From the 10th to the 14th of October the programme „Health education in the Primary school„ took place. The programme was prepared and coordinated by the deputy teacher Jovita Grakaviniene. During the whole week a teacher-trainee from Joniskis Ilona Gylyte participated in open lessons and related activities.
The aim of the programme was to improve the teachers‘ competences through providing the students and their parents the knowledge about health, shaping attitudes towards healthy lifestyle and behaviour. To share the school health experience, present the models of health education as well as with the opportunities of cooperation with the families and society.
Monday was devoted to the education of physical health.
Knowledge of the world
In the Maths lessons
The topics of healthy eating and provision of the first aid were integrated into different subjects. Later a preventive afternoon
„Let‘s live healthy“took place.
The representative of the Public Health Care in the local municipality.
And we were looking for the solutions to different communication problems. 
On Tuesday, during the lessons of the World Knowledge and Moral Education students learned how to control emotions, how to communicate and know themselves, how to think and make decisions. The afternoon „Let‘s live friendly“ taught the children that „live without communication or communicating in a wrong way is the same as living with closed eyes
Simona Bikaite took part in the event.The senior specialist of the Public Order Department at Police Commissariat in Vilkaviskis region Ruta Kairiene participated in the event.
During the Moral Education, Art, Lithuanian lessons on Wednesday the main attention was paid at the education of moral health. The students learned how to tell the truth, they found out about the importance of goodness, the true human beauty and love. In the evening the parents of the students paid a visit to school.
On Thursday morning a non-traditional activity about friendship and goodness was performed by the teacher-trainee.
After classes the students, their parents and teachers took part in a contest „The healthiest ones of the healthiest“, reflecting the main principles of the total health.
A big group of guests arrived to Vilkaviskis Primary school:the representative of Educational Department Ingrida Meseckiene, the head of the Kretinga food Vilma Blazaitiene and a pedagogue of Healthy lifestyle Erika Kuslyte. The students‘ teams showed their skills while performing different tasks, and for every correct answer they got a present-an apple.
On Friday the teacher-trainee was introduced to the famous places of Vilkaviskis region. She also presented her own school. Later the discussion about the training took place.
We are very glad to have such a number of hardworking and creative pedagogues who worked during that week especially actively-presenting open lessons, preparing the events and the educational corners. They not only worked individually and in teams but also were evaluated and could evaluate themselves.
Irada Miltiniene,English Teacher Of Vilkaviskis Primary School/Lithuania
