1 / 35

Portadown College

Portadown College. Fortiter et Humaniter. Portadown College. Some facts Portadown College has always been a mixed school The school premises' transferred from Bann House to its present site in 1962 There have been 6 Headmasters / Head teachers and they are…. Headmasters / Principals.

hovan
Download Presentation

Portadown College

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Portadown College Fortiter et Humaniter

  2. Portadown College Some facts • Portadown College has always been a mixed school • The school premises' transferred from Bann House to its present site in 1962 • There have been 6 Headmasters / Head teachers and they are…

  3. Headmasters / Principals Mr W J Warren Mr D W J Woodman, 1947 - 1972 Mr T H Armstrong Mr T W Flannagan Mrs D O’Hare Mr S Harper

  4. The Houses • Mr Woodman encouraged sport through the House system. This gave everyone the opportunity to participate in competitive sport • Originally there were 4 Houses – now there are 3. • These are…

  5. MacCallum SEALE SHILLINGTON

  6. Portadown College School Crest – Blazer Badge This Badge incorporates your House Colour This badge belongs to a member of MacCallum

  7. Portadown College War Memorial 1939 - 1945

  8. MacCallum • Group Captain J Evelyn MacCallum, RAF • Portadown College 1st XV captain 1922/23 • Killed in action 16/10/1943 • Buried in Bangor Cemetery

  9. Heads of House Dame Mary Peters, 1972 Olympic Games Gold medallist is a former member of MacCallum House

  10. SEALE Named in Honour of brothers… • Squadron Leader W Terry Seale RAF • Portadown College 1st XV 1934 /35 • Killed in Action 30/6/41 • Lieutenant Theo J Seale, Royal Irish Fusiliers • Portadown College 1st XV Captain 1937 /38 • Killed in action 1/6/1944

  11. Heads of House Interesting fact: Current Ulster and Irish Rugby player, Rory Best was a member of SEALE

  12. Shillington's Quay and Haldane Fisher, Portadown

  13. SHILLINGTON • Named after Mr David Graham Shillington, in 1947 • From a highly regarded Portadown Methodist (Thomas Street) family • David Graham Shillington served as a Major in the Royal Irish Fusiliers during WW1 • 2 members of the Shillington family, Tom Shillington and Geoffrey (St George Shillington) Cather VC, were members of the 36th Ulster Division and killed in action at the Somme and on the Western Front (1916)

  14. Heads of House

  15. House Rep (Sport) This is a position of responsibility! Role • To motivate others and lead by example • Good organisational skills • Not necessarily a ‘Sports’ Star’ Voting for House Reps in September 2011

  16. House Rep (Sport) Each House will have 2 Male Reps and 2 Female Reps per Year Group in Year’s 11 and 12 House Reps will be elected by their Peers, this will be done in PD House Reps will wear a House Badge so that they may be easily identifiable

  17. House Notice Board This will be located at junction of the language corridor and current Year 12 locker area Common information will include: Time table of House Competitions, Running totals, photographs Each House will have their own area on the House Notice Board to display team sheets information etc Information displayed on the House Notice Board will be duplicated on the school website www.portadowncollege.com

  18. Your Role?

  19. Portadown College ____ ___________

  20. MacCallum

  21. HOUSE VOLLEYBALL

  22. Shillington

  23. SEALE

  24. Shillington Lads

  25. MacCallum

  26. House Cross Country

  27. The END

More Related