Healthy Nutrition Action with the Younger ones in AES-PORTUGAL

HEALTHY TRAINING ACTION

On 22 April 2016 at the Basic School auditorium Tourais / Paranhos – Seia Group of Schools it was held the session Training Action entitled "The Power of Food", addressed to Parents / Guardians, organized by the teacher Dulce Vicente, the nutritionist Rita Pires and the nurse Duarte Marvanejo (UCC Seia Health Centre) under the Project Promotion and Health Education and PEACE Program (Food Education in School Community).

The session began with the participation of students through several presentations.

First,the presentation of the song "The Heroes of Fruit" by the students  Luz Alvo, Jonas Andrade, Diogo Amaro, Martim Amaral and Clara Pereira from the Kindergarten-Tourais;

Then there was Poetry recitation by two students Beatriz Pais of Class A and João Pais of Class C from the 1st cycle; Next we were delighted with the voices of Miriam Melo, Diana Lopes and Vanessa Duarte of Class B who sang a song;

 Finally several proverbs were said by Mª Carolina Amaral and Rafael Rodrigues from Class E.

Parents / Guardians present expressed themselves very satisfied with their participation in the activity, in which they acquired knowledge and exchanged experiences in this session that fundamentally addressed eating behaviors.

The Teacher Dulce Vicente, responsible for The Project  Promotion and Health Education appreciatedthe presence and participation of all Parents / Guardians who actively participated and the collaboration of the educator Maria de Fatima Miragaia and Silvia Couto- Operational Assistant from the Kindergarten- Tourais and 1st Cycle teachers Mª Augusta Pinheiro, José Alberto Silva, Rui Modesto and Dalila Brito.

 Teacher: Dulce Vicente

                                       

 Poem

Bread and cereals

Orange or apple

I eat every day

At night and morning

Milk and diary

I like them too

At lunch and dinner

Water we should drink

Rice, potatoes and pasta

Vegetables and salad

We should have 

In a well balanced diet

To end 

It's good not to forget

Sweets in excess

We can't get

(Beatriz Pais- Student / Susana Pais (mother) 

  

 On April 26, the Class 5 ° C of the  School Tourais- Paranhos, Agrupamento de Escolas de Seia, attended a training session on "Energy Drinks" supported by the  nurses Aurea and Isabel Cruz of the Health Centre in Seia.

     They began the session by questioning the students about the drinks they knew. Surprisingly, some students mentioned some energy drinks. Nurses took the examples to inform about the composition of drinks; energy and health drinks. They insisted that the carbonated and energy drinks are made with ingredients that later cause harm to health, such as diabetes, overweight, tooth decay ... The Consumption of these beverages in their age in  a daily basis causes addiction in young people, with long term effects, making them anxious and nervous adults.

     This session was extremely important because students become aware of the bad eating habits through information provided by the technicians

Teacher- Alexandra Coelho

MARCH - the month of HEALTHY NUTRITION in Bon Sauveur FRANCE

BOWL OF RICE in Bon Sauveur FRANCE
              
On Friday18th March, the students at Bon Sauveur comprehensive school participated in the ‘bowl of rice’ operation. In this period of Lent and a few days before the Easter holidays, almost 300 students met for this surge of solidarity. Thus the collected money will help supporting a primary school in Guinea. The financed projects for this year :- Purchase of bicycles for the school’s teachers.- Construction and equipment for three classrooms.- Fitting-out of a playground.

The first short term exchange of students in IISS "Vincenzo Lilla",Francavilla Fontana ITALY.

29th FEB - 4th MARCH 2016  

  FRANCAVILLA FONTANA ITALY 

Full of energy, expectations and hope for new challenges ACTIVITY&EATING international team went to Francavilla Fontana, Italy, the place where the first short exchange of students took place.

DAY 1 
INTEGRATION TRIP

One of the main objectives of Erasmus+ project is to built good, international relations between students and teachers. The first trip, on Monday, was a chance to reach the expectation. While making friends, talking freely with our partners, hosting students, we went sightseeing to Valley of Iltria, a sort of natural park famous for its olive trees. Moreover, we were very lucky to see spring which has already come to Italy. We admired the wide variety of plants and flowers . The clean air was full of unforgettably flowery senses. Then we went to the UNESCO World Heritage - Alberobello, where we visited the town known for its conical-roofed houses, the so-called trulli. We all were astonished by these unique places. 

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DAY 2
OFFICIAL OPENING

Warm  welcome at a local theatre, students presentations about their country, regions and schools were the most important elements of an opening conference. 

