Where is Heaton Avenue Primary School?

From Leeds to Staszow

The United Kingdom, England,

Scotland, Wales and Northern

Ireland is separated from

the rest of Europe by seas.

Our teachers needed to fly from

Leeds to get to your school in Poland. This is the route they

took.

The capital of England

London is an exciting city just waiting to be explored. It is home to seven and a half million (7,500,000) people.

London is characteristically British.

From the

boxy black cabs

to the double-decker buses

and red telephone booths

London is stamped with grand symbols of Britain.

The capital city of England is London.

Leeds to London273.09 km.

This distance is equal to 169.69 miles

A city full of history with many different styles of architecture

The Palace of Westminster, a Victorian Neo-gothic structure, home to Big Ben

The Tower of London, a medieval castle that began

construction in 1078

Saint Paul’s Cathedral

Queen Victoria, the first monarch to

reside at Buckingham

Palace, moved into the newly

completed palace upon her accession

in 1837.

And, of course, Buckingham Palace, home to the royal family.

The old, brought together with the new.

City Hall - a boulder shaped building built in

2002

The London Eye, 135 meter tall Ferris Wheel offering 360

degree views of the city

A commercial skyscraper in London's

primary financial district

The Post Office Tower

Looking to shop?

HarrodsLiberty

Selfridges

Covent Garden

Carnaby Street

The modern British Monarchy

Princess Katherine, the wife of Prince William, is expecting their second child any

day now!

Map of the United Kingdom

Our school is in Cleckheaton. It is a

very small town about 12 miles west

of Leeds.

Map of Yorkshire

Cleckheaton

We live the county of Yorkshire. It is in the North of England. These are some of the places that you can visit.

Favourite foods

Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding

Fish and chips

Pie and peas

Cleckheaton

Your teachers might remember having a curry at the Aakash

restaurant.

Our Town Hall

You can have a walk on the Greenway

Cleckheaton Library

Some local beauty spots:

Mann Dam

Sadly, some parts have rubbish thrown in it but local groups

help to keep it clean.

People go fishing

here. It is a lovely

calm place in the

middle of our busy

town.

The GreenwayThe Greenway is a

disused railway line. Where the lines once were there is now a

pathway. Families walk, cycle, roller skate,

skateboard and horse ride.

The railway sleepers

have been recycled

and turned into

sculptures, like these

sheep, the hoops and

this seat.

West End Park

West End Park is next to our school. We use it for outdoor games lessons in the summer and we hold family events there.

Our Green Team work with a group of neighbours, called ‘The Friends of West End Park’ to keep it looking beautiful. They have built some raised

flower beds for us to use. You can see the purple crocuses we planted for the spring, on the Eco-Pals website.

The seeds that were brought back from our meeting in Italy have also been planted there so that we can share them with our local community.

Thank you.

Buildings

In the 1800’s and early 1900’s, this

building was a church. It has now been ‘recycled’ and

is an Indian restaurant – the

largest in the world! It still has many of the original church

features inside.

This pub closed down and has been

‘recycled’ into a health and well being centre.

This woolen mill closed down and became derelict

and badly vandalised. It is

now being ‘recycled’ into

modern houses and apartments.

Community Celebrations

In Cleckheaton we have many community celebrations. The Chamber of Trade, which includes the shop keepers, local businesses and schools organise lots of

things for us to do. Such as …

Easter Egg hunts

Bonfire night, with spectacular fireworks

Turning on of the Christmas lightsA Folk Festival

Halloween witch hunts.

Easter

ON NOVEMBER 5 PEOPLE ACROSS THE UK CELEBRATE BONFIRE NIGHT.

THERE ARE SMALL FIREWORKS PARTIES IN BACK GARDENS ALONG WITH BIG ORGANISED DISPLAYS IN

PUBLIC PARKS.

THE REASON WE DO IT IS BECAUSE IT'S THE ANNIVERSARY OF AN

ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT LED BY A

MAN CALLED GUY FAWKES.IT'S CALLED THE GUNPOWDER

PLOT, AND BONFIRES ARE LIT TO BURN THE "GUY" - A KIND OF DUMMY THAT REPRESENTS

FAWKES.

GUY (GUIDO) FAWKES LED THE GUNPOWDER PLOT IN 1605. IT WAS A PLAN TO BLOW UP KING JAMES I AND HIS

GOVERNMENT. FAWKES AND HIS GROUP PUT 36 BARRELS OF GUNPOWDER

IN CELLARS UNDER THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT IN LONDON, READY TO SET OFF A MASSIVE EXPLOSION. ONE MEMBER OF THE GROUP SENT A LETTER TO HIS

FRIEND WHO WORKED IN PARLIAMENT, WARNING HIM TO STAY AWAY ON NOVEMBER 5.

THE KING'S SUPPORTERS GOT HOLD OF THE LETTER AND THE PLOT WAS RUMBLED!

GUARDS BROKE INTO THE CELLARS WHERE THE GUNPOWDER PLOTTERS WERE WAITING. THEY WERE

ARRESTED, TORTURED AND EXECUTED. THE GUNPOWDER PLOT WAS ABOUT RELIGION. ENGLAND WAS A PROTESTANT COUNTRY, AND THE PLOTTERS WERE

CATHOLIC. THE GROUP WANTED TO RETURN ENGLAND TO THE

CATHOLIC FAITH. THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD DO THIS BY KILLING KING JAMES I AND HIS MINISTERS.

Christmas

Heaton Avenue Primary School

Our school had lots of building work to complete before we could move in. We moved into our ‘new’

school building in September 2012.

Just look at the transformation.

Here are some photographs of our school.