St. George’s Day is on April 23rd. It is England’s national day.
You can read about this special day and the legend of St George’s fight with a dragon on our website:
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/stgeorge.html
Do you think London should have a major St. George’s Day celebration? (different message)
Visit projectbritain.com for more about British life and culture.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
New British coins
The Royal Mint today unveiled innovative new designs to feature on the reverse of seven of the United Kingdom’s coins. The coins are expected to enter circulation gradually from this summer, featuring alongside the current 27 billion coins currently in circulation. (Old coins will remain legal tender alongside the new versions.)
The new “reverse” designs for the 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p and £1 coins partner the Queen’s head on the flip side.
The coins, when put together, form the Shield of the Royal Arms. Parts of the shield are represented on each coin.
2p Rampant lion representing Scotland
5p mixture of all parts of the shield
10p Two Lions representing
20p back end of a lion representing
50p Harp representing Ireland and two lions representing
£1 shows the complete Shield of the Royal Arms (Wales is not represented on the shield. find out why here)
The £2 coin will remain unchanged.
Click here to find out about British coins in circulation right now
The new “reverse” designs for the 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p and £1 coins partner the Queen’s head on the flip side.
The coins, when put together, form the Shield of the Royal Arms. Parts of the shield are represented on each coin.
2p Rampant lion representing Scotland
5p mixture of all parts of the shield
10p Two Lions representing
20p back end of a lion representing
50p Harp representing Ireland and two lions representing
£1 shows the complete Shield of the Royal Arms (Wales is not represented on the shield. find out why here)
The £2 coin will remain unchanged.
Click here to find out about British coins in circulation right now
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
April Fools Day
1 st April is known as April Fools Day in England. It is the day when we play pratical jokes on people but only before midday, after that it is considered unlucky.
For more informaion about April Fools Day visit:
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/year/april.htm
How is April Fools Day celebrated in other countries?
We have been scouring the Net looking for clues. We are not sure if the follwing are 100% correct. (In searching we found there were many sites with wrong informatin about England)
In Iran, people play jokes on each other on April 3, the 13th day of the Persian calendar new year (Norouz). This day is called “Sizdah bedar” (Outdoor thirteen). It is believed that people should go out on this date in order to escape the bad luck of number 13.
In France 1st April is known as poisson d’avril (literally “April’s fish”). On this day people attempt to attach a paper fish to the victim’s back without being noticed.
In Itlay, the day is known as pesce d’aprile (again literally “April’s fish”) is also used to refer to any jokes done during the day).
In Denmark the 1st of May is known as “Maj-kat”, meaning quite simply “May-cat”, and is identical to April Fools’ day, though Danes also celebrate April Fools’ day (”aprilsnar”).
For more informaion about April Fools Day visit:
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/year/april.htm
How is April Fools Day celebrated in other countries?
We have been scouring the Net looking for clues. We are not sure if the follwing are 100% correct. (In searching we found there were many sites with wrong informatin about England)
In Iran, people play jokes on each other on April 3, the 13th day of the Persian calendar new year (Norouz). This day is called “Sizdah bedar” (Outdoor thirteen). It is believed that people should go out on this date in order to escape the bad luck of number 13.
In France 1st April is known as poisson d’avril (literally “April’s fish”). On this day people attempt to attach a paper fish to the victim’s back without being noticed.
In Itlay, the day is known as pesce d’aprile (again literally “April’s fish”) is also used to refer to any jokes done during the day).
In Denmark the 1st of May is known as “Maj-kat”, meaning quite simply “May-cat”, and is identical to April Fools’ day, though Danes also celebrate April Fools’ day (”aprilsnar”).
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