UNITED KINGDOM -MANOR CE ACADEMY, YORK

Welcome to Manor C.E. Academy!City of York, England

Our School• ‘Serving others, growing together &

living life to the full’• Established 1812• Our school day starts at 8.30 and finishes at

3.20• We have 970 pupils & 130 staff• Four Houses

▫ Wentworth▫ King’s▫ Stuart▫ Abbey

York•We are a city in North Yorkshire in

England•It was founded in 71 A.D by Romans. Back

then, they called it ‘Eboracum’•Motto: “Let the banner of York fly high”•Twin cities:

▫Dijon, France▫Münster, Germany

The Shambles (famous leaning street)

Jorvik (the viking name for York)

The ‘coppergate dig’: Archaeologists found out a lot about how vikings used to live from York!

York Minster (York’s cathedral)

The River Ouse

City Centre

England & the UK

•Our capital city is London•2013 Population estimate: 64,100,000 •National Anthem: ‘God save the Queen’•Prime Minister: David Cameron•Language: English•Regional languages: Cornish, Irish, Scots,

Scottish Gaelic, Ulster-scots, Welsh.•Member of Commonwealth

Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Diamond Jubilee in 2012 (60 years on the throne)

London

Wembley stadium

Ben Nevis (our tallest mountain)

English Countryside