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School Health Week Boosts Student Engagement Through Point System

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  • The point system and daily challenges during health week led to positive student behaviors like trying new vegetables and reducing screen time.
  • Class 1A won the competition with the most points, earning diplomas and prizes, though specifics are undisclosed.
  • The school plans to hold another health week in May, building on engagement that extended to guardians via digital platforms.

According to school nurse Susanne Yasin Elahi, the point system had a clearly positive effect, with many students trying new vegetables at lunch and choosing to go screen-free for a whole day. Staff observed clear engagement from students who looked for daily challenge posters every morning with anticipation, and after the health week, many students wanted to continue with challenges, official sources reported. The goal of the health week was to increase students' awareness about health, and to encourage healthy choices, the school worked with daily challenges, Elahi said.

These challenges ranged from screen-free days to various physical activities during breaks, such as squats and jumping, with each activity giving points to the class. Every morning, posters were put up around the school with the day's challenge, and at the end of the school day, each class tallied their points. The week ended with a prize ceremony and diplomas for class 1A, which collected the most points, though the exact number of points and specific prizes awarded remain unknown.

The health week began and ended with a joint movement session focusing on movement joy and community, and all physical education lessons had extra focus on health and well-being. Through the school's digital platforms, guardians were also involved, which strengthened the joint work with health even outside school, though the specific platforms used have not been detailed. Due to the success, the school will arrange a new health week already in May, but the exact dates and total number of participants in the recent event are not confirmed.

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