The main aims of the projects is to develop knowledge and understanding of the education system in Finland and Italy. The project will broaden participants’ understanding of practices and policies, Increase competencies within participants’ own practice, Improve management skills in order to operate within an international setting, Provide an opportunity to share good practice and evaluate own practice in order to integrate new approaches and provide an opportunity to work collaboratively in developing plans for modernising and of own practice. Over the 12 month period, we have planned for 12 members of staff to carryout a mobility to Italy/Finland. A whole week opportunity for training is rare, especially training in another country, with other teachers from other cultures that speak other languages and are from other backgrounds. Attending training in Italy and Finland will help staff to develop an inter cultural understanding. It will give them the chance to reflect on own practice, compare, contrast and continually evaluate. The course methodology in Finland encourages the use of a creative approach and includes specific sessions on developing and evaluating strategies used within the system observed. It also includes sessions to develop partnership work with teachers and educators from within Europe, as well as other activities available under the Erasmus+ Programme. During the week attendees will be encouraged to reflect on their learning journey and will be tasked with working together to develop a plan of actions to implement upon their return. These will be shared within the group and uploaded to a public website so that teachers within the wider educational community can learn from their experience. This work forms an integral part of the dissemination activities attendees will undertake upon their return home.Throughout the week a variety of teaching and learning sessions will be delivered with specific teaching and learning aims. • evaluation and reflection of practice • cultural sessions and cultural visits • visits to educational establishments for observation of practice and an opportunity tomake links for future partnership work. The course methodology in Italy, encourages the use of a creative teaching approach and includes specific sessions on developing and evaluating specific teaching and learning methods. It also includes sessions to develop partnership work with teachers and educators from within Europe, as well as other activities available under the Erasmus+ Programme.. During the week attendees will be encouraged to reflect on and develop their planning skills and will be tasked with working together to develop their own teaching resources to bring back to their school/ centre. These will be shared within the group and uploaded to a public website so that teachers within the wider educational community can use them.This work forms an integral part of the dissemination activities attendees will undertake upon their return home. Throughout the week and consistent with a full immersionapproach, a variety of teaching and learning sessions will be delivered with specific teaching and learning aims. These include: • methodology-specific classes • cultural sessions and cultural visits with examples of activities to use with pupils • visits to educational establishments for observation of practice and an opportunity to make links for future partnership work. Attendees will evaluate their experience at the end of each day and the course will culminate in an end of week evaluation session and exhibition of their work. The training will support our school in building on our European Dimension that we have began to establish through the 2 Comenius Partnerships we have been part of over the last 4 years and the 3 inservice training courses in Italy and Belgium. We are continually developing ways to compare and contrast cultures, observe and find out about different education system and other perspectives. We want to inspire children with having links with other countries, as having contact makes these countries more accessible to them, by involving the children in projects, language and direct contact through emails and video calling. We understand and feel that having a European Dimension embedded into the curriculum, opens a valuable doorway to the children to Europe and the wider world.