Fit ´n´ Green Erasmus Project

Project Title

Fit ´n´ Green

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; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Social dialogue

Project Summary

The Fit ‘n’ Green project teaches students the importance of exercise and healthy eating. The students will mainly do this by hiking and other outdoor activities.
Since, according to the WHO, the number of overweight children is increasing worldwide, not only sufficient exercise (Fit) but also a healthy diet (Green) is necessary. This is the second focus of this project. In a first step the students will evaluate their eating habits, calorie consumption and physical activities per day/week. In the second step they will report on the basic principles of a healthy diet and explain the connections between this, physical activity and the resulting body reactions.
In cooking workshops the students learn to prepare healthy, seasonal and regional dishes and are also confronted with the current and important topic of sustainability.
Through interaction in transnational groups social competence (communication, openness, team orientation) is developed and in the area of personal development skills such as commitment, self-confidence and willingness to learn are demanded and promoted. Due to the use of the project language english the knowledge of foreign languages is promoted and deepened. In the workshops on health-conscious nutrition the students learn what, why and how to prepare and develop a stronger self-esteem and curiosity to taste the dish through their own involvement in the cooking process.
Through the hikes the students find out a possibility to physically exercise in nature in order to improve their fitness, among other things. At the same time they explore their own as well as foreign surroundings and widen their cultural horizons. In cooperation with external sports providers, but also through the conception of training and relaxation units by the students themselves, the participants enrich their individual sports repertoire and can choose from a variety of exercise offers, which should motivate them to engage in lifelong sports activities beyond the project.

This project aims to present and experience measures for a fundamental change in lifestyles with regard to exercise and nutrition. Since everyday habits such as diet and exercise are stable personality traits and can only be changed with difficulty later on, prevention is the best solution for a healthy future (Susanne Bappert/Dr. Claudia Osterkamp-Baerens, “Fit und gesund durch Bewegung und richtige Ernährung” ).

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 73610 Eur

Project Coordinator

Krupp-Gymnasium Europaschule & Country: DE

Project Partners

• Srednja skola Svetozar Miletic
• Obchodná akadémia