The TYs spent the week beginning Monday, 19th February participating in Law Week. A visiting barrister came to the school and they participated in a mock trial. They also visited the Criminal Courts of Justice to witness what it was like to sit in an actual court. A number of the TYs recount their experiences.
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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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Congratulations to all the TY students and some of the 5th Years who along with Ms. Kenny and Ms. Gordon, voted on plenary and committee debates in the Chamber of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Thursday, 1st February. The TYs had submitted a video in November which was deemed one of the Irish winners in the Euroscola competition.
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Mr. Priestley and Mr. Fennell, with a large group of 5th years and some TYs, visited NUI Galway on Thursday, 1st February to participate in Youth Empathy Day, organised by the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre. Actor and patron of the centre, Cillian Murphy attended and spoke with the students - including Stratford students.
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TY student, Rory Glynn, not only reviews the film but also writes about the visit that Film Director, Nick Kelly, made to the TY English class in mid-December.
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Another closely contest contest in the annual 2nd versus 3rd year quiz. Well done to Valery, Grace, Lizzy and Alexey who took first place.
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Matilda proved to be a major highlight of the term with two fantastic performances by all the cast on Wednesday, 20th and Thursday, 21st December. Will we forget Rudolpho and Miss Trunchbull?!! Matilda was a marvel, as was Miss Honey. Well done to everyone involved both front of stage and back stage. Huge credit goes to Mr Downes. Thank you for two fantastic nights!
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World’s Largest Lesson introduces the Sustainable Development Goals to children and young people everywhere and unites them in action.17 Global Goals to achieve these 3 extraordinary things by 2030.
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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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Well done to Grace Robbins, Sarah Nelkin, Evan Pender, Nathan Slattery and Sean Noonan who raised approximately €340 for MS-Ireland as part of the recent MS-Readathon.
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