School minister distinguishes good healthy school

NRW-Minister of Education records „Good healthy school "in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis

22/09/2012

For the fifth time in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) educational institutions that attach particular importance to health prevention than „Good healthy school“ awarded. The award is presented by the Unfallkasse NRW under the patronage of NRW-Minister of Education Sylvia Löhrmann. This year, the Siegburg Community Elementary School North also received a prize money of 7,200 euros.

Award as „Good Healthy School "will be rewarded with prize money
The Unfallkasse NRW has been awarding educational institutions since 2007 that pay special attention to health promotion and prevention. Patron of the award „Good Healthy School "is NRW's Minister of Education Sylvia Löhrmann This year, 256 schools applied for the annual school development prize, for which a total of 600,000 euros in prize money is available.According to the size of the school, an educational institution can receive up to 15,000 euros as a premium In 2012, 59 schools with just under 40,000 students benefit from the award „Good healthy school "awarded, 61 have even received the award several times.

„The many applications for the prize attest to the fact that more and more schools are pursuing innovative and creative ways to raise awareness of their own health among children and adolescents and to anchor preventive concepts in everyday school life, "explained the school minister.

„The School Development Award Good, healthy school is unique in Germany. Especially against the background that the school landscape is undergoing great changes - inclusion and new forms of schooling are just one part of these new challenges - we are very pleased that schools are addressing the issue „Good healthy school“ with their application“, reports Gabriele Pappai, spokeswoman for the management of the Unfallkasse Nordrhein-Westfalen.

Siegburger Community Elementary School North as „Good healthy school "excellent
This year, seven schools from the Rhein-Sieg district are looking forward to the award. Birgit Schäfer, Headmistress of the Siegburger Community Elementary School North, is very pleased about the award and said to the „General indicator“: „This is a reward and recognition for seven years of continuous school development work that we have done in many different projects. "The school has integrated numerous actions and health promotion projects into the classroom, such as the EU School Fruit Scheme and the Class 2000 Prevention Program The prize money in the amount of 7,200 euros is used for the installation of an outdoor class with terrace, benches and awnings as part of the schoolyard redesign In particular, the Unfallkasse NRW convinced the sum of innovative approaches in Combined with the successful use of school resources, the jury came to the community school for one day to get an idea of ​​school life.

Other winners of the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis are another elementary school from Siegburg, the Hans-Alfred-Keller-School Deichhaus, the Max & Moritz School in Sankt Augustin-Menden, the forest school in Lohmar, the community elementary school Wolperath-Schönau in Neunkirchen- Seelscheid, the star school in Troisdorf-Spich and the Nikolausschule in Bornheim-Waldorf.

„The winning schools exemplify that quality in education and health promotion are closely linked. The many applications for the prize attest to the fact that more and more schools are pursuing innovative and creative ways to raise awareness of their own health among children and adolescents and to anchor preventative concepts in everyday school life“, Minister of the School Sylvia Löhrmann praises the commitment of the schools. „I am very pleased that the Unfallkasse NRW, as a reliable partner of many years' standing, is included in the list of associations participating in the Ministry of Education within the framework of the forthcoming Education Law Amendment Act. With awards such as Good Healthy School, it makes a contribution to school development in North Rhine-Westphalia beyond the award-winning schools.“

Even schools that had applied but were not awarded this year, could by their participation good incentives for a positive school development receive, so the accident insurance NRW in their press release. „With our school development award, we want to promote prevention and health promotion in schools, because health and well-being have been proven to have a positive effect on the development of competencies and school success of children and adolescents and promote the ability of teachers to work“, emphasizes Gabriele Pappai. (Ag)

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