Massive congratulations to the whole Performing Arts Team for the amazing opening night of this year’s TY Musical, Guys & Dolls. It was a fantastic opening night last night. Here’s to two more successful performances tonight and on Saturday night. Photo gallery to follow ….
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!
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!
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.
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 an active few weeks for our Transition Years both in school and out and about! Students have been immersed in our Life Skills & Expedition Skills modules learning skills such as woodworking and DIY, maintenance and surviving outdoors. Students also took part in a cookery class at Howth Castle Cookery School creating Italian and French cuisine. Sailing and Surfing classes have continued and our students have participated in City Culture Trips visiting the National Gallery in Dublin. We were treated to a very informative workshop on Barbering as a career by past student and Barber, Gareth Moriarty with a few students getting a cool new cut! Our Barista courses are in full swing for students and Our TY Enterprise Programme is up and running. We look forward to seeing the innovative ideas and business ventures from students in the months to come. We had a very insightful and informative talk this morning on gambling awareness and addictive behaviours from Tony O’Reilly. The students were fascinated by Tony’s own experiences and his insight into recognising addictive behaviours and triggers!
We kickstarted Dyslexia Awareness Month on the 8th of October to mark World Dyslexia Awareness Day. The global campaign ‘Go Red for Dyslexia’ is being marked around the school this month with red themed displays. We had several red themed events on the 8th including the distribution of red pins for all students, competitions and a bake sale to raise funds for our AEN Department. Thanks to all involved in highlighting Dyslexia on the day and throughout this month – Our CDI Ambassadors, TY CDI Team and CDI Staff Committee.
Our Annual Sponsored Walk will take place next Friday, 27th September 2024. it 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. Sport is a huge part of our identity here at St. Fintan’s. Last year, students participated in Athletics, Basketball, Hurling, Gaelic Football, Badminton, Tennis, Squash, Sailing, Rugby, Soccer, Golf, Table Tennis and Ultimate Frisbee, achieving great success at all levels. In order to help us further nurture sports in the school in this academic year, please contribute to our event on our GoFundMe page at: https://www.gofundme.com/f/2024-support-sports-in-st-fintans-high-school
It’s been a busy start to the year already with lots of events and trips taking place in the last few weeks! Our 6th Year Business Class spent an interesting day learning about STEM skills in Microsoft Dreamspace on the 10th of September. The 6th Year Music class made a trip to the legendary Windmill Lane Studios on the 19th. Transition Years have been active too with a Drama Workshop in late August. They had a career talk from past pupil Nathan Ward, Stuntman on the 6th of September and have been enjoying the late September sunshine afloat with sailing and surfing courses! We finished off this week with some personal challenge games for 1st Years during lunch time in the yard organised by the Guidance and Wellbeing Department! Have a Great Weekend all!
Sporting fixtures are well and truly up and running with lots of activity on the calendar in the last few weeks! Our Senior Footballers kicked things off with a Challenge Match in late August against St. Mary’s, Edenderry followed by a clash with Ard Scoil Rís on the 5th of September. In Rugby, our Junior Team played King’s Hospital on the 4th of September. Both Senior and Junior teams played against Temple Carrig in Greystones on the 11th of September. There was more rugby action on the 18th of September when our Seniors played Kilkenny College and our 1st Year Rugby Team were up against St. Paul’s College. Our Seniors will be in action again this Saturday morning against Rockwell College, Best of Luck lads! On the Gaelic Games front, our U16 Hurlers played St. Paul’s on the 10th of September and our 2nd Year Dublin Gaelic Football team clashed with Coláiste Eanna on the 19th. A busy start to the year for our Basketball teams so far with two U19 friendly matches, one against St. Andrews on the 10th and against Portmarnock on the 12th! In other Sports news, Senior Golf is up and running and our Transition Years have been out on the sea, sailing, surfing and soaking up the last rays of Summer whilst learning some great new watersports skills! Keep an eye out for our Fixtures Results Board coming soon over the next few weeks!
Our annual Open Night will take place next Tuesday, the 17th of September from 7-9pm. All 6th class students and their Parents/Guardians are welcome!
Welcome back to all of our students, teachers and school community. We welcome especially our incoming 1st Years as they navigate their new school and their second level education. We’re looking forward to a great term and year ahead. Wishing all of our students a very successful and productive year!
It’s time for holidays as we reach the end of the school year! We wish all of our Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle students the very best of luck in their exams and a happy, healthy Summer break to all staff, students and their families!
Huge congratulations to the TY Class of 2024 who graduated from the Transition Year Programme on Tuesday night. Their hard work and active participation throughout the year paid off dividends and we are hugely proud of them all.
