A selection of our year 9 pupils participated in an IET Faraday Challenge Day. They had the opportunity to research, design and make prototype solutions to genuinely tough engineering problems. It provided them with an exciting opportunity to engage in STEM subjects and become aware of the benefits of careers within Science, Technology, Engineering and […]
On Friday morning a selection of our local primary schools came to show case their STEAM projects as part of the Big Bang Fair. Afterwards the pupils and our own Year 8 pupils enjoyed a Science Show on Space travel presented by Astrophysicists Scott Marley, with a few fun demonstrations thrown in! [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”33″ […]
The winners of the year 9 quiz were 9/49. Sophie Hollywood, Sarah Cunningham, Faolon Toal & Aoibh Murray
The Debate Team was established this year in St. Paul’s and consists of students from both Year 13 and Year 14. The debate programme attracts students from a number of disciplines in the school – Science, Maths, History and Modern Languages and has been an extremely successful extra-curricular activity for our students. We were especially […]
Today we were joined by pupils from schools in Armagh and Down, who had great fun designing and building bridges as part of the Sentinus Primary Challenge which promotes STEM. [ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”22″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails” override_thumbnail_settings=”1″ thumbnail_width=”300″ thumbnail_height=”300″ thumbnail_crop=”1″ images_per_page=”20″ number_of_columns=”0″ ajax_pagination=”0″ show_all_in_lightbox=”0″ use_imagebrowser_effect=”0″ show_slideshow_link=”1″ slideshow_link_text=”[Show as slideshow]” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]
On Friday we had the teachers and pupils from our local primary schools displaying their STEM projects that they completed over the last few weeks. In recognition of their hard work they had the opportunity to experience an exciting and interactive STEM show. Our year 8 Pupils also had this opportunity [ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”21″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails” […]
STEM is a curriculum based on the idea of educating students in four specific disciplines — science, technology, engineering and mathematics. St Paul’s have been awarded a Certificate to acknowledge the hard work in promoting STEM through our curriculum.
To complete the final section of the Habitats topic in Science class 12/47, Jollies Pet Store kindly paid them a visit during a Science lesson. The pupils have been learning about living things and their environment. They have studied how living things adapt to their environment, and how they can live together. The pupils were […]
In order to celebrate science week, Year 8 pupils were asked to build a model cell. From a very impressive set of entries, the winners of this competition were: Anna McCabe and Katie Crimmins from 08/67 Abbi Mae McDonnell and Leah Warner from 08/52 Year 9 pupils produced models of Rockets. The winners of this […]
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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