The Department of Education and Skills has published the Inspection Report on Stratford's TY Programme. The inspection was in November 2016. The Board of Management welcomes such a positive report on its TY Programme.
The Board welcomes such a positive report on its TY Programme and wishes to highlight the conclusions below.
The principal and other school leaders ensure the provision of a very broad TY curriculum and a wide variety of learning opportunities for TY students which support the guiding vision of the school. The school promotes a culture of improvement, collaboration, innovation and creativity in teaching, learning and assessment. A whole school approach to TY is in place and there is very good communication and liaison between teachers of the programme and relevant staff in planning for the needs of students. The wholeschool and classroom environments encourage, support and celebrate students’ learning and achievements in the programme. The TY programme is very effectively co-ordinated.
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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