Great success for the competitions!

Primary and secondary schools put their creativity to the test in the Spring Day for Europe 2007 competitions, which were a great success with a total of 3 603 entries from 24 countries.

For "My anniversary stamp" competition, 2286 primary school pupils designed a stamp dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the EU.
In "My poster on Democracy" competition, secondary schools were invited to create a poster on democracy.

European Schoolnet is soon launching a new web-based project in the area of science, particularly focusing on the topics of materials, chemistry and physics. We are seeking science teachers, who are interested to help us run the project including chats, a competition and easy experiments. We will select one teacher from every EU member country.

The deadline for applications is 30.6.2007. Teachers selected will be granted an honorarium for their work.

myCow is a portal to be used by students to practice their English and communicate with others using English, it can be used in the classroom to motivate students with real 'live' articles and other services. There are a lot of free features on the site which can be used in the classroom (newsletters, articles etc). Other services, such as the lessons, require a subscription.

On 19 April 2007, eTwinning was awarded a "Gold Learning Impact Award" at the Learning Impact 2007 Conference in Vancouver, Canada, organised by the IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS GLC).

The third edition of the eTwinning Pedagogical Advisory Group reports, entitled Professional Development and Cultural Understanding and Integration is now available.

Following last year's first edition, the new Learning with eTwinning: A Handbook for Teachers is now available!

If you are interested in healthy food there is still time to submit your drawing to the eu.Minichef competition.
Deadline: 30 June 2007

The competition challenges young artists to create images of sustainable energy use in their local environment.
Deadline: 30 July 2007