5th & 6th Year History Students attended the Royal Irish Academy workshop with Ms Kenny and Ms Talbot on Thursday 5th October to support their research skills in this subject.
They heard about the RIA programmes, Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI), The Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB), Documents on Irish Foreign Policy(DIFP) and Irish Historic Towns Atlas (IHTA. The RIA guided students through the online collections which may help with their research project and course material in Irish History. There was also a Questions and Answers session.
During the enlightening sixty-minute event organised at the prestigious Royal Irish Academy Library, students were provided with an opportunity to immerse themselves in several different detailed presentations from the Digital Repository of Ireland [DRI] The Dictionary of Irish Biography [DIB], and Documents on Irish Foreign Policy [DIFP]. As well as the Irish Historic Towns Atlas [IHTA]. Each of the four organisations spoke about their dedication to producing online and tactile representations of generations of evolving Irish culture, lifestyle, and geography.
Following the conclusion of the conference, the speakers from each of the four historic organisations welcomed and answered questions from diligent students and teachers with great aplomb.
Overall, students were intrigued by the wealth of varied literary, visual, and audible resources available to develop a research project in the field of Irish History can become a contribute to your research study becoming an interactive and enjoyable experience.
Luke Higgins (6th Year)
Hugo Burke described the experience as 'eye-opening and most informative.'
In the run up to the state exams, Stratford's Wellbeing Team draws your attention to the suite of resources on gov.ie under the heading of Wellbeing support for Exam Students, Parents and School Staff.
On Thursday 21st May, Ms Donohoe, Ms McGill and the 3rd Year Classics students walked to nearby Ely Arch beside the River Dodder. As part of Junior Cycle Classics, students have to compare a building in their local area with a building in Rome.
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As is tradition at this time of year, the annual rounders game took place between our outgoing 6th Years and Teachers. Despite great efforts by our 6th years and some fabulous (and acrobatic) play! The Teachers came out victorious.
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