HEALTH EDUCATION AND
STUDENTS’ WELL-BEING
Table of Contents Health education and well-being at R.E.L.L.E. schools England - Marsh Hill Primary School Finland – Oriveden Keskuskoulu Italy - Scuola Statale 5° Circolo Didattico “G. Verdi” Poland - Szkoła Podstawowa nr 6 im. Janusza Korczaka Portugal - Agrupamento de Escolas de Campo Maior Scotland - St Peter's RC Primary School and Nursery Turkey - Aksaray Emlak Kredi İlgkögretim Okulu Questionnaire results Impact questionnaire November 2009 General questionnaire November 2009 Eating habits February 2010
At Marsh Hill Primary School we aim to:
Raise pupils self esteem, self-confidence and self worth. Give pupils information about what helps and hinders their health Enable pupils to make informed decisions about their health Help pupils explore their attitudes and values that influence their decisions about their lifestyles Teach personal and social skills needed to deal with health risks. Create an environment which promotes the health and well-being of pupils and staff at all times Deliver Health Education within the curriculum in a way that is meaningful and which complies with statutory requirements. Ensure that all aspects of school life promote positive health messages Encourage the active involvement of parents, community, and health service agencies to advise, support and contribute to the promotion of good health. Deliver health education as a cross curricular issue and take every opportunity to address the issue as an integral part of teaching
There are a number of dimensions to Health Education which will be taught through the following: Drugs education Sex and relationships Education. Science (particular reference to nutrition and healthy diet may be found in our Food in School Policy) PSHE and Citizenship (incorporating SEAL) Religious Education Physical Education Healthy Eating The children who bring a packed lunch to school are rewarded if their lunch is healthy and balanced. Each day they receive a token which the children save. When they have achieved 15 tokens they are entitled to a laminated healthy eaters pass. At the end of each half term the class that has collected the most passes receives a fruit bowl as a reward. The children who have a school lunch are rewarded if they eat all of their school lunch especially the fruit, vegetables or salad. Similarly they are given tokens and 15 tokens is swopped for a healthy eaters pass. These passes form part of the class reward at the end of the half term.
Walking To School We take part in a scheme called, ‘Walk To School Once A Week,’ (or WOW for short). This is to encourage the children to walk to school at least once a week. This has to be at least a five minute walk and for children who live too far away they park and walk the last five minutes of the journey. The number of children who walk each day is recorded on a chart. At the end of each month the children who have walked to school at least one day each week for the whole month then receive a badge. There are 11 different badges to collect. Health Week For one week each year the children of Marsh Hill take part in a Health Week. During this week the focus of all lessons is developing a Healthy Lifestyle. We try to invite as many visitors as possible into school including the school nurse and dentists. There are also workshops for parents to give advice on Healthy Eating. Gardening Project This year we have launched our Gardening Project to encourage children to eat more fruit and vegetables by growing them themselves. Every class has been given fruit and vegetable seeds to plant and take care for. These plants will then be planted outside into our garden area. The produce will be used for cooking and tasting by the children. The plants will then be sold at the summer fair to raise funds for next year’s project.
FINNISH SCHOOL SUPPORTING SUDENTS’ HEALTH AND WELL-BEING Exercise and PE Lessons generally last 45 minutes, after which there is a 15 minutes break. During the breaks the pupils have to go out to the schoolyard, where there are facilities for physical activity and playing. Pupils attend Physical Education for two hours per week in every grade. PE is a versatile subject, and it is important that the pupils get to experience the joy of sports. In primary school, basic physical activity, games and playing are emphasised. In the secondary school level PE becomes more sport-specific. Appropriate equipment is used and hygiene is emphasised – the pupils have a shower after PE lessons. School lunch A pupil attending basic education is provided with a balanced and appropriately organised and supervised meal on every school day, as legislated in the Basic Education Act. Peers mediating conflicts At our school we apply Verso, which is a peer mediation program. It is a solution-oriented method for settling quarrels among students. It provides an alternative and voluntary way of resolving conflicts between pupils in everyday life at school. The purpose is to promote students' interaction skills, and thus reduce disturbances. Peer mediation is a clear and simple approach that allows students, who have been trained as mediators, to help other students to find a solution to their dispute. The parties will share their views on the incident, describe their feelings and consider different solutions. Following a certain model an agreement is achieved, and its realisation is followed. Anti-bullying program The Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture has funded the development and evaluation of a new national anti-bullying program, KiVa (= nice). KiVa was started at Finnish schools in 2009 and, at present, 82% of all comprehensive schools are registered as KiVa schools. In KiVa, there is a strong emphasis on influencing the bystanders, who are neither bullies nor victims, to make them show that they are against bullying and to make them support the victim, rather than encourage the bully. The program comprises several different actions to stop bullying e.g. individual and small group discussions with the bullies, victims, and classmates who are challenged to support the victimized peers. These discussions are lead by school teams, together with classroom teachers. Network of professionals Children, adolescents and their families have a possibility to take advantage of a multiprofessional network (teachers, a school counsellor, a social worker, a school nurse), that can
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assist at various concerns and problems in life. Against substance abuse Actions to prevent substance abuse among children and the youth are agreed upon between school and homes. This prevention is a part of all teaching. In Orivesi Central School, we have developed an approach, in which we intervene in pupils' smoking and substance abuse as efficiently as possible. In addition, we have a subject-specific plan for temperance education for each grade. According to the new national curriculum, health education is a part of environmental and natural science education in grades 1-4 and a part of biology and geography and physics and chemistry in grades 5-6. Special needs and support Pupil welfare services mean different forms of support to pupils' learning, mental and physical health and social wellbeing. In pre-primary and basic education, pupils are entitled to the welfare services they need to be able to follow teaching. These include services recorded in the curriculum, health care under the Public Health Act, and support to childrearing under the Child Welfare Act. A pupil/student who has minor learning or adjustment problems is entitled to remedial teaching alongside regular education. A pupil who cannot follow education owing to a disability, illness, delayed development or some other reason can be admitted or transferred to special-needs education. Whenever possible, special-needs education is integrated into or given in a special class attached to regular education. Each pupil with special learning needs has an individual teaching and learning plan.
