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Digital surgery with Lord Newby
On Monday, 18th November, sixth form students from Queen Elizabeth’s School, Crediton, participated in a digital surgery with Lord Newby. The session, which was led by European Parliament Ambassador Schools Junior Ambassadors, covered a wide range of topics such as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the government’s plans to introduce inheritance tax on…
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Ambassador Schools InfoPoint on school website
We have now set up an online InfoPoint with basic evidence about what we do and links to current areas of interest. Our first project is a survey on the European Commission’s proposal for a UK-EU Youth Mobility Scheme. View our page here: https://www.qe.devon.sch.uk/epas
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French Quiz
This activity is an example of how a pupil with a moderate learning difficulty who usually attends a special school can be involved in the Ambassador Schools programme. We had been learning colours in French and then the pupil took on the role of junior ambassador to create a quiz designed to engage and teach…
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Debating competition
On Wednesday 20th November, three of Junior Ambassadors from Carmel College – Michel Hachem, Finley Crookes and Alex Thompson – represented the college in a debating competition at Bolton School. This competition was the first round of the English Speaking Union’s Schools’ Mace competition, one of the most prestigious debating competitions in the UK. Competing…
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Lesson on the EU for Ukrainian students
Today, one of Notting Hill and Ealing High School’s Senior Ambassadors led a lesson on the EU for a contingent of Ukrainian students visiting our school. The students learned about the EU formation and the role it plays in peoples lives. They did activities on what democracy was. The they took part in a quiz…
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European Parliament educational session at NHEHS
We were thrilled to welcome Asher from Europe House to our school for an enlightening workshop on the European institutions and democracy in Europe. The session provided our students with an in-depth understanding of how these critical components operate within the European Union. During the workshop, students had the opportunity to simulate the voting blocks…
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NHEHS in Strasbourg for Euroscola
Over the October half term, a group of Notting Hill and Ealing High School (NHEHS) students got the opportunity to go to Strasbourg to be a part of the European Parliament’s Euroscola programme – a series of events aimed at students across Europe. This was made possible as we are an European Parliament Ambassador School.…
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Discussion session with students on the Grey Belt in England
On Wednesday 6th November, 16 junior ambassadors from Carmel College took part in a discussion about the Labour government’s proposals to build on the ‘Grey Belt’ to resolve issues related to housing. This discussion was part of the House of Lords call for evidence on this issue. The Lords’ committee looking into this issue contacting…
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Visit to the UK Parliament
On Tuesday October 22nd thirty of our Junior Ambassadors from Carmel College, St Helens, visited London. In the morning, we had a tour of the chamber of the House of Lords. We then got to see the procession of the Speaker into the House of Commons, and we listened to Foreign Office questions in the…
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Wellington School at the European Parliament
On 11th October, 13 pupils from Wellington School participated in the Euroscola event at the European Parliament in Strasbourg together with young people from 29 other countries. In the morning, they interviewed the First Vice-President of the EU Parliament Frau Sabine Verheyen and then took part in an interview with Antonio Caiola, the Head of…
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World Food Day: ‘Bon Appetit’ – World Foods Made in Europe
The college’s European Parliament Ambassador Schools (EPAS) ambassadors constructed an Info point and presentation around world food day, in which they highlighted the diversity of cultures within Europe through their favourite foods – a few of which were ‘traditionally European’. This info point was displayed in the college restaurant and on info screens around the…
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Black History Month MFL Activities
During Black History Month, our pupils are learning about notable Black figures from French- and Spanish-speaking countries in their Languages lessons, allowing them to practise their language skills, discover new personalities and enrich their cultural knowledge. Where possible, this was delivered in the target language with scaffolding put in place to support comprehension. These activities…
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Debating activities
Over the last two weeks, our new Junior Ambassadors at Carmel College have been introduced to the European Parliament Ambassador Schools (EPAS) programme. As part of this, we have organised two debates to take part in. Our first debate was on the subject of the environment and whether it is right for new houses to…
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Celebration of 2023-24 Ambassadors
On October 3rd, 2024, certificates were presented to those students who had taken part in the college’s European Parliament Ambassador School (EPAS) programme last academic year. The Ambassador Schools programme aims to improve students’ knowledge and understanding of the role of the EU. Our Junior Ambassadors organised a range of events throughout the year such…
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Peace through Languages
This year here at Prestwick Academy we celebrated European Day of Languages with a bang – our International Club – the Captains and Junior Ambassadors helped a lot on the day. Inspirational quotes about the importance of languages were posted every day into school’s daily bulletin and face painting was done by International Captains during…
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EDoL: Celtic connections from Oaklea Grange
Today, at Oaklea Grange, we held a school assembly all about the European Day of Languages. We learnt all about the wide variety of languages across Europe, their heritage, and compared that to the languages in our own country. We spoke about promoting the learning of another language and pupils had a go at speaking…
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European Day of Languages
During the week of European Day of Languages Manchester Hospital School got the whole school from EYFS to post-16 involved in language learning through a mixture of assemblies, encouraging pupils to complete the British Council Great Languages Challenge and teaching pupils how to count to five in a range of European and non-European languages. Each…
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Digital Notice Board
A new school year, a new Info Point! This session, Wellington School’s Junior Ambassadors have gone digital. Each month, they will post our upcoming events on the electronic noticeboards which are placed around the school. This month’s post shows the activities which their Junior Ambassadors are involved in.
