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Hace 19 horas · English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England. The namesake of the language is the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain.. English is the most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire ...
Hace 19 horas · Image Details Aldenham, assumed (adopted arms of the school's founder Richard Platt) . Escutcheon: Or, fretty sable plattée Crest: A demi-lion rampant proper holding in the paws a plate Motto: In God Is All Our Trust Bedford, assumed (adopted arms of the school's benefactor Sir William Harper) . Escutcheon: Azure, on a fess between three eagles displayed or, a fret between two martlets of the ...
Hace 19 horas · Education in Singapore is managed by the Ministry of Education (MOE). It controls the development and administration of state schools receiving taxpayers' funding, but also has an advisory and supervisory role in respect of private schools. For both private and state schools, there are variations in the extent of autonomy in their curriculum, scope of taxpayers' aid and funding, tuition burden ...
Hace 19 horas · British Columbia is home to a comprehensive education system consisting of public schools and independent schools that is overseen by the provincial Ministry of Education. The public school system is divided in 59 anglophone school districts and one francophone school district, the Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique , which operates French-language public schools ...
Hace 19 horas · The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland), and over six thousand smaller islands. They have a total area of 315,159 km 2 (121,684 sq mi) and a combined population of almost 72 ...
Hace 19 horas · Brighton (/ ˈ b r aɪ t ən / BRY-tən) is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the city of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England.It is located 47 miles (76 km) south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods. The ancient settlement of "Brighthelmstone" was documented in the Domesday ...
Hace 19 horas · The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by merging the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). Following the Allied victory over the Central Powers in 1918 ...
