The TY students organised a terrific Book Sale on Thursday, 6th March in aid of St. Michael's House and also to celebrate World Book Day. Svetlana Cvetic, TY student and Library Prefect, explains what had to be done.
The TY students organised a terrific Book Sale on Thursday, 6th March in aid of St. Michael's House and also to celebrate World Book Day. Svetlana Cvetic, TY student and Library Prefect, explains what had to be done. (Click on blog title to see more photos.)
"We unpacked everything from the many boxes of books that we had, into different genres on different tables. I then called each year, starting with 6th Year, in order of turn. It was really difficult to decide on the genre of a book. I thought selling three books for €2 was a good idea. We raised €120 for St. Michael's House which was great. At the same time there was a picture quiz all around the school, where students had to guess-the-teacher based on some of the magazines and books that they had read as a teenager."
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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