May the 5th is the feast day of Christian Brothers founder, Edmund Rice. Our 1st Years attended mass this morning to mark the day and candles were lit in the school foyer under the portrait of Edmund Rice.

Once again, on Saturday morning our senior students will take part in the annual Darkness Into Light walk for Pieta House. Well done to all taking part tomorrow morning for this very worthy cause.

Wishing all Students, Staff and Families a wonderful and restful Easter break!

Wishing all Students, Staff and Families a very Happy St. Patrick’s Day and holiday weekend!

Cafe, comhrà agus caint sa rang Gaeilge. Cafe, comhrà agus caint sa rang Gaeilge. Maisiúcháin ! Saothar Ealaíne Tá seachtain na Gaeilge 2023 faoi lán seoil anois in Ard Scoil Naomh Fhionntain. Thosaíomar amach le Pop Up Gaeltacht sa cheaintín agus comórtas rabhlóga inniu. Le linn na seachtaine, beidh go leor imeachtaí ar siúl. Ina…

We’ve been celebrating Chinese New Year all week as part of our ongoing Culture & Diversity programme here at the school! We have had daily announcements in Chinese. Transition Years took part in Chinese Culture Workshops and Transition Year Craft and 1st Year Art classes took part in a chinese flowercraft workshop creating a Rabbit…

Sunday 22nd of January marks the start of Chinese New Year 2023. We will be celebrating this with various activities across the week! The school has been decorated with colourful decorations marking this, The Year of the Rabbit! There will be a workshop for Transition Years on Chinese Language and Culture and 1st Year Art…

Last week was Wellbeing Week at St. Fintan’s High School! We had a range of activities during the week to celebrate our theme this year of ‘Connected’. All classes were asked to reflect on how they connect with others online during the week with classes dedicated to Cyber-Bullying and it’s effects. We had an interactive…

This week is ‘Stand Up & Be You Week’! We continue to promote our school as a welcoming place celebrating diversity and inclusion for all. We have a full programme of events planned for the week including a whole school Art in Action painting event which will result in a finished art piece for the…

Wishing All Students, Staff and Families a great and well deserved Mid-Term Break. Lots of fantastic work has been achieved so far this term. We ended our week with a very lively Halloween Party for 1st Years! Happy Halloween All!

We have had a very successful week celebrating Dyslexia Awareness in our school. Red ribbon badges were distributed to teachers at the start of the week and students created red friendship bracelets at two special lunchtime workshops! Red cupcakes were on sale in the cafeteria on Thursday and much enjoyed by all. Our school was…

Wishing all Students and Staff a Happy, Healthy and Restful Summer Break! Well done to all for all the many achievements and successes this year in academic performance, sports, the arts and extracurricular activities. We look forward to an exciting and successful 2022-2023 academic year in September!

On May 7th, St. Fintan’s High School students will be rising early in the morning and taking part in this year’s Pieta House Darkness into Light Walk. We would greatly appreciate your support by scanning the QR code to our blog and find out how to sponsor us for this very worthy cause! #dil2022 #pieta #dilstfintans

Wishing all Students, Staff and their families a great break after all the hard work this term! Happy Easter All!

St Fintan’s High School celebrates and supports Autism Awareness Month. This week will see students take part in different activities from AsIAm, the Autism charity created by Adam Harris #ERST

Bhí an-chraic againn le linn Seachtain na Gaeilge i mbliana. I measc na himeachtaí a bhí ar siúl, bhí Comórtas na bPostaeirí, Comórtas TikTok, Tráth na gCeist, Féile Scannáin agus Ciorcal Comhrá.   Comhghairdeas leis na buachaillí seo ón 3ú bliain a bhuaigh an Tráth na gCeist!

