Our annual Year 14 Interview Skills Day took place recently, with all students attending a ‘Success Skills’ preparation for interview training session which was facilitated by Young Enterprise Northern Ireland. Students then had the opportunity to participate in mock interview sessions which were conducted by a wide range of our partners from industry and education. […]

*Picture from Ulster GAA (www.ulstergaa.ie) Year 14 student Conor Browne was part of the Ulster GAA Wheelchair Hurling team that won the All-Ireland League and Championship. Having recently won the league, Conor was part of the Ulster team that travelled to Dublin on Saturday 12 December to take part in the All-Ireland Interprovincial Competition, were the […]

Pictured above is Liam Kerr, Principal Mr Jarlath Burns, Conor Magennis, Vice-Principal Mr Dáithi Murray and Declan Loye.  Congratulations to St Paul’s students Liam Kerr, Conor Magennis and Declan Loye who received Ulster Colleges All Star Awards for 2015/16. Liam and Declan both received Danske Bank Ulster Colleges All Star Awards, whilst Conor received a […]

Congratulations to the boys and girls in Year 13, and to all involved in the annual dash to Camlough in aid of the International Projects. Well done to Eugene McKeever who was the first student Santa back across the finish line. A few video clips from the event have been put together – see below. See […]

Members of the Gateway Club in Newry had their Annual Christmas Party on Thursday 10 December at St Paul’s. Organised by class 12/73, and their irrepresible form teacher, Mr Paddy McAvoy, this was a very successful and enjoyable night, with over a hundred people in attendance. Our school caretaker Mr Kevin Kearney supplied the music […]

Recently, Head of Year 8, Mrs McArdle invited Denise Nixon from the Samaritans to speak to all Year 8 students at their Friday morning Assembly. Following on from this Mrs McArdle, in collaboration with the Religion Department targeted the Year 8 group into delivering as many shoe-boxes as we possibly could which would be going […]

Recently, St Paul’s Home Economics Department hosted a cookery demonstration from the ‘Livestock and Meat Commission’. LMC representative Mrs Margaret Anderson spoke to a number of Year 10 and Year 11 pupils about using local meat products, outlining their benefits to both individuals and the local community. She then talked about new and exciting ways […]

Pictured above is the St Paul’s BBC School Report team.  BBC News School Report gives 11-16 year-old students across the UK the opportunity to research and produce their own news reports for a real audience. Last year, more than 1000 schools across the UK took part in this diversity award-winning project. Students reported on a […]

Recently, 42 students from Year 13 have been selected to travel to Romania or Kenya in January 2016 for this year’s International Projects. The students have been issued with a massive fundraising task and will be out on the streets collecting money, running the roads, cooking, baking, dancing and all sorts of fun activities that […]

Pupils in South Armagh have recently benefited from the donation of an automatic egg incubator from the Poultry Industry Education Trust. The gift was organised by PIET Trustee, Mr Basil Bayne. The incubator will enrich the learning experiences of the pupils while also providing some fun during GCSE Agriculture and Land Use lessons. GCSE Agriculture […]