On Wednesday, 7th October, a representative from the Student Enterprise Awards organisation visited Stratford to talk to 1st Year and TY students about generating ideas for the Student Enterprise competition. 1st Year student, Srijan Singh explains what he heard.
Mini company (Student Enterprise Awards) is a competition where 1st Years and 4th Years compete against other people to win with a business idea. You can come up with something totally new or something that has already been invented, but with a new twist. The ideas can vary from key chains to new software. The possibilities are endless!
My experience of mini company is a bit of fun with many cool ideas such as bicycle accessories, best-friend rock and much, much more ...
Srijan Singh (1st Year)
Last year some 1st year Stratford students won 1st prize for the Social Media Award of the Dublin City Student Enterprise competition - read the LCVP/Business blog.
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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