2021-2022

TY's celebrate Year of the Tiger in Chinese class

TY's celebrated the Chinese New Year - 1st February in their weekly Chinese classes.

6th Year student reads at National Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration in the Mansion House

Senior students and Staff from Stratford College attended the annual National Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration at the Mansion House on Sunday 30th January.

5th Year English students see film - 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' - at the IFI

Ms Talbot, Ms Reynolds and the 5th Year English students watched the Joel Cohen film, "The Tragedy of Macbeth" at the IFI on Tuesday, 25th January. Read Aaron Egan's review of the film.

All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad (AILO) 2022 - Stratford enter for the first time

For the first-time ever students from Stratford College participated in the All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad (AILO). On Thursday, 27th January our 5th Year students worked through some really tough linguistic, logic and language problems.

U15 Girls basketball team win their first match 8-7!

In a closely fought match against Presentation CC on Thursday, 27th January our 1st and 2nd Year girls won 8-7! This was their first match ever - the photograph captures the joy!

Junior and Senior Irish Debating teams make it to Regionals in Gael Linn Díospóireachtaí

Comhghairdeas! Last Wednesday 26th January our Senior and Junior Irish debaters performed brilliantly and both groups secured a spot in the next round of the Comórtas Díospóireachta an Phiarsaigh.

Drop Everything and Read - Books are back!

Isn't it wonderful that we can pick up books again in school as Covid public health guidelines are being relaxed? Form Tutors will be actively encouraging students to Drop Everything and Read at least once a week at tutor time.

2nd Year student competes in Holywood Music Festival

Congratulations to 2nd Year student Joseph Mudrak who competed in the Holywood Music Festival in Belfast on 25th January.

Under 15 Boys Football team qualify to next round of League!

Luke Higgins (TY), reports from the sidelines. On January 19, the Stratford U15 boys' team played a crucial match against Tallaght-based side Coláiste de hÍde at our home ground Brickfield Park. Stratford had attained four points from an unbeaten start to their U15 campaign but were required to earn an additional point [Draw] to secure knockout stage qualification.

5th Year Computer Science student wins two awards at BTYSTE 2022 for his advanced quantum computing project!

Massive congratulations to Ayush Tambde, 5th Year Computer Science student, for winning two awards (for a second year in a row!) at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2022 with his project called "A System For The Development And Execution Of Hybrid Classical/Quantum Tasks". 

[This post is from 2022. Read the blog about Ayush winning the Best Individual Project and Horizon Student Award at the 2023 BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition.]