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Charge Your Brainzzz recognized as a Healthy School activity

Published Dec 21, 2023

Charge Your Brainzzz has recently been recognized as the first Healthy School activity for the theme of Sleep. New Healthy School activities are recognized regularly. You can use Healthy School activities to work on a healthy lifestyle at school. All Healthy School activities are of good quality and easy to implement in practice. They have been assessed on these criteria by an independent committee. There are Healthy School activities for primary education, specialized education, secondary education, and vocational education. In addition to Charge Your Brainzzz, The Lab of Life, Food Challenge, and Move a-Head 1 + 1 = 3 were also recognized as Healthy School activities.

Charge Your Brainzzz

Improving students’ sleep: that is what Charge Your Brainzzz is designed for. Using videos, quizzes, and sleep challenges, students become aware of the importance of good sleep and the causes of poor sleep. They also learn how to improve their sleep. With Charge Your Brainzzz, you can work on the theme of Sleep in secondary education. It is the first Healthy School activity for the theme of Sleep.

The Lab of Life

The Lab of Life is an educational program designed to promote young people’s mental well-being. Students learn to take control of their well-being and explore what works best for their personal situation. With The Lab of Life, you can therefore work on the theme of Well-being in vocational education.

Food Challenge

With Food Challenge, students learn about healthy and sustainable food and where it comes from. For example, they cook on a farm using ingredients they have harvested themselves. Which team will make the best poke bowl? Food Challenge is suitable for working on Nutrition in specialized education and Nutrition in secondary education.

Move a-Head 1 + 1 = 3

Cooperating, preventing conflicts, and working on self-image: these kinds of social-emotional skills are addressed with 1 + 1 = 3 by Move a-Head. Students receive both theory and practical training, for example through physical education classes, judo lessons, and classroom lessons. Move a-Head is suitable for working on Well-being in primary education and Well-being in specialized education.

Ten tips for the Golden Weeks in primary education

After every holiday, a group goes through certain phases in the process of group formation. The first weeks at the beginning of the school year are called the Golden Weeks. These weeks are particularly suitable for laying a foundation for good group formation and a pleasant atmosphere. Stichting School & Veiligheid offers ten tips.

Our Food Week

From 3 to 10 October 2026, it is Our Food Week. A great opportunity to focus with your class at primary school on where our food comes from, how it is made and why healthy and sustainable choices are important. Food education allows pupils not only to learn, but especially to experience. That is why various organisations are joining forces to support schools with inspiring activities, teaching materials and practical tools. Examples include the Mayors’ Breakfast, a free visit to a farm, or shopping vouchers for cooking in the classroom.

Join National Tap Water Day 2026 on 30 September!

Would you like more water to be drunk in the new school year? Then put tap water in the spotlight with your class as a healthy and sustainable thirst quencher during National Tap Water Day on Wednesday 30 September. This way, your pupils will discover why tap water is healthy and how to turn it into a festive drink!

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