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Health education in Italy Good nutrition is the bedrock of lifelong health, and it begins in infancy. Yet all too soon, kids are bombarded by messages that counteract efforts of parents and teachers. Between peer pressure and the constant television commercials for junk foods, getting children to eat well might seem more futile than fruitful. It is important to teach children to stay healthy and tell them that they should care of foods they consume and nutrition within them. It’s important to have some rules: Have regular family meals Get kids involved Make a variety of healthy foods available and keep your pantry free of empty calorie snacks. Let them choose Playing a sport can certainly have benefits. It can help child develop basic motor skills, self-confidence, teamwork and sportsmanship, and learn to deal with success and failure. And, by participating in sports early, they are more likely to make physical exercise a lifelong habit.
Health education in Polish school In Polish school there are many activities to improve health of our students like: Drinking milk and lunches once a day every single student has a chance to drink a glass of milk for free. The students can also eat their lunches at the school canteen. PE at school there are four lessons of physical education a week for the kids at age of 10-12 and two lessons a week for students at age of 7-9. However students at the age of 8-10 have opportunity to attend one swimming lesson on the swimming pool. After normal lessons at school, students go with their teacher to the swimming pool and back by a special bus. Health education on different subjects The most important subject here is a subject which is a mixture of biology, geography and the elements of science (it is called Nature), where teachers teach children what is healthy food and way of life. However even during English lesson we talk about healthy and unhealthhy food (students answer the quizz checking their knowledge). First Aid Project However particular schools prepare own projects to improve students’ health. In our school there will be a special lesson when students will be tought about the first aid: the emergency numbers, what to do when we see any kind of accident, they will be trying to give first aid to the special emergency doll, students will know where is the medicine cabinet at school and how to use the first-aid kit. Modern teaching - EDUBAL We also teach children using modern ways of teaching. Students at age 7-9 have one lesson a week of Edubal. This is the modern way of teaching invented by Polish scientists dr A. Rokita, dr T. Rzepa oraz prof. dr hab. Z. Naglak Academy of Phisical Education in Wrocław. Not many Polish schools use this method. The next school that uses Edubal is in Gdansk (280 km). The idea of this lesson is to teach polish language, polish grammar and mathematics by games and movement. Children can use 94 balls in four colours with different numbers, letters etc. On the yellow and green balls there are only capital and small letters and numbers. These balls can be used to play basketball, too. The blue and red balls have many differents signs like language and maths
sign (also @). These balls can be used to play volleyball. Both kinds of balls are appriciated in the size to be used by children at this age. At the begining of the course, students use the balls only to play, to be familiarized to them. Then they are excerising with the balls two hardest subjects in polish schools: Polish and Maths. Thanks to this method, students are able to learn ortography, how to make sentences, they have knowledge about words, but also they can practise mathematics, they can count and multiply and they have knowledge about numbers (also the big ones ď Š).
