Deutsche Schule London
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Europe Day at the German School
Every year on 9 May, the European Union celebrates Europe Day in commemoration of the so-called Schuman Declaration of 1950. Our school’s European Ambassadors also organised an event again this year, on 11 May. The Europe Club was up and about early on this special day, busily blowing up balloons in the colours of the
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European Language Day
On Tuesday 5 May, the European Ambassadors set off for Smith Square in Westminster. On arrival, we were given a passport containing questions about the various European countries. We went from stand to stand, learnt interesting facts about the countries, sampled local specialities and took part in competitions and quizzes. The many souvenirs, new facts
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European themed football tournament
For our Annual Football Tournament, we organized a school wide competition alongside the football matches. Each class from Years 5–12 was assigned a country from the European Union and was encouraged to dress up in their country’s colours and cheer on their team. Classes competed to create the best representation of their assigned nation with
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#10yearsEPAS What Europe Means to Me UK Entries
This year is the 10th anniversary of the European Parliament Ambassador Schools programme. To celebrate this the European Parliament asked Junior Ambassadors from across the EU and the UK to share ‘what Europe means to me in an image’. We had many, many fantastic entries in the UK and deciding between them was incredibly difficult.
Ambassador Schools’ Activities, Art, Bishop Stopford School, Competition, Deutsche Schule London, Dudley College of Technology, Dulwich College, Europa School UK, Greek School Ayia Triada Birmingham, North Cambridge Academy, Notting Hill & Ealing High School, Richmond upon Thames College, St Thomas More (CV10), St Thomas More Language College, USP College -
Euroscola Event Strasbourg trip
On January 28th, 21 students from the European Studies Club, accompanied by Ms. Roe and Ms. Kern, traveled to Strasbourg. Their first meeting point was St. Pancras, where the group boarded the Eurostar to Paris at 8:00 a.m. They had an hour and a half to explore the city before continuing their journey to Strasbourg’s
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Sakharov Youth Seminar
Our school was the only school in England invited to Strasbourg by the European Parliament. We were able to take part in the Sakharov Youth Seminar. The aim of the seminar was to learn more about the Sakharov Prize. This award is given to individuals and groups committed to defending human rights and freedom of
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European info point
As a school we put our info point on the way to our cafeteria so it is visible to all students who go to lunch. It has been there all year round and besides our info stand we also put up some EU flags to make it extra visible. On our info point we have
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Presentation of accreditation
Hung up at the start of every school year, we are proud to show are accreditation as an European Parliament Ambassador School. Visible to the school community and parents at the entrance to the facility. EPAS Team Comment That’s great. We are very proud to have you as an Ambassador School!
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Europe Day celebrations
We announced the Europe Day celebrations beforehand in our school weekly announcements. On the 8th of May, we celebrated Europe Day by decorating the school entry and playing European music (e.g. from the Eurovision Song Contest or the European Anthem). In the breaks, we gave out decorated biscuits, played music and answered questions about Europe
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Valentine’s day Cards
Organised by motivated students, who also designed an advertisement poster, a box was put up on our InfoPoint where prepared Valentine’s Day card templates could be filled out, also stating the addressee’s name and class, in the week before Valentine’s day. The cards and the school were decorated with expressions for “I love you” in
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Writing Competition
We started by developing a strategy for advertising and organising the writing competition, categorising and judging entries. We elaborated four categories, prose, poetry, argumentative and analytic writing and rating criteria for each category, such as persuasion, originality or analytic quality. The texts had to have a European subject and the students were allowed to combine
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InfoPoint
The Senior Ambassadors appointed three Junior Ambassadors, who volunteered for it, to organise and set up the Info Point on the 5th of December 2024. They prepared posters to inform about the European Union, explained them to other students, conducted a quiz about Europe/the EU, which asked for estimations and facts and encouraged engagement with
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European Languages Day
A class from the DSL that included members and non-members of the European Ambassadors visited the European Language Day event. Already being a multilingual group, we could engage in discussions about European intercultural development and interesting linguistic reflections. The participation in a multilingual poetry workshop greatly contributed to our understanding of modern European language relations.