Parents’ Association Quiz Night


Was it the lure of a fish and chip supper or a streak of sadomasochism that dragged us back to an evening of humiliation and disbelief that Mr Tobin can continue to dream up such impossibly hard questions? Does he inhabit a parallel universe that has a completely alternative bank of knowledge to us? How could he be so cruel as to combine a geography round with a working knowledge of the World Cup teams and venues?


The PA Committee who usually come last with such lame excuses as having to man the bar, go for the fish and chips, hand out the salt and vinegar and ketchup came fifth, only three points behind the winning team ‘Team GB’ (nothing to do with nationality, more to do with being George Bennett’s father).It was a close run thing at the finish with the staff team of Mrs Culek, Miss Smith, Mr Florance and supportive other halves only half a point behind the winners.


The reason for the meteoric rise in the fortunes of the Committee team was due to the foresight of Mrs Shackleton in inviting Miss Thompson to join them, adding her vast wealth of general knowledge and trivia (she owes a lot of it to her 11 year old godson and watching a lot of television) to their more limited range! Who else would have recognised the theme tune of Hetty Wainthropp Investigates quite so quickly or been able to unravel the connection between the voice of Bugs Bunny, a book by Jane Austen and a film goers guide?


Mr Stotts invited a Canadian guest who also contributed by answering questions on anything vaguely North American and who couldn’t believe we would put ourselves through all that agony on a Friday night after a gruelling week at school!


Feel you may like to join us with a team next year? We’d love to see you, but Miss Thompson is ours so hands off!


If you’d like to know the answer to the brain teaser I’m sure she would explain it to you!


Clowns and Candy Floss 5 The Parents’ Association struck it lucky again with the weather for their Family Fun Day on the 15th May.


After days of freezing wind and rain the sun shone down on the playground as children bounced on the bouncy castles, slid down the inflatable slides, raced on little go karts in ever decreasing circle and consumed mountains of pink candy floss, ice cream and Krispy Kreme doughnuts. I did wonder whether it was a challenge to get as much sugar into them in the shortest possible space of time!


The clown was a huge success – literally- as he galloped rounds the playground on stilts and cycled round on a unicycle before presenting a magic show and disco in the Hall. The adults enjoyed the sun, chatting and munching delicious hot dogs and chicken burgers washed down with a cool beer!


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The Hallfieldian


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