On Friday 1st September, TY Maths students in Ms. Cronin's and Ms. McGuckin's Maths class had to work in teams to build the tallest free standing tower made from spaghetti sticks, string, tape and a marshmallow on top!
Students from Ms. Cronin and Ms. McGuckin's Transition Year Maths class exercised their team work skills by completing a task that stimulated their problem solving and creative frame of mind. In teams they communicated together to build the tallest free standing tower made from spaghetti sticks, string and tape and with a marshmallow on top. In 19 minutes all groups worked extremely well in a bid for their tower to be the tallest and what came to be the most important factor, most stable tower. The deciding moment was in the last second when the strength of the base of each tower was determined when the marshmallow was placed on top! Well done to all students and congratulations to the winning team Greg, Jacob, Jack and Alex.
Ms. Cronin
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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