TY students, Kara Stein, Sadhbh Charles and Sean Lysaght, were amongst those who entered the Public Speaking competition organised by Mental Health Ireland and hosted at St.John of Gods on Tuesday, 4th December.
TY students, Kara Stein, Sadhbh Charles and Sean Lysaght, were amongst those who entered the Public Speaking competition organised by Mental Health Ireland and hosted at St.John of Gods on Tuesday, 4th December. The theme of their speech was "The Importance of Hope".
Says Kara Stein, "it was hard work writing the speech and we were all very apprehensive. Yet the second we started speaking the stress left us and we had such a great time. We met really nice people and I would definitely do it all over again".
[Image: www.mentalhealthireland.ie]
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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