Transition Year

Transition Year Graduation 2026

We had a lovely Graduation Ceremony for our Transition Years last night celebrating their many achievements and successes over the last year. Nine students represented the year group by speaking about all of their experiences: academic, sporting, work experience & entrepreneurship, artistic and more. We awarded Gaisce medals to very worthy recipients and awards for excellence across the year. Our TY Coordinator, Connie Davenport spoke about the importance of this year and congratulated the students on their successes. Many congratulations to all of our graduates and we wish them every success as they move forward into Senior Cycle!

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School Musical Getting Ready for Curtains Up!!

Excitement is building and last minute rehearsals for our Transition Year musical ‘Oliver’ which will kick off on Thursday through Saturday this week. Tickets are available now but selling out fast. Doors open on Thursday at 7pm. Curtains up at 7:30pm. Wishing all cast, crew and their teachers a fantastic show! Break a Leg All!

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Half Term Update

It’s been an action packed albeit very wet start to the year here in St. Fintan’s. Our Transition Years enjoyed a very successful Ski Trip in Austria aswell as cultural trips to the city, cookery school, driving school, and workshops in forensics, first aid, hygiene and skincare, bodhrán playing and an excellent SOAR Workshop on mental health. We welcomed our French friends over to the school for the first part of the French Exchange. Our students will be making the return trip to France in April. Transition Years are also in back to back rehearsals for this year’s school musical ‘Oliver’ which will take place over three nights from the 13th of March! Sports as ever has been action packed with Senior Soccer action in the North Dublin Quarter Finals, Junior, Senior and TY Frisbee Cup, Junior Basketball v Malahide. Our Senior Rugby team fought valiantly against St. Michael’s with lots of support from fans who made the trip to Donnybrook on the day. Unfortunately, it was not our day but we’ll rise to fight another battle!! Full Sports Report to follow after mid-term. Our 6th Years and 3rd Years sat their Mock Exams and after alot of hard work and effort are looking foward to a break over the next week! We’re building up to celebrating the Chinese New Year with lots of events planned for the week of the 23rd-27th of February! Wishing all staff, students and their families a well deserved mid-term break with hopefully some sunshine on the horizon! Forensics Workshop Ski Trip Ski Trip

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September Update

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!

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TY Graduation

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!

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TY French Trip

Our Transition Years have recently returned from their French leg of our French Exchange Programme. They enjoyed a great week interacting with, experiencing school, activities and home life with our French students in Lyon. Enjoy our photo gallery below of the trip!

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Guys & Dolls a SMASH on Broadway!

Our Transition Years put on an amazing production of ‘Guys & Dolls’ on March 13th, 14th and 15th. The students along with the girl’s from Santa Sabina thrilled audiences for three nights with a colourful all singing, all dancing knockout performance! Well done to all involved for the huge undertaking of putting on this show. Check out our gallery of images showcasing the production below:

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Guys & Dolls Opening Night!

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 ….

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TY Enterprise

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!

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Transition Year Graduation 2026

We had a lovely Graduation Ceremony for our Transition Years last night celebrating their many achievements and successes over the last year. Nine students represented the year group by speaking about all of their experiences: academic, sporting, work experience & entrepreneurship, artistic and more. We awarded Gaisce medals to very worthy recipients and awards for excellence across the year. Our TY Coordinator, Connie Davenport spoke about the importance of this year and congratulated the students on their successes. Many congratulations to all of our graduates and we wish them every success as they move forward into Senior Cycle!

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Goodbye 6th Years!

What a fabulous few days of celebration we’ve had to congratulate our graduating class of 2026! On Friday, we kicked off with the annual student/teacher match where the teachers put up a valiant fight but the students emerged victorious with a final score of 6-2. This was followed by a delicious celebration lunch and a very special awards ceremony recognising excellence across school life in St. Fintan’s High School. The very deserving recipients of this year’s awards were: Laoch na Scoile Award 2026 – Brendan Dillon Edmund Rice Award 2026 – Michael Bolger Ard Ghradam Na Scoile 2026 – Harvey McGann Our students then left the school to a teacher’s guard of honour as they passed through the gates as students for the last time! On Monday night, we celebrated with a magnificent Graduation ceremony. The students looked resplendent in their suits and transformed into young men of the world before our eyes. With speeches, a memory lane slideshow, certificate presentation and music and song, we congratulated this fantastic year group wholeheartedly. We wish them every success in their exams and beyond. We will miss you lads!   The Big Match!! Lunch & Awards Ceremony The Graduation!

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Sports Awards 2026!

We had a fabulous afternoon event in the Marine Hotel Sutton on Wednesday the 6th of May celebrating the amazing achievements of all our St. Fintan’s Sporting Heroes this year! Students and staff enjoyed lunch before receiving their well deserved accolades for sporting greatness across the board this year! Well Done All!! Enjoy our photo gallery below from the day!

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All Stars!!

Excitement is building for our All Stars Basketball event which is taking place on Monday, 11th of May at 13:55. Last minute tickets will be available in the cafeteria on Monday morning and at break time!

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Darkness Into Light

Our Annual Darkness Into Light walk will be held tomorrow morning meeting outside the school at 4am. A massive €3,800 has been raised so far which is an outstanding amount and many thanks to all who have contributed to this fabulous and worthy cause. It’s not too late to contribute using the code on our poster! We wish the walkers every success and a wonderful experience tomorrow morning!

