SLEEP AND SCHOOL PERFORMANCES - SHATSU EUROPEAN PROJECT ERASMUS+ What do we want to do? We want to know the sleeping habits in children and teenagers and how it can affect school performance. Why do we want to do it? We know school failure, early school dropout and agressivenes in schools are related to bad sleeping habits, but there are very few studies about it. We want our children to study properly and be happy at home and at chool. We want our children to have a better life and a better future. How do we intend to do it? There will be an initial study to evaluate the initial data referring to sleeping habits among the youngest population in town. An official survey named BEARS will be carried out to give us the a general view of the problem. We will start the project with a presentation in Silla, Valencia, with the attendance of the local associated partners. We will explain the implementation of the project, the creation of APP, website, and guidelines to be followed by all the associated partners so that they can do the same in their home towns. Online training courses will be held for teachers and parents who will have to implement the project at school and at home. Students will take part on a one-day-seminar so that they can get involved in the project as one of the main parts. Communication resources will be created (e-mail, facebook, blogs...) so that children and young students, teachers and parents can discuss and share their experiences during the project and especially during the training process. We will deliver a guide about SHASTU project to all participants involved. There will be informative leaflets for the population in town. Dissemination through local, regional and national media. European platforms will also be used for broadcasting and diseminating the project. We will organise visits to the towns where our associated partners come from to share the experience of implementing the project. There will be a very strict follow-up work and there will be a final survey in order to compare the results obtained at the beginning of the project and at the end of it. The expected local impact is to achieve the maximum dissemination while the project is being developed in local schools and get optimal results. There will be an undeniable regional, national and european impact because the project is laid out in a way that it can be implemented anywhere in Europe. Schools interested in reducing agressiveness in classrooms and hyperactivity, willing to obtain better school performances from their students, will easily be able to implement the project. It will be accessible and free for everyone. The aim of this innovative project is to start a new stage in local education by studying SLEEPING HABITS in order to fight against school failure and early school drop out. Teachers, parents and students deserve the chance to learn how to make the most of the teaching, learning and educating experience in order to achieve better school results, have a healthier familiar and social life and a brighter future by following and acquiring good SLEEPING HABITS.
CONTEXT / BACKGROUND PROJECT Students with a deficit of sleep or irregular sleep schedules are worse in school than their peers; sleep deficit with a delay of more than 2 hours sleep onset on weekends is associated with poor school performance. Infant sleep patterns are influenced by several factors: starting school schedules, family schedules, socio-demographic, daytime activities, homework and extracurricular activities. The dream education programs should include students, families and educators. These interventions should be carried out throughout the school year taking into account the start and end times of the schedule; delay time can sometimes be an option. OBJECTIVES Demonstrate that the implementation of healthy sleep habits within the school curriculum has beneficial short and long term effects. Check schedules that adapt the curriculum to chronobiology and cronopsicología favors school performance by streamlining teaching activities. Organizations participating in the project: to Spain: City Council Silla (coordinator), Health Hospital Quirón Valencia, Preschool centers, elementary and secondary schools: IES Enric Valor, IES Sanchis Guarner, CEIP El Pati, CEIP Reis Catòlics , CEIP San Roque, CEIP V. dels Desemparats. Parent's and students associations: AMPA IES Enric Valor, Sanchis Guarner IES AMPA, AMPA CEIP El Pati, AMPA CEIP Reyes Catolics, AMPA CEIP San Roque, AMPA CEIP V. Desemparats, AMPA CC Sagrada Família, Studen's Association IES Enric Valor. b) Turkey: Ünye: City district of Ordu province in the region of the Black Sea. c) Italy: Remedello: Lombardy City of 2,996 habitants. Belvi: Cerdenya City of 800 habitants PREPARATION Formation of educational establishment: Two theoretical 4-hour sessions in which each is explained by the scientist responsible for the project. Two practice sessions 4 hours to prepare concrete measures to establish in the classroom. IMPLEMENTATION PHASE 1. Application of different strategies designed. 2. Making specific tutorials. 3. Assessment of sleep habits of students with subjective measures by three different surveys. CONCLUSIONS - Global improvement in sleep quality of students. This improvement shows differences between the three countries studied. - Students have increased their degree of self-responsibility in deciding their own sleep schedules. This empowerment has led to a decrease in daytime sleepiness accompanied by an improvement in school grades. - The involvement of teachers in the project themselves being the designers of the measures to be taken and those responsible for its implementation in the classroom and contact with families, is key in the program. - The need for a more direct and strict health professionals with education professionals and the importance of institutional support contact is observed. The research group believes that these measures knowledge and care of the rest of the students with respect chronobiological rhythms are cost-effective and should be recommended for implementation in schools of the European Union. RELEVANT LONGER TERM BENEFITS The second survey has confirmed the persistent academic and behavioral benefits in the first year. So the continuous introduction of measures of sleep hygiene in schools involves the persistence of benefits in school performance.