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The Week Ahead …

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!

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February 6, 2024 No Comments

The Week Ahead …

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!

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January 29, 2024 No Comments

TY Graduation

Congratulations to our fabulous Transition Year Group 2022-2023 who graduated on Tuesday night. They have had an action packed year and immersed themselves wholeheartedly into the whole TY programme. Their success and achievement across all areas of the curriculum has been outstanding. Well done all!

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May 25, 2023 No Comments

Alex’s Army – Raising Awareness and Support for Children Living with Cancer

Best of luck to our TY student, Alex McEleney who will appear on Ireland AM tomorrow, Thursday 25th of May at 9:30 am approximately. We are immensely proud of Alex here at St. Fintan’s High School and his initiative, Alex’s Army. Through this and other work, Alex uses his own experience to raise awareness and support for children living with cancer and their families. What an inspirational young man!  

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May 24, 2023 No Comments

TY Term News

It’s been another busy and exciting term for our Transition Year students. Here are a few highlights! The TY Ski Trip to Tarvisio in February was a great success with many laughs, achievements and a few tumbles!! The TY soccer team progressed to the next round of the TY Cup beating Castleknock CC 7-1 in February. It was a brilliant performance with some excellent goals from Tom McEntagart, Conor Ennis, Senan Dixon, Jack Mc Dermott, Paddy Fogarty, Louis Martin and Mark Hogan. Our students did a film workshop with Burning House Productions in March. The students really immersed themselves in the process and learnt lots about the filming process. Congratulations to the TY cast and crew of Shrek the Musical. They blew the roof off during three stellar performances in March. We had two student enterprise groups competing in the Fingal Enterprise Awards. Strip Swiper (Mark Hogan) and Crop Cards (Edward Liu, Seth Gosker & Andrej Punic) worked tirelessly with the help of Ms. Browne. Huge congratulations to Mark Hogan and his business Strip Swiper who won the Innovation Award at the awards. Mark created a sustainable cleaner for plastic PVC strip curtains. Well done to our budding TY architects who completed the Architects in Schools Programme in March culminating with a presentation to our principal, Kathy Mullen. Their Beo Bay plans demonstrated their wonderful creativity, social conscience and design. Thanks to our architect Muhammad Achour.

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March 31, 2023 No Comments

Springtime!

Spring is well and truly on the way! Wishing all students, staff and families a great and relaxing Mid-Term Break. Our 1st Years were feeling the love today creating Valentines Cards in class in time for February 14th! Check out their work below. Best of luck to all of our Transition Years as they hit the ski slopes today in Tarvisio.        

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February 10, 2023 No Comments

Goodbye Class of 2024!

May 21, 2024

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.

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All Stars Photo Gallery

May 14, 2024

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:  

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The Week Ahead …..

May 13, 2024

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!!  

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Focus on Wellbeing/Nature for Wellbeing

May 13, 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!

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Creative Engagement

May 10, 2024

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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The Week Ahead ….

April 29, 2024

This week our TY French Exchange students will embark on their away trip to France. Bon Voyage to them and their teachers for what is sure to be a very successful and interesting trip! Tennis season continues with two away matches at Gonzaga College on Tuesday and Thursday (report to follow). On Wednesday, our Senior Hurling Team will play Castleknock. Best of luck to all sporting competitors this week. Best of luck also to our Junior Cycle students sitting their Music practicals on Thursday. Friday will be an action-packed sporting day with the All Star Basketball Tournament during the day and our Senior Sports Awards Dinner on Friday Evening.

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Tennis Season !

April 26, 2024

Tennis season has started at St. Fintan’s High School and we would all like to wish our tennis teams the very best of luck competing in the Leinster School Boy’s Tennis competition. Congratulations to the Minor Tennis Team on their win against Catholic University School in Division 2. Congratulations to our Junior Tennis Team who are playing in Division 1 this year. The students have already secured a win against St. Michael’s College and St. Andrew’s College in some massive three setter matches, showing great resilience and determination. Best of luck to our Senior Tennis Team who have their first match today at Sutton LTC. They will play St. Columba’s College.

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Darkness Into Light

April 25, 2024

On Sat May 11th, we in St Fintan’s High School are taking part in Darkness Into Light to help raise vital funds for Pieta and people affected by suicide and self-harm. All welcome to join us at 4.15am out the front of the school for the most important sunrise of the year on 11th May. Organised by our Prefects, Student Council and our Senior Hurling Team, and led by teachers, Sandra Guinan and Peter Ryan. Pieta House wants to make sure Pieta’s services continue to be FREE to anyone who needs support. They want to make sure that there is always a qualified Pieta therapist there to support someone in crisis. Please support us by making a donation to our fundraising page or joining our group https://www.darknessintolight.ie/fundraisers/StFintansHighSchool Show your support by spreading the word about St Fintan’s High School’s fundraiser for Darkness into Light on your WhatsApp Groups / social media or making a donation to our fundraising efforts. Every little bit helps in the fight against suicide and self-harm. Please click on the link above or find the QR code attached for our fundraising effort.

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Excitement Building for All Stars!!

April 25, 2024

It’s All Stars time of year again and trials have been taking place in the last few weeks ahead of the big game on the 3rd of May. We’re very much looking forward to the event again this year!

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This Week …

April 25, 2024

It’s been another busy week in St. Fintan’s. A group of our TY’s have just returned from a very enjoyable sunny trip to Madrid where they got to watch Real Madrid play in El Clasico and visited the Royal Palace, Retiro Park and Parc Warner. Another group of TYs visited the very interesting and historical Kilmainham Gaol on Monday. A busy week for Sports too with North Leinster Athletic Trials on Monday, TY Soccer playing Gaelcholáiste Reachrann and 1st Year Gaelic v. Terenure College on Thursday and 1st Year Hurlers play Ard Scoil Rís on Friday. Lots of Tennis action this week also with our Minor players vs. Blackrock on Tuesday, Junior Division vs. St. Michael’s College in Sutton Lawn on Wednesday and Senior Tennis vs. St. Columbas also in Sutton Lawn on Friday.

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The Week Ahead …

April 15, 2024

We’re well and truly back up and running after the Easter Holidays with lots happening all round the school! Well done to all the 6th Years who took their Irish and French Oral exams over Easter! Our Transition Years are out on Work Experience! We’ll be looking forward to all their stories on their return next week. Some of our 5th Year Business students visited the Central Bank today and a 5th Year Music group will visit the National Concert Hall tomorrow. In Sports this week, our Under 16 Gaelic Football team played Benildus today and our 1st Year Gaelic team will play Donabate on Wednesday whilst 1st Year Hurlers will play Colaiste Eoin on Friday. The big fixture of the week is on Wednesday with our Senior Hurling Team taking on Ardscoil Rís in the Senior A Dublin Hurling Semi-Final. Best of luck to all the team!

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Happy Easter!

March 22, 2024

Wishing all Students, Staff and their families a very Happy & Restful Easter Break. Best of luck to all of our 6th Years who will be taking their oral exams over the next week!

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The Week Ahead …

March 19, 2024

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.    

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Maths Genius @ The Pi Quiz!

March 15, 2024

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.

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Beauty & The Beast a Roaring Success!

March 15, 2024

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!

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Seachtaín na Gaeilge

March 11, 2024

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.

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