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SPORTS IN OUR SCHOOLS

Each of schools taking part in a project specializes in different disciplines. Stu-

dents of all of them participate in regular phisical eduaction activities which inc-

lude team sports or indivudual exercises which are all supposed to contribute

to one’s psychological and phisical develoment. Providing physical education

both inside and outside of schools is crucial in helping young people to learn

and develop life skills. In our magazine each school presents possibilities and

opportunities they offer to their students , moments of glory, best teams or

individual participants. We also show our phisical education venues, equipe-

ment and compare curricula.

Portuguese interclassestournaments

Romanian outdoor activities

Italian sport venues

Polish champions

French specialities

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In our school teachers and students know the importance of sport. It is important to improve the concentration in class, the body wellness, the relationships and the sense of competition. Our teachers give us the possibility to try many sports and specialities. Every week we have 2 hours of gym class. In these hours we have the possibility to try many sports and stay together.

BENEFITS OF SPORT

Here there are 10 BENEFITS of playing sport:

Longer life

Sense of achievement

New friends

Body wellness

New experiences

Better immune system

Better sleep

Positivity & Better Mood

Energy

Overall body strength

POSSIBILITIES OF SPORT

IN OUR SCHOOL

Our school has a very useful and equipped gym. We have also an outside camp with a running lane, a basketball and a football camp.This helps us to train for the sport competitions. Our school often uses the public sport center BASLENGA that is linked to

the sport Association “ASD

Baslenga sport centre

Dance Drama Club

Mrs Valenti opened a

Drama Club to all the

students in school. In

this project she

introduced also a dance

group. They perform in

many styles and they

join dance and theatre

creating something

beautiful about the body

and soul wellness.

This dance club performs

in many times and in

many occasions linked to

the school events.

ITALY

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ROMANIA Country flag

Physical Education classes

Physical Education and Sports represent complex activi-ties that strongly influence the personality of the students learning in the high school. Ex-ercise through its multiple forms contributes both to the physical development and the shaping of those particular traits needed for a military career: strength, courage, devotion, dis-cipline, fair play and team spirit.

PE classes in The Nation-al Military High School „Ștefan cel Mare” offer basic physical training for the stu-dents. This includes learning how to play handball, volley-ball, basketball, athletics and exercises for a healthy life.

Team sports and

competitions

Students that want to do competitive sports can choose from a wide palette of sports: athletics, table tennis, football, volleyball, bas-ketball, orienteering and chess.

Each year the school’s teams participate to local, regional and national competitions. The most complex one is the competition be-tween all the National Military High Schools in Romania, an event that takes place over a week each year and sums up all the sports mentioned before.

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Students that want to do competitive sports can choose from a wide palette of sports: athletics, table tennis, football, volleyball, basketball, orienteer-ing and chess.

Each year the school’s teams participate to local, re-gional and national competi-tions. The most complex one is the competition between all the National Military High Schools in Romania, an event that takes place over a week each year and sums up all the sports mentioned before.

Chess is very im-portant for the development of analytical and strategic thinking; this is why stu-dents who choose to prac-tice it can train all year with one of our teachers.

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Sports in extracurricular

activities

Collaborating with other institutions is a priority in our school, and so sports couldn’t be the exception. We organize events and competitions with sports associations from our re-gion.

This way, our students learn to communicate and work with others, at the same time that they practice their skills and measure them with others. Rock climbing, going on the zip line or escalating trees test physical and mental limits, helping stu-dents to push themselves and surpass their fears.

ROMANIA

ROMANIA

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SCHOOL SPORTS

We’re going to talk about the sports

we use to practice in our school,

Agrupamento de Escolas Dr Correia

Mateus. Luckily there are several

clubs which provide outdoor and

indoor sports such as futsal, table

tennis, badminton, basketball, chess,

boccia or athletics.

Our favourite sports are:

Cross-Country

Table Tennis

Chess

Boccia

Futsal

Outdoor Activities

At school there are about two

hundred students who usually

participate in these club activities but

there are some other activities which

only take place in some specific days

of the schoolyear. Each year our

Physical Education (PE) teachers

organize very nice activities, such as:

The Sports Day

Inter-Class Tournaments

Cross Country Competitions

CROSS-COUNTRY

Cross-country is a running race in

which the athletes compete in an

open and sometimes rough ground. It

differs from a road or track running

race due to the ground itself which

may include grass, mud, bush or

water.

The cross-country is one of the main

activities of our school sports

programme. It is organized every

The first round selects a group of six

students (in each category) who

progress to the next stage. These six

top finishers proceed to the district

stage. Afterwards, the new top

finishers get to the national

competition where the national top

finishers are selected.The regional

competition is developed in other

schools. It’s a different experience

because we run with the pupils of

the other schools of Leiria district.

This competition gathers more than

a thousand students of different

ages.

There is an increasing number of

students to participate in this

competition.The first three classified

get on the podium and receive a

school sport medal. Two students of

our school reached the final

competition – the national

competition.

FUTSAL

The most popular club in our school is

the futsal club.

