New European Bauhaus Prizes 2023

Initiative category

Identify the award category for which this initiative is being submitted
Reconnecting with nature

Email user
sekretariat@p60.edu.gdansk.pl

Basic information
Initiative title
Beauty and sustainability for all

Full initiative Title
Let's give all children a chance for sustaiable and beautiful world

Please provide a short, catchy description of your initiative to be used in communication towards the public.
Project design connects outdoor education with Dalton in an innovative way. The project creates opportunities for learning with different learning capabilities ( eg. health, mental conditions, language knowledge- Ukrainian refugees). The project let us to gain positive emotional experiences connected with communing with nature.

What was the geographical scope of your intiative?
Local

Where was your intiative implemented?
Member State(s) and Western Balkans
Poland

If relevant, insert names of region(s)/municipality(ies) involved
Polska, Pomerania, Gdańsk

Does your initiative address mainly urban or rural issues?
Mainly urban

Does your initiative refer to a physical transformation of the built environment or other types of transformations (hard or soft investments)?
It refers to other types of transformations (soft investment)

Has your initiative benefited from EU programmes and/or funds?
Yes

Which fund(s)?
ERASMUS

Here you can provide more details about the name of the specific programme, strand/action line as relevant, and the year
We have finished two projects : Our children, our world, our future , and We all are special

Has your initiative won an EU prize with a monetary value awarded?
No

Does your initiative has a minimum level of maturity? The minimum level of maturity is exemplified by stakeholder/ initiative promoter commitment to implement the initiative in practice and a clear methodology /approach.
Yes

On whose behalf are you submitting the application?
As a representative of an organization, in partnership with other organisations
If you are submitting this intiative as part of a group, please provide the contact details of the other individuals or organisations
- Name of the organisation(s): Kindergarten No 60 Gdańsk
  Type of organisation: Public authority (European/national/regional/local)
  First name of representative: Marzena
  Last name of representative: Bonczek
  Gender: Female
  Nationality: Poland
  Function: kindergarden headmaster
  Address (country of permanent residence for individuals or address of the organisation)<br/>Street and number: Orłowska 19
  Town: Gdansk
  Postal code: 80-347
  Country: Poland
  Direct Tel: +48 58 556 20 49
  E-mail: sekretariat@p60.edu.gdansk.pl
  Website: http://p60.edu.gdansk.pl
Social Media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.)
- URL: http://p60.edu.gdansk.pl
  Social media handle and associated hashtag(s): http:// pl-pl.facebook.com/brzechwiaki60
In case my initiative is selected as a finalist of the NEB Prizes 2023, I agree to share the name (individual and/or organisation’s), email address, website and social media accounts indicated above with other NEB Prizes finalists. I also agree to publish the name (individual and/or organisation’s), website and social media accounts indicated above next to the public description of my initiative in the channels of the European Commission.
Yes

How did you hear about the New European Bauhaus Prizes?
National Agency , Warsaw, Poland

Description of the initiative
Please provide a summary of your initiative
Project design connects outdoor education with Dalton plan in an innovative way. The project creates opportunities for learning with different learning capabilities ( eg. health, mental conditions, language knowledge- Ukrainian refugees). The project let us to gain positive emotional experiences connected with communing with nature.

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with 5 key words.
Education for sustainable developement

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
Diversity is our value

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
Inclusion- chance for everybody

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
Making art as a therapy

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with key words
Formal and non-formal education

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of sustainability and how these have been/will be met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
These has been met by outdoor education- planting flowers, herbs, wegetables, outdoor games, playing in sensory garden, where each sense developes ( taste- tasting wegetables, smell- sniffing flowers and herbs, touch- using sensory path, hearing- listening to birds singing, using outdoor percussion instruments in the garden). The natural environement becomes a teaching aid. The initiative can be exemplary by creating similar sensory garden in any place. Natural science education builds integrated knowledge about the world. In this way our project can be implemented into other places.

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of aesthetics and quality of experience for people (through design, positive emotions and cultural benefits) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
Natural environment is a source of positive emotions. It lets us use activating methods, problem solving methods and project methods. Parts of the nature has been also used as a part of an art ( painting with usage of stones, shells). Creating art with parts of nature as a tool plays an therapic role and make us happy. In this way can be implemented into other places.

