During September, 1st Year Classics students have been learning about Greek monsters. Ms Donohoe asked them to create their own monster in 20 minutes. See their work.
1st years have just started learning about some very famous Greek monsters e.g. Medusa, Polyphemus and the Minotaur. After a brief introduction, 1st year Classical Studies students were given a mini Herculean challenge. Each student was asked to create their own monster in twenty minutes. The criteria included naming your monster, drawing an image of your monster and listing its unique abilities. Students then had to present their monster to their peers and each student voted for their favourite.
Congratulations to all of the 1st years who presented such a diverse range of monsters. We were introduced to multi headed, handed, footed, winged creatures. We met monsters that had tails made out of weapons, shape changers, cheer leaders! and many more. My personal favourite was the dancing diva who lured you into her trance by dancing and then you ended up dancing alongside her all the way into the Underworld to discover you were dead.
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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