CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVESThe topic of the project, Healthy Lifestyle, comes as a result of data collected in the 5 partner schools involved. As such, the rates of obesity problems (OP) and lack of regular physical activities (RPA) in our schools are:FI Partner School pupils has 25%OP, 40% RSGR Partner School has 20% OP, 45% RS PL Partner School has 25% OP, 50% RS IT Partner School has 27% OP, 35% RS TR Partner School has 20% OP, 35% RSWith this worrying data in mind, we have established as the main objective of the project to raise students’ awareness of the causes and effects of obesity in relation to the sedentarism that characterizes the current generations of students. At the same time, in order to measure the actual impact of the school we have proposed to decrease these rates by the end of the 2-year project.Another aim of this project is to get in contact with schools from other European countries in order to observe the situation in each of them and exchange good practices related to ways of combating such problems.METHODOLOGYWith all these in mind, we have divided our topic into several sub-topics which will constitute the theme of each meeting and exchange envisaged in the project:1. FI-M1- REQUIREMENTS FOR A HEALTHY LIFE2. GR-C1- HEALTHY EATING HABITS3. PL-C2- EFFECTIVE WAYS TO PREVENT OBESITY 4. IT-C3 DEVELOPING LONG-TERM HEALTHY EATING HABITS5. TR-C4- SPORTING ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTDuring these meetings students will be in the centre of all activities, as we believe that by involving them directly and supervising their work, the project will have a stronger impact on them.The project activities will result in the elaboration of 2 IOs – 1) Nutritional information and healthy foods for School Canteens, 2) Recommendation Book for improving regular sports in schools. DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIESDuring the exchanges, students will join classes in the morning and, in the afternoons, they will work towards the achievement of specific goals within each activity:C1- GR The project teams will join the canteen and observe the dishes prepared regularly there. Then, each school cooks presents traditional healthy dishes from their own countries and will actually cook 1 meal that will be tasted by the other participants. C2 –PL The activities will be organized in a forum presented by the students and which includes sub-topics such as - What is obesity?/ Causes / Effects on Health and social image/ The current rates of Obesity C3 – IT students put together the information and statistical data collected and compile a brochure which contains a set of DOs and DON'Ts that every person should follow in order to live a healthy lifeC4 – TR students and teachers run workshops in which all kinds of easy-to-do exercises and games/sports will be presented and performed.NUMBER AND PROFILE OF THE PARTICIPANTSStudents/teenagers: Each exchange involves the participation of 4 students/ country, which means an overall number of 16 students/country who will participate directly in the exchanges. These students will be selected prior to each mobility, based on transparent criteria, which will involve command of English, ICT skills, voluntary work, involvement in the school-based activities and motivation. The number of indirect beneficiaries is a lot larger, as every school will involve at least 10 other students before each mobility in the school-based pre-exchange activities.Teachers/Adults: There will be teams of 7 teachers in each partner organisation so 35 in total who will manage the project implementation. Each of them will be assigned clear tasks from the beginning. This team will involve managerial staff and at least 1 English teacher, 1 PE teacher, 1 Biology Teacher, 1 Medical worker, 1 ICT teacher. They will be chosen by the person in charge of the project, based on previous initiatives, motivation, CV and experience in handling projects. Based on the importance and relevance of their contribution before each exchange the 2 participating teachers/country/exchange will be selected from this team. RESULTS AND IMPACTSWe have assumed the publication of two IOs and 3 other intermediate products which will result from the activities performed during the exchanges. All these will be made available to larger audiences on the project website and through all the dissemination activities included in the dissemination plan.Therefore, we hope that there will be a positive, measurable impact at the level of participants (with a clear reduction of obesity rates among the target group members), of the local school communities and wider communities, at the level of the institutions involved and other related institutions, at local, regional, national and international levels.We have also initiated a sustainability plan which involves the implementation of the project results and the programme in at least 25 other schools/year in the three years following the end of the project.
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES We chose The topic of the project, Healthy Lifestyle, because we wanted to make changes in our pupils’ and their families’ lives in a good way. The main objective of the project changed a bit. We concentrated in increasing sports in everyday lives. We decided to concentrate also on development of healthy habits and healthy lifestyle. The obesity issue was left with less attention. We thought that by concentrating on healthy lifestyle and food, we could deal with obesity issue in a good, constructive way. The main topics in the project were: REQUIREMENTS FOR A HEALTHY LIFE, HEALTHY EATING HABITS, HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, DEVELOPING LONG-TERM HEALTHY EATING HABITS AND SHARING SCHOOL SPORTING ACTIVITIES AND GAMES. NUMBER AND PROFILE OF PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS Leppäveden koulu was the coordinator of the project. The participants were: 13th primary school of Trikala from Greece, Istituto Comprensivo Giovanni Paolo II from Italy, Szkola Podstawowa nr 32 im. Armii Krajowej from Poland and IMECE ILKOKULU from Turkey. Every partner school worked hard for the Project. They prepared all the materials demanded. Digital competence (Google drive) came from Poland. Greece opened the Project Blog page. Turkish and Italian team helped with artistic parts of the Project. DESCRIPTION OF UNDERTAKEN MAIN ACTIVITIES In the Project we had questionnaires in the beginning of the project and at the end. We decided to concentrate on development of healthy habits and healthy lifestyle. We prepared several materials of different topics about Healthy food security. The topics were healthy food recipes and healthy snacks. We included nutritional information and amount of sugar of each food. We also presented childrens’ games, and the importance of good friendships in order to live happy life. We also had a poster competition on healthy/unhealthy food. All the books were included in the final project book that was delivered to all partners in September 2018. We also used also videos to teach each school’s typical games at school environment. All the materials were kept in Google Drive for everyone in the project to use. RESULTS AND IMPACTS In the project pupils learned how to cook healthy food. They understood the importance of healthy food and to be more active to get fit. The results from questionnaires: Good things: • The pupils are more concious about what is healthy/unhealthy food. • Time for physical activities during the week has increased. • Pupils do it more regularly. We still have to work on: • Still many pupils eat fast food quite often. • We need to emphasize the importance of sleep. Educate more about fast food and importance of breakfast. Thanks to the project, both parents and students had a chance to improve English language, and, above all, learn about different countries, learn about different cultures and lifestyles.