World Book Day 2017 - Thursday, 2nd March - started off on a high note when it was announced that Stratford College was one of the runners up in the annual World Book Day Award competition. 76,000 students from all over England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland took part in the competition, so an award to be very proud of.
Stratford College was awarded a Runners Up prize in the World Book Day Award 2017. Prizewinners were announced on World Book Day, Thursday, 2nd March. Stratford College was the only school from the Republic of Ireland to win a prize. Stratford received a signed copy of Oliver Jeffers' book "A Child of Books".
The whole school was involved in this project which was created and produced throughout November. Many thanks to the TYs who created the film and who brainstormed the ideas around the competition's theme - "World of Stories". Also many thanks to Ms Mahon who facilitated the art work during her Art classes.
See also the Awards & Achievements page and read the Library blog to see our entry in video.
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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