This year’s Safer Internet Day (SID) celebrations will take place on Tuesday, 9th February 2021. The campaign’s slogan, “Together for a better internet”, is a call to action for everyone to join together and play their part in creating a better internet for everyone, and especially for younger users.
It is promoted in Ireland by the PDST Technology in Education and Webwise.
Webwise has a series of Youth videos exploring how young people use social media to connect to each other.
Switcher.ie has created a comprehensive guide on How to keep children safe online it includes things like:
According to recent research, cyber bullying has been on the rise during the pandemic with 28% of children falling victim to it.
See the link to the guide https://switcher.ie/broadband/guides/how-to-keep-your-children-safe-online/
Stratford celebrated Wellbeing Week 2026 (5th - 8th May), a special week dedicated to promoting positive mental health, physical activity and cultural awareness. Students had the opportunity to take part in a variety of fun and engaging activities throughout the week, including walks, workshops, cultural events, sports, and wellbeing challenges.
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Congratulations to 1st Year Computer Studies students - Yair, Liam and Giorgi - who made it to the ECO-UNESCO 2026 Young Environmentalist Awards Finals held on 12th May with their Scratch coding project called "Giorgi the Litter Fighter". This is the first time that a Stratford project has made it to the finals - so very impressive work!
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Well done to the Stratford College Chess team who reached the Libermann Cup Finals to play against Coláiste Eanna on Monday 11th May. This is the first time that the Chess team has reached the finals. While it proved to be challenging with Coláiste Eanna showing great experience and ultimately winning out, the Stratford chess team are determined to be back next year!
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