The second years finished reading Plautus' play "The Swaggering Soldier" in class on Tuesday, 7th March.
Second years finished reading Plautus' play The Swaggering Soldier in class today. This Roman comedy was written in the 3rd century BCE. Two thousand and three hundred years later we are still finding the play amusing and entertaining. The moral of the play is that good triumphs over evil. In class, students discussed this theme with eloquence and interest. The play is the prescribed text for Topic 7 in the Junior Certificate - The Roman Theatre - Comedy.
After finishing reading the play we looked at the lyrics to a number of songs where the lyrics echo the thoughts of the protagonist Pyrgopolynices.
These were:
Carly Simon's "You're so vain"
Justin Bieber "Boyfriend"
Cher Lloyd "Swagger Jagger"
Well done to all of the 2nd years for participating with such enthusiasm.
Ms. Donohoe
In the run up to the state exams, Stratford's Wellbeing Team draws your attention to the suite of resources on gov.ie under the heading of Wellbeing support for Exam Students, Parents and School Staff.
As is tradition at this time of year, the annual rounders game took place between our outgoing 6th Years and Teachers. Despite great efforts by our 6th years and some fabulous play, Teachers came out victorious. Fair play to all who played in this game.
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Congratulations to our prize winners at our end of year assembly. Awards including attendance, student of the year and the Principal's Junior & Senior student award for this academic year.
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