Tag: Democratic learning
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TEACHING ABOUT EUROPE
Junior Ambassadors from Instituto Español Vicente Cañada Blanch worked with younger students (year 7) to talk about Europe in Europe Day Celebration. They created badges and book marks, played games and ran a workshop. You can see all about it on their online Info Point website: https://sites.google.com/ievcblanch.com/epasievcb/epas/ambassadors-25-26/europe-day-26 EPAS Team Comment Fantastic! This looks like a…
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Priestley College Celebrates Europe Day 2026
Priestley College celebrated Europe Day with a whole host of activities: sharing food, quizzes, the InfoPoint and activities on their social media channels. Links EPAS Team Comment Great to see so much going on at Priestley to celebrate Europe Day.
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Diplomatic Visit to the Polish Embassy
As part of European Week, we also organised a diplomatic visit to the Polish Embassy, where students met with diplomats and learned more about the work of embassies and international relations. The visit offered a unique perspective on diplomacy in practice and allowed students to ask questions about political cooperation, representation abroad, and modern diplomatic…
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Europe Day 2026
Wellington School celebrated Europe Day last week. As has become tradition, the chefs prepared European delights at lunchtime. This year, the Belgian waffles were a particular success! In the afternoon, one of our Junior Ambassadors took time out of study leave to lead a workshop for Primary 4 on European countries. They talked about flags,…
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Discussion tasks on Europe
As a school, we looked at idiomatic phrases from other European countries and how they linked to phrases that we use in the English language. Pupils tried saying some phrases in different languages such as Russian, Spanish and French. In addition, pupils were given fact cards to read about Europe which informed deeper discussion. Lastly,…
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Europe Day: Video on UK-EU relations
As part of the Europe Day 2026 celebrations, two junior ambassadors, Ben and Luke, produced a short documentary analysing the results from a survey on the perspectives of students on current UK-EU relations and the possible direction of travel. Watch their documentary on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DZcgvQ0RLPi/ EPAS Team Comment Very well done, Ben and Luke. Really…
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Europe Day Assemblies
In the week leading up to Europe Day our assemblies focused on Europe. In our secondary assemblies, we adapted the EPAS resources from a couple of years ago to focus on the importance of democracy, linking it to the shared values between the UK and the EU, and the local elections that were taking place…
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Junior Ambassadors teach lessons about democracy
Two Year 8 and one Year 7 classes thoroughly enjoyed learning more about the EU and democracy from Year 12 Junior Ambassadors. EPAS Team Comment Great work! Wonderful to get students taking the lead on something like this for Europe Day.
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European Language Day
On Tuesday 5 May, the European Ambassadors set off for Smith Square in Westminster. On arrival, we were given a passport containing questions about the various European countries. We went from stand to stand, learnt interesting facts about the countries, sampled local specialities and took part in competitions and quizzes. The many souvenirs, new facts…
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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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Asking Questions of European Parliament Liaison Offices Directors
Junior Ambassadors from Dudley College of Technology travelled to London to celebrate Europe Day with the European Parliament Liaison Office in the United Kingdom. One of their Junior Ambassador raised the question on behalf of young students, “EU-UK relations often focus on government-level dialogue; what’s the area where youth-led or citizen-level engagement could realistically influence…
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Europe Day visit at Europe House
We are delighted to share that a group of European Parliament Ambassadors from North Cambridge Academy have participated in Europe Day celebrations on Tuesday, 5th May 2026 at Europe House in London. With many schools and colleges eager to attend, we are especially proud that NCA was selected to be part of this inspiring international…
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Politics Society Meeting and Debate on EU–UK Cooperation after Brexit
The Politics Society hosted a presentation and debate focused on the future of cooperation between the European Union and the United Kingdom in post-Brexit Europe. Students explored political, economic, and strategic dimensions of EU–UK relations and exchanged different perspectives on the opportunities and challenges that Brexit has created for Europe. EPAS Team Comment A topic…
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Info Point creation as part of Europe Day celebration
As part of an event to celebrate Europe Day, our Junior Ambassadors designed and created the first Info Point. This is the first of 3 information boards that they would like to create in different locations around the school. The first has a map of EU countries and highlights some of the activities that the…
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Europe Day Newsletter
Thank you for the invite to Europe Day! It was a fantastic thing to be a part of. Our students rarely get to venture outside of Hull, for some it was their first experience on a train. This day was – effectively – shortcut cultural experience beyond that we could have hoped for. It was…
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Trip to Europe House for Europe Day
We took 9 East Norfolk Sixth Form students on a trip to Europe House in London for a panel discussion on the future of the UK relationship with the EU, and students were able to experience a fair of culture from different nations to celebrate Europe Day. EPAS Team Comment Thank you very much for…
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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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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…