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1. By Class 4 Greatham Church of England Primary School What is England?

2. Introduction In this presentation we hope to tell you about our life in England. We have also included lots of information about our school and hobbies. We hope you find our presentation both interesting and enjoyable.

3. Greatham Church of England Primary School

4. School Location The school is situated in a quiet cul-de-sac at the southern end of Greatham Village on the outskirts of Hartlepool, with countryside and woodland on one side and industry, at a distance, on the other. Hartlepool is a town in the North East of England. The population of the town is around 90,000 people, however the population of our village is only around 2500 people. Most children travel to school by car or they walk. On Wednesday we try to walk to school because it is walk to school day.

5. School Uniform In Greatham Church of England Primary School we have to wear a school uniform. For our school uniform the girls can wear a cardigan. On our school cardigan we have a badge of the local church where we go to pray and hold a ceremony each term. Girls can wear trousers, skirts or shorts but the colour has to be black. We can wear any sort of socks or school shoes. The boys must wear trousers or shorts and a jumper which is navy blue. Children are expected to wear a blue or white polo shirt underneath their jumper and any school shoes and socks on their feet. For indoor physical education (PE) we have to wear blue shorts and a white t-shirt with trainers. If we go outside for PE and for outdoor exercise we can either wear shorts or tracksuit bottoms with a plain white top and trainers.

6. Classrooms Class sizes are kept very small. There is an average of 28 children in classes 2, 3 and 4. We also have a well equipped ICT suite (full of computers) and a very large hall, which we use for lunch, worship, PE (when wet) and our brilliant school plays. The school also has a conservatory (that gets very hot) which is used for after school clubs, music and it is also used for extra lessons. In our school (Greatham Church of England Primary School) we have four different classrooms, Class 1, Class 2, Class 3 and Class 4. We are in class four because we are the best!!! We have eight year groups in our school; a table of this is shown below… Class Year Groups Age range Class 4 Years 5 and 6 9 to 11 Class 3 Years 3 and 4 7 to 9 Class 2 Years 1 and 2 5 to 7 Class 1 Nursery and Reception 3 to 5

7. Class 1 - Nursery and Reception

8. Class 2 – Years 1 and 2

9. Class 3 – Years 3 and 4

10. Class 4 – Years 5 and 6

11. School Dinners In our school, we have a school dinner every day. We have a weekly menu, with normally about three or more choices for main and dessert. Do you choose what you eat for lunch? My favourite main meal is chicken, but there are lots of other options such as sausages, stromboli and many different pies. We also have many different side dishes, which normally consist of at least two choices of vegetables, some form of potato, (boiled, jacket potato, chips, roast potato, etc.) maybe baked beans or spaghetti hoops and at least one type of bread. Also we have a salad bar. We always have fruit and yogurts available for dessert, but there is always some sort of cake. We are allowed one main choice, either bread or potato, one or more portions of vegetable and a dessert. What do you like eating for dinner?

12. We sit on the same table every day. All the school children sit in the hall together to eat. Do you get told which seat to sit at? Our dinner ladies serve our lunch as well as cook it. We have lunchtime supervisors too, who take care of us and make sure everybody behaves! There are about four cooks and five supervisors - it doesn’t sound like much, but there are only one-hundred and twelve pupils in our school! Here is a photograph of our school dinner hall. By Sarah and Suryan

13. Morning and After School Clubs In the morning there is a breakfast club but it is optional to attend. In the club we have breakfast which is normally weetabix or toast and play some games such as pool and air hockey. At our school we have a football pitch for the football team - this year we won the cup! We have a variety of toys to play with such as hula hoops, footballs, mini stilts and many more. My favourite toy is the space hopper (which is a big bouncy ball that you can hop around on). We have a playground that the children love. We also have a field that the older children prefer. We have lots of after school clubs such as Happy Days, football practice, ICT club and some times we have a gymnastics club. By Joe and Joshua

14. Lessons We have many different lessons throughout the school week including: Maths, Literacy, ICT, PE, French, Art, Czech and History. What subjects do you study? We have a Maths lesson for an hour every day. We learn about various topics in Maths like division, co-ordinates, subtraction, addition and much more. Usually the second lesson, after our 15 minute break, is Literacy where we learn to write stories about fantasy, adventure, myths and legends and mystery. We also learn to write season poems and haikus. What do you learn in Literacy? In History we have learnt about the Great Fire of London, Celts, Victorians, Anglo-Saxons, Romans, Tudors and finally World War 2. Some of these topics included school trips which were all very exciting. Do you go on school trips? Each week we learn two European languages: Czech and French. In Czech we learn songs and traditions of the country - sometimes we even cook! In French we are learning how to say the names of fruits. Sometimes we have a special French visitor from an island in the Caribbean. By Lorna and Ethan

