Science Students are to take part in Dublin City Council's Biodiversity Project in next door Herzog Park during the Spring term as part of the Rathgar Village Improvement Plan.
Biodiversity is the variety of all natural life and the interactions between organisms and ecosystems. It includes all aspects of nature and how they are interdependent. Biodiversity is about timing and evolution. Over thousands of years, components of an ecosystem have evolved carefully to support each other; leaves on a particular tree open at the exact time that insects emerge from ponds to feed off the leaves and this is the exact time that bats give birth and need those insects for food. This is biodiversity. A small change in this link can destroy an entire ecosystem.
Biodiversity provides us with essential services like food, medicine, clean water and air and a means of combating the negative effects of climate change and flooding. In a city, biodiversity provides us with a breath of fresh air and a natural environment in which to relax; it is vital for our well-being.
Click on Update on Rathgar Village Improvement Plan for more information on this project from Kevin Humphries Minister for Employment, Community and Social Support.
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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