Read more of this speech by Emily Logan, Chief Commissioner, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission.
The late American poet and essayist Adrienne Rich compared education to a mirror, and asked the question, what happens "when someone with the authority of the teacher describes our society and you are not in it?" This kind of experience she said, can be disorienting: "A moment of psychic disequilibrium as if you looked into a mirror and saw nothing."1
1 Adrienne Rich quoted in the Irish Times
Today, we all share a goal to ensure that when students look into the mirror that the education system holds before them, they see reflected the diversity and values of our broad society.
Read more of this speech by Emily Logan, Chief Commissioner, Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission.
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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