Year 10 students of Irish at St Paul’s High School who completed the Level 2 OLA examination in Irish were recently presented with their certificates by CCEA. OLA stands for OnLine Assessment, and replaces the old GOML (Graded Objective in Modern Languages) Award. Head of Irish at St Paul’s, Miss Ciara McCoy, congratulated the students […]
St Paul’s student Ryan Doran with his classmates, as well as their form teacher Laura Hollywood and Vice-principal Una McNulty presenting Sally Lynch from Macmillan Nurses, a cheque for £1000 from the bake sale For pupils at St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook a ‘grand’ day was enjoyed by all recently, with a bake sale in […]
The hardworking office staff at St Paul’s High School were feeling a bit blue as they encouraged staff and students to dig deep and donate some cash to the annual Children in Need Appeal.
The Scholastic Book Fair arrives in St Paul’s on Monday 28th November for one week. There are leaflets available in library as well as entry forms for two competitions, one to design a chocolate for author Cathy Cassidy and one to draw a character from Horrible Histories. Watch the video and come along to the […]
St Paul’s students investigate the benefits of exercise. Local fitness instructor Briannan McParland visited St Paul’s on Friday to carry out an ‘exploring the benefits of exercise’ workshop with the GCSE Health & Social Care students. During the workshop the students took part in a high intensity cardio workout whilst investigating how exercise […]
Year 14 History students, Christopher Boylan, Christopher McGuinness and Niamh Boylan, pictured with Rev Hutton and Head of History Mr Emmett McCaffrey As part of their A Level History course, Year 14 students welcomed the Rev Norman Hutton to the school for a discussion on the history of Presbyterianism in Ulster. Rev Hutton is the […]
Oisin Larkin 08/35, 1st Prize Winner of the Year 8 Halloween poetry competition Top 3 winners of the Halloween poetry competition The highly Commended winners from the year 8 Halloween poetry competition
Year 8 Science safety competition winners with Head of Science, Mrs Bridget McConville The Safety in Science poster competition is part of Year 8 Induction to Science programme. Each pupil was asked to design a poster reflecting the chosen topic “Safety in Science”, and class winners were selected and entered a whole year group competition. […]
Pupils from St Paul’s and Newtownhamilton High School along with Newtownhamilton High School teacher, Mr David Sloan and Gerry Hughes from Sentinus. On Friday 7th of October, Year 10 pupils from St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook and Newtownhamilton High School, participated in an Engineering Day with Science and Technology company, Sentinus. The theme of the […]
Mr Dermot Kelly from the Armagh Diocesan Youth Commission, with Religious Education teacher Mrs Deirdre Graham and Year 13 pupils from St Paul’s High School. Mr Dermot Kelly from the Armagh Diocesan Youth Commission visited St Paul’s on Thursday 29th September to launch the John Paul II Award to Year 13 students. He gave […]
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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