Learning Seed

Learning Seed

Healthcraft Project Information

About the project

HealthCraft is an EU-funded project promoting health education and healthy lifestyles among children aged 8–12 in Ireland, Greece, and across Europe. In response to rising concerns like childhood obesity, poor nutrition, and mental health challenges, the project uses innovative, engaging tools to help build lifelong healthy habits. HealthCraft goes beyond teaching healthy habits by also developing key competences in both children and educators through innovative, engaging methods. Recognising that children’s lifestyles are shaped by many factors, the project uses accessible tools to support positive behaviour change. Through a combination of short training videos and interactive video games, HealthCraft transforms traditional health education into an enjoyable and meaningful experience. By leveraging the popularity of Minecraft, the resources create a fun, immersive learning environment tailored to children aged 8–12.

HealthCraft recognises that schools play a vital role in promoting healthy lifestyles and has actively involved primary school teachers and experts in developing the resources to ensure maximum impact. Educational materials and activities are designed to be adaptable and accessible for all children, regardless of their circumstances.

By embedding HealthCraft into the school environment and tailoring content to reflect diverse needs, HealthCraft aims to create equitable opportunities for every child to develop healthy habits that support long-term wellbeing. The resources are designed for classroom or home use, combining bite-sized training videos available on YouTube, interactive Minecraft Education Edition worlds, and a downloadable Teachers Toolkit.

HEALTHCRAFT TOPICS
HealthCraft Resources focus on the following topics:
· Health Eating
· Physical Activity
· Quality Sleep
· Healthy Minds

TARGET GROUPS
HealthCraft is targeted at the following groups:

  • Primary School Children Aged: 8-10 years & 10-12 years
  • Teachers & Education Providers
  • Parents & Care Givers
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • Youth & Community Organisations
  • Children’s Clubs & Associations

RESOURCES DEVELOPED
1. HealthCraft Healthy Habits Video Training Library: A Training Video library containing 40 short and fun videos targeted at children aged 8-10 and 10-12. Each module includes a final group quiz to assess learning outcomes.
2. HealthCraft Minecraft for Education Worlds: Four unique games for Minecraft Education Edition that use gamification including quizzes, quests, puzzles, and challenges that endorse the concepts learned from the video library.
3. Teachers’ Toolkit with Activities & Lesson Plans: A set of lesson plans which will help teachers implement the learning resources in their classroom. Each lesson plan is supported by digital and printable classroom resources, glossaries, and fun printable activities.