YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES IN EUROPEAN SCHOOLS

Project summary

Our century has been called the “Century of Knowledge”. Therefore, schools and individuals assume that social issues on education at schools such as lack of literacy and numeracy, school drop-outs and truancy, violence and bullying in schools, religious intolerance, immigration, political and religious extremism, discrimination of all sorts, gender issues, work and occupations, racism, alcohol and drugs can no longer be neglected for future generations. The project uses "Four Pillars of Education" framework that integrates efforts to reduce schools drop outs, make school environment healthier and get the whole community thinking about solutions to the problems we face.YOGIES is an Erasmus+, Strategic School Partnerships project for the high school students between 15- 19 from the UK, Turkey, Czech Republic, Lithuania and Italy.YOGIES is a European project designed to encourage school actions to support young people's social and personal development as well as reducing the school drop-outs. The project offers a well defined controllable way for partner schools to take social issues from the curriculum and apply them to running of the school. This process helps students recognize the importance of social issues and take them more seriously in their personal and domestic lives. They work together in a multicultural environment and perform activities in mutual understanding by meeting at a common ground. In these activities, participants improve entrepreneurship and self-confidence. Then participants start to say "I can also do". This case makes them more aware on early school leaving which is the main goal of our project.During YOGIES, participants will prepare workshops on the topics; * Doping awareness, violence and racism in sport, slogan, sports friendship and brotherhood, alcohol and drugs, * Young people’s labor market, entrepreneurship,* Gender issues, racism and discrimination of all sorts, political and religious extremism,* Early school leavings, violence and bullying in schools, the lack of literacy and numeracy,* Intercultural Learning,* European Citizenship.They will compete in different sport activities like Model Youth Olympic Games in European Schools. They will also create and carry out surveys on ;* The reasons of early school leaving* Motivation and approach to studies through generations * Sports and Healthy Lifestyle in partner countries* What we are proud of in our countries* Human rights, and multilingualism* Cultural knowledge / EU citizenship in partner countriesThe participants will join the seminers by experts on project topics, prepare powerpoint presentations on different tasks as well as newsletters about activities, the eTwinning project among partner schools, evaluation forms, DVDs.All these works will be published on project website and will be accessible for public.The project aims to improve;• To increase awareness of school sports* To reduce the school drop-outs• To acquire a common cultural strategy leading to acceptance and reflection on European identity• To develop the European dimension in sport with the EU work plan for sport* To motive the students on entrepreneurships• The promotion of European values in accordance with Article 2 of the Treaty on the European Union,• Collaborative Partnerships, aimed at promoting the integrity of sport such as anti-doping, protection of minors, violence, racism, slogan, sports friendships and brotherhood• EU strategies in the area of social inclusion and equal opportunities• To encourage the participations in sport and physical activity, volunteering, employment in sport as well as education and training in sport• To create links with partner schools• To involve and gain the local community• To grant the schools in charge of the preparation, organisation and follow-up to a given event. The activities involved include the organisation of training activities for the participants in the run-up to the event, opening and closing ceremonies, competitions, seminars as well as the implementation of legacy activities, such as evaluations or follow-up activities. Because we all know that schools have the potential to make positive, tangible environmental change in the world while teaching students to be stewards of their communities, the earth and its resources.Project aims at raising pupils' awareness about European Citizenship, by developing their competences and skills and by broadening their knowledge of EU's history, institutions and aims.The project gives a tremendous opportunity to teach students about sportive health and nutrition, ecological sustainability, meet ICT, sportive and social study standards, integrate sports education into curricula, and support students to become leaders in making their own school a friendly place.