2019-2020

State Examinations 2020: Latest Developments and Resources

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State Examinations 2020

Darkness into Light Sunrise Appeal organised by Senior Prefects

As we are unable to physically come together to walk for the Darkness into Light Sunrise Appeal in aid of Pieta House, Stratford's Senior Prefects and Ms Finnegan met online yesterday and came up with a great idea. Ms Finnegan set up a padlet page where students, teachers, staff, family and friends could post photos of their sunrises and their thoughts.

"Books, one of my favourite things" - a speech by a 1st Year student for their Leinster Public Speaking Exam

The first years wrote speeches for their Leinster Public Speaking Exam during recent English classes. Carrie Barling speaks about one of her favourite things, books.

State Examinations: DES Advice and Resources for Parents and Students

Click on the following links for Advice and Supports for Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle students and their parents/guardians.

The Irish classroom noticeboard displaying student work - now online!

Ms Maxwell has re-imagined the Irish classroom noticeboard (at the bottom of the stairs) onto padlet so that you can see all the fantastic work that continues while we're in school remotely.

Making history - the 1st Years host School Assembly online!

Well done to the 1st Years and Ms Kenny who made a little history this morning, Friday 1st May, when they were the first class to host their assembly online!

Stratford's experience of remote teaching and learning during the COVID-19 lockdown: A Vox Pop

Since Friday 13th March schools in Ireland have been closed but teaching and learning has continued remotely using the power of technology. While the IT infrastructure within Stratford's school walls worked very well, never did we think that we would have to extend it to remote teaching.

The untimely passing of Eavan Boland: 1945 – 2020 RIP

Eavan Boland was such a vibrant person, it’s so hard to think of her as still, impassive. She had my utmost respect. She was a forerunner for women’s voice in Irish literature; in fact, the first Irish female poet to appear on the Leaving Certificate English syllabus.

Read-Watch-Listen Challenge - please try this over the holidays!

Here's a fantastic challenge for all Junior Cycle students in particular, but everyone in general. Read-watch-listen to 16 texts over the holidays!

We're all in this together! A short video on some of the ways we've managed so far

For the past couple of months people all over the world have had to face unimaginable challenges and the real superheroes are the front line health care workers.