
- Increased awareness (and change of attitude) on the importance of education through the use of physical activity
- Increased awareness (and change of attitude) on the importance of outdoor risky play
- Change of attitude towards the use of outdoor activities despite different weather conditions
- Application of acquired knowledge and skills in their daily work
- Application of new methods and tools for outdoor educational activities
- Increased ability to contribute to the child’s development, physical and motor, social, emotional and cognitive
- Raising awareness of team work developed in a multicultural and multidisciplinary context
- More motivated staff
- Use of ICT technology in daily work (educational platforms like e-Twinning presentations at the preschool and to the local -community, continued cooperation with colleagues from other EU countries)
- Transfer of knowledge to others, acquiring skills on giving feedback and self-reflection

- More opportunities for play and learning in a stimulating environment (material and organisational conditions, new methods and techniques)
- New use of the outdoor preschool space/playground, promoting new skills and competencies
- Child development promoted through outdoor education – holistic approach (connecting with nature)
- Increased awareness of the importance of physical activities in health
- Ability to find new play opportunities and nature/outdoor-themed activities for and by themselves

- Increased capacity to implement projects at the EU level
- Raised awareness in the school community and the scientific one for the importance of movement and outdoor risky play as a promoter of development, learning, well-being and joy of children
- Development of a positive atmosphere and greater involvement of the whole educational community
- Development of internationalization and innovative management of educational establishments through the introduction of a new dimension of working outdoors, inserting it as regular programmed activity and part of the curriculum
- More qualified staff
- Integration of better practices and new methods in everyday activities, strategic planning of professional development of the staff depending on the needs of the individual and the institution
- Increased number of hours of physical and outdoor activities
- Implementation of the 12 actions as described in the Didactic-pedagogical resources pack for teachers and caretakers
- Dissemination and replication of the project activities and final results

- Implementation in other schools of the Didactic-pedagogical resources pack for teachers and caretakers
- Implementation by teacher’s educational centres of the Teacher’s training resources pack
- Use of the Outdoor Activities Guidelines and Recommendations for Preschool Education as a basis for raising awareness and changing behaviours towards outdoors activities
- Redesign of outdoor school playgrounds
- Increased number of scientific work on this project subject in the partnership countries
- Inclusion of outdoor activities in national curricular guidelines for preschool education
- Reach national and international policy making institutions

- New relationship of the population with the outdoor space
- Parents (population in general) more open to reduce the time using computer games and such, promoting outside play/activities
- Children choosing to play outside and organize their time outdoors and spend less time inside
- Promotion of healthier lifestyles
- Extend children’s learning settings to a community level where built and natural environment around the school can be looked upon as privileged places for active learning
- Reaffirming the right to play and leisure as advocated in the article 31º of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Use of the Outputs by parents for spending quality time with their children
- Greater involvement of local communities in the implementation of activities which will result from the project
- Transfer of the experience of participation in EU projects to other schools/preschools

- Extrapolate the change of mentality to the whole population not only at local level, but also, make each of the partners a reference in the pursuit of a new approach to healthy relationship of children and citizens with the potentialities of the outside space
- Raise awareness with the national authorities of the need for planning and redesigning of outdoor space for all preschool facilities
- Raise awareness with the national authorities of the need to review the national curricular guidelines for preschool education
- Promotion of the discussion on a national level to the importance of outdoor spaces in schools
- Promotion of healthier lifestyles
- Dissemination of the project Outputs among other institutions with national range

Reach institutions that work at European and/or worldwide level, namely through the universities and the CMTorres Vedras networks will ensure that the message behind this project, as it is established in its goals (1. drawing changes on the perceptions of policy makers, teachers, caretakers and parents on the possibilities of the outdoor as a rich and valuable environment for preschool children's learning, development and well-being and 2. improving pedagogical competences of preschool teachers and caretakers working with children in the outdoor environment, adopting physical activity and play based strategies) will spread throughout Europe and contribute to the change of mentalities and promote a paradigm change towards a preschool education focused on the use of risky play and outdoor experiences as promoters of development and learning.






