Well done to the Senior Tennis Team who won the Leinster School Boy’s Tennis Division 2 on May 25th at Fitzwilliam LTC. It was a very close match against a very strong St. Gerard’s School. Well done to all involved. A huge thanks to Leinster School Boy’s tennis for organising the event for all schools. A special thanks to Sutton Lawn Tennis Club who facilitated all of our matches at Minor, Junior and Senior level.
Well done to the Minor Tennis Team who beat St. Mary’s College on Monday the 23rd at Castleknock Tennis Club! This was the Leinster School Boy’s Tennis Final! Well done to all students involved. Best of luck to the Senior Tennis Team who play their final on Thursday!
There was great excitement last Friday for the St. Fintan’s All Star Basketball Event! It was a great afternoon of basketball prowess and much enjoyed by all of the spectators! Congratulations to Mr. Cabello and Jerome Westbrooks for a great event. Enjoy our gallery of pics from the day below:
Were drawing close to the end of term and looking back at a few of the many sporting highlights this term! For the second year in a row, St. Fintan’s High School won the Fr. Godfrey Cup in March. A final play penalty from Ben Barnes secured a 24-23 win over an excellent Presentation Bray side. Congratulations to two St Fintan’s men on becoming captains of their respective Dublin hurling teams. Joe Sheppard will captain the Dublin Minor Hurlers while Sean Gallagher will captain the U20 hurlers. Brilliant to see such leadership emerge from the school.
Huge congratulations to our Transition Years on their fantastic production of ‘Beauty & The Beast’ which had it’s final run on Saturday night. Congratulations also to our TY Entrepreneurs and 2nd Year Entrepreneurs for their impressive results at the Fingal Final of the Student Enterprise Awards (report to follow). Lot’s happening this week as we lead in to Easter Holidays. In sport, our Senior Hurlers will play against Aidan’s Community College today and Transition Years and 5th Years will take part in a Hurling Blitz in DCU tomorrow! Also tomorrow, 2nd Years will take part in the All-Ireland Badminton Finals, best of luck to all competing! On Thursday, Aidan’s 3 will visit Dáil Eireann and 2nd Year Hurlers play Coláiste Eoin. All of our 5th Years will attend a campus tour of UCD on Friday and our 1st Year Gaelic Football team will play Donabate.
Well done to our 3rd Year students who entered the Pi Quiz which was held at Santa Sabina Dominican College on International Pi Day! The students competed in a quiz against many local secondary schools and answered some very complicated Maths questions. There were 32 entries in total. St. Fintan’s High School entered 4 teams and we came in 9th, 10th, 11th and 14th place in the competition. This is the first year we have entered this competition and we would like to thank Santa Sabina Dominican College for their hospitality on the day.
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!
A full programme of events is planned this week to celebrate Seachtaín na Gaeilge ! On Monday – We have a TV producer speaking to 6th Years about opportunities afforded to Irish speakers in various industries. On Tuesday, 2nd years will take part in a table quiz. On Wednesday, TY students will take part in a film festival. On Thursday, 3rd years will take part in a table quiz and finally on Friday, Conradh na Gaeilge will host an Irish language workshop for 5th year students. Outside of the scheduled ‘imeachtaí’ above we will have a number of other events such as ‘Comórtas na bPóstaeir’ for 1st year students, a ‘Memes as Gaeilge’ competition for 3rd years and a ‘Pléigh agus Tae’ speaking session for 6th year students.
Jubilant scenes last Thursday afternoon as our Senior Rugby Team beat High School to take the Vinny Murray Cup! A fantastic achievement and another milestone in the success of St. Fintan’s Rugby! Huge congratulations to all of the team and their coaches Mr. Kaveh and Mr. Hennessy
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!
