BIKE2SCHOOL

2019-1-UK01-KA229-061403

Erasmus+ KA229- School Education Strategic Partnership

2019-2021

Levels of walking and biking to school are decreasing in many European countries. The main reason of decreasing the levels of biking to school is that more and more children are transported to their school by their parents’ cars or the school buses. These modes of transport to school have some negative effects such as lack of physical activity, obesity, air pollution, lack of confidence and independent skills and expensive modes of transport.

Such negative effects are also common to the 5 partner schools in this project. We know that it is a global challenge that needs local solutions. Therefore we came together and designed our project: Bike2school. The internationality of this project will allow the exchange of best practices and new ideas among partner countries to promote Bike-friendly schools for healthier, educated and more environment-friendly generations across Europe.

For this project our OBJECTIVES:

-To inculcate school community with the benefits of Bike2school regarding health, environment, self-development and economy,

-To obtain theoretical and practical skills for pupils and teachers to carry out Safe Biking Program in their schools,

-To equip pupils with theoretical and practical Traffic Rules and Safe Biking skills,

-To give responsibility to school community in Environment-friendly activities to raise awareness on the Environment Issues and Global Warming,

-To develop pupils’ physical power, self-confidence, responsibility, independence, problem-solving, communicative and competitive skills,

-To encourage pupils to work and produce together with their schoolmates and with other partner countries’ students using ICT, foreign language, communication and teamwork skills,

-To enrich teachers’ mutual exchange with partner schools’ teachers to gain new ideas and insights in order to promote Bike2school across Europe,

To achieve these objectives, we will organize 3 short term staff training and 2 short term exchange of pupils’ mobility.

Project Coordinator:

Glengormley Integrated Primary School-NORTHERN IRELAND

Project partners:

Osnovna škola Hugo Badalić-CROATIA

Ejerslykkeskolen-DENMARK

Bán Zsigmond Református Általános Iskola, Alapfokú Művészetoktatási Intézmény és Óvoda-HUNGARY

Osman Ali Cingöz Ortaokulu-TURKEY