Have you ever wondered how accurate a writer needs to be to write historical fiction? Is it okay to compress a historical figure/figures into one character for the sake of an engaging storyline? What about the importance of adhering to the timeline, is it okay to compress the timeline as long as the facts don't change?
These are the questions we put to our visiting historical writer, Colin Murphy, author of 'Boycott', during his visit with our fifth and sixth-year students. They are looking at different ways in which, different authors (Lance Daly's film, 'Black 47', Eavan Boland's poem, 'The Famine Road' and Colin Murphy's novel, 'Boycott') approach the challenging and difficult subject of the famine. We also discussed why there was a lack of texts that addressed this subject, the question of sensibility was undermined by the extensive coverage of the Holocaust, yet the assertion that it might be still a politically sensitive issue got greater credence. This made for some great discussions around the presence of bias in the vision and viewpoint of each text and the impact this had on the audience's viewpoint.
Ms Reynolds
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.
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 play, Teachers came out victorious. Fair play to all who played in this game.
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Congratulations to our prize winners at our end of year assembly. Awards including attendance, student of the year and the Principal's Junior & Senior student award for this academic year.
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