2025 Summer term
Popular summer celebrations include The London Marathon, May Day, VE Day 80, Father’s Day, sports day and leavers’ events as well as summer fairs and festivals. Find more summer event inspiration.
April
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22 |
Stephen Lawrence Day |
Observance |
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23 |
St George’s Day Shakespeare Day |
National day (England) Observance |
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25 |
Huntingdonshire Day |
County day |
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27 |
The London Marathon 2025 |
Event |
Success story: London Marathon fundraiser |
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28 |
National Gardening Week (28 April to 4 May 2025) |
Nature |
May
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DATE |
EVENT |
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May |
Campaign Literacy Community |
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May Day Staffordshire Day |
County day |
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4 |
International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) (4-10 May 2025) |
Awareness |
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5 |
Early May bank holiday 2025 |
Bank holiday (UK) |
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7 |
Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky (b. 1840) 185 years |
Composer |
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8 |
VE Day 80 (80 year anniversary) |
National event |
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9 |
J M Barrie (b. 1860) 165 years |
Author |
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10 |
National Doughnut Week (10-18 May 2025) |
Food week |
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11 |
Salvador Dalí (b. 1904) Somerset Day |
Artist County day |
Step-by-step: Art exhibition |
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12 |
National Limerick Day Sun awareness week (12-18 May 2025) Mental Health Awareness Week (12-18 May 2025) |
Literacy Campaign Awareness |
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15 |
L. Frank Baum (b. 1856) Lag BaOmer (15-16 May 2025) |
Author Jewish celebration |
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16 |
Middlesex Day |
County day |
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17 |
Eurovision Song Contest 2025 (Grand Final), Basel, Switzerland |
Event |
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18 |
National Children’s Day UK (2025) |
Campaign |
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19 |
Walk to School Week (19-23 May 2025) |
Campaign |
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20 |
Campaign |
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24 |
National Children’s Gardening Week (24 May to 1 June 2025) |
Campaign |
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26 |
Kent Day Spring bank holiday 2025 National BBQ Week (26 May to 1 June 2025) |
County day Bank holiday (UK) Event |
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June
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DATE |
EVENT |
TYPE |
LINKS |
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1 |
Dorset/Pembrokeshire Day Shavuot (1-3 Jun 2025) |
County days Jewish celebration |
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2 |
Fiver Challenge (2-27 June 2025) Volunteers' Week (2-8 June 2025) |
Campaign Event |
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4 |
Devon Day |
County day |
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5 |
Allan Ahlberg (b. 1938) Wiltshire Day |
Author County day Nature |
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6 |
National Doughnut Day 2025 |
Food day |
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7 |
The Big Lunch 2025 (7-8 June) The Big Help Out 2024 (7-9 June 2024) (The Big Help Out will return in 2026) The Great Big Green Week (7-15 June 2025) |
National event Volunteering initiative Campaign |
Read more about The Big Help Out
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8 |
Tim Berners-Lee (b. 1955) 70 years |
Computer Scientist Campaign |
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9 |
BNF Healthy Eating Week (9-13 June 2025) Bike Week (9-15 June 2025) |
Awareness Campaign |
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11 |
Jacques Cousteau (b. 1910) 115 years |
Oceanographer |
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15 |
Father’s Day 2025 |
Father’s Day |
Father’s Day gifts and fundraising events |
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16 |
Sussex Day National School Sports Week (16-22 June 2025) |
County day Campaign |
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18 |
International Picnic Day |
Event |
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21 |
Shetland/Suffolk Day Summer solstice |
County days Event Season |
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22 |
Windrush Day |
Observance |
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23 |
National Insect Week (23-29 June 2025) |
Campaign |
Step-by step: Beetle Drive |
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25 |
Eric Carle (b. 1929) National Writing Day 2025 |
Author Literacy |
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27 |
Global pride day |
Awareness |
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July
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DATE |
EVENT |
TYPE |
LINKS |
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July |
Campaign |
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6 |
Frida Khalo (b. 1907) |
Artist |
Step-by-step: Art exhibition |
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7 |
World Chocolate Day |
Food day |
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10 |
International Don’t Step on a Bee Day |
Awareness |
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12 |
Battle of the Boyne |
Bank holiday (Northern Ireland) |
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15 |
Edvard Grieg (b. 1843) |
Composer UN initiative |
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17 |
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20 |
Kenneth Grahame (b. 1859) 165 years |
Author |
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25 |
Rosalind Franklin (b. 1920) 105 years |
Biologist |
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27 |
Norfolk Day |
County day |
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28 |
Beatrix Potter (b. 1866) |
Author-Illustrator/ Scientist/Conservationist |
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29 |
Buckinghamshire Day |
County day |
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31 |
JK Rowling (b. 1965) 60 years Harry Potter (b. 1980) |
Author Literary character |
August
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DATE |
EVENT |
TYPE |
LINKS |
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1 |
Yorkshire Day |
County day |
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2 |
Tisha B'av (2-3 Aug 2025) |
Jewish celebration |
Cultural celebrations |
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4 |
Summer bank holiday (Scotland) 2025 |
Bank holiday (Scotland) |
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5 |
Northumberland Day |
County day |
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11 |
Enid Blyton (b. 1897) |
Author |
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12 |
UN initiative |
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19 |
World Photo Day |
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How to take better event photos |
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22 |
North Riding Day |
County day |
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24 |
East Riding Day |
County day |
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25 |
Summer bank holiday (England, Wales, Northern Ireland) 2025 |
Bank holiday (Eng, Wal, NI) |
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2025 Autumn term
Popular autumn events include Halloween, Bonfire Night, Remembrance Day, Children in Need and Christmas. Explore our ideas for more autumn events.
