FÉILTE, the Festival of Education in Learning and Teaching Excellence, is a celebration of teaching where teachers showcase their work in leading innovative learning in schools.
Earlier this month the Teaching Council invited registered teachers to apply to showcase their work at FÉILTE 2015, on Saturday 3rd October 2015 in the RDS, Dublin. FÉILTE, the Festival of Education in Learning and Teaching Excellence, is a celebration of teaching where teachers showcase their work in leading innovative learning in schools. Now in its third year, the day provides a platform for teachers to share their stories of innovation with each other and the public.
Ms Reynolds and Ms Byrne have successfully submitted the 2nd year Media Studies module which sees Stratford students engage in multi-modal learning by creating a product or service which related to the key skill of 'staying well'; developing a brand, logo, slogan and marketing strategy; script, storyboard, recording and editing a TV advert to be presented or 'pitched' to the class; and finally writing a report of their individual and group experience.
We have also invited Laura Fitzgerald of Chemistry and Jake Walshe, the President at The Institute of Creative Advertising and Design, Company Director of Screen Scene and a past pupil of Stratford College to visit Stratford for a screening of the adverts, followed by a short Q and A.
We are thrilled that the module and the work produced by the 2nd year English class will now be showcased at the FÉILTE Festival in October.
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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