We are a school of approximately 730 students. We have identified a specific need for development in the area of outdoor education, specifically educating children IN the outdoors, rather than ABOUT the outdoors. We have recognised as a school that we currently do not spend a sufficient amount of time teaching outdoors to impact the overall well-being of the children. At the time of application, 100% of our teaching staff spent on average less than one-hour teaching outdoors a week, with over half of those spending less than 15 minutes or none at all teaching outdoors weekly. In addition, 85 % of our teachers spent less than 2 hours in outdoor well being activities. We have four partner schools in the project - Portugal, Italy, Slovenia and Finland. All four have demonstrated exemplary communication to date and a strong motivation to meet our common objectives. Robust lines of communication have already been established through a variety of digital platforms, including (but not limited to) etwinning and twinspace, email, mobile messaging apps and shared google drive. Plans are in place for regular video meetings via zoom commencing in September 2020.Our motivation for this project is to drastically improve our time spent as teachers teaching the curriculum outside and providing students with learning opportunities in the outdoor spaces. We intend to employ the help of leading experts in the field of outdoor education in order for us to improve our knowledge and the knowledge of our partner schools in this way. We intend to liaise with each partner school in order for us to create best practice exemplars and maximise our outdoor learning environment. The long-term benefits we aim to accomplish from this project is an increased time spent teaching the curriculum outside, which will then in the long-term improve the student's well-being, health, and wellness.We also aim to specifically target our early years providers to maximise the usage of outdoor spaces, especially in relation to the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework which celebrates early childhood as a time of being, and of enjoying and learning from experiences as they unfold. Innately, this framework incorporates outdoor learning experiences, for which we currently have neither the resources or training to provide.Our second specific target is the area of STEM education. We believe that being outdoors is a natural stimulant of wonder and curiosity for children. We will facilitate STEM projects by encouraging children to question and investigate, using the natural surroundings as a stimulus.Our specific aims are as follows:To create an outdoor learning space in order to facilitate curricular learning To measurably increase the time spent on outdoor learningTo improve attitude toward outdoor activities and cross weather exposureTo employ nature as a stress-relieving and well-being toolTo improve early learning practice through the use of outdoor space (Aistear)To facilitate STEM learning through active questioning and investigationTo develop, refine and implement an outdoor learning pack suitable for each class level and curricular subject.To improve teacher motivation to teach outdoors as a result of outdoor learningWe intend to begin creating tangible resources early in the first year of our two year project. We, along with our 5 partners, have agreed to produce cross curricular packs of work for each of the age groups in our school, phased in on a three-monthly basis. There will be ongoing communication between our schools as we collaborate on these packs of work. We intend the first of our packs to be complete, and the second to be underway by the time we take part in our first mobility (in early Spring, 2021). We will therefore have some experience to draw on, questions to ask, relationships built and thus hope to get the most from our transnational visits. Our second year will focus more on thematic learning - cultural, natural, technological perspectives of outdoor learning. We hope to expand on the strong foundations we have established in our initial year to explore current themes in education, and to delve more into the possibilities of outdoor learning. Our transnational mobilities this year will have similar focuses.Results - As mentioned above by the end of the project we will have a pack of cross-curricular and thematic lessons for all primary age groups. We have already completed initial surveys to assess current uses of outdoor learning. We plan to conduct further quantitative surveys to graph changes in school behaviour at the end of the project. As we will also be focusing on wellbeing throughout the project a more qualitative approach will be taken here to assess impact. We have planned a comprehensive dissemination of our project using the Twinspace facility on etwinning, our own school websites and through a mixed media approach of documents, analysis, videos and photographs.

"The main objective of our project which is titled Life is maths around us. The aim is to increase levels of achievement and interest in science, technology, and mathematics, with the priority of reinforcing the development of key competences. The main problem that was noticed by all partners was the pupils low scores in their exams, tests, or PISA tests, especially in mathematics. This problem is what inspired the emergence of this project and its attempts to raise the interest of students in science through engaging activities. All of the activities of the project are purposefully carried out to achieve this goal. The target group of the project is students who share one thing in common and that is boredom in classical mathematics lessons. The project involves students with different abilities, even those with special needs. Teachers are also lifelong innovators who are not afraid to try or make mistakes. The parents of students are those who want a comprehensive and quality education for their children. The project will involve about 1200 students in those various activities. The tasks will be done by about 360 students. We believe that more than 80 teachers and about 200 families will contribute too and feel the impact of the project. There will be 20 students living in vulnerable families. The project will be conducted in six stages, and for each stage, one school will be responsible for everyone from their own schools involved in similar activities. With these same activities during mutual school visits. They are to coincide with the priorities highlighted in the project. The project includes six school meetings organized in each partner's training schedule. Each meeting is planned from the perspective of school preparations and is made to present the results of these activities. Which includes exhibitions, lectures, and presentations. All results are published on the project's website (PADLET), school websites and on the e-Twinning platform. During the meeting, the host school organizes educational research and cultural activities for students. Presenting its best practices and results showing strong teaching areas to guest teachers. Schools are not constrained in their choice of methods for action, but they must be focused on the choice of topic which is the backbone of the schools' process.We will raise the results of the maths exams and tests for the schools, on 3-5% is likely, but we will certainly encourage a lot of the students to do research, explore the world and discover many wonderful things. For this, we have prepared unique and attractive project activities during the meetings. Between meetings, students will do many original creative activities. Attracting the interest of these young people, with the view of helping them to get to know the world better. The project's activities will provide more knowledge, curiosity, and self-confidence among the students. During project meetings, students will learn how to communicate with younger students whose English is not quite as advanced as theirs. Helping them with making the right choices, adapting to other cultures and traditions, encouraging them to be far-reaching multicultural European citizens. Such students will not drop out of science at a young age. With the hope that they will find their favorite hobby and realize that science is important and has a place in society. Teachers from six different countries in Europe and Asia will have the opportunity to exchange opinions and experiences. Allowing them to observe different methods of teaching, and trying out new strategies for two years. Each country will create one student exercise and discovery book, which will have at least 6 tasks. So we will have 6 unique exercise-books for extra work, lasting the students for some years. We will create 6 different tangible maths games with puzzles and 96 cards for mental counting that they will find in every school's library. All of the methodological material on the six maths integration topics will be available to everyone on the e-twinning platform. There will also share ""PI day"" ideas and tasks, 4 Nature Research Methods, 4 computer games that will be created during the project. We will create 10 STL files ready for 3D printing that will create building details, dominoes, and geometric bodies for math games. All these intellectual assets will be made available on the e-Twining platform and accessible to every innovative teacher.This project is a follow up to the Active, Attractive and interactive EU Mathematics project. Our project may also be complemented in the future by other more recent mathematical teaching methods, with the integration of other subjects and practical life issues. Each school will be able to continue the celebration of maths days, practical works with the following generations of students. And of course, discover something new. Well, beautiful relationships between people can last for the rest of their lives."

