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HOLIDAYS IN GREAT BRITAIN
Zuzanna KrzemińskaJustyna Małecka
Alicja AleksanderAleksandra Kupis
Holidays as the Vacation
When?
In Poland
End of June till 31st of August
Summer Holidays
In Great Britain
24 July – 31st of August
Winter holidays
17 – 21 February in England
Two weeks in the range between 20th of January and 2nd March depending on Voivodship
in Poland
Duration of the school year in Great Britain
Average year – 190 daysDivision of the school year in
three terms◦Autumn Term◦Spring Term◦Summer Term
Additional three half therms
Duration of the school year in Poland
Avarage amount of school days in this school year is 187
Division of the school year in two terms:◦Winter Term◦Summer Term
Informal division of the holidays
Special Days
Public/Bank Holidays
Special Days
For example:Valentine’s DayMother’s DayNew Year’s EveChristmas EveHalloween
Special days we don’t know in Poland
Twelth night (5th January)
St. George's Day (23th April)
Trooping the colour (June)
Remembrance day (11th
November)
Stir up Sunday (24th November)
Bank/Public Holidays
What are the bank holidays?
• The name „bank holiday”
Some history
1871
Sir John Lubbock
The Bank Holidays Act
It introduced: Easter Monday, the
first Monday in August, the 26th
December, and Whit Monday
Examples of polish „public holidays”
Date Name1 January Nowy Rok, Świętej Bożej Rodzicielki6 January Trzech Króli (Objawienie Pańskie)20 April Wielkanoc21 April Poniedziałek Wielkanocny1 May Święto Pracy3 May Święto Konstytucji 3 Maja
8 June Zesłanie Ducha Świętego (Zielone Świątki)
19 June Boże Ciało
15 AugustŚwięto Wojska Polskiego, Wniebowzięcie Najświętszej Maryi Panny
1 November Wszystkich Świętych
11 November Święto Niepodległości
25 December Boże Narodzenie (pierwszy dzień)
26 December Boże Narodzenie (drugi dzień)
13 Days
English public/bank holidays
Name
New Year's Day
Good Friday
Easter Monday
Royal wedding
Early May Bank Holiday
Spring Bank Holiday
Queen's Diamond Jubilee
Summer Bank Holiday
(August Bank Holiday)
Christmas Day
Boxing Day
Date
1 January
18 April
21 April
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5 May
26 May
-
25 August
25 December
26 December
8Days
Additional questions
Are shops, supermarkets opened on bank holidays?
What about museums and other public attractions?
When to do shopping then?
Bank holiday shop opening times
are:
10am to 4pm (or 11am to
5pm)
The only day when all shops with
no exeptions are closed is
Christmas (25th December)
Extra Info
Employees, who work on Bank
Holiday usually get paid extra:
Time-and-a-half or even
double time
What, if a bank holiday falls on
Saturday or Sunday?
The way British people spend their summer holidays
Traditional British holiday =
seaside holiday
Seaside holidays activities
Candy flossStick of rock sweet
Ride donkeys
Punch and Judy show
Other seaside activities
British people and holidays Abroad
13, 8 mln
11, 1mln
Holiday trips abroad
1971 - 6.7 million2005 - 66.4 millionTwo-thirds of these
visits abroad are holidays with about half (47 per cent) package holidays.
TOP Destinations for British tourists 2005
Preferred mode of transport to holiday destinations
43 million
5,6 million
9,7 million
Popular holiday trends
Most holidays - July and August Winter and spring - a second holiday
abroadSeaside package holidays as the
most popular type of holiday4 weeks holiday per year and 2
weeks off in the Summer for most working people
A Timeline of British Holiday Habits
1800-1850 „holy” days
1850 -1900
the creation
of a national railway system
1900-1960s - popular
weekends and
holiday camps
1970s evolution
of airlines
1980s - package holidays
1980s-1990s - packages
to the USA
1990s – 2007 –
packages much
further: Australia,
Bali or even to Arctica
Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T98QwcwbjA
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18898676
Thanks for watching!
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