HOPASUS – movement stimulation project for children aged 6 to 12 in the context of the online school created by the Covid 19 pandemic

To encourage children to practice sport and proper movement games, The Hopasus project aims to introduce in the online education of students from grades I - IV the primary cycle, aged between 7 and 12, an animated character without political, cultural or religious affiliations, in order to mobilize children to maintain a correct position. During the study at the office, get up from your chair and do some exercises next to the monitor until you take them out for free movement or sports.

Also to achieve a better participation in the educational process, becoming participatory and dynamic, present and constructive, playful and bringing good mood, thus creating a favorable environment for learning and development.

The project aims to minimize the side effects of online study in growing and developing children and to create a more appropriate and effective approach to the practice of movement both indoors and outdoors.

As the only National University of Physical Education and Sports in Romania, we want to express our commitment to take actions towards implementing these online practice in our university, by incorporating in our curriculum educational materials related to the issue.

Specific Objectives:
1. To develop the skills and competences of primary school teachers, and assist them on the movement and good posture practices both in online and prezential school, in the participant countries.
2. To exchange good practices on educational materials and improve existing curriculum with notions in children's movement and game practice indoor and outdoor.
3. To promote children's rights for movement in schools from the participant countries.

Direct target groups: teachers and sport collegues / universities/faculties/schools
Indirect target groups: Students at sports colleges/universities/faculties/schools of coaches (future coaches), parents, sports federations, sports clubs, general schools, sports service providers, schools, municipalities and control authorities that must have knowledge of child rights and put this knowledge into practice.
Each partner in the project is expected to participate to the following activities:
- Project management
- Presence to the transnational meetings organised in the other partner countries
- Organisation of local events:
o HOPONS TRAINING WORKSHOP for teachers at primary schools with the soft programe that want to develop their skills in the domain of children's movement. (at the same time with the webinar meetings in each country)
o HOPONS PILOT TEACHING CLASSES about child movement program delivered to children from 6 to 12 years old during teaching process.
o HOPONS EVENT IN SCHOOL/S where teachers will promote children’s movement programmes during their pedagogical practice in primary schools indoor and outdoor.

The main tangible outputs of the project will be: a soft for movement curriculum/soft guide on how to teach children's movement and game practice /country with the pilot teaching classes from the participant countries; promotional materials used by teachers in their pedagogical practice in primary schools.