Marjetka Rovšnik, Osnovna šola Frana Roša, Celje
The main purpose of this eTwinning project was to make pupils aware of high presence of sugar in drinks and food and to encourage pupils to think critically about what they drink and eat. In the process of learning the pupils used QR code generator to create QR codes, wrote mystery riddles for younger pupils and improved their communication and language skills. All these methods were used to make work more interesting and the knowledge more durable. The main goal was to awake awareness in pupils to understand that it is important to make healthy food choices. Web applications, smartphones and tablets were used to make the theme of the project more interesting for the pupils. Throughout the project the pupils improved communication skills (communication with adults), became aware of the importance of health habits (learn how to choose healthier food and drinks), improved their ICT skills and learnt how to care for their physical health. The key word of the project was interlacement. I tried to achieve the goals by interlacing different ideas, methods, pupils, goals, school subjects and what is more, the whole school area with its employees. The things interlaced vertically, horizontally, diagonally, communicationally …But all with the same goal: to teach the pupils one thing: THERE IS TOO MUCH SUGAR! The older pupils first learnt how to read a nutritional facts label and then found out about the risk of diseases when consuming drinks with high sugar content. Later they wrote mystery riddles for younger pupils to test their knowledge about this topic. The younger pupils used QR codes to find out the right answers. All pupils had a lot of fun working on the project and also learnt many new facts. What is more, the objectives of the project were fully achieved. Although I am satisfied with the achieved objectives, I am also a bit worried that the pupils will still choose food and drinks with high sugar content.
