Context/Background/Number profile of participants. Using a variety of media such as digital art, storytelling, drama, board games, the project aims to open up the world or art and ict to children at primary school level, fostering inclusion for marginalised groups such as travellers and imigrants across the partner countries of Ireland, Turkey, Finland, Spain, Cyprus, Romania and Greece. The project’ results will foster a sense of EU citizenship and understanding and a greater level of practical skills in art and ict. The unifying theme of national myths and legends will appeal to children and teachers across all partner countries and is a template that could be usefully applied in other contexts.Objectives/Results/ImpactChildren will have a greater knowledge of myths and legends from their own and partner countries.Children will realise that although European countries are all diverse they are linked through a love of story, music and art. Students will realise that they all have talents such as music, art, story writing, imagination, dance and these talents will have contributed to and benefited this project.Children in non -English speaking countries will develop their English language skills.Children will have developed a sense of responsibility and gained much experience of team work.Children will become competent at various digital skills such as powerpoint, web design, blogging, stop go animation etc..Children through Skype and penpals will have developed relationships with people from another country and develop social skills.All children including those with Special Educational needs ,disabilities and minority groups will have participated and contributed to this project.Teachers will have experience a variety of educational settings and observed teaching and learning in other European countries.Teachers will have had the opportunity to discuss different teaching methodologies and share best practice.Teachers and schools will have developed meaningful and lasting relationships with schools and teachers from other European countries. It is hoped that collaboration will continue long after this project finishes.Each school will have hosted a purposeful event and invited its school community to share this with them.Schools will have a website on which they can continue to share and communicate.Schools will have a variety of resources and outputs e.g music recordings, guidebook, book of European heroes and villains, photographs which can be used for future lessons on myths an legends.Schools will have been promoted in their local community.Description of Activities:This project contains eight substantial outputs made up of significant activities. These include1:Creation of website/blog and forum/logo for project/presentations to introduce each school.Skpying and penpals so children in partner countries can get to know each other.These will be launched at opening event in Turkey.2:Children learn about and attend performances of legend from their own country.Children make short movie/drama/animation/scratch of legend from their own country.These will be presented at a movie night in Finland.3:Children learn about sites of mythical significance in their locality and visit these.Children use a variety of media e.g construction, painting, writing, photographs to create a project on a site of significance.Countries collaborate to create guidebook of sites of mythical.4:Children learn about myths from another country and complete projects using a variety of media e.g drama/ICT.Exchange of Pandora's Boxes of cultural gifts at project exhibition in Cyprus.5:Children learn about Heroes & Villains in Europe looking at similarities between countries.A book of Europe's Heroes and Villains is created and an art collage unveiled in Romania.6:Children look at mythical symbols and create a board games and dictionary of mythical symbols.These will be exhibited at a games night in Italy along with quizzes and other games. 7:Children will look at music in myths and attend musical performance of a myth.Children will make short musical compositions to be played at music night in Greece along with other musical performances. 8:Children from all countries collaborate to create a new myth for the 21st century. This myth will involve heroes or villains from all countries. This will be launched at project closing party in Ireland. All outputs will be uploaded where possible to project website.Methodologies:As this project aims to be inclusive of all children and abilities a variety of methodologies will be applied. These includeResponding through art - children use art to explore a variety of topicsResponding through music Responding through dramaResponding through writing.Talk and discussionActive learningCo-operative learning.Skills through contentUsing the environment.Using digital and ICT skillsResearch.Project work.