"As a result of the greenhouse effect, which is thought to be caused by the gases released into the atmosphere, climate change brings along the increase in the average temperatures measured in the land, sea and air throughout the world, in other words, global warming.Scientists, climate change;It emphasizes that it will lead to direct or indirect negative effects in many areas such as human health, agriculture, water resources and natural life.Combating climate change;It is one of the five main topics of the EU's comprehensive EU 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and comprehensive growth.The specific objectives of the strategy are to reduce EU greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2020, meet 20 percent of its energy from renewable energy, and improve energy efficiency by 20 percent. By adopting the 2030 climate and energy framework in October 2014, EU leaders have strengthened their determination to make the EU's economy and energy system more competitive,safe and sustainable. The EU has also set ambitious emission reduction targets for 2050 in the long term.The most important factors in reducing the negative effects of climate change are education and cooperation. Although environmental education studies are carried out in schools, it will be more effective for schools to actively participate in climate change with a holistic and sustainable approach.Although 30 percent of students in strategic partnership schools are aware of climate change and its mitigation,our main problem is that the remaining 70 percent are not aware of it.The North Macedonia, Turkey, Italy, Latvia and Poland schools will contribute to raising awareness about climate change.This project is to increase the sensitivity of students between the ages of 12-15 on climate change and its effects and to make them believe that they can make a difference with the small changes they will make in their daily lives.In order to contribute to the situations specified by the project, a total of 5 Learning, Teaching, Education activities will be carried out. Carbon Footprint-THE NORTH MACEDONIAEnvironmental Protection-ITALY Renewable Energy-POLANDGreenhouse Gases-LATVIARecycling-TURKEYLearning, Teaching, Education activity as project output: THE NORTH MACEDONIA-SHORT FILM(will be responsible fort he WEB SITE)ITALY-CALENDAR(will carry out VIDEO shooting of all mobility)POLAND-E-BOOK(will be responsible for SOCIAL MEDIA accounts and E-TWINNING)LATVIA-ANIMATION WITH WEB2 TOOLS(will create the Natural Resources NEWSPAPER)TURKEY-BOOKLET(will provide GARDEN of traditional seeds)With the project;Developing the learning process of behavioral patterns that take care to protect the environment in order to create new generation individuals sensitive to environmental problems,Contributing to raising awareness in the society related to climate change,It is aimed to increase the competence of students and strengthen the European dimension of participating schools with the activities to be carried out.Moving from this point, our project goals are;Raising awareness of climate change at least 10 percent,Cooperation with European schools with a multicultural and multilingual project team,Developing collaboration skills,Reducing the carbon dioxide emission in our daily life,Producing alternatives to fossil fuels,Promoting communication and sharing cultures,Promoting the use of technology,Raising awareness to make more use of renewable energy sources,Prevention of resource depletion and reduction of waste garbage by recycling,These goals will strengthen interaction with the project partners and make it easier to achieve results.With the project, students will develop their self-confidence, linguistic competence and communication skills, intercultural awareness will be developed, the project partners will learn some of the daily speaking languages by using 5 major languages, and will have interaction in 6 languages, thereby increasing the language learning motivation. With ICT, it will acquire new skills, recognize the education system of each partner country and different teaching methods, ensure the establishment of the ""CLIMATE CLUB"" in schools with a new approach, and with these qualifications, high-level skills will be developed and contributed to improving the quality of education. ""CLIMATE CHANGE AWARENESS ACTIVITY"" will be held to at every year. SOCIAL MEDIA tools such as YOUTUBE, TWITTER and INSTAGRAM, ETWINNING, SNAPCHAT will be used to disseminate the project outputs.LOCAL and NATIONAL PRESS, VISUAL-AUDIO MEDIA, PROJECT CORNER, POSTER, LOGO, PANEL, PROMOTION MEETING, BROCHURE and WEB site of the local community, schools and regional communities, projects and institutions, E-MAGAZINE also dissemination will be made to large communities.Results will be shared using the Erasmus+ Project Results Platform."