• Main objective of our project is exchange of good practices. Motivation of our project “We are looking for future Olympic Stars” are the individual needs of our schools. These are e.g.: - increasing the number of sport classes in school; - extend the age of active pupils' sports; - reduce incidence of nutrition diseases such as obesity and diabetes; - motivate pupils to participate in out-of-school sports; - to highlight the importance of sport; - to have a professional comparison with partners in other countries; - cooperate with the pupils from abroad at the international level, and motivate them to get better results. Common penetration of the needs of our schools is located in our acronym: “athletic bridges” and we want: Through chosen athletic disciplines, which represent natural movements of a man, to bring pupils to regular sports, desire to improve and lead a healthy lifestyle. Coordinator is Slovakia. Partner countries are Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia and Italy. The goals of our project emerged from the needs of individual schools. • Our primary objective is to motivate pupils to take part in regular sport activities and in an effort to improve. The secondary objectives are: a) We want to get to know the didactics and methodics of athletics teaching in partner countries. b) We want to improve our athletic terminology in the English language, which is the official language of the IAAF. c) We want to get known and to learn to respect multicultural differences, specifics of partner countries in the fields of sport, gastronomy, culture, history, religion and race. d) we want to develop an interest in the healthy lifestyle of the pupils, to try to develop a symbiosis of body and spirit development –Kalos kagathos , and a sense of a fair play. According to the objectives of our project we want to support individuals in acquiring and developing basic skills and competences and it is addressed to three topics. 1.Pedagogy and didactics: getting to know didactics and methodology of athletic education in partner countries and this way to develop the relevant and high- quality skills and competences. 2.Teaching and learning of foreign languages: improving on athletic terminology as well as face-to-face daily communication in English. 3.Health and wellbeing: developing heathy lifestyle. • Number and profile of participants: - 3364 pupils aged 11-14 using the project results; - 500 pupils participating in Virtual Competition; - 250 pupils involved in project outputs; - 184 of mobilities organized; - 50 teachers involved in project activities; - 15 persons of school leadership involved in project activities; - 5 primary schools involved in project activities; - 5 Sports Clubs; - 5 Town Halls. • Description of activities: - 5 short terms exchanges of groups of pupils (learning, teaching and training activities); - 41 project management meetings, dissemination activities and other local activities and events in each school; • Methodics to be used: Sport: e.g. - optimal running and walking techniques; - development of endurance and special pace; - Sprints: Methodics of starting training, correct running technique at maximum speed; - Jumps: Methodics of star, reflection, flight phase, landing training; Health: e.g. - lectures on healthy eating habits; - preparing healthy meals; - lectures on healthy lifestyle; - examples of ambassadors. • Main tangible results: - practical tool Video – Methodical film - Innovativeness:Terminological Dictionary of specific athletic vocabulary in English with translations to all five languages; - Added value of the project is training led by sport ambassadors; - eTwinning Platform – participating in Virtual Mobilities via the Virtual Competition; - presentations from lectures on healthy eating habits and healthy lifestyle; - promotional materials on participation in Erasmus+ Project, with its description; - increased sport skills and achievements in Virtual Competition. • Main intangible results: - knowledge and experience gained by all participants; - improved cultural awareness; - better language skills in sport terminology and everyday communication in English. • Impact envisaged: - exchanging of good practices in teaching didactics and methodics of athletics teaching in participant countries; - supporting individuals in acquiring and developing basic skills and key competences in regular doing of sports, an effort to improve and healthy lifestyle; - using athletic terminology in the English language; • Potential longer term benefits: - acquired competences of the participants; - positive reputational effects for the participating organisations; - continuing in the Virtual Competition; - open licence for Methodical film and Terminological Dictionary.
The main goal of our project was the exchange of good practices. The motivation of our project "We are looking for future Olympic stars" was the individual needs of our schools. They were, for example: - increasing the number of sports classes in the school; - extension of the period of active sports for pupils; - reducing the incidence of diseases such as obesity and diabetes; - to motivate students for extracurricular sports activities; - emphasize the importance of sport; - have a professional comparison with partners in other countries; - to cooperate with students from abroad at the international level and motivate them to achieve better results. The common intersection of the needs of our schools was in acronym: "athletic bridges" and we wanted to: Through selected athletic disciplines that represent natural human movements, lead students to regular sports, a desire to improve and lead a healthy lifestyle. Slovakia was the coordinator. The partner countries were Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia and Italy. The goals of our project resulted from the needs of individual schools. • Our primary goal was to motivate students to engage in regular sports activities and desire to improve. Secondary objectives were: a) we wanted to get to know the didactics and methods of teaching athletics in partner countries; b) we wanted to improve the use of athletic terminology in the English language, which is the official language of the IAAF; c) We wanted to get to know and learn to respect multicultural differences, the specifics of partner countries in the field of sports, gastronomy, culture, history, religion and race; d) we wanted to develop students' interest in a healthy lifestyle, try to achieve a symbiosis of body and spirit development - Kalos kagathos and a sense of fair play. According to the goals of our project, we wanted to support individuals in acquiring and developing basic skills and competencies. We focused on three areas. 1. Pedagogy and didactics: getting to know the methodology and didactics of the training of selected athletic disciplines in partner countries and the development of relevant and high-quality skills and competences. 2. Teaching and learning foreign languages: improving athletic terminology as well as daily personal communication in English. 3. Health and well-being: development of a healthy lifestyle. • Number and profile of participants: - 3364 pupils aged 11-14 using the results of the project; - 500 students involved in the virtual competition; - 250 students involved in project outputs; - 283 organized mobilities; - 50 teachers involved in project activities; - 15 persons from the school management involved in project activities; - 5 elementary schools involved in project activities; - 5 sports clubs; - 1 town hall. • Description of activities: we implemented: - 4 short-term exchanges of groups of pupils (educational, teaching and training activities); - 1 virtual short-term exchange of groups of pupils (educational, teaching and training activities); - 41 project management meetings, dissemination activities and other local activities and events in each school; • Individual countries presented their training methodology in: - walking, long distance running -Bulgaria - sprints, jumps – Croatia - throws, shot puts - Italy - supplementary sports – Romania - organization of the sports Mini Olympics - Slovakia The methods we used to promote a healthy lifestyle: - lectures and films about healthy eating habits; - preparing and tasting healthy meals; - lectures on healthy lifestyle; - examples of ambassadors - former representatives of their countries. • The main tangible results were: - practical aid Video – Methodical film – training methodology of selected athletic disciplines; - Innovation: Terminological dictionary of sports vocabulary in English with translations into five languages of the participating countries; - The added value of the project was training conducted by sports ambassadors, former representatives of their countries; - eTwinning platform – pupils took part in 3 Virtual mobilities - Virtual competitions; - presentation of lectures on healthy eating habits and healthy lifestyle; - promotional materials about participation in the Erasmus+ project with its description; - improvement of pupils' performances, which resulted from the comparison of input and output measurements in the Virtual Competition. • The main intangible results were: - knowledge and experience gained by all participants; - improvement of cultural awareness; - better language skills in the field of sports terminology and everyday communication in English. • Realized impact: - we exchanged good practices of individual athletic disciplines in the participating countries; - we supported individuals in acquiring and developing basic skills and key competencies in regular sports, in an effort to improve and lead a healthy lifestyle; - we used athletic terminology in the English language. • Potential long-term benefits: - acquired competencies of the participants; - positive impact on the reputation of participants. - continuing in the Virtual Competition; - open licence for Methodical film and Terminological Dictionary.