Together with the pupils from the school ''Am Sand'', the new Pedibus mascots have been created just in time for the start of the 2023/2024 school year. Abbes, Betty, Chrëscht and Dolly now accompany pupils on their walk to school.

Fresh from the press and off to the classes with them! On Wednesday, the 20th of September 2023, the Board of Aldermen visited the pupils from Cycle 4.2 from the school "Am Sand" to hand them out - as the first children in the commune - a children's map.

It was the idea of the children to have a children's map made for their commune with their favourite places. The members of the citizen's team "Niedz4Kidz" took up this idea and got in touch with the graphic agency HUMAN MADE to create this great project.

The children were also involved in the realisation of the map. It is a map by the children for the children from the municipality of Niederanven. In July we organised a workshop with the pupils from Cycle 4.1 (school year 2022/2023) from the school "Am Sand", during which the children could immediately look together with the agency how to improve the map. They told us what their favourite places were and what was missing on the map. The suggestions were kept back and the map could be finalised.

The children's map is not to scale, but the complex "Am Sand" with the school, the Maison Relais, the swimming pool, the CIPA Gréngewald, etc. stands out because of its size and forms the centre of the map. Around it extends the rest of the commune with the villages of Niederanven, Oberanven, Senningerberg, Senningen, Ernster, Hostert, Ramelange, Waldhaff and Stafelter. The map is self-explanatory and therefore has little text and no legend. So even the youngest children understand what is shown on the map.

It was important to those involved in the project to create a children's map that is suitable for all ages and also has an appealing design for adults. The back of the map contains a text in four languages explaining the project of the children's map and introducing Niedz4Kidz.

The first edition was printed 2,500 times. In addition to Cycle 4.2, the other children from the school "Am Sand" also receive a copy of the map. In addition, the maps are handed out in the Maison Relais and in the youth centre. If new families register in the commune, they also receive a map. The map is also displayed on an aluminium DIBOND plate in the school, in the Maison Relais, in the Centre de Loisirs "Loisi" and in the skate park.

Even though the children's card was printed on paper, it is by no means static. As a commune, it was important to us that the map lives. In addition to the elements of the map that the agency makes available to us, including for social media and the commune's website, residents from the commune also have the opportunity to send in their ideas and suggestions by e-mail via communication@niederanven.lu so that the map can be updated regularly.

The children at the Maison Relais fixed some of the hearts sponsored as part of the "with a lot of heart" campaign to the big tree on the Am Sand roundabout.
You too can become the godfather of a heart: by making a small donation to the Télévie money box, you become the godfather of a heart of your choice. Hearts are available from the Maison Relais or from the commune building.

On 25 February, Niedz4Kidz, the Maison des Jeunes and the Maison Relais invited young people aged 8 to 20 to their first N4K meeting for children and young people. Over a cosy winter barbecue, the youngsters exchanged ideas and thoughts on what could be done for them in the commune.
The discussions were very lively, and there's nothing to stop us getting together again.

During the Tree Week, the proposals made by Lex and Ben Reuter and Jesper Koob in the "Niedz4kidz goes green" competition were put into practice. For example, 3 classes in cycle 3.2 planted Paulownia trees on the lawn of the Syrdall Schwemm swimming pool and on various playgrounds in the commune.
This species of tree can have leaves 30 cm long and 20 cm wide. These trees are expected to provide plenty of shade for children on playgrounds on hot summer days in the future. What's more, a Paulownia tree filters up to five times more CO2 than traditional trees of the same age.
On the same day, Lex, Ben and Jesper planted a Paulownia next to the Syrdall Schwemm swimming pool in the presence of members of Niedz4Kidz.

The winners of the Niedz4Picz photo competition on the theme of "My favourite place in the commune" have been announced:

• Julie's favourite spot is near Findel airport, from where you can see lots of planes.
• Yannick's favourite spot is the Aarnescht, which he can see from his bedroom.