During the TY Law Week beginning Monday, 17th February, TY students experienced a mock trial with a visiting barrister to the school and then visited the Dublin Criminal Courts. Isabelle Cahill (TY) comments on the experience.
During the TY Law Week beginning Monday, 17th February, TY students experienced a mock trial with a visiting barrister to the school and then visited the Dublin Criminal Courts. Isabelle Cahill (TY) comments on the experience.
"The Criminal Courts were a great mind opening experience in the real live courts. We were lucky enough to sit in on many interesting court cases such as the Anglo-Irish 'Tribunal'. An eye-opener for me was that it's not as dramatic as on television - it's more civil and more under control."
[Image: www.courts.ie]
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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