Three groups of TY students competed at the SciFest@College level of the competition in the Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown on Wednesday, 4th May. Two of the groups entered Scratch projects into the Intermediate Technology competition and the third group entered their Mindfulness project into the Intermediate Science section of the competition.
Three groups of TY students competed at the SciFest@College level of the competition in the Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown on Wednesday, 4th May. Two of the groups entered Scratch projects into the Intermediate Technology competition through Computer Studies classes and the third group entered their Mindfulness project into the Intermediate Science section of the competition under the tutelage of Ms O'Sullivan and Ms McCarthy. Each of the groups had been selected in March at the School level of the competition to represent Stratford at the next level. Each of the groups put in a lot of work on their projects and learnt how communicate their work to the judges and passers-by.
The hall in ITB was full to capacity with Science projects from students from schools all over Leinster. Once the judging was over, students attended STEM talks about jobs and science research work that is required in the future. According to Jake Henry, one of the TY students who attended, he "never realised that students younger than him could make robots". Truly a learning experience for all.
Ms. O'Kelly
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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