The History of the English Language

Click on the picture to learn about the history of English.

Armistice Day is on 11th November and is also known as Remembrance Day. The red poppy is a symbol to remember all the people who died in the First World War and many people in Britain wear a poppy on this day. Here is a video about what happened last year at the Tower of London (probably my favourite London monument) when it was decorated with more than 888,000 red poppies - one for each person who died during the war. It was celebrated at 11am on the 11th of November 2014 because it was the 100 year anniversary of the end of the First World War. If you would like to know more about the conditions the soldiers fought in you could read some of the poems by war poets like Rupert Brooke or Wilfred Owen. Go to the end of the history page to see their poems.

Bonfire Night!

Watch these videos to find out about Bonfire Night in England!

Guy Fawkes from guestb348d3b

Horrible Histories Phillip II And Mary Love Story

Why don't you watch this video about Philip II of Spain and Mary of England? In those days marriages were strategies to obtain more territories...

The Industrial Revolution

Here is another video to help you understand the Industrial Revolution:

The Industrial Revolution Rap

Watch this rap to get an idea of how the Industrial Revolution changed life in the 19th century.

The Romans

Go to these links to find out more about the Romans and their everyday objects...

Go to this link to learn about the Celts...

Iron Age Village

This link will take you to an interactive game to help you understand how to make fire, bread and weave cloth as Iron Age people did.....What are you waiting for? Click the picture to start playing!

Prehistory videos

Watch these videos about Prehistory to help you understand more about it...

How Stonehenge Was Built

Stonehenge

Bonfire Night

Here is our Bonfire Night mural. In Bilingual Schools in the Community of Madrid, everyone always celebrates Halloween, but having grown up in London, I remember celebrating Bonfire Night which is celebrated on the 5th November. I have some great memories of the freezing cold nights with bonfires, fireworks like catherine wheels, roman candles and sparklers, as well as the delicious sausages and jacket potatoes roasted on the bonfire. There are several posts on this blog about Bonfire Night and Guy Fawkes so if you are interested you can read more!

Test your English Tudor History

Henry VIII's wives

The wife that most fascinates me is Anne Boleyn.
If you would like to know more about her, click on the picture below


If you would like to read a book about the wives of Henry VIII I can recommend the following:

'The Six Wives of Henry VIII' by Antonia Fraser

'The Queens of Henry VIII' by David Starkey

'Anne Boleyn-Fatal Attractions' by G.W. Bernard

and 'The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn' by Robin Maxwell which is fiction based on facts. If you live in Madrid I can lend them to you!

Look at this diagram to help you understand more about Henry's six wives at a glance

Catherine of Aragon

Read this article about the city of Peterborough and how its people honoured Catherine of Aragon centuries after her death.

Henry VIII

Go to the following links and learn about the Tudor king Henry VIII:


Henry VIII

Six Wives of Henry VIII

The Gunpowder Plot: The 5 Conspirators

Next week on the 5th November it is Bonfire Night and these videos help to explain the origins of this festival and what British people do on this day.

Were the English made in Spain?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/celts-descended-from-spanish-fishermen-study-finds-416727.html

Talking about the past

Write these sentences in the past simple tense

1) I am not at school now, I am at home.
Yesterday morning.......................

2) We aren't at the concert, we are at the cinema.
Last night...............................

3) My parents aren't in the city; they are on holiday in the mountains.
Last week.............................................................

4) David isn't good at maths, he is good at chemistry.
When David was at school, he..........................

5) The party is great!
Last Saturday's party.................................

6) Where are you now? I am at my Grandma's.
Where................you yesterday afternoon?