All About Britain Primary One Where is Britain
All About Britain (Primary One)
Where is Britain?
Britain Scotland Wales England
The British Flag
Weather in Britain has all four seasons. winter, summer, spring and qutumn
Seasons • • Spring Summer Autumn Winter - March to May June to August September to November December to February
• It sometimes snows, but mainly in Scotland. • The weather is often different across the country.
British Symbols Double-decker bus
Taxi
Telephone box
Post box
Double-decker buses can be seen all over Britain but only red ones are seen in London.
Famous Places Big Ben
Tower of London
Stonehenge
Buckingham Palace
British Food The most common and typical foods eaten in England include the sandwich, fish and chips, pies. sandwich Fish and chips pies
British food English Breakfast
Fish and Chips
Jam roly-poly
Lunch - between 12: 00 and 1: 30 p. m. Many children at school and adults at work will have a 'packed lunch'. It consists of a sandwich, a packet of crisps, a piece of fruit and a drink.
Dinner - between 12: 00 and 1: 30 p. m. A British meal for dinner is meat and vegetables.
British Animals • Many British families own pets. • The largest mammal is the red deer. • You can also see foxes and rabbits. rabbit fox
Red Deer
• Red deer feed on grass. • In summer they only feed in the morning and in the evening. • They also have strong teeth.
Some sheep are kept for meat. Others are kept for wool. Sheep
Squirrel live in forests. They eat fruits and nuts. Squirrel
Squirrel Video clips • Squirrel eating a nut (240 K, 12 seconds) • Squirrel inside the squirrel feeder! (221 K, 11 seconds)
The UK's favourite bird - its has bright red breast. They will sing at night next to street lights. Robin
Red robins eat earthworms.
Badgers live underground. They line the home with leaves and grass. Badgers usually come out at night to look for ground squirrels.
Badgers eat stoats , voles , and marmots. They also eat woodpeckers. stoat vole marmot woodpecker
• Hedgehogs live in forests. • They are active during evenings and nights. Hedgehog • Hedgehog food includes: worms, insects (bees and spiders), snakes and mice.
School Uniform Children wear a school uniform.
Boys Long grey or black trousers (shorts may be worn in the Summer) White Shirt School tie Jumper or sweater with the school logo on. Black shoes
jumper school logo
Girls • Girls wear skirts. • During the summer term girls often wear summer school dresses.
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