Every Monday morning the whole school stops for Buddy Reading. This is when children from younger classes are paired up with the children in older classes and they read to each other. This allows everyone to read aloud to their and also to enjoy being read to. It’s been very successful and very popular!
We had a wonderful day at our Graduation mass. We are so proud of our Sixth Class Pupils, they are a credit to our school and to their families. At our Graduation Mass each year we present a slide show of our Sixth Class children and their lives in our school. We hope that you enjoy the slideshow for the Graduating Class of 2015!
https://youtu.be/oFmNOM3tol4
Today Fr. Quinn joined us for our end of year school mass. Readings and prayers were prepared by the boys and girls of 6th class as part of their graduation mass. Their parents received a special invitation to join them on this special graduation day. The school choir were in fine voice and were a credit to Ms. Lambe and Ms. Corrigan.
After the mass it was time for the awards. The first award was a lovely surprise ! St. Finians has been working hard for our active schools flag and Mr. Mc Eneany was delighted to announce that we had won the flag which Mr. Shevlin proudly displayed for us…..
Then it was time to make a presentation to our super school secretary Olga. All the pupils made a special piece of artwork for Olga. It has the thumbprint of every pupil in the school. Olga has been with us at St. Finians for many years and leaves us to take up a full time position at Tullydonnell School in September. We wish Olga all the very best in her new job but we will miss her very much. Good luck Olga !
Mr Mc Eneany then made a special presentation to four families whose youngest child graduated today from St. Finians…
Next it was time for individual and class awards. There was great excitement as Mr. Mc Eneany announced the winners. First were the awards for full attendance. Then Mr. Betz presented the awards for pupil of the year in each class. Fr. Quinn presented the awards to the winners of The Fr. Daly Handwriting Competition. Mrs. Markey presented the award to our Young Environmentalist of the year 2015 
Mr. mc Eneany invited everyone to sit back and enjoy a slide show of our 6th class pupils. We saw photos of them as infants and saw them grow and move through all their classes at St. Finians.
Next it was time for 6th class to provide some entertainment . They sang as one voice and delighted everyone with a performance of “Riptide” and ” See You Again “.
The Dillonstown pipers were a credit to their music teacher Roisín with their wonderful performance of ” The Parting Glass”….
Then it was time for the lads to shake it up with some ” Uptown Funk” and ” Hit The Diff” …..
The entertainment went down well and everyone enjoyed the show …
Everyone was in great form as the awards were made for the Pearce Callaghan Project Competition. Our thanks to the Callaghan family who present the award every year.This is one of the special highlights of the day for 6th class. As usual entries were of a very high standard . Every pupil received a certificate for participation . Tension mounted as only two pupils remained to get certificates … who would be the winner?…….
All eyes were on 6th class pupils as Mrs. Mc Quillan presented them with their graduation certificates, caps and gifts……..
Somehow Mr. Mc Eneany managed to find a cap just the right size for Mr. Shevlin …
We wish Mr. Shevlin all the best as he sets off on his travels next school year.
Finally there was just time for 6th class to go outside to throw their caps ….. the perfect end to a great day.. Good luck 6th class.
This week is national “bike week”. To celebrate this, members from the Cú Chulainn Cycling Club visited our school to take a number of pupils( 3rd-6th) for a session on using a bike in a safe and sensible way. The instructors from the club were fantastic and the pupils really enjoyed it. They learned all about bike care, rules of the road, traffic signals and safety measures.
LMFM also gave us a surprise visit and ran a piece for the radio, interviewing some of the pupils, instructors and teachers.
The instructors were very pleased to see so many pupils cycling to school. It is a great feature of our Active School’s programme. Also this Friday, as part of National Bike Week, the pupils of 5th and 6th class will cycle to St. Colmcille’s Tullydonnell, for a Basketball tournament.
CUMAN NA MBUNSCOIL LOUTH COUNTY FINAL SATURDAY JUNE 13TH – STABANNAN
The Allianz Cuman na Mbunscoil Louth Finals took place last Saturday in The Parnell GAA Pairc Stabannan Co. Louth.
The sun shone on all of the bright young players who qualified from their school heats to take part in the finals. There were footballers, hurlers and camogie players all dressed in their schools jerseys and wearing them with pride.
St. Finians competed in the Puc Fada Finals represented by Elli From Fifth Class. Dromisken, Collon, Tullydonnel, Knockbridge and Dromin Schools also competed for the titles in this competition.
Elli was entered in the Girls individual competition. She had three pucs, each puc was measured in terms of distance and then totalled to get her final score. Her first puc of over 32 metres followed by two more pucs over 26 metres awarded her second place .
Congratulations to Elli.
It’s here! The school has made another wonderful achievement after receiving an Active School Flag. This is a very highly sought after award and everybody at St. Finian’s is very proud. An Active assessor visited St. Finian’s on Tuesday morning and all the active reps along with Mr.Shevlin showed him all our active efforts to date through, pictures, displays, videos, PowerPoints and active demonstrations at break time. He was amazed at all the activities we had in place at school. A big thank you to all the people who helped out with the initiative, from the hardworking pupils, teachers, coaches and of course the parents who helped greatly with our ‘WOW’, ‘Be Active’ and ‘Get Fit in February’ programmes. We will formally present and raise the flag at our Graduation Mass day on Wednesday 24th of June!
Super job everybody!
“Super Active St. Finian’s!”
