Let us play together by Studio za umjetnost i dizajn Nikola Sinkovic

Let us play together!

Let us play together! COMENIUS SPORTURE PROJECT COLLECTION OF THE TRADITIONAL GAMES from Austria, Croatia, The Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey

Gornja Stubica, 2015.

ISBN 978-953-58484-0-0

Introduction

As the flagship European Funding programme in the field of education and training, the Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP) enables individuals at all stages of their lives to pursue stimulating learning opportunities across Europe. Comenius, part of the Lifelong Learning Programme, seeks to develop knowledge and understanding among young people and educational staff of the diversity of European cultures, languages and values. It helps young people acquire the basic life skills and competences necessary for their personal development, future employment and active citizenship. http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/about_llp/about_llp_ en.php http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/comenius/comenius_ en.php Although in its final phase, because Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP) was closed in the year 2013., Comenius programme connected seven schools in a project called Sporture – Sport and nature, a great and healthy adventure. During the process of evaluation, the project has collected enough points for implementation and each school got a grant from their European projects National Agency for participation in it. Sporture – Sport and nature, a great and healthy adventure project has a Ref. No. 2013-1-TR1-COM06-47864. The project is being conducted from 1 August 2013 to 31 July 2015. This book, collection of traditional games, is only one part of the project which includes tradition, heritage, gastronomy, culture, exploring natural parks.

HERE IS THE LIST OF THE COMENIUS SPORTURE PA R T N E R S C H O O L S Austria NMS KO 50 Middle School Croatia Osnovna škola Matije Gupca Gornja Stubica The Netherland R.S.G. Wiringherlant Poland Publiczne Gimnazjum w Boratynie Slovenia Osnovna šola Križevci Spain IES Sierra Luna Turkey Mavikent Duralli Yazici Ortaokulu – coordinator of the Sporture project

About Comenius Sporture project G A M E S A R E I M P O R TA N T, N O W AND FOR THE FUTURE The Sporture Project joins students and teachers of different countries working in sports, nature and healthy activities. With this project we aim to provide a cultural interaction between children and to enable playing with natural materials. Students and teachers from 7 countries participate in this project; Austria, Croatia, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey. We all live in Europe, but we are different. We all have our customs, and what is important we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know each other enough. But, children are not inhibited in their contacts as adults are. That is visible in childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games. Games are the best ways to have the first contact and to produce opportunity to get to know each other. If we got the opportunity to learn different traditional games, to discover heritage of our partner`s country, we would open new communication channels for our students on which they could build future friendships. It is important for children to have early experience of communication with different cultures both to respect different ones and to be proud of their own.

In this project we give children the opportunity to play with real friends: sweat, breathe, raise a heartbeat, get dirty in mud, move muscles, have strong bones, at the end a healthy body and a healthy mind. The project helps children to socialize, have more friends and be able to touch, eat or drink together. Those friends are real ones, not virtual. They play together whether theylose or win; they know that it is “only a game” and their psychological maturation will not be disturbed as in the computer games. We noticed the connection between games and the environment, so we organized activities and games in natural parks. We want our students and teachers to see and find natural equipment to play games. We want to show them there are other natural tools except computers, pc-video games for playing. We want them to move, to get out of their rooms, to join in cultural interaction. Learning is difficult but it is more fun by using the games. Children find themselves in situation to draw the game on the ground and show other partners the rules, explain in English or by doing and play with them together. They have to prepare videos and photos of the games in case more participants are needed. The most important part is to show, teach and play all together. When people see some children playing, suddenly, a smile appears on their faces. They feel happy without any reason. We want to share those pure feelings with everyone in the world. If you make someone happy, if you put a smile on someone’s face, everything comes easier to him/her. The best way to make children happy is to play with them. The Sporture Project aims to make children happy and look into the future more positively. We say you can have “strong mind in strong body”. So, if we want to have a healthy and strong minded future, we must play and make sports in playgrounds like our past relatives did. Healthy life starts with healthy sports activities and eating healthy food. If you play natural sports, you do not forget that you are a part of this nature and that causes you to be a natural and healthy person. The Sporture Project is not only about the games, it promotes healthy lifestyle.

Impressum PUBLISHER OŠ Matije Gupca Gornja Stubica 49245 Gornja Stubica, Matije Gupca 2 T/F 049/289-164 W www.os-mgupcagornjastubica.skole.hr FOR PUBLISHER Sanja Knezić EDITORS Gökhan Edge Albayrak, Francisco Javier Gil Espinosa, Rosmarie Jessner, Katja Koroša, Ines KrušeljVidas, Brigitte Schmeetz, Magdalena Wayda-Sawa EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ines Krušelj-Vidas DESIGN Studio za umjetnost i dizajn Nikola Sinković, Oroslavje W www.nikolasinkovic.com PRINT Studio za dizajn i tisak Arkuš, Donja Stubica NUMBER OF COPIES 300 This book was published with the Comenius Lifelong learning programme financial grants. ON THE COVER Sporture mascot Gornja Stubica, 2015. CIP zapis je dostupan u računalnome katalogu Nacionalne i sveučilišne knjižnice u Zagrebu pod brojem 000901189.

GAMES CONNECT US, ALL AROUND EUROPE Playing games has a very important position in pupils’ growth, socialization and their development. Although pupils don’t speak the same language, they share the same feelings. In children’s games you don’t see people`s color or language, you don’t look at their race, nor if they are rich or poor. You just play, it isn’t important if you lose or win. You just have a good time and fun with friends, enjoy your togetherness. You learn while playing and that is a more effective wayof learning. In games, children develop different strategies: learning by watching, by training and obeying the rules; how to use free time in useful ways, to spend their energy to build up their body, to respect other players, to forbear and to be patient, to watch out for each other, to continue the game, to develop the ability to comprehend. What is more, children`s games have useful “side effects”: quick thinking, finding practical and the shortest way to solve a problem. The project motivates all participants to learn English as the official language of the project, but also other foreign languages to enrich their knowledge about other countries. It leads to a better understanding of the culture, social and economic problems of other European partner countries and connects people from different European areas. The mobility measures are leading to an enhancement of tourism and intercultural exchange. It motivates students and teachers to establish long-lasting friendships over borders and bring diverse parts of Europe closer together. All this will make an important contribution to a Europe united in peace and friendship.

L E T U S P U T A S M I L E O N S O M E O N E ' S FA C E - S H A R E THE GAMES Partners needed to fulfill different activities and tasks during the project. Comenius Sporture project has a logo, mascot, eight language dictionary, presentations about different topics connected with a project, questionnaires, evaluation lists, Face book group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1381286078759901/), web page (https:// sites.google.com/site/sporturecomenius/), blog (http://comeniussporture.blogspot. com), project corner in each school, video materials and photo album from each meeting of the project teams. But, collection of traditional games in this book is not only a useful tool for promoting and implementation of the project aims but also result of rediscovery of traditional games to the children of the modern age. Each partner team prepared a short introduction about their country, town and school. Each team chooses seven traditional games to explain and one more to widen the project beyond the partners’ countries. Let us put a smile on someone’s face - let us play together! Gokhan, coordinator of Sporture project Ines, editor of the book of games

Let us play together!

COMENIUS SPORTURE PROJECT COLLECTION OF THE TRADITIONAL GAMES

Austria

Austria is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Switzerland. About two thirds of the country is covered by the Alps, especially the western part. The eastern part of Austria is rather plain with continental climate. The rest of Austria has an alpine climate with long cold winters and rather short moderate summers. The most important cities are Vienna, Graz, Linz, Salzburg, and Innsbruck. The Danube river crosses Austria from northwest to southeast. Austria is a federal republic, divided into nine provinces: Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Styria, the Tyrol, Upper Austria, Vienna, and Vorarlberg. Austria has a population of roughly 8.6 million. Vienna is the capital city and also the largest city with a population of about 1.8 million. The borders of modern day Austria date back to the collapse of the Habsburg empire after World War I in 1918. Since then, Austria has been a republic with the exception of the years 1934 to 1945 when it was under the rule of first the Austrofascists and from 1938, as a part of the German Empire, under the rule of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime. After the liberation in spring 1945, Austria was occupied by British, French, Soviet,

and US forces until 1955. With the signing of the „Staatsvertrag“ on May 15th 1955 Austria became an independent country again. Austria is a member of the United Nations and since 1995 a member of the European Union. In 2002, Austria was among the first countries to establish the Euro as their currency.

VIENNA Located along the banks of the Danube in the eastern part of Austria, Vienna is by far the largest city in Austria. During the last 20 years, Vienna has grown rapidly to a population of more than 1.8 million. Vienna is famous for its culture, mainly music and theatre, its historic buildings and monuments, and is the only city that has a cuisine named after it. Since the fall of the „Iron Curtain“in 1989, Vienna has developed into an important location for the co-operation with governments and companies in eastern and southeastern European countries.

