School uniforms

Every British school has its different style of uniform; it can be green, blue, purple etc…. You could have too wear a tie striped blue or none striped pink! It really doesn’t matter because in any way you would still be wearing a uniform!! School uniforms can go from formal to informal; some schools that have applied uniforms have chosen what some people usually think of in connection to Catholic schools: nice pants and white shirts for boys, jumpers and white shirts for girls. Public schools are trying too make there uniforms a bit more casual for kids like jeans and knit skirts of varying colours.

We have school uniforms because:

- It prevents school bullying
- Stealing
- Helps with “clothing policy” (whether the skirt is too short or others)
- And helps with recognising how is in whose campus (for example : during outings)


I interviewed a few people that wear uniforms and this is what I got:

“I hate wearing uniforms! And sometimes it scratches me”
Mena Smith

“I actually don’t mind that much wearing a uniform at least you don’t get mocked at because of your clothes”
Nikita Levine

“I used to wear a uniform and I think that there was a good and a bad side of it! The good side was that everyone wore it so you didn’t feel stupid, but the worst side of it was that I found the uniform very ugly!!!!!!! “
Hermine Sam

Hermine

TRADITIONAL ENGLISH BREAKFAST

What exactly is an English breakfast?

The staples of an English breakfast are some meat, some egg, bread in the form of toast, possibly fruit juice, and lots of tea.

The meat is usually bacon, always fried and often served quite crispy, as this is thought to be the English preference. There will often be sausage as well, either pork or beef, also generally fried, and as with the bacon, quite well done. Other meat options include either black or white pudding, a fatty sausage usually consisting of blood or animal by-products.

The egg is served in a variety of ways. Many people have a preference for a fried egg, served ‘sunny side up’, but alternative ways of cooking include scrambled eggs, cooked with or without a little milk in the mix; poached eggs, where the egg is cracked into some already boiling water, and even simple boiled eggs

Most restaurants and cafes offer a choice of white or brown wholemeal bread. This is served as a ‘round’ of toast, which simply means several slices per diner. The bread is intended to mop up the egg and meat juices from the plate, and is also eaten after the meat and egg with lashings of butter and marmalade or jam (or also honey possibly) as a sweet course.
The liquid component of this culinary feast is usually fruit juice, either orange or grapefruit. The main drink will be English tea, generally served by the pot, and drunk by the English generally by the gallon.

The Reality of an English breakfast

The reality is that apart from the health aspect of eating so much meat and fried food every day, many people simply don’t have time to cook all this, as well as sitting down to eat it. Many of those who work in the building and construction Industry swear by a full cooked traditional English breakfast every day, hence the popularity of roadside cafes and even roadside vans selling it, and they have the physical constitution for so much protein consumption, doing hard physical labour every day.

But scientists do criticise this belief, and nutritionists are pointing to the need for health-minded moderation in the nations eating habits, and suggest that consuming such a hearty traditional cooked English breakfast should only be an occasional treat.Over recent years health concerns about the impact upon the body that daily consumption of so much meat and fried foods can have, have warned that regular or daily consumption of this meal is not good, and many other healthy alternative options have come on to the menu.

Porridge, traditionally eaten in Scotland, is one such example, and other wheat-based cereals are others. A lighter breakfast, which includes the egg and toast aspect of the traditional English breakfast, but missing out the meat, which is normally bacon, sausage and possibly black or white pudding, is another option.

Thomas

London

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Juliette

Battersea Dogs and Cats Home

Battersea Dogs and Cats Home is a centre specialising in caring for and re-homing abandoned or neglected animals. They provide shelter and veterinary care for them until they manage to find new owners.
Every year Battersea takes in 12,000 animals in need of attention and protection.
Volunteers can adopt or temporarily foster pets in need of homes.
Battersea Dogs and Cats Home has three branches, the largest being Battersea in South-West London.
http://www.battersea.org.uk/about_us/index.html

London Markets

Markets are popular in London, mainly because they offer a wide range of interesting, fresh and original products that you can’t find in supermarkets or mainstream shops. Here are two famous London markets…
Camden Market is situated by Regent’s Canal in north London.
Originally a craft market, Camden has now widened its range of products and sells books, second-hand clothing and jewellery. Trading day is Sunday for the stalls and most products sold at Camden market are handmade.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden_Market

Portobello Road is clothing, antiques and fresh produce market in west London (Notting Hill area). Portobello draws tourists in on Saturdays and is known for its vast selection of rare antiques. The market runs between Goldborne Road and Westbourne Grove.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portobello_Road

Morven Fraser

British Puddings and Desserts

A pudding is a dessert course of a meal.Be careful, not all our puddings are sweet - like Black Pudding (boudin) and Yorkshire Pudding. Puddings and Cakes You may not know this but there are hundreds and hundreds of puddings in Britain and so few of them are actually known... Nearly all puddings start with the same ingredients: milk, lots of sugar, eggs, flour and generous amounts of butter. Lots of them have fruits, such as strawberries, raspberries and of course cream and custard.

The most well-known british puddings are:

- trifle (one of my favorites, a layered pudding consisting of lots of strawberries or raspberries, jelly, sponge, custard and cream),

- apple or rhubarb crumble (consisting of apple or rhubarb and crubled pastry on top),

- Victoria sponge (consisting of two sponge cakes sandwiched together with strawberry jam and cream. Bad Victoria Sponge is cloggy, good Victoria Sponge is priceless),

- Bread and butter pudding (consisting of slices of bread in a cake tin coated with milk and egg yolks and a few raisins, then oven-baked for a rich, creamy inside and a crispy top)

- Spotted dick, also known as Spotted Dog (a steamed suet pudding containing currants, served with brown sugar and custard).

All five of these are divine. British puddings are mostly simple to make and quite filling, and there's nothing quite like eating trifle on a sunny Summer's day in the park, or a good, comforting crumble when the biting Winter freezes your toes.

Olivia

The London Eye

The London Eye ( also known as the Millennium Wheel) is 135 metres and is the biggest Ferris wheel in Europe, has become the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom, visited by over 3 million people a year. It was built between 1998 and 1999, even though it now more of a tourist attraction, it was designed as an '' Observation Wheel''.


However, it is still described by its operators as "the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel" (because the entire structure is supported by an A-frame on one side only). The wheel holds 32 passenger capsules (representing one of the London Boroughs ) each one carries roughly 30 people, who are free to walk around inside the capsule, though you are able to sit. It rotates at 26 cm per second (about 0.9 km/h) so that one whole lap takes about 30 minutes. Thanks to his slowness, The wheel does not usually stop to take on passengers.
It was formally opened by the then Prime Minister, Tony Blair, on 31st December 1999, although it was not opened to the public until March 2000 because of technical problems. 8.5 million people had ridden the Eye, by mid-2002. It had planning permission only for five years, but then they decided to make the attraction permanent. Since 1 January 2005, the Eye has been the major point of London's New Year celebrations, with fireworks fired from the wheel itself. The London bid organisers announced the Olympic emblem would be attached to the Eye for the duration of the 2012 Summer Olympics. On the 5th of June 2008 it was announced that 30 million people had ridden the London Eye since its opening.

The Rate Of The Ride
Adults ( 15-60)
£15.50
Child ( 5-15)
£ 7.75
Under 5
-Free-
Seniors ( over 60)
£14.00

Juliette