Our boys had an eventful start to their day as a misunderstanding with the Coach led the team having to race to the match in two taxi's, as Trains, Planes and Automobiles came to mind!
1st Year workshop with Reptile Haven.
Our 1st Years enjoyed a workshop facilitated by Reptile Haven. All the reptiles that visited were either surrendered or rescued and students had the opportunity to learn so much more about the various species and their likes and dislikes. Please visit the Gallery for more photos.
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Stratford celebrates Science Week 2024!
Birr Observatory! Reptiles! Science jokes! Sustainability Tour to Airfield Estate ... and more! The Science department has been busy organising a packed Science Week kicking off Wednesday, 13th November with a trip to Birr Observatory and separately back in Stratford there will be lots of reptiles.
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6th Year Assembly hosts Focus Ireland presenter as Stratford prepares for Mitzvah Week
At the 6th Year Assembly on Tuesday, 12th November, Daniel from Focus Ireland gave a presentation to the whole school about how Focus Ireland challenges homelessness. Stratford will be fundraising for Focus Ireland as part of Mitzvah Week.
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