New Rules, who are currently a support band for the Little Mix tour, visited St Paul’s on Tuesday 8th October and discussed the different aspects and importance of respect within all kinds of relationships including family, friendships and romantic relationships. They also discussed the characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships highlighting the important of respect […]
This year, Anti-Bullying week takes place from 17th – 21st November. To promote Anti-Bullying week, there will be a poster competition running that will allow students to use their creative skills to design a poster, write a song, create a video or write a poem to demonstrate how we can all ‘End Bullying Together’. All […]
This article first appeared in the Belfast Telegraph on 13 November 2014. You could never describe inspirational student Anita Dennison as a victim and yet when she was just 16 she endured a relentless year long hate campaign by anonymous cyberbullies. Support from her family and school got her through what were horrific months suffering […]
Pictured is Mr Stephen Quinn, Ms Christine Fearon (Head of Pastoral Care), Leanne McGuinness (Head Girl), Joseph Mee (Year 8 Mentor), Anita Dennison (Anti Bullying Mentor) Blaise McKnight (Head Boy), Eimear Hoey (Year 8 Mentor) and Lee Kane (Anti Bullying Co-ordinator). Lee Kane, Anti Bullying Co-ordinator with NI Anti Bullying Forum, recently visited St Paul’s to deliver Peer Mentoring […]
‘Let’s create a better internet together.’ Safer Internet Day is celebrated worldwide on Tuesday 11th February. St Paul’s embraced this opportunity to promote Internet Safety both inside and outside school. Pupils in Year 8 – 12 were shown a presentation during their weekly assembly to increase awareness of their use of the internet. They were […]
As part of Anti-Bullying week, which ran from 18-22 November, the Senior Prefect Team at St Paul’s launched their Anti-Cyber bullying campaign. The Senior Prefects chose to focus on cyber bullying in particular because they felt it is a type of bullying that affects many young people today. They discovered in their research that there has […]
The Senior Prefect team at St Paul’s High School, who co-ordinated the recent Anti-Cyber Bullying Campaign received two hundred and fifty entries from students across junior and senior school. This was an excellent response and evidence of the effectiveness of the campaign in its aim to improve awareness about the negative impact that cyber bulling […]
Pictured above is students from the Year 14 Senior Prefect team, giving a talk to Year 11 pupils at Assembly about Cyber Bullying. As part of their Anti Cyber Bullying Campaign, the Senior Prefect Team at St Paul’s have been taking assemblies all week to ensure that awareness about the effects and consequences of cyber […]
Pictured above is the Senior Prefect Team at St Paul’s that launched their first ever Anti Cyber Bullying Campaign. Also in the picture is Vice Principal Mr Jarlath Burns, Head of Year 14 Ms Christine Fearon and Year 8 students. As part of November being National Anti Bullying Month, the Senior Prefect Team at St […]
“Don’t be mean behind the screen!” That’s our message to cyber bullies this month, as we draw attention to the problem and provide advice to any students who may suffering from bullying online. Our senior prefect team are leading a campaign in St Paul’s in November to combat cyber bullying and to raise attention […]
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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