Congratulations to Diarmaid Kelly who reached the semi-finals of the Poetry Aloud competition on Tuesday, 23rd October.
On Tuesday October 23rd, Evan Matthews, Ethan Brady Arnold, Sean Lysaght and Diarmaid Kelly competed in the regional of Poetry Aloud, held in the National Library of Ireland. Congratulations to Diarmaid Kelly who secured a place in the semi-final with his outstanding performance of Heaney's 'Postscript'. On leaving the library Sean Lysaght remarked, 'I'm glad I did it, as now I have two poems committed to memory'. His comment reminded me of the purpose of our participation - to provide the students with an opportunity to commit to memory the best of what has been thought and written.
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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