Politics and Society is a new Leaving Certificate subject and will be available to all schools from September 2018.
According to curriculumonline.ie (produced by the National Council for Curriculum and Development), the new subject - Politics and Society - aims to develop the learner’s capacity to engage in reflective and active citizenship, informed by the insights and skills of social and political sciences." It will be available to all schools from September 2018.
Click on curriculumonline.ie to read the curriculum specification for Politics and Society. Read the NCCA's brochure for this new subject, Politics and Society.
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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