GREAT BRITAIN
Great Britain map:
Great Britain flag:
The capital
city :
London
The United Kingdom has an
area of nearly 245,000 square kilometres and a population of
nearly 60 million. The capital city is London with about 8 million
people.
It is officially
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
constitutional monarchy
Here are some
landmarks from Great Britain:
Scotland
Wales
Woodbridge |
The
ABBEY school
School logo
The
principal of the school
Our school is in 3 parts:
Woodbridge School
re-founded in 1662
nuber of students: 600
classes: 7-13
age groups: 11-18
numberof teachers: 80
The Abbey -
more than 50 years old
nuber of students: 200
classes: 3-6
age groups: 7-11
numberof teachers: 18
Queen's -
about 10 years old
nuber of students: 100
classes reception and 1 and 2
age groups: 4-7
numberof teachers: 10
Students
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WOODBRIDGE
Woodbridge is a small town of about 8,000 people on the west bank
of the River Deben in Suffolk, about 130 kilometres north-east of
London.
Woodbridge is an ancient settlement, with finds
dating back to the Neolithic Age, 2500BC. One of the most famous
archaeological sites in England is at Sutton Hoo, 2 kilometres
from The Abbey, where in the year 625AD (CE) an English king was
buried in a ship together with a wealth of gold, jewels and other
treasures; these were only discovered in 1939. In the twelfth
century a small Augustinian priory was founded on the site of what
is now The Abbey school.
During the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1 the town was prosperous
with flourishing shipbuilding, weaving, sail-cloth and salt
manufacture and rope making. Its most famous citizen was Thomas
Seckford, a lawyer of the queen, who founded several charitable
institutions including Woodbridge School.
A late 19th century traveller wrote of Woodbridge, 'This is a
delightful little town - one of the prettiest little country towns
in England. Nestling on the slopes of what in Suffolk must be
called a hilly district, the sun always seems to shine on it...'
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