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Participation is key

St Louis pupils

We are confident that there is something for everyone to join in and enjoy and that participation and social interaction are the key issues.

The primary aim of the PE programme is to offer a wide but balanced range of physical activities which will stimulate enjoyment, create a sense of achievement, increase confidence and foster a positive attitude to exercise, thus promoting a healthy life style for adult life. Our students participate successfully in sporting life, with a very large number taking part in sporting activities outside normal lesson time. There are a wide range of activities on offer including athletics, camogie, cross-country, Gaelic football (boys and girls), golf, hurling, netball, soccer, tennis, volleyball and swimming. Internal competitions in some sports are held annually and the school organises and hosts annual primary school competitions in Gaelic football and netball. As well as participating in internal competitions, netball teams play in the Newry and Mourne League at various levels and teams have reached the final or semi-final in all these competitions in recent years. There has also been great success in the realm of Gaelic football including MacRory and MacLarnon cup final appearances as well as success in All-Ireland Colleges’ competitions. Students past and present continue to achieve tremendous success at local, national and international level in a range of sports including Gaelic football, Australian rules football, golf, and rugby.

St Louis Pupils

The school has a long tradition of music and drama. As well as regular musical lessons, students are able to take part in further musical study, where they learn to play a wide variety of musical instruments guided by a team of specialist musicians. Lessons are offered in brass, strings, voice, woodwind, guitar and piano. The school choir, orchestra, ensemble and traditional group offer further opportunities for pupils to develop their musical talents. Students also perform at assemblies and Masses. Pupils have the opportunity to perform in a variety of plays and the annual Drama Festival. Years 8 to 10 have weekly drama classes, while GCSE Drama is a popular option. Our most recent production ‘Temptation’ written and produced by past pupils, was a major success. High levels of success have been achieved by pupils both individually in competitions at local feiseanna and in the annual Schools Irish Drama Festival. Each year a concert of music, drama, song, poetry and fashion is staged to bring together the talents developed throughout the year. This Year one of our Year 10 students was runner up in the Meningitis Research Foundation’s annual speaking competition.