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Week 1

International Literacy Day
British Values: Respect and Tolerance
Learner Profile: Communiators

Major events or commemorations:
8th September – International Literacy Day

Week 2

International Day of Democracy
British Values: Democracy
Learner Profile: Communicators

Major events or commemorations:
9th-22nd September – Fairtrade Fortnight
14th September – World First Aid Day
15th September – International Day of Democracy

Week 3

Snack-tember
British Values: Individual Liberty
Learner Profile: Reflective

Major events or commemorations:
16th September- Ozone Day
21st September – International Day of Peace
21st September – World Gratitude Day
22nd September – World Car Free Day

Week 4

European Day of Language
British Values: Individual Liberty
Learner Profile: Open minded

Major events or commemorations:
26th September – European Day of Languages
26th September – World Maritime Day
27th September – World Tourism Day

Week 5

First Aid
British Values: Individual Liberty
Learner Profile: Caring

Major events or commemorations:
Black History Month
1st October – International Day of Older Persons
2nd-4th October – Rosh Hashanah
2nd October – International Day of Non-Violence
3rd-12th October – Navaratri
4th October- World Animal Day
4th-10th October – World Space Week
5th October – World Teachers Day

Week 6

Overtourism
British Values: Individual Liberty
Learner Profile: Reflective

Major events or commemorations:
7th October – World Habitat Day
10th October – World Sight Day
10th October – World Mental Health Day
11th October – International Day of the Girl Child
11th-12th October – Yom Kippur
12th October – World Migratory Bird Day
13th October – International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction

Week 7

Black History Month
British Values: Individual Liberty
Learner Profile: Reflective

Major events or commemorations:
15th October – International Day or Rural Women
16th October – World Food Day
17th October – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
18th October – Anti-slavery Day

Holidays

Major events or commemorations:
24th October – United Nations Day
31st October – Diwali
31st October – World Cities Day
31st October – Halloween
2nd November – Day of the Dead (Mexico)

Week 1

Oracy
British Values: Democracy
Learner Profile: Communicators

Major events or commemorations:
5th November – Guy Fawkes Night
6th November – International Stress Awareness Day
10th November – World Science Day for Peace and Development

Week 2

COP 29 [Political/GP link]

Major events or commemorations:
10th-17th November – Inter Faith Week
11th-15th November – Anti Bullying week
11th November – Remembrance Day
11th-24th November – COP 29
16th November – International Day of Tolerance

Week 3

Global Education Week
British Values: Balanced
Learner Profile: Democracy

Major events or commemorations:
18th-22nd November – One World Week
18th-22nd November – Global Education Week
19th November – World Toilet Day
20th November – World Children’s Day
21st November – World Philosophy Day

Week 4

World Philosophy Day
British Values: Open Minded
Learner Profile: Respect & Tolerance

Major events or commemorations:
29th November – Buy Nothing Day
30th November – Remembrance Day for Lost Species
1st December – Antarctica Day

Week 5

Food Bank

Major events or commemorations:
2nd December – International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3rd December – International Day for Persons with Disabilities
5th December – World Soil Day
5th December – International Volunteer Day

Week 6

International Day for Persons with Disabilities

Major events or commemorations:
10th December – Human Rights Day
11th December – International Mountain Day

Week 7

Christmas
British Values: Open Minded
Learner Profile: Respect & Tolerance

Major events or commemorations:
18th December – International Migrants Day
20th December – International Human Solidarity Day
21st December – Winter Solstice

Holidays

Major events or commemorations:
25th December – Christmas Day
31st December – New Years Eve
1st January – New Year’s Day
4th January – World Braille Day

Week 2

Major events or commemorations:
18th January – World Religion Day

Week 3

Major events or commemorations:
20th January – Martin Luther King Jr Day
24th January – International Day of Education
25th January – Burns Night

Week 4

Major events or commemorations:
27th January – Holocaust Memorial Day
1st February – LGBT+ History Month
1st-7th February – World Interfaith Harmony Week
2nd February – World Wetlands Day

Week 5

Major events or commemorations:
5th-11th February – Children’s Mental Health Week
(The Resilience Hub)

Week 6

Major events or commemorations:
11th February – Safer Internet Day
12th February – Red Hand Day for Child Soldiers
14th February – Valentines Day

Holidays

Major events or commemorations:
17th February – Random Acts of Kindness Day
20th February – World Day of Social Justice
21st February – International Day of Mother Language

Week 1

Major events or commemorations:
26th-2nd February – Empathy Week
1st March – Zero Discrimination Day

Week 2

Major events or commemorations:
3rd March – World Wildlife Day
6th March – World Book Day
8th March – International Women’s Day

Week 3

Major events or commemorations:
10th March – Commonwealth Day
10th March – Mother’s Day
13th March – International School Meals Day

Week 4

Major events or commemorations:
14th-23rd March – British Science Week
20th March – International Day of Happiness
21st March – World Poetry Day
21st March – International Day of Forests
21st March – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
22nd March – World Water Day
23rd March – World Meteorological Day

Week 6

Major events or commemorations:
31st March – Transgender Day of Visibility
2nd April – International Children’s Book Day
5th April – Golden Rule Day

Holidays

Major events or commemorations:
7th April – World Health Day
12th April – International Day for Street Children
13th April – Vaisakhi
15th-24th April – Fashion Revolution Week
18th April – World Heritage Day

Week 1

Major events or commemorations:
22nd April – Earth Day
25th April – World Malaria Day

Week 2

Major events or commemorations:
1st May – International Workers Day
3rd May – World Press Freedom Day

Week 3

Major events or commemorations:
5th May – African World Heritage Day
8th May – World Red Cross and Crescent Day
9th May – Europe Day
11th May – World Migratory Bird Day
10th May – World Fair Trade Day

Week 4

Major events or commemorations:
13th May – Mental Health Awareness Week
15th May – International Conscientiousness Objector Day
15th May – International Day of Families
17th May – International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

Week 5

Major events or commemorations:
21st May – World Day for Cultural Diversity
22nd May – International Day for Biological Diversity
25th May – Africa Day