The Cypriot partner school Gymnasium Constantinoupoleos Nicosia Cypr

  • HEALTHY HERO SCHOOL

     

     

     

     

    http://gym-konstantinoupoleos-lef.schools.ac.cy

     

    The Gymnasium of Konstantinoupoleos is located in Nicosia, the Capital city of Cyprus, at the municipality of Strovolos.

     It was built in 1989 and it is a small secondary school with 248 studentsaged 12-15. Public Secondary General Education is provided for students aged 12 to 18 years,through two three-year cycles of courses - High School (Gymnasium) and Lyceum. The two cyclesinclude courses in discrete modules and various extra school activities (clubs, trips, visits etc.) in order to achieve comprehensive and balanced personality development of students. Attendance is free for all classes and compulsory until the age of 15 years. Our Educational system aims topromote and develop a healthy, spiritual and moral personality, creating competent, democratic and law-abiding citizens. The subject of the Gymnasium are common for all students. Extensive analitical programs exist for all subjects. There are 38 hours for all three grades of the Gymnasium. Every school year our school organises around 5 artistic events with themes relevant to the history of the island of Cyprus.

    During the last 3 years, students of our school prepared and presented an artistic manifestation focusing on the following themes:

    2014-2015: The history of Cyprus over the years.
    2015-2016: War and Peace. 2016-2017: Love for people, environment and Country. Every presentation entails music, theatre and dancing based on the research done by students with the collaboration of their teachers.
      We have participated in Erasmus projects about Teaching strategies,Megora de la competientia n communication linguistica n los sentors europeos, and about traditional food, Happy Healthy and Creative pupils across borders. In the Erasmus team there are teachers: Ms. Kate Hadjipantela, Computer Science teacher, BSc on Computer Science, Mr. Kritonas Neophytou, Design and Technology teacher, BSc on Design and Technology, School coordinator in Erasmus+ project, 2014-2016 TEACHING STRATEGIES, Ms.Maria Demetriou, Home Economics Teacher, Master in Applied Nutrition and Excercise who participated in Erasmus+ ProjectTRADITIONAL FOOD.

    We are interested in joining this project because we think that the world is changing, students have lost their sense of belonging and they have no role models. They are rightly passive receivers and they have a low self-esteem. Through this project the students are motivated and are offered the opportunity to exchange ideas with other students coming from different countries. Having a Health hero as a role model, this means that their whole idea regarding nutrition will change. The pupils will have the opportunity to learn how to lead a healthy lifestyle. They will also use their creativity to promote healthy eating. Additionally by improving their nutrition this means they will learn how to avoid bad habits including alcohol, smoking, drug addiction and internet addiction.