St. Teresa’s PS has qualified for the finals of the Northern Ireland Primary School Road Safety Quiz. This follows their success at the Armagh City, Banbridge, and Craigavon area heat held on Wednesday, February 1, 2017, at the Civic Centre, Craigavon.
The winning team members were Maureen McCorry, Patrick O’Hare, Ronin Rafferty, and Keela Smyth, followed by Orchard County PS and Lisnadill PS.
The top two schools will now compete against 20 other teams in the NI final, which will take place at the NI Fire & Rescue Training Centre in Belfast in February. This year’s competition received a significant boost with a Department for Infrastructure Road Safety Grant, allowing the quiz to be held across all 11 council areas for the first time.
Organised by Road Safe NI, the quiz aims to promote road safety awareness among primary school children, a particularly vulnerable road user group. The quiz covers road safety, road signs, and general knowledge.
All participating children signed the Department of Infrastructure’s Share the Road to Zero pledge, received a certificate, and took home a road safety booklet. After all heats are completed, the questions will be made available to primary schools to conduct similar quizzes in their classrooms.
Mrs McNeill, P7 Teacher at St.Teresa’s PS, said;
“Our School is delighted to win the heat held in Craigavon of the NI Road Safety quiz. It is vital that all children receive Road Safety education. This quiz is a fantastic initiative and all involved should be congratulated. It also lends itself very well to be run within each school and will provide a novel and interesting approach to reinforce and consolidate the important message of safety on our roads.
Tony McKeown from event sponsors CRASH Services said,
“As a Northern Ireland based business we are delighted to be able to support the Primary School Quiz. We are involved in accident management and breakdown recovery services, so we have a close connection with road users and we are pleased to get involved with road safety projects like this.
To find out more about Road Safe NI visit their website www.roadsafeni.org or follow them on Facebook.