Well done to the Senior Tennis Team who reached the semi-final of the Leinster School Boy’s tennis competition. They won all of their group stage matches defeating St, Columba’s College, Clongowes Wood College and Gonzaga College. It was a 3-2 loss for St. Fintan’s High School against St. Gerard’s School. Well done to Eoin Quinn who secured a point for the team in the singles event and also to Ben Kennedy and Marcel Haas who also attained a point in the doubles event on the day. Many thanks to Sutton Lawn Tennis club and Rob Turpin for facilitating all of our matches at Minor, Junior and Senior level. Well done to all players in reaching the semi-final and we wish our 6th Year tennis players the very best of luck in their Leaving Certificate! Team: Eoin Quinn, James Dunne, Andrew Fennell, Marcel Haas, Hugh Dummer, Ben Kennedy, Christian Proctor, Josh O’Sullivan and Max Stanley. e
Well done to the Junior Tennis Team who reached the final of the Leinster School Boy’s Tennis Tournament! They played Gonzaga College in the final at Templeogue Tennis Club. It was a 3-2 loss for the team, however the students played highly competitive tennis and had a great day out in the sunshine. The team did very well in their group stage matches, defeating schools such as St. Andrew’s College, St. Michael’s College and Blackrock College. They also met with Belvedere College and Gonzaga College and had very challenging matches against those schools. Ciarán McKenna and Matthew Hickey secured points for the team in the singles event on Finals day and everyone else played really well showing great resilience and determination. We wish our 3rd Year tennis players the very best of luck in their Junior Cycle Exams and we hope to see them out playing tennis during the summer! Team: Ciarán McKenna, Matthew Hickey, Gavin Murphy, Liam Iaccarino, Gerry Loughney, Advik Ajay, Charlie Bredican and Michael Patton.
It’s been an action packed few days for our Graduating Class 0f 2024! First they won the Senior Dublin Hurling Final last Thursday! Congrats to All! On Friday, their last day of school, the students took on the teachers in the annual Students V. Teachers Football Match. After enjoying pizza in the sun on Friday afternoon, some very competitive playing ensued but the 6th Years were triumphant in the end! However, with all in good spirits, the teachers gave the students a celebratory guard of honour as they left the school gates for the last time as St. Fintan’s Students! Their sadness was lessened a little with an ice-cream truck parked outside for refreshments after the game! Last night, we had a fabulous Graduation Ceremony celebrating all of the many achievements of this 6th Year Group. We are sad to see them go and we will miss them. Best wishes lads in the Leaving Certificate and in all of your endeavours beyond St. Fintan’s High School.
Our All Stars Basketball match was a great event enjoyed by the whole school community on Friday the 3rd of May! It was a close match between Team Rogers and Team Broderick but the winners were Team Broderick, well done all! Check out our photo gallery from the day below:
It’s an extremely busy week ahead as we prepare for Summer Exams and to say goodbye to our 6th Year’s on Friday! We are holding a ‘Focus on Wellbeing/Focus on Nature’ event all week with various activities organised for students as they prepare for their end of year exams. Transition Years started the week with their interviews showcasing and discussing their achievements and successes this year! On Tuesday, it’s another active day for our TY group with a talk from a visiting Barrister and the Gaisce Bronze Award Trip which will take place in Glendalough. Also on Tuesday, Tennis Season continues with our Minor Team competing with Gonzaga College. Finally, our 6th Years will attend their 6th Year Mass to mark the end of this very important year. On Wednesday, TY’s will have a further talk with a representative from the Central Bank. Our students will be competing in the Athletics Leinster Finals in Santry and our 1st Year Hurling Team will play Terenure College. Also on Wednesday, our Senior Tennis Team will compete with St. Gerards. On Thursday, our Senior Hurlers meet Terenure in the Senior Hurling Final. Finally, on Friday there is much anticipation for the annual Student/Teacher Match and farewell celebrations for our 6th Year Graduating Class as they prepare for their Leaving Certificate Exams! We Will Miss You, Class of 2024!!
In the run up to exams we are focusing on Well-being; specifically ‘Connecting with Nature’ for Wellbeing. We are hoping to encourage students to learn, explore and experience the benefits of connecting with nature for their health and wellbeing. Nature connection has proven benefits for stress reduction, improved focus as well as social connectedness. Using the Indicators of Wellbeing (Get Active, Take Notice, Connect, Learn), the following activities will take place this week: Get active:· There will be a ‘Wellbeing Run/Walk’ on Wednesday this week along the seafront: Open to all students & teachers. Meeting at school at 8am. There will be Yoga for Well-being taking place during the week. Take notice: Junior Classes will participate in a ‘’Nature for Wellbeing’ Photography Competition. Students are encouraged to send their favourite picture of nature to [email protected]. Connect: The cafeteria will be set up with games for students to use during assigned classes during the week Learn: Students will be accessing a number of videos, powerpoint presentations and resources during S.P.H.E., Wellbeing,Religion and Tutor Classes!
Our 1st Year Art Class have enjoyed a wonderful day painting oil landscapes with artist Ann Daly for our Creative Engagement Project with NAPD. The results from the day are fantastic and and we can see some great emerging painting talent from this class! Well done to all!
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