On Thursday, 27th March, the TY students were invited to a showing of all the top films submitted for the Youth Connect "Decent Work" competition. Kate Dempsey explains further.
On Thursday, 27th March, the TY students were invited to a showing of all the top films submitted for the Youth Connect "Decent Work" competition. Kate Dempsey explains further.
"It was a really amazing show. We watched 20 films out of the 50 submitted for the competition. Unfortunately we didn't get chosen for an award."
Postscript from Ms. Reynolds: In April 2014, Kate was short listed in the Senior Category of the Bord Gais Theatre and Film awards. Her creativity and originality were commended.
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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