Despite Hurricane Ophelia. Maths Week (18th - 20th October) was celebrated in class, during form time and around the school. EU Code Week (also the same week) was celebrated in an "unplugged" manner - no computers needed!
Stratford celebrated Maths Week (18th - 20th October). It's aim is for students to develop a more positive attitude towards maths and to demonstrate to students that maths is not just found in a maths lesson in school but rather that maths is all around us!
On the Maths notice board were Sudoku puzzles for students to try - they were pinned up and students are welcome to take one. Also there was a sheet for students to write down where they come across maths (numeracy) in other subjects.
Class tutors told their classes about sudokus, maths in subjects worksheet and a maths challenge on the Maths notice board. Anyone that completes them, may get a merit!
Also, during the 2nd class on Friday TY held a Maths Puzzles Escape Room Challenge. Keep an eye out for maths quotes and jokes on the walls!
Math. "The only place where someone buys 64 watermelons and no one wonders why!"
"It's not that I am smart, it is just that I stay with problems for longer"
The Maths Department
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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