The TY girls and Ms O'Kelly attended the iWish conference in the RDS on Thursday, 6th February for the first time. iWish is a community committed to inspiring young women to consider careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.
We didn't know what to expect but it proved to be a fascinating afternoon listing to women in many different careers explain who and what influenced them to choose a career in STEM. There were many, many guest speakers - including Phil Healy 2025 Irish Athletics Olympian - and afterwards there was an opportunity to meet many STEM companies.
Ms O'Kelly
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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