"My World - Your World - Our World' Due to many modern world challenges, as a partnership, we have decided that our main motivation for this project will to develop outdoor learning opportunities for our students. In line with national and International guidelines we have a joint understanding about the importance of outdoor activities within the educational setting.We plan to awaken our student's curiosity and desire about the world around them. We aim to:-develop their understanding of local and global Eco Issues, so that they can make a difference within their local community and beyond.-develop the student's knowledge and understanding about environmental issues in the modern world, so that they can develop their own answers to problems that the modern world faces.-develop their use of participatory approaches and ICT, so that their level of digital competence increases. -Encourage friendship, cooperation and understanding amongst teachers and pupils in participating schools. As many students don't feel a responsibility towards the environment and the world around them, we aim to change this attitude within our schools. Staff and pupils will be able to increase their competence in foreign language as well as increase their level of digital competence, as we collaborate during project, via letters, e.mails, Skype, TwinSpace and mobility meetings. As we are aiming for a whole school approach with the provision that will be developed, we will reach out to over 1000 students across the 5 participating schools - 2 schools from Wales, 2 schools from Romania and 1 school from Spain.At least 3 teachers from each school will participate in the proposed 5 visits across the 2 year timescale.These visits will be an excellent professional development opportunity for the participants.They will:Share good practiceDevelop ideas.Develop long and short term plans.We have decided to focus on 4 main learning areas during this project:1. My World / Your World - where the students Introduce their world (outside my window)to the other participating students2. Develop outdoor learning areas within each school, which will develop the students basic skills. Explore RRR - Reduce, Reuse and Recycle - within the outdoor learning areas.3. Develop the concept of 'Beach School' or 'Forest School' within each school - dependant on landscape. 4. Develop each school to be an Eco School. Making a difference locally and globally by becoming confident, responsible change ""agents"".Each school coordinator will be responsible for implementing the activities within their schools, however there will be consistent collaboration via our ELearning Platform /Email contact. We also aim to use Facebook / Skype to ensure as many communication opportunities as possible. The 5 planned visits - one visit to each participating school - will ease the planning and evaluation processes.This project will have a long lasting effect on the outdoor education provision that each school can offer in the long term, as the learning areas will be developing continuously. This partnership will ensure that future learners engage in high quality activities within established outdoor learning areas. Sharing expertise within each school will also encourage further collaboration and developments.As all schools aim to fully engage with the wider learning community, this will also ensure that a long lasting successful relationship is established locally and across Europe. These partnerships will encourage further developments and learning opportunities.The main impact of this project will be the effect on our students as they become independent, confident, global citizens - who care for the world round them. As recommended by Donaldson: ‘Children develop as ethical, informed citizens of Wales and the World and show their commitment to the sustainability of the planet.’"