EUROSCOLA 2011 - European Studies
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EUROSCOLA 2011
Wilson’s Hospital School
Sophia Chaffey
Catherine Warren
THE COMPETITION
We were informed in
class by Mrs Eager
about the competition
I had to design a
leaflet to inform my
peers about The
Millennium
Development Goals
The Prize was a trip to
Strasbourg and the
European Parliament
for 8 students and 1
teacher.
PREPARATION
Maxine’s Visit
Arrangements for
our day at
Euroscola
Committee system
and the topics to be
discussed
Journey to Strasbourg
Departed from
Dublin at 4pm
Arrived at
Frankfurt at
6.30pm
Bus transfer to
Strasbourg and
arrived at Ibis
hotel at 11pm
Meeting the other Schools
At the Airport we met students from the
other Irish schools at the airport - St.
Columba’s College, Dublin and St. Louis
High School, Dublin
There were also three schools from
Northern Ireland representing the U.K. –
St. Catherine’s College, Armagh, Down
High School, Downpatrick and Victoria
College, Belfast
EUROSCOLA - Arrival at Louise
Weiss
We arrived at the
Parliament at
9.00am
Even though it was
very cold we
wanted to take lots
of photos
Dolores found it
difficult to get us
all inside
EUROSCOLA
We were given badges
and divided into our
committee groups
We listened to a series
of lectures about the
functioning of the EU
EUROSCOLA
Niamh introduced
our school in Spanish
We were all asked
questions about the
EU and used the
Parliament’s voting
system to give our
answers
EUROSCOLA
At all times we
were under the
watchful eye of
Dolores
When it was our
turn to ask the
questions the
students from
Ireland asked 50%
of all the questions
asked!
EUROSCOLA
Of the six committees students from Ireland
chaired three – Niamh Faulkner of St. Columba’s
College chaired “The place of European Values in
the World”, Sophia Chaffey chaired “Environment
and Renewable Energies” and Niamh Byrne chaired
“Freedom of Information and Active Citizenship”
EUROSCOLA
After the Committee sessions the final of a Euroquiz
was held. Ieva Teiserskyte was on the winning
team.
We then had a parade of the flags of the
participating countries and the European Anthem
was played
EVENING ENTERTAINMENT
After dinner
students from
Lycée Polyvalent
Camille See school
in Colmar came to
meet us
We relaxed and
enjoyed the
evening
STRASBOURG
Early on Friday
morning we were
met by two guides
and brought on a
tour.
Strasbourg is a
beautiful city on
the river Ill.
STRASBOURG
The centre of the
city has many
beautiful halftimbered buildings
STRASBOURG
One of the
highlights of the
trip was the
Astronomical Clock
in the Cathedral
After our tour we
had time for lunch
and some shopping
EUROPEAN STUDIES
Thank you for such a great trip
Thank you Maxine for your help
Thank you Dolores for looking after
us so well
We will remember our day in the
European Parliament for a long time
Some of us and the friends we
made