Alice Murphy (6th Year) provides a round-up of the work that Student Council and Greenschools has done since the return to school after the summer holidays.
We’ve gotten to a great start to the year over at Student Council and the lack of blog posts lately will testify to this as we race through our last term!
In September, we held the first year elections and welcomed 1st Tear students, Jake Turley and Tim Murphy to Student Council. We also took over the first assembly of the year and used a student- led activity to explain the Jewish Holidays which fell last month. Hopefully it has added to the level of student engagement with why we get so many days off in September! Diarmaid Kelly (6th Year) and Evan Matthews (3rd Year) also recited some of the late Seamus Heaney’s poetry to mark the passing of an important figure in Irish culture.
On Thursday 10th October, in conjunction with Ms Reynolds, we held a ‘Walk in my Shoes’ day to fundraise for mental health. Everyone had to wear a pair of non- school shoes to illustrate what it’s like to put yourself out of what you normally do and see what it’s like to literally walk in someone else’s shoes!
This week (the 21st October), the Class Reps are organising a Friendship Week. Activities will be happening throughout the week and we hope it’ll be a great success! The Senior Prefects will be busy assisting with the Awards Ceremony which will happen on Friday, 25th October.
As usual, we are holding meetings every Monday at lunchtime, assisted by Ms Kenny. We are also supporting Greenschools in their effort to renew the Green Flag. If you have any issues to bring up, don’t be afraid to talk to your Class Rep or a Senior Prefect! These are Jake Turley and Tim Murphy (1st year), Alannah O’Byrne and Jake Henry (2nd year), Daniel Eppel and Evan Matthews (3rd year), Fiona Maguire (TY), Hannah Kearns (5th year). The Senior Prefects are Gabrielle Eppel, Diarmaid Kelly, Michael Lawlor, Rachel Jones and myself, Alice Murphy in 6th year.
Alice Murphy (6th Year)
[Image: www.walkinmyshoes.ie - shoes from Portmarnock Community School, 2013]
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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