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
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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