Communication
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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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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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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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MP/MS visit and workshop
Oaklea Grange hosted their local Members of the Senedd and Parliament, engaging in workshops on devolved laws, debating youth issues, and exploring political pathways, including routes into Parliament, voting processes, and the importance of a democratic society.
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Pen pal exchange with pupils from a Spanish school
Year 11 pupils at Hele’s School who are taking Spanish as an extra GCSE swapped pen pal letters with pupils form a school in Spain. They created the contact through one of the Spanish members of staff. The sending and receiving of letters gives students a different way to appreciate one another’s culture to communicating…
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Online Info point
Learning communication and publicity skills: Hele’s School’s Junior Ambassadors have two different types of InfoPoint.
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International Mother Languages Day Celebration
Students at Mercy College, Belfast, celebrated International Mother Languages Day with quizzes, an international lunch, crafts, and educational displays.
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Visiting the Couven Gymnasium in Aachen, a Europa Schule
Year 9 Germanists from Channing School were delighted to meet their penpals in person at the Couven Gymnasium in Aachen. After working together in groups on cultural topics of their choice (which ranged from German and English rappers to different food delicacies), presentations took place where Couven students presented in English and Channing students presented…
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Weekly Voting Board
Mercy’s EPAS Junior Ambassadors have instituted weekly elections, evolving from light-hearted debates to current European issues, like the repatriation of Greek artefacts. These student-led initiatives, including election planning and results presentation, aim to educate peers on the election process through practice and display boards.
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PowerPoint Information Board
Junior Ambassadors at Stroud High School organised and created the European Parliament display board for our school! It is accessible to anyone and has the purpose of educating, forming questions and building awareness around this area of politics. “We all researched a few of these points each and helped to put together the display in…
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Lux Film Event & Christmas film screening
We had 2 film screenings. One in December for Y7, a French version of Ratouille, then the Lux Film Screening of 20,000 Species of Bees. The latter was attended by 10 Junior Ambassadors and the December one was attended by 15 Y7 pupils.