3rd Year students, Alice Murphy and Diarmaid Kelly competed in the Poetry Aloud competition in the National Library on Kildare Street on Friday, 14th January.
On Friday, 14th January, myself and Alice Murphy, a fellow 3rd year student, competed in the Poetry Aloud semi-final held in the National Library on Kildare Street. Poetry Aloud is a nationwide spoken poetry competition and the regional heats took place in November. We each had to speak a set poem, Swineherd, by Eileann Ní Chuileanain, and a poem of our choice from a selection of anthologies. We and about 90 other students from around the country were assessed by a panel of judges, among them the accomplished author Siobhán Parkinson, and the poet Eileann Ní Chuilleanain. Myself and 20 other students got through to the final held later that day. It was overall an enjoyable and memorable experience.
Diarmaid Kelly (3rd Year)
[Photo: Poetry Aloud 2011 /Fiona Ross/National Library of Ireland]
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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