Bien dans ma peau, bien dans ma tête, bien dans mon avenir Erasmus Project

Project Title

Bien dans ma peau, bien dans ma tête, bien dans mon avenir

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 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Enterprise, industry and SMEs (incl. entrepreneurship); Early School Leaving / combating failure in education

Project Summary

The objective of this project called ‘A healthy perspective on myself, my mental health, and my future’ was to tackle issues that had been red flagged in our various schools (Realschule+ Neustadt (D), St Marys college (Irl), IES Gran Tarajal (E), collège Charles de Gaulle (F) and Scoala Gimnaziala « Alexandru cel Bun » (Ro): obesity, dropping out of school, lack of self-esteem, feeling rejected.
The first year was devoted to getting a better understanding of unhealthy eating habits, a scourge among youngsters.
We looked at the following issues:
– How to eat a healthy and balanced diet. Workshop discussions raised awareness of sugar overconsumption, the ingredients of ready meals and portion control.
– Gaining awareness of how advertisements tempt the consumer by making junk food seem trendy and easy to eat. Also we looked at how to decipher food labels.
These discussions were led in combination with a program of varied physical and sport activities such as brisk walking, rock climbing, playing outdoors, body balance, stretching, Pilates.
We also looked at the crucial issue of self-esteem by inviting image specialists who gave talks about clothing, body image, hygiene, speaking in public for a job interview.
The second part of the project ‘Gaining a healthy perspective on my future’ hinged around the creation of a start-up. The French school had some experience in this area and initiated the development of this project in association with the organisation ‘Entreprendre pour Apprendre’ (‘Learning through working’). The aim was to introduce the young pupils to the workplace through the development of a product that they came up with together: a stick soap (“defrisoap”). The development of the product followed the steps of an actual project development in a company (market research, advertisement, and sales) and the regulations binding a company.
Digital communication became a necessity to help a project that involved participants from different countries speaking several languages. The students were rigorously trained to use information and communication technology (TIC in French) and EXCEL for their ECDL diploma. Their outstanding effort and commitment were rewarded by the Prize for Innovation at the Mini Start-Up Championship in the European Parliament in Strasburg.
The objective of all these projects was to promote the European ideal, international collaboration and multiculturalism, with a special focus on languages and communication. Each school involved in the project raised awareness for it through local newspapers and online updates. One of the challenges of the projects was to connect each school with the workplace by establishing links with workplace experts. New ideas were developed to facilitate the continuation of the project with or without partners.
This outstanding result was achieved thanks to a strong team spirit among the students and the supervisors. Through their experience, the students learned valuable skills about themselves, they discovered what the workplace looks like and they broadened their horizons by travelling in Europe with confidence.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 178407,89 Eur

Project Coordinator

Collège Charles de Gaulle & Country: FR

Project Partners

• Realschule Plus Neustadt
• Scoala Gimnaziala “Alexandru cel Bun”
• IES Gran Tarajal
• St. Mary’s College