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of inclusion (ranging from accessibility and affordability for all to inclusive governing systems, design for all principles or new societal models) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
Undertaking activities involving children with special educational needs, mental problems, health, different language.
Integrate Ukrainian refuges ( children and their parents) by cooperation with others for breaking language barriers. Project also creates opportunities for children with different learning capabilities ( e.g. health, language, mental conditions) and in this way can be implemented into other places.

Please explain the way citizens benefiting from or affected by the initiative and civil society have been/will be involved in the initiative and what has been/will be the impact of this involvement on the initiative
Citizenns , which are benefiting the initiative have been involved into it by voting for civic budget. Our equipment of the garden was created in cooperation with civic budget. This place is available for local society.

Please explain how different stakeholders at various levels (local, regional, national, European) were engaged in the design and implementation of the initiative.
Different stakeholders ( local authorities, educational authorities, parents) were engaged in the design and implementation oft he initiative. Our educational authorities observed and encouraged us to develop our initiative and progresses o fit. We cooperated also with Polish Scouting Association. Local authrities co-financed our equipment of our garden and attitude to our way of learning.

Please explain which disciplines and/ or knowledge fields were reflected in the design and implementation of your initiative. Please explain how representatives of these different fields interacted with each other, and what the added value of this process was
Many disciplines and knowledge fields were reflected in the design: psychology, pedagogy, medicine, preschool pedagogy, special pedagogy, sociology. Different specialists cooperate, share experiences , good practices, exchanges materials. They cooperate with each other with planning, organizing, implementing and modifying the project.

Please highlight the innovative character of the initiative, when compared to mainstream actions in the field of the initiative
Project connects outdoor education with Dalton Plan in an innovative way, which states that children playing is their natural activity as well as uses activating methods, problem solving methods and project methods. The project let us introduce innovative solution in organizing Teachers activities. It broadens the scope of places of education ( playground, places outside of the classroom. It also creates opportunities for children with different learning capabilities ( e.g. health, language, mental conditions).

Please describe which elements of your initiative could be replicated or transferred to other places, groups of beneficiaries and contexts. This may involve, for example, aspects of the methodology, technology, processes, products, learnings, etc.
Some elements of our initiative could be transferred to other educational places such as: activating methods, individualization of didactic processes, undertaking activities involving children with different learning capabilities ( e.g. health, language, mental conditions).

Please describe the methodology or approach used in your initiative.
Teachers develop their skills ( broaden their knowledge, share it with others, promote good practices), improve their competences ( the ability to make contact, teamwork, negotiation skills, conflict resolution, assertive behaviour, emphaty, patience, understanding, work planning, anticipation, dealing with stress). Teachers cooperate by sharing good practices, exchanging experiences, exchanging materials needed for work, joint organization and carrying out various activities. Teachers cooperate with each other in planning, organizing, implementing and modifying educational processes.

Please explain what kind of global challenges the initiative addresses by providing local solutions
} Our initiative face some kind of global challenges. Human well-being with the nature, Increasing of respect for natural environment, gaining knowledge about natural environment, developing human skills and competences (the ability to make contact, teamwork, negotiation skills, conflict resolution, assertive behaviour, emphaty, patience, understanding, work planning, anticipation, dealing with stress). The project lets to express ideas and emotions in different artistic and cultural forms.

Please detail the scope of progress in the implementation of the initiative. This can include already demonstrated results/outputs related to the chosen Prizes category, and the already achieved benefits from the initiative for direct and indirect beneficiaries. This can also include a development plan of the initiative, with a particular attention to the steps envisaged in the year following the application, and including envisaged results and benefits from the initiative
Our initiative caused modification of the concept of work, enrichment of the kindergarten base. It made that children are learning through action in teams and groups, and developing their sensibility. for teacher: team work, use of activating and problem-based methods as well as informal methods, creating conditions for independent actions and decision making. for parents : increasing awareness of key competencies. local environments: a series of events.

Please provide documents that demonstrate the maturity level of the initiative and commitment to implement the initiative in practice (e.g.: evaluation report, final or mid-term initiative report, certification, publications, building permit, grant agreement, letter of support, partnership agreement, etc.)
Web link
Web link
If relevant, please describe how your initiative contributes to developing new competences, especially in the context of the European competence framework on sustainability.
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Yes

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Yes

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Yes

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Yes

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Yes

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