BackgroundStories will stand for holistic attitudes to teaching and learning that will provide children's involvement with opulent, authentic material.Stories are an crucial communication instrument for experiential learning because they can safely move participants from their comfort zones to experience something completely innovative.They provide an entire new fantasy world created by language that children can easily access and learn to enjoy, while also gaining language on the way. Moreover, our children need something to boost their creative capacity.The project idea was prepared on the basis of the needs identified at all the partner schools– it aims at helping students to get to be aware of their cultural inheritance and the European cultural inheritance, while also enhancing and discovering their creativity by means of stories.Our students come from different backgrounds - mainstream, minorities, students with SEN, students with behaviorproblems, high achievers and also students from orphanages. The key goal is to create a culture of acceptance and respect among different students and involving them in activities related to stories, they will have a chance to obtain values and principles in a non-threatening environment. The world of stories is a safe, fantastic world without frontiers.ParticipantsThe target group includes 240 students aged 9-12 from all five schools among who there are students with fewer opportunities- at risk of dropping out, Gypsies, abandoned children, students with different disabilities, immigrants, students with integration problems as well as mainstream students.The participating teachers involve English and literature teachers, who will together create the project products, but also teachers of other subjects who will be involved in the organisation of project activities. There will be 5 teachers per country accompanying the students at each meeting. Objectives include:1. involving students to their own learning and motivate them; (minimum 50% of target group)2. developing students' language competences, literacy, critical and creative thinking, personal and social capability;(min. 60% target group)3. developing intracultural and intercultural understanding; (minimum 70%)4. promoting European values and increasing cohesion among European citizens. (measurable by analysing students' and teachers'approaches to other cultures, as described in the post-LTTA discussions)5. creating an atmosphere of non-discrimination and mutual acceptance at each partner school.6. producing sustainable materials to be used on a regular basis at the schools - gathering materials for teachers, set of adjusted materials for SEN students, gathering of stories illustrated by children.ActivitiesItaly - hosting and evaluating C1 , November 2019; creating the project calendars and CDs.Turkey- hosting and evaluating C2, Mar 2020; creating the project website.Macedonia- hosting and evaluating C3, May2020; creating and updating Facebook Fan Page.Romania –hosting and evaluating C4, November2020; creating the logo of the project.Spanish - hosting and evaluating C5, April 2021; creating the eTwinning account.Results and impactThe project website, eTwinning account, Facebook page, calendars, CDs,the initial and final evaluation documents, progress and final reports, dissemination materials, certificates of attendance, Europass certificates, collection of stories from European countries, collection of activities for developing interpretative skills (special activities for SEN students), collection of activities and tasks developing critical thinking skills, collection of creative activities starting from stories around Europe (special activities for SEN students), a map of European story characters stand for the project results.The impact will be noticeable at the level of students (cultural awareness, gaining European values, skills development, acquisition of knowledge, development of school results, self-confidence), teachers (better cultural awareness, improvement of leadership, communication, presentation skills, experience in projects), institutions (improvement of human resources, improved group consistency, positive image).Long-term resultsThe results will be applied at present class work by English teachers and the schools will establish story clubs, where students will work together with their peers, read common stories, discuss them, make relevant artwork. Schools will develop material basis and will gain Erasmus+ management experience, so that they will get a valuable experience to run future projects