Ms. Finnegan has been working with DCU PhD students in Sports Science research for the past couple of years tracking the fitness of 2nd Year students.
Through the YPath Sports Science Research programme in DCU, Ms. Finnegan and PhD students have been tracking the fitness levels of 2nd Year students at regular intervals. The objective is to plot improvements and activity levels of students. They were first tracked in 2013 and will return again in 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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