Throughout September and October, Ms. Gordon's 1st Year English class were working industrially to create their own newsletters. Most of the work was done collaboratively and online using OneNote.
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Times are a changin' in the 1st Year English classroom with Ms Gordon. 1Y have spent the early weeks in November not only examining Bob Dylan's lyrics but are using their OneNote class notebook to collaborate online to capture their work.
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Ms O'Sullivan and her 1st Year Science students are working on a project about Stem Cells as part of the new Junior Cycle Science curriculum.
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1st Year students starting this September will be taught Business Studies and Science according to new Junior Cycle subject specifications. These new subject specifications are part of the current Junior Cycle curriculum reform. Links to these specifications are included in this blog.
Read more → According to the NCCA's Junior Cycle website, "the Framework for Junior Cycle is based on proposals that emerged from a process of discussion and consultation". In this blog there are a number of links to explore the documents and background research that have gone into creating the Junior Cycle framework. There are also links to current consultations on subjects including Wellbeing, Visual Art and Modern Foreign Languages.
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Stratford College were awarded a top prize at the National Creative School's Competition in The Ark on Tuesday, 31st May. They won the award for an advertising video they created as part of their 2nd Year English Media Studies module.
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On Tuesday, 10th May, Ms. Reynolds and her 2nd Year English students were featured on their experience of peer assessment. The overall feature examined the changing face of assessment in the Irish classroom to Assessment for Learning (AfL).
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Stratford is examining how different learning opportunities can improve well being. Aspects of this exploration include digital profiles, digital portfolios and online collaboration work. Watch three short videos where 2nd Year students talk about the impact these initiatives are having on their learning.
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The way teachers assess students' progress, as well as the grades themselves are changing. Leaving Certificate subjects in 2017 will have a new grading system.
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From December 2015, Stratford College is moving to Office 365 Education apps and service for its Virtual Learning Environment. After a lot of research, Stratford College came to the conclusion that Office 365 Education offered all the strategic features and more, that is required for 21st Century teaching and learning in Stratford. It will allow teachers and students to share, collaborate and create work in a cloud-based, secure environment.
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