A brilliant opening night last night for the Annual Transition Year musical. The very talented cast of Beauty and the Beast took the audience by storm last night with great performances, amazing dance routines and fabulous entertainment. Break a leg all for the next two nights performances! Look out for further pics next week!
Another busy week ahead as our 6th Years prepare for their French Orals. Some of our 6th Year group will visit Alliance Francaise on Tuesday as part of their preparations. We are in full flow countdown to our annual TY Musical which has it’s opening night next Thursday the 14th of March. Best of luck to all in all the final rehearsals and last minute preparations. In Sports this week, our 1st Year Soccer team will play Malahide on Tuesday. There will be Athletics for 1st to 3rd Years on Wednesday and our Senior Rugby team will compete with High School at Donnybrook on Thursday for the Vinny Murray Final. 1st and 2nd Year Basketball will compete against Oatlands on Friday. Good luck to all competitors this week!
A busy few days ahead in St. Fintan’s as our Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle complete their Mock Examinations! We wish them all the best with the remainder of their exams this week. Saturday the 10th marks this Year’s Chinese New Year of the Dragon and we will celebrate this as a school community with lots of activities planned for Friday. Our Transition Years will be busy this week with a trip to the Air Corps on Thursday, continuing rehearsals for their Musical, ‘Beauty & The Beast’ and a soccer clash against Drogheda on Thursday! Other sporting action this week will see 1st and 2nd Year Basketball teams compete with Malahide on Thursday and our Under 14 Hurlers take on ArdScoil Rís on Friday. Best of luck to all competing this week!
St. Fintan’s High School Wishes all of our School Community Joy, Health & Happiness in the Year of the Dragon. We will be celebrating Chinese New Year this Friday, the 9th of February. There are lots of activities planned for Friday. The school has been richly decorated with Chinese New Year decorations and tutor classes this week will be using our special Chinese New Year Padlet to learn all about this important event in our calendar. On Friday, we will have lots of different events throughout the day including Jianzi, Chopstick Games and Quizzes. Check out our special Padlet here to celebrate this event! Look out for pics of Friday’s events later in the week! https://padlet.com/connie_davenport/chinese-new-year-2024-wstckk5tjj2g
Check out our gallery of Christmas artwork completed by 1st and 2nd Years this week. Happy Christmas All!
Our 6th Year Art group enjoyed a very successful Art & Culture trip to Paris last week during mid-term. We covered a huge amount of ground over the four day trip including a visit to the Louvre Museum, The Musee D’Orsay, Museé Picasso, Sacre Coeur and the Arc de Triomphe! We got to explore the fantastic and inspiring No. 59 Rivoli, a cooperative space in the centre of Paris where the students were able to see artist’s working in their own studio spaces. We also enjoyed a trip along the Seine on the Bateaux Mouches River Cruise and a Tuk Tuk tour through the main landmarks of central Paris. It was a very enjoyable and inspiring trip for all and a good chance to practice a bit of French for the orals!! Enjoy our gallery below of some snapshots of the trip!
We enjoyed a wonderful morning with 6th Years today immersing ourselves in the magical Klimt Immersive Exhibition. A lovely chance to get to know the work of Gustav Klimt and experience his art interactively as well as take a relaxing break from study before the going gets tough!
Check out our gorgeous seasonal artwork produced by 1st Years in the final week of their Art module just in time for Halloween! Linking Science looking at the bones in the hand and Maths through the use of Zentangle patterns to decorate their pumpkins!
It’s a busy week here in St. Fintan’s High School as we celebrate the Arts with events planned every day and our Neurodivergence Event which will include talks on Friday from ‘As I Am’ which will discuss Autism and the differences of the Autistic brain. Our Arts theme this year is Celebrating Individual Skills and Talents. We are asking all students to consider ‘What Makes Me Unique’ and to celebrate all of our individual talents and skills. Our programme this year includes a drumming workshop for 2nd and 5th Years. A cookery workshop for 2nd Years and a drawing event for 1st Years. The cafe will be a creative hub at lunchtimes this week with art activities and music. We will be showcasing a gallery of artwork throughout the corridors during the week. We have a fabulous Sensory Room set up all week for students too. Here’s to an enjoyable few days celebrating all the unique talent throughout our school!
