Monday 14th October 2019 brought with it the start of our annual celebrations for Ireland’s Maths Week. Year 10 pupils kick started the week with a very interactive ‘Trading Game’ ran by Liverpool based company AS Creatives. Each day brought with it a selection of highly competitive Teacher Puzzles, organised by Miss L McIntyre and […]
On Friday 8 November, St Paul’s High School were very privileged to host Fiona Campbell, Controller of BBC Three. Fiona came to speak to the students as part of the Speakers for Schools programme. Fiona is originally from Belfast. She left Northern Ireland to study after her A Levels. She hopes to return back to […]
Pictured with Head of Year 13, Mrs C Hughes, these pupils were selected to represent St Paul’s in the internal round of the annual Rotary Club Competition. Caitlin Murray was selected, by Newry Rotary Club members, as the St Paul’s winner and will represent the school in the Newry and Mourne Area Final next week.
As part of the continued work with the Language Ambassador Programme, our Year 12 Irish students visited Queen’s University for an Immersion day. Students got a tour of campus and attended a talk on ‘Language and Culture’ with Dr. Marcas MacCoinnigh, as well as a session about taking a language as a beginner with Dr. […]
Well done to our U16 girls, who beat Assumption Grammar, Ballynahinch, 5-19 to 2-04, to top the group. They’ve now made it through to the semi-final, which will take place after Hallowe’en.
Our annual Year 8 Young Enterprise “Your School Your Business” event successfully ran over two days – the 9th and 10th of October. During the six sessions, our students got the opportunity to examine the business aspects of running St Paul’s High School. Students were given a great insight into the roles of two of […]
This week, our U16 football team competed at the Danske Bank Rafferty Cup. Below are some photos of the boys in action. A huge well done to everyone involved!
New Rules, who are currently a support band for the Little Mix tour, visited St Paul’s on Tuesday 8th October and discussed the different aspects and importance of respect within all kinds of relationships including family, friendships and romantic relationships. They also discussed the characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships highlighting the important of respect […]
Teachers and students at St Paul’s have been celebrating after being awarded the highly regarded British Council National eTwinning Award at the weekend. Teachers from across all four regions of the UK came together from Friday 27 September until Sunday 29 September 2019 to celebrate the 14th annual British Council eTwinning National Conference, which was […]
St Paul’s High School is a thriving, innovative educational community of almost 1500 students of all abilities, from children with learning difficulties in our Learning Support Centre to high calibre academic achievers in our AS, A2 and Applied Post-16 courses. All classrooms are equipped as standard with interactive whiteboards, and students and staff are encouraged to make the fullest use of technology for learning and teaching.
The school, which was established in 1966 with the aim of providing its pupils with a Christian education within the Catholic ethos, is situated on a modern campus in pleasant rural surrounding in the townland of Carrickbracken, County Armagh. St Paul’s High School was designated by the Department of Education as a Specialist College for Science in 2008, and the school was awarded the BECTA ICT Mark in 2009.
St Paul's High School, 108 Camlough Road, Bessbrook, Newry BT35 7EE
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