U16 Boys Basketball team win an exhilarating Cup Final!

Yaaaayyyyyyyyyy! The U16's did it! In a most exhilarating and nail-biting final against John Scotus they won 27-26 in the dying seconds of the game. The whole school cheered the team on from the minute everyone arrived in school this morning to the homecoming 'parade of honour' when our boys got back to Stratford!

Stratford College Drama Society presents The Snowflake Factory

Let it snow, let it snow...! The Stratford College Drama Society will present The Snowflake Factory next Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 December in the school hall. Social Action Week!

TY's compete in SciFest@Schools with their coding projects

The TY's competed in the SciFest@Schools competition on Monday, 4th December showcasing their coding projects. From AI chatbots to saving the fishes, this year's coding projects (all through Scratch) showed how creative the TYs were with the variety of projects on show.

Whole School Assembly - Allyship

At our whole school assembly on Monday 4th December, our Principal Patricia Gordon and Deputy Principal, Delia Donohoe talked about allyship and how we can be better allies to each other in our community and in our classroom. 

Student Council December Activities

December is a busy month for Student Council as they prepare for the Mitzvah Raffle, organise Mitzvah Social Action Week and  Elections (Prefects & Junior Representatives). 

There is also information in this blog for students about the School Inspection process from the Department of Education.

TYs bring fundraising money to Our Lady's Hospice, Harold's Cross

On Thursday afternoon, 30th November Ms Finnegan and the TYs visited Our Lady's Hospice, in Harolds Cross with money collected from the Coffee Morning.

Senior Cycle Redevelopment – What it means for me

In September 2023, the Minister announced there will be an acceleration of the national roll-out of the programme for Senior Cycle redevelopment.  See attached for more information 

The HETI Crocus Project: TYs plant yellow crocus bulbs

In November the TY's planted yellow crocus bulbs as part of The Crocus Project run by HETI (Holocaust Education Ireland). 

Basket Ball - victory in quarter finals under 16 boys

Following a herculean victory in the qualifying quarterfinals under 16 boys basketball against a huge (400 boys in school) Ballinteer team.  Our Boys went into the quarter finals against a 350 boys school, Cabinteely. 

Science Week - TY's go to National Botanic Gardens

To celebrate Science Week 2023 the TYs went to the National Botanic Gardens with Ms Tomlin, Dr Ryan and Mr Fennell.