Funded by
Erasmus+ KA2
Information
- Length: 2023 - 2026
- Lead Partner: Municipality of Luleå (SE)
- Members Involved: SERN, Liceo Marconi (IT) as associated partner
- Other Partners: Lulea Tekniska Universitet (SE), Istituto comprensivo Leonardo Da Vinci (IT), Universidad de Granada (ES), Daugavpils Iespēju vidusskola (LV)
- Priority Area: #QualityEducation #InclusiveCommunities
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Contacts
- ginevra.roli@sern.eu
- +393441183550
Bridge
Building Resilient compulsory schools through an IntegrateD and empowerinG approach to wEll-being
About the project
The BRIDGE project originates from the collective ambition of partner organisations to innovate the education system, fostering greater well-being within school environments.
Research spanning the past 50 years worldwide has consistently demonstrated that collaborative, child-centred education has numerous benefits across key areas crucial to school success.
The collaborative dialogic approach to student-centred education significantly enhances competencies, social skills, and communication abilities, all of which contribute to student well-being. Furthermore, this approach correlates with improved academic performance and attainment levels.
Drawing upon insights from practitioners and research findings, the partnership aims to develop a suite of easily replicable and adaptable tools for schools. These tools will be tailored to diverse educational contexts in Sweden, partner countries, and across Europe at large.
The project primarily targets teachers, students, and school personnel, including administrators and support staff. Additionally, researchers, civil servants in compulsory education, and families may also benefit from the project’s outcomes.
In the BRIDGE project, well-being is understood as a key condition for learning and school development.
We work on mental, social and physical well-being, building bridges between people, practices and contexts to support a whole-school approach.
Objectives
The main objective is to increase quality of school education through the development of a whole-school approach to well-being. In addition to that, specific objectives are:
- To equip the whole staff with new skills and knowledge about promoting well-being in the classroom and in the school at large
- To develop effective participatory processes for students in the co-design and implementation of interventions
- To design and develop a “well-being at school” toolbox easily and readily applicable in school
Products
TRAINING COURSES FOR TEACHERS
The training course is designed for teachers focusing on three fundamental concepts of well-being within schools: mental, social, and physical. The course is structured to encompass theoretical understanding alongside practical activities, which can be easily replicated in classrooms and schools across Europe, fostering a holistic approach to well-being education.
Project partners identified the three fundamental dimensions of well-being to be addressed in schools:
mental well-being
Supporting emotional resilience and mental health strategies.
Social well-being
Enhancing inclusion, positive relationships, and a supportive school climate.
Physical well-being
Promoting movement, ergonomics, and healthy lifestyle habits.
STUDENTS’ ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES
Here you’ll find practical strategies to boost student engagement and well-being in schools, based on input from teachers and students in Italy, Latvia, Spain, and Sweden.
From this, 12 evidence-based strategies were developed (four per domain), presented in three thematic tracks with references for further reading.
Explore them and discover new ways to make schools more engaging and supportive.
PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE WELLBEING among the partner schools
This section presents classroom activities that promote student well-being and active participation, based on real practices from teachers in Italy, Sweden, and Latvia involved in the BRIDGE project.
Each activity includes examples of how it has been adapted in different schools and contexts, showing how it can be applied across ages and settings.
Get inspired and bring new ideas into your daily teaching practice.
Toolbox for wellbeing
The Toolbox for wellbeing is a comprehensive set of resources developed to support schools in embedding well-being into everyday educational practice.
The Toolbox is grounded in a whole-school perspective, recognising that well-being is not limited to individual interventions or isolated activities, but emerges from the way teaching, relationships, school organisation and student participation interact on a daily basis.
Rather than offering a prescriptive model, the Toolbox provides inspiration, structure and practical guidance. It connects reflection and action, combining professional insights from teachers, concrete classroom practices and a clear pedagogical framework.
