Key Dates in School Calendar
*these are scripts being worked on. If needed, let me know and I will make them a priority!
JANUARY 2010
January 1 New Years Day
New Year Resolutions Assembly
*January 3 Birthday of J.R.R. Tolkien
*January 4 Birthday of Jacob Grimm - celebration of Fairy Tales
See Snow White and the 22 Dwarfs
January 5 Twelfth Night
See Babushka (Twelfth Night the night she still looks for Jesus)
*January 6 Epiphany
* January 7 Ganna, Ethiopia
*January 9 St. Philip of Moscow - tale of inspirational courage against tyranny.
* January 14 Pongal India - part of Assembly on India
January 18 Martin Luther King Day
See Black History Guided Reading Play Scripts
*January 16 Moby Dick Parade - Whales
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 19 Singapore Kite Festival
*January 21 St. Agnes's Day
* January 22 Elfstedentocht - Netherlands Eleven Cities Skating Race
*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)
*January 29 Up-Helly-Aa
*January 29 Tu Bishvat
*January 30 Three Hierarchs - Greece
*January 31 Soldag -Norway
FEBRUARY
*February 1 St. Brigid's Day Ireland
*February 2 Candlemas
*Feb 3rd Setsubun & 6th Sapporo Snow Festival & 15th Kamakura & 17th Bonten Festival - Japan
* February 7 Gasparilla Pirate Invasion USA
*February 8 Birthday of Jules Verne in Assembly on France
*February 11 St. Bernadette of Lourdes - France
See French Assembly Vive La France!
February 12 - 28th Winter Olympics
See Winter Olympics Assembly - Tracing its History from 1924 to the present day and free Winter Olympics play for guided reading - first of a set of 5 (in Free Scripts section of website)
February 14 Valentine's Day
See Valentines Day Assembly
February 16 Presidents' Day
See Meet the Presidents
*February 16 Basant Panchami - Hindu
February 18 - 23 Jorvik Viking Festival
See Viking Assembly and Viking Guided Reading Play Scripts and Viking Quizzes & Riddles
*February 25 Shrove Tuesday
*February 26 Ash Wednesday
*February 29 Leap Year Day
MARCH
March 1 St. David's Day
See Welsh Assembly - in celebration of St. David's Day
*March 2 Birthday of Dr. Seuss
* March 6 Magha Puja - Buddhism
*March 8 Birthday of Kenneth Grahame (Wind in the Willows)
March 8 International Women's Day
See Amazing Women
*March 10 Shivaratri - Hindu
*March 16 Purim - 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)
*Mothering Sunday
*March 27 Holi - Hinduism
APRIL
*April 1 April Fools' Day
*April 2 Birthday of Hans Christian Anderson and International Children's Book Day
*April 4 Easter Sunday
*April 7 World Health Day
April 14th Anti-Bully Day
See Anti-Bullying Play/Assembly: You Are Not Alone
*April 18 Ram Navami - Hindu
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 St. George's Day guided reading play script plus Ode
Plus Assembly on Great Britain - celebrating all things British!
*April 30 Walpurgisnacht - Europe
MAY
*May 1 May Day
*May 9 Birthday of J.M Barrie (Peter Pan)
*May 10 Meenakshi Kalyana
May 11 Joan of Arc
See French Assembly Vive La France
*May 19 May Dressing
*May 20 Anniversary of First Transatlantic Solo Flight
*May 25 Shavuot - Judaism
*May 26 Vesak - The birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha
*May 29 Ramadan
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
*June 12 Birthday of Johanna Spyri (Heidi)
*June 24 St. John's Day
JULY
*July 4 Independence Day USA
*July 5 Tour de France
*July 6 Birthday of Beatrix Potter
July 7 Fiesta de San Fermin
See Spanish Assembly
July 14 Bastille Day - France
See French Assembly Vive La France!
*July 15 St. Swithin's Day - England
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).
*July 20 Moon Day
*July 22 Anniversary of the Pied Piper of Hamelin
See Leavers Day Assembly.
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 2nd - 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 5th - 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
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