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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On Wednesday, 17th October 2018 the children of Chaim Herzog and their families, visited Belfast and Dublin to retrace the footsteps of their father.
Born in Belfast and raised in Dublin, their father Chaim Herzog served as Israel's sixth President between 1983 and 1993. In 1985 Chaim Herzog visited Stratford College. Photographs of that occasion were presented by the Student Council to the Herzog's at a special assembly held in both Stratford College and Stratford National School on the morning of the 17th October. Many visitors were invited, including the Principal and some TY Politics students from Wesley College.
See blog for details. Photographs by John Ohle.
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The TYs headed off to Delphi on Monday, 3rd September. Spirits were high and the weather forecast was reasonably good. The TYs got to experience many challenges, including canoeing, surfing and climbing (very high). Ms Finnegan saw students really pushing themselves to do things that they wouldn't normally attempt. Thanks to Ms Finnegan for organising the trip - its always a major highlight for TYs! See the TY blog for more photos.
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This year's 6th Year Graduation was celebrated on a glorious sunny mid-morning on Friday, 25th May. Speeches were made by Ms Gordon, Ms Mahon, Cormac Kelly, Tim Murphy and Anne Baker. Thanks to Ms Kenny and Student Council for organising the hall, Lynn and Hilary for providing wonderful food and to the 2nd Year musicians for providing the ambience.
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Stratford College official school photos, May 2018. Photographer: John Ohle
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