The Italian coordinator, Mario Andrisano indicated the main goals of the project, showed the aims to be reached in the future and expresses the hope for fruitful cooperation. He assured that he did his best to make that week unforgettable and it was so, indeed. Apart from the presentations mentioned above, the students were to show their proposals for healthy snacks and drinks, as a final product of the project fulfillment. In the afternoon students worked on recopies for healthy snacks and drinks that combines  their identities. The partners of the project discussed the details of activities to be undertaken. Then, invited by a mayor of Francavilla Fontana,  we went to a town hall. We had a chance to meet some town officials there, admire an outstanding building of the town hall. In the evening Italian students prepared a trip around Francavilla Fontana for us . They proudly described the history and the beauty of their home town. 

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PARTNER SCHOOLS OFFICIAL PRESENTATIONS IN A LOCAL THEATRE

FRANCAVILLA FONTANA ITALY
BUDAPEST HUNGARY
SAINT-LO FRANCE
TRZEBINIA POLAND
SEIA PORTUGAL

DAY 3

SPORTS TOURNAMENTS

On Wednesday and Friday morning international teams were supposed to take part in basketball and volleyball matches. All made a great effort to be the best, thought the result was not the most important issue. When the teenagers were active, fit and a member of the international team, they felt confident and responsible for teams. Full of glee, positive energy they easily came back to their project work.

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DAY 4 PORTO SELVAGGIO AND LECCE TRIP

Despite the weather,  Thursday was fantastic. In pouring rain we went to Porto Selvaggio, where we had a chance to stroll along the paths nearby the sea. This place, where Italian come to have a rest by the seaside, is very crowded during summer months.  A journey through the Province of Lecce took visitors from prehistoric civilizations, through Medieval architecture and to the masterpieces of the Baroque architecture of the city of Lecce, via ancient traditions and the skills of master craftsmen. Our excursion ended in Lecce, an old town. The very first thing we did there was having a hot cup of tea or coffee. We were wet and cold but eager to see this historical place. 

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DAY 5FINAL PRESENTATION

As mentioned above sport tournaments (basketball) started Friday, the last day of our Italian adventure. We observed fantastic relations between teenagers, how their friendship was developing through the week of the short term exchange. In the afternoon all students and teachers took part in a summary show where all international groups presented drinks and snacks. The audience had an impression that students did their best to show their team work. Besides gained language competence, they made friends and developed their social skills.

  FINAL JOINT PRESENTATION

 RETHINK YOUR SNACK&DRINK JOINT PRESENTATION

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A farewell party was a huge surprise for everyone. There was a local band invited, that made all feel relaxed after these exhausting days. Even the cold wind couldn’t stop us from dancing and singing.  

We are a mixture of all life flavors. Despite different cultures we awere able to aim at the same goal. Being aware of the fact that each of us is unique and has different needs, we were able to cooperate together. We had a chance to meet other cultures, new people and customs. We had the great pleasure to explore Italy..Unfortunately, the weather was not as good as we had wished for before the trip. 

DEAR Mario Thanks for a good cooperation, hospitality and warm heart. It was a pleasure for us to be there.

See you soon in France 

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Dissemination of the Italian meeting

Project Meeting in FRANCAVILLA FONTANA Italy
29th FEB - 5th March 2016

The article in ITALIAN local press

                                 
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The article in French local press

TRZEBINIA- LOCAL NEWSPAPER 'PRZEŁOM'

TRZEBINIA TOWN WEBSITE - POLAND

Ice skating during the winter time with the students

of BME ISGS school during PE classes.

Hungarian Team in the kitchen.

Preparing snacks for the Italian Meeting

Healthy snacks and delicious smoothies were created and tasted from the students and teachers participating in the project from which they decided which to present during the meeting.

February - HEALTHY HEART MONTH in France

                     LOVE YOUR HEART AND SHARE YOU BLOOD 

The students from the 3rd grade of Bon Sauveur school have taken part for an informing campaign concerning the risk factors for heart disease. They were watching a short film presented by one of the biology teacher from the Bon Sauveur high school. They learned about blood pressure and how to measure it, which are the risk factors for heart disease, what are the health risk associated with high blood pressure. At the end of the conference they could express which are the conditions for a healthy lifestyle, it means : 

- quit smoking (if…) ;

- make 30 to 60 daily physics activity ;

-  choose low fat milk product, whole grains, lean meat, fish and poultry ;

- limit sodium to not more then 2000 mg/day ;

- cook more at home ;

- eat less processed food.

The postgraduate students organized a blood donation led by the professionals from Etablissement Français du Sang ( French Blood Institution).