School Calendar 2012
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| 4 Jan | World Braille Day | |
| 16 Jan | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Third Monday in January | |
| 23 Jan |
Chinese New Year Year of the Dragon |
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| 27 Jan | Holocaust Memorial Day | |
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3 Feb |
UNICEF Day of Change first Friday in Feb Day for Change 2012 Sports for Development in UGANDA
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| 14 Feb | St Valentine's Day |
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| 21 Feb | Shove Tuesday Pancake Day |
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22 Feb |
Ash Wednesday |
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| 22 Feb | World Thinking Day (Girl Guides and Girl Scouts) |
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| 27 Feb to 11 March | Fair Trade Fortnight |
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1 March |
St David's Day The patron Saint of Wales |
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1 March |
World Book Day | www.worldbookday.com |
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6 March |
Ghana Independence Day 1957 |
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| 8 March |
International Women's Day Connecting Girls - Inspiring Futures |
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| 12 March | Commonwealth Day | |
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17 March |
St Patrick’s Day Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. |
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18 March |
Mothering Sunday |
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| 20 March | Spring Equinox | |
| 25 March | British Summer Time Starts (clocks go forward 1hr) Last Sunday in March each year | |
| 31 March | Earth Hour on Saturday 31 March at 8:30pm |
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| 1 April | April Fools Day | Family Fun |
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1 April |
Palm Sunday |
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6 April |
Good Friday |
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8 April |
Easter Sunday |
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| 21 April | Queen's Birthday Actual birthday of Queen Elizabeth II born in 1926. Her birthday is officially celebrated by the "Trooping of the Colour" on the second Saturday in June. | |
| 23 April | St George’s Day The patron saint of England | |
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24 April |
Easter Sunday |
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| 1 May | May Day | |
| 7-13 May | Children's Book Week | Children's Book Week |
| 12 May | World Fair Trade Day Second Saturday in May | |
| 17 June | Father’s Day | |
| 20 June | Summer Solstice (longest day) | |
| 4 July | America Independence Day | |
| 20 July-18 Aug | Ramadan Muslim's month of fasting from dawn to sunset | |
| 3-27 Aug | Edinburgh Fringe Festival largest art's festival in the world | |
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23 August |
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition |
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| 26-27 Aug | Notting Hill Carnival | |
| 8 Sept | International Literacy Day | |
| 13 Sept | Roald Dahl Day | |
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21 Sept |
International Day of Peace |
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| 22 Sept | Autumn Equinox | |
| 29 Sept | World Heart Day | |
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OCTOBER |
Black History Month |
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| 4-10 Oct | World Space Week | World Space Week |
| 4 Oct | National Poetry Day | Children's Poetry Competition |
| 5 Oct | Jeans for Genes | www.jeansforgenes.com |
| 5 Oct | World Smile Day | www.worldsmileday.com |
| 6-14 Oct | Homeless World Cup Paris, France | Homeless World Cup |
| 26 Oct | Eid-al-Adha Islamic Festival celebrated by Muslims all over the world as a tribute to those who are completing their pilgrimage to Mecca | |
| 28 Oct | British Summer Time Ends (clocks go back 1hr) | |
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31 Oct |
Halloween |
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5 Nov |
Guy Fawkes Day/Bonfire Night |
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| 11 Nov | Armistice Day 2 minutes silence at 11 am | |
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11 Nov |
Remembrance Sunday It is a special day set aside to remember all those men and women who were killed during the two World Wars and other conflicts. |
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| 21 Nov | World Hello Day Greet 10 people for Peace | |
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30 Nov |
St Andrew’s Day The patron saint of Scotland |
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| 1 Dec | World AIDS Day | |
| 2 Dec | International Day for the Abolition of Slavery | |
| 3 Dec | International Day of Persons with Disabilities | |
| 5 Dec | International Volunteer Day | |
| 8-16 Dec | Hanukkah Jewish Festival of Light. Each of the 8 days are marked by the lighting of a candle | bbc website |
| 10 Dec | Human Rights Day | |
| 11 Dec | International Mountain Day | |
| 18 Dec | International Migrants Day | |
| 20 Dec | International Human Solidarity Day | |
| 25 Dec | Christmas Day |
