School Initiatives

Creative Schools
Creative Schools is a flagship initiative of the Creative Ireland Programme to enable the creative potential of every child. Our Creative Associate is Joanna Parkes. She has worked closely with our Creative Co-ordinator to identify areas of the arts that interest our children. We have identified construction and animation to be an area of interest in our school. Click on the Creative Schools logo to see our journey so far.

Aistear

Aistear is the early childhood curriculum framework for all children from birth to six years.
The word Aistear is the Irish word for journey and was chosen because early childhood marks
the beginning of children’s lifelong learning journeys. Aistear is the key learning and teaching
tool used to implement the primary school curriculum in infant classes in
St Michael's Junior Boy's School! Click on the Aistear logo to see how it is implemented in our school!

Beebots

We are delighted to have six Beebots in our school with a variety of Beebot mats to explore various themes! Beebots are a fantastic resource to teach directional language, awareness of space, coding, programming and can be used across a variety of curricular areas. Click on the Beebot to gain an insight to how they are used in our school!

Active Schools

We are delighted to have recently received the Active Schools Flag for our school. The aim of the Active Schools Flag is to encourage schools to be more active, more often. It links in with all of the work we are doing throughout the year on Healthy Living - being active, getting exercise, taking care of our minds and bodies. Click on the Active Schools logo to see our Active Schools journey!

Science Week

Science Week Ireland is an annual week-long event in Ireland each November, celebrating science in our everyday lives. Science Week is an initiative of Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). It is the largest science festival in the country, engaging tens of thousands of members of the general public in workshops, science shows, talks, laboratory demonstrations, science walks and other science-related events.
Each year all of our boys and their teachers carry out a number of fun and exciting experiments!
Click on the Science Week logo to view our Science Week 2024 gallery.

Maths Week

Maths Week Ireland is a co-operative movement with local partners all over Ireland together with schools and teachers changing attitudes towards maths. It is coordinated
by Calmast at Waterford IT. This year the focus in our school was to get our boys to start using their "maths eyes" throughout the school day! We focused on areas such as shape and space, measures and number! It was great to see everyone enjoying the activities!

Click on the Maths Week logo to view our Maths Week 2024 gallery! 😀

Pieta House Amber Flag

The Pieta Amber Flag Initiative recognises the individual efforts of primary and secondary schools, youth reach, third level institutions, community groups, clubs and companies to create healthy, inclusive environments that support mental well-being.
Having worked tirelessly in our Amber Flag campaign we were thrilled to be awarded our flag in May 2020!

Click on our Pieta House Amber Flag to view our Amber Flag journey!

Seachtain na Gaeilge

Seachtain na Gaeilge le Energia is an international Irish language festival and one of the biggest celebrations of our native language and culture that takes place each year in Ireland and in many other countries. We celebrate Seachtain na Gaeilge every year in our school where we promote and use our native language.
Click on the Seachtain na Gaeilge logo to view some of our activities.