We were delighted to welcome Rachel Donohoe into Stratford College. She very kindly donated signed copies of her book to the school. Rachel has just published her second book, 'The Beauty of Impossible Things'.
A superb seminal novel that brings a touch of magic realism to the Irish shores. It's a coming-of-age novel that has been compared to Francoise Sagan's, 'Bonjour Tristesse', who would have thought an Irish summer could evoke such sensuality.
Two 5th year students have been the lucky recipients of these novels for their outstanding creative writing, Sean Noonan and Jonah Miller. Perhaps they two will have a novel to publish one day!
Ms Siobhan Reynolds
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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