European School Sport Day 2021 – From school space to MOVEment space
The European School Sport Day® (ESSD) is a pan-European initiative with the main objectives to promote sport and health enhancing physical activity at international level and involve as many children and young people, schools and organizations in physical activity programs as possible. ESSD also aims to break down cultural barriers and contribute to social inclusion. ESSD has been organized annually since 2015, with continuously increasing number of participating countries and students, reaching over 3 million children in 9000 schools in 44 countries over 4 continents in 2019. By extending its main objectives, ESSD 2021 especially will aim at exploring the topic MOVEment Spaces at school settings. By this, ESSD wants to reflect on and will place emphasis on three focus areas: 1) to change the environment: transform a school space into a MOVEment space and find answers for challenges in schools that lack appropriate infrastructure, 2) to use existing equipment in a different, new way: think out of the box – be creative, think green and sustainable and 3) to get active in a different way: try something new, with someone new, in a new setting, to exchange ideas, less known games and sports. The Toolkit will provide schools and pupils relevant methodological and practical information on how they can organise their own physical activity programs and how to use existing school environment and facilities in a different, new way. Thus, ESSD is fostering volunteering in sport and more particularly in school sport. The project implements the objectives included in the EU policies on education and sport in a holistic way, interlinking the policy areas defined in the Guidelines: sport, health and education. Besides, through the establishment of flagship events, ESSD aims to connect European youth through school sport.
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