Starting in September 2014, Ms. O'Kelly, Librarian, is teaching the TY students a module called Information Literacy. This module is designed to teach students how to manage information and think while they are researching.
Managing Information and Thinking.
Since September 2014, Ms. O'Kelly, our school librarian, has been teaching the TY students a module called Information Literacy. The objective of teaching this skill to students is to ensure that students understand:
Students are taught the importance of the lifecycle of research project based on the poster that is available from www.askaboutireland.ie. Another critical aspect of this module is to understand what is plagiarism and the consequences of plagiarism both in their academic life and in their future careers. Finally TY students go on a trip to a local public Library with the aim of finding resources that they've sourced in the online catalogue on the actual Library shelves.
TY students are also encouraged to study an on-line course MOOC) of their choice and our 5th and 6th Years are registered for on-line Project Maths tutorials as part of their Project Maths course.
Again, since September 2014, the First Year English students are embarking on the new Junior Cycle course which involves, amongst other skills, managing their own digital portfolio of work. Examples of work completed to date include "The Stratford Times" edited by Jakob Miller, Phelim McDevitt, Jack McAvinue and Greg Brenner. And we are reviewing our Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy by examining the benefits and challenges of students using their own devices for learning over the last 6 months.
All of this is within the context of internet safety and http://www.stratfordcollege.ie/news/post/safer-internet-day-10th-february-2015 has many resources and recent publications that we need to bear in mind.
Patricia Gordon, Principal
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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