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Europe Day Assembly and Quiz
If any of our Ambassador Schools would like to run an assembly or tutor time activity for Europe Day, we hope you will find these resources useful. The focus for this year’s Europe Day is the upcoming European Parliament elections, so the assembly and quiz are about democracy in Europe. They both feature this excellent…
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collaborative Website & Podcast “Pildoras europeas”
Students from Europa School UK and Instituto Español Vicente Cañada Blanch have jointly created a website where we publish our collaborative projects related to the European Union. Our goal is to collaborate in works related to the European Union, its values, its patrimonial, historical and social richness. The name of the project “European Pills” comes…
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The EU and Negotiating our ongoing relationship
On Tuesday, 30th of April, we had the chance to receive a guest from Europe House, Asher Jacobsberg, who went through a presentation about the European Parliament. He explained to us how it worked in terms of committees it was separated into, who focused on specific issues in the EU. This was really interesting because…
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LUX Youth Seminar in Brussels
Junior Ambassadors from Wellington School in Ayr, Scotland, have just attended the LUX Audience Award ceremony with Junior Ambassadors from all 27 EU member states.
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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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VIDEO: Ambassador Schools Accreditation at Instituto Español Vicente Cañada Blanch
In December, Junior and Senior Ambassadors from The Cherwell School, Emerson Park Academy and Instituto Español Vicente Cañada Blanch were presented with plaques and certificates by MEP Thijs Reuten. The accreditation ceremony was hosted by Instituto Español Vicente Cañada Blanch.
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Euroscola event: Rights of Women
We took part in a live event discussing the rights of Women across Europe. We were able to listen and speak to a variety of MEP’s and other schools within the EU. We asked the question, ‘Why is there such a large gender pay gap and what are the EP doing to address this?’ We…
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European Biscuit Decorating
Over the course of Spring 2, one team of Junior Ambassadors planned and delivered a biscuits decorating event, demonstrating teamwork, communication and leadership. They shopped for and made their own different coloured icing, researched European flags and then offered their peers the opportunity to decorate them with different European flags.
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Languages at Work Event – GCHQ and Business Language Champions
Twelve Year 10 Linguists who are learning French and German currently competed in the GCHQ challenge at the Royal School in Bath. They had the chance to see Languages at work as well as enjoy a taster of Arabic, Korean and Mandarin.
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Trip to World Food Buffet
Oaklea Grange organised a trip to a World Food Buffet to try food of different cultures. We tried Sushi, Indian food, Tapas, Pasta, Welsh Cakes, Chinese food, Pizza. We rated our favourite foods and our favourite was Italian. We liked the way different cultures eat such little bit of lots of things, eating with chopsticks.…
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European infopoint
Junior Ambassadors from Manchester Hospital School worked collaboratively to create the infopoint as part of our Preparation for Adulthood curriculum. They decided what they wanted to have on the infopoint, where it was going to be and then worked together to create the resources.
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Visit from our Conservative M.P.
Sir Gary Streeter (Cons) M.P. came to do a Q&A with pupils at Hele’s School, Plymouth, from year 7-13. The pupils asked searching questions ranging from the NHS, asylum seekers, defence spending, to the conflict in Gaza and human rights.
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International Mother Language Day
We, Oaklea Grange, held a whole school assembly on International Mother Language Day. We looked at languages that we are losing and how to preserve them. We spoke about all the interesting ways in which people can communicate and why it is important to preserve tradition and try and keep these language and variations alive.…
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Infopoint
European Parliament Ambassador Schools (EPAS) club students from Notting Hill and Ealing High School had to arrange to get a noticeboard as all noticeboards were occupied in the school. They negotiated with the SLT and subject departments to get a notice board freed up. Then they set about filling with information about the EU. It…
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Cultural Fair
Excellent learning for democratic engagement! Great for students to talk to serving politicians, find out what motivates them and ask questions about the issues that matter to the students. The Ambassador Schools club set up a stall to share information of the EU and talk to students. A few members of the club were also…
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European Youth Parliament
Junior Ambassadors from Carmel College attended the regional finals of the European Youth Parliament in Liverpool. Debates were held with other schools on a range of issues like combating antisocial behaviour, climate change and the cost of living crisis.
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Europe House visit
Notting Hill and Ealing High School students visited Europe House for a workshop on EU history and values, simulating political roles and debating key issues, enhancing their understanding through interactive learning.
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Screening of 20,000 Species of Bees for the LUX Audience Award
The Junior Ambassadors at Oaklea Grange chose and watched “20,000 Species of Bees,” discussing its mental health themes, character analysis, and the impact of Spanish subtitles on the narrative.