In the World Book Day 2014 resource pack for secondary schools, there is an article about the importance of reading and parents sharing their enjoyment of reading with their children.
In the World Book Day 2014 resource pack for secondary schools, there is an article about the importance of reading and parents sharing their enjoyment of reading with their children. The article references the Institute of Education's 2013 study into the 'role of reading' which you can read for yourself - go to the Centre for Longtitudinal Studies and scroll down to the Sullivan and Brown's, 2013/10, "Social Inequalities in cognitive scores at 16: The Role of Reading".
Browse through the World Book Day article here:
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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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