FAMOUS PLACES IN LONDON from Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia

OXFORD STREET
Oxford Street is a major thoroughfare in London. With over 300 shops, it is a Europe busiest shopping. The street derives its name from being part of the old London. The street follows the route of a Roman road, the via trinobantina, which linked Hampshire with Goldhester and became one of the mallor routes in and out of the city.

Sixto Lara, 1st C

LONDON EYE
The London Eye was built in 2000, by British Airways to celebrate the millennium in central London, the South Bank, on the same side of the River Thames. From the other side of the river look with some suspicion, the very Big Ben. With its 135 feet high, bore the classification of the world's longest observation wheel until 2006. Booths in a London Eye this you will enjoy an amazing journey of about thirty minutes, the cabins are made og glass and have room 25 persons, who may be comfortably sated on benches.

Alicia Carrasco, 1stC

TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Trafalgar square is a square in central London, England. It is a tourist attraction. At its centre is Nelson's Column. The original name was to have been " King William the Fourths Square" but George Ledwell Taylor suggested the name "Trafalgar square". Where the strand from the city met Whitehall, coming north from Westminster. Trafalgar square ranks as the fourth most popular tourist attraction on Earth with more than 15 million annual visitors . Statues and sculptures are on display in the square. The fountains are memorials to Lord Jellicoe and Lord Beattly.

Noelia González, 1st A

NELSON COLUMN

The Column was built between 1840 and 1843 to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson's death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The 5.5m (18ft) Statue of Nelson Standoson top of a 46m (151ftç9 Fogginton granite Column. Where Nelson's ships are represented on the top of each flagpole. The top ok the Corinthain Column (based on one form the Temple of Mars Ultor in Rome) is decorate with bronze acanthus leaves cast from British cannon. The monument was built at a cost of 47,500 pounds, or 3.5 millions pound in 2004 terms (roughly $6.1 million-USA). The four lions, by Sir Egwin Landseer, at the Column's base were after much delay in 1867. John Noakes of the BBC TV children's programme Blue Peter climbed the Column in the late 1970s. The Column was refurbished in 2006.

Nerea Ortega, 1st A

SAINT JAMES PARK
St James Park is in Westminster, central London. The park has a small lake, St James' park lake, with two islands: Duck island and West island. A bridge across the lake affords a view of Buckingam Palace framed by trees and fountains. The park has yellow flowers and a group of pelicans. The Shell Tower and the London Eye can be seen behind the main building of the Foreign and Common Wealth Office.

Mònica Ferré, 1st A

BIG BEN
Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London. A clock tower was built at Westminster in 1288, with the fine- money of Ralph Hengham , chief Justice of the King’s Bench.
The faces are large enough to have once allowed the clock tower to be the largest four- faced clock in the world, but have since been at done by the Allen – Brodley Clock Tower in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The main bell , officially know as the great Bell , is the largest bell in the tower and part of the great Clock of Westminster. The Bell is better know by the nickname Big Ben.

Anna Gómez, 1st C

ENGLISH LANGUAGE COUNTRIES from Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia

ENGLAND

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental Europe. The mainland of England consists of the central and southern part of the island of Great Britain in the North Atlantic, but England also includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

Iris Rodríguez, 2nd A

OUR TEACHER ASSISTANT

James is from Manchester, he is our teacher assistant. His eyes are colour blue and his hair is black. He loves Spain.He has got two sisters: Gill and Ann. His favourite football team is Manchester United and his favourite hobbies are snowboarding and scuba diving.

Miguel Carrasco, 1st B

His name is James Aitken and he's 30 years old. He lives in Blanes in Mas Florit. He has got two sisters, Gill and Ann. His favourite colours are red and blue. He is from Manchester and his football team is Manchester United. His hobby is snowboarding. He likes animals and his favourite number is 22. He has got two jobs: teacher and teacher assistant. His favourite music is rock. He loves travelling, his favourite place is Sidney. He loves cooking.

Natalia Castilla, 1st A

My English teacher assistant is Mr James Aitken. He's 30 years old. He's from Manchester. He likes Rock ,red and blue, dogs, playing football, hiking, playing volleyball, watching TV and going to the cinema. James loves reading, in summer swimming and in winter snowboarding. He loves travelling , last summer he travelled to Japan. He likes playing tennis, cooking and living in Spain. Aitken is from Manchester United football team. He lives in Mas Florit Street, Blanes. James never plays chess.

Nerea Ortega, 1st A