The NCCA (National Council for Curriculum and Assessment) has just published a review of the RSE curriculum, the support materials for this area of the curriculum, and also the delivery of the curriculum to students (December 2019).
According to the report, "Life in Ireland has changed greatly since the introduction of RSE to schools in 1995. It is timely then to consider the experience of RSE in schools; the relevance of the current curriculum and how it can be supported into the future."
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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