Pilot activities with Primary Schools in Italy
Food meets Schools: “Not to waste my future"
LAMORO contacted some primary schools in the city of Asti area to promote awareness of food waste in qualitative and quantitative terms, after some organizational meetings with the Regional Education Office for Piedmont - IV Territorial Office of Asti.
The meetings were organized as follows:
• Primary school "U. Cagni ": 24/05/2017
• Portacomaro primary school: 29/05, 5 / 06-06 / 06
The activities with the schools have been oriented to increase awareness of the importance of food and natural resources that have contributed to the generation of the food itself: it is essential to promote more responsible and sustainable behaviours among the younger generations for sustainable use of natural resources. Pupils were asked to think about the origins of food waste and any ways not to waste and generate waste: they also did small experiments how to cook with the leftovers of the day. LAMORO realised a booklet with different section and modules: each teacher chooses what is more suitable for the pupils. LAMORO, in fact, used the booklet in different way during each round.
The activities with the schools have been shared with the European partners of the STREFOWA project and go to create a dossier of school experiences for each partner, in order to share experiences, to compare the different realities and find new inputs to be developed in subsequent activities.
• Primary school "U. Cagni ": 24/05/2017
• Portacomaro primary school: 29/05, 5 / 06-06 / 06
The activities with the schools have been oriented to increase awareness of the importance of food and natural resources that have contributed to the generation of the food itself: it is essential to promote more responsible and sustainable behaviours among the younger generations for sustainable use of natural resources. Pupils were asked to think about the origins of food waste and any ways not to waste and generate waste: they also did small experiments how to cook with the leftovers of the day. LAMORO realised a booklet with different section and modules: each teacher chooses what is more suitable for the pupils. LAMORO, in fact, used the booklet in different way during each round.
The activities with the schools have been shared with the European partners of the STREFOWA project and go to create a dossier of school experiences for each partner, in order to share experiences, to compare the different realities and find new inputs to be developed in subsequent activities.
The activity was structured as follows:
1. first meeting with teachers, choice of activities to be performed based on hourly availability and pupils characteristics;
2. preparation of the definitive material;
3. pupils activities with support and presence of teachers.
The class meetings are structured as follows:
1. reading a fable for introductory purposes to the theme of food waste, an invitation to draw and represent the more impressive (in terms of waste) passages of the fable;
2. pupils interview obout the domestic behaviour how to treat food waste at home: a lot of information sorted out! introduction to home cooking with leftover food and little practical experiment with the advanced bread in the school cafeteria;
3. presentation of EXPO MILANO 2015 and the Milan Children's Charter, lessons on the waste of natural resources and food.
1. first meeting with teachers, choice of activities to be performed based on hourly availability and pupils characteristics;
2. preparation of the definitive material;
3. pupils activities with support and presence of teachers.
The class meetings are structured as follows:
1. reading a fable for introductory purposes to the theme of food waste, an invitation to draw and represent the more impressive (in terms of waste) passages of the fable;
2. pupils interview obout the domestic behaviour how to treat food waste at home: a lot of information sorted out! introduction to home cooking with leftover food and little practical experiment with the advanced bread in the school cafeteria;
3. presentation of EXPO MILANO 2015 and the Milan Children's Charter, lessons on the waste of natural resources and food.
The messages transmitted to children to improve their awareness have focused on food: food should not be wasted because otherwise it becomes waste and damages the environment; leftover food can be cooked in another way to consume it and not make it waste.
