Publicity
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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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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.
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European Elections Library stand and treasure hunt
European Parliament Junior Ambassadors were inspired to have a go at doing a treasure hunt in celebration of the European Elections. We got the Library involved by having a stand with books relating to European History and democracy highlighted with an election themed treasure hunt around the school. We printed posters from this website https://fineacts.co/get-out…
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Assembly presentation to S5 pupils
Junior Ambassadors from Clevedon Secondary School prepared a presentation and delivered this to their new Secondary 5 pupils. This was to raise awareness of the Ambassador Schools programme and to give pupils the chance to ask questions about the programme. Finally pupils were encouraged to take part in our activities and to get in touch…
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Using Languages in the Workplace
To encourage their peer group to consider how languages can be used in the workplace, Wellington School’s Junior Ambassadors organised a workshop for them. As a starting point, they used short films provided by the British Council where people talk about how they use languages at work. The group watched twelve videos and chose the…
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Student-led Europe Day assembly
Pupils at Manchester Hospital School’s Galaxy House Tier 4 CAMHS unit used their European Parliament Ambassador Schools Preparation for Adulthood time to collaboratively design an assembly to be delivered to mark Europe Day. The assembly shared various aspects of culture from different EU countries and was rounded off with a quiz. It was delivered virtually…
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European Elections Webinar Recording
Typhaine Morillon from the EU Parliament Liaison Office in the UK briefed Junior and Senior Ambassadors on the EU Parliament elections campaign’s impacts in the UK and resources for schools to encourage democratic engagement. Essential information and materials are available on elections and community resources websites.
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Ideas from new Senior Ambassadors
At our Senior Ambassador training last week, we asked our participants for their ideas on activities that meet the Ambassador Schools criteria. They came up with some fantastic ideas, so we want to share them with you! Democracy Leadership Info Point Cultural Europe Day Teamwork Communication
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Former MEP awards Ambassadors in Devon
Caroline Voaden, former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South West England and Gibraltar constituency, visited Queen Elizabeth School in Crediton, Devon, to award a plaque and certificates to the school and its Ambassadors for successfully completing their first year as a European Parliament Ambassador School. Junior Ambassadors from the school explained why…
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Ambassador Schools accreditation in the North West
Loreto High School, which has been an Ambassador School for three years, hosted the European Parliament Ambassador Schools accreditation event for schools and colleges in the North West of England. The event featured moving speeches from former MEP, Julie Ward, and the Lord Mayor of Manchester, Councillor Yasmine Dar. Both spoke of how they got…
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EPAS activities from January
A selection of some of the things European Parliament Ambassador Schools in the UK got up to last month.
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“Staying connected to Europe is important to our students”
Nicola Knowles, our Senior Ambassador from Loreto High School in Chorlton, was featured in Education Today‘s January magazine as their ‘View form the Classroom’ . She spoke brilliantly about what EPAS is and why it is of value to her students, and her as a teacher. For some reason they illustrated the article with a…
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Oxford’s Cherwell School recognised with honorary plaque by the European Parliament Ambassador School Programme
On Thursday, representatives of the European Parliament Liaison Office in the UK and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Catherine Bearder visited Cherwell School in Oxford to award pupils and teachers for completing the Europe-wide EPAS educational programme, which includes developing partnerships with other schools across the continent. Thursday, 13th of October 2022: The EU…
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Why join EPAS?
This is what students and teachers get out of being part of the European Parliament Ambassador Schools programme
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2021/22 EPAS journey starts today
The first full year of the European Parliament Ambassador Schools programme really got underway yesterday afternoon with our first Senior Ambassador training. Each year we kick off the programme with training for Senior Ambassadors (school/college staff) to ensure they know the programme requirements, have ideas about activities to run, how to recruit Junior Ambassadors (students/learners),…
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Setting up EPAS social media accounts
Quick posts on social media share ideas for participation, promote your work and help keep your team on track. We’ve said time and again that communication is at the heart of the European Parliament Ambassador Schools (EPAS) programme, but it does bear repeating! The goal of the scheme is to raise awareness amongst your school/college…
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Creating an EPAS webpage on your website
You’re not much of an ambassador if you’re not telling people about what you’re doing, so letting your wider school/college community know that you are (or are working towards becoming) a European Parliament Ambassador School is essential for gaining accreditation. The first point of contact for your school/college is your website, so highlighting EPAS on…
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Recruiting Junior Ambassadors – 2nd Senior Ambassador Training
Junior Ambassadors are the heart of EPAS. They don’t just participate in activities, they organise and run them for their peers. In our second training for Senior Ambassadors participating in our condensed pilot, we concentrated on how to recruit Junior Ambassadors to help run EPAS. We had students from St Mary’s College, in Naas, Ireland,…