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Strong News quiz answers
Mon 29 Jun 2015The answers and winner of the Strong News quiz were revealed in school this morning. Congratulations to Scott Megarity from P6H/G who got the most correct answers and won the prize of £20.
The answers were as follows:
- Which teacher was P7 County Armagh cycling champion? Mrs Hamilton
- Which teacher was the 100m sprint champion at grammar school? Mrs Brown
- Which teacher has a purple belt in karate? Mrs Coulter
- Which teacher has walked the Belfast Marathon three times? Mrs Hassard
- Which teacher has worked as a grave digger? Mr Vennard
- Which teacher has lived in Wales? Mrs Frazer
- Which teacher can play the trombone? Miss Brown
- Which teacher has taught in Malaysia? Mrs Poots
- Which teacher once flushed their mother’s hat down the toilet? Mr Dickson
- Which teacher can walk on their hands? Mr Forbes
- Which teacher wanted to be a midwife? Mrs Lee
- Which teacher held the record for the 1500m in high school for over 10 years? Mrs Dodds
- Which teacher has played tennis with a Wimbledon champion? Mrs Hannam
- Which teacher has a twin sister? Mrs Wethers
- Which teacher has a twin brother? Mrs Gilmore
- Which teacher won a cup with their primary school’s quiz team in a competition against lots of other schools? Mrs Graham
- Which teacher used to have to listen to country music as a child to be put to sleep? Miss Purdy
- Which teacher designed the logo for their primary school? Mrs Gilpin Brown
- Which teacher was born on Christmas Day? Mrs Hewitt
- Which teacher has taught in a school in Africa? Miss McCutcheon
- Which teacher has worked the nightshift at Tayto? Mrs Moffett
- Which teacher has a golf handicap of 14? Mrs Henry
- Which teacher won a Young Farmers’ Club public speaking competition? Mrs Ginniff
- Which teacher once had a three legged pet lamb? Mrs Rollston
- Which teacher once missed a plane home as the connecting train they were on was on fire? Mrs Hutchison
- Which teacher has two chickens called Poppy and Rocky? Mrs McBride
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First Trust Winners
Tue 16 Jun 2015Two pupils from he Armstrong won a First Trust colouring competition. They went to the bank this morning to collect their prizes. Well done girls!
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Book Fair
Wed 10 Jun 2015Thank you to everyone who supported our Scholastic Book Fair. We raised £696 in free books for our school.
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Fun Night!
Sat 06 Jun 2015Fun night was a great success this year. Thank you to the PTA for organising our annual event.
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S1 pupil is awarded Junior Rider of the Year.
Tue 02 Jun 2015A pupil from S1 has been awarded young horse rider of the year by the Regional Chairman Lady Juliet Frazer.She was awarded this for willingness to participate in all tasks, listening to instructions, excellent seated position and naturally at ease with the horses during riding and horse care tasks.It is a fantastic achievement and we are all very proud of her at The Armstrong.
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Fitness Freddy Visits School
Thu 14 May 2015Yesterday Freddy visited our school and we all took part in fitness sessions. We were sponsored to do this and all money raised will go to Action Cancer. If you haven't already returned your sponsor form & money, there is still time.
Thank you to Freddy for visiting! -
The Orienteering Festival
Wed 06 May 2015Today 43 pupils from The Armstrong P.S visited Palace Stables for the annual Orienteering Festival. Despite the difficult weather conditions, they all had a fantastic time and tried their best to find all of the control points as quickly as possible.
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Khulula Choir Visit
Tue 05 May 2015Today we had a visit from Khulula Choir. The choir are from Swaziland in Southern Africa. They sang to us and some of us had a chance to join in. We really enjoyed listening to the fantastic singing.Thank you to Khulula Choir for visiting.
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S1 achieve Riding for the Disabled Medals
Tue 31 Mar 2015Today six children from Senior Learning Support achieved their Grade 2 in riding and horse care. They had to name the parts of the horse, parts of the saddle and had to ride using their reins, trot and run up their stirrups after dismounting safely.
Four children achieved Endeavour awards for riding and horse care. They were able to ride safely, use their reins and trot and could name some of the parts of the horse and the saddle.
Well done to everyone!
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Canon McKegney retires from Governors.
Sat 28 Mar 2015A presentation afternoon was held on Friday 27 March in The Armstrong Primary School to mark the retirement of Canon John McKegney as Chairman of the school's Board of Governors. Canon McKegney had served as Chairman for more than 20 years and throughout that time had shown tremendous commitment to the school. He was presented with his retirement gift from a P7 pupil and a P4 pupil.
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