There are two futsal teams in our

school, both male teams:

Team 1- students between 10

and 12 years old

Team 2- students between 13

and 15 years old

Before reaching team 2 students must

practice very hard to have a place in the

main team.

Our school has 2 teachers in the futsal

club and 20 students in each team. This

sport is practiced at the school gym.

Last school year our team 2 won to

series. They were first in Leiria district

and after that they represented our city

in the next championship playing

against Guarda, Viseu, Castelo Branco

and Aveiro. We won this competition as

well and this gave the school the

passport to participate in the national

School Futsal Championship. We played

very well and were second in the final

competition. At school everybody was

very proud of the team.

PORTUGAL

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ACROBATIC GYMNASTICS

Acrobatic gymnastics requires agility,

coordination, strength, flexibility and

balance, in addition to the technical

requirements of jumping.

This sport is practiced in the Physical

Education classes, with groups of five

elements and we do basic positions.

We practice this sport in the school

gym. We have to set up the training

place and pack everything after the

practice.

Our school doesn’t have a club for this

sport but we choose it because we love

acrobatic gymnastics. Our school

doesn’t have a club for this sport but

we choose it because we love acrobatic

gymnastics.

The “base” athlete is usually the oldest

member of the pair or the tallest,

usually stronger to easily support the

pair or the “top”. The top is the other

element of the pair or group with a

shorter and lighter physical structure to

facilitate the work together, also

allowing a greater longevity of the

sport participation.

Moreover this beautiful sport creates

very strong friendship bonds

between the partners, as well as the

spirit of group work and the most

important of all a strong feeling of

trust between the partners and

coaches.

At the end of the year, there is a

school show and our PE teachers

choose a group of students to

participate so they have to learn a

little choreography.

When we do this sport at school we

have to set up the training place and

pack after exercise. This sport it’s

also practiced at the school gym on

the classes of Physical Education.

TABLE TENNIS

Similarly to the futsal group, the ta-

ble tennis is also represented in our

school with two teams but this time

male and female.

Children (10-12 years old)

Initiates (12-15 years old)

TABLE TENNIS

This sport is practiced in the PE classes

and also in the Table-tennis Club. All

the lessons we attend within the clubs

are always beyond the school timeta-

ble.Our school participates in several

inter-school tournaments.

The team of the oldest children has

already represented our school in the

district level competing with other

schools in Leiria.This sport has man-

aged to achieve good results in our

school namely in the district champi-

onship: we got the first place in single

male competition as well as in double

male competition. And all the school

champions have already participated

in the Erasmus Project – “Body”!

PORTUGAL

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BOCCIA

Our school is a reference school

concerning students with special

needs (students with multiple disa-

bilities). This sport is very dear to

all these students.

It is also practiced in two groups,

one group of students with less

motor difficulties and another

group of students in wheelchairs.

The goal of this great sport is to

put the coloured balls as close as

possible to a target ball, the white

one.In our school, this sport is

practiced by students with more

difficulties and also by those who

just want to practice it. Likewise

the table tennis this sport also has

inter-school tournaments where

our school has achieved a good

rating so far. These students are

real champions because they are

the evidence that in spite of all

their handicaps they didn’t give up

practicing sports. In the wheelchair

category our school has already

been district champion in teams as

well as in single completion. This

athlete was our sweet Sana

Chamili.

CHESS

The chess club participates every year

in tournaments, the representatives

of our school are very well placed at

points level.

Chess is very important in our school,

having even students who went to

other schools but continued to repre-

sent this school in championships.

Last year we were regional champions

who happened to be the student

named Marta Peixoto and also partici-

pated in the Erasmus + project. We

also had three students for the na-

tionals in the men's chess category

such as João Peixoto, Marcelo Car-

reira and João Martins.

OUTDOOR- ACTIVITIES

This club have a large number of

students. They love it because it’s

practice on nature and involve

several diferent activities such as :

canoeing, sports orientation ,

archery, sport climbing, rappel and

many others.

The photos represent the pleauser

that our students have when they are

SPORTS DAY

The sports day it’s celebrated on

one of the days of the first week of

june. Every year at this day

elementary schools come to our

school to do sport-related activi-

ties. Students at our school can

help teachers and children who

visit our school.

On that day children can try differ-

ent types of sports, meet some

new ones through organized activi-

ties

INTER-CLASS TOURNAMENT

The inter-class tournament it’s a

competition between classes. Eve-

ry year teachers choose one sport

and the students of every classes

compete with others classes. Last

year we play beiseball, futball and

athletics (Mega-athlete) each stu-

dent have to be the best long

jumper, run 40m velocity , run

1000m and shot put.

Only students who want partici-

pate do it and others can see and

support the students of their clas-

ses.

PORTUGAL

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Our school is a school with sport

classes. It means that apart from

2 regular phisical education clas-

ses students have also 2 hours

sport practice. Disciplines tra-

ined in our school are: ice-

hockey, handball, short treck, ice

skating, synchronised skating,

and orienteering. During regular

classes students mainly play te-

am sports or do individual exerci-

ses. Other sports include track

and field light athletics.

