Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic we were not able to travel to Portugal in March 2020 to learn about Portugal’s education system and the forms of education for students with developmental difficulties.

To make up for that we had three-day-long virtual activities in the 2020-2021 school year. Nine teachers from our school participated in the event.

The activities started on 23^rd March 2021. Portuguese 8^th grade teachers introduced us to their school buildings and facilities through a video presentation. Ms Ana Prata, the school psychologist, gave a lecture on the legal framework of education of children with developmental difficulties and the inclusion in regular schools.

Then we saw a presentation of the Japanese theatre Kamishibai, a form of storytelling with the aid of illustrations. Each participating school got the assignment to prepare their own Kamishibai story for the final activity of the mobility.

The second day of the activities was 13^th April 2021. We were greeted by Mr Luis Diamantino, the Mayor of Povoa de Varzim, who also led us on a virtual sightseeing tour of that small Portuguese town and tourist destination.

Then we learned about the Centre for Vocational Education and Practice for students with developmental difficulties. After that we had an art workshop to make mandalas.

The final day of virtual activities was 22^nd April 2021. We learned about the Centre for Inclusion Strategies whose role is to support teachers working with and schools attended by students with developmental difficulties.

As the final activity, all of the schools that participated in the virtual mobility, presented their versions of Kamishibai theatre. Ms Ivana Ćavar, one of our teachers, told the story The Forest of Stribor in the Kamishibai technique with her first-grade students in Class 1A.

Special thanks to Portugese team for wonderful workshops of Mandalas and Kamishibai Storytelling.