This year's 6th Year Graduation was celebrated on a beautiful sunny mid-morning on Friday, 24th May. Speeches were made by Ms Gordon, Ms Kenny, Tim Murphy, Jakob Miller and Anne Baker. Thanks to Ms Kenny, Ms Talbot and Student Council for organising the hall, Lynn and Hilary for providing wonderful food and to Olivia (3Y) and David (5th Year) for the musical interlude. Thanks too to Brendan for having the hall look so splendid.
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The Sports Assembly and TY Graduation was held on Thursday, 16th May. Well done to all the winners of medals and to the TYs who made such a memorable assembly about their year. Thanks to Ms. Finnegan and all the students and teachers who made it such a memorable afternoon. Thanks too to Brendan for having the hall look so well.
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Sports Day 2019 was scheduled for Thursday, 7th May but this year the rain forced us to postpone it to the following Tuesday afternoon. Well done to a great decision Ms Finnegan! Tuesday, 14th May was a glorious day. Everyone had great fun as you can see from the photographs. There was a much-needed refreshments centre organised by Student Council. This year for the first time there was a pop-up library organised by the Library prefects, with loads of magazines to read and a chill-out place. Thanks to the 1st Year Digital Media Team (Josh, Kate and Sarah) and to Emma and Adam in 5th Year for taking the photos. See the Sports Day 2019 blog.
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Stratford staff and students celebrated Purim on Thursday, 21st March by dressing up as their 'Literary Hero'. Enjoy the creativity!See the Jewish Studies blog for details.
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Almost half of Stratford students marched in to the city centre to participate at the Schools Strike 4 Climate protest on Friday, 15th March. This global movement was started by Swedish secondary student Greta Thunberg. See Green Schools blog for details.
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Stratford's annual Seachtain na Gaeilge concert took place on Friday, 15th March. Students from all years took part in the concert - singing, dancing and playing musical instruments. Many thanks to all the students who participated in the concert, to Brendan who set up the stage and to Ms Mulhern and Ms Conlon for musical direction. See the Irish blogfor more details.
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Ms Reynolds and Ms Talbot were thrilled when international award-winning Irish film director, Lenny Abrahamson, accepted their invitation to talk to the whole school about his experience of film making. For more details see the blog on his visit.
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Science Week 2018 was organised by Ms O'Sullivan, Mr Byrne and Mr Fennell. They were helped enormously by the TYs who organised various workshops. These photos are just a tiny selection from the week. Watch the video on Stratford's YouTube channel to get the full flavour of the week in a photo slide show!
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This year's Open Day proved to be another extremely busy afternoon! Many families visited the school and campus and were ably guided around the school by the many Stratford students who helped on the day.
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The Awards Ceremony was held on Friday, 26th October to honour student achievements during 2017-2018. The Awards Ceremony was hosted by Student Council. The Keynote speaker was Noleen, from Concern. Student Council are organising a Concern Fast on Friday, 7th December as part of Stratford's sustainability goals for this year. There were numerous musical interludes from the School Choir. Two past pupils from the class of 2008 spoke of their time in Stratford - an improv! The Tuck Shop Boys sang to wrap up the event! Well done to every student who got an award. Prizewinners received beautiful books. Many thanks to Ms Kenny, Student Council, Ms Conlon, Brendan and Dorothy, and all the teaching staff who helped make this year's Awards Ceremony special.See also the subject blogs.
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