To embed the 6th Years' Senior Cycle English Single Text study, we were very lucky to get tickets to a sold out performance of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', by the world-renowned Irish theatre company Druid, as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival at the Gaiety Theatre on Tuesday, 30th September.
While a fascinating age-blind decision to cast Marie Mullan as Lady Macbeth prompted great post-show discussions, it was the lurking prevalence of evil in the cloaked witches, and the religious iconography of the ghostly crucifix that really helped students visualise the major themes of ambition and power in the play, and remind them of its cultural context, written in the aftermath of the Gunpower Plot in 1606.
Students' views were conflicted over the effectiveness of the bare set and the costumes and proxemics of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, however we all agreed Aidan and Aaron brought excellent style and greatly elevated our evening out!
Ms Talbot
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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