St. Fintan's High School
Sutton, Dublin 13 • +353 1 832 4632 • info@stfintanshs.ie
Photos – French Exchange, Lyon 2017
Photos – French Exchange – Lyon, mai 2017
mercredi, le 3 mai
jeudi, le 4 mai
vendredi, le 5 mai
samedi, le 6 mai
dimanche, le 7 mai
Eileen Freeman May 5th, 2017
Posted In: Blog, Uncategorized
Student Council
The Student Council is the voice of the students in our school
Photos below
St Fintan’s High School has a vibrant and active Student Council. At the begining of each Academic Year a new Student Council is elected by the students. There are representatives from all years on the Council. Their contribution to school life is very valuable and appreciated.
We elect an executive committee consisting of a chairperson, deputy chairperson, treasurer and a secretary.
Meetings are held on a weekly basis and our overall aim is to improve student life in St Fintan’s High Schol
The Student Council will be very busy in the coming year.
Here are just a sample of some of the activities they get involved in:
-
Fundraising – ISPCA, St Francis Hospice, The Simon Community.
-
Non-Uniform Days
-
Council Meetings.
Eileen Freeman May 4th, 2017
Posted In: Blog, Uncategorized
Science in Action- First Year
Our First Year Science
Science so far this year has been great. As we didn’t do as much Science in Primary School, it was a whole new experience from the labs and experimenting to learning about all these new scientific facts.
One of the very first things we learned about was working as a Scientist and conducting experiments. Firstly, we learned first about finding the problem then a question, then the hypothesis.
A hypothesis is how you’re going to fix the problem and answer the question. You then conduct your experiment and if it works, do it again, if not you change something in the experiment. We learned about collecting data which is important for research on an experiment.
The next subject we moved on to was Biology and studying cells and life. The 7 signs of a living thing we learned are Excretion, Growth, Movement, Nutrition, Reproduction, Respiration and Response. We also studied cells under a microscope and the difference between animal and plant cells. The rest of the biology section was testing for different levels of starch, sugar and carbohydrates in foods.
We then started learning about the States of Matter. The Science book taught us there are only 3 three states of matter, gas, liquid and solid. We found, however, there are in fact between 4-7 states. We also learned about the changes in state. We found that often Science books lie or hide information.
As we were discussing it in class we found that we wanted to express our feelings on what we were learning in Science in some way.
Thanks to Colm Murphy, he created a website which we now continually post updates on what we are learning.
You can visit the website at: mr-samalamadingdong.myfreesites.net
Another topic we discussed was the SI units of Measurements and measuring Physical Objects. All this was happening before Christmas in just one term as well!
When we returned from holidays, we started on Atoms and learning how they make up the fabric of everything we know. We also briefly learned about Quantum Physics and how, although it seems completely out of this world, scientists have managed to teleport subatomic particles. Although this wasn’t on the curriculum it really intrigued us all and reminded us of the wonders of science.
Another quite different thing we do in our class is every time we meet, Mikey O’Boyle will have found an interesting fact on what we are studying at that moment and present it to the class. We have even gone into filming this and uploading several videos to YouTube. We have our own YouTube channel now. You can find a link to it on our website.
As our next topic was Space Ms O’Hare and all the 1st year science teachers arranged for us to visit W5 in Belfast and have a space travel workshop. It was a great day and really led us well into what we are currently on which is space.
Everybody in 1st year is divided into groups and are currently making projects on Space. In our class we have groups designing apps, creating websites, making animations and more. We also have received help from Matthew O’Reilly who explained coding, something very few of us understood before.
We also did many PowerPoint presentations and took the role of the Teacher in the class explaining what we researched. You can find all the presentations on our website.
Overall it has been a great year of learning and credit has to go to my teacher Mr Sam and all the 1st year teachers who help us learn and educate us. One aspect which my fellow class mates and I have found enjoyable is the debates in our class which makes us think in a way of questioning everything so as to broaden our knowledge, as is the ‘science way’.
Eileen Freeman April 25th, 2017
Posted In: Blog
Dublin, Georgia USA Trip – on Youtube
Dublin, Georgia USA Trip – 12th – 19th March.
Click here to a link to one of the TV interviews
Click here to link to one of the performances
Earlier this week 13 senior students, accompanied by their teachers Ms Aoife Ní Laoire and Mr Stephen Slattery, travelled to Dublin, Georgia. The trip was arranged by Lauren’s County Development Board. On Monday 13th a performance at the Concert Hall. Tuesday 14th, they visited the Veteran’s Hospital. On Wednesday 15th there was a visit to Trinity School (Catholic Private School) where there was a performance at the Chapel. On Thursday 16th they visited West Lauren High School Today Friday, 17th started with a meeting of the Mayor, followed by a radio interview and finally a giant outdoor BBQ. On Saturday, 18th the is a Road Race and Parade.
Thursday 16th visit to West Lauren’s High School
Eileen Freeman April 25th, 2017
Posted In: Blog
Tags: Veteran's Hospital
Business as usual
Bank of Ireland Bond Trader Event
Well done to Fifth Year Students:
who came 4th in the Bank of Ireland Bond Trader Event in the Helix DCU on Thursday 23rd March.
Eileen Freeman April 7th, 2017
Posted In: Blog
Broadway Challenge
Broadway Challenge Fundraiser
Broadway Challenge Fundraiser is a joint enterprise with Santa Sabina to enable both schools to purchase new buses.
