News
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Europe Day and Eurovision – whole school assembly
All Tutor Groups in Clyst Vale learned about Europe Day and its origins, and how this annually marked event signifies peace and unity in Europe – and why this is significant for us as a Rights Respecting School. Linked to this, students also found out plenty of interesting information regarding the annual Eurovision Song Contest,
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Euroscola Strasbourg Parliament Session
This morning pupils from 4th ESO have participated in EUROSCOLA and have been able to debate with Younous OMARJEE, Vice President of the Parliament and with François-Régis BABINET about current issues affecting the Union and climate change. It was a great experience for all! Thank you so much for this opportunity! Links EPAS Team Comment
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Euroscola
Myself and Catherine Richards escorted 24 students to Strasbourg to take part in the Euroscola event. Students took on the role of MEPs for the day, working collaboratively with students from all across the EU to debate and agree policies on climate change. One student even asked a direct question to the Vice President of
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Oaklea Grange InfoPoint
Oaklea Grange has updated their info point after the recent European elections. We have learnt all about political parties , voting and linked to key events within the European Parliament. We will also be putting all out work on heritage day for Europe day on here. EPAS Team Comment Great to see. Looking good!
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Creating our Information Point
Junior Ambassadors (students) designed, made and created the display board as part of their meeting time. EPAS Team Comment Looks good. Well done all!
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Local election get out the vote drive
Y12 politics students designed leaflets to promote the local elections on 1st May. Students then distributed these to adults in the school in the days leading up to the election and encouraged them to use their democratic right. Links EPAS Team Comment Excellent work! Really great to get students exercising their democratic rights, and helping
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USP College climate survey for Earth Day and Europe Day
To mark Earth Day on Tuesday 22nd April 2025 and Europe Day in May, a climate survey was conducted by students in the EPAS (European Parliament Ambassador School) Programme at USP College and members of the USP College Student Union, which was led and organised by EPAS junior ambassador Sebastian Rapley Mende, to collect data
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LUX awards Brussels
Some of our ambassadors recently had the incredible opportunity to travel to Brussels to visit the European Parliament and attend the prestigious LUX Audience Film Awards. This unforgettable experience allowed our students to see firsthand the heart of European democracy. They toured the European Parliament, learned about how it functions, and witnessed where key decisions
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LUX Audience Award Ceremony – 29 April
The LUX Audience Award is the EU’s largest audience film award, where citizens and Members of the European Parliament come together to choose the winning film. The 2025 LUX Audience Award Ceremony will take place on 29 April at 18:00 in the European Parliament’s Hemicycle in Brussels. The event will bring together MEPs, filmmakers, and cinema lovers from
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Cultural trip to the South of Spain
Trip to Spain, exploring the cultural heritage of Málaga, Granada, and Córdoba. They visited stunning UNESCO World Heritage Sites, immersing themselves in language, history, and art—a truly unforgettable experience!
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EPAS at USP College elects youth leadership team
EPAS junior ambassadors at USP College have elected their youth leadership team after a vote between ambassadors. There were three posts up for grabs. The post of Lead Junior Ambassador for USP College was defended by Jayden O’Brien (18), who had been appointed to this role by the team in 2024. Jayden successfully won election
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Mark Francois MP Q&A with ambassadors
On 27 January 2025, Conservative MP for Rayleigh and Wickford Mark Francois visited USP College’s XTEND Digital Campus in Canvey for a virtual Q&A session with our European Parliament Junior Ambassadors using USP College’s state-of-the-art immersive room technology. The virtual Q&A session took place cross-campus in our Immersive Room 1, with Francois answering questions in
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USP ambassadors trip to exhibition commemorating VE Day anniversary
Yesterday (17 April 2025), two of our EPAS junior ambassadors, Jayden O’Brien and Erdem Gultekin, attended a trip to the Thameside Complex in Grays to see an exhibition marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day, which entailed the Nazi German surrender to Allied forces on 8 May 1945 and signalled the end
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Vogue Exhibition: European Fashion
On 2 April 2025, USP College EPAS junior ambassadors and Fashion, Business & Retail students headed to the Vogue: Inventing the Runway immersive exhibition in Lightroom, King’s Cross, London, to learn about European fashion and its history. They had an inspiring visit with an insightful look into the evolution of runway fashion in Europe and
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Digital InfoPoint Website
Junior Ambassadors from USP College have set up a website with digital InfoPoint and Flickr and Facebook page. Links EPAS Team Comment This is fantastic! What a well-designed website. A really impressive InfoPoint, and with links to so many social media channels too!
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Linking with a Spanish School
After networking with other teachers in Brussels, several connections were made and our first meet up was with Tiago de Souza Franca Departamento Internacional, https://www.humanitastrescantos.com. We talked about our schools and other issues, we swapped Instagram accounts are are planning a project together soon. EPAS Team Comment Fantastic that you’ve used the connections made through
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Debating European Issues
We’ve been running debating sessions for years 7, 8 and 9 on a number of EU issues – such as should the UK adopt the Euro, and should the UK be allowed to participate in EU events? We heard some great ideas from the students and had a vote for each debate! Debate presentation Links
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Visit from Europe House
We had a visit from Asher from Involver who taught Y12 politics students about the EU and the UK’s relationship with the EU. Students got assigned an EU country and took part in EU bingo as well as discussing some of the most important issues in the UK’s relationship with the EU. EPAS Team Comment