Health Education at our school – Campo Maior In our school, Agrupamento de Escolas de Campo Maior, for preschool, grade school optional, weekly students have 30 min of motor expression, taught by a coach provided by the City Council. In compulsory education, and in accordance with the directions of the Ministry of Education students from the 1st grade of basic education, per week, children have on the teaching component, one hour of physical education; and 1st and 2nd years, in Curricular Enrichment Activities have one more block of 90 min and another of 45 min, the 3rd and 4th years have one block of 90 min of physical activities. The children of the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th years have, per week, two blocks of physical education: one of 45 min and another of 90 min. In the Agrupamento de Escolas there are also, several projects related to practice healthy habits: Project Area "Medicine in the century. XXI, involving a group of students from year 12nd - http://medicinaecxxi.blogspot.com/ Healthy School - http://percm.blogspot.com/ Eco-schools project, involving students of the High school and the students of the Escola do Bairro Novo. European Regime of School Fruit distribution - http://frutanaescola.minedu.pt - with financial support from the European Community. There are also several clubs promoters of sporting and healthy practices: School Sports Sports gymnastics Futsal Table tennis In addition, to promote regular sports activities, including hiking, pedipapers, participation in athletics, and others, organized by the school board and the Municipality of Campo Maior and other institutions.
Health Education in Scotland In Scotland we have a new curriculum called ‘A curriculum for Excellence’. One of the main aims of this new curriculum is to improve children’s health and wellbeing. It is now the job of all teachers in all schools to help children to become healthy in every way. All pupils now get at least 2 hours of PE every week. In our school this includes cycling, dance, running, football, basketball, rugby, cricket, gymnastics and lots of other sports and games. We also have a project called Health Promoting Schools in which we teach pupils about a balanced diet and encourage them to make healthy food choices. Health Education is not only about diet and exercise, we also focus on mental health and healthy relationships. We try to build a positive atmosphere in every class so that children feel safe and happy. Pupils are encouraged to talk about problems and figure out healthy ways of dealing with them. In our school, we begin each day by ‘checking in’ with the children to find out how they are feeling. By doing this we are able to check if there are any problems that might stop the child from being able to learn and we are usually able to help them to overcome these problems. In our school, we think that good health is essential for good learning.
HEALTH EDUCATION IN TURKEY According to Turkish education system every teacher who teaches for 5-12 years has to teach the basic principles of how to be healthy and how to protect ourselves from deceases. The health issues take place in the primary school curriculum. A student is trained for approximately 20 hours in a term. The practical activities are offered to pupils to create the awareness among them. Besides these, every primary and secondary school has a club of Health, Hygiene and Nutrition. The pupils who are interested in Health subject choose this club as a social club. The responsible teacher in that club organizes the activities with the pupils. The members of the club meet once every two weeks. They announce their activities all around the school. Every club has a corner to publish and exhibit their work during a year. Every club including Health Club organizes some competitions such as the most Hygiene class etc. One of the main objectives of creating Club is creating awareness about the Health and Hygiene matters. According to Turkish Ministry of Education, the club activities in schools are really doing good jobs on behalf of pupils.
IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS – DECEMBER 2009 1. Gender
a girl a boy 2. Age 5-6 years old 7-8 years old 9-10 years old 11-13 years old 3. How often do you communicate with children from other countries? never once a month once a week twice a week three times a week or more 4. Do you use ICT (email, skype, MSN, Facebook ...) when communicating with others? never once a month once a week twice a week three times a week or more 5. How often do you use ICT in school? never once a month once a week twice a week three times a week or more 6. Do you know about life in other countries? not very much yes, a little yes, a lot 7. Do you have opportunities to learn from other children? never sometimes often all the time 8. Do you have opportunities to teach other children?
