Annual Calendar of Events

All Year Around

• Welcoming any New Children
• Celebrating children and staff Birthdays
• Picnics in the garden (weather permitting)
• Walks around the block
• All weather play outdoors
• Parents Workshops
• Annual BBQ - Carnival

January

• Winter Season
• First week back – Celebrating New Year
• 23rd – Chinese New Year (Year of the Dragon)
• 29th – 5th February –National Storytelling Week
• Visit to the Library

February

• Dental Health Month
• 14th – St Valentine’s Day
• 21st – Pancake Day (Christian day to eat all food that cannot be eater over Lent)
• 22nd – Ash Wednesday (Christian first day of Lent)

March

• Spring’s Arrival
• 1st – St David’s Day (Patron Saint of Wales)
• 8th – Holi (Hindu Spring Festival)
• 17th – St Patrick’s Day (Patron Saint of Ireland)
• 18th – Mother’s Day
• 18th – Red Nose Day
• 22nd – World Water Day

April

• National Pet Month / Gardening Month
• 2nd – International Children’s Book Day
• 7th – Passover (Jewish liberation of the Children of Israel)
• 9th – Easter Day (Christian celebration of new life)
• 22nd – Earth Day
• 23rd – St George’s Day (Patron Saint of England) // Book’s Day

May

• Flower’s Month / Transport Month
• 4th – International Fire-fighters Day
• 5th – Wesak / Budda Day
• 8th – World Red Cross Day
• Visit to the Fire Station

June

• Fruit and Vegetables Month
• Summer’s Arrival
• 2nd – 5th Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
• 17th – Father’s Day
• Last week – Sports Week

July

• Ice-Cream Month
• Summer BBQ
• School Leavers Party
• 3rd – Dharma Day
• 6th – Children’s Art Day
• 27th – London Olympics Begin
• Ramadan Festivity

August

• Different Outings

September

• 1st week –Harvest Festival
• 9th – Peques Anniversary
• 11th – Grandparents Day
• 17th – Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)
• 22nd – Autumn Arrival
• 26th – European Day of Languages

October

• Family History Month / Black History Month
• Parents Workshops: celebration of diversity
• 4th – World Animal Day
• Start of Autumn
• 21st – Apple Day
• 26th – Diwali (Hindu Festival of Lights)
• 31st – Halloween

November

• Good Nutrition Month
• 5th – Bonfire Day (Remembering Guy Fawkes)
• 15th – Al-Hijira (Islamic New Year)
• 21st – 27th –Road Safety Week

December

• Winter’s Arrival
• Kwanzaa (African-American culture celebration)
• Christmas Time
• Christmas Play
• Visit from Father Christmas
• 9th – Hanukkah (Jewish Festival of Lights)

Babies and Toddlers

Preschoolers

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Parents