Congratulations to all of our TY Enterprise students who have worked so hard with Ms. Browne throughout the year. This culminated in two groups, The Sawdusters and Spikes’ enterprises coming away with the Sustainability and Innovation Awards at the Fingal Enterprise Awards yesterday. Well done to Conor McCabe, Ryan McDaid, Jamie Lupo-Mullaney, Dylan Coogan, Daniel Connolly, Eoin Brogan and Cathal O’Boyle on their triumph and of course to Ms. Browne as their mentor!
Our 2nd Years recently took part in Scifest 2025 presenting a fantastic range of projects for judging from the Scifest team. The winners were Conn McElligott and Kasper Halligan for their project Fertiliser Face Off! Congratulations to all involved!
We have lots of events planned this week to celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge in the run up to Lá Fhéile Pádraigh this coming weekend. See below the schedule for the week and our photo gallery coming up in the next few days. Bíodh seachtain iontach agaibh uilig!
Yesterday goes down in history as our first ever Semi-Final in the Bank of Ireland Leinster Schools Senior Cup. St. Fintan’s fans came out en masse to support their team and school. Sadly, we lost out to Terenure College who will proceed to the final. Our team’s achievement in reaching this stage of the competition is something to be extremely proud of and to celebrate. We salute you Senior Rugby Team 2025 for your heroic effort and great achievement. Well done all and well done to the magnificent supporters who kept the momentum going until the last minute and beyond. Congratulations Terenure College and here’s to many more memories on the rugby pitch in years to come… Final Score: Terenure 51-Fintans 7
Our Transition Year musical ‘Guys & Dolls’ is in final rehearsals before opening night next Thursday the 13th of March. The show promises to be as fantastic as ever as our guys and dolls dance and sing their way through 1930’s New York. Tickets are on sale now and will be on sale for the first 15 minutes of lunchtime for the rest of this and early next week. €10 for students & €15 for adults!
A fantastic and memorable week was enjoyed by our Transition Years in Italy over mid-term. Despite some falls and tumbles, it was a really enjoyable experience for all and a highlight of the year for all of the students!
St. Fintan’s have done it! In a nail-biting clash against Castleknock College today at Donnybrook. After a closely fought game, it was in the closing minutes when Castleknock were ahead 27-24 that Michael Bolger touched down and sealed the win for the school. A massive well done to all the team and their coach Mr. Kaveh. Thanks to all the fantastic supporters who travelled en masse today to support their school! Final Score St. Fintan’s High School 29 – 27 St. Vincent’s Castleknock College See full report here on Leinster Rugby and other press coverage on the following links https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/2025/02/13/st-fintans-reach-first-schools-senior-cup-semi-final-with-dramatic-win-over-castleknock https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2025/02/13/michael-bolgers-late-try-secures-historic-first-semi-final-spot-for-st-fintans https://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/michael-bolger-rises-to-the-occasion-as-fintans-book-their-place-in-leinster-schools-senior-cup-semi-final/a511093224.html https://www.balls.ie/rugby/st-fintans-leinster-senior-cup-semi-623060
Come join us for an Easter Cookery Demonstration on Tuesday the 25th of March with Celebrity Chef Edward Hayden at 7pm in The Abbey Tavern in Howth. It should be a really enjoyable and social evening! Tickets available from the School Office or by using the WAY2Pay link below: https://www.way2pay.org/BuyTickets/aid/91687
For the 1st time ever, Our Senior Rugby Team have qualified for the quarter-finals of the Leinster Schools Senior Cup. After securing a 48-15 win over Temple Carrig Greystones on the 5th of February, we will play Castleknock College tomorrow, the 13th of February in Donnybrook. Tension is mounting but we know our lads will give it their all tomorrow and we wish them the very best of luck.