NMS KO 50 MIDDLE SCHOOL KO 50 is a middle school (grades 5 through 8) in Vienna’s 22nd district. About 320 students attend our school at the moment and they are taught by about 35 teachers. The main focus of our syllabus lies on Information Technology (IT), Science and English. Both the students and teachers of KO 50 come from various cultural and national backgrounds. We have two English native speakers in our staff who support teachers in „Global Studies“, which are subjects like Biology, Geography, Science, Math, History etc. taught in English. Information Technology (IT) is another very important subject at our school. Students learn the basics of IT in three modern computer labs to achieve the skills to pass the ECDL (European Computer Driving License) in eighth grade.

Ball over the line NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

10 - 20 participants

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

one ball, the string, high jump stands, or something where you can stretch the string

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoor or indoor

H O W T O P L A Y

A string has to be stretched in the middle of a playground about 1, 50 m high. There shall be two teams, each at one side of the line. The players try to throw the ball at the opponent›s side but not allow the other team catches the ball. If the ball falls to the ground, the team has a point and the others are off. You can set a time limit or say that wins the team who first reaches 10 points.

Brennball NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

difficult

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

10 to 30 participants

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

five little boxes or flags a tire, a (tennis) ball

P L A C E T O P L AY

volleyball court

H O W T O P L AY

Two boxes are placed on the corners of the base line and two boxes on the outside line in the halfway line. The last box is placed on the other baseline. In addition, a tire is placed in front volleyball court. There shall be two teams. The first team is in the field, the second team is at the base of the field, where there is no box.Â The first part of the second team gets the ball and throws the ball into the volleyball court, best go where no opposing participants and is as far away from the tire. Once the participant has thrown the ball, he runs off in the direction of the first box. The participants in the field are now trying to quickly collect the ball and throw it into the tire. If the members have done that, before the player has reached the second >>>>>>>

team from a box, this is “Burned” and will have to queue again after a disastrous appearance. The field team then gets a point. If the players have reached a box (it need not be the first, it may be the second or third too), is the next of his team’s turn. He throws the ball into the box again. Now both run off and that he who has thrown, and standing on the box. Both try to reach the next box again. When they realize that they do not have time for the field team has the ball in the tire, they can also run to the next. If a participant on the fifth box - so basically at his side - has arrived, he has for his team a point brought. Should make it after having thrown himself to pass all five cases, this candidate has achieved three points for his team. The referee should write down the points. After about ten minutes is changed, that is the team that outside was going on inside and the inner team goes to the outside. The team that has the most points at the end wins.

A LT E R N AT I V E

Baseball - Brennball The game is identical to the standard Brennball, used only to a tennis ball and a baseball bat or a stick. The first party of the second team gets the baseball bat or stick in his hand. A second participant from his team throws the first player to the tennis ball. The first player now is trying to chip away the ball with the bat as much as possible. Then he puts the bat on the ground and runs off. One should note, is the rest of the crew at a distance, since it often happens that the participants do not put the bat on the ground, but throw somewhere. This variation should be playing with some older participants, as they may be more careful with the bat. Each player has to make 3 attempts of the ball. Did not he hit the ball after the third attempt, he is burned and must hire back again. Then it is the next player‘s turn. So the game is not boring because no one hits the ball, hitting should be practiced before.

Cops and robbers NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

at least four people

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

none required

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoors

H O W T O P L AY

The tradition of this game dates back to the 18th century. Two groups, police and robbers, have to be formed. It is not necessarily that they have the same number of players. Often only a few gendarmes and many robbers are determined (here and there by choice or by counting rhyme ). For a game you need a varied terrain of large open space with many angles and possibility for hiding. Everyone has to adhere to the agreed limits, since control is often difficult. However, if a game master (youth leaders, teachers, etc.) may be present, a minimum of compliance of the rules is guaranteed. In most cases, in the middle of this area is now in prison chosen at which the robber can approach from all sides and also have opportunities to remain undetected. The prison itself is a small, often round, demarcated >>>>>

area, which must be precisely defined, because in there the police may not enter. The gendarmes are marked in a visible way, whether by sashes or headbands, etc., so that the robbers always know who theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re talking to. After the game starts, the robbers start to spread out in all directions and hide. Thereafter, the police must seek and capture. This happens most often with a simple knocking. Now, if a policeman catches a robber, he must take him to the prison. The robber, however, can be removed by simple knocking off by another predator and free again. For a single gendarme it is hardly possible, sufficient to guard the prison well. The robber, namely, pass through this, but the policeman must always take detours around the prison. The game is over when all the robbers were caught. Sometimes can also be agreed a time in which the police have to win, otherwise the robbers are winners.

Love, engaged, married NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

in the group

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

a ball

P L A C E T O P L AY

indoors and outdoors

H O W T O P L AY

All players stand in a circle. The ball is now thrown from one to another. Who drops the ball, or just makes a mistake, is in love. The second error engages, you marry after the third error, the last unmarried wins. Should it happen that someone is throwing the ball uncatchable not the catcher gets counted a failure, but the pitcher!

Cat and Mouse NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

in a group

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

none required

P L A C E T O P L AY

indoors and outdoors

H O W T O P L AY

Cat and Mouse is a fishing game in a circle. Players stand in a circle and hold hands. Two players are determined; one is the cat, the other the mouse. The cat runs around the circle, the mouse is inside. The cat says the following: “Mouse, mouse, come out, or I´ll scratch your eyes out!” Thereupon the cat tries to catch the mouse. While the cat is allowed just to run around the circle, the mouse may also be in the circle inside. You may, however, only for a short stay in the circle. It is possible to enter only if the players lift their arms and let mouse in. If the mouse is caught, replace both figures roles. After some time, both of them are replaced by new players from the circle.

“Who’s afraid of the black man?” NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

more than eight players, no upper limit

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

none required

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoors

H O W T O P L AY

The catcher is the “black man” and is usually about 15 meters away from the others on the opposite side of a place or space. If he cries out: “Who’s afraid of the black man?” The children answer: “Nobody!” Then they run to that “black man” and try to pass him without being caught by him. The children who were caught by the man belong to the team of the “black man” now. The last child who wasn’t caught is the winner.

Sapling, change you! NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

6-20 players (from about 5 years)

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

trees, or chalk or Hula Hoops (one less than players)

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoors or indoors

H O W T O P L AY

The best is to play “tree change you” play game outdoor, where real trees are present. There should be one less tree then the number of the players, for example 6 trees for 7 players. A child is a hunter and stands in the middle, while the other players are all on a tree in safety. The hunter calls: “Tree, change you!” and all players have to run to another tree and seek protection. During that time the hunter tries to reach a tree. The player who is left without safety tree is the next hunter. When you are playing without trees, substitute for them can be dots or circles made with chalk on the floor or Hula Hoops laid on the ground at certain distance. This is also an indoor version.

Croatia

The Republic of Croatia is a medium-sized country geographically settled at the transition from Central to Eastern Europe. It has borders with Hungary, Serbia (Vojvodina), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Slovenia. With Italy has a sea border at the Adriatic Sea. There are three natural regions and climate in Croatia. In continental north and northeast part with plains, lakes and rolling hills is continental climate. Sub-mountain and mountain climate is in the middle part with wooded mountains. At the coastline with more than 1200 islands and rocks the climate is Mediterranean. Croats are living in this region from the seventh century. Although not so big, Croatia has always been at important geo-strategic position. Political history begins with the rule of national rulers (9th century), but during the history of Croats associated with the Hungarian state (12th century), the Habsburg Monarchy (16th), then 1918 accessed to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, Slovenian. Croats were one of the constituent nations of Yugoslavia after 1945. Finally, Croatia declared its independence in 1991. In the Croatian Homeland War (ended 1995.) there were integrated all the occupied areas. According to the political structure The Republic of Croatia is a parliamentary democracy. It has 21 counties

(including the City of Zagreb). Zagreb is a capital. According to the last census it has 4 284 889 inhabitants, 90.42% are Croats. During the Croatian history the most significant cultural influences came from the Centraleuropean and Mediterranean cultural circle. In the year 2013 The Republic of Croatia became the 28th member of the European Union.

GORNJA STUBICA Gornja Stubica is a place in the continental part of the country on the slopes of Medvednica Mountain, only 50 km from Zagreb. It is in Krapina-Zagorje County with a touristic slogan: A fairy tale at your hand. The slogan has been chosen because of green hills and more than 50 castles in this part of Croatia. Gornja Stubica is a place with more than 800 years old history. The most important historical event was peasant rebellion in 16th century. Matija Gubec was the peasantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; leader. Today it is a rural area with a lot of touristic potential based on cultural monuments and great food.

O S M AT I J E G U P C A G O R N J A S T U B I C A Matija Gubec Gornja Stubica Primary School is 152 years old. Today it consists of one main school and 4 branch schools settled in smaller villages around Gornja Stubica. There are 404 students all together, aged between 7 and 14 years and 58 teachers and employees. Matija Gubec Gornja Stubica Primary School is open for new projects of collaboration between European schools. It is important to strengthen the opinion among community that there are opportunities for quality development of young people not only in big towns but also in their own place. By participation in Comenius project Sporture students are developing competences important for lifelong learning in partnership with their colleagues, and teachers have opportunity to share professional experience with colleagues and compare different educational systems. Equally important is to emphasize that because of the school`s involvement in a project, citizens of Gornja Stubica and pupilsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; parents will consider and recognize school as a modern institution, which develops the sense of European citizenship among young people.

