The ISSU (Irish Second Level Students Union) facilitated an online Student Council Training Workshop on Monday 1st March. It was a wonderful opportunity for the group to reflect on their role and responsibilities as Student Council Representatives as well as the successes and challenges of this recently established Student Council.
They discussed the Student Council in Stratford College, the school community, and the education system.
Feedback such as 'We encourage active citizenship, ' 'We let every year group have equal input,' 'Our school is very inclusive,' 'Every student's voice is heard,' 'Everyone is accepted no matter what' 'A good environment to work in' are just some of the strengths identified.
The world of online learning with the stress of the Leaving Certificate and CBA's were identified as some of the challenges. The first Student Council Weekly Meeting since this activity acted on the learning from this workshop and looked at how Student Council could encourage more younger student voice in meetings and activities.
The merits of the February Wellbeing Challenges such as the Glimpse of Nature Photography Competition; Healthy-Eating Cookery & Bakery Challenge as well as physical health challenges such as yoga, walking and Couch to 5km were also highlighted and extended for a week! Representatives will attend the ISSU Extraordinary Assembly on 31st March.
Ms Kenny
Stratford kicked off it's Science Week activities at the whole school assembly on Monday with the first of many daily quizzes! So far 1st years have had a Young Environmentalist Awards Ideas Factory Workshop, TYs had an engineer from SSE Eirtricity explaining how to build off-shore wind turbines and there's more to come for the rest of the week ...
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Well done to the U19 Boys basketball team who reached the semi-finals against Rockbrook on Tuesday 10th November. In a closely fought match, Stratford lost 41-39 - so, so close!
Major congratulations to the U16 Boys basketball team who won 52-36 against Firhouse on Monday 9th November!
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On Monday, 9th November all the 1st Year Computer Studies students gathered in the Computer Lab to take part in the Young Environmentalist Awards kick-off workshop - an Ideas Factory workshop in fact! Sarah from ECO-UNESCO visited the class to explain the steps to enter this competition and to start brainstorming ideas.
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