What our parents say about Fintona

My daughter is very happy in her new school. I can also say that the quality of the teaching staff is of the highest level.

Educational Objectives

Fintona is a small, caring girls' school which aims to achieve outstanding academic results and provide excellent opportunities for personal growth and development for every student.

Fintona aims to:

• Preserve the history, traditions and heritage of the School and use these as a strong basis on which to build for the future.
• Provide a stimulating and enjoyable experience for students at school.
• Create an environment in which each student is assisted to understand herself and her world.
• Ensure that parents are partners with teachers in the learning process, acknowledging the role of parents as the first educators of their children.
• Develop the capacity for, and skills in, analysis and problem solving, the communication of ideas and information, the planning and organisation of activities and collaboration with others.
• Develop qualities of self-confidence, optimism, high self-esteem and commitment to personal excellence as a basis for potential life roles as family and community members.
• Develop the capacity to exercise judgement and responsibility in matters of morality, ethics and social justice.
• Develop girls who are confident, creative and productive users of new technologies, particularly information and communication technologies and who understand the impact of technologies.
• Develop an understanding of, and concern for, the natural environment and the knowledge and skills to contribute to an ecologically sustainable future.
• Develop the knowledge, skills and attributes necessary to establish and maintain a healthy lifestyle and to use leisure time in creative and satisfying ways.
• Foster a future orientated education to ensure individual resilience and a sense of engagement with change.
• Develop an understanding of the skills required to select and organise information effectively and the ability to use the skills in all areas of research.
• Develop skills in learning how to learn - to be curious and inquiring and to understand and develop skills in finding and using information effectively in all areas of education and beyond.