Anyone who works with or for young people understands the growing needs to better equip learners and educationalists to lead healthy, fulfilling and productive lives.Therefore, as educational practitioners, we strongly believe that it is our duty and essential that our young people are given the opportunities to acquire and develop the key skills that will have a positive effect on their adult life by looking for innovative ways to promote healthier lifestyles and strategies to become more knowledgeable and acquire the resilience and skills they need when life throws up challenges at local, national and European levels.The partnership aims at encouraging all project participants to develop their thinking, communication, literacy, numeracy and leadership skills along with digital competency when exhibiting responsibility for mental, emotional and physical health needs. The collaboration integrates a holistic approach to help the participating schools address the issues of Health and Well-being. All project participants are given the opportunity to discuss the physical, psychological, emotional and social aspects of our lives. The partnership promotes team work, the importance of making decisions and its impact on the project as well as taking responsibility for the 'We'd Better Shape Up!' project.The school-based activities challenge the project participants into finding out what each participating school has to offer to develop the dispositions that lead to healthy and active lifestyles, arranging and organising meaningful and effective strategies for positive life changes. During the two-year partnership, the five EU primary and secondary schools are also involved in various activities ranging from producing and exchanging different materials and information through digital presentations containing information one would need when motivated to make a positive change to their current lifestyles ranging from how to get active and set oneself realistic targets to feel better and what to eat to benefit from a healthier mind, to what to do in and with your local communities and environments. The project is designed to offer a balance of blended learning and experiential learning with prospects of Assessment for Learning, deepening critical and creative thinking, building on prior knowledge, creating learner autonomy and cross-curricular expectations.The tangible end product of the project is a digital and published promotional video showcasing the contributions of all the participating institutions as a testimony of two years of collaboration. The project equips all participants with the necessary motivational skills to investigate, adopt and promote the assets of a healthy and positive mind-set needed in one’s life. Therefore, the ultimate outcome of the project is to support our young people to become better equipped European citizens with essential and inquisitive skills needed to explore their potential and the world around them and these skills will last for a lifetime.

The project goals were: developing cooperation among the project schools, enriching teaching and innovative skills, arousing curiosity, getting to know the surrounding world, developing language, interpersonal, communication, ITC skills and key skills. A subject of this enterprise influenced on our students’ cultural, emotional, social and linguistic development. Taking part in the project was a chance for the students with variety of intellectual and mental disorders. It enabled them to be successful, present themselves in school and local community. The project ‘’Green Europe’’ was aimed at pupils, also the disabled ones, from European schools, teachers and local communities connected with them. The project tasks were adjusted to their needs and possibilities. A subject of this enterprise was to get familiar and show the unknown places of special natural, illuminating and educational values- enchanting - the partners’ Small Homelands. ‘’Green Europe’’ is for us a small area of primeval nature, often not really know, a safe, diverse and ideal place to reach the life goals, without communication and cultural barriers. We wanted the participants to show their creativity and creative interpretation in this field. Each of the partner got familiar with its ‘green Europe’ and demonstrated it to the rest of the participants. Realising the tasks‘’ We will name again the old forests’’, ‘’Magic Nooks’’ we created a picture of green Europe, which was a summary of our activity. It included students’ diverse products, depicting, discovered, known and creatively interpreted areas by the students. We handed over a message to the European Parliament : ‘’Save green Europe for the future generations’’. The beauty of these places crucial for local communities in the terms of cultural, historical, natural, artistic values was presented. We focused on discovering and getting familiar with those places as well as showing them to the project participants. They were presented to the communities in the project countries. We carried out educational classes with a participation of the teachers and students from the partner countries. The teachers exchanged their experiences, prepared innovative, lesson plans also for disabled students which were mutually carried out. We got to know the teachers with TOC method and organized workshops and a conference dedicated to use TOC tools. The teachers exchanged their experiences, elaborated innovative lessons plans that are jointly realized. They improved their English skills owing to a language course organized within the project. Art- literary competitions, vernissages, happenings, educational projects, debates were held to get information about the places and their role in the life of local communities. We got to know green Europe in a multi –sensory way. Depicting European natural landscapes, we showed a mutual dependence of a human being and the Nature. The participants also got to know the most outstanding artistic, musical and literary works referring to Nature beauty. We used art to express ourselves emotionally. We aspired to develop abilities to express and recognize emotions by organizing classes of interpersonal communication and socially – minded conduct development. The project aims were achieved by means of innovative and active methods such as: a work group, project realizations, a brainstorm and a mental map. 5 primary schools from Poland, Italy, Lithuania and Slovenia were involved in the project. The students of the partner schools and their teachers were main beneficiaries and performers of the project. The effects of the students and their teachers works were shown with a participation of parents, local and education authorities as well as mass media. The project aims and its results were presented during the meetings with the country, education and local authorities. The final products performed and collected in school libraries, on educational webpages, disseminated among teachers in other schools and pedagogy students served them to enrich an educational base, to develop general knowledge about the project countries. The students established individual contacts with their project peers and would continue doing them after the project was over. The participants via mutual contacts got to know a specificity of educational systems in the countries and the knowledge they acquired transferred onto own ground. Due to it they improved a teaching –learning process in the project countries. Green Europe that we discovered in the project broaden the participants horizons, enrich our knowledge about Europe. Owing to the project contacts, we took advantage of the experience of those countries in the field of psychological-educational assistance.

