Key Dates in School Calendar (See end of list for separate List of United Nations Awareness Days)
JANUARY
January 1 New Years Day
New Year Resolutions Assembly
January 4 Birthday of Jacob Grimm - celebration of Fairy Tales
See Snow White and the 22 Dwarfs and the panto - an extended version of original Snow White script, plus alternative versions of Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty - with PSHE 'slant' i.e.scripts with moral message included.
January 5 Twelfth Night
See Babushka (Twelfth Night the night she still looks for Jesus)
January 18 Martin Luther King Day
See Black History Guided Reading Play Scripts
or single script on Martin Luther King (6 speakers) or Whole Class MLK Play
January 18 World Religion Day
See Different World Religions
Also on January 18 Birthday of A.A. Milne - creator of Winnie the Pooh
See Great British Writers Assembly (including Roald Dahl, A.A. Milne, C.S. Lewis, Lewis Carroll and J.K. Rowling)
January 25 Burns Day
See Assembly on Scotland - St. Andrews Day
January 26th Australia Day
See Australian Assembly
January 26th Chinese New Year
See Chinese New Year Assembly
January 27th Birthday of Lewis Carroll
See Great British Writers Assembly (including Roald Dahl, A.A. Milne, C.S. Lewis, Lewis Carroll and J.K. Rowling)
FEBRUARY
February 14 Valentine's Day
See Valentines Day Assembly
plus All About Love Royal Wedding Assembly
February 16 Presidents' Day
See Meet the Presidents
February 18 - 23 Jorvik Viking Festival
See Viking Assembly and Viking Guided Reading Play Scripts and Viking Quizzes & Riddles
MARCH
MARCH WOMEN IN HISTORY MONTH
See Amazing Women scripts in Guided Reading (History) section
March 1 St. David's Day
See Welsh Assembly - in celebration of St. David's Day
March 8 International Women's Day
See Amazing Women (Click on Catalogue - UK Catalogue - Guided Reading - History - then Amazing Women)
March 16 Purim - Judaism
See Assembly on Judaism
March 17 St. Patrick's Day
See St. Patrick's Day Guided Reading Script
March 20 Earth Day
See Our Planet - available both as an assembly and as a set of guided reading play scripts - these cover 5 different habitats and the impact man has on them)
APRIL
International Children's Book Day
See Great British Writers Assembly and Roald Dahl Assembly
April 24 Easter Sunday
See Easter Scripts
April 14th Anti-Bully Day
See Anti-Bullying Play/Assembly: You Are Not Alone
April 22 Earth Day
See Our Planet - available both as an assembly and as a set of guided reading play scripts.
April 23 St. George's Day
See set of Guided Reading scripts (5 mini plays) on England
Plus St. George's Day guided reading play script plus Ode
Plus Assembly on England
April 29th Royal Wedding!
See Royal Wedding Assembly - Quick Gallop Through The English Monarchy; plus All About Love - in celebration of the Royal Wedding plus other scripts on Great Britain - In 'In Celebration of Great Britain' section of website
MAY
May 11 Joan of Arc
See French Assembly Vive La France
JUNE
June 5 World Environmental Day
See Our Planet - available both as an assembly and as a set of guided reading play scripts -these cover 5 different habitats and the impact man has on them)
June 8 World Oceans Day
See Sea Life Quizzes and Jokes -set of five covering sharks, whales, dolphins, jelly fish and bony fish)
See Jawesome Jury - this is a jury of sharks, led by the Hammerhead Shark as Judge, passing sentence against Man for his mishandling of the sea environment)
June 11 WORLD CUP 2010
See World Cup scripts
JULY
July 3 American Independence Day
See Independence scripts in US Catalog
July 7 Fiesta de San Fermin
See Spanish Assembly
July 14 Bastille Day - France
See French Assembly Vive La France!
July 18 Nelson Mandela Day (birthday)
See Nelson Mandela play. This script is available either as a single script, or as part of a collection - see Famous People of the 20th Century (including Martin Luther King, Gandhi, John Lennon and Prominent Women).
