Special presentation to Year 14 students

November 7, 2012

Pictured above is Seamus McCabe of PIPS giving a talk to Year 14 students at St Paul’s.

On Tuesday 6^th November all Year 14 pupils along with their teachers attended a special presentation by Seamus McCabe of PIPS, Newry. The presentation was called ‘B+ Positive’.

Seamus spoke to the students about the stigma attached to mental health issues and the importance of talking to one another without judgement. He also went through 12 steps to self care. This was then followed by a question and answer session which was extremely beneficial.

This is the first session of 3 which Year 14 will attend with the aim of providing coping strategies for what may be a stressful time in their lives.

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.