Ms. Donohoe arranged a closely fought Classics Table Quiz on Thursday, 20th December between the 2nd and 3rd Year students. A 3rd Year team won the quiz!
On Thursday, 20th December the second and third years partook in a Classical Studies competition on Homer’s Iliad. Team Polytropus consisting of Svetlana, Emer and Rory in third year won. This was the first year that a third year team has won the event. It was a tight competition; the difference was only a point between the Harpies, another third year team. The winning team received replicas of Greek coins with the goddess of wisdom, Athena on them. It was an enjoyable event. Rory (3rd Year)
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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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