The Broadway Challenge involves 8 teams of 7-12 members each, including parents, teachers, past pupils and friends each performing a mini Broadway show before an audience of 800-1000 people. The teams are training over a 6 week period with professional coaches and the event will take place at 5.00p.m. on Sunday 2nd April in the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road.
Eileen Freeman March 23rd, 2017
Posted In: Blog
The F1 Technology in Schools’ Project
Soar Racing
The F1 ‘in-school’ Tournament is a Worldwide Competition which starts with Regional Finals. Students build a miniature Formula 1 car. The students design the car and get it manufactured in an CNC router. The car must have a space at the back so that a CO2 canister can fit in, in order to propel it along the track. The F1 car can reach up to 55 mph on a 20 metre track.
For further information, go to www.f1inschools.ie
The 2016-2017 team is named Soar Racing. The team is made up of 6 Transition Years students: Luke Mitchell, Darren Branigan, Glenn Atkins, Brian Doolin, James Kennedy and Jack Fagan.
On the 26th of February 2017, we competed in the F1 in Schools Leinster Regional Finals in the City West Hotel. The competition was extremely intense with a wide range of schools competing from all over Leinster.
We represented our school with pride in the following tasks;
-
Formal presentation
-
Pit display presentation
-
Portfolio adjudication
-
Drag race
Fortunately, we finished in the top five which allowed us to qualify for National finals which are held in the RDS.
A number of the original team was unfortunately in France for the French exchange for the national final so a substitute team of five members was sent to represent the team. They did an exceptional job and represent the school very well.
We competed very well at national finals, the competition was very intense.
We unfortunately didn’t win any awards but we had the second fastest time in Ireland and we were only beaten by a 400th of a second. Our best times were as follows;
| Track Length: 20 metres |
Regional Finals |
National finals |
|
Reaction time |
0.156 |
0.187 |
|
Car Time to complete race |
1.180 |
1.182 |
ICS. Picture Conor McCabe Photography
Sponsorship
Web Address: www.coastalwindows.ie
Address: Unit 129, Grange Hill
Baldoyle Industrial Estate
Baldoyle
Dublin 13
Phone: (01) 832 6388
Mobile: 086 4092036
Email: info@coastalwindows.ie
Website:
Address: 3 Harbour Rd,
Howth,
Co. Dublin
Phone: (01) 839 4141
Email: greg@howthmarket.ie
Website: http://www.howthmarket.ie
Address: Sutton Cross,
Dublin 13
Phone: + 353 1 839 0000
Email: info@marinehotel.ie
Website: http://www.marinehotel.ie
Address: Superquinn Centre,
Sutton Cross,
Sutton,
Dublin 13
Phone: 01 8395054
Website: http://www.bookhaven.ie
Address: Sutton Cross,
Sutton 13
Phone: (01) 8324048
Website: http://www.aib.ie
Website: http://howthhavenbeauty.com
Email: howthhavenbeauty@gmail.com
Phone: 01 839 49 79 / 01 839 49 80
Address: Harbour Rd,
Howth,
Co. Dublin
Address: 7 Northern Cross Business Park,
North Rd,
Dublin 11
Phone: (01) 844 3000
Website: http://dicksonbearings.com
——————————————————————————————————————–
Eileen Freeman March 16th, 2017
Posted In: Technology, Transition Year
Tags: 5, Apache Racing, competition, F1, Regional Final, Transition Year
Leinster Senior History Quiz Champions
On Monday 30th January 2017, St. Fintan’s High School won the 30th annual History Teacher’s Association of Ireland (HTAI) Quiz for the first time. The prestigious event, which has taken place for the last 3 decades was hosted in Tallaght Community School.
A true team effort with a varying range of answers, the team was made up by Gregory Walls and Daniel Seabrook from 6th year, Tomás O’Connell and Naoise Cunningham from 5th year. After 10 close rounds, the lads were level on points with St. Mac Dara’s from Templeogue, with 52 out of 60. A tie break was needed to decide the winner. After 4 rounds and 11 questions of a tie break with no end in sight, St. Fintan’s finally found an answer without reply.
It is the 1st time a team from St. Fintan’s has finished inside the top 5 in the competition. A special trophy statuette of Cúchulainn was awarded along with a cash prize to the students. It was yet another memorable occasion for our Senior students this year and is testament to the thriving History Department in the school. Many thanks to Mr. Campbell and Mr. Gilleran for preparing the team and to our bus driver Clem who accompanied us on the evening.
Senior History Quiz Team 2016
Congratulations to the Senior History Quiz team who finished 7th out of 26 in Leinster. Link here to History Teachers’ Association of Ireland website
The quiz took place on Monday 18th of January 2016.
From left to right:
Top: David Dixon, Myles Corrigan.
Below: Ross Kearney, Tomas O’Connell,
Eileen Freeman February 2nd, 2017
Students’ Council
The Student Council is the voice of the students in our school.
St Fintans High School has a vibrant and active Student Council. At the begining of each Academic Year a new Student Council is elected by the students. There are representatives from all years on the Council. Their contribution to school life is very valuable and appreciated.
We elect an executive committee consisting of a chairperson, deputy chairperson, treasurer and a secretary.
Meetings are held on a weekly basis and our overall aim is to improve student life in St Fintan’s High Schol
The Student Council will be very busy in the coming year.
Here are just a sample of some of the activities they get involved in:
-
Fundraising – ISPCA, St Francis Hospice, The Simon Community.
-
Non-Uniform Days
-
Council Meetings.
admin April 12th, 2016
Posted In: Blog, Student Council
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Dance routine
Eileen Freeman February 9th, 2016
Posted In: Transition Year