#ThinkLanguages Competition
#ThinkLanguages Competition
#ThinkLanguages Champion Team of the Year Competition
The #ThinkLanguages Champion Team Competition once again has a spectacular prize for 2024 – a trip to Brussels, the languages capital of Europe! The prize is kindly funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs for a second year, as part of the A Career for EU Strategy.
What does the prize include?
The once-in-a lifetime trip to the multicultural heart of Europe includes the following:
- Flights and two nights’ accommodation for the lucky winning team (maximum of six students and two supporting teachers)
- Visit to the European Commission for an insight into what a career for EU is really like!
- Tour iconic Brussels sights, such as the Atomium and the magnificent Grand-Place
- Make your own Belgian chocolate at an artisan chocolaterie
- Allocation for meals, airport transfers, and spending money
- Travel insurance
To enter, you must be a registered school and submit your festival lineup as part of the competition entry form by Friday 25 October 2024. The entry form is available here. Deadline for entries is now closed.
How does the competition work?
- Prepare your submission to the competition by filling in the entry form
- Champion Team members are asked to give details of their personal contribution, the festival lineup, and some insight into the decision process around the lineup
- Submit the competition entry form by email to thinklanguages@ppli.ie by Friday 25 October 2024
How is the competition judged?
All entries will be reviewed and judged on:
- How the Champion Team explores languages and cultures throughout the event
- Celebration of #ThinkLanguages themes
- Engagement with the wider school and local community
- Promotion of the event
- Inclusion of #ThinkLanguages partner activities
What happens next?
- A select number of schools will be shortlisted for a judge’s visit during #ThinkLanguages Week by our judging panel
- The top #ThinkLanguages Champion Teams will be invited to present their learnings at a prize-giving event in January 2025
- The winning Champion Team will be presented with the coveted prize at this ceremony
For full terms and conditions, see here.
#ThinkLanguages Champion Team Competition Winners 2023
The calibre of entries for the #ThinkLanguages Champion Team Competition 2023 was exceptionally high with the visiting judges extremely impressed by the standard of events at all shortlisted schools. The finalists, Our Lady of Mercy Waterford, Killarney Community College and Our Lady’s Bower Athlone competed for the top prize at the #ThinkLanguages Champion Team Final.
The final took place at The Clock Tower in the Department of Education, where the Minister for Education, Norma Foley T.D. was in attendance to congratulate the finalists and present the award to ultimate winners the team from Our Lady’s Bower Secondary School, Athlone.
The team from Our Lady’s Bower, Athlone had the opportunity to see the magnificent buildings of the Grand-Place, try out the world-famous chocolates and waffles and receive an exclusive tour of the European Parliament for an insight into what A Career for EU really looks like.
