Cultural exchange
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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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European Day Academic lessons/assembly
As part of Europe Day celebrations, we held an event over the course of the week that was dedicated to learning about other European countries. Pupils completed wordsearches, an assembly on Europe Day and some examples of lessons that week included research tasks/presentations and work on European cars which linked into subjects like PSHE and
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United in Diversity – Exploring European Landmarks
This Europe Day activity was planned and delivered by teachers at the Greek School of Wales for pupils aged 9–14. The aim of the activity was to deepen pupils’ understanding of Europe and the importance of unity, cooperation, and shared values among European countries. Through class discussions, pupils explored the significance of the European Union
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Democracy, Debate and Languages of Europe
This Europe Day activity was planned and delivered by teachers at the Greek School of Wales for pupils aged 14–16. The aim of the activity was to develop pupils’ understanding of European values, particularly democracy, freedom of expression, and active citizenship. Pupils engaged in guided discussions about the importance of the European Union and how
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Greek School of Wales EPAS Info Point – Celebrating Europe Across All Age Groups
The Info Point at the Greek School of Wales brings together our EPAS activities across all age groups. It showcases pupils’ work on European countries, flags, landmarks, democracy, and European values. It has been developed collaboratively by Junior and Senior Ambassadors and teachers, and reflects the school’s first year participating in the EPAS programme. The
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Dulwich College Info Point
We created an information point for the school community. Junior Ambassadors prepared a presentation about Dulwich European Parliament Ambassador School, which is now being displayed on all screens across the school. To expand communication and engage more students with EPAS activities, Junior Ambassadors also created an Instagram account dedicated to sharing updates, projects, events, and
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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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Cultural enrichment day
A cultural enrichment project helped develop understanding of different cultures, traditions, and perspectives across Europe. Through collaborative activities and discussions, it encouraged greater awareness of diversity, inclusion, and shared European values linked to the work of the European Parliament. The project also strengthened communication, teamwork, and critical thinking skills while promoting active citizenship and cultural
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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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European themed football tournament
For our Annual Football Tournament, we organized a school wide competition alongside the football matches. Each class from Years 5–12 was assigned a country from the European Union and was encouraged to dress up in their country’s colours and cheer on their team. Classes competed to create the best representation of their assigned nation with
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Representing the UK at the European Parliament: 10th EPAS anniversary
This Spring term, Ruth, Leonie and Zosia, three members of the EPAS ( European Parliament Ambassadors Schools ) club had the privilege to travel to Brussels to attend an event held in the European Parliament itself. This event was to celebrate 10 years of EPAS and to participate we had to submit photos of what
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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.