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
We’ve had a busy start to the year already kicking off with our Open Night which took place on the 16th and showcased to prospective students and their parents the many academic, sporting and extra-curricular activities on offer in St. Fintan’s High School. The night itself was a colourful display of student’s achievements across the curriculum, sporting displays, science experiments, craft workshops and a speech and welcome from Principal, Ms. Kathy Mullen. Transition Years have had some wonderful sunny September days to experience sailing and getting to grips with their tacking and jibing while just enjoying being out on the water and experiencing the thrill of sailing! The TYs have also attended a Careers Expo to inspire and inform themselves on the variety of career options out there! Meanwhile, back at base, auditions for the annual TY Musical are complete and it’s full steam ahead now with rehearsing, dancing and designing a stage for the big nights next March. Good luck to all. Sports activities have well and truly kicked off with the Senior Basketball team playing against Portmarnock Community School , St. Paul’s, Malahide and St. Finians, two Senior Hurling matches played and a cross country running event which took place in Donabate. Here’s to a great active and productive October when we will celebrate Dyslexia Awareness Week starting on the 8th of the month with events planned throughout the school!
We had a beautiful sunny blue sky day for our Annual School Walk last Friday to raise funds for Sports in our school. Over 600 students took part with nearly 300 choosing to run the course from the school along the seafront to The Tree of Life sculpture at St. Anne’s Park and back! This is a very important event for the school as it is our only means of raising much needed funds for PE equipment and extra-curricular sports in the school. Thanks to all who have donated on the GoFundMe link below. Our sincerest thanks for continuing to support Sports in St. Fintan’s. Congratulations to all of the students and teachers taking part. https://www.gofundme.com/f/2025-support-sports-in-st-fintans-high-school Here are the top runners in the Junior & Overall categories: Junior Race: 1st Ben Robinson 27:40, Sam Robinson 27.56, Ryan Keating 28.40, Callum Scanlon 30.14, Leo Ward 30.46, Tadhg Ward 31.48 and David Judge 31.51 Overall Race: 1st Daniel Connolly 26.03, Ben Robinson 27.40, Joseph Kirwan 27.53, Sam Robinson 27.56, Cathal O’Braoin 28.32, Ryan Keating 28.40, Eoin Brogan 28.46, Bode Dummer 29.12, Dylan Coogan 29.36 and Kyle Cullen 29.58 Well Done All!! Overall Best Race: Daniel Connolly, John’s 5
A big Welcome Back to all students, staff and their families as we embark on a new year at St. Fintan’s High School! We’re up and running and settling into a new term of study. Welcome especially to our incoming 1st Years. We know it’s a big adjustment from Junior School to Secondary School but also an exciting one with lots of new subjects, teachers and extra-curricular activities. We look forward to all the learning and achievements our students will make this year in their studies, in sport and all the extra-curricular activities on offer. Here’s to a fantastic 2025/2026 school year!
As we approach the end of term and the start of Summer holidays, wishing all of our 3rd and 6th Year students Best of Luck in their upcoming state exams. Wishing all students, staff and their families an enjoyable and hopefully sun-filled Summer break! We have some fantastic emerging painting talent in 1st and 2nd Year! Check out our gallery of landscape paintings completed by the Art classes this term and a small selection of the fabulous Senior Cycle work done this year, Well done all! Here’s to lots more creativity in September. Tim Lavin, 2nd Year Keir Mullen, 1st Year Ethan Lennox, 6th Year Zach Kelly, 1st Year Conor Iaccarino, 2nd Year Robert McKenna, 1st Year Kohsay Bell, 2nd Year Ben Behan, 1st Year Daragh Dillon, 1st Year Conor Wrixon, 2nd Year Michael Hawkshaw, 1st Year Michael O’Hanlon, 2nd Year Danny Ronan Byrne, 2nd Year Thomas O’Higgins, 2nd Year Odhrán Farren, 2nd Year Liam Brogan, 1st Year Sean O’Neill, 2nd Year Finn Neville, 2nd Year Dylan O’Shea, 2nd Year Leon Crosbie, 6th Year Freddie Krupa, 6th Year Louis Martin, 6th Year Scott Carrie, 6thYear
“Well done to another outstanding tennis team from St. Fintan’s High School. The team did very well to reach the final of The Leinster School Boy’s Tennis Tournament. The final was held at the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club and the team battled it out on court against St. Andrew’s College. It was St. Andrew’s time to bring the cup home. The team had a fabulous day at Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club. A special thanks to Rob Turpin who coached most of the players as Juniors. Thanks to Orna Morrissey from Sutton Lawn Tennis Club, who coordinated the logistics of court allocation for all of our teams. We look forward to competing in this tournament next year and hope too see our tennis players on the court during the summer.”
We had a wonderful evening on Tuesday the 20th of May celebrating the many achievements and talents of our Transition Year Class of 2025. A selection of students shared their experiences across the year in Community Action, Gaisce, Sport, Arts, The Musical, Skiing, Trips Away, Enterprise, Work Experience and much more! Their shared enthusiasm and sense of pride was evident and we congratulate them all on a truly great Transition Year! We feel very proud of you all, TY Group of 2025! Have a Great Summer Break!
Last night, we had a wonderful and special graduation evening with our departing 6th Years. The sun shone again for our graduating class as they entered the hall looking resplendent in an array of gorgeous suits. Together with their parents, families and teachers we paid tribute to a year group that have achieved so much in the last five years. Their academic, sporting, artistic and outreach work were highlighted in a video specially compiled by Mr. Smyth. After receiving their certificates and yearbooks, Head Boy, Anthony Sheridan gave a powerful and witty speech remembering their time here. It was heart warming to see the bonds that this group have made together and their celebration of each other’s diversity and unique talents. The fantastic music and singing led by Ms. Fox was uplifting and meaningful. Thanks to Mr. O’Donoghue and Ms. Considine for coordinating such a beautiful final goodbye! We are so proud of you, Class of 2025 and wish you every success with your upcoming Leaving Certificate and beyond. We know you will make a significant impact on the world. Best of luck all!
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