News from the project
FAMILIES TAKE PART IN THE HYM END-OF-PROJECT PARTY By Claudia Alsina - July 2011
On 9 June 2011, in the afternoon, we held the HYM end-of-project party for the HYM Project, in one of the city’s central squares and with the participation of 6th-year pupils from the Joan Solans and Salvador Espriu schools and their families. The aim of the meeting was to introduce the project to the entire city and to give the pupils themselves, who have been its protagonists for the last two years, a chance to transmit all they have learned about healthy eating habits and physical activity. The party was open to all children and their families who came to the square. Participants at the party firstly passed through an information area about the project with information and photographs of the work done over the last two years, while at the same time the functioning of the different workshops was explained. After playing different traditional games from Catalonia and Denmark, the children went on to the homemade lunches workshop where they prepared a simple and traditional sandwich containing bread and chocolate spread or bread with olive oil and sugar, in order to replenish the energy expended. Other participants were given the chance to be creative by doing drawings under the slogan “A festival day with sport and healthy eating” and others, with plaster moulds, used clay as a modelling substance, to make pieces of fruit that they could then take home. The day was organised with the very valuable participation of the parents’ associations as well as that of teaching staff and families from the two schools, who voluntarily energized the workshops. The collaboration of the Municipal Sports Service must also be acknowledged. Families have been the key element in backing this end of project, which has allowed it to be extrapolated to other families in the city and framed within a more open context which goes beyond the classroom and the school, in short, transferring healthy habits to the entire city.
 
Parents and children taking part of some activities
Newsletter #1 (Acrobat Reader document)
Published 03-05-2011. Last updated: 04-05-2011
By Leif Glud Holm
This is a link to Newsletter #1. Please feel free to download it and print it.
Video de l'acte de cloenda de la jornada Comenius celebrar el dia 18 de maig de 2.011
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Published 18-06-2011
La Casa d'Oficis ha estat convidada a enregistrar en imatges l'acte de cloenda i valoració d'aquesta experiència comunitària, celebrat a Roca Umbert Fàbrica de les Arts, i que va incloure un parell de tallers pràctics.
En l'enllaç que us adjuntem podeu veure el video.
http://caofgranollers.blogspot.com
HEALTHY YOUNG MINDS IN THE PASS AWARDS IN BARCELONA
Last 26th of October, PAAS third edition was held in Barcelona ( PAAS being the whole of measures taken by the Health Departament to promote physical exercise and a healthy diet).
PAAS includes most of the actions taken in Catalonia to prevent obesity through healthy ways of life.
This year, PAAS prizes were given, for the first time, to people working in Catalonia on projects related to the education, community and working fields. We presented two projects from our town council in Granollers, one of which is called Healthy Young Minds.
Our project has not been awarded this time, but we did receive a prize for another project, called “Avall”, in which we also applied IVAC methodology. Fifth year students from Salvador Espriu and Joan Solans primary schools, also took part in this project, together with students from six other schools in Granollers.
For futher information, visit this link:
http://www.gencat.cat/salut/depsalut/html/ca/premsa/doc34570.html
Healthy Life Plan: eating fruit
Salvador Espriu School is participating in a healthy life plan. Our goal is that children learn to eat in a healthy way. One week per month, all the pupils from 6 to 12 years eat fruit at the playtime.
On Mondays, once a month, farmers of Lleida bring a lot of fruit in a lorry.
This fruit is eaten by children and teachers on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
Some parents help us to accomplish this project. These parents wash the fruit pieces, they prepare them and they cut the fruit into pieces for the younger pupils. Finally, they hand out the pieces to the children.
We eat seasonal fruit. For example, in October we ate some tangerines, grape, apples and plums.
WE ENJOY EATING FRUIT: IT'S GREAT!!!!
By Imma Fernández and Montgrony Perearnau (Salvador Espriu School), 19. November 2010
Welcome Ballerup team!
Next week it will be held the third Healthy young mind meeting in Granollers, on the 26 and 27th of May. Ten members of Ballerup team, teachers and coordinators will assist to the meeting.
A lot of sessions are planned to share Ballerup and Granollers experiences, and work together to plan future activties.
We are looking forward to welcome Ballerup team!
By Claudia-21/05/2010
Second Healthy Young Meeting
On the 4th and 5th March 2010 it was held the second Healty Young Minds meeting in Granollers. Four members of Ballerup team came to Granollers.
The objectives of the meeting were to present the activities done related to the investigation phase; work on the evaluation framework, to plan future activities and work on a website practical session with the students.
Furthermore, Ballerup team could visit the participating schools in the project: Joan Solans and Salvador Espriu. All students were really happy to meet Ballerup team and ask them a lot of questions releated to health, food and their schools. All the classes have a practical session on the website, to learn how to use it, and create their profile.
Hereby you can see some picutres.
Working session with the team
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Visit to a class
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By Claudia 12/4/10
Prize-giving of the drawing competition
in Granollers
Last 22nd of January it was celebrated the prize-giving of the drawing competition “What’s health for you” in which participated the students of the schools from Granollers.
The event was celebrated in Roca Umbert Library from Granollers, with the attendance of the Mayor and the Councillor of Health from Granollers, and the students from 5th Grade from Joan Solans School and Salvador Espriu who participated in the competition. The Mayor of Granollers, had some words to underline the importance of working on healthy habits, learning languages to communicate with other countries and practicing different art disciplines.
The winners, two winners per class, were selected by the students from Ballerup: the healthiest and the most artistic. The winners received a bag with fruit, and a 10 euro ticket to buy fruit.
During the event, it was passed a video made by the student from Ballerup, specially for the occasion, presenting themselves and explaining what is health for them; the students of Granollers also prepared a presentation in English and Catalan addressed to the students in Ballerup. The presentation was recorded and will be sending to Ballerup.
By Claudia -18/02/2010
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