healtheducation – STARTNOW+

25 February 202212 March 2022

QNEC – certified organisations

We would like to congratulate organizations which got certificate QNEC, which means that youth workers and educators had learnt main rules of child welfare education and they have applied them in their organisations in daily work.

Organizations can still apply for certificates 🙂

This is the list of all QNEC organizations certified so far:

Ośrodek Profilaktyki i Epidemiologii Nowotworów im. Aliny Pieńkowskiej w Poznaniu
Publiczna Szkoła Podstawowa nr 1 w Brzegu
Stowarzyszenie na rzecz Dzieci i Młodzieży „Uskrzydlamy”
Szkoła Podstawowa im. Tadeusza Kościuszki w Soli
Przedszkole w Soli
Dwujęzyczna Szkoła Podstawowa nr 1 w Warszawie
Dwujęzyczne Przedszkole ABC
Fundacja Chrześcijańska NEBO
Stowarzyszenie SportTeam
Fundacja Pomocy Dzieciom i Rodzinie „Horyzont” w Opolu
Møllergata Skole
Ila Skole
Norligths Montessoriskole
Åsbråten Skole
Sofiemyr Skole
Østli Skole
Løkenås Skole
Solheim Skole
Norlights IInternational school
Asker International School
Jar Skole

21 February 20222 March 2022

GET TO KNOW OUR APP!

Do you already know that the main results of our project are already available in the StartNow + mobile application? We have created this application for educators who want to learn about health better and more effectively. The application is available for both IOS and Android phones. Our application is free of charge, and all scenarios contained in it include access to additional materials – infographics, attachments or links from which you can get additional knowledge or inspiration. Here you can download the application, and below you will find its detailed description.

The Startnow + application is a collection of educational modules devoted to health, well-being and the development of broadly understood social competences. It is dedicated to educators, teachers, facilitators, trainers, educators and animators – anyone who would like to conduct their classes in an interesting way, using the wealth of non-formal education methods.

With the app you can:

Introduce students to the new topic of the lesson;
To learn while learning – in line with non-formal education, where everyone can be an expert;
Motivate your group to greater involvement and creative cooperation;
Become an innovative educator;
Use the lesson modules in one of the 3 available languages: Polish, Norwegian and English;
Introduce a new standard of education and peer learning in your environment.

Mobile App is available here

On the Google Play

On the App Store

18 February 20222 March 2022

Project publication is ready!

The Startnow + project publication is about health education of young people, but the direct recipients of our activities were teachers, educators and other people working with this age group. Together with our partners from Norway, we have been developing innovative tools for public health education for over the past 2 years.

Our base was the lesson modules created as part of the previous START NOW! project in 2018. We have developed some of them in Polish and Norwegian language versions, adapted them to the school education format, and updated them with the latest trends in health education and the social context.

In addition, we have created 10 new lesson scenarios that meet the educational needs of the pandemic and are based on many interesting and engaging methods that can also be used in the distance learning mode.

An important element of our cooperation was also the definition of the basic principles of Child Welfare in education, which we shared with the participants of our meetings promoting the project in Opole and Oslo, and with participants of the training for educators from Poland and Norway in Milówka.

We can also boast of the QNEC (Quality of Non formal Education Certifcate) certification of organizations that implement the rules we have developed.

A foretaste of the module-based classes could also get to know children and young people who took part in city games organized in both partner countries this autumn.

The Startnow + project was an opportunity to exchange knowledge and educational practices used in Poland and Norway, it was also a process of creative cooperation, which resulted in the creation of solutions and tools that allow for the acquisition of practical knowledge and „health skills” of young people participating in the classes in an interesting way, but also adults who facilitate this process.

Enjoy reading and using the modules!

17 February 202217 February 2022

Child Welfare Education – download e-book and learn more

One of the most important activities of our project was developing of 10 principles on which Child Welfare is based (the well-being of children and adolescents) and how it can be implemented in educational activities at school or other organizations. Educators, teachers, trainers and other people interested in the topic could explore it during training and promotional meetings that we organized as part of our project activities, as well as by subscribing to the Newsletter, in which we described one principle in detail every week. Schools, associations and other organizations that apply the concept of Child Welfare in their activities could and still may apply for the QNEC Certificate, which confirms the quality of education and care for the well-being of its users. In order to disseminate the child welfare idea even more in Poland and in the world for people who have not subscribed to the newsletter, we have prepared an e-book available in two language versions – Polish and English. Check out this short tutorial, complete the quiz, and apply for QNEC certification!

16 February 202212 March 2022

Oslo City Game

Modules are discussed in the city game interactive applications that we implemented with the trainers of the central tigers club, where 300 young athletes aged 13 to 25 who live in the center of Oslo participate in physical activities. The needs of the target audience were met, according to feedback from participants of the Startnow+ project outputs. It was ensured that the participants met with useful and meaningful activities within the context of the city game. Students have gained a better understanding of what and why in the field of health, as well as experience with project outcomes.

Awareness was created about the importance of personal devices that measure indicators of our health during the Start now project´s City Game activity.

Information has been given on how to use tracking devices to measure and understand the indicators of our health. In addition the consequences of consuming the energy drinks were discussed and how important it is to check the content of the drinks. The modules that were covered are “Geeky Health” and “To Boost or not to Boost”.

Young people that participated in the activity had learnt the new methods and how to understand better the health issues and how the body reacts to different external conditions.