Events

The first day of a new year! A time to think about the previous year and think of new resolutions and achievements for the coming twelve months.

Celebrate World Braille Day by remembering the life of Louis Braille and exploring braille in your classrooms.

The Big Schools' Birdwatch is the biggest wildlife survey in schools. It helps to track numbers of birds in school grounds, providing an insight into which species are doing well or not so well and inspiring children about nature. 90,000 pupils and teachers took part last year.

Sydney Festival is a major arts festival. The program features events from local and international artists and includes contemporary and classical music, dance, circus, drama, visual arts and artist talks.

Epiphany celebrates the visit of the wise men to the infant Jesus.

In Ireland, the 6th of January is traditionally known as Little Christmas, perhaps because Christmas celebrations fell on that day under the Julian calendar

Makar Sankranti is one of the most important festivals of the Hindu calendar and celebrates the sun's journey into the northern hemisphere.

Vasant Panchami is the Hindu festival that highlights the coming of spring.

Kid Inventors' Day is celebrated on the birthday of Benjamin Franklin, who invented swimming flippers at the age of 12.

Winnie the Pooh day is celebrated on the anniversary of the birthday of the author A A Milne.

The world celebrates the symbol of wintertime on this special day.

Martin Luther King Day marks the birthday of the American Civil Rights Leader and is a federal holiday in the USA.

The aim of World Religion Day, held on the third Sunday in January every year, is to promote inter-faith understanding and harmony. Through a variety of events held around the globe, followers of every religion are encouraged to acknowledge the similarities that different faiths have.​

National Handwriting Day is an unofficial holiday that celebrates and commemorates the practice of handwriting with a pen or pencil.​

Burns Night is a celebration of the life of the poet Robert Burns. It is marked in Scotland with the reading of Burn's poems and the eating of haggis.

Republic Day commemorates the date on which the Constitution of India came into force.

Australia Day is the official national day of Australia. It is celebrated annually on 26 January.

Holocaust Memorial Day is a national commemoration day in the United Kingdom dedicated to the remembrance of those who suffered in The Holocaust, under Nazi Persecution, and in subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur.​

Get your class counting birds and take part in the world's largest wildlife survey. Find out more about the event on the RSPB site.

National Storytelling Week is about sharing stories, parables, fables and legends with others.

Backwards day is a fun day for doing things, well, backwards!

One of three national days when people are encouraged to help prevent lice from circulating from head to head and back again