We are going to present our le-

ading disciplines: figure skating,

handball and ice-hockey.

Here is our ice skating rink.

Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, duos, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport included in the Olympics, in 1908. The pro-grammes iclude spins, jumps, moves in the field, lifts, throw jumps, death spi-rals, and other elements or moves.

At our school we generally do

men’s and ladies’ singles, and pair

skating. They train at Hala Olivia

which is 5 minute walk from our

school. Students start training

when they’re in 1st class. In our

school there is a special class for

ice skaters. In the beginning they

have 1 hour of ice skating per day

and 1 hour of ballet per week, but

when they start to train harder,

they’re getting older (like 4th or 5th

class) they start to have 2 hours of

ice skating + extra ballet and gym-

nastics.

How many students are training?

It depends on in which class stu-

dents are. In first 3 classes there

are about 20 skaters in one year.

But later, in 4th/5th class only the

best skaters stay and then they

start to train hard. But don’t for-

get, that they must study hard as

well!

Do they need any special equip-

ment?

They must to have skaters in their

size, at the beginning they don’t

need to have really expensive and

special skaters. But again when

they start train more professional

they have to buy skaters matching

category of ice skating. Figure

skates have a set of large, jagged

teeth called toe picks on the front

part of the blade. The toe picks are

used primarily in jumping and

should not be used for stroking or

The best skaters

Oliwia Borowska and Filip

Bojanowski, they’re our the best

pair skaters. They have won 4

times in a row at Teenagers’

Olympic competition (it’s the

most prestige competition in Po-

land!). They’ve been skating to-

gether for 4 years! They’re doing

an amazing job, keep training to

be even better!

POLAND

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Rules of Handball

A match consists of two periods of 30 minutes each.

Each team consists of 7 players; a goalkeeper and 6 outfield players.

Outfield players can touch the ball with any part of their body that is above the knee.

Once a player receives po-ssession, they can pass, hold po-ssession or shoot.

If a player holds possession, they can dribble or take three steps for up to three seconds without dribbling.

Only the goalkeeper is allowed to come into contact with the floor of the goal area.

How long is this sport practised in our school?

Handball is practised in our school since 1968/1969

How many students train in our school?

Pupils from 4 to 7th (aged from 9-13) forms of primary school and in each level of lower secondary school, (14- 16)which makes 103 students altogether. In a prepara-tory classes there are 17 students who start training.

How many coaches are there in our school?

We have 6 coaches. One from them (Agnieszka Kapała) won a brown medal in Youth Olympic Games in 1998.

How oftens trainings are held?

Trainings are held from Monday to Friday. They usually take 2 ho-urs. In this time you have 15 minu-tes break.

Competitions

Students often take part in local, regional and even national cham-pionships. They often win and our collection of medals and cups di-splaye dat school is imposing.

Our most famous graduates:

Patrycja Kulwińska-

Polish vice-championship in 2008/2009

Agnieszka Kapała- brown in a Youth

Olympic Games in 1998

Karolina Szwed Orneborg- Polish

vice-championship in 2007/2008

POLAND

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Interview with Julia Łapińska, (aged 13) the youngest ice-hockey player in the women ice hockey team.

- How old were you when you started playing ice-hockey?

I was five years old when I started playing ice hockey.

- How many hours a day do you practise?

I train every day for two hours.

- Do you practise ice -hockey in the summer?

Sometimes I attend to summer camps during vacation.

What is your position while you play ?

I play on the striker's position.

- Have you had any serious injuries?

Yes, I did. Last year I had a wrist fracture.

- Is your ice-hockey pratice kept only on an ice rink?

Not only on ice rink. I also train in the sports hall - stick

technique, stretching, and shots

- What must a good ice-hockey player be like?

A good hockey player should be fast, strong, clever and resistant.

- Why did you choose ice-hockey as your favourite sport?

I love this sport because the satisfaction of scoring is priceless.

- Do you support any ice-hockey team?

I support the team of Automatyka Gdańsk and the PNT.

- Who is your favourite ice-hockey player?

My favorite hockey player is Meghan Agosta – she has been a

member of Canada’s National Women’s Team since 2004. She

has played in three Olympic Winter Games.

- What would you like to improve?

I would like to improve the speed and power of the shot.

- - Do you think safety is more important than winning?

Of course, safety is the most important thing, but it’s great to be a

winner too.

- Have you ever injured anyone in a game? Accidentally or on the purpose?

I have never been on a penalty bench, although I have participated in several fights on the ice.

- Do coaches teach you about safety on the ice?

Yes, the coaches, at the beginning of the training familiarize us with the rules of safety on the ice

- Do you prefer playing when there are a lot of fans watching or no?

Playing at a large audience is very motivating but also stressful.

- What is your greatest achievement?

My biggest achievement is that I got to the senior team as the youngest girl in Poland. At the same time I play in two teams:

with women seniors and with boys from my yearbook. This year I won with the women's team vice Polish championship.

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