The purpose of this trip was to help our 2nd years to think creatively and cross-curricularly about their CBA projects. On Wednesday, 15th December the Science and English teachers accompanied the 2nd Years on this STEAM initiative to help them to think outside of their subjects' boxes.
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5th Years took part in a All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad (AILO) workshop on Thursday morning, 18th November. Throughout January the 5th years will be practising figuring out these linguistic challenges using logic and problem solving strategies. There is a competition at the end of January which will be entered.
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The European-funded BigO research study aims to lower childhood obesity rates by collecting, visualizing and analyzing BigData on young people's behavioural patterns and their environment. 1st to 4th Year students, and 5th/6th Year Computer Science students are being invited to participate in this research project from 7th - 18th December which is being co-ordinated by UCD researchers and led by UCD Professor Tahar Kechadi.
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Green Schools Ireland have announced their 8th annual Green Schools Irish Water Poster Competition! This year’s competition’s theme is Valuing Water, which aligns with the theme for World Water Day 2021. Look out for posters around school!
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The core theme for this year’s Science Week (9th - 15th November) was "Choosing our future" focusing on how science can improve our lives in the future and in the present.
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Stratford College TY students (now in 5th year!) won three significant prizes at the online SciFest@College competition in the Intermediate Technology section, facilitated by TU Blanchardstown in May 2020. Two of these students have been selected to compete at the SciFest National Finals in November - a first for Stratford College!
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Congratulations to the eight Stratford students who were invited to compete in the Bebras Computational Thinking National Finals in May 2020! Over 6000 students entered this competition - so to make the finals is a great achievement. Having 8 students from one school is superb!
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Thursday, 22nd April 2020 was the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Watch this beautiful video broadcast by the European Space Agency with a message from Prof. Stephen Hawking.
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3rd Year student and BT Young Scientist and Technology 2020 participant, Ayush Tambde, was invited to UCD on Monday, 24th February to meet some of UCD's quantum computer scientists based in NovaUCD.
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The 5th Year Computer Science class visited @Microsoft'DreamSpace on Monday, 10th February for a day of coding and problem solving. Students were split into groups and given a folder of paper materials and one marble. Each group had 40 minutes to create the longest, most creative "marble run" they could engineer!
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