Andorra la Vella, Thursday 20 January 2022

The candidacy for the Andorra 2027 Alpine World Ski Championships continues to nationally promote actions linked to citizens, in this case with children. The actions concerning the day of inclusive children's activities last Sunday in the Soldeu sector of Grandvalira were transferred, with the collaboration of the Ministry of Education and associations, to schools throughout the educational systems of the country, where nursery, first, and second cycle students worked on various activities linked to the values associated with skiing, as well as emotions and healthy lifestyle habits.

In the case of nursery school, the "Decorate your Helmet" workshop was held with the aim of promoting initiation to and knowledge of snow sports and the materials needed, emphasizing the importance of safety when practicing them.

For first-year children, learning focused on promoting the practice of sport for a physically and emotionally healthy life, developing a project in which children could freely express through words the emotions they feel when they ski. Thus, in this case, with the activity "When I Ski I Feel Good!", the students were able to express the emotions they feel when they practice this sport.

Finally, in the case of second cycle students, much more emphasis was placed on emotions. The activity "The Star of Emotions" consisted of the creation of a poem that was expressed as a calligram in the form of a star referring to the candidacy campaign message "It's time to light the stars up again". The objectives, in addition to those shared with other educational levels, were also to enjoy visual and graphic poetry as a literary work.

Furthermore, the need to practise skiing responsibly, respecting, enjoying, and loving our natural environment in order to promote values of sustainability was shared with the children in the classrooms as well as the fact that skiing is an inclusive sport and much work is done from the snowfields to make it accessible to everyone.