Healthy Minds of Europe Erasmus Project

Project Title

Healthy Minds of Europe

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for Schools Only

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Health and wellbeing; Teaching and learning of foreign languages; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation

Project Summary

“Healthy Minds of Europe” is a project which involves 6 schools from European countries including The United Kingdom as the project coordinator, Italy, Cyprus, Greece, Croatia and Poland. This is a project whose main objective is to promote among the pupils of the partner schools the importance of sport, exercise and a healthy diet as well as to make them aware of all the consequences smoking and taking drugs have. All the work will be completed by accomplishing particular tasks and activities. The project will involve pupils of all the educational levels, both boys and girls, pupils with special needs, teachers, school staff, parents and local community. The theories applied in this program are Situated cognition and Distributed cognition. That being supported by technology, creates more authentic learning environments. Also the use of innovative communication technology, which has become an integral part of our lives, is of vital importance. It will definitely encourage young learners to get involved in the project and enable them easier access to all the project’s materials, resources and necessary information. Besides, the project’s coordinators as well as the pupils will be able to communicate by means of the e-platform.The main purpose of our project is promoting a healthy lifestyle in various aspects and areas of life by means of innovative technology such as the e-platform which is one of the main sources of communication between the partner schools and the project’s materials. As we have experience relevant to the work, we will be able to successfully achieve the project’s objectives with the benefit not only for our school but also for the local society and the region. Health promotion is currently a top priority, therefore, international cooperation opens up new horizons and gives new perspectives on challenges of the contemporary world. This way, we wish to present to our pupils, their parents and local community the importance of healthy diet and physical activity as well as the benefits of such attitudes. The benefits resulting from the attitudes and the habits shaped in the course of the project implementation may bear fruit in the participants’ future. The targets of our project also include creating and promoting healthy school environment; promoting healthy eating habits; caring for pupils’ well-being, developing and boosting their self-esteem and developing their social skills; supporting pupils with special needs (both physical and educational); making the pupils aware of danger of smoking and taking drugs.A series of activities to achieve the established objectives has been planned. One of them is creating The European Cook Book including recipes for traditional meals based on healthy food. Another task is a new sports game for all the pupils of the partner schools. Besides, we will organize a European Festival and make Healthy School Posters which will be use as teaching materials in all the partner schools and in each school pupils and teachers will start a yard where they will grow fresh vegetables and herbs. The products will be used in school kitchens and served with the meals.We wish all the final products of the project tasks to become a useful source of pedagogical and educational knowledge for other teachers and pupils. The final result of the project is greater awareness of pupils, teachers, parents and local community how important the role of school in health promotion is. It is worth highlighting that this is the role of all the European schools. We also hope that the project will make both the pupils and the teachers change their lifestyle for better.As long-term benefits from the project we wish the tasks and activities to be strictly integrated with the schools’ work plans and to be continued when the project is completed. The tasks and activities will also become an integral part of school subjects as some elements and outcomes of the activities will be included in the subjects’ performance plans. The final products and results of particular tasks will be used as teaching aids during obligatory and extra classes in all the partner schools in order to sustain developed healthy habits and attitudes.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 120920 Eur

Project Coordinator

Cardinal Hume Catholic School & Country: UK

Project Partners

• Strojarska tehnicka skola Osijek
• A DIMOTIKO SXOLIO LAKATAMIAS K.A
• 2o DIMOTIKO SXOLEIO DRAPETSONAS
• Szkola Podstawowa nr 5 im.Mieszka I
• I.C. di Corniglio