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Collection of initiatives aiming at promoting:

  • awareness of importance of sport at school level
  • social inclusion and prevent early school leaving
  • an ethical approach to sport
  • all types of sports at school level

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Title of the initiative:
WF z Klasą (PE with the Class)
Web site of the initiative:
Date of the Event:
organized annually since September 2013
Country:
Poland
City:
Warszawa (the project scope- the whole country)
Sport:
Multi sports
Aims:
promotion of all types of sports
promotion of an ethical approach to sport
promotion of awareness of importance of sport at school level
promotion of social inclusion and prevention of early school leaving through sport
Description of the initiatives:
“WF z Klasą” is a program of the Civic Education Centre in Warsaw, implemented with the support of "Gazeta Wyborcza" and the portal Sport.pl. The actions are co-financed by the Ministry of Sport and Tourism. The program is under the honorary patronage of the Minister of Education, Minister of Sport and Tourism and the Minister of Health.
The project is implemented from September 2013. Since the beginning it was attended by nearly 3,000 schools, 10,000 teachers and 440,000 pupils in primary, lower secondary and upper secondary schools from across Poland. In the school year 2015/2016 the third edition of the “WF z Klasą” is carried out under the slogan "revolution in PE". The program involves PE teachers and supporting teachers, with the help of the directors. Participation in the program is free of charge.

The tasks of the participating schools:

1. Sports Roundtable - debate on the improvement of the sport and recreational activities at school. Confrontation of the expectations of students and teachers. The joint selection of tasks to be performed in the program.

2. Local Sport Event –involving of the local community (parents, neighbors, residents of the municipality, students and teachers of other schools). Examples of events: tourist rally, bike ride, dance contest, volleyball tournament, table tennis tournament, family picnic, etc.

3. Each school selects 1 task per semester (2 tasks during a school year) or a year-long educational path. The school adapts them to their needs and conditions.
Examples of tasks:
- PE for the less sporty
- Healthy lifestyle
- ICT used during PE lessons
- Involving parents
- PE activities outside school
- Physical activity at school breaks and other subject lessons
- Innovative after school activities

4. Documentation of activities on the blog - each school has a blog, where reports the tasks carried out in the framework of the project.

The PE teachers together with students choose tasks to be performed and create an online collection of PE Best Practices.
The main objective of the project is to strengthen the educational function of physical education and promote sports activities of students. The project includes activities that are aimed at development of social skills through the inclusion the students to the discussion on the school sports activities. There is also the idea of the organization of sports events aimed at integration of different communities and social groups. Selected tasks implemented during PE lessons, provide a great opportunity for a variety of innovative initiatives, including promoting an interdisciplinary approach to the physical activity and shaping healthy lifestyle habits.
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