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What is the purpose of the competition?

The Second World War was a tragic episode in the history of Europe and the world. One of the main purposes of the competition is to preserve the memories and
lessons of the Second World War, especially amongst younger generations.

What is the format of the competition?

The teams’ competition is divided into two heats, a qualifying round and a final round. The ultimate winner will be chosen after the final round.

Who can participate?

The competition is open to all children aged 14 to 19 living in a European Union (EU) member state. Entrants must come from the same educational institution. An institution may
submit as many teams as they wish into the qualifying round. Each team must be composed of 3 unique members.

Should the teams register?

Teams have to register for the qualifying round. They can do so by filling in the form at http://goo.gl/forms/4cPzj6WprA.

What needs to be submitted for the qualifying round?

Once teams have registered for the qualifying round, they must produce and submit a short video on themes related to the Second World War, including peace, respect, hope, rights and integration.

How long should the video be?

Videos should be no longer than 5 minutes.

What language should the videos be?

Videos should be produced in the official language of the competition, English.

What is the deadline for submitting videos?

Once teams have registered at the above link, they should submit their videos by 30th March 2016. Winners will be announced on the website www.europeanwise.eu on 5th April 2016.

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We are now taking our highly rated European Union education sessions out into schools and colleges outside of London.

We have been running these educational sessions at Europe House on behalf of the European Parliament and European Commission for over a year and we have the opportunity to bring them into your school. They provide a fun and accessible introduction into what the EU is, how it functions and how it impacts on our day to day lives.

The sessions are politically neutral and present students with factual information about the EU’s origins and functions and then get students to explore their own views on it.

There is no cost to your school to host these sessions.

If you would like to discuss bringing us to your school, please email sam@involver.org.uk, call 020 3441 4800 or click the button below:

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The Charlemagne Youth Prize is a prize for young Europeans who have a running project working with and learning about other Europeans.

A deadline extension to 15 February has been announced.

• It is a prize open to young people from 16 to 30, independent of studies or profession, to which you can enroll as an individual or as a group;
• The main focus is European integration, so the project can be anything related to promoting this concept;
• One of the main requirements to participate is that the project should already have been launched by the deadline for applications (now 15.02.2016) – on the other hand, it can already have finished, or be still running in 2016.
• There is a ceremony for the 28 selected projects from all Member States, held in Aachen, Germany, by the President of the European Parliament.
• The three best projects will be awarded a prize (€5,000 for the first, €3,000 for the second and €2,000 for the third) and as part of the prize, the laureates will be invited to visit the European Parliament (in Brussels or in Strasbourg).

All related information can be found here:

http://www.europarl.org.uk/en/education/cyp.html  and http://www.charlemagneyouthprize.eu/en/new_form.html

(contact for related questions: ecyp2016@europarl.europa.eu)

On Twitter: @EUyouthPrize    #ECYP2016

The Children’s Commissioner would like to hear from children and young people on what they think are the best things about being a child or young person and what could be better.

Please help us promote this short survey to the children and young people you know and work with. We have three questions and it should only take a couple of minutes to complete. It will help us to understand what is important to children and young people in England and help to improve lives.

The survey is open for 7-21 year olds, time is crucial we want to start this debate now and will be pulling together first findings on TUESDAY 30 JUNE MIDDAY!

https://www.snapsurveys.com/wh/s.asp?k=143499061448

This survey is just one of the many ways that the Children’s Commissioner will be encouraging us all to think about, talk about and share what childhood means to children and young people today. Children and young people can be helped and supported by peers and adults to ensure accessibility with this quick straw poll and look out for our other engagement methods on this topic over the year.

Anne Longfield

Children’s Commissioner for England

My wife is going to the ASCL (Association of School and College Leaders) conference later this month and been asked what question she would like to ask the keynote speakers:

Friday 20 March

• Tristram Hunt MP
• David Laws MP
• Sir Michael Wilshaw HMCI

Saturday 21 March

• Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP

She was interested to find out what I would ask. I think it’s really interesting to try to ask something that would get them to reveal what they think the purpose of schools and education is and to try to get them to show up some clear policy differences.

These are the first things that came to my mind. What would you ask?

Alongside students from Corelli College, the Speaker of the House, Valerie Vaz MP and Edge Watchorn, Greg helped to judge the Speaker’s School Council Awards 2015.

After looking through some amazing entries, the winners were:

• 4-7:      St Francis de Sales – Intergenerational Ladies and Gents do Lunch
• 8-11:    St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School – Dementia Friends 
• 12-16:   Inscape House – AUWARE- Raising Autism Awareness in Local Schools
• 17-19:   Ysgol Y Deri – School Construction Ambassadors 

Find our more on the winners and the competition here.