Since March, Ms. McCarthy and the TYs have been working hard to develop and weed the school bio-diversity garden. A new beech hedge has been planted, with further plans to put in a gate and to put out bird houses.
Since March, Ms. McCarthy and the TYs have been working hard to develop and weed the school bio-diversity garden. A new beech hedge has been planted, with further plans to put in a gate and to put out bird houses. Speaking to a number of TY students, they commented that so far they've been weeding the raised beds, planted some more flowers and dug a trench to plant a beech hedge.
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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