Thursday, 2nd March was World Book Day. Stratford students celebrated it by dressing up on the theme of "Where's Wally?" (and to also celebrate Purim). Dressing up was also a fund-raiser and €50 was raised for the Capuchin Homeless Day Centre. The annual book sale in aid of St. Michael's House was held by the TYs - just over €60 was raised. Fionn Bentley in TY describes the day.
Thursday, 2nd March was World Book Day. Stratford students celebrated it by dressing up on the theme of "Where's Wally?" (and to also celebrate Purim). Dressing up was also a fund-raiser and €50 was raised for the Capuchin Day Centre for Homeless People. The annual book sale in aid of St. Michael's House was held by the TYs - just over €60 was raised. Fionn Bentley in TY describes the day.
World Book Day was a refreshing break from the typical school timetable. The TY class organised the hall and helped Ms O'Kelly. I enjoyed working at admissions accepting money, helping people fin the Wally characters in the hall and deciding music choices.
In the afternoon, Ms Reynolds organised a visit from the author Alan Glynn spoke to the school about writing books. One of Alan's books was made into the film "Limitless" starring Robert de Niro and Bradley Cooper.
Afterwards the TYs went to the Lexicon Library in Dun Laoghaire. I enjoyed seeing all the books on offer. We then took a walk along the pier and went for an ice-cream.
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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