Short Wood Primary School is a larger than average Primary school in Wellington, Telford, England. We have a spacious award winning eco friendly building that offers a stimulating and safe learning environment. Our warm, friendly respectful atmosphere supports positive working relationships between adults and children.We are a culturally diverse school and governors and all staff all encourage a respect of all cultures and faiths. We work alongside children and encourage them to have aspirations and set high expectations for themselves. Our mission statement: ‘Building the belief that you can!’. We offer all children opportunities & experiences to shine and be the very best they can be.The school obtained a good grade with Ofsted in March 2015. The leadership of the school now have the task of strengthening the practice and continue to improve provision Therefore the project the school is planning is focusing on raising standards and accelerating the progress made by pupils in the school, by leading a creative approach. This will allow us to look at raising standards through working with partner schools and centres of excellence in other European Countries.Our key objectives are:Developing strong and resilient leadership to plan for change. Develop a creative and inspirational curriculum for the pupils using the outdoor environment to its fullest potential. Develop the Early Years Curriculum and provision using the excellence approach used in the Emilia Romagna area as the inspiration. Reflect and share good practice with other schools from Great Britain and from other European Countries. Develop outstanding teaching and learning practices across the school.The vehicle chosen to support us in achieving our objectives, are a attendance at a series of structured training courses in Finland, Italy and Sweden. We plan for 9 staff to take part in the courses abroad. These staff have been selected amongst the many keen and committed teaching force at Short Wood Primary School. They are well qualified staff who have have been chosen based on their willingness, role and experience to enhance our provision and continuously provide excellent challenges and inspiring teaching and learning.The training course will support the continuing professional development of all the staff concerned, impacting on their knowledge of current and up to date language, culture, teaching methods and strategies to engage learners and their parents. This will have a positive impact on the schools drive to raise standards and accelerate the progress made by the children.The courses selected encourages the use of creative leadership and teaching approaches, it also focuses on the building of partnerships with teachers and educators from within Europe. They will also work together to create teaching resources to bring back into their school. Each course has a full immersion approach with methodology specific classes, cultural sessions and visits, visits to educational establishments for observations of practice and to make links for future partnerships.The course participants will have developed a confidence to then lead professional development for other members of the teaching staff and assistantsThe participation in this project will therefore impact on several targets and wil have long term benefot to teh school, pupils and the wider community:Staff Enhance pedagogy in teaching creatively both indoor and outdoorEnhance ability to work collaboratively within a European contextAbility to innovate and lead by exampleEnhanced cultural understanding and diversityRaised staff confidence and motivationPupilsExposure to new and more creative teaching approaches and new strategiesBenefit from a curriculum that takes into account social and linguistic diversityReorganisation and enhancement of teaching and learning which meets their individual needsMotivated to explore better understanding of the languages and cultures Wider communityAs we work within the cooperative trust and also with the School Development Group within our local authority, the experience and benefit of this project will be shared across other schools impacting on their staff and in turn of their pupils too.Parents and friends of our school will be inspired by the work and development done by the school and there will be an even better engagements with our school.