In January a new Student Council commenced. Student representatives and 5th Year Prefects were selected in late December. The Student Council represents the school student body.
In January, the new Student Council and 5th Year Prefects commenced as a group, under the guidance of Ms. Kenny, the Student Liaison teacher. The Student Council meets every Tuesday at lunchtime with Ms. Kenny to plan for events and tasks during the school term. For more details about the work and structure of Student Councils in secondary schools, see www.studentcouncil.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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