Over a course of two days all our Year 8 pupils had the opportunity to participate in an App Development Programme supported by Sentinus. The purpose of the programme is to encourage key stage three pupils to consider a career in Software Development in response to the current skills shortage in the IT sector. During […]
St Paul’s officially launched a new cross community Primary School sports project known as Best Ball. The programme is a cross community sports initiative aimed around the concept of team-work, mutual respect and cultural appreciation. Through the initiative Primary seven pupils from Cloughreagh and Bessbrook Primary schools are being coached a modified form of Olympic […]
Pictured is Year 12 student Leanne Rooney with Principal Mr Jarlath Burns, Mr McAvoy and Mr Canavan (SPP Co-Ordinator). Leanne came first in the Skillbuild Catering competition that was held between the various campuses within the Southern Regional College (SRC). Fighting off fierce opposition, her culinary skills came to the fore and the judges had […]
Pictured above is Science Demonstrator Neil Monteiro, Science teacher Mrs Bradley and a mixture of Year 8 and Year 9 students that enjoyed the show. Science Demonstrator Neil Monteiro attended St Pauls on Thursday 22 January as part of Sentinus Big Bang Road Show. As part of the show, samples of pupils STEM projects were […]
Open Day for prospective pupils and their parents, families and friends was held in St Paul’s on Saturday 17 January. A huge crowd spent the day visiting the various departments in the school and sampling what is on offer in the school. Principal, Mr Jarlath Burns, welcomed the visitors to the school and encouraged them to […]
Vice-principal, Mrs Siobhán Bradley congratulates the three Ulster All-Stars Friday evening seen a first for St Paul’s, when three of our Senior Ladies football team received Ulster All-Star Awards. Louise Kenny, Aimee Mackin and Blaithin Mackin are without doubt exceptionally talented at sport. Louise, who was part of the senior Armagh ladies panel last year that […]
Pictured above are first and second prize winners with their teachers Mrs Mone, Mrs McCormick, Miss O’Rourke and Mrs Campbell (Head of English). Here was the challenge…. Deliver a story in and around 100 words that would entertain the reader. What was needed was a tight plot, colourful words and clear punctuation to draw the […]
Year 12 student Sarah Jane Ferguson, Year 13 student Shauna Murphy and Year 14 student Catherine Donnelly all had Art work selected to be published in one of the UK’s largest supplier of Art Materials Catalogue for 2015-2016. Sarah had her work selected as the new cover design and was presented with a voucher for […]
Students Bianca Hughes, Mairead Campbell, Maureen Byrne and Aileen McGuire organised a fundraiser that raised £434.00 for Cancer Research. With the help of many others, they baked, purchased baked goods, donated and generally brought some Christmas cheer to our mad hatters inspired tea party in aid of Cancer Research UK. Special thanks to Mille Fiori […]
The annual Year 14 Interview Skills Day took place recently at St Paul’s. The event helps to prepare students for impending university and employment interviews. A wide range of our partners from industry and education were in attendance and participated in the mock interview sessions, advising pupils on their interview technique and making suggestions for […]
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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