15. Library Hall Music Equipment ICT Suite

16. 7am I wake up at 7am then get into my uniform 7:45 Eat breakfast of Nutella on toast. 8:55 Registration in school 9:00 First lesson is Maths, my favourite topic is division. 10:00 – Play time and worship 10:35 English 12:10 Lunch and main play. 1:15 – On a normal Wednesday we do PE and science. 3:15 Leave school 3:20 Arrive home 3:30 Play out with my friends that live near me or play on my Xbox (a games console) which is good fun. 6:00 – 8:00 Go to the Arc which is a really fun drama class. We are preparing for a show. 8:30 Get home and go in the shower 8:40 Watch TV 10pm I go to bed My Routine for Wednesday By Ben

17. The time I get up varies each day, sometimes I get up at 6:30am and other days I don’t get up until 7:30am. At 8:45 I arrive at school. I always have time to fill up my water bottle and my pencil case before the teacher takes the register. The first lesson finishes at 10am. My friends and I go out onto the field for play time which lasts 15 minutes. 10:15 We have worship every day which usually lasts 15 minutes. At 9am lessons start. The first lesson is maths. 1:15 We take the afternoon register and ICT starts. 2:30 Now we go out for PE. My favourite sport is hockey but I spend more time on the ground than on my feet. 3:15 is home time, I walk home with my brother, sister and Mum. 5pm is teatime. My favourite meal is Sunday lunch, my Mum makes it all. She is a really good cook. 9:15pm is my bedtime. My Daily Routine By Lorna 10:35 The next lesson is Literacy. I usually enjoy Literacy as I find it interesting. 12:05 Class 4 goes to dinner. 12:30 dinner time play time begins. This play time is much longer than morning play time. The length of time depends on how quick you finish dinner.

18. Worship As a Church of England school, pupils attend worship every morning after morning play. The worship always contains a hymn, the Lords prayer and a story or theme. Usually worship lasts about fifteen minutes, but sometimes we have special worships which last a little longer. Every term, each class leads worship on a topic they have studied. Just recently we have had a Eucharist service, which celebrates the Last Supper. Most worships are in the school hall, but on special occasions such as: Harvest Festival, Christingle Service, Easter Service and the Festival of Saint John the Baptist, they are held at the local village church. At these services parents can come and watch. At the end of the year there is a Y6 leavers service, this is where the oldest people in the school have their last worship before moving on to secondary school. By Christopher

19. SAT’s Week and moving to Secondary School During the summer term, we had a number of tests over a week. For the English test we had a long writing, short writing and a spelling test. For maths we had a mental maths, non calculator and a test with a calculator. Some people got extra time for each test apart from the mental maths quiz. Before every test we were allowed a snack, we all loved the muffins and in between we were allowed another sweet. Moving to secondary school is different to primary school because it’s very big and has lots of children, lots more. All of the Y6 are going to the same school, Manor College of Technology. The year groups are from year seven to year eleven. Everyone is looking forward to going to another school. We have visited the school for an induction day. By Hannah and Nathan

22. Here are some photographs from our rehearsals.

34. Robin Wood Here are some photographs from our time at Robin Wood. By Chloe, Connor, Abbi and Joe

35. Now we would like to tell you a bit more about life in England...

36. Weather The weather in England isn’t that good. There’s lots of rain in England. Our weather is normally sunny or rainy. Sometimes we have thunder and lightning which can last a couple of minutes or longer. I heard that you don’t have much snow, we only have it in the winter. Do you have thunder and lightning? The weather in England can vary because in May a couple of years ago it snowed in the North-East! In other years May has been scorching in Hartlepool. My favourite weather is snow because I enjoy sledging. What is your favourite weather? By Ethan and Lorna

