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EPAS 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION PROJECT
📸 Project title: 📸What Europe means to us in a single image To celebrate a decade of the European Parliament Ambassador School programme, we are thrilled to launch a special competition for our incredible European Parliament Ambassador Schools (EPAS) Junior Ambassadors! All the instructions, prizes and rules are below or you can download them here:…
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North East Festival of Languages
European Parliament Ambassador Schools across the UK may be interested to participate in events as part of the Express Yourself, the North East Festival of Languages. The festival is designed to spark curiosity and creativity and open doors to future opportunities, inspiring a generation of future linguists and global citizens. It is a huge series…
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Trip to Brussels
From 20th–23rd December, QE students from Years 11-13 took part in an European Parliament Ambassador School Programme (EPAS) trip to Brussels. The visit included trips to the European Commission, the Council and the European Parliament, giving students a valuable insight into the workings of the European Union. Alongside this, students explored Brussels’ rich cultural heritage…
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Schools and Colleges going to Euroscola 2026
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EPAS Christmas Festival
What we did for the EPAS Christmas Festival: From Azma Mohammed – Junior Ambassador EPAS Team Comment This looks like a very fun way to celebrate Christmas and to learn about how it’s celebrated in different ways across Europe
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European games at the Christmas Fair
The Christmas Fair is an annual event at SHS, which raises funds for the Stroud Women’s Refuge. The EPAS Junior Ambassadors organised an EU guessing game where the answer to each question was an EU country, which students could then pin the colour of the question onto the corresponding country on the map. See more…
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Christmas across Europe
One of our Junior Ambassadors has produced a slide show about Christmas across Europe to show on our digital boards in December. EPAS Team Comment Fantastic, a great creative way to share European traditions!
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Meeting of the ambassadors
The meeting organised by our president in order to discuss and finalise roles, timelines and accreditation our ambassadors held a scheduled meeting after school in the Master’s Boardroom. We intend to do this on a fortnightly basis to keep on top of changes and maintain regular communication. Our president also introduction the EPAS scheme to…
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Annual Cultural Appreciation Day
Carmel College was alive with colour, rhythm, and unity today as students and staff came together for the annual Cultural Appreciation Day; a vibrant celebration honouring the rich diversity that shapes the college community. The campus transformed into a lively showcase of music, movement, and tradition. Students arrived in beautiful traditional dress, and the day…
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Showing a Film in French
The EPAS Junior Ambassadors chose to show Une Vie de Chat in French to help to educate younger students about European cultures. EPAS Team Comment Great stuff! We hope they enjoyed it? Was it targeted as those studying French, or was everyone able to come?
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Annual ‘Inter-faithing’ Event
Today, we were delighted to welcome a diverse group of faith leaders to college for our annual ‘Inter-faithing’ Event. The day offered an inspiring opportunity for students and staff to engage with different religious and non-religious perspectives, fostering understanding and connection across communities. The event began with an engaging question and answer session, where our…
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ECO week Innovative Art Exhibition
The main idea of the ECO Innovative Art Exhibition was to bring focus on the changing climate and show the problem of the World Pollution. Both UK and EU have been doing so much in order to fight with Climate changes, but very often we are the one who should take the first steps, starting…
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Magical Christmas
On the first Sunday in Advent, our Primary 7 pupils and S6 mentors set off for our partner school in Dortmund, Germany, to learn about Christmas traditions, German culture and to make new friends. The programme was very busy! On Monday, after icebreakers and a tour of the school, the children visited the BVB grounds…
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Trip to European Parliament in Strasbourg
The Euroscola group headed to the European Parliament where they took part in debates with young people from across Europe. This helps to inform the EU on the views of young people around AI, Disinformation and possible solutions. Our students also learned about the work of MEPs and were inspired by action on protecting Human…
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Movember Staff Charity Match
Junior Ambassadors organised a charity match in support of Movember, which brought over 30 staff members on the pitch in order to raise an attention about the crucial issue which is a cancer. This trend of raising awareness about the cancers is important for both, UK and EU therefore our students and teachers decided to…
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Carmel Student Represents St Helens Youth Council in House of Commons Debates
Last week marked an inspiring milestone for one of our students, Anja Gocesvska, who travelled to London to represent the St Helens Youth Council at the House of Commons. Taking her place in one of the most significant political chambers in the country, Anja joined young representatives from across the UK to engage in a…
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Our President participated in the European Educational and Skills Summit 2025
The summit was a chance for me to share my thoughts about youth participation in the EU. At the summit numerous representatives of the educational bodies, European leaders and business representatives were present. On the summit we agreed that we will create a scheme for young students in secondary schools which allows them to have…
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2025-26 European Parliament Ambassador Schools Kick-off Event
All Senior Ambassadors of European Parliament Ambassador Schools in the UK are invited to our online training on Tuesday, 25th November 2025. This training has now taken place, the course materials and links are below. You will meet our new Head of Office at the European Parliament Liaison Office in the United Kingdom (EPLO UK),…