2nd and 3rd Year students went to DIT on Thursday, 17th November, during Science Week to hear NASA astronaut Greg Johnson speak. 3rd Year students, Sadbh Charles, Ciara Harrison and Jill Ivers explain why they thought the talk was inspirational.
2nd and 3rd Year students went to DIT on Thursday, 17th November, during Science Week to hear NASA astronaut Greg Johnson speak about his experience onboard the Space Shuttle to the International Space Station with NASA Astronaut Greg Johnson. 3rd Year students, Sadbh Charles, Ciara Harrison and Jill Ivers said that the talk was "inspirational because the astronaut showed us a video that he took of his team when he was up in space. We also saw the space station in the video and the astronauts doing 'Ironman' impressions!". (Click on thumbnail to open an enlarged version of image.)
[Photo: Ms. Kenny]
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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