Cultural exchange
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Student-led Europe Day Activities at SHS
This year’s Europe Day activities were 100% student organised with no senior ambassador involvement. The students decorated the school hall with European Union flags and flags of member states, they played a Eurovision sound track and gave students the opportunity to try European foods and have their faces painted with European flags. Links EPAS Team
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Europe Day in the Curriculum at Oaklea Grange
As a school, we celebrated Europe Day by holding an assembly about it as a group and had open discussions about what it is, why we celebrate it and how the school is going to celebrate it. In lessons, we completed literacy/numeracy type activities that included populations from countries in europe, cars from european countries
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Cooking European Dishes
Pupils helped cook 3 dishes for everyone to taste at the end of the day. These were tzatziki from Greece with side tortillas, German cabbage dishes and quesadillas from Mexico. we printed the flags for each of these countries and followed specific recipes. We discussed how these types of dishes are made and why specific
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Northern Counties School Attending Europe Day in London
We applied to attend Europe Day at Europe House with 10 of our young people with complex SEND. This group included our Head Boy/Head Girl who we elect each year through a democratic process. We took part in the Q&A session and Ruby asked the speakers, “What does the UK rejoining Erasmus+ mean for pupils
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Schoolovision with our Future Junior Ambassadors
Wellington School has been invited to represent Scotland at Schoolovision, an award-winning eTwinning project. Here, you can watch our Junior Ambassadors of the future as they prepare their entry, ‘La Paix’. The competition runs in parallel with Eurovision and we are all very excited to see how the voting goes! Watch the video here: https://www.facebook.com/reel/4332276673729938
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International Debating Successes of Dulwich College Junior Ambassador Louie Sinclair
Recently, our Junior Ambassador, Louie Sinclair, has had many successes in competitive debating. Louie debates for England and represented the country at the European Championships in North Macedonia, ranking as the 7th best speaker in Europe. This was a great opportunity to network with the greatest U18 speakers in Europe and discuss current affairs. At
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school display
Many of our Junior Ambassadors, together with a Senior Ambassador, worked on renewing the EPAS display at our school. The display focuses on the 27 EU countries, as well as the students’ own ideas about what the European Union does for them. They contributed brilliant and very creative ideas, making the display both engaging and
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Holocaust survivor’s testimony for Prestwick Academy’s new generation
Maria Chamberlain was our speaker and her parents were both Holocaust survivors. Maria shared their/her testimony to our S3 students. Our S3 students have recently finished the Holocaust unit so this was an excellent opportunity for them to hear live testimony. This was arranged through generation2generation. Maria’s story: My family comes from Krakow in Southern
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Partnership Celebrations
This year we celebrated 35 years of our partnership with the Mallinckrodt-Gymnasium in Germany. To mark this, we organised celebrations in Scotland. The Young Generation Orchestra from the Mallinckrodt joined Wellington musicians to perform in an anniversary concert. The two-hour concert included performances of music which had been practised in the home countries before the
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Loreto High Visit to the European Parliament in Strasbourg
We took 24 pupils to Strasbourg by train. 4 of them took part in the debate and many more had their hands put to try and speak. It was an outstanding event and all of our pupils really enjoyed the experience. It was also widely discussed in school on our report and we have had
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Frere Jacques with Primary School
Keen to share their love of foreign languages and culture, two of our Junior Ambassadors liaised with the Primary Department to introduce P1 and P2 to the French song, Frere Jacques. They worked together with the teachers to prepare a lesson which they then delivered to the young children. They also invited one of the
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International Women’s Day at Wellington
In March, we mark both International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month. Across the school, pupils have worked on a interdisciplinary activity to examine the works, life and cultural importance of Frida Kahlo. The final displays have been coordinated for an Info Point by senior pupils and Junior Ambassadors and were posted on our social
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Taking part in Youth Summit at UK Parliament
The European Parliament Ambassador School Youth Summit brought together young leaders engaged in EU-UK cooperation to exchange ideas and discuss key priorities alongside diplomats and Members of Parliament, including Marsha de Cordova. The event also provided students from diverse backgrounds with a valuable opportunity to learn from one another and gain insight into international cooperation.
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EPAS Networking event with Marsha de Cordova MP
The Oldham Sixth From College’s EPAS Junior Ambassadors attended an event organised by the European Parliament Liaison Office in the UK which included a visit to Westminster Hall and Europe House. The day involved planning events for Europe Day. OSFC’s ambassadors are currently planning a video of staff and students saying hello in many different
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Celebrating Women: A week of inspiration for International Women’s Day
As International Women’s Day approaches this Sunday (8 March), our college community has been marking the occasion with a full week of activities celebrating the achievements, strength, and impact of women. On 24th February, we were delighted to welcome Holly Ellis, The Scouse Scientist, for an inspiring and thought‑provoking talk. Holly shared her journey and experiences, encouraging
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Cultural Day Festivities
The school ran a cultural day and the EPAS club had a stall as part of the celebrations. We played a European flag recognition game, pin where you are from, and gave out European foods to students. EPAS Team Comment This sounds like a fun addition to the cultural day. I wonder how many EU
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International Mother Languages Day
To mark International Mother Language Day the EPAS Junior Ambassadors from Oldham Sixth Form College prepared and delivered a lesson in Portuguese for a local primary school. They constructed the lesson around key words and phrases that would introduce Year 5 to the language. Each ambassador delivered some part of the lesson, they also designed
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Model United Nations 2026
In February our Model United Nations Society organised and lead a MUN conference in Bad Homburg, Germany. Five of our pupils chaired the five committees and two shared the role of Secretary General. This event requires motivation, resilience and hard work in the six months leading up to the conference. Our pupils choose the countries