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home > Media services > News > More than 3,500 schools registered for Spring Day 2005 More than 3,500 schools registered for Spring Day 2005 For the third year European Schoolnet organises Spring Day in Europe. This year the focus is on the new European constitution and by 10 February 2005 more than 3,500 schools had registered. Close to 50 MEPs and other European personalities have already committed to go back to school on 17 March 2005 when Spring Day is celebrated to discuss the Constitution and other European issues This year European Schoolnet hopes to go beyond the usual 6,000 schools target as the issue at stake is so central to current political discussions in many European countries. This is why all the members of the European Commission, European Parliament, Committee of the Regions and European Economic and Social Committee have been invited to promote this initiative among as many schools as possible. They have kindly been requested to organise, in accordance with their own resources and ideas, debates with pupils, teachers and political decision-makers on the challenges of the European Constitution project. Commissioners Wallström and Figel sent an appeal to all Ministers of Education asking them to seize this unique opportunity for dialogue with the young generations. In order to help teachers prepare interesting debates, the Spring Day 2005 website also offers an outstanding learning module for pupils to understand how decisions are made at the European level: the decision-making role-play. By going through this highly pedagogical activity, pupils and teachers learn about the three main European institutions, their composition, their roles and how they interact. They play the roles of Commissioners, Parliamentarians and Ministers, learn to argue, listen to others, and respect different opinions. They also learn how to come to an agreement and how European decisions influence the daily life of citizens in their countries.
Role-play (available in 20 languages):
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