Fifth Year Biology students, Sae Shimizu and Alice Quinn-Banville, recount their impressions of their Ecology trip to the Zoo on Monday, 29th April.
On Monday, 29th April, the fifth year Biology students went to the Zoon to carry out our Leaving Certificate Ecology investigation.
Alice Quinn-Banville (5th Year)
We carried out five types of experiments in the grassland beside Dublin Zoo. We learned how to carry out a quadrant study and a line transection. (Click on blog title to see more photos.)
Sae Shimizu (5th Year)
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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