Lit Quiz
We attended the Northern Ireland heat of the Lit Quiz which is run by the Quiz Master Wayne Mills, a New Zealander. He travels the world to promote reading for pleasure and literacy. This is the link: https://www.kidslitquiz.com/home.php.
Thank you to Wellington College for hosting us and Miss Tanja Jennings for organizing this amazing event!
The competition was really tough but we placed in the top 10. We won 2 rounds and we scored 69/100. Congratulations!
Sophia Boyle won the 1st prize in the Japanese Manga poster competition. Well done Sophia!
Sophia Boyle in in the picture with Kelly McCaughrain. Kelly is the new Children’s Writing Fellow for Northern Ireland at the Seamus Heaney Centre, Queen’s University, Belfast. She is also a Young Adult writer from Belfast. She won the Children’s Books Ireland Eilis Dillon Award, Children’s Choice Award and Book of the Year Award 2019 and the Northern Ireland Book Award 2019. Her first novel, Flying Tips for Flightless Birds, was nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
Well done everybody!
Mrs Morroi
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Sophia Boyle, Conor Parsons, Finn Holden, Christopher Cox, Sharani Gopidi, Hemani Galllapalli, David McGinley -
The team: Sophia Boyle, Conor Parsons, Finn Holden and Cristopher Cox. Thank you to the Quiz Master, Mr Wayne Mills -
Our team with the prize for winning a round! -
Sophia Boyle with Belfast writer Kelly McCaughrain -
Sharani dressed as Miss Honey
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