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European Day of Languages
European Day of Languages is always a highly-anticipated event at Wellington School. This year, our language captains led two assemblies, one in the junior school and one for seniors. They contacted former pupils who are using or studying languages as part of their university courses and produced a short video with updates from students in
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European Day of Languages 2025 – Európsky deň jazykov 2025
26th September commemorates and celebrates the richness of languages and cultures that connect Europe.In our Slovak school in England, we are constantly reminded of the importance of learning languages, because they open doors to the world, bring new friendships and possibilities. The aim of this day is to encourage all citizens to learn new languages,
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European Day of Languages 2025 at Prestwick Academy
This year here at Prestwick Academy we celebrated European Day of Languages with help of our fabulous International Club with Captains and Junior Ambassadors who helped a lot on the day. Our wonderful bilingual pupils led learning and taught their classmates and even teachers!!! – languages such as German, Zulu, Spanish, French and Russian and
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Priestley European Day of Languages day 2025
We recently hosted a Lunchtime Quiz in the student café to celebrate the richness of European languages, culture, and music. The event was designed to promote a sense of European unity through interactive learning and fun, and the turnout was fantastic! The quizzes were entirely student-led, with lots of creativity. One was even crafted in
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Debates in French and Spanish about European issues
As part of Languages Week, we enjoyed debating in different languages! At our weekly Sixth Form French debating club on Wednesday, students discussed in French whether France should follow the UK and also leave the EU. In their Spanish lesson on Thursday, Year 13 students debated in Spanish whether Spain’s immigration situation and policies serve
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European Day of Languages
Our school participated at this inspiring event on September the 25th alongside EU Junior Ambassadors from across the UK who embody the spirit of a multilingual Europe. Our Junior and Senior Ambassadors got involved and discovered so much about the diverse languages spoken across the EU, as well as the rich cultures that coexist harmoniously
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Trip to the Swiss Embassy
Dr Berg and colleagues at the Swiss Embassy invited Channing linguists to learn about neutrality, democracy and the important role of the Embassy in innovation and technology as well as in diplomacy. EPAS Team Comment We feel this is ‘democratic learning’ as well as ‘cultural exchange’, as diplomacy is a key part of being part
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Sports Exchange Visit to France
Teamwork, communication, cultural awareness and language skills: what better way to hone these than spending three days working with European partners in France? In September, 21 Wellington pupils spent three days at their partner school near Paris. The emphasis was on sports and the girls and boys took part in sporting activities which are not
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EU Celebration Day
Students created a cultural fayre. They designed 9 tables including a ‘politics in the EU’ table. Each table represented a country and students were responsible for sharing information about their heritage. Groups of students were invited down to learn more about the EU and role of the Ambassadors
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European information board
This is our EU InfoPoint, managed by our Junior Ambassadors (students).
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Heritage day for Europe Day
To celebrate Europe Day, we hosted a vibrant and engaging event that brought together around 60 participants from our school and local community. The celebration aimed to promote understanding and appreciation of European cultures and values. Our event featured a stall area showcasing information about various European countries, where visitors could learn about different nations’
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Art and Democracy
The EPAS club and the Art department in our school collaborated together to deliver a lesson on the history of Art depicting aspects of democracy. This will be the first step to students making and curating a virtual art exhibition. We first looked at what democracy is, teasing out the students’ ideas of what it
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Debate
We have organized a debate, with four students mediators each presenting a discussion topic relating the European Union. The students were divided in 4 groups of 10 and had to come up with arguments for or against a specific subject. After the debate was over, we had a Visio call with a retired MEP who
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Trip to Kraków
History trip to Kraków, Poland to experience a new city and culture, visit the salt mines, museums about the second world war and visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau. EPAS Team Comment These kinds of trips are so good for learning about the similarities and differences between Polish and British culture. Of course a trip like this also
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Meeting with Typhaine Morillon
We had a wonderful encounter with a representative of the European Union Liaison Office in the United Kingdom (EPLO UK), Typhaine Morillon. Ms. Morillon was able to enlighten us on the key aspects of the dynamics of the European Union. She then accommodated our questions. EPAS Team Comment Thank you very much for having a
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EPAS European Baking Competition
This online baking competition encouraged students to explore European cultures through traditional recipes. Promoted via school notices and tutor groups, it fostered cultural appreciation and creativity. Two winners received prizes for their culturally-inspired entries. “I have made a 5 -layered Dobos Torte which is the national cake of Hungary. It consists of 5 layers of
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EPAS Info Point
This year, our Info Point has focused on raising awareness about who we are and what we do in the EPAS Club, with the goal of encouraging more students—and even other schools—to join us. We realised that many students were not fully aware of the purpose of the EPAS programme or the many benefits of
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Design for Disability: David Constantine
On Friday, 23 May, our S3 classes had the unique opportunity to host David Constantine, a distinguished designer, photographer, and co-founder of Motivation, an international NGO focused on wheelchair accessibility and mobility in low-income countries. David, a wheelchair user himself following an accident in his youth, shared his extensive experience working to improve quality of
