Bike2school Erasmus Project

Project Title

Bike2school

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 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Environment and climate change; Transport and mobility; Health and wellbeing

Project Summary

Levels of walking and biking to school are decreasing in many European countries. The main reason of decreasing the levels of biking to school is that more and more children are transported to their school by their parents’ cars or the school buses. These modes of transport to school have some negative effects such as lack of physical activity, obesity, air pollution, lack of confidence and independent skills and expensive modes of transport.
Such negative effects are also common to 6 partner schools in this project. We know that it is a global challenge that needs local solutions. Therefore, we came together and designed our project: Bike2school. The internationality of this project will allow the exchange of best practices and new ideas among partner countries to promote Bike-friendly schools for healthier, educated and more environment-friendly generations across Europe.
5 countries and 6 schools will be involved in this project (Turkey, UK, Denmark, Hungary and Croatia) with approximately 700 students aged between 10-12 and about 50 teachers and educators. The other participants of this project will be cycling instructors, parents, educators and leaders, local authorities with different experience, knowledge and beliefs, but common educational ideals.
For this project our OBJECTIVES:
-To inculcate school community with the benefits of Bike2school regarding health, environment, self-development and economy
-To obtain theoretical and practical skills for pupils and teachers to carry out Safe Biking Program in their schools
-To equip pupils with theoretical and practical Traffic Rules and Safe Biking skills
-To give responsibility to school community in Environment-friendly activities to raise awareness on the Environment Issues and Global Warming
-To develop pupils’ physical power, self-confidence, responsibility, independence, problem-solving, communicative and competitive skills
-To encourage pupils to work and produce together with their schoolmates and with other partner countries’ students using ICT, foreign language, communication and teamwork skills
-To enrich teachers’ mutual exchange with partner schools’ teachers to gain new ideas and insights in order to promote Bike2school across Europe.
To achieve these objectives, we will organize 3 short term staff training and 2 short term exchange of pupils’ mobility
Throughout short-term staff training, we will gain new insights, exchange best practices to obtain theoretical and practical competence to carry out Safe Biking programs and develop skills of international communication, English and ICT. We will also design the long term plan for sustainable Bike2school programs.
During short term pupils’ exchange, our pupils will experience working and enjoying in multicultural social settings with their international friends. Participating in activities like ice-breaking, repair bike, Bike rodeo, biking crafts with recycled materials, cleaning up activity will help them feel as part of European union, be open-minded and give up prejudice, become more tolerant among nations.
We plan to have regular assessment procedures to ensure that the project objectives and results are achieved:
1) MOBILITY HABITS SURVEY
2) PRE/POST TEST
3) FEEDBACK GATHERED AT WORKSHOP/PARENTS MEETING
4) EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE at the end of training & exchanges
5) COMMENTS of the visitors and followers on social media (Facebook&Instagram)
6) OUTPUTS/PRODUCTS such as like Safe Biking Handbook, Bike Policy Agreement, 2 Newsletters, Project website, 2 short-length films, Etwinning Project, Safety Memory Game, 2021 Calendar, Logo, Mascot, Bicycle parking, (Bicycle Storage), Cycling Road signs, Local Map, Safe Routes, Recycled Rubbish bin for Bikers, Bicycle Drawings on school garden walls and/or rubbish bins, Strategic Long term Plan for Biking2school Program will be valuable tools for our formative and summative evaluation.
7) MONTHLY DIARY of STUDENTS BIKING2SCHOOL
8) PERFORMANCE in SPECIAL EVENTS and INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY

The EXPECTED RESULTS of our Project:
The physical activity of pupils will increase via Biking. School community will be more conscious about Benefits of Biking regarding Health, Self-development, Economy and Environment. Skills and Knowledge of school community will enhance about Traffic Rules, Road Signs, Bicycles and Safe Biking. There will be increase in the public opinion about Environment Issues and Global warming. Pupils will become more independent, self-confident, responsible, creative, communicative, problem solver, powerful. Pupils will develop their ICT, foreign language, international friendship skills and knowledge about other cultures. School and local community will feel themselves as part of the European Community. Teaching staff will be more qualified in ICT, English and communication skills by working online platforms and attending mobility. Partner schools will motivate other schools to join international projects in their local areas.

Project Website

https://twinspace.etwinning.net/78085/home

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 0 Eur

Project Coordinator

Glengormley Controlled Integrated Primary School & Country: UK

Project Partners

• Osnovna skola Hugo Badalic
• Ejerslykkeskolen
• Ban Zsigmond Presbyterian Primary School
• Ozel Bilce Kemer Koleji Ortaokulu
• Osman Ali Cingoz Ortaokulu