EnglandBy James Mackay 4B

CelebrationsJanuary: New Years Day, New Years, Twelfth Night, Plough Monday and the Bank HolidayFebruary: Guy Fawkes Night (Bonfire Night), St Valentines Day, Candlemas DayMarch: Commonwealth Day, Mothers Day / Mothering Sunday, Simnel SundayApril: April Fool’s Day, Queen’s Birthday, Easter Sunday, Easter MondayMay: May Day, Well Dressing, Rochester Sweeps Festival, Oak Apple Day

June: Coronation Day, Well Dressing, The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, The Queen’s Official Birthday, Trooping the ColourJuly: Well Dressing, Tynwald Day, Swan Upping August: Yorkshire Day, Lammas Day, Well Dressing, Notting Hill CarnivalSeptember: The Great River Race, Autumnal EquinoxOctober: Halloween, Punky NightNovember: All Saints Day, All Souls DayDecember: Great Christmas Pudding Race, Winter Solstice

Maps of England

English FoodThere is a lot of good food in England e.g. Scones with Jam & Cream, Hot Cross Buns, Shepherds Pie, Bangers & Mash and Treacle Tart. There is a big variety of English cuisine.

Bangers & Mash

Hot Cross Buns

Toad in a Hole Scones with Jam & Cream

Shepherds Pie Treacle Tart

Treacle Tart Ingredients 1 1/2 cups (225g) plain flour 1/3 cup (50g) icing sugar 125g unsalted butter cut into small

cubes 1 egg 400ml golden syrup 100g fresh white breadcrumbs Grated zest and juice of 3 lemons Cream, to serve

Treacle Tart MethodPlace flour and icing sugar in a food processor, whiz to combine, then add butter and process until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add egg and process until pastry forms a smooth ball. Cover with plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 160°C.

Roll out pastry on a floured board and use to line a greased, 23cm loose-bottomed tart pan. Roll out excess pastry into a long piece and cut into strips with a crinkle pastry cutter to make the lattice-effect on top.

Place golden syrup in a pan over low heat to warm through, add remaining ingredients, then stir to combine. Pour into tart shell and decorate with pastry lattice. Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour until set. Serve with cream.

Traditional and Casual ClothingThere is a lot of celebrations in England and there is also a lot of costumes. There is the royal family’s clothing the English / British soldiers clothing and just formal clothing you would wear to celebrations. There is also casual clothing.

England is Famous For

What?England is famous for a lot of different things e.g. Fish and Chips, Big Ben, black cabs,

Oasis, Blur, the Royal Family and the London Eye. England

is also very famous for its castles and giant landmarks

and buildings. England’s oldest royal castle still in use

is Windsor Castle.

EnglandEngland has a lot of cool places to go and is a very

good holiday place. If you go to Big Ben get yourself lined up with it so it looks like your

as big as Big Ben and your leaning on it and take a

picture!!! When you go on the London Eye look down and

around you. You can basically see across the whole of

England!!!