Apple day Celebration

Organisation piloting the Good Practice

JU Srednjoškolski centar Hadžići

Country

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Description of the good practice

Apple day  Celebration  was a delightful blend of practicality and education offering an engaging experience  that brought together fun and learning. This event includes hand-on activities:making healthy homemade products(pancakes  topped with apple jam and apple pie) and selling at the humanitarian bazaar. Collected funds at this activity are aimed at paying school lunches for students in social need. Through this experience students not only deepened their culinary skills but also gained insight into the importance of healthy eating habits.

Background

Apple day is celebrated all around the world to show the importance of this fruit for our health and to raise awareness about healthy eating habits. This activity was implemented as part of a school project and the goal was promotion social inclusion and supportiveness to students in social needs.

Practice was implemented to show:

  • Promotion of healthy eating habits among students
  • Involving students in practical activities and team works
  • Fundraising for students in needs

Problems which we want to solve:

  • Insufficient awareness about importance of healthy food
  • Need for  specific forms of assistance to students in social needs
  • Lack of opportunities for students to include in humanitarian and shared activities

Steps to take if you want to implement the good practice from planning to execution and evaluation if included

1. Planning

  • Selecting date to celebrate Apple day
  • Preparing students for introductory educational part about apple varieties and healthy eating habits
  • Procurement of necessary ingredients for making food
  • Organizing humanitarian bazaar

2. Execution

  • Organizing  educational sessions about health and apples 
  • Making food(pancakes and apple pie) in teams
  • Selling products on bazaar with clear humanitarian goal

3. Evaluation

  • Analysis of fund collection and determination of students number who will receive free school lunch
  • Student and teacher feedback about organization and outcomes of activities

Target group/s of the practice

Primary target group: text

Number of students involved

20 students participated in selling and producing.

Humanitarian bazaar visited more than 100 students and teachers.

Benefits, impact on the students and learning outcomes

Benefits

  • Developing practical skills , team building and team responsibility 
  • Raising awareness about importance of healthy eating and humanitarian work

Influence on learning outcomes:

  • Increased interest for socially beneficial activities 
  • Improving communication and organizational skills  of students

Suggestions for future users of this good practice

  • Include students in all parts of activities, from planning to evaluation in order to feel responsible for its success
  • Communicate clearly about the goal of activity in order to increase student motivation.
  • Adapt the scope of activities to the school equipment and capacities of the students.
  • Be sure to mark and share the results (for example fundraising) so that all participants  can see the concrete impact of their work

Other languages

Albania – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Kosovo – Montenegro

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