In conjunction with the Department of the Environment, hit radio station Cool FM visited St Paul’s as an extension of the Year 8 pastoral programme. Students in classes 08/71 and 08/48 were invited to participate in the Road Safety Workshop and discuss ‘distractions’ on the road.  They worked together in groups discussing possible distractions, suggesting […]

  The Home Economics Department at St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook was involved in a very exciting event on Friday 16th May. In the morning Year 8 students enjoyed a cook along session with representatives from local business Deli-Lites, and in the afternoon students were involved in a live cook along with Jamie Oliver. The event was […]

On Sunday 27 April Rachael Sands and Cloideach Rafferty (a loyal friend), the daredevils, abseiled down the Europa Hotel Belfast for Northern Ireland Cancer fund for Children. The two friends raised over £700 for the charity that day. Rachael has managed to battle cancer twice already in her young life and truly is an inspiration to […]

Students in class 10/47 took a short trip to Ballymoyer to investigate the simple changes a school can make their local environment to enhance biodiversity – creating a friendly place for all manner of creatures. Principal, Mr Kennedy welcomed the St Paul’s students and staff to their lovely country school, with some welcome refreshments in the school dinner hall. The […]

The St Paul’s Junior Dance/Aerobic team travelled to Lisburn in March and won the prestigious Northern Ireland Dance Championships. The same bunch of girls, under the watchful eye of past pupil Sarah Hillen went on to compete in and take second place in Ulster Dance in April. The girls and Sarah should be commended for their hard […]

On Thursday 3rd April, twenty four Year 11 Irish GCSE students and 5 AS Level students embarked on a trip to Rann na Feirste in the Donegal Gaeltacht for four days. Accompanied by Irish teachers, Mr Quinn and Mr Mooney, the pupils stayed with local families where Irish is spoken as an every-day language. The […]

Concussion is a brain injury which is usually caused by hitting your head or a fall. It can happen at any time, anywhere – for example, during sports, in the school playground, or even at home. Concussion must always be taken seriously. It is really important to be able to recognise the signs and know […]

Local Insurance Broker Autoline Insurance Group have teamed up with road safety charity Brake to deliver a hard-hitting campaign to young drivers and passengers in a bid to help prevent the number of deaths and injuries in County Armagh. A large number of staff from Autoline Insurance Group have been trained as part of Brake’s […]

Year 9 pupil from St Paul’s, Natasha Mc Cann, who has recently been selected onto the Netball Northern Ireland Under-13 Southern Area final Squad. This team will play in The Annual NNI Under-13 Inter board Netball Tournament held in Antrim Forum every year.

Pictured is student Ursula McClatchey along with Principal, Mr Jarlath Burns and Art teacher, Mr Brendan McArdle. Congratulaions to our Year 8 pupil Ursula McClatchey on her tremendous achievement in winning a ‘Special Merit award’ in the Texaco Art Competition. This competition is open to all children in Ireland aged 6 -18 and the work […]