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Fit4Thought

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2020-1-PL01-KA229-082099
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | School Exchange Partnerships Funder Contribution: 197,981 EUR

Fit4Thought

Description

The project Fit4Thought focuses on the exchange of good practice in teaching and learning in order improve key competences such as multilingual, digital and learning competences. Within the project we would like to emphasise the relation between effective learning and mental and physical health.The project concentrates on four issues:innovative ways of teaching and learning, mental health, physical health as well as stress management and burnout prevention.Firstly, we want to encourage young people to invest time in learning effectively, teach them how to present their arguments in discussions and improve the language skills of young people and teachers. In addition, the purpose of the project is to skilfully use the Internet and ICT tools in formal and non-formal education.We also want to emphasize the possibilities of shaping the professional future and working in the European Union. Students will improve their skills and motivation by participating in innovative classes from Science and Humanities and career counselling sessions. A part of this project will be devoted to methods and tools used while working with people with learning disabilities (dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia). Secondly, we will concentrate on working with people with diagnosed depression and on boosting low self-esteem. We will organise workshops dealing with the issues of team support as well as encouraging the values of friendship and reliance. During the projects are going to work on enhancing student-parent-teacher communication through organising workshops and conferences. In order to enhance the school production and rise the students’ self-esteem we are going to we will fight against bullying and cyberbullying through meetings and workshops organised in partner schools as well as we are going to celebrate the Safe Internet Day to raise awareness of the safety issues among students, teachers and parents as well as to celebrate the World Mental Health Day in order to underline the importance of mental health issues at school.The third issue of the project is the physical health of students and teachers. We are going to encourage students and teachers to do sport activities through organising workshops and sport meetings. We will present a new approach to teaching Physical Education in order to prevent skipping of PE classes. It will focus on traditional sports and pastimes as well as traditional food across Europe. Moreover, the project is going to be focused on healthy and balanced diet and their influence on students' and teachers’ production at school.Attention will be drawn also to prevention of eating disorders. Furthermore, we are going to raise awareness of modern-age diseases and their prevention. Last but not least, the fourth issue covered by the project will be stress management and burnout prevention. During the project we will work on building teachers’ working plan effectively. We will concentrate on Teacher Job Stress prevention.The project will direcly involve 107 students but it can reach approximately 5000 students in all six educational communities.The methodologies used will mainly include a constant sharing of strategies among all partners, using digital platforms, definition of work plans, analysis and evaluation of results and constant exchange of ideas and methodologies, always between students and teachers.Our project will result in producing three e-books: a publication containing six lesson plans of Physical Education classes, an e-book containing six articles on how to work with dyslexic students as well as an e- publication containing 6 lesson plans with the use of ICT and useful activities to be used in formal and non-formal education. Moreover, students will prepare films about their hobbies and pastimes and presentations of typical dishes of their regions as well as a set of recipes for healthy school snacks.The partners will organise an interdisciplinary conference on physical and mental health issues at school. Students, teachers and parents will take part in workshops and conferences devoted to innovative ways of teaching and learning as well as physical and mental health in the school context. Furthermore, the results of the mobilities will include the improvemement of key competences of participants and the cooperation with local and foreign institutions. The project will have an impact primarily on the school communites engaged, therefore students, their parents and teachers will benefit from the activities. It will have an impact on other schools on regional, national and international level through dissemination and training conferences organised by the project schools as well as other educational and governmental institutions. The long-term benefits will be the use on latest methods and techinques in formal and non-formal education through the publications disseminated. The health programmes introduced in schools will promote healthy living and efficient learning and teaching.

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