We enjoyed a great day and had lots of fun celebrating Chinese New Year 2025 last Friday, the 7th of February. The whole school was colourfully decorated in red including red fan displays made by students in a special workshop the week before. Tutor time was dedicated to Chinese New Year and all students received a fortune cookie from our Culture & Diversity Team. We enjoyed intercom announcements celebrating the event and Lunchtime was action packed with Jianzi played all through the break on the Astro and music accompanying Chinese Fortune Telling and students queueing up for our ever popular Chopstick Challenge! A very Happy Chinese New Year to all!!
Today marks the start of Chinese New Year. The school has been decorated to represent The Year of the Snake this year and we will be celebrating Chinese New Year with lots of events planned for February the 7th. Follow our padlet link below for lots of information and activities to celebrate and Happy Chinese New Year to all! https://padlet.com/connie_davenport/chinese-new-year-2025-exaquwnvvfeg7tnu
On Monday, our Transition Year enjoyed a special JFK Forensics Workshop uncovering all of the mysteries surrounding the assassination of President Kennedy. On Thursday, in sporting news, the school will compete in the Senior Leinster Frisbee Cup and our 2nd Year Hurling team face Terenure. On Friday the 24th, the TY football team play Skerries. This is also Catholic Schools Week with various activities planned throughout the week and time given during Tutor periods to reflecting on this year’s theme of ‘Living life to the full in areas of our lives like Friendships and our communities etc.’ More information on Catholic Schools week is available on the following link: https://catholiceducation.ie/catholic-schools-week-2025-alive-in-christ/ We are also approaching Chinese New Year on the 29th of January. This year is The Year of the Wood Snake and TYs are busy decorating the school for this next week! We hope to have some events on Monday to celebrate the advent of this year’s New Year!
It’s a cold start to the new term but we’re ready for lots of work and preparation for the term ahead. Our exam years will be kept busy preparing for their Mock Exams and our Transition Years have lots of activities planned aswell as preparing for the School Musical production of ‘Guys & Dolls’ and their upcoming Ski Trip. Wishing all students and staff a productive and enjoyable new term ahead!
We’re just about nearly ready to head off on Christmas Holidays. Well done to all of our students for all of the hard work completed this term! Wishing all students, staff and their families a very Happy and Restful Christmas! 1st Year Art 1st Year Art 1st Year Art 1st Year Art 1st Year Art
It’s been another exciting couple of months for our TY students. A visit to Dublin Castle and a Life Skills Workshop in late November was followed by an action packed two day trip to Derry and Belfast. Our City Culture days continued also in November. In December, TYs went on an Irish Aid trip and attended the IFI for a French film screening. TY Enterprise have been very active and busy refining their company ideas culminating in a vibrant Christmas Market for all the school community on the 17th of December. A group of students attended a Children’s Rights Workshop on the 12th of December and all will finish off the term with Ice Skating on the 19th of December. A good rest is in order to prepare for next term with anticipation for the TY Annual Ski Trip and School Musical ‘Guys & Dolls’ fast approaching! Check out our gallery of recent events below: Belfast & Derry Trip Belfast & Derry Trip City Culture Trip City Culture Trip Children’s Rights Workshop Life Skills Workshop Life Skills Workshop Dublin Castle Trip Enterprise Christmas Market
A selection of some of the great work done by our Art students this term. We started the year with a surreal still life installation encouraging students to engage creatively with primary source objects and to practice their observational drawing skills. 2nd & 5th Year students took the surreal inspiration into sculpture projects following the same theme! 6th Year Theme Exploration Still Life Drawing 2nd Year Surreal Sculpture 2nd Year Surreal Sculpture Still Life Drawing Still Life Drawing Still Life Drawing 2nd Year Surreal Sculpture 2nd Year Surreal Sculpture 2nd Year Surreal Sculpture Still Life Drawing 2nd Year Surreal Sculpture 2nd Year Surreal Sculpture 2nd Year Surreal Sculpture 2nd Year Surreal Sculpture 2nd Year Surreal Sculpture 2nd Year Surreal Sculpture Still Life Drawing 6th Year Theme Exploration Still Life Drawing
View Policies © St. Fintan’s High School 2023 All rights Reserved Powered by DataDyne