Rihter NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

minimum four, no upper limit

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

none required

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoor or indoor

H O W T O P L AY

At the beginning you have to decide who will be the first player. This player has to close his/her eyes and turn his/her back to others. Other players line next to each other and one of them needs to hit the first one. They hit him or her as long as he or she guesses who hit him or her. Notification: don’t be too rough. When the player discovers the “offender”, they switch places.

Kipar / The statue builder NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

minimum three, no upper limit

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

none required

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoor or indoor (be careful indoor, you have to ensure enough free space)

H O W T O P L AY

First you can use a nursery rhyme to choose the statue builder. He or she takes your hand, turns you around and lets you go. Your task is to take pose so you become the best statue. You can agree to narrow the choice of topic (for ex. only animal statues, or only furniture, or only occupations, or …). The statue builder has to choose the most beautiful, the funniest or the most unusual one and even he/she can turn it on to start “working”. In the next round the best statue becomes the statue builder.

Gumbanje / Button - playing with buttons NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

two or more

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

a few buttons for each player (you could use coins, bean or corn seeds; in modern time marbles for outdoor version)

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoor or indoor

H O W T O P L AY

To begin with, you have to dig a hole in the ground at the flat surface without grass. If you are playing indoors you have to mark some place on the floor or table (for example, draw triangle with chalk). Secondly you have to agree the distance from where you will throw the buttons, and players have to divide buttons so each of them has the same numbers. Players form a circle around the hole and set the order using a nursery rhyme. The first player puts the button on the spot from which he aims for a hole and shoots with his//her thumb. If he hits the hole, he continues to play. In case the button does not hit the hole, the player is out of the game and the second player continues. If the second player succeeds to throw all his buttons in >>>>>>>

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the hole, he becomes a winner and collects all the buttons from the hole. If nobody in the first round throws all buttons in the hole, then in the second round, the first player is the one whose button is the closest to the hole. The game continues until the players have time and inclination.

Boje / Colors NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

minimum four, no upper limit

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

none required

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoor or indoor (be careful indoor, you have to ensure enough free space)

H O W T O P L AY

Players line up along a wall or fence. There is one Trader or Merchant who sells the colors, one Buyer and the rest are Colors in a shop. Trader gives every other player one color. The Buyer says:"Hello! Do you have (and he or she names one color)___ color?" Buyer lists all colors until he guesses the color one of the players has. Then the Trader says: "We got it!" Color starts running around the chosen path while the Buyer is chasing him. If Buyer gets him, Color becomes Buyer and the player who was Buyer before imagines color and tells it to the Trader. But if Buyer doesn't catch Color, Color goes back to his place and imagines a new color or just leaves the old one and game continues.

Kume, kume koliko je sati? / What’s the time, Emperor Master? NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

minimum three, no upper limit

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

you don’t need anything except being in good mood and ready for fun

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoor or indoor

H O W T O P L AY

It is better to have more players. At the beginning of the game, you have to choose one player who will be the Emperor and others are Clocks. The Clocks line up along the start line and opposite them stands the Emperor at the finish line. The Clocks shout together: “What’s the time, Emperor Master?” Emperor answers depending on the imagination: three ant hours, two horse hours, one umbrella hour, eight snail hours, five frog hours, four kangaroo hours etc. Players need to act the given time. But the Emperor could say: “White coffee!” and the Clocks need to turn for 180 degrees and continue to play in opposite direction >>>>>>>>>

until the Emperor says again: “White coffee!” The Emperor could also say: “Black coffee!” Then all Clocks need to get back to start line. The winner is the Clock who first touches the Emperor with his or her hand. The winner becomes the new Emperor and others line up the start line again.

Kamencanje / Stones NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L middle

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

minimum four, no upper limit

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

five little stones (or round and hard fruit like walnuts)

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoor or indoor

H O W T O P L AY

This is a game in which players need some special skill and speed. The goal is to catch as many little stones as you can. First you have to find a flat surface in the courtyard and to collect five little stones. Players need to sit in a circle. You can do a nursery rhyme to find out who will start the game. The first player throws one little stone in the air, then quickly takes another from the ground and with the stone in his hand catches the first one. Then he throws again but from the ground takes two, then three and finally four stones and with those in the hand he >>>>

catches the stone in the air. If the player doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t catch the stone in the air or doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take certain number of the stones from the ground, he will miss the turn. The winner is a player with the biggest number of the successful captures.

Sismis de stujis / The bat where you sat? NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

minimum four, but works better with more players

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

a scarf

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoor or indoor (be careful indoor, you have to ensure enough free space)

H O W T O P L AY

At the beginning of the game, a player to wear the scarf over his or her yes has to be chosen. The blindfolded player spins around, others running/walking in circles around him or her. When he or she says: “The bat, where you sat?” other have to stay still. The blindfolded player chooses one and tries to guess who it is. If he or she succeeded, they swap rolls. If the blindfolded player fails, he or she is “the bat” in the next round.

The Netherlands

The Netherlands is the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It borders the North Sea in the west and north, Germany in the east and Belgium in the west.The capital of The Netherlands is Amsterdam, the government is situated in Den Haag. The Caribbean Islands Bonaire, St. Eustis and Saba are special counties of The Netherlands. The Netherlands has a population of 16.877.351 (2014) on an area of 41.543 km², the population density is high, 0000406262 406,3/km² (2014). Over 18% of the surface is water and a significant amount of land is below sea-level. The land is protected from the water through a system of Dykes and waterworks. By gaining land, polders are created. A polder is an area which is surrounded by dykes, the water level can be artificially raised and lowered. The water level in the polder is always lower than the surrounding area.

WIERINGERWERF Wieringerwerf a small village in the polder Wieringermeer, Wieringermeer is part of Hollands Kroon (Holland’s Crown) in the province of North-Holland. The village was founded in 1931; a year after the polder had been lain dry. There are two forests several kilometers North of Wieringerwerf. The larger of the two is the Robbenoordbos and it stretches all the way to the beginning of the Afsluitdijk. The Dijkgatbos was planted on the remaining sand that was left behind after the dyke broke through. The area is a relatively poor economical area and rather thinly populated and because of this people need to look for their employment outside the municipality and have to travel long distances to get to their job.

R.S.G. WIRINGHERLANT Our school is situated in the north of Northern Holland, about 60 km from Amsterdam. We live in a rural area so we are a school on the countryside. It’s a regional school. RSG-Wiringherlant now has around 1000 pupils and a staff of about 100. In the spring and the summer almost all pupils come to school by bike. Having to cycle for half an hour just to get to school is quite normal for these pupils. Our school has several levels: from the lowest Low-level to the highest level, which prepares for university. The pupils’ age is between 12 and 18. Quite a lot of pupils have never had the chance to go abroad and are not familiar to city-life. Our school tries to promote the process of international awareness. That’s why take part in international projects: gives them the chance to travel abroad and will motivate and stimulate their learning process (especially for pupils who don’t get that many chances because of their social background). Moreover it will improve the learners’ ability to communicate effectively in English. We are a so-called Elos school. Elos, which stands for European Learning Environment in schools, is an educational concept which main aim is to prepare young people for a future in a society in which European integration and globalization are a reality. In order to integrate this approach in our curriculum and school policies we are collaborating with partner schools in Europe. R.S.G. Wiringherlant is striving to stimulate pupils to orientate on foreign countries particularly in Europe. Apart from the fact that pupils get into contact with the daily culture of a foreign country because of internalization it is also an extra incentive that pupils are “forced” to speak a foreign language in order to interact meaningfully with peers from other countries and thereby develop their speaking skills. Of course there is also the possibility for teachers to orientate at a European level.

Spijkerpoepen NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

you can play this game by yourself or with other players.

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

one bottle per person, a rope with a nail attached to it

P L A C E T O P L AY

indoors and outdoors

H O W T O P L AY

Attach the nail to the rope and tie the rope around your waist. The nail has to hang from your backside and somewhere around the height of your knees. You have to put the nail into the bottle without using your arms â&#x20AC;&#x201C; just doing a squat.

Ontbijtkoekhapp NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

minimum one, no upper limit

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

a string or rope, a blindfold and ontbijtkoek.

P L A C E T O P L AY

indoors and outdoors.

H O W T O P L AY

The person playing the game has to be blindfolded first and then spun left and right ten times. After the spinning the player has to try to eat the ontbijtkoek (gingerbread) off the rope without using his/her hands.

pen

Sjoelen NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

minimum one, no upper limit

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

shuffleboard and wooden pucks.

