After months of work designing and coding their projects, the TYs were ready to present to two external judges as part of the SciFest@Schools competition.
All the projects had a social conscience - from saving trees, to highlighting disability needs, to saving bats. There were real innovations in the projects - music was composed, sprites were hand-drawn and for the first time a "makey, makey" was used.
After two rounds of judging - many thanks to Hugo Rowsome, SciFest project Manager and Brian Gillespie, Computer Science Lecturer in TU Dublin (who joined on Zoom), the following teams won prizes:
The next phase of this competition is to compete at the SciFest@College round in TU Dublin (Blanchardstown) in May 2023.
Ms O'Kelly
Stratford College opened its doors on Sunday 6th September for a vibrant Open Day and welcomed prospective students and their families, and members of the community. The event started with presentations from the principal, Mr. Barrett, from Chief Rabbi Wieder, the Chair of the Board, and an inspiring student representative.
On Monday 8th September Ms Skehan and her TY Geography students had their Geography class at the beach by the River Dodder.
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On Friday morning, 4th September, there was huge excitement as 4th, 5th and 6th year students gathered in the hall with their Form tutors to go watch the amazing film - The Odyssey, written and directed by Christopher Nolan - in the Rathmines Omniplex cinema. In the IMAX1 cinema to be precise!
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