Selfie Culture: a 5th Year English student’s response to Sylvia Plath’s poem
Read Rebecca Lee's insightful response to Sylvia Plath's poem "Mirror", whereby she defends the prevalence of selfie culture in modern times.
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Wellbeing: Student Voice
It is acknowledged that the Wellbeing of young people is enhanced when their views and suggestions are sought and there is a meaningful response to them (Flynn, 2014). Listen to two Stratford College students give informed feedback on their experience with Digital Portfolios and their Digital Grade Profile as part of their Junior Cycle English learning.
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Dublin Festival of History: Senior History students attend opening debate
Ms. Kenny and a group of Senior History students attended the opening debate of the Dublin Festival of History recently in The Printworks, Dublin Castle. Lecturers included Martin Bell and Robert Harris. 5th Year student, Sonny Daly describes the experience.
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1st Year Science students working on stem cell project
Over the past few weeks, the 1st years have been doing a project on stem cells for Science.
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Students and Parents invited to read the October Book Club choice: “We Come Apart”
The Library Book Club choice for October is "We Come Apart" by Brian Conaghan and Sarah Crossan - two award winning authors. In a new venture, parents/guardians are also invited to borrow the book from the Library and to share the experience of reading Young Adult books over the course of the academic year.
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2nd Year Classics students reenact glimpses of Homer’s Illiad, Book I
In the last week of September, the 2nd years were given the opportunity to reenact glimpses of Homer's Illiad.
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Great Reads Award 2017: students asked to read and rate Junior and Senior books
The Great Reads Award 2017 is up and running, with the shortlisted books now available to borrow from the Library. Now in its second year, the Great Reads Award is organised by the School Library Association in Ireland (SLARI). Students read the books and rate them in two categories - Junior and Senior. The author with the most ratings in each category win a prize. The school with the most rating entries also win a prize!
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3rd Year English student writes exemplary extended ending to Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men”
In early September Ms. Reynolds asked the 3rd Year English class to complete an extended writing task by extending John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men". Read Kharisma Messam's exemplary piece of creative modelling.
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5th Year English student exam answers: “Foster” and Keats
Read Cormac Kelly's English summer exam answers on Claire Keegan's "Foster" and the poet Keats.
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Are Students Happy? PISA 2015 Results: Students’ Well-Being (published April 2017)
On average across OECD countries, 15-year-old students are satisfied with the life they are living: they report a level of 7.3 on a scale of life satisfaction that ranges from 0 to 10. But around 12% of students, on average, are not satisfied with their life:they report 4 or less on the scale.
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