JANUARY 2009
1st – New Year’s Day
6th – Twelfth Night
Epiphany
26th – Chinese New Year
FEBRUARY 2009
6th – UNICEF Day for Change
14th – St Valentines Day
24th – Shrove Tuesday
25th – Ash Wednesday
MARCH 2009
1st – St David’s Day
5th – World Book Day
11th – Holi (Hindu)
13th – Sport Relief
17th – St Patrick’s Day
22nd – Mother’s Day
26th – 28th – The Education Show (NEC, B’ham)
29th – British Summertime Begins
APRIL 2009
1st – April Fools Day
5th – Palm Sunday
7th – World Health Day
9th – Passover (Jewish)
10th – Good Friday
12th – Easter Sunday
13th – Easter Monday
14th – Baisakhi (Sikh)
23rd – St George’s Day
MAY 2009
1st – May Day
4th – Bank Holiday
9th – Wesak
22nd – Whitsun
25th – Spring Bank Holiday
JUNE 2009
5th – World Environment Day
9th – Shavout (Jewish)
21st – Father’s Day
24th – Midsummer’s Day
JULY 2009
15th – St Swithin’s Day
Not definitive but may be a starting point.. we do ours from Sept to August so missing ones to maybe look up are
SEPTEMBER
– Ramadan Begins (Islam)
– International Literacy Day
– Roald Dahl Day
– First Day of Autumn
– Harvest Festival
– European day of Languages
– Rosh Hashanah (Jewish)
OCTOBER
(International Walk to School Month)
– Eid-al-Fitr (Islam)
– Jeans for Genes Day
– National Children’s Book Week
– National Poetry Day
– End of British Summer
– Diwali (Hindu)
31st – Halloween
NOVEMBER
5th – Bonfire Night
– Road Safety Week
11th – Remembrance Day
– Children in Need
30th – St. Andrew’s Day
DECEMBER
1st – Beginning of Advent
– Eid-ul-Adha (Muslim)
– Hanukkah (Jewish)
24th – Christmas Eve
25th - Christmas Day
26th – St Stephens Day
31st – New Year’s Day
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