Ms. Reynolds and Ms. S. O'Sullivan have a thriving group of debating students who have been involved this term in the Junior and Senior L&H Debating Competition in TCD, as well as the European Youth Parliament.
Senior L & H Debating Competition
Congratulations to Rory O'Neil and Diarmaid Kelly who got through to the semi-finals of the Senior Literary and Historical Debating Competition in Trinity College.
European Youth Parliament
Congratulations to Jorden Bukspan (5th) and Rory Murphy (TY) who represented Stratford College at 2013 European Youth Parliament (EYP). The results of the competition will posted in the new year. Let's hope they have similar success to our previous contender, Diarmaid Kelly, who was chosen to represent Ireland as last years EYP session held in Berlin.
Junior L & H Debating Competition
Every Monday evening, the English room becomes engulfed by eager debaters, hungry to learn the skills of oration. Alanah O'Byrne (2nd), Cormac Kelly (2nd), Eoin Little (1st), Jake Turley (1st), Megan Wynne (1st) and Ana Jovanovic (1st) have all admirably represented Stratford College at UCD. They're thriving under the expert tutelage of Lucy Murphy, a past pupil, and Ms S. O'Sullivan. We look forward to a new round of debates in the Spring.
Ms. 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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