To celebrate World Book Day on Thursday 7th March and St Paul’s wonderful sporting achievements to date, the library is running a ‘Sporting Heroes Art Competition’. All you have to do is draw a picture of your favourite sporting hero and add a catchy slogan encouraging pupils to read or visit the library. Year 8 – […]

Pictured above is Paul Mc Crory from ‘Learn Differently’, delivering a Key Stage 2 show to pupils from our local primary schools.  Paul Mc Crory from ‘Learn Differently’, in collaboration with Queen’s University in Belfast, came to St Paul’s last week, to deliver an exciting road show entitled ‘Chemical Connections’ for our Year 8 pupils. […]

We’re very proud of our Under 16 Girls football team as they take on Loreto Grammar School, Omagh in the Ulster Final this Friday, with throw-in scheduled for 1.00 p.m. We would like to encourage as many supporters as possible to travel to Clones to support the girls as they aim to bring another Ulster […]

Congratulations to Year 9 student Amy O’Hanlon on achieving her second Blue Peter badge. 09/38 student Amy, has rewarded with a second badge from the popular CBBC programme after submitting a poem. Amy is very proud of her achievement and hopes to gain a gold Blue Peter badge in the future.

 Mr John Graham of the Ulster GAA Writers’ Association presented a special award to St Paul’s Bessbrook to acknowledge their achievements in 2012 of winning the Ulster Colleges’ MacLarnon Cup and the All Ireland Colleges’ Noonan Cup. The award was received by last year’s All Ireland winning captain, Michael Murphy and mercurial forward, Jemar Hall. […]

Pictured is Colleen Mc Veigh along with her Netball Coach Mrs Paula O’Hare-Armstrong, Head of Physical Education and Sport at St Paul’s Mr John Rafferty and Vice-principals at St Paul’s Mrs Una McNulty and Mr Jarlath Burns. Colleen, Year 12 pupil at St Paul’s, has been selected on to the final Netball Northern Ireland Under […]

 Pictured are key stage three pupils from St Paul’s, being shown a demonstration on how one of the machines work.  Key Stage three and Key Stage four pupils visited the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) Bus recently and were given an awareness of what can be achieved in the areas of Engineering and Technology […]

On Thursday 17 January, St Paul’s Ethnic Percussion Group was invited to perform in Stormont and were given the privilege of performing in two Chambers. This is the first ever percussion group that has been given the opportunity to perform in the room that the Assembly is held. Well done to all involved and a […]

St Paul’s Bessbrook defeated Abbey CBGS to reach the last four of the Danske Bank Ulster Colleges MacRory Cup. Played at Páirc Esler in Newry, Abbey were the better of the teams in the opening exchanges as they kicked three points without reply, but St Paul’s went on to dominate the half from here on, […]

Students in 10/65 recently participated in the annual LASCO Maths Challenge. The students were challenged to work collaboratively to solve ten mathematical puzzles and agree a final set of answers for the class. The challenge is held annually to help raise funds to support medical and educational projects for street children in Latin America. Participating […]