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Stratford participate in the Inaugural Great Reads Award - books selected by Irish School Librarians
Subject Blogs, English/Drama, Library / 17 February 2017

Stratford participate in the Inaugural Great Reads Award - books selected by Irish School Librarians

On 17th February 2017, the winning books in the Junior and Senior Category were announced at the Inaugural Great Reads Award hosted by The King's Hospital Library. Four Junior books and four Senior books were selected from a long list collated by librarians who are members of the Irish School Library Association. Students get to rate each book that they read. The Junior and Senior books getting the most votes - win! The school with the most student votes also win a prize.

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TY Computer Studies students being mentored by 3rd Year DIT Computer Studies students
Subject Blogs, Science/Maths, Transition Year / 13 February 2017

TY Computer Studies students being mentored by 3rd Year DIT Computer Studies students

A new and exciting partnership has just started between Stratford College TY Computer Studies class and 3rd Year Computer Science students from DIT Kevin Street. Over a series of five Friday mornings during February and March, a number of DIT Computer Science students are coming in to the TY Computer Studies class to mentor them in Python and Raspberry Pi. The DIT students are doing this as an elective module called "Computing in the Community".

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