On Thursday, 27th April the TYs visited the Science Gallery and made LED torches in MakeShop. Leo Mazor (TY) explains what was involved.
On Thursday, 27th April we went on a trip to Dublin to do a workshop using soldering iron. We were taught how to do it in the safest way. We were given an LED light, circuit board, battery and a piece of iron. We needed to put everything in the right place to make the LED light work. If we missed any part of the process then it wouldn't work at all.
Our instructors showed us how to do it and explained the safety rules of this part because the solder flux we used was extremely hot. Its temperature was about 200 degrees!
It took a bit of time to solder carefully every part of the iron. After we have soldered every part of the iron in the right place, we put the battery on its place on the circuit board. The result? The light worked!! I personally think that this was a very fun activity and I would like to do soldering in the future again. See also the Tech Week 2017 blog for other activities.
Leo Mazor (TY)
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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