Happier YOUth in a Healthier EU Erasmus Project

Project Title

Happier YOUth in a Healthier EU

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 : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Health and wellbeing; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

A student’s health and wellbeing is dynamic and changeable. Schools and parents inform about healthy life choices and deepen understanding of what constitutes good health choices. Schools present learning opportunities that build upon family/cultural experiences and allow for critical analysis of media, advertising and peer conformity. Schools have a responsibility to teach, model, build behaviour practices and implement curriculum requirements that support a learning environment where the connection of learning about health and wellbeing is supported by balance of actions across a whole school approach. For these reasons, we, 6 schools from Europe, have come together do draw attention to the importance of mental and physical health at school. Before starting the project, we implemented surveys about the needs of the students at schools and have seen which factors affect students’ health and well-being the most. We have exchanged ideas through e-mail and online chat groups. After the survey results and exchange of ideas, we have decided to work on these six sub-topics:

C1: Eat Healthy, Be Wealthy (Germany)
C2: Be Kind To Your Mind! (France)
C3: Be Smart, Don’t Start (Norway)
C4: Life On, Internet Off (Netherlands)
C5: Move Your Life (Spain)
C6: Together in a Good Spirit (Turkey)

There will be six participants (4 students, 2 teachers) from each school for each mobility and at the end of the project 500 participants will directly benefit from the activities, while 1500 more people will benefit from the activities indirectly. At least 20 students with fewer opportunities will also benefit from the activities.

The main objective of the project is to develop students’ and teachers’ skills, competences, to raise students’, teachers’ and parents’ awareness of the importance of physical and mental health, to make schools more student-friendly places, to teach students how to look after their physical and mental health, to teach teachers how to recognise and help their students’ problems, to change the educational methods and materials used by teachers.

Our project is also linked with The EU Youth Strategy that aims to support the health and well-being of young people with a focus on:
● Promoting mental and sexual health, sport, physical activity and healthy lifestyles
● Preventing and treating injury, eating disorders, addictions and substance abuse;
● Education on nutrition
● Promoting cooperation between schools, youth workers, health professionals and sport organisations
● Making health facilities more accessible and attractive for young people;
● Raising awareness of how sport can promote teamwork, intercultural learning and responsibility

Etwinning, School Education Gateway and the Erasmus plus Project results platform have had an important role in the very first steps of this project and will continue to have in the future during the project and after it. These platforms have been important for us to get in touch with each other, to know more about one another and to see our partners’ good practices. Moreover, they will be crucial during and after the project.

Monitoring and evaluation will be a continuous process going on throughout the project and will be carried out both on a formal and informal level and in the form of self and peer assessment. Evaluation will involve all project actors: National agencies, school principals, coordinators from each school, students, teachers, school staff, headteachers and parents.

Dissemination of the project:
– At the local and regional level the project will be disseminated through the media: radio and newspapers with publications in local and regional newspapers and radio broadcasts.
– At regional level it will be disseminated through meetings with Educational Authorities, Provincial Directorate, Universities of each country, Cultural Associations, Social Centers.
– At European level it will be disseminated through the e-Twinning portal with the publication of the project and the Schooleducationgate portal.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 187560 Eur

Project Coordinator

Werner-von-Siemens-Gymnasium & Country: DE

Project Partners

• SULTANGAZI CUMHURIYET ANADOLU LISESI
• Cartesius Lyceum, Onderwijsstichting Esprit
• Ecole Ozanam
• EDUCESA SL
• Tertnes videregående skole