Holidays and festivals: GB (CA Si) by makopli https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9 en-us 2024-01-07 21:40:23 UTC 2025-04-24 10:33:40 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841315706 Bank holidays are holidays when banks and many other businesses are closed for the day

]]> 2024-01-08 11:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841315706 Bank holidays https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841318628 There are seven bank holidays which are celebrated every year:

•New Year's Day

•Good Friday

•The early May bank holiday

•The Spring bank holiday

• The Summer bank holiday

•Christmas Day

•Boxing Day


Easter Day is a bank holiday in England, Wales and Northern Ireland but not in Scotland.

]]> 2024-01-08 11:12:51 UTC https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841318628 St. Patricks Day xzurkovaz https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841323661 17th March

patron of Ireland

originally a religious holiday

celebrated in Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, North America - beacause there are minorites of Irishmen




]]> 2024-01-08 11:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841323661 Remembrance Day/ Poppy day https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841324784 -celebrated 11.11. 11:00

-end of the First World War

-honour armed forces and members who fought and died in the line of duty

-parades, silence

-poppy, symbol of honor

-poem in the fields of Flanders

-you can buy a poppy and support the charity

Zbožínková


]]> 2024-01-08 11:19:36 UTC https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841324784 St. Patrick xzurkovaz https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841324958 Originally, he actually wasn't irish, he was Rome-british missionary and bishop in Ireland

He spread christianity and estabilished schools here

17 march is said to be the day of his death in 461 AD



]]> 2024-01-08 11:19:45 UTC https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841324958 https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841330725 2024-01-08 11:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841330725 How is it celebrated? xzurkovaz https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841331608 Festivals - concerts, fireworks

Drinking dark and Green beer

wearing green colour





]]> 2024-01-08 11:27:21 UTC https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841331608 https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841333014 2024-01-08 11:28:57 UTC https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841333014 Symbols xzurkovaz https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841333723 Green colour

Three-leaf clover / shamrock - father, son and holy spirit

St. Patrick explained the concept of Holy Trinity on shamrock



]]> 2024-01-08 11:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841333723 https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841337902 Bank holidays originated in the UK in 1871, when banks and financial institutions would take days off.


As time went on, businesses, schools, and the government joined in, and now bank holidays are celebrated by everyone.

]]> 2024-01-08 11:33:45 UTC https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841337902 King’s official birthday https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841344186

  • On the third Saturday in June, people in the UK celebrate the official birthday of King Charles III

  • Even though King's Birthday falls on Saturday 15th of July 2024, it is a working day

  • King Charles III travels up in a horse-drawn carriage, and makes a public appearance on the balcony of Buckingham Palace

  • There is also a fly-past by the Royal Air Force and a 41-gun salute in Green Park to mark the occasion



    • ]]>     2024-01-08 11:40:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841344186     Zuzana Žůrková xzurkovaz https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841347010 2024-01-08 11:44:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841347010 https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841348212 Nathaly Zapletalová

    ]]>     2024-01-08 11:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841348212     St. David xzurkovaz https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841353698 Patron of Wales

    1st March

    Bishop


    city march


    yellow daffodil

    leek - St. David gave an advice to soldiers to attached it to the helmet so they recognized each other


    Zuzana Žůrková



    ]]>     2024-01-08 11:51:09 UTC https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841353698     https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841355654 Halloween is celebrated on 31st of October, eve of the Western Christian feast the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead.


    It is celebrated in many countries.


    In popular culture, the day has become a celebration of horror.




    ]]>     2024-01-08 11:53:11 UTC https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841355654     St. Andrew https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841360421 -apostle of Jesus

    -fisherman

    -asked Jesus on the Mountain of Olives for the signs of the earth’s end

    -missionary activity near the Black Sea

    Zbozinkova

    ]]>     2024-01-08 11:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841360421     https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841361537 traditions:

    •Trick or treating (children dress up as their favourite character and then they go asking for candies from house to house saying “trick or treat”)


    •Carving pumpkins into face of Jack-o’-Lanters (the candlelight from inside of the craved pumpkin guide lost souls or they are even believed to ward off evil spirits.)


    •Telling scary stories


    •Visiting haunted houses



    ]]>     2024-01-08 11:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841361537     Guy Fawkes night https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841368541 5.11. (5.11. 1605)

    -bonfires, fireworks

    -member of Gunpowder Plot was arrested while guarding explosives the plotters had placed beneath House of Lords

    -catholic plotters wanted to assasinate protestant king James I.

    -famous mask

    Zbožínková

    ]]>     2024-01-08 12:04:12 UTC https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841368541     https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841371198 2024-01-08 12:05:43 UTC https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841371198 St. George xzurkovaz https://padlet.com/gymholenglishdepartment/mlovuk7nodvj38y9/wish/2841373639 Patron of England

    Rome soldier

    23rd April


    Zuzana Žůrková

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