37. Food We eat a variety of different foods here in England. We have lots of English dishes, and probably the most famous one is fish and chips. It consists of battered fish with golden chips. Other English dishes include Yorkshire puddings and Cornish pasties. But people in England also consume lots of foreign food, such as Chinese, Indian, Italian and even some American food! My personal favourite food is mars bar ice-crispy cakes:- they are so delicious, I can’t put it into words. But they are very calorific (full of calories), so I only ever have one for a treat now and again! In England, most people will have eaten takeaways. A takeaway is where you go to a cafe (or ring them up) and take food home to eat. My favourite takeaway is Indian, but I don’t like too much spice! Do you have a favourite food? We have a wide range of drinks as well, such as juice, coke, pop and flavoured milk. What’s your favourite drink? By Sarah and Suryan

38. Buildings and Places to Visit There are many famous buildings in England. The most famous is Buckingham Palace, this is where Her Majesty the Queen lives. Another famous building is the clock tower in London which holds Big Ben. There is many more attractions like Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London, London Eye and Trafalgar Square. In the North-East of England we have the Angel of the North! By Nathan

39. Sports My favourite sports are football, tennis and rugby and golf. I like football because the feeling when you score a goal is unbelievable, everyone is chanting your name, especially when you score a screamer (a brilliant goal). I enjoy rugby because of the tackles, it’s like you are jumping around; it’s a bit like wrestling when you rugby tackle someone. I love tennis because it makes you fitter by running about a lot. When you get an ace for the first time it’s brilliant, it is like you are Rafael Nadal. Roger Federer is ranked the third best tennis player in the world, he performed a very good shot a few months ago under his legs. Golf is fun especially when you hit a really long drive or get a hole in one. That’s what I really love about golf. One of the most famous English footballers is called Wayne Rooney, he plays for a team called Manchester United (my favourite football team) and has scored many goals. By James

40. Clothes I think clothes are a big statement in England and the brands and labels you wear are very important in day to day life. As a girl and a self confessed style guru, my clothes mean everything to me! My favourite shop is River Island. It is clothes heaven, the style is unique but always on trend. The shop sells clothes for the young, the old, the bright and the bold! Although it’s a bit pricey, the clothes are always worth it. Where do you like to shop? Another great shop is Primark and it’s great for value (most people would agree with me). Primark sells everything including jeans, tops, dresses, shoes and blazers. What do you wear when you want to make a fashion statement? By Emelia

41. Gadgets In England we have a lot of gadgets, such as a mobile phone, laptop, iPad, iPod, Nintendo DS and many more. My personal favourite is the laptop because you can go on the internet and research lots of things for homework or you can go on the messaging website so you can talk to your friends. Sometimes you can take mobile phones and iPods outside so if you can always get in touch with your parents. When I go to school, we use a lot of gadgets including laptops and computers or interactive whiteboards and CD players. Have you got any different gadgets in your country? By Olivia

42. Spare Time At the weekend I love to go down to the local mall and to go shopping. My favourite shop is River Island because it sells all the latest clothes. When I go shopping in River Island I normally buy a top, some jeans and accessories. The most recent things I have bought from there are a purple dress and a black clutch bag. I also love their hats, every time winter comes around I always go and see their hat collection! I nearly spent all my Christmas money on hats last year. I go shopping with my friends. I love to shop for bags, you know what they say: bags are a girl’s best friend! I have a bag from River Island but a few weeks ago I put it on the hot cooker and it burnt some of the leather! I think fashion is major in England for 21st century children. Most people go shopping on a weekly basis (well my friends and I do). Do you go shopping on a weekly basis? By Hannah

43. Spare Time In my spare time I go on my Play Station 3 which is a console for games and movies. Some films are made in other countries and are translated into English so we can understand them. I also play outside with my friends and we do lots of things together like climbing trees. I sometimes go to the cinema with my friends to see movies before they come out on DVD. A lot of people in England do something else like play board games. On Saturday nights my dad and I have a takeaway and watch ‘Doctor Who’ if it’s on, or a football match. After school, and at weekends, I use my spare time to play football with my team. On a Sunday we play a match against another team, but usually we just train. I like football because it is very active to play and tense to watch. Another hobby I enjoy is pool. Pool is a very similar game to snooker, except the rules are a little different. Pool is a very difficult sport to master, it takes skill and accuracy. I enjoy pool as much as I do because it is very different to any other sport. What is your favourite sport? By Ewan By Christopher

46. Christmas at School Our Christmas dinner at school. We sing carols at Christmas.

51. We hope you have enjoyed our presentation about our school and life in England. We hope you found it interesting and have been able to learn something about our way of life. Goodbye from Class 4