Youth leadership
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European Corner / newsletter
Our Junior Ambassadors, guided by our Senior Ambassadors, are crafting and sharing a page in our monthly newsletter. The ‘European Corner’ section highlights various EU countries. The students collaborate, research, and proudly showcase their work each month. This project has been an amazing learning experience for them, and it continues to inspire!
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Carmel College’s Success in the Second Round of the ESU Schools’ Mace Competition
Carmel College rocked the ESU Schools’ Mace competition’s second round! Alex, Michel, and Fin wowed everyone with their top-notch debating skills, arguing against the copyrightability of musical works. Out of six teams, only two advanced, and Carmel’s stellar performance secured their spot in the regional final. Keep shining, team!
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European Christmas Market and Cultural Celebration
This year our Junior Ambassadors organised a festive Christmas market to celebrate European cultures and traditions within the school community. The event was open to all secondary students and aimed to promote intercultural understanding and seasonal joy. The celebration featured: The event was very well received, with students across year groups taking part and engaging
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Christmas Around the World
Yr 9 Ambassadors helped run this event for Yr7 (all of yr7). It promotes how Christmas is celebrated around the world – mostly Europe. The yr7s produce posters in a team on a country and how they celebrate Christmas and present to class. The Ambassadors help the staff and students with this. Then they listen
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Carmel Cultural Appreciation Day
Carmel College’s junior ambassadors rocked Cultural Appreciation Day! Students explored global cultures with music, dance, tasty foods, and fun quizzes. It was a fantastic way to boost cultural awareness. Check out their awesome activities on Instagram and their college website. Dive in and get inspired by their amazing day!
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Strangford Integrated College Infopoint
Students set up a European Union Infopoint featuring upcoming events and a list of Junior Ambassadors. We made great use of the ‘goodies’ from the European Parliament. Check out the photos to see the excitement and creativity in action! Dive in to learn more about this fantastic initiative.
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New InfoPoint
We’ve made a fabulous new board for European Parliament at Stroud High School, teaching students about the Parliament! Go check it out! #epas #europeanparliament #learning #everythingispossible Links EPAS Team Comment Looks great!
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EPAS infopoint
Carmel College’s junior ambassadors have kicked off their InfoPoint display for the year, inspiring all students to dive into the EPAS scheme. It’s a fantastic opportunity to get involved and make a difference. Don’t miss out on being part of something amazing—check it out and join the fun!
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Debating Trip to Stormont
A trip to Stormont gives Strangford Integrated College students a cool peek into Northern Ireland’s politics and human rights. They’ll explore the Assembly Chamber, join a mock debate, and chat with an MLA. Plus, there’s a human rights workshop on equality and free speech. It’s all about understanding democracy and human rights!
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Writing Competition
We started by developing a strategy for advertising and organising the writing competition, categorising and judging entries. We elaborated four categories, prose, poetry, argumentative and analytic writing and rating criteria for each category, such as persuasion, originality or analytic quality. The texts had to have a European subject and the students were allowed to combine
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InfoPoint
The Senior Ambassadors appointed three Junior Ambassadors, who volunteered for it, to organise and set up the Info Point on the 5th of December 2024. They prepared posters to inform about the European Union, explained them to other students, conducted a quiz about Europe/the EU, which asked for estimations and facts and encouraged engagement with
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London trip to Parliament
We kicked off the day at the train station, figuring out our train’s time and platform. The train ride was a blast with games and chats about Parliament topics. In London, we navigated the Tube like pros. We strolled past Downing Street, saw the Deputy PM, and explored Parliament, learning about its history and current…
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Assembly on the European Parliament and UK Youth Parliament
Last week, we presented some information about European Parliament as part of Parliament week in some assemblies. We were also joined by Stroud and the Cotswolds own Member of Youth Parliament, Bretta Lane. Presentation Links EPAS Team Comment So good to see you linking all of these together: UK Parliament Week, UK Youth Parliament and
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International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls
Three of our ambassadors decided they would like to mark International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls by creating a presentation to raise awareness of the issue. The three young ladies developed the PP attached, and this was then shared with our Progress Tutors, who delivered the presentation in tutor time. The
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‘Where We Stop’ Glasgow Launch Event Social Hub Carter Campaign
Pupils attended a launch event at the Social Hub in Glasgow for the Carter Centre Campaign, which supports activism against gender based violence. This event was run by the Social Hub Glasgow and the Lord Provost of Glasgow. EPAS Team Comment This looks like an important, excellent initiative. I hope it has inspired your pupils
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Digital surgery with Lord Newby
On Monday, 18th November, sixth formers from Queen Elizabeth’s School, Crediton, joined a digital chat with Lord Newby. Led by Junior Ambassadors, they tackled topics like the Middle East conflict, farm inheritance tax, and boosting GP numbers. They also shared survey results on Youth Mobility, sparking insightful discussions.
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EPAS trip to Belgium – Brussels and Ypres
Four students in year 12 from Notting Hill and Ealing High School went to Belgium. We spent two nights in a youth hostel sharing rooms with students from schools across Europe. From the 16 schools that attended there were pupils from Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK which gave us the opportunity to learn
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Debating competition
On November 20th, three Junior Ambassadors from Carmel College—Michel Hachem, Finley Crookes, and Alex Thompson—shone at a debating competition at Bolton School. Competing in the English Speaking Union’s Schools’ Mace, they tackled ‘Green Belt’ housing issues and won! Now, they’re excitedly heading to the second round.