Post on 18-Jan-2016
May
Gardening and garden centres
Eurovision
School Half Term
Spring Bank Holiday
May Day Bank Holiday
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May Day Bank Holiday falls on the first Monday in May.
People celebrate the warmer weather and the coming of summer.
Maypole dancing is a popular tradition.
Young people dance around a Maypole and sing traditional songs.
May Day Bank Holiday
May
In some villages a May Queen is ‘crowned’ queen for the day.
Morris dancing is a traditional type of dancing, which is popular throughout May.
The dancers usually wear bells and scarves attached to their clothing and carry wooden sticks that they strike together in time to the music.
May Day Bank Holiday
May
For many, May Day has a very different meaning.
It is the International Workers’ Day.
Marches take place in major cities, particularly London, to celebrate and demand rights for workers.
May Day Bank Holiday
May
Spring Bank Holiday falls on the last Monday in May.
In some areas the Spring Bank Holiday is the day people race down a steep hill following a large round cheese.
Spring Bank Holiday
May
The Spring Bank Holiday is usually tied to Half Term in most schools and colleges.
In the Nottinghamshire area, most schools break for the week on the last Monday of May.
School Half Term
May
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among the member countries of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
The contest, broadcast every year since 1956, is one of the longest-running television programmes in the world.
Eurovision
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The live final is usually held on a Saturday evening in May.
Flamboyant and unusual acts attract large audiences from all over the world.
In fact, every year an estimated125 million viewers watch the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Probably the most well-known Eurovision winner is the Swedish group, ABBA, who won in 1974 with their song Waterloo.
The UK last won in 1997 with Love Shine a Light by Katrina and the Waves.
Eurovision
May
Arguably, Britain is at its most picturesque in May. The threat of frost has receded and nature is in full bloom.
Gardening is a very popular pastime and even those with no garden may add a pretty hanging basket or window box to brighten their homes.
Gardening and garden centres
May
Around this time of year, a trip to the garden centre is essential to stock up on bedding plants from begonias to fuchsias, geraniums to petunias.
Gardening and garden centres
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Garden centres don’t just sell plans. Nowadays, it's not unusual to find a bookshop, garden wear, accessories and furniture, as well as play areas for children.
Even the least green-fingered among us can enjoy meandering around a well laid out store, rounding off the trip with a nice pot of tea in the café!
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May
May brings flocks of pretty lambs,Skipping by their fleecy dams*.
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May
From ‘The Months’, a poem by Sara Coleridge, 1803 – 1852.
*dam: female parent of an animal, especially of domestic livestock.
Here are some common words and phrases associated with typical May weather: rain
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May
light shower heavy shower patchy rain
There’s a chance of light showers.
There will be patches of rain
That was a heavy shower
Here are some common words and phrases associated with typical May weather: wind
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May
breeze wind
There is a nice breeze.
It’s another windy day.
breezy windy
Here are some common words and phrases associated with typical May weather: sun and sky
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April
sunny bright clear dull
What a sunny day.
It’s a bit dull today.
It’s a nice clear day.
The weather’s a bit overcast.
overcast cloudy
Here are some common words and phrases associated with typical May weather: temperature
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hot warm mild cool
It’s a scorcher today. (hot)
What a lovely warm day.
It’s turned a bit cooler today.
It’s too cold for me today.
coldhotter warmer milder cooler colder
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