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SPRAOI – 1st/2nd August 2026

The CALMAST team will be out in force once again at the SPRAOI Festival in Cathedral Square, Waterford City. Since 2010, we have brought science, puzzles and games to this vibrant three-day August bank holiday weekend celebration. Each year, we team up with the Physics Busters and local industries volunteers to captivate the crowd with interactive experiments, mind-bending puzzles and playful performances, immersing children and adults alike in the fascinating realms of SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, and MATHS.

STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths

CALMAST is the South East Technological University’s (SETU) STEM engagement centre. It delivers and coordinates STEM engagement across the South East of Ireland and also delivers Maths Week Ireland an all-Island initiative.

Calmast delivers through partnerships within SETU and through local STEM Clusters. CALMAST’s core value is “STEM for All” and activities promotes sustainability, creativity and critical thinking.

Working with schools and the wider community CALMAST engages with an annual audience around 35,000 in counties Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny, Carlow and Tipperary. Maths Week Ireland, founded and coordinated by CALMAST, engages a further 520,000 across the Island of Ireland. CALMAST’s STEM engagement is organised in two main strands: Festivals & Events and Sustained Engagement.

We have events all year round. Learn more about our various festivals and projects!

2025 Fleadh Wexford

Upcoming Events

Maths Week Ireland
Maths Week Ireland
 
Sat, 10 Oct 12:00 AM
Maths Week Audience: Families, Adults, schools This year’s festival will kick off on Saturday 10th -18th October 2026. Maths Week…
 
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Recent Activity

There needs to be far more educational events like this organised for children to take them off devices and expand their minds from a young age.

Participant from Kilkenny, Kilkenny Science Festival

Delighted to see an Irish language event being hosted. The Celts connection fitted very well with our 4th class.

School from Carlow, South East Science Festival 2025

I enjoyed the Winter School as it made complex topics accessible to a layperson.

Participant from Dublin, Robert Boyle Winter School 2025

Sunny day, lots of wildlife, excellent memories that we wouldn’t afford otherwise.

Participant from Carlow, Bealtaine Living Earth Festival 2025

I learned a lot about cyber security. I learned that cyber security is a lot more interesting than it sounds.

Secondary Student from Wexford, SETU Cyber Security Programme 2025

I thoroughly enjoyed it and the content was very interesting and full of humour. Thank you.

Participant from Wexford, Wexford Science Festival 2025

RBSS is a highlight in our year. Wouldn’t miss it.

Participant from Dublin, Robert Boyle Summer School 2025

I really enjoyed the visit to Waterford University as part of the STEM program and am hoping to go to third-level education.

TY Student, SETU STEM Entrepreneurship Summer Camp 2025

Annual reports

Click on the book cover to find out about all the amazing events and projects that CALMAST took part in.

Highlights 2025
Highlights 2024
Highlight 2023

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