On Monday 2nd December the TYs, 5th and 6th Year Computer Science students visited Microsoft Dream Space with Ms O'Kelly and Ms Maxwell.
First we went of a tour of the Microsoft offices which are designed like an island. We ended up on the roof overlooking an amazing view of Leopardstown racecourse, Killiney Hill and sweeping down to Bray Head. Amanda and Lorraine explained all the types of roles and careers that are possible in a tech company such as Microsoft. Students asked excellent questions.
Back in the Dream Space area students were split into groups and were given 30 minutes to do a cyber-security 6-task challenge. Well done to Soma (5th Year) and Rose (TY) who completed all of the challenges and were the outright winners!
The final task involved coding the sphero's to follow a route outlined with masking tape. There were sphero's everywhere at times.
Ms O'Kelly & Ms Maxwell
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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