LIVE NATURALLY, LIVE HEALTHY Erasmus Project

Project Title

LIVE NATURALLY, LIVE HEALTHY

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: Teaching and learning of foreign languages; Health and wellbeing; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education

Project Summary

The project “Live naturally – live healthy” aimed to reinforce the concept of citizenship by raising awareness, to safeguard cultural heritage, to develop a true feeling of partnership, of helpfulness, of respect for the differences involving all the participants in the European construction. This international project involved schools from city areas. Having a strong cultural heritage, allowed the participants to join an important educational experience. This project allowed us to share good practices and promote new technologies as the main communication vehicle. Each partner shared new technologies’ skills to exchange knowledge.
The cooperation between pupils and teachers improved new working methods and a better organization of the learning process.
The language used has been English, so the common work and exchanges have been perfect opportunities to improve linguistic skills, to use and practice the language during every day conversations.
By participating in researches, pupils had the chance to extend their knowledge widely in various themes and to work together in a different way as to the compulsory school activities. Moreover, the project has been useful for teachers so that they had the opportunity to learn
about different European cultures and languages, so now they can teach what they learned to their pupils.
The aimis to promote a culture based on healthy lifestyles to help students to appreciate best practices while safeguarding their own health.
Unhealthy lifestyles (poor diet, excessive drinking, smoking, lack of exercise) have negative repercussions not only on the health of the individuals but on their environment as well.
This project aimed at developing an educational environment that will support young people by promoting healthy lifestyles. The project focused on promotion of a healthy and appropriate diet, a less sedentary lifestyle and on raising awareness of the damages that alcohol and smoking can cause. The project also aimed to encourage students to improve their personal skills and talents, thus
increasing individuals’ self-esteem and self-confidence.
These general objectives have been achieved through the following specific objectives:
• To develop and harmonize lifestyle habits of adolescents across Europe with special focus on diet, nutrition and physical activity.
• To assess dietary and physical activity patterns as well as nutritional status among European adolescents
• To investigate knowledge and attitudes towards nutrition and physical activity among adolescents and to establish the main determinants of their food choice and preference
• To describe regional, cultural, social and gender differences and similarities across Europe
• To develop a Lifestyle Education Programme and test its efficacy for improving adolescents´ health
The project involved students of Secondary school (aged 11-14) from three different countries: Italy, Lithuania, Spain.
During the project students and staff had the opportunity to:
-improve language learning and scientific skills;
-enhance collaboration and cooperation skills within home schools and between partner schools;
-developartistic, expressive, linguistic, computer and social skills;
-increase awareness on environmental issues;
-knowledge about dietary and physical activity patterns in European adolescents;
-improve lifestyle habits of adolescents;
The main activities have been: Set-up of a project blog; Diagnostic surveys; Erasmus Corner; Research work about landscapes; Video recording of each region’s typical harvests; Artistic presentation of landscape; Slideshows about each school; Photographing all regions: geographical recognition of each area; E-Book: “Healthy food from our tradition”; Logo contest; Recipe Book; Fitness week; Set up of a Website; Conference held by students about health benefits; Food Lab; researches. questionnaires, interviews about risks factors; Healthy week.
Teachers used alternative teaching methods and encouraged investigation and the sense of exploring in their students.
Dissemination has been carried out throughout the project with the publication of articles in the local press, social media and on the school website to inform students, staff and stakeholders on project activities promoting the Erasmus+ programme.
The participants created a database available to all and provided support to involve their colleagues. In particular, through the learning objects every teacher could improve his learning process in relation to the contributions of the group.
On the project website we conveyed all the information and documentation available, with particular reference to the products manufactured in the different project phases.
Finally, Internet also allowed us to activate a direct contact with potential final beneficiaries (even more than the number of those who are directly involved in the training) and to interact with them.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 57400 Eur

Project Coordinator

Istituto Comprensivo Mazzarino & Country: IT

Project Partners

• IES Sabinar
• Siauliu “Santarves” vidurine mokykla
• Scoala Gimnaziala “Mihai Eminescu”