Back to the Games

Project Ref. number: 2023-1-IT02-KA220-SCH-000159230
Funding programme: Erasmus+
Type of action: KA220-SCH – Cooperation partnerships in school education

Aims and objectives:
The main goal of B2Gs project is to contribute to the physical, and therefore to the mental health and overall well-being of pupils and students by returning to the popular childhood games and preferable sports. The project will apply a holistic approach combining sports, games and DIY green activities as a cross sectoral aspect in the school education program thus triggering youngsters’ interest in sports activities.
The specific objectives of the project are:
1. To define the games that would be most beneficial for the students’ physical health and wellbeing by conducting an indepth research.
2. To use sport games as a tool for developing creativity, collaboration and trust, improving motivation, nurturing strengths, addressing weaknesses and enhancing green skills by delivering engaging learning materials with visual and written instructions as well as tips for using recycled materials.
3. To enhance students’ digital skills and cater for inclusiveness of disadvantaged groups by elaborating an online platform that will accommodate the developed learning modules.

Planned activities:
The B2Gs project constitutes a wide-ranging repository of diverse activities, enhancing students’ digital skills and catering for inclusiveness of those with fewer opportunities. It fosters the use of sports and games as a tool for developing creativity, collaboration and trust, improving motivation, nurturing strengths, addressing weaknesses and enhancing green skills by delivering engaging learning materials with visual and written instructions, as well as tips for using recycled materials.
The project stipulates the following work packages:
WP1 Project Management
WP2 Research and selection of the content about the sports, games and DIY green activities WP3 Development of B2Gs learning modules
WP4 Design and development of B2Gs platform
WP5 Dissemination and Sustainability

Expected results:
The project will raise awareness of youngsters on the importance of healthy lifestyles and will enhance their everyday physical activity. It has been proven that the most efficient and engaging way to learn something new is through fun and engaging tools like sport and games. B2Gs aims to raise awareness about the different games typical for different cultures and this way to encourage intercultural tolerance, cultural diversity and inclusion among school students.
B2Gs will produce the following tangible results:
1. In-depth research to define content about the sports, games and DIY green activities
2. 15 B2Gs learning modules
3. B2Gs platform

Project partners:
Comune di Marineo, Italy – https://www.comune.marineo.pa.it/
Sportsko učilište PESG, Croatia – http://www.pesg.hr/
GESEME 1996 SL, Spain – https://geseme.com/en/
European Center for Quality Ltd, Bulgaria – www.ecq-bg.com
Prism Impresa Sociale s.r.l. Italy – www.prismonline.eu
Institute of Entrepreneurship Development, Greece – http://ied.eu/

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