Mr Harrison and Mr Young have just arrived in London where they will be spending the next two days working with other Headteachers and Deputy Headteachers from all over the country. This will help us gain new ideas to bring back to Bradford, so that we can make Miriam Lord an even better school.
While we are here, we thought it would be good to ask the children to take part in a research challenge. Could anybody tell us any interesting facts about London?
We will do our best to take some good photos from London, to share with children. The photo below should interest our potential Apprentice children as these are the offices where Lord Alan Sugar works.
Hello everyone at Miriam Lord. I have been taking a look at your school blog and I have to say it is fantastic. Even though general knowledge isnt my strongest subject and I much prefer the philosophy question I do have a interesting fact for you. Did you know the tallest building in London and the UK, is in Canary Wharf, which is part of the London Docklands. It is called the Canary Wharf Tower and stands at 244 metres or 800 feet high and was built in 1991.
Looking forward to see what else you all come up with. Good luck!
I know that you visit a shop called hamleys where you can buy a lot of cool toys or you could visit/see the huge gurkin!!Also you should try to visit the national science
museam and find some time to see the queens palace!
Thank you for your comment Safa and even though you suggest you some good landmarks, myself and Mr Young have to work. Although we aren’t staying too far from the gurkin, it looks impressive at night.
I know you are working but it is still exciting to be in London I think. I love going to London (although I’m usually glad to come home too).
What about a challenge?
Can you post a photo of:
The London Eye
Buckingham Palace
Nelson’s Column???
Mrs. Ryan
I’m sorry Mrs Ryan but I don’t we can, we will be in our hotel working for the next two days. However I like a challenge, so will do my best as we travel back home tomorrow.
Well, I can help with one of those: Codi, a very young blogger from Alexandra School, visited London with her teacher and her classmates, and related their journey in her blog. She got a very good picture of the London Eye, and posted it here: http://codirowlands.primaryblogger.co.uk/2011/11/22/london-eye-2/ .
Will be great if you visit the blog and leave a comment for her and her teacher, Mr. Elliot (@ikeontoast).
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Mr Harrison did you have a great time .
I have been to London, it’s a huge city with so many things to see.
I know that in 1666 there was something called ‘The Great Fire of London’. I believe it was started in a bakery in Pudding Lane. Back then the houses were mostly built of wood and were very close together so the fire spread rapidly. They didn’t have a fire service with modern engines and huge hoses like we do today so I wonder how they managed to put it out?
About 25% of all people today are living in London!The Tower of London was originally built by William.Today the Tower of London houses are the Crown Jewels and is open to the public as a museum.Ravens have lived at the Tower of London for hundreds of years. The oldest Bridge , which was originally made from wood was built in1209. It was replaced by a stone bridge with shops and houses along its sides. The Tower Bridge is 60 meters long with towers that rise to a height of 43 meters.London Bridge is between the City of London and Southwark. It is between Cannon Street Railway.The Millennium bridge is about 320 metres,ay Bridge and Tower Bridge.A new bridge was built in 1831 to replace the old one.
An impressive range of facts Aisha. How did you find out so much about London?
I found so much facts about London by reading lots of facts on the internet.
I know that it takes at least 3 or 4 hour to get to London.
It depends how you travel Zahra.
wow that’s some cool place to get toys from and in the picture it is a beautiful place is that where you went?
Hello Samia. The picture is of Canary Wharf and is very close to where we are staying.
Did you know that the gurkin was made out entirely of glass!
I hope all the headteachers you meet help Miriam Lord be a better school.Also have a nice time and im sure you enjoy it.
Welcome to London! My tip is to go to Borough Market for lunch on Friday. It’s great!
If you go to see Nelson’s Column, look very carefully at the top of the lamp posts along The Mall (the road Nelson is ‘looking’ down) and you will see a ship on the top of each one. Supposedly each one is a ship from his fleet. I picked up that tip from my Dad, a London taxi driver, who is FULL of random London facts like that!
Wow, what a lot of interesting facts and responses from the children of Miriam Lord. It’s amazing what they have been able to find out.
The internet is just amazing isn’t it? Where are all those facts and figures kept? It is mind blowing really isn’t it?
I hope you have learned a lot, Mr. Harrison. I am very glad to hear that you have been working so hard.
Wow guys!!
Well, London is the most famous city in the world, not only because of all it’s tourists, but because of all it’s landmarks.
The, well, not most famous landmark in the world, but the most famous landmark in Britain is Big Ben.
Leon
London is the biggest city in Britain and in Europe.The tallest building in London is the Canary Wharf Tower.Some of the most important people from countries all over the world visit the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
London is one of the biggest city in Europe and Britain. London occupies over 620 square miles.London was the first city in the world in the world to have underground railway known as the tube.
Buckingham Palace is the Queen’s official and main royal Londan home.It has been the official Londan residence of Britan’s monarchy since 1837.Queen Victoria was the first monarch to live there.Buckingham Palace is not only the home of the Queen and Prince Philip but also the Londan residance of the Duke of York.
Well mr harrisson and mr young I have been to London its the capital of England.
tell the other deputys and heads that can you make a design for are school logo and
p.s hope you meet the queen.
Thank you to everyone who has posted comments for myself and Mr Young. You have certainly used your research skills to find some fantastic facts.
We had a great time training and have arrived back with lots of good ideas to make Miriam Lord even better. Can’t wait to get back in Monday and start putting the ideas into practice.
London has a population of 7,172,036 2001.
•There are over 100 theatres in London, including 50 in the West End. London theatre accounts for 45% of all UK theatre admissions and over 70% of box-office revenues. Source: GLA Economics.
Hi there mr.Harrison how was it at London.I hope you had a good time.How was it.Can i just say that you are the best headteacher in the world.All my gilt,causines and friends think that and I hope you do too.Youvknow who it us ne Alisha 5ws,please leave me a reply.THANKYOU!!!!!
Sorry about the mistakes.
My tip for those children lucky enough to visit London is to walk everywhere. You get to find out so much more than if you get stuck on the tube underground.
How was Londan?Hope you enjoyed it.About 25% of people are living there today. It appears to happen that Big Ben is tallest buliding in Londan.
London is the capital of the untited kingdom. Did you know that everyone ?
I know that London is the capital of England.
London was the first city in the world to have an underground railway,known as the tube.
There are over 100 theatres in London.London is in the North-east of England and it is the capital of England.
I’ve heard from my cousin the London eye is 5-6 meter’s ,there are so many scary ride’s there,in London there are so many places to go to like chatam,kent,blue water mall,slouge,south hall,green street and Buckengum palace.London is the capital of England.