VI. osnovna škola Varaždin

The project Healthy Week started in 2013 in order to encourage the pupils of 6th Primary School Varaždin to learn how to prepare their own meals and do housework, as well as to exercise regularly.

5th Healthy Week lasted from the 27th of February to the 3rd of March 2017. Pupils showed once again that they can cook and do housework.

This year's motto was 'Fast, healthy and tasty – the German and Austrian Cuisine'. This time the project was international – pupils learned about other cultures and made new friends. We had visitors from foreign partner-schools in Germany, Austria and Poland, as well as visitors from Croatian partner-schools in Pula and Ludbreg.

Younger pupils prepared their own healthy meals with their teachers every day of the week. Older pupils made posters about German, Austrian, Polish and Croatian cuisine. Younger and older pupils competed in cooking and housework. There was an international part of the competition in which pupils and teachers from partner-schools participated.

Pupils had to prepare and serve the meal: a healthy pizza or specialties like 'Dampfnudel', 'Spatzle' or 'Schupfnudeln'. They also had to clean up their work place.

Pupils also competed in housework, such as washing the dishes, sweeping, hammering down the nails, sewing patches and sewing buttons. They were cheered loudly by their class friends.

On the last day of the project visitors from other schools attended some classes in 6th Primary School, visited the mayor of Varaždin, Mr.Habuš, and then they watched the finals in cooking and housework. Visiting pupils and teachers also competed in cooking and housework.

Everybody was delighted by this experience and are looking forward to the next healthy week!