TY Maths students and Leaving Certificate Geography students participated in a field trip to Kippure on Wednesday, 1st November. It was a beautiful crisp day for the field trip and students explored the environment from both a geographical and mathematical point of view.
TY students participated in a Maths/Geography field trip to Kippure along with 5th and 6th year geography students who were participating in their geography field trip study.
They enjoyed experiments in a V-shaped valley such as finding the velocity of a river and it's depth, investigating the gradiant of the valley using clinometers and the shape and types of rock in a section of the river.
Ms.Cronin and Ms. McGuckin
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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