Cultural exchange
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Carmel Cultural Appreciation Day
Carmel College’s junior ambassadors were involved in the Cultural Appreciation Day. This was an opportunity for students to develop awareness on a range of cultures from across the globe. Throughout the day there was music, dances put on by the students, a range of foods to try and quizzes and activities focused on cultural awareness.…
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French Quiz
This activity is an example of how a pupil with a moderate learning difficulty who usually attends a special school can be involved in the Ambassador Schools programme. We had been learning colours in French and then the pupil took on the role of junior ambassador to create a quiz designed to engage and teach…
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Lesson on the EU for Ukrainian students
Today, one of Notting Hill and Ealing High School’s Senior Ambassadors led a lesson on the EU for a contingent of Ukrainian students visiting our school. The students learned about the EU formation and the role it plays in peoples lives. They did activities on what democracy was. The they took part in a quiz…
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European Parliament educational session at NHEHS
We were thrilled to welcome Asher from Europe House to our school for an enlightening workshop on the European institutions and democracy in Europe. The session provided our students with an in-depth understanding of how these critical components operate within the European Union. During the workshop, students had the opportunity to simulate the voting blocks…
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NHEHS in Strasbourg for Euroscola
Over the October half term, a group of Notting Hill and Ealing High School (NHEHS) students got the opportunity to go to Strasbourg to be a part of the European Parliament’s Euroscola programme – a series of events aimed at students across Europe. This was made possible as we are an European Parliament Ambassador School.…
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Wellington School at the European Parliament
On 11th October, 13 pupils from Wellington School participated in the Euroscola event at the European Parliament in Strasbourg together with young people from 29 other countries. In the morning, they interviewed the First Vice-President of the EU Parliament Frau Sabine Verheyen and then took part in an interview with Antonio Caiola, the Head of…
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World Food Day: ‘Bon Appetit’ – World Foods Made in Europe
The college’s European Parliament Ambassador Schools (EPAS) ambassadors constructed an Info point and presentation around world food day, in which they highlighted the diversity of cultures within Europe through their favourite foods – a few of which were ‘traditionally European’. This info point was displayed in the college restaurant and on info screens around the…
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Black History Month MFL Activities
During Black History Month, our pupils are learning about notable Black figures from French- and Spanish-speaking countries in their Languages lessons, allowing them to practise their language skills, discover new personalities and enrich their cultural knowledge. Where possible, this was delivered in the target language with scaffolding put in place to support comprehension. These activities…
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Peace through Languages
This year here at Prestwick Academy we celebrated European Day of Languages with a bang – our International Club – the Captains and Junior Ambassadors helped a lot on the day. Inspirational quotes about the importance of languages were posted every day into school’s daily bulletin and face painting was done by International Captains during…
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EDoL: Celtic connections from Oaklea Grange
Today, at Oaklea Grange, we held a school assembly all about the European Day of Languages. We learnt all about the wide variety of languages across Europe, their heritage, and compared that to the languages in our own country. We spoke about promoting the learning of another language and pupils had a go at speaking…
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European Day of Languages
During the week of European Day of Languages Manchester Hospital School got the whole school from EYFS to post-16 involved in language learning through a mixture of assemblies, encouraging pupils to complete the British Council Great Languages Challenge and teaching pupils how to count to five in a range of European and non-European languages. Each…
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Clyst Vale Euros 2024
The event echoes the structure of the Euros 2024 Championships and allowed teams across all 3 school houses and all 4 lower years (7, 8, 9 & 10 – Y11 have finished) currently in school to be involved in an inclusive, respectful football competition. This event was organised by Mr Adam Pearce, a PE teacher…
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European Elections Library stand and treasure hunt
European Parliament Junior Ambassadors were inspired to have a go at doing a treasure hunt in celebration of the European Elections. We got the Library involved by having a stand with books relating to European History and democracy highlighted with an election themed treasure hunt around the school. We printed posters from this website https://fineacts.co/get-out…
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German Exchange
37 Wellington pupils and their German partners took part in a language and cultural exchange in November and March. In late November, the UK pupils travelled to Germany to spend a week with their German friend who came to Scotland in March. The programme involved five days of workshops learning together and having fun. Participants…
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Student-led Europe Day assembly
Pupils at Manchester Hospital School’s Galaxy House Tier 4 CAMHS unit used their European Parliament Ambassador Schools Preparation for Adulthood time to collaboratively design an assembly to be delivered to mark Europe Day. The assembly shared various aspects of culture from different EU countries and was rounded off with a quiz. It was delivered virtually…
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Europe Day Celebrations
Thursday 9th May was Europe day and we ambassadors of the NHEHS EPAS club were keen to celebrate the day with a range of activities and to top the week off with a ‘wear colours of a European flag’ day. Many students showed a lot of interest in the role that Europe has had in…
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Starter activities for each subject
For Europe day, Junior Ambassadors at Lytham St Anne’s High School, designed some starter tasks to use at the start of lessons to get the lessons started and going. These slides include fun activities with many different facts based on European culture. For the different subjects, the starter task corresponded with the subject such as…
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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.