The European School Sport Day (ESSD) is a pan-European initiative with the main goal to promote physical activity on international level and involve as many children and young people, schools and organisations as possible.

1. Coordinator: With the financial support of:
Partners:

2. In 2014 during MOVE Week we decided to involve as many schools as
possible and to encourage students, particularly those in hard-to-reach
social groups to involve in sport and physical activity through the initiative.
The idea came from the Hungarian School Sport Day and its amazing
results in Hungary.
147 schools and 13 kindergartens from all over Bulgaria joined MOVE
Week in 2014. More than 36,000 children were physically active during
this week.
Nine schools from all over the country met the criteria and were awarded
with vouchers for purchasing of sports goods.
How we involved the schools?

3. Steps we follow when trying to reach and involve the schools –
communication and involvement of stakeholders:
• Looking for support from the Ministry of Education and Science.
• We send information to MES who forward it to the Regional
Inspectorate of Education.
• Sending information to school principals.
• Sending e-mails to all participating schools in 2014.
• Sending information to school teachers who have been participating in
BGBA trainings in 2014.
• Support from the MOVE Agents.
How we involved the schools?
Steps to follow

4. • Organising sports festival with a minimum duration of 120 min.
• Promotional materials be brand their event.
• Toolkit.
• BGBA representative who coordinates the initiative – available by
phone and e-mail.
• Reporting (completing a reporting form + sending pictures from the
event + registration in the website).
How we involved the schools?
How schools can join the initiative

5. • A package with sports goods worth 60 BGN (two types of packages
according to the needs of the school).
• Promotional materials of the campaign (see next slide).
• Registration form, an agreement with the schools, and report form
signed by the director of the school.
How we involved the schools?
Support from BGBA

6. ESSD campaign materials
Produced
2000
t-shirts
Produced
300
posters
Produced
300
banners
Produced
3000
notebooks
Produced
10 000
bracelets
Produced
10 000
stickers
European School Sport Day Bulgaria 2015

7. The ESSD Toolkit was provided to all the participating schools. It could be
downloaded for free from BGBA website (www.bgbeactive.org). The toolkit was
also presented as a downloadable resource during BGBA trainings all around the
country.
How we involved the schools?
ESSD Toolkit

8. RESULTS:
• 231 participating schools;
• 45 000 moved students;
• 80 000 students and 2 000+ school
employees reached through the ESSD
campaign materials.
European School Sport Day Bulgaria 2015

9. Good practices
“ACAD. DAKY YORDANOV”
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Omurtag
Teachers, administration staff and the assistant
headmaster, all were involved in the organization of
the event.
In the event took part not only students from the
school, but also were invited pupils from other
schools from the town as well as their parents and
friends.
European School Sport Day Bulgaria 2015

10. Good practices
“OTETS PAISIY”
HIGH SCHOOL
Stamboliyski
All the students from the school together with their
teachers were part of a public parade passing through
the town with the ESSD banner. This way they wanted
to mark the first European School Sport Day and show
their excitement to all the citizens of Stamboliyski.
The parade ended at the town stadium and was given
an official start of ESSD with different types of sport
games.
European School Sport Day Bulgaria 2015

11. Good practices
“ST. ST. KIRIL AND METODII”
HIGH SCHOOL
Kardzhali
In the school were organized many events for the
European School Sport Day and some of them were
also suitable for disabled children.
The children and teachers were so excided after the
ESSD initiative that they repeated the sport activities
on Monday.
Also it should be noted the good work with the local
media and the coverage of the European School Sport
Day on local level.
European School Sport Day Bulgaria 2015

12. European School Sport Day Bulgaria 2015
Flagship events
NOW WE DANCE: TRADITIONAL VS MODERN DANCES
& PLOVDIV CITY RUN
Plovdiv
An invitation for the MOVE Week events in Plovdiv
were send to all the schools in the city. Many students
and their parents took part in them.
NowWeDANCE was an event where everybody can
choose between different dance workshops learning
some new moves and then showing them during the
Battle of the styles.
Plovdiv City Run 2015 was a running event which took
place in one of the main boulevards. The first three
schools with the most participating students took
special prizes.

13. Flagship events
VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT & HIKING TO VITOSHA
MOUNTAIN
Sofia
During the ESSD in Sofia were organized two flagship
events.
One of them was a Volleyball Tournament with
participating students from different schools from
Sofia. Krasen Kralev, the Minister of Youth and Sport,
was a special guest of the event.
The other event was a hiking to Vitosha, a mountain
very close to the city of Sofia, where many children
together with their parents decided to spend some
time in the nature.
European School Sport Day Bulgaria 2015

14. Flagship events
CROSS “GOLDEN AUTUMN”
Gorna Oryahovitsa
Over 150 children participated in the cross "Golden
Autumn". It was one of the sporting events of Gorna
Oryahovitsa joining the European initiative Move
Week and European School Sport Day.
The competition was organized by the municipality of
Gorna Oryahovitsa and sport clubs from the town. The
aim of the initiative was to provoke interest among
children to do sport, and in particular athletics.
European School Sport Day Bulgaria 2015

15. Other events
European School Sport Day Bulgaria 2015
“DR. IVAN PANOV” HIGH
SCHOOL
Berkovitsa
Event: Basketball lessons
Duration: 90 min.
Number of participating
students: 28
Total number of students in
the school: 170

16. Other events
European School Sport Day Bulgaria 2015
“KONSTANTIN PRESLAVSKI”
HIGH SCHOOL
Varna
Event: Traditional Bulgarian
dances
Duration: 45 min.
Number of participating
students: 500
Total number of students in
the school: 1550

17. Other events
European School Sport Day Bulgaria 2015
“EDINSTVO”
PRIMARY SCHOOL
Pleven
Event: Active games
Duration: 120 min.
Number of participating
students: 142
Total number of students in
the school: 142

18. Other events
European School Sport Day Bulgaria 2015
“VASIL LEVSKI”
PRIMARY SCHOOL
Petko Karavelovo
Event: Volleyball, football,
relay and other active games
Duration: 120 min.
Number of participating
students: 144
Total number of students in
the school: 144

19. Other events
European School Sport Day Bulgaria 2015
“HRISTO SMIRNENSKI”
PRIMARY SCHOOL
General Toshevo
Event: Active games
Duration: 120 min.
Number of participating
students: 202
Total number of students in
the school: 320

20. Other events
European School Sport Day Bulgaria 2015
“VLADIMIR KOMAROV”
HIGH SCHOOL
Silistra
Event: basketball, football,
active games
Duration: 130 min.
Number of participating
students: 123
Total number of students in
the school: 215

21. Other events
European School Sport Day Bulgaria 2015
“DR. PETER BERON”
SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL
Dobrich
Event: active games, relay,
physical exercises
Duration: 60 min.
Number of participating
students: 29
Total number of students in
the school: 74

22. Other events
European School Sport Day Bulgaria 2015
“YORDAN YOVKOV”
HIGH SCHOOL
Sliven
Event: Aerobics, traditional
Bulgarian dances,
Duration: 120 min.
Number of participating
students: 350
Total number of students in
the school: 351

23. Other events
European School Sport Day Bulgaria 2015
“MECHTATELI”
PRIMARY SCHOOL
Varna
Event: Active games
Duration: 40 min.
Number of participating
students: 58
Total number of students in
the kindergarten: 58

24. Other events
European School Sport Day Bulgaria 2015
“VERZHIN AND HAIK
PAPAZYAN”
KINDERGARTEN
Sliven
Event: Active games
Duration: 120 min.
Number of participating
students: 142
Total number of students in
the kindergarten: 252