Ms. Reynolds and Ms. Kenny, members of the Junior Cycle Steering Committe in Stratford, highlight the importance of teaching and learning the Junior Cycle Key Skill - Working with Others.
The focus this term for our Junior Cycle Steering Committee is ensuring that all our teachers are teaching our students the key skill 'Working with Others'. This is one of the six Key Skills that will provide the foundation for our teaching practise (Managing Myself, Staying Well, Communicating, Being Creative, and Managing Information and Thinking) These general skills, alongside specific subject skills, ensure that your child is prepared for life in all its guises and for all its challenges. We decided to start with the key skill, 'Working with Others', as we believe once this skill has been obtained, more innovative and engaging teaching techniques can become apart of the daily educational experience of our students.
Ms. Reynolds and Ms. Kenny (Junior Cycle Steering Committee)
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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