P L A C E T O P L AY

Indoors and outdoors

H O W T O P L AY

Shuffleboard is played with wooden pucks and a wooden board. The board has two ridges on both sides and an open box with 4 small gates on the end. The purpose is to slide the discs through the gates. Each gate has a different value, ranking from one to four. After all discs have been slid, the ones that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pass through a gate are used to slide for a second time. If some discs still havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been slid through one of the gates, they are used for a third try. After the third try, the points can be counted. To decide if a disc may be counted or not when it is near the opening, the rule is that it has to have passed the gate completely. This is an official rule and >>>>>

itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s applied at competitions and contests. A less official method is to slide your finger over the gates, if the piece moves through the gate then it will count. If a disc is completely or partially on top of another disc then that is called a 'bok', the disc can't be played anymore. The same goes for any disc that 'jumps' or leaves the board, A thin wooden plank at the beginning of the board shows how much rooms players have to slide the discs. Your hands must not pass the plank, this is also a rule.

Levend stratego NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

medium

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

minimum 20, no upper limit

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

two flags (other attributes can be used as well), Stratego card with ranks, a whistle to sound the beginning and end of the game. Two game hosts, one for each side.

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoor

H O W T O P L AY

Each team has its own playfield in which it hides their flag. The flag has to be placed at a minimum of 1 meter and a maximum of 2 meters above the ground. The goal is to steal the enemy flag and bring it back to friendly territory. There is no fighting for the flag, the only way to retrieve it is to tag and conquer the person holding it. Each player receives one random card, that card represents a certain rank. The ranks are listed below. When a player tags another player, they both >>>>>>

RANKS Aantal Naam

Rang

Marshal

*********

Extra info

General

********

Major

*******

Captain

******

Lieutenant

*****

Sergeant

****

Miner/Sapper

***

Can defuse bombs

Scout

Can move any distance in a straight line

Spy

Can defeat the Marshal, but only if the Spy makes the attack

Bomb

Immovable; destroys any attacking piece except Miner

have to show their rank. The highest rank wins and receives the loserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s card. The loser has to retreat and get a new card from the game host. When two equal ranks collide, nothing happens and both can continue the hunt. Another possibility is to switch cards, contact the game host for this. There are a few examples, like the bomb. The Bomb can beat any other rank except for the Miner. The Miner is capable of defusing the Bomb and taking his card. The Spy is another exception, it may be the lowest in rank but it can take out the Marshal, any other rank will kill the Spy.

Snoephappen NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S minimum one, no upper limit

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E a large bucket filled with water and a piece of candy wrapped in plastic

P L A C E T O P L AY indoors and outdoors.

H O W T O P L AY The candy is placed on the bottom of the bucket filled with water. The player has to keep his/her hands on her back. The player will have to try to get the candy by using his/ her mouth, if they manage to get it out then they are allowed to eat it. If the candy moves to a spot where itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to reach, you still canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use your hands!

Blikgooien NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

you can play this game by yourself or with other players

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

a table, a minimum of 6 cans and 3 tennis balls or satchels (filled with rice e.g.)

P L A C E T O P L AY

indoor or outdoor

H O W T O P L AY

Stack a number of cans on top of each other, on a table for example. Build them like a tower, 4-3-2-1 (starting from the bottom). Let the children take turns throwing the ball or satchel from a certain distance. You can also let them throw several times. The player who knocks over the most cans wins the game.

Zaklopen NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

you can play this game by yourself, but more people for a competition

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

one bag per person, a start and finish line

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoor or indoor

H O W T O P L AY

Divide the group into two smaller groups. Set a parkour, with pylons for example, and let the children hop around them. Set up all the players in lines and give the first player in line a gunny. The player who received the gunny, steps into it and pulls it up to his/her waist. They have to complete the parkour by hopping, falling over means losing a point. The game is played as a relay race. The group that finishes the parkour first, wins the game.

Poland

Poland is a country in central Europe, bordered by Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east and, to the north, Lithuania and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. Poland has a long coast on the Baltic Sea and is largely dominated by low-lying rolling plains in the north. To the south, the Carpathian Mountains form a watershed and natural border with Slovakia. The Podkarpackie Voivodeship is situated in south-eastern part of the country. Unspoilt nature and beautiful landscapes of the Bieszczady Mountains are its greatest value and make Podkarpackie one of the most popular holiday destinations in Poland. Tourists will find a lot of attractions here, such as captivating landscapes, opportunities for recreation and sightseeing, hotels, and camping sites. The lovers of old architecture will find many historic castles and palaces, churches and openair museums located along "The Route of Wooden Architecture".

B O R AT Y N Boratyn is a small village in the east of Podkarpacie Voivodeship approximately 50 kilometers from its capital Rzeszow. It’s a district of Chłopice County. Public Junior School is located on the outskirts of the village in the neighborhood of a historical 17th century manor and a park.

P U B L I C J U N I O R S C H O O L I N B O R AT Y N The school was built in 2001 in the style of an old manor house with a courtyard in the middle. That's why it's so unique and beautiful. There are three grades in the school with about 98 students aged 12 to 15 years old. Students are not only from Boratyn but also from nearby villages: Chłopice, Jankowice and Dobkowice. The participation in the Sporture project is a great opportunity for the students and teachers of Public Junior School in Boratyn. The project leads to a better understanding of the culture of other European countries. The mobility lead to an enhancement of intercultural exchange. It motivates students and teachers to learn foreign languages and establishes long-lasting friendships over borders. It also contributes to becoming familiar with the culture, social and economic problems of partner countries.

Rat jumping game NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

at least 3

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

a rope with a knot or a jumping rope

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoor or indoor

H O W T O P L AY

Players stand in a circle while one of them holds one end of the rope. The one in the circle revolves the rope and gives commands to jump. He starts revolving „rat” very low above the ground and very slow. The participants jump in a circle. The one in the middle might change the pace for faster or change commands „Jump as ballerinas”, „jump as clowns”, „jump as monkeys”. The player who is touched with the rope is dropped out and must replace the one in the middle. The player who keeps on jumping correctly as the last one becomes the winner.

Musical chairs NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

at least 4

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

music, chairs

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoor or indoor

H O W T O P L AY

The chairs are arranged in a circle, facing outward. There must be one chair less than the number of players e.g. for 4 players we need 3 chairs. The music is turned on, and the players walk around the chairs. When the music stops the players race to sit in the available chairs. The player left standing is taken out of the game and a chair is removed. The other players stand again around the chairs. The music is started and the walk around the chairs begins again. This procedure is continued until only one person remains. This person is the winner.

Footbag NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

at least 2

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

a sack (or a footbag)

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoor or indoor

H O W T O P L AY

The players stand in a circle and try to keep the sack (or the footbag) off of the ground. The game starts when one player picks up the sack and tosses it to the chest of another player, who allows it to fall to his feet so he can kick it, and play begins. Play continues until the sack falls to the ground, when a player picks up the sack the game resumes. The object of the game is to keep the sack off the ground for as long as possible. If every player gets a touch to the sack before it hits the ground, it is called a 'hack'. If every player gets two touches before the sack hits the ground, it is called a 'double-hack' and so on and so forth.

Jump rope NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

three

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

a rope

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoor or indoor

H O W T O P L AY

The two players put the rope around their ankles. The third person is the jumper and must follow the pattern. If he completes the pattern successfully the two players move the rope higher â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to the knees and waist. If the jumper makes a mistake, players rotate their positions and the next player becomes the jumper. The player that first completes the levels wins the game. There are many pattern levels and many variations of the game.

Hopscotch NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

at least 2

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

a small object e.g. a stone or a coin, a chalk to draw a pattern on the ground

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoor or indoor

H O W T O P L AY

Players toss a small object into numbered spaces of a pattern of rectangles outlined on the ground and then jump through the spaces to retrieve the object.

Two fires NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

at least 6 (2 teams - 3 players in each)

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

a ball

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoor or indoor

H O W T O P L AY

The field must be divided into two equal parts. Each team chooses among its players the one who will be the captain called 'the mother'. Mothers stand behind the opposite team. One of the team has a ball and the game starts. Players try to hit the opponents with the ball. If the ball hits opposite team player and then falls into the ground, the player is eliminated and leaves the field. The players can throw the ball to their â&#x20AC;&#x153;motherâ&#x20AC;? so the captain also can hit the opposite team players. The team loses the game if all its players are eliminated.

Blind Man’s Buff NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

at least 4

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

a piece of material or a scarf

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoor or indoor

H O W T O P L AY

One player is chosen to be the Blind Man’s Buff. That player is blindfolded and stands in the middle of the circle. The remaining participants surround the Blind Man’s Buff in a circle. Next they all move around the Blind Man’s Buff 3 times and then they disperse and run away. The person who is the Blind Man’s Buff catches the next Blind Man’s Buff without taking off the blindfold and tries to catch her/his name. This continues until all players are out of the game.

