Transition Year student, Conor Doheny, describes what it was like to drive for the first time when the TYs spent a day at the Rosemary Smith Driving Academy on Wednesday, 3 February 2016.
The experience of being behind the wheel for the first time, totally doing it yourself, was brilliant. I like the way that we immediately had to get in to the car and drive. We went to the Rosemary Smith Driving School on Wednesday, 3 February.
Conor Doheny, (TY)
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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