On the afternoon of Monday, January 31, 2022, the Nice 100% Culture at School plan was at the center of discussions within the elementary school Baumettes 1, which was renamed on this day to Jean Moulin-Baumettes 1.
Since the 2021-2022 school year, the city of Nice has been implementing the Nice 100% Culture at School plan in its schools.
Christian Estrosi, Jean-Luc Gagliolo, Robert Roux, and Richard Laganier were thus invited to the launch of the call for projects for metropolitan cultural actors to intervene in schools starting in the 2022-2023 school year.
This event was also an opportunity to review past collaborations by visiting a fully greened schoolyard.
“We are launching our major plan ‘100% Culture at School’ from the Baumettes 1 school, which we are renaming today to Jean Moulin School, an honor for #Nice06. From now on, the two school groups in Baumettes carry two great names: Jean Moulin and Simone Veil.” — Christian Estrosi (@cestrosi) January 31, 2022
As a reminder, after an ongoing experimental phase in 21 schools, the program will be expanded to 51 schools for the next school year. The goal is that by 2025, 100% of the students in all 151 primary schools in Nice will have access to this program, which includes 12 hours of arts and cultural education per year and per class.
Continuing the Nice 100% Culture at School plan, a room named Daniel Cordier, in memory of the French Resistance member and secretary of Jean Moulin, has been set up within this primary school. A class from the 3rd year of elementary school was able to demonstrate the lessons they have benefited from so far.
Christian Estrosi, the mayor of Nice, and Richard Laganier, the rector of the Academy of Nice, did not fail to emphasize the importance of teaching Culture, Art, and Heritage from a young age. This notably allows for education through art, bringing students together, offering opportunities within the framework of equal opportunities, and also fostering vocations.
Moreover, the event highlighted the increased vegetation cover thanks to the planting of trees, shrubs, and grass in the schoolyard. This is part of the Vegetation Plan of the Plan Climat 2025, with around twenty schoolyards already involved in this awareness of environmental protection.
These green spaces within schools not only fight against climate change and improve air quality but also develop educational activities for the benefit of children, such as creating planters and vegetable gardens.
