JCSP

At Ballymahon Vocational School, we are proud facilitators of the Junior Cycle School Programme (JCSP). This is a separate programme and accreditation, that complements and supports the traditional Junior Cycle programme in our school. At the core of the programme, is the belief that every student is capable of success. The JCSP provides a framework for the three years of the Junior Cycle, within which students can measure and reflect on their own progress through an annual process called profiling. In addition, the JCSP supports student wellbeing and engagement in learning by promoting active methodologies and differentiation. Students have access to targeted initiatives and activities that are either funded or supplemented through the programme that further enriches their learning and their experience of education. In the 2023/24 academic year these initiatives include:

In the 2022/23 academic year, some of these initiatives included: 

      Swimming lessons
      Trip to an art gallery
      Poet in Residence workshops
      Film-making module
      French food tasting and Christmas baking workshop
      Sports games promoting agility and dexterity