Healthy Food, Happy Life Erasmus Project

Project Title

Healthy Food, Happy Life

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: Creativity and culture; Environment and climate change; Social/environmental responsibility of educational institutions

Project Summary

The current project “Healthy Food, Happy Life” aims to encourage pupils* to work together on the basis of their common European heritage. The interdisciplinary project of the subjects (biology, geography, sports, social studies), some of which are taught bilingually, is the development of a lifestyle and nutrition blog. The aim is a multifaceted, multicultural, scientific and creative examination of the topic of healthy nutrition and sustainable action at regional and European level. The participating pupils* are in the 9th and 10th grade.
In preparation, the participants receive impulses through various workshops, which are planned and carried out by the teachers of the participating countries. The German school is organising a workshop on the topic of “regional dining traditions”, in which various traditional dishes are prepared and presented in the context of social media. The school from Poland will conduct a workshop on the topic “healthydiets”. In its workshop “sustainablefoods”, our Czech partner school focuses on sustainability and resource-saving handling of food – in production, transport, sales and disposal. The workshop “food trends online” is conducted by the partner school from Estonia and deals with current food trends and myths.

At the beginning of the project the pupils* in multinational teams first develop a project plan (topic, material, time management and model). Teachers and regional partners provide professional support in implementing the ideas. Before the first meeting, the participants of all participating schools, together with teachers, parents, pupils’ council and coordinators from the respective regions, collect ideas, pictures, etc., which they then use for the development and design of the blog. During the planned international exchange weeks, the pupils will work in international groups to develop individual contributions for the blog that will be created in the course of the project.

In the first year of the project, the focus will be on the sustainable use of food and the media presentation of nutrition and health. As an introduction to the topic, the participants (age 14-16 years) from four different European countries will jointly examine various locally availabe foods for their sustainability, both in terms of their production, packaging and transport. The pupils will design a sustainability sample for food and apply it to their traditional dishes. Practical tips on how to use prepared food in school and everyday life in a resource-saving manner round off this topic area. The focus in this project year will be on current health trends in the media. This includes a critical examination of popular nutrition myths and special diets. Possible products would be nutrition tutorials as well as Dos and Don’ts for a health-promoting change in diet in the form of blog entries. The result of the first project year is the creation of a lifestyle and nutrition blog. The contributions and videos can serve as a stimulus for a permanently healthy lifestyle for participating pupils, teachers, parents, partners and interested people.

In the second project year, the focus is on the nutrition and food culture of the partner countries. The participants will jointly develop a digital recipe collection and a nutrition guide. Traditional dishes of the four partner countries are presented in the blog with video instructions and cultural background information. The visual design of the blog may resemble a culinary journey through the regions of the participating European countries, which are represented in the project. Furthermore, basics for healthy nutrition will be developed. Subsequently, relevant information as well as practical tips (according to the traffic light principle, prep meals, relaxation exercises, consequences from nutrition diaries) can be developed for everyday school life and digitally prepared for the blog. The result of the second project year is the continuation of the lifestyle and nutrition blog with a digital recipe collection and a nutrition guide. This will create a platform accessible to all participants with various topics on healthy nutrition and food culture.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 116022 Eur

Project Coordinator

ecolea Internationale Schule Rostock & Country: DE

Project Partners

• Tallinna Humanitaargümnaasium
• Lékařské a přírodovědné gymnázium PRIGO, s.r.o.
• Szkoła Podstawowa nr 5 z Oddziałami Integracyjnymi im. Jana Pawła II