See Leavers Day Assemblies
SEPTEMBER
September 13th Roald Dahl Day
See Roald Dahl Assembly (Click on Catalogue - UK Catalogue - Assemblies - Literature)
September 15th - October 15th Hispanic Heritage Month
See Spanish Assembly (Click on Catalogue - UK Catalogue - Assemblies - Geography)
September 18 - October 3 - British Food Fortnight
See British Food Assembly (Click on Catalogue - UK Catalogue - Assemblies - Geography)
September 28 - October 4th IFAW Animal Action Week
See Our Planet - available both as an assembly and as a set of guided reading play scripts. (Click on Catalogue - UK Catalogue - Assemblies - Science or Guided Reading Play Scripts ; then Our Planet Guided Reading Play Scripts - these cover 5 different habitats and the impact man has on them)
See Sea Life Quizzes and Jokes. (Click on Quizzes and Jokes; and then Sea Life Quizzes and Jokes - set of five covering sharks, whales, dolphins, jelly fish and bony fish)
See Jawesome Jury. (Click on Catalogue - UK Catalogue - then Guided Reading Play Scripts ; then Jawesome Jury - this is a jury of sharks, led by the Hammerhead Shark as Judge, passing sentence against Man for his mishandling of the sea environment)
OCTOBER
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
See Black History Guided Reading Play Scripts (Click on US Catalogue - Guided Reading Play Scripts and then select Black History Guided Reading Play Scripts - these cover The Slave Trade, with discussion on racism; Heroes of the Underground Railroad; Amazing Women in the American Civil Rights Movement; Martin Luther King; and Nelson Mandela)
October 2nd - Gandhi's Birthday - International Day of Non-Violence (National Holiday in India)
See Famous People of the 20th Century Guided Reading Play Scripts (Click on Catalogue - UK Catalogue - then Guided Reading Play Scripts; then Famous People of the 20th Century - Gandhi is the third play, after Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela; along with John Lennon and Prominent Women of the 20th Century which include Mother Theresa, Helen Keller, Princess Diana, Anne Frank, Marie Curie and Maggie Thatcher)
October 7th - World Smile Day
World Smile Day Play - Turn that Frown Upside Down! (Click on Catalogue - UK Catalogue - Assemblies - Calendar dates)
October 5th - World Teachers Day
See World Teachers Day Play: Thank You! (Click on Catalogue - UK Catalogue - Assemblies - Calendar dates - then World Teachers Day Play - what makes a great teacher)
October 3rd - World Habitat Day
See Our Planet - available both as an assembly and as a set of guided reading play scripts. (Click on Catalogue - UK Catalogue - Assemblies - Science or Guided Reading Play Scripts - Science - then Our Planet Guided Reading Play Scripts - these cover 5 different habitats and the impact man has on them)
See Sea Life Quizzes and Jokes. (Click on Quizzes and Jokes; and then Sea Life Quizzes and Jokes - set of five covering sharks, whales, dolphins, jelly fish and bony fish)
See Jawesome Jury. (Click on Catalogue - UK Catalogue - then Guided Reading Play Scripts; then Jawesome Jury - this is a jury of sharks, led by the Hammerhead Shark as Judge, passing sentence against Man for his mishandling of the sea environment)
4 - 10 October World Space Week
See The Planets - available in both Assembly and Guided Reading form. (Click on Catalogue - UK Catalogue - Assemblies - Science - then The Planets - journey through our Solar System).
6 - 12 October National Children's Book Week
See Great British Writers Assembly (Click on Catalogue - UK Catalogue - Literature - then Great British Writers Assembly) The writers are Roald Dahl, A.A. Milne, C.S. Lewis, Lewis Carroll and J.K. Rowling)
14th October Birthday of Winnie the Pooh
See Great British Writers Assembly (Click on Catalogue - UK Catalogue - Assemblies - Literature then Great British Writers Assembly. These writers include Roald Dahl, A.A. Milne, C.S. Lewis, Lewis Carroll and J.K. Rowling)
NOVEMBER
November 5th - Bonfire Night
See Bonfire Night Assembly - The Hidden Gunpowder (Click on Catalogue - UK Catalogue - Assemblies - Calendar Dates - then Bonfire Night Assembly)
Plus Guy Fawkes Assembly (incl. Trial Of Guy Fawkes - also available separately @ £5.99)
November 7 1867 Birthday of Marie Curie
See Famous People of the 20th Century (Click on Catalogue - UK Catalogue - Guided Reading - History - then Famous People of the 20th Century)
November 13th - Remembrance Sunday
See Remembrance Day Assembly (Click on Catalogue - UK Catalogue - Assemblies - then Remembrance Day Assembly)
November 13 Birthday of Robert Louis Stevenson
November 19th CHILDREN IN NEED - free PRIDE assembly
November 16 - 20 National Anti-Bullying Week
See Anti-Bullying Assembly - You are Not Alone (Click on Catalogue - UK Catalogue - Assemblies - then Anti-Bullying Assembly)
November 19th International Men's Day
See International Men's Day Assembly (Click on Catalogue - UK Catalogue - Assemblies - Calendar Dates - International Men's Day Assembly)
November 26th - Thanksgiving Day
See The Mayflower (Click on USA Readers Theatre Class Plays; and then The Mayflower)
November 29th - Birthday of C.S. Lewis
See Great British Writers Assembly (Click on Catalogue - UK Catalogue - Assemblies - Literature - then Great British Writers Assembly including Roald Dahl, A.A. Milne, C.S. Lewis, Lewis Carroll and J.K. Rowling)
November 30th - St. Andrew's Day
See St. Andrew's Day Assembly (Click on Catalogue - UK Catalogue - Assemblies - Calendar Dates - then St. Andrew's Day Assembly)
DECEMBER
Christmas Scripts
- o Christmas Spirit - The Conversion of Mrs Scrooge!