Slovenia

Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a nation state on the Adriatic Sea, bordering Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Croatia to the south and southeast, and Hungary to the northeast. It covers 20,273 square kilometres and has a population of 2.05 million. It is a parliamentary republic and a member of the European Union and NATO. Its capital and largest city is Ljubljana. The territory, located in southern Central Europe at the crossroads of main European cultural and trade routes, is mainly mountainous with mainly continental climate, with the exception of the Slovene Littoral that has the sub-Mediterranean climate and the north-western area that has the Alpine climate. Additionally, the Dinaric Alps and the Pannonian Plain meet on the territory of Slovenia. The country, marked by a significant biological diversity, is one of the most water-rich in Europe, with a dense river network, a rich aquifer system, and significant karstic underground watercourses. Over half of the territory is covered by forest. The human settlement of Slovenia is dispersed and uneven. The Slavic, Germanic, Romance, and Hungarian languages meet here. Although the population is not homogenous, the majority is Slovene. Slovene is the only official language throughout the country, whereas Italian and Hungarian are regional minority languages.

Slovenia is a largely secularized country, but its culture and identity have been significantly influenced by Catholicism as well as Lutheranism. The economy of Slovenia is small, open, and export-oriented and has been strongly influenced by international conditions. It has been severely hurt by the Eurozone crisis, started in the late 2000s. The main economic field is services, followed by industry and construction.

KRIŽEVCI PRI LJUTOMERU Križevci pri Ljutomeru is a settlement that is the seat of the Municipality of Križevci. It lies in the northeast of Slovenia, in the Prlekija region, extending at the bottom of the river Mura field. Its position is said to be favourable both from geographically as well as an economic point of view, because at the heart of Križevci the road intersects and splits to roads to all major cities of Pomurje: Gornja Radgona, Radenci Ljutomeru, Murska Sobota and Lendava. From that fact comes the name Križevci (križati = intersect).

PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL KRIŽEVCI Our school is a public primary school which is located in Križevci with community of 16 villages with cca 3500 residents. Our school has got 31 members of staff and 289 pupils. Near the school there are many playgrounds and in the surroundings of the school there is our own playground and also a farm, so our children can enjoy a beautiful view on many horses running round. That is not unusual as the region is open and green with many forests and farms. Our pupils are mostly farmers' and workers children. Nevertheless our children spend a lot of their free time in front of the computers and TVs. Most of our pupils come to school by bus. They live in their own houses with gardens and mostly they've got their own rooms, so our social level is still quite high. That's a big part of the reason why we decided to show our children other, different kind of life. Our friendship with people that are included in Comenius project Sporture gives us the opportunity to do it. We presented other partners our life and nature in meetings, exchanges, local cultural history with dances, art, traditional music, games and projects. Doing all these tasks together we can exchange our experiences of pupils' lives and entertainment.

Klip Klop NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

minimum 5 players, no upper limit

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

you need something to sit on

P L A C E T O P L AY

indoors or outdoors

H O W T O P L AY

First you have to pick the leader. At first everyone except the leader is sitting. Then the leader starts to talk. He can say klip or klop and everyone has to do what he says. If he says klip, everyone has to stand up, but if he says klop, everyone has to sit down (for ex. klip, klip, klop, klip, klop, klop ...). And then he starts talking faster and if you do klip, when he says klop, you're out. And the winner is the one who performs the game without a mistake. And then in the next game, he is the leader.

Rock, paper, scissors NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

two

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

none reqiured

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoor or indoor

H O W T O P L AY

You can play in pairs. First, you count to three and swing three times with your arm down. At number 3, both players show whether a rock (pinch fist), paper (open fist) or scissors (pointing the second and the middle finger out). You play tree matches until one player wins twice. Scissors win against paper, paper wins against rock and rock wins against scissors. If they are showing both the same thing, they do it again.

Music chairs NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

minimum 3 players, no upper limit

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

chairs

P L A C E T O P L AY

indoors or outdoors

H O W T O P L AY

We arrange chairs in the circle and the music. The number of chairs is one less than the players. The music plays and the players dance in the circle around the chairs. The music suddenly stops and the players immediately grab each one his chair. One chair is missed, so the player standing is out picking out one chair. It continues until to the last player and the last chair.

A cat and a mouse NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

minimum 7 players, no upper limit

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

none required

P L A C E T O P L AY

indoors or outdoors

H O W T O P L AY

Children hold their hands and make a circle. One of the children is a mouse and the other is a cat. The »cat« chases a »mouse« round the standing players. A mouse can run into a circle, but the cat can chase the mouse only outside of the circle. If the cat catches the mouse, they change their roles. No winners.

Queen, what’s the time? NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

minimum 2 players, no upper limit

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

none required

P L A C E T O P L AY

indoors or outdoors

H O W T O P L AY

Children are standing behind the line and waiting. The queen is a standing in front of them on the other side of the playground. The children are asking: »Queen, what’s the time? « The queen is counting one, two, three … and the children have to step so many steps as she counted. They have to step as long step as possible, because it is important with the long steps to be the first on the other side at the queen. Who is the first, is the winner.

Wheelbarrow NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

minimum 4 players (two pairs), no upper limit

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

none required

P L A C E T O P L AY

indoors or outdoors

H O W T O P L AY

One player of the pair acts the wheelbarrow, so he lies on the ground on the stomach. He raises his arms touching the ground with the hands, his partner holds his feet. They both run to the goal, the first one on his hands and the other one holding his feet. The winner is the first pair at the goal.

Phone NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

minimum 3 players no upper limit

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

none required

P L A C E T O P L AY

indoors or outdoors

H O W T O P L AY

The players are sitting in the circle. The first one, it doesn’t matter who says a sentence: »The cow is going to have a new hairstyle. « Better it is a shorter than a longer sentence, because everyone who comes next, must add only one new word. The most important thing is, everyone is whispering in to the ear! So the other players don’t hear the sentence, only in their ear. What one hears, he tells further into another ear adding something on his own. The last player says the last sentence loudly. The other players find out, what comes out from the first, basic sentence.

Spain

Spain is a country of southwest Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Inhabited since the Stone Age, the region was successively colonized in ancient times by Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthage, and Rome. Germanic people settled in Spain starting in AD 409 but were supplanted by the Moors (711–719), under whose rule the region was noted for its prosperity and cultural development. The Moors were gradually displaced by small Christian states and were ousted from their last stronghold, Granada, in 1492. Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile then became rulers of a united Spain, which became a world power through exploration and conquest. After the empire was lost in the 18th and 19th centuries, Spain experienced social and economic unrest culminating in a civil war (1936–1939) and a dictatorship regime under Francisco Franco. After the dictator’s death in 1975, a constitutional monarchy was established. Madrid is the capital and the largest city of our country. There is a lot of diversity in Spain, with different regions each with particular features. Some even have their own language: apart from Spanish we have the Catalonian, Basque and Galician languages, which are spoken in some parts of the country. The name of our region, Andalucía, comes from the

Arabic name Al-Andalus, which was originally applied by the Moors to the whole Iberian Peninsula. When they established its court at Córdoba, this area became the peninsula’s intellectual and political centre. It returned to Spanish Christian rule in 1492. In 1833 it was divided into eight provinces: Huelva, Sevilla, Cádiz, Málaga, Córdoba, Granada, Jaén and Almería. Andalucía is a mining and agricultural region, but it also features world-known beaches along the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts, being Costa del Sol (the coast of the sun) in Málaga the one attracting most tourists.

L O S B A R R I O S Los Barrios is a small town in the southwest of Andalucía. It is part of the province of Cádiz, in the Campo de Gibraltar area. The town’s name means “the districts /neighbourhoods” in English. Although the area is known to have been inhabited since prehistoric times, the town was founded in 1704 by refugees from Gibraltar. After abandoning their homes following Gibraltar’s capture by Anglo-Dutch forces during the War of the Spanish Succession, some of the inhabitants of Gibraltar took refuge in the area. Los Barrios was mainly an agricultural and fishing district until the second half of the 20th century, when became heavily industrialised.

IES SIERRA LUNA IES Sierra Luna was founded 28 years ago. Nowadays it is a huge educational institution with 78 teachers and over 1200 students. Students in compulsory Secondary Education (ages from 12 to 16) and A-levels (16-18 year olds) study in the morning from 8.30 to 15.00, while students in NVQs (16-) and over 18s who are studying to get their Certificate of Secondary Education take over from 15.00 to 21.30. Our school has a long tradition of international cooperation, having being part of different Comenius associations. The most recent one, CultHeroes, gave us the opportunity to work during the academic years 2011/2012-2012/2013 with schools in Germany, Belgium, Lithuania, Turkey and Ireland. Last year we enrolled in two associations: Sporture and Hearts, which are changing the life of our school.

Policeman and thieves NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

unlimited

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

none required

P L A C E T O P L AY

you need a wide open space

H O W T O P L AY

Aim: Policeman have to catch (touch) the thieves. Children get divided into two groups: thieves and policeman. The policeman try to catch (touch) the thieves. Sometimes there is a space called jail, where a thief is brought when a policeman touches him. A thief can be set free if a free thief is able to reach the jail without being touched by a policeman. When all the thieves are in jail, there isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a specific time, the groups exchange their roles and the game starts again.

