Caolan's Afternoon Tea

Click on the picture to learn about afternoon tea in Britain.

And here is a worksheet to go with it.

Caolan's afternoon tea worksheet

The History of the English Language

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

Easter

Watch this video to find out about how we celebrate Easter in Britain!

British and American

Watch this video to find out about how different British and American vocabulary is!

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.

Congratulations 6C

Congratulations to Teacher Eva and 6C for winning the 'Discovering Shakespeare' competition organized by the Community of Madrid! Click on the winning poster to go to the link and see the posters from other schools!

I think Shakespeare would love it too!

Bonfire Night!

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

Guy Fawkes from guestb348d3b

We had a Halloween Recycled Monster Competition and here are some of the monsters from my class. WARNING! Don't look at them before you go to bed - you might not be able to go to sleep!

And here is a mini wall chart to help us to remember Halloween vocabulary...

Here is a video all about how we celebrate Halloween in Britain

Bet You Didn't Know - St Patrick's Day

Watch this video to find out the truth about St Patrick´s Day!

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The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England

Watch this video to help you understand the difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England. The speaker talks very fast so you'll probably have to use the subtitles!

St Patrick's Day

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!

This month it's St Patrick's Day, so why don't you learn a little bit about it before the 17th March, when we celebrate it?

Saint Patrick’S Day

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Catherine of Aragon

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

ESLpodTV Lesson 16 - Bonfire Night

Culture Club

http://www.learnenglish.de/britishculture.htm



Go to the above link and see if you can answer the following questions:

1. What is Bonfire Night?

2. Who was Robert Burns?

3. Who is the patron saint of Wales?

4. When is St Patrick's Day?

5. How old is Stonehenge?

Good luck!

How much do you know about Britain?

Use the link for British culture www.projectbritain.com and answer the following questions:

1.What is the name of the British flag?
2. Where does the Queen of England live?
3.Who built the Tower of London?
4.What are beefeaters?
5.Which countries are in Great Britain?
6.Which countries make up the United Kingdom?

Good luck!