We have so many amazing things to look forward to in the year to come. From Roald Dahl Day to Maths Week, the Primary Science Fair to Science Week – the year is packed full of amazing and interesting events and celebrations for you to explore, learn and discover! We’re also going to have the Winter Olympics and the World Cup to look forward to! Why not check just some of the many events we’ll be celebrating and learning about in St. Peter’s this year. Ms. Brennan made the list below for the Seomra Ranga website and the original post can be found here!
September
1. Grandparent’s Day (US), Sunday 8th September – http://grandparentsday.org/
2. Roald Dahl Day, Friday 13th September – http://www.roalddahlday.info/
3. International Day of Peace, Saturday 21st September – http://www.internationaldayofpeace.org/
4. European Day of Languages, Thursday 26th September – http://edl.ecml.at
October
5. Children’s Book Festival (Ireland), month of October – http://www.childrensbooksireland.ie/childrens-book-festival/
6. World Animal Day, Friday 4th October – http://www.worldanimalday.org.uk/
7. Referendum (32nd and 33rd Amendment), Friday 4th October – http://www.refcom.ie/en/
8. World Teachers’ Day, Saturday 5th October – http://www.worldteachersday.org/map/
9. World Space Week, 4th – 10th October – http://www.worldspaceweek.org/wsw/index.php
10. Maths Week, 12th – 20th October – http://www.mathsweek.ie/
11. World Food Day, Thursday 16th October – http://www.worldfooddayusa.org/
November
12. International Tongue Twister Day, Thursday 7th November.
13. Science Week, 10th – 17th November – http://www.scienceweek.ie/
December
14. Birthday of Walt Disney, 5th December.
January
15. RDS Primary Science Fair, 9th- 11th January – http://www.rds.ie/primarysciencefair
16. Martin Luther King Day, Monday 20th January.
17. Australia Day, Sunday 26th January.
18. Chinese New Year, Friday 31st January.
February
19. Storytelling Week (UK), 1st – 8th February – http://www.sfs.org.uk/national-storytelling-week
20. Engineer’s Week, February 9th – 15th – http://www.engineersweek.ie/
21. Safer Internet Day, 11th February – http://www.saferinternetday.org
22. Winter Olympics, 7th- 23rd February – http://www.olympic.org/sochi-2014-winter-olympics
March
23. Seachtain na Gaeilge – 1-17ú Márta – http://snag.ie/
24. Pancake Tuesday, Tuesday 4th March.
25. World Book Day, Thursday 6th March – http://www.worldbookday.com/
26. National Tree Week, March but exact dates TBC – http://www.treecouncil.ie/activities.html
27. International Women’s Day, Saturday 8th March – http://www.internationalwomensday.com/
28. World Poetry Day, Friday 21st March – http://www.un.org/en/events/poetryday/
29. Mothering Sunday, Sunday 30th March.
April
30. Digital Art Week, April, dates TBC – http://www.digitalartweek.com/2013/
31. Earth Day, Tuesday 22nd April – http://www.earthday.org/
May
32. Europe Day, Friday 9th May – http://europa.eu/about-eu/basic-information/symbols/europe-day/index_en.htm
33. Local Elections, late May but exact dates TBC.
June
34. Father’s Day, Sunday 15th June.
35. Start of FIFA World Cup, Thursday 12th June – http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/index.html
36. Bike Week, June but exact dates TBC – http://www.bikeweek.ie/
1:47 pm on August 30th, 2013
I can’t wait for all those 36 things! Even if they include a lot of effort!