The handkerchief NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

middle

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

unlimited

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

a handkerchief

P L A C E T O P L AY

a wide outdoor place

H O W T O P L AY

Aim: To grab a handkerchief and return to your line without being touched by your opponent. First, you have to draw three parallel lines about 7-10 meters apart from each other. There are two teams with an equal number of players standing, one in front of each other along two lines. Each player of each team has a number from one to the number of players in the team. The leader places himself or herself in the central line and holds a handkerchief in his/her hand. The game starts when the leader says one number. The person from each team with that number runs and tries to catch the handkerchief. Then, there are three possibilities: >>>>

-One player grabs the handkerchief and returns to his line without being touched by his/her opponent. In this case, the person who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t touch the other is out. -One player grabs the handkerchief and starts running to his line, but his/her opponent touch him/ her before arriving to his/her line. In this case, the player who was touched is out. â&#x20AC;&#x201C;One player crosses the central line but the leader continues having the handkerchief. In this case, the player who crossed the central line is out. When a team loses a player, another player takes his number. So, after that, there will be some players with two numbers or more. The game is playing until all the players from one team are out.

Spinning top NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

difficult

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

unlimited

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

a spinning top for each player

P L A C E T O P L AY

Outdoors. You have to draw a circle with diameter approximately two meters on the ground.

H O W T O P L AY

Aim: To spin the spinning top and try to get your opponent’s one out of the circle. First you have to roll the spinning top with its rope. Once you’ve done it, you throw your spinning top to the ground to get it spinning on itself. You have to try getting your opponent’s spinning tops out of the circle. If you can’t do it, you have to wait until all the spinning tops stop spinning. If it’s still inside the circle your opponents throw their spinning tops against yours and if one of them gets your spinning top out of the circle, you’ll get free. The game is playing until one of the spinning tops gets another one out of the circle.

Elastic gum rubber NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

two players put on the sides holding the elastic rubber with their legs and one more child in the middle to jump

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

an elastic gum rubber

P L A C E T O P L AY

wherever you want, but outdoors

H O W T O P L AY

Aim: To make a series of rhythmic jumps on a rubber band. Two playesr are placed on the sides of the elastic holding it with their legs. Then, one or more children have to perform certain exercises to the beat of clapping songs. The exercises may include: -Tread rubber tires with one foot or both feet. –Skip the foot or leg above the gum. –Roll up and unroll the rubber to the leg. –Jump with both feet in the centre or leaving one out.

You can have six levels: ankle, mid-calf, knee, mid-thigh, hip and waist. You can play as long as you want.

Marbles NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

unlimited

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

marbles

P L A C E T O P L AY

in a flat area because the floor holes prevent from playing some games

H O W T O P L AY The children draw a circle about two feet and within it, the marbles are placed. Players in turns try to remove the marbles from the circle to stay with them. The player who takes a marble can continue shooting until he/ she fails and if the player is inside the circle he/she can continue pulling until someone pulls his/her marble out. For this game you can have all the time you want.

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The hopscotch NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

unlimited

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

a stone and some pieces of chalk

P L A C E T O P L AY outdoors

H O W T O P L AY

Aim: Maintaining your balance jumping on one leg until you reach the finish line. Stones are thrown across the centre of a mud-rectangle. Players in turn jump from one rectangle to another following the numbers up and down. It is forbidden to step on line. You can play as long as you want.

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Sack races NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

unlimited

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

sacks

P L A C E T O P L AY

wide outdoor or indoor place

H O W T O P L AY

Aim: To arrive first to the finish line. The participants step inside the sacks holding the sides of their sacks with both hands. When the â&#x20AC;&#x153;GOâ&#x20AC;? signal is given, the players hop towards the finish line. The one who reaches the finish line first is the winner.

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Turkey

Turkey is a bridge between Asia and Europe. At north part we have Black sea. At south part we have Mediterranean Sea. On the west we have Ege and Marmara Seas. This land called Anatolia. Our west neighbours are Greece and Bulgaria, our east neighbours are Iran, Armenia and Georgia and on the south we are neighbours with Syria and Irak. In Turkey you can find a lot of historical and touristic places, natural parks, lakes, amazing sea and warm people. Cappadocia, Nemrut, Likia, Efes are some well known of them. We have 7 regions: Marmara, Ege, Akdeniz (Mediterranean sea), İç Anadolu (Middle Anatolia), Karadeniz (Black Sea) , Doğu Anadolu (East Anatolia) , Güneydoğu Anadolu (Southeast Anatolia). Antalya is in Akdeniz region which is mostly popular because of touristic places and fruits, green houses and agriculture.

A N TA LYA Antalya is the eighth most populous city in Turkey and the capital of its eponymous province. Located on Anatolia's flourishing southwest coast bordered by the Taurus Mountains, Antalya is the largest Turkish city on the Mediterranean coast with over one million people in its metropolitan area. Antalya Province, which includes the city, is home to almost two million people and is the fastest-growing province in the country.

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Turkey's industrialization and modernization has seen a complete revival of Antalya's socioeconomic and political landscape. Large-scale development and governmental funding has seen the city become a world tourism hub, hosting a record 12.5 million tourists in 2014.

KUMLUCA In Kumluca at the west part of Antalya most of the people are working on agriculture. Kumluca is 100 km away from Antalya Airport. In this part of Turkey, the nature is so virgin and untouched with a beautiful seaside, woods and mountains. It is like a part of paradise. You can also see that purity on people's face. All of the people here are happy, warm, kind, honest, respectful, helpful and they have the most known specialty of Turkish people that they are hospitable. They like and help the foreigners without expecting anything.

M AV I K E N T D U R A L L I YA Z I C I O R TA O K U L U Our school is a public school which is located between Toros Mountains and Mediterranean Sea, in Mavikent/Kumluca/Antalya. It was built in the awesome sightseeing full of nature, green and blue. Mavikent Durali Yazıcı School was built as a primary school in 1989 and then it became an elementary and secondary school. Pupils’ ages are from 5 to 15. We have 22 school staff and 306 pupils, 18 classrooms, science and social science laboratories, technology&design room. We have a big garden full of stone pine trees, and there are basketball and volleyball playgrounds. Our students are workers' children who are coming from different cities to work in greenhouses. Our kids’s world is so little. Some of them even haven't seen the city centre before. By this project we intend to change their dreams, lifestyle and their future expectations. They will play some country games, which they only hear the name of the countries. That will help our pupils to look more positive to the future. With "Sporture" project are trying to find common games, same games and different games all together. By same games we will show children and everyone "we are not so different from each other" and "there is not strong differences between us". By different games we will teach kids „we can learn and play same games with different languages and we can use the world's language "English".

Pull The Rope NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

even numbers (4-6-8-10-12-14-16-â&#x20AC;Ś.it depends on how big is your rope)

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

rope, handkerchief.

P L A C E T O P L AY

a wide area, outdoors better to play.

H O W T O P L AY

First you find the middle part of the rope and put a handkerchief in that part. Split the students into 2 groups. Then sign a line in front of each group. And count from 3-2-1 and say start. Then 2 groups pull the rope and who takes the other group on the line is the winner.

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Cicoz / Ring Hiding NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

five or more

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

rope, ring

P L A C E T O P L AY

indoors, outdoors

H O W T O P L AY

Put a rope in the ring. Connect the two ends of the rope. All players hold the rope and become a circle. There is one player it in the middle of the circle. Players who are holding the rope say “cicoz came, cicoz went” and they try to change the ring from one hand to other and other players’ hand. It tries to find the ring where it is. After 5 times of cicoz they say “find the ring”. Player from the middle tries to find the ring. If she/he finds it, the player who holds the ring comes to the middle. If she/he cannot find the ring they play the game again until the ring was found.

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Hide and Seek NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

three or more

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

none required

P L A C E T O P L AY

indoors, outdoors

H O W T O P L AY

All the players choose a number more than 4 times of the players. If there are 5 players they must count until 20 and who is 20.th that person starts the game. She/ he starts to count until 100 with closed eyes while the other players try to hide in a selected area. After player finished counting she/he tries to find them. Whomever the player has seen she/he have to go and touch to the place where she/he counted with closed eyes. The player who had been seen has also touch the same place. Who touches the place first, becomes a winner. Player who is the first caught have to count with closed eyes in the next round.

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Hand Frying NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

two or more even numbers (4-6-8-10)

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

none required

P L A C E T O P L AY

indoors, outdoors

H O W T O P L AY

One player puts hands on the others hands. They only look into the eyes and whose hand is down tries to hit the others hand without missing. As long as the player can hit other players hand continues with being down and hitting. When the player misses to hit the hand of the other they change position of the hands. Now the other player has his hand down and tries to hit without looking.

