This year Purim, the "Festival of Lots" which commemorates the events which took place in the Persian royal city of Susa, Shushan in Hebrew, during the reign of King Achashverosh (thought to be Artaxerxes), was on a very snowy day in Dublin - Thursday, 1st March. While the school was closed due to Storm Emma it was still celebrated. The 1st Year class made a video for Purim, which you can watch on the Stratford YouTube channel.
This year's Purim celebrations - Thursday, 1st March - coincided with the snow from Storm Emma. Watch the video made by the 1st Year Jewish Studies students during class - "The Story of Purim in just under 3 minutes".
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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