Three times health is happiness

Topic(s) addressed

This project focused on developing empathy through kindness and respect, thus avoiding bullying. It also examined social activities related to recycling, volunteering and improving self-esteem through physical health.

Target group(s)

The project focused on 100 teenagers.

Methodologies

More than 10 academic disciplines were involved in this project working in a collaborative, interdisciplinary manner focusing on social, communicative, and digital competencies. Learning occurred by engaging in organised activities in classroom settings with community groups and interacting with friends and families. Everyone played an active role by deciding the content to be included in the app. By collaborating with the ICT companies that developed the tool, students experienced a real-life situation in the business world. 

Innovation environment

Students met with local charities, clubs, and health and social services. With this experience, they assessed ways to solve bullying, as well as recycling plans, healthy meals, and competitions, thus turning the school into an innovative environment that had an impact on the rest of the students. By addressing all these topics and fulfilling these tasks, awareness was raised about wellbeing and improving the whole school climate. Students used digital devices to communicate and to learn to design, customise, and build an app using the internet in a critical and responsible manner.

Teachers’ role

Teachers benefited by educating on students’ wellbeing. This awareness helps teachers identify the problems students can face and tackle difficult situations in the classrooms. By working alongside students and fellow teachers from other countries and other disciplines, teachers’ competencies are also improved, especially in communication, social, and digital skills. They specifically attended ICT workshops. By cooperating and staying in other countries, teachers benefitted from their peers’ experience, sharing innovative ideas and promoting the feeling of belonging to the European community.

Impact and output

During the Covid-19 pandemic, teachers shared their experiences in each country and gave each other comfort and online support. The project involved participants from disadvantaged backgrounds. Students with economic, social problems, and cultural differences were identified with the help of the school social worker. The project results impacted on students and the community through the app, newspaper reports, websites, exhibitions, surveys, parents’ meetings, competitions, presentations, and eTwinning.

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