Schoolyard Games
About Schoolyard Games
Schoolyard Games was a European project focused on collecting, preserving and sharing traditional games played by children during school breaks and before or after school. The project paid special attention to games that promoted inclusion, gender equality, cultural values and physical activity, creating a practical resource for coaches, teachers, parents and children who wanted to bring more intercultural, active and inclusive activities into schools and grassroots sport.
Over 18 months, the partners collected and filmed traditional schoolyard games, creating an online video library with clear instructions, rules, variations, necessary equipment and communication elements. The project also developed a website where organisations and individuals could register, interact and upload new content, while dissemination activities, social media communication and a network of project ambassadors helped ensure the visibility, sustainability and long-term use of the results.
Main objectives
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- Collected and systematised traditional schoolyard games played by children;
- Created an online video library with rules, instructions and variations of the games;
- Promoted physical activity at school and reduced sedentary behaviour;
- Highlighted the benefits of sport for health and wellbeing;
- Supported inclusion, gender equality and intercultural learning through play;
- Increased the capacity of organisations to cooperate at transnational level;
- Promoted Erasmus+ Sport as an opportunity for good practice exchange and international cooperation;
- Disseminated the project through local events, media publications, social media and a network of ambassadors.
Funding programme: Erasmus + Sport – Small Collaborative Partnership
Reference: 2023-SSCP-101133004
Period: 01/2024 to 06/2025
Partners:
Coordinator – Lotina Kutija – Croatia
Partner – Oti Slovakia – Slovenia
Partner – Sport Evolution Alliance – Portugal
Partner – Association For Fitness and Sport Recreation Lagertha – Serbia
Partner – Avrasya Gençlik Gelişim Dernegi – Turkey
Total Budget of the Project: 60.000,00 €
Total Budget of SEA: 10.345,00 €