The 5th and 6th Year Classics and Art students left Dublin extremely early on Sunday morning, 25th February for the bi-annual Classics/Art trip to Rome. By all accounts it was a busy and exciting four days in Rome and the students also saw Rome covered in its first snow since 1986...
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The so-called 'Beast from the East' or Storm Emma as it was officially called, arrived on Wednesday, 28th February 2018. Leinster and Munster were put on 'Red Alert' which meant that all schools were closed on Thursday, 1st March (World Book Day 2018!) and Friday, 2nd March.
This year Purim, the "Festival of Lots" which commemorates the events which took place in the Persian royal city of Susa, Shushan in Hebrew, during the reign of King Achashverosh (thought to be Artaxerxes), was on a very snowy day in Dublin - Thursday, 1st March. While the school was closed due to Storm Emma it was still celebrated. The 1st Year class made a video for Purim, which you can watch on the Stratford YouTube channel.
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On a very, very chilly evening on Tuesday, 27th February, Mr Priestley, Mr McGoldrick and Stratford footballers went to a Bohemian Wanderers home game. The exciting part was that they got to play on the pitch at Dalymount Park at half-time!
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On Thursday, 1st February, students from TY and 5th Year, not only visited the European Parliament but participated in the debates with students from all over Europe. The TY students had won a Euroscola prize with their video in November 2017. A video showing highlights of the day has been broadcast by Euroscola.
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Friendship Week was held immediately after mid-term, from Monday 19th February through to Friday, 23rd February. There were lots of Friendship themed events throughout the week culminating in a Friendship Fair on the Friday where the National School pupils came over to the secondary school. Laura Kelly in TY helped out at the Friendship Fair and writes about the morning.
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The TYs spent the week beginning Monday, 19th February participating in Law Week. A visiting barrister came to the school and they participated in a mock trial. They also visited the Criminal Courts of Justice to witness what it was like to sit in an actual court. A number of the TYs recount their experiences.
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Stratford Green Schools were honoured to be one of the small number of schools invited to exhibit at the Green Schools Expo in the RDS on Thursday, 22nd February. Green Schools are currently working on their application for the Water Flag and the exhibit represented the work done to date. Well done to everyone involved - it was a long and busy day by all accounts!
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Richard Bruton, Minister for Education and Skills spoke at the official NCCA launch of Leaving Certificate Computer Science on Monday, 5th March. Professor Brendan Tangney gave the keynote address and will also be talking at Stratford's official launch of teaching Computer Science at 7pm on Thursday, 8th March. All are welcome to attend.
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Mr. Priestley and Mr. Fennell, with a large group of 5th years and some TYs, visited NUI Galway on Thursday, 1st February to participate in Youth Empathy Day, organised by the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre. Actor and patron of the centre, Cillian Murphy attended and spoke with the students - including Stratford students.
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