Findings from our Wellbeing questionnaire and Student focus groups suggest that students find lack of sleep and overuse of Social Media are the main negative impactors on their Wellbeing.
This was no surprise given the last 3 years we have all been through, where during lockdowns we heavily relied on social media to stay connected. Working as a team with you, we want to empower our students to make more powerful decisions around their own wellbeing. Our new Wellbeing theme for next year is "Disconnect to Reconnect"
To understand the issues better we asked our parents to consider how they empower their child to be more responsible with their phone and social media usage AND to consider how they encourage their child to be prepared for school and learning each day.
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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