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3rd Year Online Assembly & Chasing Joy (January) winners announced

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NEWS / 22 February 2021

On Friday, 12th February - the last day before mid-term - the 3rd Years had their online assembly. The winners of the Chasing Joy (January) competition were announced. Watch the 3rd Year's assembly on Stratford's YouTube channel - very impressive!

Chasing Joy January Winners

There were many student entries for this competition all of which can be seen on this padlet set up by Ms Reynolds.

Thanks to the judges - Mr Downes, Ms Corrigan, Brian Conaghan (author) and Ms Reyolds - who after a lot of deliberation chose the following winning entries!

1st Year Winner - Anna : Film of 4 crafts

2nd Year Winner - Zohar and Jessica : Poem and illustration– Body image

3rd Year Winner - Josh and Daniel : Minecraft construction of London Bridge

Overall Junior Winner - Caoimhe : illustration of William Blake Poem

1st in the Senior Category - Nellie : animation, ‘Buachaill'

2nd in the Senior Category - Alexey : Odyssey rap

3rd in the senior Category - Noam : documentary ‘Chasing Joy’

Overall winner - Stephen (2nd Year) : ‘Chasing Joy’ Song

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