We had a very successful Scifest Week last week with lots of activity around the school. On Tuesday last, our 2nd Years took part in SciFest@school. 45 science projects were on display. The students had spent weeks researching and testing their hypotheses before putting their findings on display. Students shared their work with their peers and other year groups. The work was judged by Ms. Catherine Tattersall from SciFest, Dr. Peter Knief and our own Ms. Aideen Lambe. The winners were: 1st Prize: How does hand sanitiser affect bacteria? by Joseph Kirwan and Kyle Coogan 2nd Prize: How does the length of time an egg is in vinegar affect how high it bounces? by Kamal Risk, Erikas Sruogis, Harry Stone and Kyle Trehy Highly Commended: Investigating how temperature affects the bounce of a tennis ball: by Gavin Pluck, Craig Smart, Leo MacAmbhlaoibh Fintan’s Spirit Prize: Insoles and their effect on how high you jump: by Conal Feely, Ronan Magsalay, Liam Cronan Eir Grid Prize: What insulates a person best? by Max Casey, Anthony Hobbs, Josh Egan Well done to all involved! Last Thursday, our 5th Years had a very interesting talk by Scientific researcher and Lecturer Dr. Bernard Drumm of Dundalk IT. He outlined why and how he became a Scientist. The students learned about all the pathways to become a Scientist and the opportunities that lie ahead for them. On Friday, our 1st Years enjoyed a Science quiz and Science riddles facilitated by the Science Department and Prefect volunteers. All during the week, tutor classes were shown short Science related videos and we had a school wide Science riddle announced every morning with a prize for the first student to solve the problem! A very enjoyable week overall where we all learned and discovered lots. Many thanks to the Science Department for all the hard work involved!
In addition to celebrating SciFest all this week at St. Fintan’s, we will be welcoming back our Transition Years from their Ski Trip and we’re looking forward to hearing about all of their exploits on the slopes in Italy! In Sports, we have yet another busy week of fixtures ahead with an all day Frisbee event for TY’s on Tuesday and the Under 16 Badminton Final against Castleknock in Terenure. Our Senior Gaelic Football Team will take on Carolyn College on Thursday and the 1st Year Gaelic Football Team will play Aidan’s CBS on Friday. In addition, there will be a Parent Information Evening on Wednesday for 5th Year Subject Choice and our annual TY Subject Taster Talks will take place on Thursday and Friday.
This week is Scifest Week and we will be celebrating all things Science related with a Science fair, quizzes, riddles and a guest speaker. Each day will start with a riddle for students to figure out with a prize for the winner. On Tuesday, there will be a Scifest exhibition in the gym organised by 2nd Years with 1st and 3rd Year groups given time to explore the projects on show. On Thursday, we will have a talk in the cafeteria by Bernard Drumm from Dundalk IT to all 5th year Science students and we will finish the week on Friday with a Science quiz for 1st Years.
Wishing all staff, students and their families an enjoyable and restful mid-term break. Our Transition Year students are heading off on their Ski Trip on Tuesday to Italy. Wishing all of the group a great adventure on the slopes!
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
It’s another busy week ahead at St. Fintan’s! Our Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle students started their Mock Examinations this morning and we wish them all the best of luck over the next two weeks! Our French exchange students are here and hoping for some Irish sunshine after today’s rain. There are lots of activities planned with students taking part in Irish sports on Tuesday, attending class tasters and a walk around Howth on Wednesday, an Irish Céili on Thursday and a Geography and History of Dublin tour on Friday in town. Our Transition Years enjoyed a very interesting Forensics workshop on Monday and will attend a Hospitality workshop on Thursday. Lots happening in sport this week too with away matches on Tuesday for our 2nd Year hurlers against Terenure College and our 1st Year Gaelic Football team will play Portmarnock. Thursday marks the first round game for our Senior Cup Rugby Team who will clash with Gonzaga College in Terenure. Best of luck to all!
We’re getting ready to celebrate Chinese New Year 2024, Year of the Dragon with lots of exciting events planned for next week! More details to follow here and on our App in coming days…
Check out our gallery of Christmas artwork completed by 1st and 2nd Years this week. Happy Christmas All!
Wishing all of our Students, Staff and their Families a wonderful, relaxing and Happy Christmas Break!
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