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These are the goals of the Active School Flag initiative:

Physical activity in a FUN, positive and inclusive way

Schools to engage in a process self-reflection, action planning and collaboration at whole school level

Schools to identify strategies to energise the school day and to reduce sedentary time

Schools to strengthen their PE programmes and to promote physical literacy

Students with voice, space, influence and audience to participate in the decision-making process of their school

Schools to develop, and strengthen partnerships, with parents, local and national organisations

A support network for schools where best practise, innovation and successful initiatives are showcased, affirmed and shared

Schools to create their own specific roadmap for sustained physical activity practice's

With schools, national organization's and expert groups to ensure that ASF continues to deliver benefits to schools holder body content...

Active School - Our Goals

Through the JEP curriculum, games and learning aids, pupils get a clear picture of what creating a business is all about. The programme is designed to integrate into the primary school curriculum, with each step providing opportunities for pupils to learn new life skills in addition to comprehensively covering their core subjects.

The learning that takes place during JEP will give children a greater understanding of many things that happen in the real world. They will get to understand how the value of goods and services is created and how skill, talent and creativity can create more than the sum of their parts in an entrepreneurial enterprise. Whether they ever become an entrepreneur or not is irrelevant, they will gain a better understanding of what happens in the day-to-day life of an entrepreneur and will have their first opportunity to think in an entrepreneurial fashion. That’s something that will stand to them in their further education and throughout their working lives.

The programme works closely with the local community, involving local entrepreneurs who share their story and that of their business with the pupils. This puts entrepreneurship in a local and meaningful context. Every pupil gets a chance to uncover their own strengths and play a key role in one of five distinct teams – Finance, Marketing & Technology, Design & Production, Sales and Communications.

Pupils are given the chance to invest a token amount of money in the business, with a view to getting it back with profit, to understand the real impact of risk and reward. When they’re investing their own hard earned money, they want to make sure they get it back.

The programme culminates in showcase day, when the learning, hard work and team spirit come together. That’s when family, the rest of the school and the local community get a chance to see the results of all the hard work done during the programme.

Successful entrepreneurs throughout the island of Ireland are championing the rollout of the programme in their counties. JEP partners with the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Alumni – a community of successful Irish entrepreneurs – who share their knowledge and experience with JEP classes. JEP is delivered without any cost to parents or schools in the participating counties.

Children use their creativity to come up with individual business ideas, they come together as a class to choose one idea and then work to turn this idea into reality over a 12-16 week period. They’ve got to do the hard work – researching what customers really want, working out their costs and how much to charge for it. They figure out what they’re good at and try to use those skills to play their part in a team. All along the way, they’ve got the support of their classmates, teachers and family.

This theme aims to increase the number of students walking, cycling, scooting, using public transport or carpooling to school

The Department of Transport is funding this programme with the following objectives: 

Promote walk to school initiatives such as WOW days, walking buses, Park 'n Stride days. 

*Promote cycle/scoot to school initiatives through the provision of cycle/scooter training in schools, cycle parking facilities. 

*Promote carpooling through consultation with the wider population served by schools.

*Raise awareness of travel alternatives through the development of children/parent/teacher transport workshops, presentations & annual competitions. Why Green-Schools Travel? Environment.

*Climate change (from burning fossil fuels and producing CO2 emissions) 

Social development How you as parents can help your school to get their Green Travel Flag? We understand that there may be concerns over certain factors in travelling to school: safety, weather, etc. Awareness raising plays a large role in this respect. By engaging the children in discussions, it will encourage them to think about what can be done to overcome these concerns. e.g. road safety awareness, cycle training, proper clothing, structured walking/cycling days