Rugby World Cup: Stratford watches Ireland vs Samoa
Mr Priestley and the newly formed Sports History Club organised a live viewing of the Ireland/Samoa World Cup Rugby match in the hall on Thursday, 3rd October.
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Stratford marches for Climate Change
Earlier this year, many Stratford students and staff walked to Dáil Éireann on the Greta Thunberg-inspired Climate Change marches that happened all around the world. Friday, 20th September proved to be another day of marching by Stratford students and staff, organised so ably by Green Schools.
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Rosh Hashanah - the Jewish New Year
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. It is celebrated on the first day of the Jewish month of Tishrei. On Wednesday morning, 25th September, there was an assembly hosted by the Jewish Studies students and Rabbi Lent who spent time explaining the importance of the Jewish New Year holidays. Mrs Walsh explains further.
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Great Reads Award 2019 - Shortlisted Junior and Senior Books
The 2019 Shortlist of Junior and Senior books for the Great Reads Awardwas announced in September. Set up in 2016 by a group of Irish School Librarians this is a yearly award where students read the books, rate them and the award-winning authors (at Junior and Senior level) emerge! The deadline is early January 2020.
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The TY Delphi Trip 2019
The TY students headed off excitedly to Delphi on Monday, 9th September for their 4-day trip. TY student Mia Warren wrote a review of the trip for English...
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Lost Property: After the Summer Holidays - An Installation
A student standing amidst the debris of discarded books, water bottles, and uniforms. Do teenagers really value protecting our environment or are our protests just a load of hot air? ... by Sarah Jerrard-Dunne (2nd Year)
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Consultation on Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA)
The review of Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) took place between June 2018 and March 2019. It was successful in gathering the views of a wide range of stakeholders, demonstrating the level of interest in this aspect of education. We are now engaging in consultation to ensure the findings and related draft advice is reflective of the needs of students, schools and parents.
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New Subject Specifications in Junior Certificate Classical Studies and Jewish Studies
The last of the new subject specifications for Junior Cycle are commencing this year.
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Bloomsday in Rathgar: 15th & 16th June
Bloomsday celebrates 16th June 1904, the day depicted in James Joyce's Ulysses. As part of the Bloomsday Festival (11th - 16th June), Rathgar village is celebrating Bloomsday on Saturday 15th from 1pm onwards. On Sunday, 16th June 2019 local historian and auther, Ged Walsh is leading an historical literary walk around Rathgar starting from Herzog Park (beside Rathgar Tennis Club) starting at 11am.
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Annual School Walk raises just over €1600 for Jigsaw
This year's school walk was held on Wednesday, 22nd May and students walked a 10km section of the Wicklow Way. Student Council selected Jigsaw, a Youth Mental Health charity, for all its fundraising efforts. Just over €1600 was raised by Stratford students!
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