The TY students, with the help of students from other years, have produced a beautiful magazine in both printed and digital format in recognition of the 1916 Centenary. Work started last October during History, Irish and Computer Studies classes to research and write historical, cultural and literary articles. Browse through the digital version.
The TY students, with the help of students from other years, have produced this beautiful magazine - 'Claidheamh Soluis Choláiste Stratford 2016' - in both print and digital formats, to celebrate the 1916 Centenary. It contains articles researched during the History classes, along with poetry, short stories and cultural articles written during Irish classes, as well as articles based on museum visits during Arts Week 2015.
Work started last October on this important project, with the aim of the magazine being launched on Proclamation Day at the annual Seachtain na Gaeilge concert (Tuesday, 15th March). The design of the magazine was undertaken by the TYs, as was the digital production of the magazine using MS-Publisher during Computer Studies classes. This project was done as part of the ECDL Computing Curriculum module - Digital Media.
Browse through the magazine yourself!
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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