IET host Faraday Challenge at St Paul’s « St Paul's High School, Bessbrook, County Armagh

IET host Faraday Challenge at St Paul’s

December 9, 2014

The Institute of Engineering and Technology hosted a Faraday challenge day at St Paul’s on Wednesday 26th November.

The IET is one of the world’s leading professional societies for the engineering and technology community. The initiative is to encourage the pupils to study the STEM subjects and to consider careers within the engineering and technology sectors.

During the challenge day the pupils researched, designed and made solutions to genuinely tough engineering problems. All pupils received a certificate for participating and the winning team received amazon vouchers each as a prize and a trophy for their team.

The top three teams will get an all expenses paid trip to the national final in June. The day was thoroughly enjoyed by all and proved popular with teachers and students alike.

The winning class and students that won awards and certificates were presented them at a morning assembly.

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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