ContextNowadays children mostly live within the four walls of their flats, houses and schools. Kids and teenagers spend most of the time inside because of , for example, city migration, lots of homework, development of technology, or parents’ fear against meeting bad strangers outside. Because of that, children are less and less acquainted with the nature and that may also render them less responsible for the environment in the future.There is much evidence that nature has lots of positive benefits on children’s psychological and physical development and well-being, such as reduction of stress, better health, better creativity and concentration. More free time and contact with nature could also positively affect children’s ability to focus in the classroom or to learn more effectively at home.According to research, the experience of discovering and exploring the nature is one of the most effective ways in which children can gain knowledge about different subjects. Based on thesefindings and the need to find alternative ways of improving students’ performance at schools, we have invented this project hoping to attain the desired outcomes and then be able to share them among other schools in our regions and around Europe.We made a decision to work together on this project with other schools from other countries also because we are interested in observing how students from other countries interact with the nature and also how schools deal with the problem of students’ spending too much time at their homes.Our main aims are:1. To improve teachers’ competences in designing outdoor activities and integrating them in regular school life2. To enable teachers from the EU countries to cooperate together and produce common results which could be further used in their schools, and also in other schools3. To promote nature as an effective learning environment4. To improve skills and competences acquisition by students5. To make parents aware that time spent by children outdoors is very important6. To develop students’ and teachers’ critical thinking and intercultural competences7. To develop communication and interpersonal skills among the participants of the project.ParticipantsTeachers (3/country/LTTA) will participate in transnational events in order to meet their colleagues from partner countries. There, they will be able to try out their methods, compare the methods of different educational systems, take part in cultural events and activities and finally disseminate the information to local community.ActivitiesC1 – Learning outdoors – current trends in Europe (organized in TURKEY in Nov 2019)C2 – Nature activities and numeracy (ROMANIA in Feb 2020)C3 – Nature activities and literacy (PORTUGAL in May 2020)C4 – Nature activities and science (SLOVENIA in Oct 2020)C5 – Nature activities and the exploration of the self through arts and crafts (LITHUANIA in Mar 2021)Results- Report on nature-related activities performed on a regular basis at schools, together with their aims, purposes and methodology, as well as the frequency of such activities (as discussed during LTTA1)- Collection of activities aiming to develop numeracy that could be performed outdoors (as presentedduring LTTA2)- Collection of outdoor activities to develop literacy (LTTA3)- Collection of outdoor activities to enable the study of sciences (LTTA4)- Collection of outdoor activities to increase self-awareness and self-expression through arts andcrafts (LTTA5)All the above-mentioned collections will be placed together in the final result of the project, “Getting students outside – ideas for outdoor activities in order to improve school performance”.- 5 newsletters, one after every transnational meeting, which will also be disseminated.- A brochure with photographs and information about all partner countries to be handed out in the schools and exhibited in every school’s Erasmus+ corner- The project website- Certificates of participation- Students’ work- photographs of our activitiesImpactAs an outcome of this project, partner schools will strengthen their relationship with parents, students and teachers. There will be better relationship among all the mentioned groups, because all groups will be directly involved in the project. This will be surely beneficial for all schools in the long run. We also hope the project will make our cooperation with parents better. The better atmosphere at schools will lead to more students wanting to join the schools as the schools will become attractive in the local communities. The teachers will brush up their skills, which translates into better quality of teaching at schools, which in turn results in better results of students. In the same way, students’ motivation will increase, they will enjoy learning better, which is yet another benefit for every school.