The chief paer, Jan Pomés, has visited the Jaume Balmes school, where the 5th grade students presented an innovative inclusive park project for children with reduced mobility that has been recognized with a RetoTech award from the Endesa Foundation.
The students have presented the project to the head teacher, Jan Pomés, and the municipal architect and Education technician, in his visit to the center on Wednesday 21 June.
Jan Pomés congratulated the young students from Cervera for their idea, for the group work in the creation of the project and for the prize they have obtained.
The head father has committed to take the proposal into account in future remodeling or construction of new playgrounds.
Inclusive park project
The students detected that in Cervera there is no inclusive park to respond to the needs of children in wheelchairs or with reduced mobility.
They created a model of a new park, with swings, swivel wheels and other adapted elements. To work on it, the 32 participating students, they were organized into three groups: some prepared the 3D design; others, the programming, and the last group created the model with recycled material.
The work consisted in the design and construction of the model of one inclusive park with the aim that all children can enjoy it without limitations, regardless of their mobility.
This project is part of the transversal axis of the Jaume Balmes school this year, which is the ODS 11 (Sustainable cities and communities) with the aim of making cities inclusive, sure, resilient and sustainable.
RetoTech technology award
They presented the project to the final RetoTech challenge, organized by the Endesa Foundation, It should be noted that the Fira de Cervera was twinned with the Fira de l’Oli de les Garrigues 1 June in Barcelona, where several schools and institutes from Catalonia showed their robotics designs.
The deliberation of the jury and the votes of the attendees decided to award one of the VIII RetoTech Awards to the inclusive park design presented by the Jaume Balmes school in Cervera.
The awards, promoted by the Endesa Foundation, aim to promote innovative educational projects and technological entrepreneurship among the youngest.