Stratford College TY students (now in 5th year!) won three significant prizes at the online SciFest@College competition in the Intermediate Technology section, facilitated by TU Blanchardstown in May 2020. Two of these students have been selected to compete at the SciFest National Finals in November - a first for Stratford College!
Each of the groups developed extremely impressive coding projects during TY Computer Studies classes.
Cian and Finn won two prizes - the overall award for TU Blanchardstown and the Specsavers award for their project called 'Lost' - an online maze game for the visually impaired, while Alex and Ross won the Intel Technology award for their project using micro:bits and Scratch to simulate boxing and the benefits of such exercise. Josh, Moya Rae and Leo were also awarded Certificates of Outstanding Achievement for their project on their accessible gaming project.
Ms Gordon awarded them with their prizes on Thursday, 1st October and recognised the sustained hard work that each student had put in. We are so proud of you all.
As the outright winners at the TU Blanchardstown SciFest, we wish Finn and Cian the very best of luck as they will now be competing in the virtual SciFest National Final 2020 from 19th to 21st November.
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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