Communication
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European Day of Languages 2025 at Prestwick Academy
This year here at Prestwick Academy we celebrated European Day of Languages with help of our fabulous International Club with Captains and Junior Ambassadors who helped a lot on the day. Our wonderful bilingual pupils led learning and taught their classmates and even teachers!!! – languages such as German, Zulu, Spanish, French and Russian and
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Priestley European Day of Languages day 2025
We recently hosted a Lunchtime Quiz in the student café to celebrate the richness of European languages, culture, and music. The event was designed to promote a sense of European unity through interactive learning and fun, and the turnout was fantastic! The quizzes were entirely student-led, with lots of creativity. One was even crafted in
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European Day of Languages
Our school participated at this inspiring event on September the 25th alongside EU Junior Ambassadors from across the UK who embody the spirit of a multilingual Europe. Our Junior and Senior Ambassadors got involved and discovered so much about the diverse languages spoken across the EU, as well as the rich cultures that coexist harmoniously
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Trip to the Swiss Embassy
Dr Berg and colleagues at the Swiss Embassy invited Channing linguists to learn about neutrality, democracy and the important role of the Embassy in innovation and technology as well as in diplomacy. EPAS Team Comment We feel this is ‘democratic learning’ as well as ‘cultural exchange’, as diplomacy is a key part of being part
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Sports Exchange Visit to France
Teamwork, communication, cultural awareness and language skills: what better way to hone these than spending three days working with European partners in France? In September, 21 Wellington pupils spent three days at their partner school near Paris. The emphasis was on sports and the girls and boys took part in sporting activities which are not
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EU Celebration Day
Students created a cultural fayre. They designed 9 tables including a ‘politics in the EU’ table. Each table represented a country and students were responsible for sharing information about their heritage. Groups of students were invited down to learn more about the EU and role of the Ambassadors
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Heritage day for Europe Day
To celebrate Europe Day, we hosted a vibrant and engaging event that brought together around 60 participants from our school and local community. The celebration aimed to promote understanding and appreciation of European cultures and values. Our event featured a stall area showcasing information about various European countries, where visitors could learn about different nations’
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Art and Democracy
The EPAS club and the Art department in our school collaborated together to deliver a lesson on the history of Art depicting aspects of democracy. This will be the first step to students making and curating a virtual art exhibition. We first looked at what democracy is, teasing out the students’ ideas of what it
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Debate
We have organized a debate, with four students mediators each presenting a discussion topic relating the European Union. The students were divided in 4 groups of 10 and had to come up with arguments for or against a specific subject. After the debate was over, we had a Visio call with a retired MEP who
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EPAS Info Point
This year, our Info Point has focused on raising awareness about who we are and what we do in the EPAS Club, with the goal of encouraging more students—and even other schools—to join us. We realised that many students were not fully aware of the purpose of the EPAS programme or the many benefits of
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Languages Showcase
At our Languages showcase event, our EPAS Junior Ambassadors spoke about their role and about the importance of language learning . They and other students presented their languages skills in varied and excellent performances. Over 120 students, parents and staff attended our event. Read the full report of the event on Channing’s website: https://www.channing.co.uk/2025/06/13/languages-showcase/ EPAS
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Eurovision Song Contest Quiz
We marked the celebration of Eurovision 2025 with a quiz displaying the flags of the countries entered into the contest this year in Basel. Well done to Jana in Year 8 for her winning entry! Interestingly, no one correctly predicted that the winning country would be Austria ;). Better luck next time! We also gave
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European day
We held a European day, where we shared information and had a PowerPoint created by students and a quiz. EPAS Team Comment This is a great presentation, well done, Amber and thank you very much for sharing. I am sure other schools will be keen to use it as an inspiration.
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Defending democracy assembly
On 15th May we presented an assembly on democracy – defending it and celebrating it. In it, we covered topics on the history of democracy, the threats to democracy, student led activism, Ukraine and the defence of democracy against Russian aggression, as well as a call to students to be active participants in democracy. EPAS
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Swale Schools Forum
As part of our work with European Ambassadors we wanted to restart the Swale Schools Forum. It stopped due to financial issues. Last month two schools got together, today four schools worked together. EKC Sheppey Secondary School, Sittingbourne School, Westlands School and Fulston Manor School. We now have a logo, designed and voted on by
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Club Europe Website
My role was to create the club’s website, not only to promote the club on social media/internet, but also to promote interest and give information about the club. I also, in parallel with the website, created a montage throughout the year, to show everyone’s role in the club, and to show the dynamic throughout our
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Parliament and Civil Society Info Point
This is our finalised InfoPoint display on the Ambassador Schools programme, but also inviting students to join our Civil Society group at school which we are linking in with it. We wanted to provide a variety of information to them about the European values and different opportunities available to them. EPAS Team Comment Excellent. The
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EU School Online Quiz
Junior Ambassadors wanted to find out how much Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle students actually knew about the EU. The answer was rather positive with an average of 8 correct answers out of 11 questions. EPAS Team Comment Quizzes are a great way to engage people. Good to hear that you are also using it