Our celebration of the Year of the Tiger and Chinese New Year was a roaring success today at St. Fintan’s High School. Students and staff had much fun and laughter with the Chopstick Game, Jianzi, Fortune Scratch Cards and Fortune Cookies. Hope this is a sign of good times ahead for 2022!      …

Happy New Year to all our school community for Chinese New Year’s Day 1 February and of course, Happy St Bridget’s Day! We are entering the Year of the Tiger 2022 with optimism and a sense of hope. We are joining in the global celebrations at St Fintan’s High School on Tuesday with colourful school…

On behalf of the whole school community, we would like to extend a warm welcome to our new Deputy Principal, Mr. Enda Duffy. Mr. Duffy is a past pupil of St. Fintan’s High School so is very familiar with the school and it’s ethos. He brings a wide range of experience in management, sport and…

Today we say farewell to our much loved Vice Principal, Mr. Gerard Ennis. Gerard has been teaching at St. Fintan’s High School for 42 Years ! He was also a pupil of the school throughout Junior and Secondary School so is part of the fabric of the building. He has given many years of fantastic…

It’s been a busy first term here at St. Fintan’s High School with lots of challenges! We have had many highlights and lots of successful extracurricular activities as well as lots of hard work by students and staff! Wishing all students, staff, parents and families a very Happy and Peaceful Christmas from all @ St.…

Unfortunately, our Wellbeing Week last week was cut short due to school closures as a result of Storm Barra. However, we managed to put lots of focus on wellbeing on the other three days of last week with all students being met by teachers last Monday morning with a sweet treat and a bit of…

Our colourful preparations are underway here at St Fintan’s High School for our annual Stand Up and Be You Week 15-19 November. Looking forward to an active, dynamic and vibrant week ahead.

The Green School’s Committee have worked very hard over the past two years to achieve the Water Flag. An Online Awards Ceremony took place yesterday. Well done to all involved!

We at St. Fintan’s High School are fully supporting Dyslexia Awareness Month during October. Check out some of the following links for more information! https://dyslexia.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Dyslexia-Awareness-Month-2021-SUPPORT-PACK-Final.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMMXtZXLrUA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oKawFJ_CXg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLb6ehPPc4E https://vimeo.com/272733576 https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/dyslexia-awareness-week-teaching-resources/zkw7qfr https://www.twinkl.ie/event/dyslexia-awareness-week-2021 https://ncse.ie/all-online-resources https://www.helenarkell.org.uk/event/dyslexia-awareness-week-2021.php

Nothing says Summer like a BBQ! Ms. Walsh and her science classes have enjoyed some Barbecuing over the last few weeks! Here’s to a great Summer for all students and staff after what has been a tough and challenging year!

Well done to all the 1st Year Classics and Art students who took on a BoxWars Challenge over the past few weeks! We took to the field for battle this morning …

Winners Announced! See more for details…
We ran a photography competition back in November asking students to submit photos that gave them a sense of wellbeing. Judging got very delayed by lockdown but …… Here is the wonderful work they produced at last!

Our new Outdoor Classroom is in full swing! Ms. O’Connor’s class making good use of the sunshine today in our new outdoor classroom. A great way to enjoy the outdoors and learn at the same time!

Today marks the start of our first afternoon of games, music and treats for our TY Year Group. These events have been organised to reward and celebrate the amazing resilience of our students in meeting the challenge of what has been an extraordinarily challenging year and a half! We salute all of our students efforts…

  Marking the month of May with music, our staff and students were greeted yesterday morning by a musical quartet of teachers. Ms. Shiels, Ms. Duggan, Ms. Ni Laoire and Mr. Slattery welcomed us with beautiful live music in the cafeteria. A very uplifting start to the day.

Every two years, a group of St. Fintan’s High School students, travel to Kabwe, Zambia to work on projects including building and maintenance work. As a result of these trips, we have seen a full primary school called Sables, developed over the past 5 years. We also get to interact with the fantastic children and…

Congratulations to all who recently represented St Fintan’s High School at the Model UN Conference online and received honourable mention at the Awards Ceremony! Model UN is a popular activity for those interested in learning more about how the UN operates. Hundreds of thousands of students worldwide take part every year at all educational levels.…