World Home Economics Day
This year we celebrated World Home Economics Day on Tues 21st March. The theme this year is Food Literacy and Waste. In class students were reminded of the various ways of being sustainable within their...
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World Down Syndrome Day 2023
The aim of the day is to enhance awareness of this disability. The Wellbeing teachers and SPHE Classes received a presentation on the importance of advocacy, rights and decision making and students partcipated in a...
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Career Visits for Students
Our Senior Students enjoyed a visit to ATU Donegal last week to celebrate Engineering Week. Thanks to ATU’s Engineering Department for hosting a fantastic day. The group enjoyed learning about the wonderful career opportunities...
World Down Syndrome Day 2023
The aim of the day is to enhance awareness of this disability. The Wellbeing teachers and SPHE Classes received a presentation on the importance of advocacy, rights and decision making and students partcipated in a...
Celebrating Flag Day at FVC
A lovely celebration took place in the hall on Thursday 16th March as students got to enjoy and mark the Thomas Francis Meagher Flag Raising Ceremony. Ms Connolly began the ceremony by welcoming everyone...
Transition Year Update
The Transition Year Students have been busy learning new skills and being introduced to opportunities and people in their community recently. Thanks to the teachers involved who helped organise the activities below. The TY...
Ethos Week in FVC
Ethos is how we live, work and relate to each other in our school community. While it encompasses the curriculum and how it is taught, ethos is broader than this. It also relates to...
Extending the learning environment beyond the classroom
Extending the learning environment beyond the classroom, is a key element of our TY programme in Finn Valley College. We are very grateful to have such a fantastic Multidisciplinary Art centre on our door...
Congratulations
The ATU Donegal 1st Year Sports Scholarship Presentation, were delighted to announce that Codie Walsh a past pupil of our school was one of seventeen 1st year pupils studying at ATU Donegal awarded a 1st year New Entrant...
Timetable for the Mock Examinations
How To Make Sure You Are Ready For Your Mocks www.studyclix.ie Use your Christmas exam results and feedback to improve your answer technique. Create a study plan that is achievable. Practise past exam questions...
New Year Update
A warm welcome return to all our students and staff. We hope everyone enjoyed the Christmas holiday and wishing continued happiness and success this term. Below is a short update of key dates and...
Christmas Party Fun
A wonderful Christmas Party was enjoyed by students and staff to celebrate the upcoming holidays and get everyone in the mood for the festive season. The party began with a Carol Service, readings and...
Student of the Term Awards
Congratulations to those who were awarded the “Student of the Term” for December 2022. Their Class teachers and Yearheads would like to commend them on their positive work ethic and their contribution to school...
Christmas Cheer at FVC
The last few weeks have seen a buzz of activities in the school getting everyone in the mood for Christmas. The school windows were decorated with snowy scenes by first year students Emilia and...
Our Annual Variety Show Returns to the Stage
Finn Valley College staff and students were back for a bit of a hooley and a Ceili Mor when they graced the stage of the Balor Theatre on the 13th to the 15th December....
St. Vincent De Paul
This week, members from the local St. Vincent De Paul visited the school to collect money donations and 19 Christmas hampers. Ms Diver was very grateful to all the staff and students who...
Science Week 2022
Students enjoyed a fun packed and engaging week of experiments, investigations and active learning to mark Science Week 2022. First years designed Balloon Rocket Launchers and 2nd years investigated the rate of chemical reactions. ...
Junior Cert 2022
The long wait for 67,130 Junior Cycle candidates from the class of 2022 ended today when results were finally released. Principal Mr Thompson, congratulated all the students before awarding them their certificates. He commended...
Business in the Community – World of Work
Our 2nd Years Business Class enjoyed an exciting and memorable trip to SITA premises as part of the Business in the Community Initiative (BITC). The class was given lots of opportunities to showcase their...
Stand Up Awareness Week 14th-18th Nov 2022
What is Belong To’s Stand Up Awareness Week? Belong To’s Stand Up Awareness Week is a time for post-primary schools, youth services, and Youthreach in Ireland to join together and take a stand against...
Open Day and Open Night 2022 in FVC
Thursday 10th November marked a special day in our school calendar when we welcomed over 300 students from our local primary schools. The school was a buzz with lots of colorful uniforms and excited...
Awesome Autumn Attendance Initiative in FVC
October saw the launch of our Awesome Autumn Attendance Initiative where Junior students are being motivated and rewarded for making an effort to attend school and do their best. Over the next 4 weeks,...
Student of the Term
Student of the Term is an important award given to those who practice our school values and ethos on a daily basis. Our Class Teachers and Yearhead commend everyone for aspiring to do their...
PLC Teambuilding Day
27th October marked the PLC Annual Teambuilding Day with a memorabe day in Gartan Outdoor Activity Centre. Our Business, Sports and Childcare classes enjoyed Kayaking, Archery, Rock Climbing and Orienteering. It was a great...
Glitz and Glamour at the FVC Prom 2022 – oh what a night
Friday 22nd October was the much anticipated and annual celebration of our School Prom. Our Leaving Cert students looked amazing and arrived in great style to the Capri Suite at the Villa Rose Hotel....
Provoking Thought Workshop
On Monday 24th October our 1st year classes participated in a Provoking Thought workshop facilitated by Laura and Eve from Our Generation, a cross-border partnership project which is delivered through Donegal Youth Service. Provoking...
Christmas Shoebox Appeal
Team Hope’s Christmas Shoebox Appeal is an annual campaign that delivers gifts straight into the hands of children affected by poverty. Often these shoebox gifts are the only gift that a child will receive...
Creating Awareness: Irish Road Safety Week
Monday 3rd October marked the beginning of Irish Road Safety Week. We were delighted to welcome Ms Louise Mc Geever (Road Safety Promotion Officer), Patrick Mc Glynn (JLO) and Garda Brenda Healy (Community Policing...
Gaisce Trip to Carrickfinn by Eimear Ewing
Hi, I’m Eimear and I am a 5th Year Student at FVC. Below is a snapshot of my involvement in Gaisce to date. What’s it all about? I am currently working on my Bronze...
Adiós to our Spanish Students
Our Spanish students – Lucia, Diego, Olaia and Sofia said adiós to us on Friday to return home after spending four weeks as a part of our school community. We would like to wish them...
Transition Year Art students get Creative
Our TY students have been busy over the past few weeks in the Art Room sketching, planning and sourcing items for their window design as part of Frances Browne Literary Festival 2022 . We...
World Teachers Day 2022
The theme for World Teachers’ Day 2022 is “The transformation of education begins with teachers”. This is a day to celebrate the transformative and critical role that teachers play in growing learners’ potential. Principal...
Awesome Autumn Attendance Initiative
Monday 3rd October 2022 was the launch day of our Awesome Autumn Attendance Initiative for our junior classes. The DEIS Attendance team and our Home School Community Liason teacher has been working to create...
FVC Green School Committe get into Action
Our Green Schools Committee met on Thursday for the first time this term. We would like to welcome the new team on board and congratulate these students for volunteering to help make a difference....
Return to School Dates
We hope everyone had a nice summer and we look forward to welcoming all our students to Finn Valley College. Return dates for students are as follows: Monday 29th August: 1st Years Tuesday 30th...
World Home Economics Day
This year we celebrated World Home Economics Day on Tues 21st March. The theme this year is Food Literacy and Waste. In class students were reminded of the various ways of being sustainable within their...
Career Visits for Students
Our Senior Students enjoyed a visit to ATU Donegal last week to celebrate Engineering Week. Thanks to ATU’s Engineering Department for hosting a fantastic day. The group enjoyed learning about the wonderful career opportunities...