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Fireball NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

four or more even numbers (4-6-8-10-12-14)

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

one ball

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoors

H O W T O P L AY

Two players try to choose the teams by stepping one by one. Whose last step is on the others foot is the first to choose the first player. Then the other player chooses one member of his/her team. It continues until they select the teams. One team gets inside and the other teams half gets back and half on the front side. They throw the ball and try to shoot the players in the middle. Whom they hit that players are out of the game. When they finish all the players in the middle, they become winner and now this team gets in the middle. Who catches the ball gets one extra life and has the right to take one player inside who was shot before.

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NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

four or more players

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

paper and pencil

P L A C E T O P L AY

indoors, outdoors

H O W T O P L AY

If there are so many players, names are written. For example if there are 5 players, 5 names must be written on the paper. This paper has to be divided into 5 little pieces. Each player has 5 pieces of paper in hand and they give to the one on their right side. He/she tries to collect one complete name. Who first collects the same 5 pieces of paper with a certain name says “hımbıl” and puts hand on the ground. He/she is the winner. So they play again.

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Seven stones tower NAME

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

middle

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

more than six, even number

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

seven flat stones, one ball

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoor

H O W T O P L AY

Children divide themselves into two equal teams. They find 7 flat stones so they put all together to build a tower. They draw a circle around the 7 stones tower. Team A takes one place and team B stands against them at the same distance from the tower, so tower is in the middle. Then one team takes a ball to hit the 7 stones tower. When hit the tower with the ball, the other team has to hunt/hit them with the ball. If they cannot hit the tower, other team goes on throwing the 7 stones tower until one of the groups hit it. The group which hit the 7 stones tower try to escape the ball and at the same time try to build 7 stones to be tower again, while the other group try to hit them all.

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If they put all stones on the place again they win, but if the hunter group hit all of them they become winners.

GAMES BEYOND EUROPE

Kabaddi

NAME the game from India D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

difficult

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

two teams, each having 7 players

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

string or chalk to mark the court

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoor

H O W T O P L AY

Kabaddi is a team game. Two teams, each having 7 in court players, compete with each other to get higher scores. Individual brilliance is exhibited when a player raids the opponent’s court. The team spirit, the team togetherness and team strategy comes into play when an opponent raider enters your court. From your team you have to send, one player to the other teams court to raid. The raider starts from the centreline uttering aloud, “Kabaddi, Kabaddi, Kabaddi…” without any break. He would be actually running from one side to the other side of the opponent’s court trying to touch either with his hand or leg an opponent. Once he touches an opponent, he will, without breaking the “Kabaddi, Kabaddi…” rhythm come back to his court through the centreline. The people he had touched are his teams point scored. If he had touched one player, it is 1 point and if he had touched 3 players, it is 3 points to your team. The objective of your opponent, when your player is raiding them is different. They, as a team, would like to thwart the raider’s effort to score by touching any member of the opponent’s team and devise ways to trap and catch him without allowing him to get back to the center line and thence to his court. If the raider is caught and loses his chanting breath “…Kabaddi, Kabaddi, Ka…” he is considered out.

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Edited by Austrian team

“Kho Kho”

NAME the game from Pakistan

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

difficult

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

minimum 10, no upper limit

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

string or chalk, a pole or stick

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoor

H O W T O P L AY

It requires two teams, defenders and chasers, and ideally 10 children (at least 5 in each team) and a large open space. A string or chalk is needed to mark out the playing area. Draw a line down the middle, dividing the field in half and put a pole or stick at the each end of the central dividing line. The members of the chasing team have to line up on the middle line, facing the different directions. Chaser can only chase defenders (the other team) on the side of pitch they are facing and only one at a time whereas defenders can run anywhere in the field. The aim of this game is actually chasing and tagging out the defender the fastest. One chaser has to stand at any of the poles at the end of the middle line and he actually starts the game by shouting “kho” and taping the back of the chaser who then tags a defender on his side of the pitch and the defender has to cross the middle line before than the chaser shouts “kho” and taps other chaser facing direction of the defender. Chaser can also run around one of the poles to get the other side of the pitch, he doesn’t always need to “kho” the other chaser. Whichever team gets the defender out the quickest wins. The description of the game is given by Mrs. Muneerah Zia, librarian from Karachi, edited by Croatian team

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Yoté the game

NAME from West-Africa

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

hard

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

two - traditionally, this game is played by adults, men and even men of stature

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

30 dimples in the ground, a spare dimple and 12 rocks

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoor

H O W T O P L AY

The goal of the game is to take away the entire opponent’ stones. When both players can’t make any more moves then the players with the most stones wins. If both players have less than three stones, it’s called a draw. At the beginning of the match, the playing field is empty and the 12 stones are in reserve. Once per turn, the player lays a new rock on a random spot or moves a small rock that’s already on the field. Movement of the rock is limited by one square left, right, above or below. Players can strike stones placed by their opponents by skipping over it. Players don’t have to skip when they can. When a rock is skipped, the player can take one rock of choice, placed by their opponent, and take it from the field. If that creates another chance to skip a rock, the player is allowed to do so and pick another rock from the field. This means a player always wins two stones. Skipping several stones at once is allowed. It is not mandatory to place all the stones first before moving stones already on the field. Edited by Dutch team

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Duck, duck, goose

NAME

game from United states of America D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

at least 4

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

none required

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoor or indoor

H O W T O P L AY

Players sit in a circle. One of them is chosen to be “it”. He or she walks around the circle and pats each player on the head. As he or she touches each of them, says: “Duck, duck, duck.... When he or she says, “Goose!” the person he or she touches gets up and chases him/her around the circle. The player who gets to the empty place first sits down. The other person is „it“. Sometimes, the player who was tagged catches the person who was „it“. Then this player has to sit in the „stink pot!“ (in the center of the circle). This player can‘t get out until another person who is „it“ gets caught and gets put into the stink pot. Edited by Polish team

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Jam Huay (tigers crossing seas)

NAME

Thailand game D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

2-10

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

none required

P L A C E T O P L AY

indoors or outdoors

H O W T O P L AY

Defining the roles: One of the players is the SEA. Other players are TIGERS. The player SEA sits on the floor in position number 1: ‘Deep blue sea’, the TIGERS are trying to jump over him. If anyone of the TIGERS touches him, when trying to jump over, they lose the role of the TIGER and take the role of the SEA. In that case, the game starts from the beginning for all the players. If all of the tigers jump over position number 1: ‘Deep blue sea’, the player SEA takes different positions in the order below: Position number 2: ‘High sea’. Position number 3: ‘Sea with cliffs’. Position number 4: ‘Wide sea’. Position number 5: ‘Vast sea’. If all of the TIGERS jump over all the positions, the game ends. Edited by Slovenian team

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Mr. Fox

NAME a game from United States D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

middle

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

minimum of two players, upper number unlimited

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

none required

P L A C E T O P L AY

outdoors

H O W T O P L AY

Aim: If you are the fox, you have to catch at least one of the other kids. If you are part of the rest of the group, you have to escape from the fox. The group of children gets divided into two groups: the “fox” and the rest of the group. We’re going to call them the “kids”. First, the fox and the kids stay separated by twenty feet. Then, the kids ask the fox: “What time is it, Mr. Fox?” the fox answers: “It’s one o’clock” and the kids advance one feet towards the fox. This process repeats until the fox answers: “It’s time to have dinner”. After those words, all the kids have to run away from the fox trying to come back to the starting line without being touched by the fox. If the fox catches someone, this kid will be the “fox” in the next game. If this doesn’t happen the game starts again and the fox is the same person. “What time is it, Mr. Fox?” is a traditional game from United States. This game is also known as: What time is it, Mr. Wolf? and Grandma’s Footsteps, depending of the country. It is a form of tag played in Australia, Belgium, Canada, the English – speaking Caribbean, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, the UK, and the USA. Edited by Spanish team

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Freeze Tag

NAME Canadian game

D I F F I C U LT Y L E V E L

simple

N U M B E R O F P L AY E R S

three or more players

M AT E R I A L S F O R T H E G A M E

none required

P L A C E T O P L AY

indoors, outdoors

H O W T O P L AY

Someone is ‘IT’. ‘IT’ tries to tag people. Everyone else is running around. When ‘IT’ tags someone, the person has to freeze in whatever position is tagged in. When you are frozen, someone can ‘unfreeze’ you by touching you. And when you get tagged/frozen three times then you are the person who becomes ‘IT’. Edited by Turkish team

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SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL PEOPLE I N V O LV E D I N T H E COMENIUS SPORTURE PROJECT Austria C O O R D I N AT O R Rosmarie Jessner HEADMISTRESS Edith Hülber, MA TEACHERS Sandra Scharf, Maanika Nayak, Nikolaus Bublik, Romana Tesar, Natascha Brandl, Robert Wazek

SPECIAL THANKS Thanks to the National Agencies for projects of the European Union of each country involved in the project, so far Comenius Sporture meetings were successfully held in each partner’s country as followed: 6. - 11. 10. 2013. – Slovenia, Križevci pri Ljutomeru 15. - 21. 12. 2013. – Austria, Vienna 8. – 16. 2. 2014. – Spain, Los Barrios 29. 3. – 5. 4.2014. – The Netherlands – Wieringewerf 5. - 11. 10. 2014. – Poland, Boratyn 14. - 21. 3. 2015. – Croatia, Gornja Stubica - and it will be in held 16. – 24. 5. 2015. – Turkey, Kumluca Special thanks to all parents of host students!