Under the ERASMUS project , and according to the relevant European laws working for cultural openness , mobility of students or professional exchange around common skills, but also the identification of students with special educational needs , the proposed project develops a partnership in the framework of Inclusive School.As such, the project participants will be diverse students in a regular school or most appropriate , teams of teachers or members of the school community involved in the inclusion in all its forms.The organizations participating in the project are also numerous:3 secundary schools and an association of support for the insertion and professional inclusion of all public.Create documentaries highlighting the major historical , architectural and economic elements of a city , region , work around these achievements and as a tool for linguistic and cultural promotion will better identify themselves as belonging to a European community , exchanging around innovative practices , focusing in particular on the control of ICT , developing a cultural openness. Here are the major themes of this partnership.Interactive communication tools will reinforce these objectives and will maintain regular collaborative communication and produce an adjusted concerted and honest evaluation .The impact of this partnership has allowed preparing for, beyond the enrichment of a national curriculum , to access to different types of training ( professional for some, academics to others) to take awareness of European citizenship , without denying the particularities of each culture and of each targetted public.We have noticed an acceleration in the learning of the English language through ICT, a better mastering of communication tools and a different, more positive view on students, whatever their particularities.

The main tasks of the project are to: influence on students’ behavior using an art therapy method and develop cooperation among the schools, enrich teaching innovative skills, get to know natural, cultural diversity of the project countries, improve interpersonal ,ITC communicative skills, get to know the partners with the art therapy method, create an active European citizenship, strengthen self-esteem, develop a sense of empathy, respect , include students with special education needs. Students at the age 10 -14 and the teachers from the partner schools will take part in the project. We are going to engage also pupils at the age 7-9, preschoolers and the local communities connected with the project schools. The project subject, using nature in the art therapy will influence on mental, social and emotional pupils’ development. It will also allow, through the art therapy, to influence on a change of unacceptable students’ behaviours. Taking part in the project enables the participants to develop their linguistic and communicative competences. Participating in the project is a chance for students with variety of intellectual and emotional disability. It will enable them to be successful, present their abilities among local and school community. The project “Nature soothes the customs” is aimed at the pupils, also the disabled ones, the teachers from European schools and the local communities connected with them. A subject of this enterprise is to get familiar and show the nature’s influence on a human being’s emotional development. Nature with its richness of sounds, colours , flora and fauna is a safe place soothing negative emotions and ideal to influence on the students’ behavior. We will show the beauty of nature and its impact on our emotions, in the same way we will try to affect our students in order to limit socially unacceptable behaviours. We want the project participants to show their creativity and creative interpretation in this field. The project participants will be acquainted not only with the beauty of nature but with its positive impact on our emotions as well. We will hand over a message:’’ Nature soothes the customs”. The beauty of the places crucial for us in terms of cultural, cognitive and emotional value will be presented. We will focus on discovering and getting familiar with those places as well as showing their role in a human being emotional development and nature’s impact on eliminating unacceptable behaviours. We will carry out educational classes with applying parts of the art therapy with a participation of the teachers and students from the partner countries. The teachers will exchange their experiences, prepare innovative lesson summaries, also for disabled students ,which will be mutually carried out. The students will improve their English skills owing to individual contacts with the peers and ICT devices. Art- literary competitions, vernissages, happenings, educational projects, workshops will be held in order to get information relating to nature ‘s impact on our emotions. We will aspire to develop abilities to express and recognize emotions by using nature’s colours and sounds. The participants will also get to know the most outstanding artistic and musical works referring to nature beauty. Art will be used to express ourselves emotionally. A mutual dependence of a human being and the nature will be shown as well. We will strive to develop an ability to recognize emotions by organizing classes of interpersonal communication and shaping pro -social attitudes. During the project task realization we will focus on improving the competences that are crucial for getting to know and understanding the surrounding reality. The project participants will be got acquainted with the art therapy method and using it as a therapeutic tool in order to limit students’ behaviors that are not acceptable in societies. Use of the richness of nature, combining it with the methods of the art therapy will allow the project participants not only to recognise, control their emotions but act better in the society that will contribute to better knowledge acquisition. The project tasks realization will be simultaneously performed in the project schools. Each partner will enrich the project of their own ideas that will contribute to realising project assumptions in a better way.