APPLE rowing presentations
The students at Ivan Meštrović had an APPLE healthy lifestyles presentation. Rowing was the sport used to promote healthy lifestyle at the primary school Ivan Meštrović. The students of the upper classes had a chance to try rowing on the machines. This was a chance for them to see if that might be the right sport for them to continue with healthy lifestyles and improve their overall well being.
Sport!Op! partners meet up in Zagreb
The partners of the Sport!Op! project held a two day meeting in Zagreb. The first full working day was defecated to following up on all the activities done on the project where each of the partners presented their Local pilot programes and how they were implemented. After that the University of Barcelona took center stage with two workshops. The first was connected to the chart for the systemic review of the Pilot program which all of the partners had to fill. The
APPLE visited two schools last week
The promotion of healthy lifestyles continues in Zagreb. Two primary schools had the pleasure of hosting the field hockey club Mladost presentations. Healthy lifestyle was presented in primary schools Alojzije Stepinac and Matija Gubec to all interested children. The basics of hockey were shown to the kids and the benefits of doing sport were presented, with a special concentration on how sport helps in development and socializing and making friends.
APPLE continues at Prečko
Project APPLE was a tool that helped the hockey club establish a lasting connection with the primary school Prečko. After the initial presentations of the APPLE healthy lifestyles project a collaboration between the field hockey club and the school was established. The club managed to enter the school program as to offer hockey classes two times a week as an extracurricular activity. Both the club and the headmaster see this collaboration as a way to offer kids something new in a known
Sport!Op! pilot program in full swing
The activities of the HAŠK Mladost Sport!Op! pilot program are in full swing. The field hockey section has been providing the pilot program in the primary school Prečko regularly two times a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays, since October. The interest of the kids has been good with more girls joining than boys. The fact that there are more girls is expected as one of the findings from the needs assessment have been that there are a lack of activities for them. The
Final Campaign video – #LegendsForever!
Stories of athletes that have achieved great things as sports persons and have achieved post sport career. European Day of Care aims to create awareness on the importance of dual careers for athletes and help and motivate the athletes of today to think about their careers once their sport career has come to an end so that they will be prepared and ready to begin a new chapter, the working world chapter, enhancing a smoother transition from one to the
Sport!Op! multisport enters western Zagreb
Through the local needs assessment, it was recognised that in the western part of the city of Zagreb there is little on offer for kids who want to do sports. The only thing available is football, which targets mainly boys. The problems arising from this lack of sport offer are: Exclusion from sport of a substantial part of the child population who are not interested in football Exclusion of kids whose parents don’t have the time, or the means to take them
SPORT!OP! WORKS ON THE CREATION OF A METHODOLOGICAL HANDBOOK FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION THROUGH SPORT
Last week Sport!Op! Project partners met in Sarajevo in the Steering Commitee. The project has resumed face-to-face meetings with two working sessions that have served to know the different pilot actions that are developing given the situation generated by the Covid-19. In addition, it was defined how the results of these actions will be evaluated. The meeting also served, precisely, how a methodological handbook will be generated, coordinated by University of Barcelona. This document will gather the experience of the pilot
APPLE at primary school Prečko
HAŠK Mladost started the school events in the primary school Prečko. The coaches from the field hockey club that followed the seminars presented their sport but also talked to the kids about leading a healthy lifestyle. The kids enjoyed trying out a new sport and discovering their talent. There is an initiative by the coaches and the headmaster of the school to add hockey to the extracurricular program after school lessons.