STUDENTS Mary Florendo, Anastasija Radunov, Mikail Kamalak, Sarah Mwatero, Michal de Leon, Berhard Posch, Maja Krstic, Jennifer Früchtl Croatia C O O R D I N AT O R Ines Krušelj-Vidas HEADMISTRESS Sanja Knezić TEACHERS Natalija Ciglenečki, Nikolina Fruk, Tamara Grozaj, Gordana Janđel, Dominik Karajić, Tatjana Kontent, Božena Lacković, Martina Lešković, Ivanka Lisak, Danijela Lukina, Marko Mihaljinec, Marina Mikulec, Marina Pakelj, Dinko Prpić, Armina Rod, Gabi Zrinščak and Josip Henok, editor of the video STUDENTS Mirna Bajs, Marta Bočkaj, Antonio Boroša, Lucija Drempetić, Denis Filipaj, Lora Haramustek, Martina Hegol, Filip Hren, Sandra Ivšak, Lucija Lisak, Magdalena Lisak, Dario Petrović, Marica Rusan, Josipa Šagud, Luka Tišljar, Lucija Tonković, Mihaela Vlahović, Elizabeta Vrđuka, Magdalena Vrđuka, and all other students who participated in filming the video and other activities

The Netherlands C O O R D I N AT O R Brigitte Schmeetz HEADMASTERS Henk Klaassen, Rob Bijeman TEACHERS Jantine van den Hoven, Inge Lammers, Laurens van Huffelen, Annemiek Nijman, Kunal Ruitenburg, Rob De Decker STUDENTS Sven de Boer, Merel Boersen, Karlijn Bakker, Rik t Hart, Sam Butter, Naomi de Kan, Kane Hangjas, Keely Roos, Myrthe de Boer, Sandra de Jong, Maaike Brak, Sergey van der Sluis, Jennifer van Dam, Luca Gootjes, Malik Gourmeri, Floor Bosma, Tessa Versteeg, Daan Goedbloed, Mike van Velzen Poland C O O R D I N AT O R Magdalena Wayda-Sawa HEADMISTRESS Agnieszka Marczak TEACHERS Małgorzata Szulc, Dorota Tymcio, Lucyna Miś-Pałys, Sławomir Zieliński, Janusz Szczepański, Regina Bała, Anna Sieczka STUDENTS Andżelika Sabatowska, Dawid Pióro, Izabela Demczyk, Agnieszka Sołek, Barbara Gomułczak, Kacper Wrucha, Paulina Sabatowska, Paweł Fus, Wiktoria Buczan, Katarzyna Bogacz, Adrian Kociuba, Justyna Fugiel, Martyna Lorynowicz, Patrycja Szuster, Kamila Szawarniak Slovenia C O O R D I N AT O R Katja Koroša HEADMISTRESS Lidija Koroša

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TEACHERS Vera Slavič, Nada Vajs Vidnar, Ksenija Hladen, Mateja Kozar, Jelka Vinkovič, Martina Heric, Lenart Barat, Alenka Kajtna Zorko, Metka Štuhec, Božena Kurbos, Renata Kovačič, Ciril Kosi, Edi Petek, Denis Hofman, Sandi Verač, Tamara Flegerič, Vasilija Stolnik, Irena Majcen Reyes STUDENTS Anže Ros, Tim Štuhec, Lora Gržin, Jaka Godec, Klara Dragović, Kaja Zupančič, Vita Jana Bohanec, Melani Erjavec, Nuša Pučko, Tilen Heric, Katja Prelog, Kaja Antolin, Brina Godec, Maša Maučec, Tea Žnidarič, David Copot, Tjaša Krajnc, Gaja Šiško, Meta Štuhec, Maša Štuhec, Medeja Kuhanec, Filip Lešer, Valentina Koroša, Tilen Ketiš, Miha Vrbnjak, Aleksandra Daniela Belcl and all the students who participated in the video and other activities Spain C O O R D I N AT O R Gil Espinosa, Francisco Javier HEADMASTER Garrido Arjona, Jesús TEACHERS Cristóbal Alconchel Macías, Rafael Álvarez Herrero, Manuel Alejandro Arroyo Negro, María Luisa Cabello Sánchez, Antonio Carrera Sevillano, José Alberto Gallego Puche, José Manuel García Grimaldi, Cristóbal Manuel García Sampalo, María Carmen Giles Lima, Daniel Melchor Buendía, María Mar Melgar Rojas, José Luís Mora Pardo, Antonio Morales Benítez, María Isabel Parente Barrero, Antonio Pérez Moreno, María Elena Quero Arquillo, Joaquín Ruiz Durán STUDENTS María Alba Díaz, Isabel Albadalejo Andrades, Félix Arconada Tovar, Paula Arconada Tovar, Elvira Armiño Herrera, José Carlos

Blanco Rubio, Irene Calvo Corbacho, Sofía Durán Furse, Leon Xavier Fernades, Marta Fernández Sibón, Cristina María García Corbacho, María García García, Gabriel García Ortega, María Garrido Cañadas, Laura Gil González, Paula Guerrero Martín, Eloy Gracia Borrueco, Julia Janeiro Arenas, María Jerez Oliva, Delia Jiménez Rueda, Mª José Lobato Hoyos, Sergio Marchante Correro, Mª José Marín Márquez, Rosario Marín Márquez, Miriam Navarro Cabas, Helena Nieto Vera, Pedro Oliva Sampalo, Natalia Orozco González, Pablo Parody Kamstra, Marina Ponce Benítez, Andrea Ramírez Amores, Ana Mª Romera Poveda, Laura Ruiz Ríos, Carlos Salas Jiménez, Samuel Sánchez Gau, Sandra Sánchez Parente, Alba Santiago Gómez, Victoria Vivanco Martín, Begoña Vivanco Martín, Ana Zamora Coca Turkey C O O R D I N AT O R Gökhan Edge Albayrak HEADMASTER Ali Gökceoğlu TEACHERS Ayten Albayrak, Şirin Güler, Ebubekir Ünal, Filiz Güler, Özcan Hırçın, Düriye Yılmaz İstemez, Ertan Koptur, Özge Tıraş, Hanife Usta, Abbas Altınışık, Aslıhan Özel, Mehmet Devecioğlu, İrfan Al, Özlem Leyla Altınışık, Semira Yılmaz, Dilek Tunç Gedik, Yavuz Daruğa, Zekeriya Coşkun, Mustafa İstemez, Turgay Taşdemir, Arzu Türkmen, Fatma Bars Kula, Tuğba Kolsuz, Deniz Karar STUDENTS Atike Altoğlu, Eren Gülgeç, Osman Altınkan, Sena Ak, Deniz Gürler, Cenk Onur Hasar, Şamil Berkan Çamlı, Emine Güney, Nadir Gömlekli, Nazya Nupelda Daruğa, Rabia Büşra Bayram, Mehmet Demirbilek

TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S Introduction 2 About Comenius Sporture project 6 Traditional games from Austria Ball over the line 12 Brennball 14 Cops and robbers 16 Love, engaged, married 18 A cat and a mouse 20 Who’s afraid of the black man? 22 Sapling, change you! 24 Traditional games from Croatia Rihter 28 The statue builder 30 Buttoning 32 Colors 34 What’s the time, Emperor Master? 36 Stones 38 The bat where you sat? 40 Traditional games from the Netherlands Spijkerpoepen 44 Ontbijtkoekhappen 46 Sjoelen 48 Levend Stratego 50 Snoephappen 52 Blikgooien 54 Zaklopen 56 Traditional games from Poland Rat - jumping game 60 Musical chairs 62 Footbag 64 Jump rope 66 Hopscotch 68 Two fires 70 Blind Man’s Buff 72

Traditional games from Slovenia Klip Klop 76 Rock, paper, scissors 78 Music chairs 80 A cat and a mouse 82 Queen, what’s the time? 84 Wheelbarrow 86 Phone 88 Traditional games from Spain Policeman and thieves 92 The handkerchief 94 Spinning top 96 Elastic gum rubber 98 Marbles 100 The hopscotch 102 Sack races 104 Traditional games from Turkey Pull the rope 108 Cicoz - Ring hiding 110 Hide and seek 112 Hand frying 114 Fireball 116 Hımbıl 118 Seven stones tower 120 Games beyond Europe Kabaddi - the game from India 123 Kho Kho - the game from Pakistan 124 Yoté - the game from West-Africa 125 Duck,duck, goose – the game from United States of America 126 Jam Huay - Tigers crossing seas - the game from Thailand 127 Mr. Fox – the game from United States of America 128 Freeze Tag - the game from Canada 129 Special thanks 130

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