Mrs. Walsh brought in her father's collection of German stamps from the 1930's on Tuesday, 9th April. Jessica Nelkin (3rd Year) describes how interesting she found them.
Mrs Walsh brought in stamps from her father's collection of German stamps from before World War II.
I found these really interesting. They show how bad inflation was- some stamps were 150 mark and went up to around 300 mark (these were the cheaper ones) but some went into the thousands or even millions. Some stamps also had new amounts printed over the original amount.
Propaganda is evident, as one stamp said "One people, one Führer" and another had an image of a 'typical Aryan' holding a flaming torch with horses in the background. Many had swastikas on them. However, Mrs Walsh's father didn't find this strange, as he thought it was normal, growing up as a young Jewish boy in Germany. (Click on blog title to see more photos.)
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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