TY Weekly: The Rite Journey, Capoeira, Polytunnel, Delphi

Welcome to the TY Weekly newsletter! Four TY students - Oisin, Liam, Ciara and Brodie - have volunteered to co-ordinate getting all the news and images from their classmates for the newsletter. It will be published every Monday here on the TY blog. Let the fun begin!

🎙️ Podcast Feature: Education in Ireland 🇮🇪

We’re delighted to share that our Principal, Mr. Barrett, and Deputy Principal, Ms. Donohoe, recently joined a UK-based education podcast to discuss some of the most important conversations happening in Irish education today.

🎧 Listen to the full conversation here: https://lnkd.in/ehA9dxvp or https://teacherstalkradio.podb...
 

2nd Year Geography students visit the River Dodder

Ms Skehan brought the 2nd Year Geography students to the beach at the River Dodder weir on Thursday 21st August.

2nd Years Music Session

The 2nd Year Music students explored different musical instruments in class as they started the new school year.

Class of 2025 - Leaving Certificate Appeals Process

Class of 2025 - Now that the Leaving Certificate Results are published the Leaving Certificate Appeals Process begins. 

Go to Careersportal.ie and click on Leaving Cert Appeals Process/Viewing Scripts to learn about and understand the process.

Important Dates for our Class of 2025 - We are with you every step of the Way!

Well done to our Class of 2025 with their Leaving Certificate results! Key dates:

🗓️ 22 August – Leaving Certificate Results Released. We would be delighted to see you in the College! ✅Available from 12:00 noon, online and through the school.

🗓️ 27 August – CAO Round One Offers Released Available from 2:00 PM via your CAO account.

🗓️ 2 September – Deadline to Accept Round One Offers Be sure to respond before 3:00 PM.

🗓️ Subsequent Offer Rounds:• Round Two: 8 Sept• Round Three: 16 Sept• Round Four: 23 Sept• Final Round: 30 Sept• CAO Offer Season Closes: 2 Oct🎯

5th and 6th Class Students from Stratford National School visit the College

Stratford College was delighted to welcome students from 5th and 6th Class in Stratford National School to our campus. This was a fun filled morning where the students from both schools got to know each other.  

Stratford College awarded Amber Flag for promoting Positive Mental Health and Wellbeing

Ms Finnegan received exciting news in mid-May to hear that Stratford College had been awarded the Pieta Amber Flag for promoting Positive Mental Health and Wellbeing. The awarding committee found that Stratford has shown great commitment in promoting positive mental health by encouraging teamwork and contributions from peers in all aspects of Stratford school life throughout 2024-2025. 

Outgoing 6th Years Receive Award for Public Speaking & Effective Communications

Outgoing 6th year students Stephen, Emily, Kishaylin and Finn receive their certificates for public speaking and effective communications from the Leinster School of Music & Drama.  

City Dionysia Theatre Festival in Ancient Greece studied by 1st Years

1st year students learned about the City Dionysia Theatre Festival in Ancient Greece, and did research to create playbills for the competition. Here are some examples of their work!