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TY Weekly: Climbing Centre, Incinerator field trip, Orwell Lodge visits, Kinia Paired Reading training and Women in STEM talk
Subject Blogs, Computer Science, Geography, Green Schools, Past Pupils, Sports, Transition Year / 27 March 2026

TY Weekly: Climbing Centre, Incinerator field trip, Orwell Lodge visits, Kinia Paired Reading training and Women in STEM talk

The TYs have been really busy throughout March! Every Friday they've been going to the BLOC Climbing Centre near Tallaght, a number of students visit Orwell Lodge Nursing Home every Tuesday at lunch, a field trip to the Incinerator in Sandymount with Ms Skehan, completed a Kinia Paired Reading training morning, attended a Women in STEM talk when past-pupil Olivia Foley returned to Stratford and more! Plus the very cool TY 2025-2026 hoodies arrived - thanks Mr Eppel!

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2nd Years participate in Fast Fashion workshop by repairing clothes
Subject Blogs, Geography, Green Schools, Past Pupils / 25 February 2026

2nd Years participate in Fast Fashion workshop by repairing clothes

On Tuesday, the 24th of February, the second years took part in a Fast Fashion workshop hosted by Leah Gaynor from Oxfam. There, we learned all about ethical fashion and how companies use greenwashing as a deceptive marketing tactic. We watched a video on clothing waste in the global south, and it is safe to say the statistics were appalling. 

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1st Year Computer Studies class enter Young Environmentalist Awards with Scratch coding projects
Subject Blogs, Computer Science, Geography, Digital Teaching & Learning, Green Schools, Junior Cycle / 7 January 2026

1st Year Computer Studies class enter Young Environmentalist Awards with Scratch coding projects

The 1st Year Computer Studies class have been set up into 8 teams and each team registered their Young Environmentalist project plan with ECO-UNESCO in mid-December. Each team has started to create their Scratch coding project highlighting an environmental issue of their choice based on the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The list of 1st Year projects/issues are listed in this blog.

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Five 1st Year coding projects make it to semi-finals of 2025 Young Environmentalist Awards
Subject Blogs, Computer Science, Geography, Science/Maths, Digital Teaching & Learning, Green Schools / 7 March 2025

Five 1st Year coding projects make it to semi-finals of 2025 Young Environmentalist Awards

Stratford will be represented by five 1st year groups at the semi-finals of the 2025 Young Environmentalist Awards in Airfield Estate on Wednesday, 12th March. Each group has coded a Scratch game aimed to heighten awareness about the UN Sustainable Development Goals.  They will be presenting their projects in Eco-Dens - think Dragons Den - to a panel of judges.

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