Last Friday, 28th September, all our senior students traipsed down to the Omniplex in Rathmines to assess Lance Daly's new film, "Black 47".
We're analysing this text for Daly's vision of the famine and how he communicated this to his audience. We'll be comparing this text to Colin Murphy's novel, 'Boycott', (also set during the famine) for their routes through fictionalising a tragic historical event. Mr Murphy is due to visit our school on Wednesday, 3rd October, to discuss these questions and more with our sixth years. Please check out Rory Glynn's (a 5th year student) astute and remarkably insightful review of Daly's film on his blog. Enjoy!
Ms Reynolds
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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