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Europe Day celebration 2026
On 9th May 2026, our school proudly celebrated Europe Day with the support of our Junior and Senior Ambassadors, who organized a range of engaging presentations, activities, and games to mark the occasion. Students took part in an informative presentation exploring the history and importance of Europe Day, as well as the values of unity,
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Europe Day in the Curriculum at Oaklea Grange
As a school, we celebrated Europe Day by holding an assembly about it as a group and had open discussions about what it is, why we celebrate it and how the school is going to celebrate it. In lessons, we completed literacy/numeracy type activities that included populations from countries in europe, cars from european countries
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Europe Day Awareness
We produced a quiz, a brief explanation of what Europe Day is, a video of staff and student saying hello in different European languages and a European menu for the following week. The newsletters reach many students and staff (3000) and their average reading time was 12 minutes, so this is a great way to
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Europe Day Celebrations at Prestwick Academy
Our Junior Ambassadors were working on their presentations since March in order to share with S1-3 classes their knowledge about Europe and EU. In Modern Languages pupils completed the Euro quiz which tested their general understanding of Europe’s geography, culture, languages and main political institutions. We also learned about EU and Democracy. We also looked
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Europe Day Tutor Group Quiz
Students helped to create a quiz that was delivered across every tutor group in the school to celebrate Europe day. Links EPAS Team Comment A great way to mark Europe Day. Well done!
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Europe Day Celebration
To celebrate Europe Day on 9 May, EPAS Junior Ambassadors organised a school-wide event to promote European values, cultural diversity and active citizenship. Students delivered an interactive presentation to their peers, explaining the importance of Europe Day and discussing opportunities available to young people through European programmes and initiatives. In addition, students created a short
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Europe Day Video: “How Does the EU Benefit Me?”
As part of our Europe Day celebrations, EPAS students created a short video entitled “How Does the EU Benefit Me?”. The aim of the project was to raise awareness of the impact that the European Union has on the daily lives of young people and to highlight the opportunities available to them as European citizens.
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TEACHING ABOUT EUROPE
Junior Ambassadors from Instituto Español Vicente Cañada Blanch worked with younger students (year 7) to talk about Europe in Europe Day Celebration. They created badges and book marks, played games and ran a workshop. You can see all about it on their online Info Point website: https://sites.google.com/ievcblanch.com/epasievcb/epas/ambassadors-25-26/europe-day-26 EPAS Team Comment Fantastic! This looks like a
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Diplomatic Visit to the Polish Embassy
As part of European Week, we also organised a diplomatic visit to the Polish Embassy, where students met with diplomats and learned more about the work of embassies and international relations. The visit offered a unique perspective on diplomacy in practice and allowed students to ask questions about political cooperation, representation abroad, and modern diplomatic
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Europe Day 2026
Wellington School celebrated Europe Day last week. As has become tradition, the chefs prepared European delights at lunchtime. This year, the Belgian waffles were a particular success! In the afternoon, one of our Junior Ambassadors took time out of study leave to lead a workshop for Primary 4 on European countries. They talked about flags,
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Cooking European Dishes
Pupils helped cook 3 dishes for everyone to taste at the end of the day. These were tzatziki from Greece with side tortillas, German cabbage dishes and quesadillas from Mexico. we printed the flags for each of these countries and followed specific recipes. We discussed how these types of dishes are made and why specific
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European Art
During an Art lesson, the pupil looked at famous European paintings and completed some research behind the history of their work, the artists and their influences. The pupil then chose 3 pieces to focus on which will then form inspiration for her next piece of art work, which will be inspired by Van Gogh’s bold
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Priestley College Celebrates Europe Day 2026
Priestley College celebrated Europe Day with a whole host of activities: sharing food, quizzes, the InfoPoint and activities on their social media channels. Links EPAS Team Comment Great to see so much going on at Priestley to celebrate Europe Day.
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Debate Society Session on the European Union
During a special Debate Society session, students discussed the idea of a common European army and the future of European defence cooperation. The debate encouraged participants to analyse questions surrounding security, sovereignty, and the future direction of the European Union while developing their public speaking and critical thinking skills. EPAS Team Comment Very much a
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Discussion tasks on Europe
As a school, we looked at idiomatic phrases from other European countries and how they linked to phrases that we use in the English language. Pupils tried saying some phrases in different languages such as Russian, Spanish and French. In addition, pupils were given fact cards to read about Europe which informed deeper discussion. Lastly,
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Europe Day Assemblies
In the week leading up to Europe Day our assemblies focused on Europe. In our secondary assemblies, we adapted the EPAS resources from a couple of years ago to focus on the importance of democracy, linking it to the shared values between the UK and the EU, and the local elections that were taking place
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Northern Counties School Attending Europe Day in London
We applied to attend Europe Day at Europe House with 10 of our young people with complex SEND. This group included our Head Boy/Head Girl who we elect each year through a democratic process. We took part in the Q&A session and Ruby asked the speakers, “What does the UK rejoining Erasmus+ mean for pupils
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Asking Questions of European Parliament Liaison Offices Directors
Junior Ambassadors from Dudley College of Technology travelled to London to celebrate Europe Day with the European Parliament Liaison Office in the United Kingdom. One of their Junior Ambassador raised the question on behalf of young students, “EU-UK relations often focus on government-level dialogue; what’s the area where youth-led or citizen-level engagement could realistically influence
