Congratulations to Diarmaid and Cormac who competed in the Poetry Aloud Competition 2013 at the National Library of Ireland in November.
Congratulations to Diarmaid and Cormac who competed in the regional round of the Poetry Aloud Competition at the National Library of Ireland in November. Cormac gave a very sensitive evocation of Wordsworth's 'Daffodils', communicating accurately the vitality of this experience for Wordsworth. Cormac's recital of 'The Lion King', by Joe Woods.
During our Open Day, our visitors were treated to a recital of Seamus Heaney's, 'A Constable Calls', by Diarmaid. His sensitive, nuanced and dramatic recital draws out all the subtleties within the poem, leaving the listener encased in the world that Heaney wove. A wonderful performance, well done Diarmaid.'
Ms. Reynolds
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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