September
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DATE |
EVENT |
TYPE |
LINKS |
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September |
Snack-tember helping children and young people (aged 5-16 years) have healthier snacks |
Campaign |
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1 |
Jane Hissey (b. 1952) Zero Waste Week (1-5 Sept 2025) |
Author-Illustrator National week |
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4 |
Joan Aiken (b. 1924) |
Author |
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7 |
Eric Hill (b. 1927) |
Author |
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13 |
International Chocolate Day Roald Dahl Day (b. 1916) Rutland Day |
Food day Author County day |
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16 |
Julia Donaldson (b. 1948) |
Author |
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19 |
Hermione Granger (b. 1979) Talk Like a Pirate Day |
Literary character |
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22 |
Michael Faraday (b. 1791) Derbyshire Day September equinox 2025 (UK) Rosh Hashana (22-24 Sept 2025) Recycle Week (22-28 Sept 2025) |
Chemist County day Season Jewish celebration Awareness |
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24 |
World School Milk Day 2025 |
Food day |
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25 |
Monmouthshire Day |
County day |
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26 |
National Teaching Assistants' Day 2025 Macmillan World’s Biggest Coffee Morning 2025 British Food Fortnight (26 Sept to 12 Oct 2025) George Gershwin (b. 1898) |
Campaign Food fortnight (UK) Composer |
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29 |
Westmorland Day |
County day |
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October
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DATE |
EVENT |
TYPE |
LINKS |
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October |
Black History Month International School Library Month National Pizza Month |
Campaigns Food month |
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1 |
Lincolnshire Day Yom Kippur (1-2 Oct 2025) International Coffee Day National Vegetarian Week (1-7 Oct 2025) |
County day Jewish celebration Food day/week
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2 |
National Poetry Day 2025 – theme: play |
Literacy |
See our PTA poems |
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5 |
Grandparents’ Day 2025 |
Observance Grandparents’ Day |
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6 |
Sukkot (6-8 Oct 2025) |
Jewish celebration |
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Event |
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10 |
World Porridge Day |
Food day |
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11 |
World Egg Day |
Food day |
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14 |
National Baking Week (14-20 Oct 2025) Simchat Torah (14-15 Oct 2025) |
UK food week Jewish celebration |
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16 |
World Food Day |
Food day |
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19 |
Oxfordshire Day |
County day |
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21 |
Alfred Nobel (b. 1833) 190 Apple Day (UK) National Honey Day (UK) |
Chemist Food day |
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22 |
National Nut Day |
Food day |
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21 |
Diwali (21 Oct 2025) Bandi Chhor Divas (21 Oct 2025) |
Hindu holiday Sikh holiday |
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24 |
Global Champagne Day 2025 |
Food day |
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25 |
Pablo Picasso (b. 1881) Northamptonshire Day World Pasta Day |
Artist County day Food day |
Step-by-step: Art exhibition
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26 |
Essex Day |
County day |
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27 |
UK Sausage Week (27 Oct to 2 Nov 2025) |
Food week |
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31 |
Halloween |
Observance |
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November
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DATE |
EVENT |
TYPE |
LINKS |
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1 |
All Saint’s Day World Vegan Day |
Christian Food day |
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2 |
All Soul’s Day |
Christian |
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5 |
Bonfire Night |
Observance |
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7 |
Marie Curie (b. 1867) |
Physicist |
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10 |
Anti-Bullying Week (10-14 Nov 2025) National School Meals Week (10-14 Nov 2025) Odd Socks Day 2025 |
Awareness UK food week Awareness |
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11 |
Remembrance Day/Armistice Day |
Observance |
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14 |
World Diabetes Day BBC Children in Need 2025 (appeal show date) |
Awareness Campaign |
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19 |
Campaign |
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20 |
Edwin Hubble (b. 1889) |
Astronomer |
Step-by-step: Stargazing and space fundraiser |
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24 |
Frances Hodgson Burnett (b. 1849) Scott Joplin (b. 1868) |
Author Composer |
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25 |
Georgia O’Keeffe (b. 1887) |
Artist |
Step-by-step: Art exhibition |
