At the beginning of September, Ms. Mahon and Ms. O'Neill brought the 1st Year Art class to Orwell Park. 1st Year student, Victoria Young explains what they did at the park.
At the beginning of September we went to the local park for our Art class. I was paired up with Shimi, Alex and Eoin. We had to draw leaves, trees and plants. We also worked on the barks of trees to make a lino print. (Click on blog title to see more photos.)
Victoria Young (1st Year)
The 1st years completed a zombie lab today where they used their scientific methods and thinking to identify patient zero from the zombie suspects. Using measuring skills, pH, observation skills and much more they successfully identified the source of the outbreak!
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The TY Horticulture class were out in the Autumn sunshine planting Spring bulbs using the chaos planting method. This is when a multitude of different spring bulbs (Hyacinths, Daffodils, Tulips, Crocuses, Narcissi) are mixed together and randomly planted so that we have a mixture of flowers and patterns emerging in the spring. It mimics nature and so is more enticing to pollinators and native insects that need the food in Spring.
Stratford is celebrating Maths Week 2026 (12th - 18th October) with daily activities around the school, at breaktimes and in Maths classes! The tutor-time daily quiz is proving to be extremely competitive as each form group tries to solve it and then run to find Ms Matthews in order to win the box of chocolates!
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