Transition Years welcomed Saul Woolfson, Director of JACI Programme and Steven Jaffe, Director of Belfast Jewish Heritage, historian and lawyer from JACI to the school on the 21st of November for a Heritage Trail Presentation.
(Jewish Arts and Culture Ireland (JACI) are a branch of the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland with the aim of fostering and supporting the arts relating to Jewish culture and heritage in Ireland)
Steven Jaffe spoke about the process of researching and creating a Jewish heritage trail, and the history of Jewish culture and heritage in Belfast as part of the JACI programme.
Transition Year students will work with their teachers in the creation of their own Dublin Jewish Heritage walking tour inspired by the work of Steven Jaffe. We look forward to this exciting local history project and the opportunity to learn about the history, culture and impact of the Jewish community in Dublin in the Spring term.
Steven Jaffe explained about the map that was created on belfastjewishheritage.org as an example of a digital historical artefact.
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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