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26 |
Charles M Schulz (b. 1922) |
Author |
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27 |
Lancashire Day |
County day |
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28 |
Bedfordshire/Caernarfonshire Day |
County days |
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29 |
C S Lewis (b. 1898) |
Author |
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30 |
St Andrew’s Day |
National day (Scotland) |
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December
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DATE |
EVENT |
TYPE |
LINKS |
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2 |
English Breakfast Day |
Food day |
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5 |
UN initiative |
Volunteering is good for you | |
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10 |
Ada Lovelace (b. 1815) |
Mathematician and writer |
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11 |
Christmas Jumper Day 2025 |
Awareness |
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14 |
First day of Hanukkah 2025 (Last day of Hanukkah (22 Dec 2025)) |
Jewish celebration |
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16 |
Ludwig van Beethoven (b. 1770) 255 years |
Composer |
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21 |
December solstice (2025) |
Season |
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22 |
Mick Inkpen (b. 1952) Last day of Hanukkah 2025 |
Author Jewish celebration |
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24 |
Christmas Eve |
Observance |
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25 |
Christmas Day Sir Isaac Newton (b. 1642) |
Bank holiday Physicist |
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26 |
Boxing Day Charles Babbage (b. 1791) |
Bank holiday Computer Scientist |
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30 |
Rudyard Kipling (b. 1865) 160 years |
Author |
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31 |
New Year’s Eve |
Observance |
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2026 Spring term
Popular spring term events include Burns Night, Lunar New Year, Pancake Day, Valentine’s Day, Leap Day (2028), World Book Day, Comic/Sport Relief, Mother’s Day, Easter and April Fool’s Day. Discover more spring term ideas.
January
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DATE |
EVENT |
TYPE |
LINKS |
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1 |
New Year’s Day |
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3 |
J R R Tolkien (b. 1892) |
Author |
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5 |
Wassail |
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7 |
RSPB’s Big Schools’ Birdwatch (7 Jan to 14 Feb 2025) (2026 date TBC) |
Campaign |
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8 |
Stephen Hawking (b. 1942) |
Physicist |
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13 |
Michael Bond (b. 1926) 100 years |
Author |
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17 |
Lunar New Year 2026 (Horse) |
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18 |
A A Milne (b. 1882) Arthur Ransome (b. 1884) Raymond Briggs (b. 1934) |
Authors |
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19 |
Activist |
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24 |
RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch (24-26 Jan 2025) (2026 date TBC) |
Campaign |
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25 |
Burns Night |
Local observance (Scotland) |
Step-by-step: Ceilidh |
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27 |
Lewis Carroll (b. 1832) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (b. 1756) 270 years |
Author Composer |
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28 |
International LEGO Day |
Awareness |
Hold your own keyring fundraiser |
February
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DATE |
EVENT |
TYPE |
LINKS |
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February |
LGBT+ History Month (UK) |
Awareness |
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1 |
Tu Bishvat (1-2 Feb 2026) National Storytelling Week (1-9 Feb 2025) (2026 date TBC) Let's Create Art – replacing Children’s Art Week (1-28 Feb 2025) (2026 date TBC) |
Jewish celebration Campaign Events |
Step-by-step: Art exhibition |
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6 |
NSPCC’s Number Day 2026 Time To Talk Day 2025 (2026 date TBC) |
Campaign Awareness |
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7 |
Charles Dickens (b. 1812) Welsh Language Music Day 2025 (2026 date TBC) |
Author Awareness |
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9 |
Children’s Mental Health Week (9-15 Feb 2026) |
Awareness |
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10 |
Lucy Cousins (b. 1964) Student Volunteering Week (10-16 Feb 2025) (2026 date will be announced in Sept) |
Author-Illustrator |
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11 |
International Day of Women and Girls in Science Safer Internet Day 2025 (2026 date TBC) |
Campaign Event |
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12 |
Judy Blume (b. 1938) Charles Darwin (b. 1809) |
Author Biologist |
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14 |
Valentine’s Day International Book Giving Day |
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15 |
Galileo Galileo (b. 1564) |
Polymath |
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17 |
