SHE4AHA October 2024

Gualtar Basic SchoolCarlos Amarante School Cluster

(Re)Building a Healthy School: Students as catalysts for promoting physical, emotional and social well-being

School environment and socio-affective education

Healthy and Sustainable Food and Lifestyles

OBJECTIVES

• Promoting and expanding the concept of Health, according to the WHO holistic defInition: "as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmities.

• Enhancing the acquisition of skills for action in young people in terms of healthy leisure time (HLT).

OBJECTIVES

• Promoting healthy and sustainable eating habits in the educational community.

• Promoting the acquisition of skills for young people to act as agents of health and well-being.

Themes - Priorities

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glutton's club

blood donation+

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youth action

YouthSpace

YOUTH IN ACTION YOUNG VOLUNTEERS

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ACTIVITIES

affcetion week

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HEALTHY EATING AND SUSTAINABILITY

Interculturality

goals

The Young People's Parliament ProgrammeThe Young People’s Parliament is an institutional initiative of the Assembleia da República that is carried out in cooperation with the Ministry of EducationThe Programme runs throughout the academic year including the many schools from all over the country who wish to participate and ends with a sessions at the Parliament .

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(What do we want to know?)

Were we able to promote healthy leisure activities in the school context?

Have the students been empowered and engaged to act as health promotion agents?

Were the activities carried out in general adapted to the needs and priorities identified?

Have we been able to promote Health, according to the WHO definition?

EVALUATION TOPICS

(How do we know that a change has occurred?)

Interviews and informal conversations with different members of the school community

Observation of the level of participation / motivation of the educational community

The number of activities carried out and the number of students that participated.

Student satisfaction surveys (to gather feedback from students on their overall satisfaction with the activities developed)

EVALUATION METHODS

Support from the management team – two management members are part of the project.

Motivation and support from operational assistants

Coordination with other projects, namely the Eco Schools project and Citizenship and Development, as well as different disciplines;

Support from the administration;

Student participation and involvement in activities;

Dynamic team of teachers and with members of the educational community, namely, a specialized technician in education and agents of School Health;

FACILITATING FACTORS

Over-loaded curriculum and lack of activities offered during free time at school.

Limited time for students and teachers to take part in project activities

Lack of resources and prompt responses to identified problems;

Spaces that are inadequate and limited for carrying out activities;

Difficulties in meeting with all team members due to schedule incompatibilities;

Reduced participation of parents;

INHIBITING FACTORS

(What objectives have been achieved?)

Contributions from the educational community to physical, mental, and social well-being;

Greater number of students, teachers, operational assistants, and guardians participating in health-promoting activities at School;

Greater involvement of students in processes of autonomy and active participation in school activities.

RESULTS

• Improve/Increase the level of involvement of students/teachers/operational assistants /education Managers
• Improve coordination between the various disciplines by planning activities within the scope of HPS.
• Promote the organization of health promotion activities in a holistic approach.

FUTURE PERSPECTIVES

Chinese proverb

Tell me and I will forget, Teach me and I will remember, Involve me and I will learn.

In our school, all worlds fit!

Thank you!

Goals of the programme•To promote the interest of young people in civic and political participation; •To underline the importance of their contribution in solving questions affecting their individual and collective present and future, through the dissemination of their proposals in political bodies; •To publicise the significance of parliamentary representation and the decision-making process of Parliament, in its capacity as representative body of Portuguese citizens; •To encourage the development of argumentative skills to defend ideas based on the respect for values such as tolerance and the will of the majority.

Blood Donation

Contextualization

Place the students at the center of the action, making them the protagonists and giving them autonomy to develop the central lines of the project.

Gluttons' Club

Results of surveys applied to students. Students' opinions in assemblies of class delegates Observation of students' snack options. Observation of students' food choices in the canteen. Identification of cases of eating disorders

Contextualization

Day of Intercultural Community - "In our School, all Worlds fit!" The children, parents and staff celebrated their annual Intercultural Day, which pretends to become an important fixture on the school calendar. It was a resounding success as pupils shared and enjoyed the cultures and diversity in our community. With over 35 nationalities represented, it was a marvellous example of a vibrant and modern school. We are conscious that we have children from many different backgrounds, countries and religions but to us they are all part of our happy and vibrant school family. Intercultural Day allows us the opportunity to learn more about the children’s own cultures and traditions and to welcome parents into the school. It also provides a break from the usual classroom work, allowing the children to be more creative.

Stages of the Programme The Young People’s Parliament Programme takes place in several stages throughout the academic year. These phases are similar for the Sessions for both elementary and secondary schools. The Programme runs along the following lines: •Theme Debate at school, involving as many students as possible, as well as the wider educative community. The school may invite Members of Parliament from its constituency to attend the debate. •Electoral campaign and elections in which students organise themselves in candidate lists and defend their recommendations in response to the theme of their Session. •School Session with the elected students, in order to approve the Draft Recommendation of the school and elect their representatives to the District or Regional Session. •District or Regional Session, with the presence of a Member of Parliament, to approve the decisions of each electoral constituency and elect the school members of parliament to the National Session of the Young People's Parliament. •National Session of the Young People's Parliament at the Assembleia da República. Committee meetings and the plenary sitting take place over a period of 2 days. Members of Parliament preside over the Committees and participate in a “question time” during the plenary sitting. The President of the Assembly of the Republic opens each Session.