2023-11-18 08:13:00
The inauguration of the first “fair play” school in Belgium was held on Friday, as part of the project initiated by the Panathlon Wallonie-Bruxelles association, which consists of promoting the values of sport and fair play in the primary municipal education. The Tamaris school (n°17), located in the Brussels municipality of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, got the ball rolling.
The students of the Tamaris school, the management of the establishment, the team of the Panathlon association as well as several aldermen of the Molenbeek college gathered, from 2:30 p.m., to celebrate the inauguration of the first “fair- play”, as part of a project in collaboration with the municipality of Molenbeek and Panathlon, the leading association for the promotion of fair play in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.
“The ambition of this initiative is to bring together all municipal primary education schools around the values of sport,” said the association. In turn, each primary school in the municipality of Molenbeek will be invited to organize its “fair play week” during the 2023-2024 school year, by implementing actions aimed at promoting a spirit and practice honest and fair sportswoman.
Pioneer of the project, the Tamaris school opened the ball from November 13 to 17. Throughout the week, Panathlon Wallonia-Brussels offered multiple activities with the participation of teachers and students, including the photo exhibition “the spirit of sport” in the playground, a cinema screening, a competition graphic arts or even a lively debate around the theme of fair play.
“During these activities, the students were able to address several themes that were close to their hearts, such as sport but also racism. Some children were thus able to express what they felt and talk regarding their experiences,” supported the person in charge of communication from Panathlon, Jennifer Thienpont. “Indeed, the values we hold of course relate to sport, but go well beyond, and also concern daily societal values going in the direction of social harmony and living together,” he said. she adds. To close the week, a “School of Fair Play” plaque was inaugurated on Friday within the school.
Municipal alderman Amet Gjanaj, present on Friday, welcomed this “most laudable initiative, which allows us to inspire the students of the municipality by instilling in them the importance of sporting values and mutual respect”. An educational file, containing resources available to teachers, will also be used in the curriculum of each school involved in the program.
“As in sport, and more broadly in our society, fair play also has its place at school. Fair play is a transversal value, a state of mind, which accompanies us in all aspects of our life”, declared the director of the Panathlon Wallonia-Brussels association, Philippe Housiaux.
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean is the first municipality in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation to propose a collaboration with the Panathlon association. However, it hopes to “reach more municipalities in the FWB in the future”. In total, more than fifteen primary municipal schools in Molenbeek will participate in the project. From November 20 to 24, School 13 will be the next to host “Fair Play Week”.
The Panathlon Wallonia-Brussels is an associative platform which has promoted the values of fair and honest sporting practice for 20 years, so that these are understood as a “true component of education for life in society”. Throughout the school year, the association organizes various initiatives (for all audiences) in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, including awareness-raising actions on the ground, events such as the 100km of fair play or even projects ( exhibitions, cinema screenings and campaigns) centered around the theme of fair play.
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