TY students met Shaun Dunne, playwright of "Death of the Tradesmen" which the class saw in September 2012 on Friday, 3rd May.
Shaun Dunne visited the TY drama class on Friday, 3rd May to talk to them about his work and how he makes theatre.
Shaun wrote Death of the Tradesmen which the class saw back in September and which won The Lir Revival Award. Shaun is the associate writer for Talking Shop Ensemble, who produced Death of the Tradesmen and is currently on the New Playwright's Progamme at the Abbey Theatre. (Click on blog title to see more photos.)
Emma Coogan
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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