Random acts of kindness day Ramadan starts 2026 (17 Feb to 18 Mar) |
Muslim |
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19 |
Nicolaus Copernicus (b. 1473) |
Astronomer |
Step-by-step: Stargazing and space fundraiser |
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21 |
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23 |
George Frideric Handel (b. 1685) Shropshire Day |
Composer County day |
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28 |
Wear Red Day 2025 (2026 date TBC) |
Awareness |
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29 |
Leap Year (2028) |
March
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DATE |
EVENT |
TYPE |
LINKS |
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1 |
St David’s Day Frederic Chopin (b. 1810) Ron Weasley (b. 1980) |
National day (Wales) Composer Literary character |
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2 |
Dr. Suess (b. 1904) Purim (2-3 Mar 2026) |
Author Event (UK) Jewish celebration |
Request donations of ‘old stuff’ (unwanted items) for tombola prizes, on National Old Stuff Day! |
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4 |
Antonio Vivaldi (b. 1678) Holi Festival of Colour (4 Mar 2026) |
Composer Hindu holiday |
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5 |
Cornwall Day (St Piran’s Day) World Book Day 2026 |
County day Event |
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6 |
British Science Week a 10 day celebration (6-15 Mar 2026) Michaelangelo (b. 1475) |
Campaign Artist |
Step-by-step: Art exhibition |
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8 |
Campaign |
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14 |
Albert Einstein (b. 1879) |
Theoretical physicist |
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15 |
Mother’s Day (UK) 2026 |
Mother’s Day (UK) |
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17 |
St Patrick’s Day Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) 2026 Neurodiversity Celebration Week (17-23 Mar 2025) (2026 date TBC) |
Bank holiday (Northern Ireland) Christian Awareness |
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19 |
Eid al-Fitr (19-20 Mar 2026) |
Islamic celebration |
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20 |
County Durham Day March Equinox |
County day Season |
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21 |
World Poetry Day *Comic Relief (Red Nose Day) 2025 (40 year anniversary) (2026 date TBC) The Great British Spring Clean (21 Mar to 6 Apr 2025) (2026 date TBC) |
Literacy UK charity Keep Britain Tidy campaign |
See our PTA poems |
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24 |
Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel – previously The Big Pedal (24 Mar to 4 Apr 2025) (2026 date TBC) |
Campaign |
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26 |
World Maths Day 2026 |
Campaign |
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27 |
Dick King-Smith (b. 1922) |
Author |
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28 |
Wear A Hat Day 2025 (2026 date TBC) |
Campaign |
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29 |
West Riding Day Piano Day 2026 Daylight Savings Time starts (2026) |
County day
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28 |
Easter Holiday (28 Mar to 12 Apr 2026) |
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30 |
World Bipolar Day Vincent Van Gogh (b. 1853) |
Awareness Artist |
Step-by-step: Art exhibition |
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31 |
J S Bach (b. 1685) Schools' Football Week (31 Mar to 6 Apr 2025) (2026 date TBC) |
Composer Sports week |
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Mar |
*Sport Relief is evolving into a year-round celebration linked with major sport events and partnerships throughout the year. |
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April
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DATE |
EVENT |
TYPE |
LINKS |
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April |
National Pet Month (1 Apr to 1 May 2026) |
Campaign
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1 |
April Fool’s Day Passover (Pesach) (1-9 Apr 2026) |
Jewish celebration |
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2 |
Hans Christian Andersen (b. 1805) |
Author |
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3 |
Good Friday 2026 |
Bank holiday (UK) |
Fundraising for Easter |
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5 |
Easter Sunday 2026 |
Christian |
Fundraising for Easter |
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6 |
Easter Monday 2026 |
Bank holiday (Eng, Wal, NI) |
Fundraising for Easter |
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7 |
Observance |
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12 |
Easter Holiday (28 Mar to 12 Apr 2026) |
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13 |
International Dark Sky Week (13-20 Apr 2026) |
Event |
Step-by-step: Stargazing and space fundraiser |
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15 |
Leonardo da Vinci (b. 1452) Cressida Cowell (b. 1966) 60 years International Micro-volunteering Day |
Artist/Inventor Author & Children’s Laureate (2019-2021) Event |
Step-by-step: Art exhibition |
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16 |
Orkney Day |
County day |
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20 |
Allergy Awareness Week (20-26 Apr 2026) |
Awareness |
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