On Wednesday, 16th September, DCU PhD students in co-operation with Ms. Finnegan did their final tracking of 3rd students for activity levels and improvements. The 3rd years have been tracked over three years and this work is part of the Y-Path Sports Science research programme in DCU.
Through the Y-Path Sports Science Research programme in DCU, Ms. Finnegan and PhD students have been tracking the fitness levels of 3rd Year students at regular intervals for the past two years. The objective is to plot improvements and activity levels of students. They were first tracked in 2013, then tracked again in September 2014 and were tracked for the final time on 16th September 2015.
Ms. Finnegan
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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