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Welcome to Manor C.E. Academy!City of York, England
Our School• ‘Serving others, growing together &
living life to the full’• Established 1812• Our school day starts at 8.30 and finishes at
3.20• We have 970 pupils & 130 staff• Four Houses
▫ Wentworth▫ King’s▫ Stuart▫ Abbey
York•We are a city in North Yorkshire in
England•It was founded in 71 A.D by Romans. Back
then, they called it ‘Eboracum’•Motto: “Let the banner of York fly high”•Twin cities:
▫Dijon, France▫Münster, Germany
The Shambles (famous leaning street)
Jorvik (the viking name for York)
The ‘coppergate dig’: Archaeologists found out a lot about how vikings used to live from York!
York Minster (York’s cathedral)
The River Ouse
City Centre
England & the UK
•Our capital city is London•2013 Population estimate: 64,100,000 •National Anthem: ‘God save the Queen’•Prime Minister: David Cameron•Language: English•Regional languages: Cornish, Irish, Scots,
Scottish Gaelic, Ulster-scots, Welsh.•Member of Commonwealth
Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Diamond Jubilee in 2012 (60 years on the throne)
London
Wembley stadium
Ben Nevis (our tallest mountain)
English Countryside