1 00:00:01,620 --> 00:00:05,620 IES Manuel de Falla High School is an ambassador school of the European Parliament. 2 00:00:05,620 --> 00:00:11,619 Throughout the year we have created and participated in many activities and events devoted to the EU and its values. 3 00:00:11,619 --> 00:00:21,620 The info point is a creative and eye-catching way to teach everyone who passes by about the EU, its history, member states, its values and benefits. 4 00:00:23,620 --> 00:00:27,620 We very much enjoyed working in teams for the initiative launched by the European Parliament, 5 00:00:27,620 --> 00:00:32,000 creating Instagram stories that address social issues. We were lucky enough to 6 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:38,500 have won a spot in the Brussels Parliament for our story on fake news. 7 00:00:38,500 --> 00:00:43,240 We had the opportunity to attend expert talks, workshops and training sessions which 8 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:47,200 helped us to improve our knowledge and the methodology we used to create 9 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:53,920 activities for other students. We encouraged our peers to express 10 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:58,000 themselves about the EU in a contest with multiple categories ranging from 11 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:05,310 drawings to songs. We are very proud that we created activities to teach the EU to 12 00:01:05,310 --> 00:01:11,069 third-year students and have fun while learning. We felt empowered to teach our peers and we learned 13 00:01:11,069 --> 00:01:16,750 so much. We were impressed by their engagement and participation with this cooperative methodology. 14 00:01:17,469 --> 00:01:22,109 Exchanges are an excellent way to connect with other students in other countries. Learning how 15 00:01:22,109 --> 00:01:26,989 to interact with other cultures is a pillar of understanding how to be a global citizen. 16 00:01:26,989 --> 00:01:33,510 Overcoming language barriers, learning about different customs and making friends is one of the reasons I became a junior ambassador. 17 00:01:34,150 --> 00:01:38,450 eTwinning allows us to work with peers from different countries in a twin space. 18 00:01:39,150 --> 00:01:43,689 Tech news and security is a serious issue that concerns us all. 19 00:01:44,290 --> 00:01:51,569 The new project called United for the Environment, with a school in Sweden, deals with EU plans to combat climate change. 20 00:01:51,569 --> 00:02:02,090 Being an ambassador school allows us to celebrate different events like Europe Day with contests, quizzes as well as some concerning topics such as violence against women 21 00:02:02,090 --> 00:02:05,269 So we are more involved and more aware of these current matters 22 00:02:05,269 --> 00:02:08,310 Everyone can take part in multiple activities 23 00:02:08,310 --> 00:02:20,349 We enjoy being radio reporters producing our own podcast that explain our work about the EU so that it reaches a larger audience 24 00:02:20,349 --> 00:02:23,370 We were also interviewed by a local radio station 25 00:02:23,370 --> 00:02:30,629 The expert workshop and the training encouraged us to participate in the MEU in Madrid and 26 00:02:30,629 --> 00:02:33,550 we were able to organize one in our school. 27 00:02:33,550 --> 00:02:36,849 This model was efficient, practical and realistic. 28 00:02:36,849 --> 00:02:42,650 We ambassadors participated either chairing the conference or as ministers. 29 00:02:42,650 --> 00:02:44,849 We prepared a student escape room. 30 00:02:44,849 --> 00:02:49,490 We put the students' knowledge about the EU into practice by inserting them into a 31 00:02:49,490 --> 00:02:53,750 criminal investigation in which they had to save the president of the European 32 00:02:53,750 --> 00:02:59,569 Parliament who had been kidnapped. They had to follow several clues but all 112 33 00:02:59,569 --> 00:03:04,530 students managed to complete the challenge successfully. The scenery of 34 00:03:04,530 --> 00:03:09,949 the room with smoke and laser was amazing. We enjoyed the incredible 35 00:03:09,949 --> 00:03:16,330 experience of being the leaders of the skateboard. The flash maps were a great 36 00:03:16,330 --> 00:03:20,629 opportunity to express the history and values of the EU through dance which had 37 00:03:20,629 --> 00:03:25,110 metaphorical visual representation thanks to the choreography. We and the 38 00:03:25,110 --> 00:05:22,129 audience really enjoyed it.