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 […]

The Boys’ Year 8 Football Blitz took place on Friday 9 May in Carrickcruppen GAC playing fields. The competition took the format of an eight-team knockout tournament with each team being guaranteed three matches. In the first round Down and Armagh, Kerry and Cork, Dublin and Louth and Mayo and Galway played off. All games where keenly contested in windy conditions. […]

The annual Shauna McCann Gaelic blitz for Year 8 Girls took place on Friday 9 May. This Cup was presented to the school by the family of the late Shauna McCann, a former pupil and captain of St Paul’s Gaelic teams. There were 8 teams participating with each team kitted out in the colours of their […]

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 […]

Year 9 pupils recently took part in an Internet Safety Workshop in school as a follow up to Safer Internet Day held earlier in the year. Pupils were given the opportunity to increase their awareness of online issues they may face that may endanger their lives. REIM Training Solutions, a local based company, focused on […]

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 […]