Finland 56 44 3 25 39
Italy 50 50 0 3 96,7
England 52 48 25 40 34
Scotland 50 50 40 20 23
Poland 45 55 0 36 49
Romania 62 38 98 2 0
Portugal 51 49 39 54 7
Turkey 55 45 0 0 0
33
0,3
0
17
15
0
1
100
82 4 10 4
92,9 2,3 2,3 0,3
84 3 6 2
60 20 13 0
69 12 8 3
43 38 11 9
55 45 0 0
94 6 0 0
0
2,3
2
7
8
0
0
0
50 8 12 7
86 3 2,8 1,8
50 38 0 2
70 17 0 7
44 9 24 5
30 13 29 18
71 13 5 5
3 11 21 22
24
6,3
2
7
18
11
7
43
60 33 3 4
85 10,6 4,8 0
2 0 82 12
10 10 57 17
36 3 49 8
46 33 17 4
22 9 11 2
100 0 0 0
0
0
2
7
4
0
44
0
33 54 13
22,8 75,7 1,5
43 56 0
37 37 27
43 48 9
55 30 15
48 46 5
38 43 18
16 39 13 32
63,8 23,3 5 7,8
30 66 0 3
10 63 17 10
49 41 5 5
83 5 5 6
20 69 13 1
24 49 12 16
never sometimes often all the time 9. Do your parents know what you study at school? no yes 10. Do you enjoy lessons at your school? never sometimes often always 11. Country England Finland Italy Poland Portugal Romania Scotland Turkey
24 46 15 15
64 23,5 6,8 5,7
23 74 0 1
23 60 3 13
54 33 9 4
86 6 4 3
13 69 5 15
24 48 11 18
8 92
6,1 93,9
11 88
27 73
7 93
10 90
2 98
3 97
10 37 24 29
1,3 23,5 23,8 51,4
4 29 0 66
0 30 13 57
3 23 22 52
2 3 40 55
0 0 3 97
4 13 73 11
239 113 395 100 87 94 30 200
GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS – DECEMBER 2009 Finland
Italy
England Scotland
Poland
Portugal Romania
Turkey
56 44
50 50
52 48
44 56
44 56
53 47
56 44
55 45
0 3 22 41 34
0 0 3 97 0
0 26 40 34 0
0 44 22 26 7
0 0 36 48 15
26 22 36 12 3
53 46 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 100
89 11
64 36
51 49
30 70
77 23
30 70
14 86
75 25
98 2
82 18
89 11
100 0
96 4
78 22
72 28
51 49
33 7 15 4 9 65 11 61
7 9,6 20 4,6 0,3 58 55 71
5 19 10 0 0 27 20 7
19 7 0 0 4 15 37 67
43 3 4 27 51 31 50
8 1 10 0 0 15 14 54
1 0 2 0 0 12 27 45
26 47 12 0 0 12 2 1
6
3,8
12
11
5
24
17
1,5
12 33 20 19 16
11 32 24 16 17
18 36 15 10 21
22 22 15 4 37
9 24 25 13 28
26 22 22 4 19
0 38 21 30 11
17 31 41 12 0
62 50 7 39 38 19 25 17 58
54 35 0,5 11 17 8,1 22 11 51
39 17 7 9 7 5 9 3 4
81 63 19 78 59 56 63 33 81
65 40 7 42 32 13 23 15 52
39 17 5 10 15 5 18 5 19
22 5 1 6 0,5 0,5 14 0 51
57 51 7 20 38 6 6 12 77
1. Gender a girl a boy 2. Age 3-4 years old 5-6 years old 7-8 years old 9-10 years old 11-13 years old 4. Do you have your own mobile phone? yes no 5. Do you have a computer/computers at home? yes no 6. How do you usually communicate with your friends, when you are not at school? email facebook msn messenger skype beebo mobile phone telephone we meet face to face I don’t usually communicate with anyone outside school 7. How many regular hobbies do you have that occupies you at least once a week? I don't have any such hobbies 1 2 3 4 or more 8. What kind of hobbies do you have? sport music drama animals reading writing dance clubs computers
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9. What time do you usually go to bed on weekdays? 7-8 pm 8-9 pm 9-10 pm 10-11 pm 11-12 pm or later 10. Country England Finland Italy Poland Portugal Romania Scotland Turkey
Finland
Italy
4 22 41 22 11
1 5,1 41 53
England Scotland
33 40 13 8 6
41 22 26 7 4
Poland
12 21 35 17 15
Portugal Romania
2 1 51 33 6
39 34 26 1 0
Turkey
2,5 9 34 53 1
239 113 395 99 129 200 27 200
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R.E.L.L.E – Comenius
Eating Habits Questionnaire
A m o u n t o f c h ild re n
Do You Have Breakfast Before Going To School? 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
Always Usually Sometimes Never
England
Italy
Finland
Turkey
Portugal Scotland Romania
Poland
Countries
A m o u n t o f c h ild re n
What Type Of Snacks Do You Eat During The Day? 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
crisps biscuits fruit sandwiches sweets other England
Italy
Finland
Turkey
Portugal Scotland Romania Poland
Countries
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R.E.L.L.E – Comenius
Eating Habits Questionnaire
Do You Eat Salad Or Vegetables With A Meal?
A m o u n t o f c h ild re n
60 50 Always
40
Usually
30
Sometimes
20
Never
10 0 England
Italy
Finland
Turkey
Portugal Scotland Romania
Poland
Countires
A m o u n t o f c h ild re n
How Many Times A Week Do You Eat Fish? 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
1 to 2 3 to 4 5 or more Never
England
Italy
Finland
Turkey
Portugal
Scotland Romania
Poland
Countries
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R.E.L.L.E – Comenius
Eating Habits Questionnaire
How Many Times A Week Do You Eat Fruit?
A m o u n t o f c h ild re n
60 50 1 to 2
40
3 to 4
30
5 or more
20
Never
10 0 England
Italy
Finland
Turkey
Portugal
Scotland Romania
Poland
Countries
How Many Times A Week Do You Eat Takeaways Or In A Restaurant?
A m o u n t o f c h ild re n
70 60
1 to 2
50
3 to 4
40
5 to 6
30
Never
20
On Special Occasions
10 0 England
Italy
Finland
Turkey Portugal Scotland Romania Poland Countries
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