- o The Meaning of Christmas - The Conversion of Scrooge
- o A Christmas Carol - short version of original
- o Snow White and the 22 Dwarfs
- o Christmas Carols Assembly
- o Christmas Advent Calendar Assembly
- o St. Nicholas Day Assembly - Mystery of the real Father Christmas
- o Babushka
- o Poinsettia
plus
A panto with a difference! On being requested to extend my Snow White and the 22 Dwarfs to accomodate a year group of 60, I thought why not team those 22 dwarfs up with 22 elves - with a few reindeer (and Father Christmas) thrown in?! Performance time will be around 45 mins plus - so a lot longer than my other plays BUT Snow White and the 22 Dwarfs will remain available in its original 20 min version, for those preferring the shorter option.
plus special Christmas 'package'.
December 2nd International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
See Black History Guided Reading Play Scripts These cover The Slave Trade, with discussion on racism; Heroes of the Underground Railroad; Amazing Women in the American Civil Rights Movement; Martin Luther King; and Nelson Mandela)
December 6th St. Nicholas Day
See St. Nicholas Day Assembly - Mystery of the real Father Christmas
December 16 Posandas Mexico (See Christmas Plays)
December 31 New Years Eve
New Year Resolutions Assembly
UNITED NATIONS AWARENESS DAYS
January
- January 1 - Global Family Day - formerly One Day of Peace and Sharing, recognized by the UN
- January 1 - World Day of Peace - established by pope Paul VI in his letter dated on 8.12.1967
- January 4 - World Hypnotism Day - established to promote awareness of hypnosis
- January 6 - World day for War orphans - initiated by (S.O.S Enfants En Detresse - www.soseed.org by Stephen N. Kinuthia)
- January 11 - International Day for Peace in Kenya January 11, 2008. Recent events in the country left Kenyans in fear of their future. The stalemate between the political leaders has created opportunity for destructive forces, and organized militia, which have risen to kill innocent people (more than 450 killed, thousands injured and over 250,000 displaced - initiated by (Kenya Welfare Foundation & Kenya Development Network and Consortium)
- 3rd Sunday of January - World Religion Day - established in 1950 [1]
- January 24 - National girl child day of India, recognized by India
- January 27 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day, recognized by the UN
- January 28 - Data Protection Day - recognized by the Council of Europe [2]
- January 29 - World Leprosy Day - LEPRA Health in Action, 28 Middleborough, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1TG
February
March
- March 4 - World Kamau's Day - Recognized by the UN
- March 8 - United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace, recognized by the UN
- March 8 - International Women's Day [3], recognized by the UN
- March 14 - International Day of Action for Rivers,International pi Day [4]
- March 15 - World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film
- March 15 - World Consumer Rights Day
- March 20 - International Day of the Francophonie (site (French))
- March 20 - World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People [5]
- March 21 - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, recognized by the UN
- March 21 - World Poetry Day, recognized by the UNESCO (Masood)
- March 22 - World Day for Water, recognized by the UN
- March 23 - World Meteorological Day, recognized by the UN / Pakistan Day.
- March 24 - International Day for Achievers, World Tuberculosis Day, recognized by the UN
- March 25 - International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, recognized by the UN
- March 27 - World Theatre Day
April
- April 2 - World Autism Awareness Day, recognized by the UN
- April 4 - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, recognized by the UN
- April 7 - World Health Day, recognized by the UN
- April 7 - International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda, recognized by the UN
- April 14 - Cultural Unity Day, recognized by India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh and Nepal.
- April 16 - World Entrepreneurship Day (WED) site
- April 17 - World Hemophilia Day, recognized by the UN
- April 21 - World Creativity and Innovation Day. Celebrations begin April 15 - Leonardo da Vinci's Birthday
- April 22 - Earth Day
- April 23 - World Book and Copyright Day, recognized by the UN
- April 24 - World Day for Laboratory Animals, recognized by the UN
- April 25 - World Malaria Day, recognized by the WHO
- April 26 - World Intellectual Property Day, recognized by the UN
- April 28 - International Workers' Memorial Day
- April 29 - World Dance Day
May