5th and 6th Year students attended a Genetics Lecture by Éanna Ní Lamhna on Thursday, 11th November in Dublin Zoo.
It was an interesting way of understanding one of the particularly difficult aspects of our course—DNA and cell division— by applying it to the real world. The lecturer was enthusiastic and extremely informative. Overall we found the day to be useful and many of us who were struggling with the topic before, now have a much better understanding of it.
Eoin Gleeson (5th 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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