Arts Week 2017 - a summary review
1st Year English student, Seán Noonan, wrote a review of Arts Week 2017 for English homework. Arts Week was from 6th - 10th November.
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Bebras Challenge 2017: 2nd and 3rd Years participate in Computational Thinking challenge
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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Arts Week Treasure Hunt
TYs and Ms Reynolds organised a Treasure Hunt with historical/cultural clues around Rathgar and Terenure. Sophie Manaeva (TY) explains what was involved.
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Arts Week: Comedy Workshop review
2nd Year student, Cian Glynn has written a review of the Comedy Workshop given by Mr. Downes on Tuesday, 7th November to the 2nd years. It was one of the many events held throughout Arts Week.
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Arts Week 2017 -
Arts Week: Culture for Wellbeing - Members of Ms Reynolds' weekly writers' group eagerly gather to hear award-winning author Brian Conaghan speak about his writing process. Nellie from 3rd year won the Arts Week short story competition, and was awarded a signed copy of 'We Come Apart', a recently published novel written in verse, co-authored by Brian Conaghan and Sarah Crossan.
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5th Year English student: Banquo’s Letter to Wife
Read an exemplar piece of English creative writing by 5th Year English student, Remus Treacy McGee in November.
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Students and Parents invited to read the November Book Club choice: “Margot and Me”
The November Book Club choice is Juno Dawson's book, "Margot and Me". Selected as an Editor's Choice in "Inis", a reading guide published by Children's Books Ireland, it is a most interesting read. Borrow the book from the Library now.
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Arts Week 2017: Culture for Wellbeing Week
Monday, 6th November is the kick off for this year's Arts Week in Stratford College and the emphasis is on nurturing a culture of wellbeing. Highlights include visits from Donna Ray (Singer/Songwriter), Melissa Doran (Illustrator), Stephen James Smith (Slam Poet), Brian Conaghan (award-winning author) and Robert Downes (actor).
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Senior students go on Maths/Geography field trip to Kippure
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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2nd Year CSPE students create videos to explain democracy
Ms. Donohoe's 2nd year CSPE students were very busy in October creating a video to explain democracy. They had to do this in groups and in this blog you can see the creativity and technical expertise used to create two different types of explanations!
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