SPORTS SCHOOL IN ODZACI

In order to achieve a common goal related to the well-being and overall development of every child from birth to 6.5 years, in the municipality of Odžaci, the Inclusive Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Project gathered partners to achieve this goal together.

The holder of this project is preschool institution “Poletarac” and its partners are the local self-government, the Health Centre Odžaci, the Sports Association of the Municipality of Odžaci, the Red Cross Odžaci and the Association of Educators of Vojvodina.

In cooperation with the Sports Association of the Municipality of Odžaci, within the Project, a free Sports School for children between the ages of 3 and the school starting age in the “Maslačak” facility in Bogojevo has been realized since September.

Free Sports School program includes physical education program for preschool children. According to Jelena Ignjatić, president of the Sports Association of the Municipality of Odžaci and PE professor, the goal of physical education of preschool children is to contribute to the integral development of the child’s personality, motor skills development, improvement and application of these skills, habits and know-how in everyday and specific living and working conditions.

The activities of the School of Sports take place once a week in the yard,in the room of the kindergarten “Maslačak” in Bogojevo or in the gym of the elementary school “Jožef Atila” in Bogojevo. The activities are implemented by professors of physical education.

Children have the opportunity to get acquainted with physical exercise and all sports, which makes it easier for them to find a sport that best suits their abilities. The obligatory part of the training are exercises preventing the deformities of the spine, feet, chest, legs. Children who attend short programs, children from the preparatory preschool group in which educational work is done in the Serbian language and children from the preparatory preschool group in which educational work conducted in the Hungarian language practice together.

 “The most important thing is that we do all that by playing while training. The laughter, shouts and joy of the children must be present during all 45 minutes, as long as the training lasts “, says Prof. Jelena Ignjatić.