The Europa-Schule Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm in Erfurt is the largest primary school in Thuringia. Since 1994 we have aligned our school concept “We learn for Europe“ on strengthening the European awareness of our pupils. Thus we considered a participation in the offered training as necessary to gain new inputs for our work. This course was an excellent possibility to meet like-minded colleagues from different countries during meetings and in the freetime to share ideas, make friends and find partners for future Erasmus+ projects. Moreover, it helped to combine intercultural learning and management skills. Six teachers attended the course in Portugal and Spain over two years. The team consisted of the school management, different teachers and one educator. So we made sure that all members of staff were involved. Later they were able to inform the school community and shared their knowledge and new ideas. During former projects it was difficult to involve all colleagues because of their lack of language skills. Since the training was offered in English and German, these colleagues were easily integrated. They learned about new cultures and languages, broadened their horizons and reflected on their personal experiences and socio-cultural conditions at the same time. Indeed, it supported a further development of their personality. They passed their experiences, ideas and knowledge on staff, pupils, parents and visitors of the school. Our school concept “We learn for Europe“ was filled with life again, deepened and the course caused future collaboration with teachers from other coutries. In order to benefit as much as possible from the training we prepared thouroughly for the course. Apart from the personal gain in experience our colleagues educatde themselves in management skills, implementation and evaluation of projects. Furthermore, they were able to improve their daily work at the Europa-Schule. We learned that a participation in such projects are very valueable to motivate teachers, pupils, parents as well as visitors of the school to think about their role as citizens in Europe. Penpals, classpartnerships and Skype-meetings among classes strengthen the European awareness of pupils as much as their motivation to learn a foreign language. The children of today are the citizens of Europe of tomorrow.