More than a hundred French and German school pupils met at Europa-Park in the context of two projects carried out in collaboration with the Académie de Strasbourg, the catchment area of the University of Strasbourg.

The ‘Fairy Tale Podcast’ project allowed the young people of the Wasselone, Truchtersheim and Jacques Twinger secondary schools in Strasbourg, as well as the students of the Stromberg Gymnasium in Vaihingen an der Enz, to deal with the topic originally and creatively: they discovered the podcast format, devised new stories or introduced fantasy characters.

The ‘Fairy Tale Songs’ project offered two classes from the school at Griesheim-près-Molsheim and the secondary modern school in Neuried the opportunity to acquire a new repertoire of children’s songs in French and German, composed by the Alsace musician Nicolas Fischer.

Presenting both these projects at Europa-Park, the students had the opportunity to strike up and play the new anthem of cross-border collaboration: ‘Es lebe l’amitié, vive la Freundschaft’ (both meaning ‘Long live friendship’)

‘Grimm’s Magic Forest’ was then the stage for linguistic challenges and, finally, thanks to the educational work of the Académie de Strasbourg, the podcast was complete. The younger students participated in a fairy tale reading by Miriam Mack, the chair of the European fairy tale centre ‘Märchenland’.

Michael Mack underlined the originality of both these projects, which has doubtless helped the young people with the development of their linguistic and digital skills and to better their independence and ability to cooperate.

A meeting across borders for a cheerful, concrete implementation of European ambitions!

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