Pet Connection visits St Paul’s

Joanne from Pet Connection visited 0848’s Science class last Tuesday. Many animals and reptiles visited including a parrot, lizard, rabbit, a bearded dragon and a corn-snake to name a few. Joanne talked about each animal and reptile and pupils learned where they originate from, the purpose of their features, what they eat and how they […]

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Year 8 super scientists recognised!

Head of Biology, Mrs Ashlyn Kimbley, and Mrs Maria Wilson, Head of Year 8, pictured with the winners of the Science poster competition. This year’s science poster competition challenged Year 8 students do design a poster highlighting safety in the lab.  It was judged in two categories most scientific and most artistic.   Well done […]

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Success for the Bikki Brigade

Vice-Principal, Mrs Una McNulty, and Head of Science, Mrs Bridget McConville present certificates to Jordan McCann, Chloe Quinn, Aoibheann Murphy and Cliodhna Tierney During last term four of our Year 8 students, Jordan McCann, Aoibheann Murphy, Chloe Quinn  and Cliodhna Tierney began a science project to investigate the popularity and the nutritional value of the […]

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Can you help our Year 8 Scientists?

Pictured above are students who are currently working on their first Science project.  Year 8 students Aiobheann Murphy, Cliodhna Tierney, Chloe Quinn and Jordan McCann are currently working on their first Science project and need your help. The title of the project is called ‘Lets Talk Biscuit’ and they aim to see if the new […]

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Year 12 students visit DKIT

As part of our recent Careers week at St Paul’s, a group of Year 12 students visited Dundalk Institute of Technology for a taster day in engineering and computer games development. The students were given two practical sessions and demonstrations on the use of mathematics in engineering and computer science. The engineers showed how maths […]

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Students successful at Key Stage 3 Science Quiz

Pictured above are students Tony Crilly, Padraig Murphy and Valerija Staselovica, who finished third in a Key Stage 3 Science Quiz that was recently held at St Patrick’s High School, Keady.

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Engineering Experience for Year 10 students

 Pictured above is Pat Jameson from Sentinus giving a talk to Year 10 students. On Friday 8th of March, as part of our Careers week, Pat Jameson from Sentinus provided our Year 10 students with an Engineering experience. Every pupil had the opportunity to work as a member of a team constructing circuits and building a […]

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Exciting Science at St Paul’s

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. […]

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STEM Bus visits St Paul’s

 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 […]

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STEM Bus at St Paul’s

Once again, the STEM bus paid a welcome visit to St Paul’s High School. The purpose of the STEM visit was to allow pupils the opportunity to gain experience in using techniques in DNA technology. These included cutting DNA with restriction enzymes and genetic finger printing. The experience is invaluable as it offers pupils the opportunity to use apparatus […]

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