Throughout May, the TY students went sailing in Dun Laoighaire every Thursday afternoon. Hana Hughes (TY) and Sara Epstein (TY) write about their experiences.
I really enjoyed sailing because we had loads of fun learning all about the different parts of the boat. On our last lesson, we all went pier-jumping ... I would really recommend sailing.
Hana Hughes (TY)
I loved sailing. I had never done it before and thoroughly enjoyed my experience. I hope to do it again someday. It taught me a lot about team work as it takes a lot get the sails up and running but when they were up, we were on our way!
Sara Epstein (TY)
[Photo: Ms. Finnegan] (Click on thumbnail to open an enlarged version of photo.)
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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