As the summer holidays approach, start thinking of things to explore and do. Thinking creatively, coming up with new ideas and making things can be really exciting. Look out for different places that offer such camps.
There is the UCD Innovation Summer Camp for TY, 5th and 6th Years, from the 18th to 22nd June. Trinity College organise camps through the Trinity Walton Club. DCU have a two-week Summer Scholars programme, from 25th June to 6th July.
Get a sense of what is possible by looking at the video for the UCD Innovation Summer Camp 2017!
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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