Congratulations to Josh Wynne, a 2nd Year student, who with a group from his coding club came second place in a competition organised for the 'Internet of Things 4 Food' conference in UCD at the end of March.
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On Thursday, 8th March parents, teachers and students were invited from Stratford schools to attend an evening explaining the new Leaving Certificate Computer Science subject. Stratford College has been selected as one of the 40 phase 1 schools, starting September 2018.
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The TY Science class competed in their second SciFest@Schools competition, on Tuesday, 6th March. This competition was under the guidance of Science teachers - Ms. O'Sullivan, Ms. Cronin and Mr. Fennell. Two external judges looked at the projects. Well done to Laura, Kharisma and Alan who were awarded 1st place.
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Richard Bruton, Minister for Education and Skills spoke at the official NCCA launch of Leaving Certificate Computer Science on Monday, 5th March. Professor Brendan Tangney gave the keynote address and will also be talking at Stratford's official launch of teaching Computer Science at 7pm on Thursday, 8th March. All are welcome to attend.
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On Tuesday, 19th December the TY students presented their coding projects for inspection to two external judges as part of the SciFest@Schools competition (Intermediate Technology category). In groups of 2 or 3, students had to present both their coding projects as well as explain the design process. Some of the winning groups will represent Stratford in the SciFest@College competition next May in IT Blanchardstown.
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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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The Department of Education and Skills published its STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) Policy Statement and Implementation Plan for Schools on Monday, 27th November.
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This year marks the first year that Stratford College has entered students into the Bebras international computational thinking challenge. Administered by Maynooth University, each student completes 15 online interactive puzzles and computational challenges in 45 minutes. 3rd Year student Grace MacDonnell describes the quiz in more detail.
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TY Maths students and Leaving Certificate Geography students participated in a field trip to Kippure on Wednesday, 1st November. It was a beautiful crisp day for the field trip and students explored the environment from both a geographical and mathematical point of view.
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Despite Hurricane Ophelia. Maths Week (18th - 20th October) was celebrated in class, during form time and around the school. EU Code Week (also the same week) was celebrated in an "unplugged" manner - no computers needed!
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