Year 8 Science Safety Competition Winners

Congratulations to all the winners from the Science Safety Poster Competition. 1st Place (Scientific Content) – Katerine Katova 08/84 1st Place ( Artistic Impression) – Ellen Burns 08/62 2nd Place (Scientific Content) – Tomas Quinn 08/29 2nd Place (Artistic Impression) – Piaras Wood 08/29 3rd Place (Scientific Content) – Lee McClelland 08/87 3rd Place (Artistic […]

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St Paul’s students achieve Guinness World Record!

A group of Year 8 students from St Paul’s, together with their Science teacher Mrs T O’Hare and classroom assistant Ms McElroy, achieved a Guinness World Record at the Odyssey Arena, Belfast, on Tuesday 24th February. They were with Primary and Secondary school children from schools across Northern Ireland, who gathered together to take part in […]

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Jollyes visit St Paul’s Science Club

On the final week of the Science Club, the Wizards welcomed Jollyes Pet Superstore. The pupils really enjoyed learning about all of the different animals. They got to see and handle rabbits, lizards, guinea pigs and budgies. This was a great experience for the students. We would like to thank Jollyes for taking the time […]

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Hannah wins ‘Great Biology Bake-Off’

Pictured above is Hannah McManus, winner of the ‘Great Biology Bakeoff’ competition. The ‘Great Biology Bake-off’ was a Year 8 competition which was launched to coincide with Science week which ran from 13 – 22 March. Pupils were asked to make a bun or cake with a biology theme. The winner was Hannah McManus 08/06. She […]

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Science Wizards welcomed back to St Paul’s

Science Wizards is an after school club which is open to Year 9 Pupils only. This takes place after school on Thursday’s and runs for four weeks, allowing pupils to expand their understanding of science through more informal methods with fun and unusual science experiments. Our first week was very busy with Chemistry and Physics. The pupils […]

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Class 08-51 set new ‘Guinness World Record’

Pictured above is class 08/51 and science teacher Mrs Tracy O’Hare. Absent from photo is classroom assistant Mrs Anne McElroy. Class 8-51, together with their science teacher Mrs Tracy O’Hare and classroom assistant Mrs Anne McElroy, attended a Guinness World Record attempt in the Odessy Arena, Belfast on Tuesday 24th February. They were with Primary […]

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Year 8 students participate in App Development Programme

Over a course of two days all our Year 8 pupils had the opportunity to participate in an App Development Programme supported by Sentinus. The purpose of the programme is to encourage key stage three pupils to consider a career in Software Development in response to the current skills shortage in the IT sector. During […]

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Students enjoy ‘Engineering Superheroes’ at St Paul’s

Pictured above is Science Demonstrator Neil Monteiro, Science teacher Mrs Bradley and a mixture of Year 8 and Year 9 students that enjoyed the show.  Science Demonstrator Neil Monteiro attended St Pauls on Thursday 22 January as part of Sentinus Big Bang Road Show. As part of the show, samples of pupils STEM projects were […]

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IET host Faraday Challenge at St Paul’s

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 […]

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‘Bin It!’ Road Show at St Paul’s

Recently, our Eco-group and class 10/78 took part on the ‘Bin It!’ roadshow. The big message from the road show was that we ruin some really beautiful places by being careless and littering. We also found out that chewing gum is good for us as it freshens our breath and can help us keep our […]

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