In Science class this week, 20th March, 1st Year students did experiments to learn about static electricity
Electricity was first discovered in 600 BC by Thales de Miletus, a Greek philosopher. He noticed that a hard yellow substance called amber had a mysterious property. When he rubbed it with wool or fur, it attracted light materials such as hair and dust.
Many other substances have similar properties to amber. In today's class we rubbed a pen in our hair or jumper, brought it close to a thin stream of water and the water was attracted to the pen. We also blew up balloons and rubbed them in our hair and our hair stood up. The balloons also stuck to the ceiling.(Click on thumbnails to open an enlarged version of image.)
1st Year students
[Photos: Megan Harnett]
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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