5th Year Biology students go on Ecology field trip to Dublin Zoo
On Tuesday, 2nd May, Ms O'Sullivan and the 5th Year Biology students visited Dublin Zoo to undertake their Ecology field trip.
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May Book Club Choice: ‘The Ministry of S.U.I.T.S.’ by Paul Gamble
The May Book Club Choice is aimed at students in 1st and 2nd Year. It is Paul Gamble's book, "The Ministry of Strange, Unusual and Impossible Things" aka 'The Ministry of S.U.I.T.S.'.
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TY Neo-Classical Tour of Dublin
Ms Donohoe and Ms. Caspi brought the TY students around Dublin city centre on Thursday, 27th April to examine the interior and exterior of many stunning neo-classical buildings that populate our city centre. A number of TY students comment on the morning's tour.
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Stratford celebrates Tech Week 2017
Tech Week 2017 was celebrated in Computer Studies classes from Monday, 24th April through to Friday, 28th April. Students got a chance to use Virtual Reality glasses, explore augmented reality, play music using Makey Makey, play Minecraft on Raspberry Pi's, work with our little Ozobot robot and most interestingly type on an old typewriter! TY students visited the exhibition "Humans need not apply" at the Science Gallery and created their own LED torches at a workshop in Makeshop.
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1st Year students organise an aerial photograph as part of their petition to the Irish Government
On Thursday, 27th April the first years assembled the whole school out on our basketball courts to create the figure .7%. They took an aerial shot of this and used it to accompany their petition to the Irish Government to honour the commitment of providing .7% of our GDP to the developing world.
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Tech Week 2017: TYs make LED torches in MakeShop workshop
On Thursday, 27th April the TYs visited the Science Gallery and made LED torches in MakeShop. Leo Mazor (TY) explains what was involved.
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1st Years create Medieval History Stop Motion videos
During 1st Year History and Computer Studies classes, students worked in groups to create one minute Stop Motion videos on a Medieval History topic of their choice. Work started in December and were finalised in early February. 1st Year student, Itai Barhen, explains what is involved in making a Stop Motion video. A selection of the videos were shown at the 1st Year Assembly on 27th April.
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Minding the Mind: Public Lecture Series: May 2017
Saint John of God Hospital is hosting a series of free public lectures during May. Early attendance is advisable.
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TY tending to Stratford’s Bio-diversity Garden
Since March, Ms. McCarthy and the TYs have been working hard to develop and weed the school bio-diversity garden. A new beech hedge has been planted, with further plans to put in a gate and to put out bird houses.
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School Walk in aid of World Wildlife Fund
This year's school walk was held much earlier than usual this year on Wednesday, 5th April. The walk was organised by the TYs and it was in aid of the World Wildlife Fund. The weather was dry which helped spirits immensely!
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