Dublin City University's Y-Path programme - encouraging everyone to take physical exercise regularly every day - explains the importance of body movement. Stratford's P.E. teacher, Ms Finnegan, has been working with the DCU Y-Path Sport Science Research Programme for the past 3 years.
Stratford's P.E. Teacher, Ms Finnegan, has been working for the past three years with the DCU Y-Path Sport Science Research Programme, tracking the progress of the current 3rd year student's fitness levels. This poster highlights the importance and benefits of undertaking 60 minutes of active movement every day.
See the first DCU Y-Path poster in this series in the Sports blog. In Stratford College, Ms Finnegan organises many different types of sporting activities for students both during P.E. classes and after school. Read more about the Sports strategy for Stratford College.
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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