Where is Heaton Avenue

Primary School?

The capital of England

London is an exciting city just waiting
to be explored. It is home to seven and
a half million (7,500,000) people.
London is characteristically British.
From the
boxy black cabs

to the double-decker
buses

and red telephone booths

London is stamped with grand symbols

of Britain.

The capital city of England is

London.

Leeds to London
273.09 km.
This distance is equal to
169.69 miles

A city full of history with many different styles of architecture

The Palace of Westminster, a Victorian

Neo-gothic structure, home to Big Ben
Saint Pauls Cathedral

The Tower of London, a

medieval castle that began
construction in 1078

And, of course, Buckingham Palace, home to the royal family.

Queen Victoria, the

first monarch to
reside at
Buckingham
Palace, moved into
the newly
completed palace
upon her accession
in 1837.

The old, brought together with the new.

The London Eye, 135 meter

tour Ferris Wheel offering
360 degree views of the city

City Hall - a boulder

shaped building built in
2002
A
commercial
skyscraper
in London's
primary
financial
district

The Post
Office
Tower

Looking to shop?

Harrods

Liberty

Carnaby Street

Selfridges
Covent Garden

The modern
British Monarchy

Princess
Katherine, the wife
of Prince William,
is expecting their
second child who
will be born early
next year

Our school is in
Cleckheaton. It is a
very small town
about 12 miles west
of Leeds.

Map of Yorkshire

Cleckheaton

We live the county of Yorkshire. It is in the North of England.

These are some of the places that you can visit.

Fish and chips

Pie and peas

You can have a

walk on the
Greenway

Our Town Hall

Cleckheaton
Cleckheaton Library

Your teachers might

remember having a
curry at the Aakash
restaurant.

Some local
beauty spots:

Mann Dam

The Greenway
The Greenway is a
disused railway line.
Where the lines once
were there is now a
pathway. Families walk,
cycle, roller skate,
skateboard and horse
ride.

West End Park

West End Park is next to our school. We use it for outdoor games lessons
in the summer and we hold family events there.
Our Green Team work with a group of neighbours, called The Friends of
West End Park to keep it looking beautiful. They have built some raised
flower beds for us to use. You can see the purple crocuses we planted for
the spring, on the Eco-Pals website.
The seeds that were brought back from our meeting in Italy have also
been planted there so that we can share them with our local community.
Thank you.

Buildings

In the 1800s and

early 1900s, this
building was a
church. It has now
been recycled and
is an Indian
restaurant the
largest in the world!
It still has many of
the original church
features inside.

This pub closed

down and has been
recycled into a
health and well
being centre.

This woolen mill

closed down and
became derelict
and badly
vandalised. It is
now being
recycled into
modern houses and
apartments.

Community Celebrations
In Cleckheaton we have many community celebrations. The Chamber of Trade,
which includes the shop keepers, local businesses and schools organise lots of
things for us to do.
Such as

ON NOVEMBER 5 PEOPLE ACROSS THE UK CELEBRATE

BONFIRE NIGHT.
THERE ARE SMALL FIREWORKS PARTIES IN BACK
GARDENS ALONG WITH BIG ORGANISED DISPLAYS IN
PUBLIC PARKS.

THE REASON WE DO IT IS BECAUSE

IT'S THE ANNIVERSARY OF AN
ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP THE
HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT LED BY A
MAN CALLED GUY FAWKES.
IT'S CALLED THE GUNPOWDER
PLOT, AND BONFIRES ARE LIT TO
BURN THE "GUY" - A KIND OF
DUMMY THAT REPRESENTS
FAWKES.

GUY (GUIDO) FAWKES LED THE GUNPOWDER PLOT IN 1605.

IT WAS A PLAN TO BLOW UP KING JAMES I AND HIS
GOVERNMENT.
FAWKES AND HIS GROUP PUT 36 BARRELS OF GUNPOWDER
IN CELLARS UNDER THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT IN
LONDON, READY TO SET OFF A MASSIVE EXPLOSION.
ONE MEMBER OF THE GROUP SENT A LETTER TO HIS FRIEND
WHO WORKED IN PARLIAMENT, WARNING HIM
TO STAY AWAY ON NOVEMBER 5.

THE KING'S SUPPORTERS GOT HOLD OF THE LETTER AND

THE PLOT WAS RUMBLED!
GUARDS BROKE INTO THE CELLARS WHERE THE
GUNPOWDER PLOTTERS WERE WAITING. THEY WERE
ARRESTED, TORTURED AND EXECUTED.
THE GUNPOWDER PLOT WAS ABOUT RELIGION. ENGLAND
WAS A PROTESTANT COUNTRY, AND THE PLOTTERS WERE
CATHOLIC.
THE GROUP WANTED TO RETURN ENGLAND TO THE
CATHOLIC FAITH. THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD DO THIS BY
KILLING KING JAMES I AND HIS MINISTERS.

Heaton Avenue Primary School

Our school had lots of

building work to complete
before we could move in.
We moved into our new
school building in
September 2012.

Just look at the transformation.

Here are some photographs of our school.