Elementary school Forstern is now a sports elementary school

Created: 12/19/2022, 6:00 p.m

By: Veronica Power

Forstern's Rector, Annett Taubert, received the certificate from Minister of Education Michael Piazolo (r.) and the President of the Bavarian State Sports Association, Jörg Ammon.

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The Forstern primary school was one of 37 in Upper Bavaria to be recognized as a sports primary school.

That's why there is an additional PE lesson for year 1.

Forstern

– Sporting activities and healthy nutrition have been important building blocks in the school profile of the Forstern primary school for years.

For these efforts, Rector Annett Taubert recently received the certificate for the profile "Fit and healthy - we are a sports primary school" on behalf of the school family in Neubiberg from Minister of Education Michael Piazolo and the President of the Bavarian State Sports Association, Jörg Ammon.

(By the way: everything from the region is now also available in our regular Erding newsletter.)

According to a press release, a total of 37 new sports elementary schools in Upper Bavaria – in the district of Erding not only Forstern but also the elementary schools Fraunberg, Moosinning and Taufkirchen – were honored “for their extraordinary commitment and their creativity in the areas of sport, exercise and healthy nutrition”.

For her school, Taubert mentions the annual swimming lessons in the 3rd and 4th grades as well as ice skating.

The “Run yourself fit” program is also an important annual activity, and cooperation with the community clubs is also a building block.

"Now that the Corona situation no longer forces us to restrict contacts in this way, we would like to revive the cooperation with the sports club this school year," says Taubert: The children should get to know different sports through trial lessons and get interested in more sports activities again participate in their free time.

For all these reasons, they applied for the profile as a sports primary school.

According to Piazolo, it is a "model with real added value", because the award means that the school has had an additional physical education lesson since the beginning of the school year in grade 1.

The first classes now have three physical education lessons all year round.

There is also 1,000 euros for the purchase of toys and sports equipment: "The school will use this to supplement the lunch boxes and purchase additional small equipment for physical education classes."

In the future, a door sign will refer to the profile in the entrance area of ​​the school.

This "we see a recognition of our previous work," explains Taubert.

At the same time, the school is highly motivated to continue to bring in new ideas for the students in the areas of "sporting exercise" and "healthy nutrition".  

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