1. Portadown College
Fortiter et Humaniter

2. Portadown College HOUSE SYSTEM
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, Mr T H Armstrong Mr T W Flannagan Mrs D O’Hare Mr S Harper

4. The Houses Donald Woodman BEM
Mr Woodman (headmaster of Portadown College, )
Encouraged sport through the House system. This gave everyone the opportunity to participate in competitive sport
There are three Houses in Portadown College

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

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
Remembered on Bangor War Memorial and
Portadown College War Memorial

9. Dame Mary Peters, Munich 1972 Olympic Games Gold medallist,
belonged to MacCallum House

10. SEALE Squadron Leader W Terry Seale RAF
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

13. Theo and Terry Seale are both remembered on Portadown War Memorial and Portadown College War Memorial

14. British Lion, Ulster and Irish Rugby player belonged to Seale House
Rory Best
British Lion, Ulster and Irish Rugby player belonged to Seale House

15. SHILLINGTON Named after Major 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 and was an Ulster Unionist MP
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)

16. Shillington's Quay
Portadown

17. Lt Col Colin Weir 1st Btn Royal Irish Regiment belonged to Shillington House

18. THERE ARE HOUSE COMPETITIONS IN…
SPORT
MUSIC
DEBATING