With our Christmas exams behind us, it’s beginning to feel very Christmassy here in St. Fintan’s. Our student’s Union held their annual Bake Sale last Wednesday and sold out completely raising money for local charities at Christmas. Our 1st Years had a Christmas Jumper Day on Wednesday also. Today, our Enterprise students held their Christmas Market all afternoon in the cafeteria showcasing their business and product ideas to staff, students and parents! We wish them every success with their businesses throughout the rest of the year! Elsewhere, around the school there’s a definite air of festivity as we countdown to the holidays!

A selection of pics showcasing Science Week last week including prizewinners from our various competitions across the event

We are celebrating and highlighting Science Week all of this week with a range of events across the school including a daily ‘Science Question of the Day’, a TY talk on Tuesday on Inspiring Careers with speaker Shanice Griffen, a poster competition and a Battle of the Sciences on Friday! Check out the official Science Week Website for more information on what’s happening nationwide this week! https://www.scienceweek.ie/  

Wishing all students, staff and their families a spookily fabulous mid term break and a great Halloween celebration. Here’s to recharging all of our batteries after a busy first half term so far before we settle into study and preparation for Christmas exams.

This week is National Math’s Week. Maths Week Ireland starts on the 11th October – 19th October 2025. Maths Week Ireland is an all-island initiative promoting positive attitudes towards maths and highlighting the importance of maths in our lives since 2006. This annual festival is a collaborative partnership of organisations including all the universities, institutes of technology, professional bodies, visitor centres and more. Maths Week has grown to attract participation from as many as 500,000 people annually across the island of Ireland. In 2025, Maths Week Ireland is celebrating its 20th edition! To celebrate Math’s Week, we have various quizzes and competitions planned across all year groups including a ‘Riddle of the Day’ to be solved each morning with spot prizes for winners!

Today, Wednesday the 8th of October is World Dyslexia Day and marks the start of our Dyslexia Awareness Week at St. Fintan’s High School. We started today with handing out red ribbons for Dyslexia Awareness to all students upon arriving at school and in key areas of the school we have installed Red Ribbon Displays giving information about dyslexia and profiling famous faces who have dyslexia. We have a range of events planned over the coming week including quizzes, red workshops and a Bake Sale next Wednesday to raise funds for the Aen Department and a talk by the artist Ciaran McCoy for senior students to discuss his experiences with having dyslexia. Our Bake Sale last year enabled us to buy new E-Readers for the AEN Department and we hope to be able to add to these resources in the coming year. Here’s to an interesting and eventful week celebrating diversity and inclusion across our school community! Grateful thanks to our Cake Sale Sponsors, SuperValu and Lidl for their generous donations of fresh cakes four our bake sale