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Neurodiversity Awareness Week

Lots of events will take place across the school next week to raise awareness of Neurodiversity including a sensory garden, screening of ‘I Swear’, a talk by Howth-Sutton Autism Friendly Community and a Fact or Fiction display wall. More pics to come next week highlighting this very important event!

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Annual Darkness Into Light Walk

Our Annual Darkness Into Light Walk will take place on the 10th of May this year starting at 4:15am from the school premises to Howth Harbour. This walk is an important occasion to highlight and support mental health in Ireland and forms part of the Nationwide initiative in placing importance on our mental health and looking after it. Please support the walk by making a donation to the link below. We would really appreciate your support!

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Happy Easter

As we gear up for Easter Holidays after another busy term at St. Fintan’s High School, we wish all of our students, staff and their families a restful and peaceful Easter Holidays. Best of luck to our Leaving Certificate students with their aural examinations over the holidays!

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Oliver Debut a Triumph!

An outstanding performance last night from our Transition Years for the opening night of ‘Oliver’. Amazing individual performances and fabulous chorus numbers all round! It was a truly joyful adaptation of this classic. Well done to all cast, crew and their teachers and here’s to two more great shows tonight and tomorrow night! More pics to follow soon….

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School Musical Getting Ready for Curtains Up!!

Excitement is building and last minute rehearsals for our Transition Year musical ‘Oliver’ which will kick off on Thursday through Saturday this week. Tickets are available now but selling out fast. Doors open on Thursday at 7pm. Curtains up at 7:30pm. Wishing all cast, crew and their teachers a fantastic show! Break a Leg All!

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Seachtain na Gaeilge

This week, we celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge! With lots of events planned over the week (see poster below) and the school awash with green decorations, it promises to be a really enjoyable build up to St. Patrick’s Day and a celebration of Irish culture across the school. Stay tuned for a gallery of images late on in the week!

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6th Year Art Trip

Our 6th Year Art class enjoyed a fabulous trip to Paris over mid-term. The highlight was the Museé D’Orsay where our students got to see the paintings from class discussions in real life including the famous Olympia and Dejeuner sur l’Herbe by Manet along with works by Van Gogh, Renoir and Monet. The group enjoyed climbing the Arc de Triomphe, a guided tour of the Museé Picasso, artist’s working in residence at 59 Rivoli, the big climb to Sacre Coeur and a guided tour of the newly renovated Notre Dame not to mention getting in practice for their French orals. It was a very special and wonderful experience for all! Eiffel Tower Arc de Triomphe Notre Dame Plaza Atheneé for Hot Chocolate! Museé Picasso Louvre Museum Bouillon Julien Art Nouveau Restaurant Renoir

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Chinese New Year Gallery

A selection of images showcasing our Chinese New Year of the Horse Celebrations last week. Great fun by all on Friday last with gams in the cafeteria, the Chopstick Challenge and Xiangi on the astro, Happy Chinese New Year all!!

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Happy Chinese New Year of the Horse !

We’re having a fantastic week celebrating Chinese New Year of the Horse! The school is awash with colour and decoration and in a nod to Japan and Cherry Blossom Season, we have installed a Cherry Blossom installation made up of cutout flowers made by 1st Year and TY Religion and SPHE students. Our installation is a clear reminder that Spring is on the way at last. We began the week with handing out Fortune Cookies to students during big break on Monday and announcing the start of our celebrations. On Thursday, we ran Chinese boardgames in the cafeteria at lunchtime where students enjoyed playing chequers, card games, Mah Jong and a special Year of the Horse picture puzzle created by Ms. Gallagher. Today, we will celebrate with games and entertainment, Jianzi, music and fortune telling at lunchtime. Wishing everyone a very Happy Chinese New Year of the Horse! More photos to follow of today’s celebrations to follow on Monday! Check out our interactive padlet for Chinese New Year using the link below: https://padlet.com/connie_davenport/chinese-new-year-2026-1yt1b3jrfboyv2ke https://padlet.com/connie_davenport/chinese-new-year-2026-1yt1b3jrfboyv2ke/slideshow

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Chinese New Year

We will be celebrating Chinese New Year after Mid-Term with lots of fun activities planned throughout the week! Lots of pics of all events to follow and an interactive padlet with lots of interactive games and information about the event will be published on our website from the 23rd February!

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Half Term Update

It’s been an action packed albeit very wet start to the year here in St. Fintan’s. Our Transition Years enjoyed a very successful Ski Trip in Austria aswell as cultural trips to the city, cookery school, driving school, and workshops in forensics, first aid, hygiene and skincare, bodhrán playing and an excellent SOAR Workshop on mental health. We welcomed our French friends over to the school for the first part of the French Exchange. Our students will be making the return trip to France in April. Transition Years are also in back to back rehearsals for this year’s school musical ‘Oliver’ which will take place over three nights from the 13th of March! Sports as ever has been action packed with Senior Soccer action in the North Dublin Quarter Finals, Junior, Senior and TY Frisbee Cup, Junior Basketball v Malahide. Our Senior Rugby team fought valiantly against St. Michael’s with lots of support from fans who made the trip to Donnybrook on the day. Unfortunately, it was not our day but we’ll rise to fight another battle!! Full Sports Report to follow after mid-term. Our 6th Years and 3rd Years sat their Mock Exams and after alot of hard work and effort are looking foward to a break over the next week! We’re building up to celebrating the Chinese New Year with lots of events planned for the week of the 23rd-27th of February! Wishing all staff, students and their families a well deserved mid-term break with hopefully some sunshine on the horizon! Forensics Workshop Ski Trip Ski Trip

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