Tech Week 2015 (26th April - 2nd May) was celebrated in Science and Computer classes with students getting hands-on experience of a Raspberry Pi micro-computer, playing a piano made of celery sticks using MaKey MaKey and playing spelling games with Osmo, an iPad game. 5th Year student Rory Murphy and 1st Year student Alan Farrell recount their impressions of these technologies.
For Technology Week, I was fortunate enough to attempt to use a Raspberry Pi, a hand sized computer which can be connected to any monitor or T.V. It is an interesting device that is used to promote coding for all ages, running programs such as Scratch, and Python as well as containing standard computer features such as internet exploration. While I was barely able to use the coding to open Scratch and the help menu, people have been able to make a wide variety of interesting devices from musical instruments such as thermions, to tweeting birdhouses. While it involves a lot of practice, I enjoyed my experience with the Raspberry Pi.
Rory Murphy (5th Year)
The MaKey MaKey was very interesting. We decided that one person would hold the metal part (the earth) and then 15 of us would make a human chain to see if we could make the celery make a noise by letting the electricity flow through us all. We also downloaded the Tech Week App onto our own tablets.
Alan Farrell (1st Year)
As is tradition at this time of year, the annual rounders game took place between our outgoing 6th Years and Teachers. Despite great efforts by our 6th years and some fabulous play, Teachers came out victorious. Fair play to all who played in this game.
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Congratulations to our prize winners at our end of year assembly. Awards including attendance, student of the year and the Principal's Junior & Senior student award for this academic year.
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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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