April Dates for Your Diary
Celebrating our furry friends, siblings and the Queen. Enjoying pillow fights and a good children’s book. April is a month of awareness and celebration all around the world. Here’s a short rundown of what’s in store.
National Pet Month
1st – 30th April
Are you an animal lover?
Celebrate the value of pet ownership, National Pet Month is back and better than ever!
We love pets! With the help of our supporters we raise awareness of responsible pet ownership through educational campaigns, we celebrate the benefits of our pets and encourage fundraising for the nation’s needy pets. We hope you can get involved!
Take a look at the Supporters Toolkit here.
There’s something for everyone, whether you want to put on an educational or fundraising event, plan a pet-related lesson or just display a fab pet-related poster, there’s something there for you. If it’s event support you are specifically looking for we have lots of tips. We also have competitions and all the latest news – so get stuck in!
International Children’s Book Day
Monday 2nd April 2018
Bringing Books and Children Together
Since 1967, on or around Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday, 2nd April, International Children’s Book Day is celebrated to inspire a love of reading and to call attention to children’s books.
Each year a different National Section of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) has the opportunity to be the international sponsor of International Children’s Book Day. It decides upon a theme and invites a prominent author from the host country to write a message to the children of the world and a well-known illustrator to design a poster.
This year the sponsor is IBBY Latvia and the theme they have chosen is: The Small is Big in a Book.
“A book makes the small person intuit that order is possible in the world, and everyone has a unique place in it. Everything works toward this goal: the rhythmic organization of the text, the rows of letters, the design of the page, the impression of the book as a well-structured whole. The great is revealed in the small and we model it in children’s books. A book is a mystery in which something unsought can be found, or something beyond one’s reach. A children’s book signifies respect for the greatness of the small.”
Written by Inese Zandere
World Autism Awareness Day 2018
Monday 2nd April 2018
The eleventh annual World Autism Awareness Day
World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) aims to put a spotlight on the hurdles that people with autism – and others living with autism – face every day.
Joined by the international community, hundreds of thousands of landmarks, buildings, homes and communities around the world, light blue in recognition of people living with autism. Autism-friendly events and educational activities take place all month to increase understanding and acceptance and foster worldwide support.
WAAD activities are planned every year to further increase and develop world knowledge of children and adults who have autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Learn more about ASD.
Other Dates for your Diary
- 7th April – International Pillow Fight Day
- 10th April – National Sibling Day
- 21st April – Queen’s Birthday
- 23rd April – St George’s Day
Get in touch and let us know how you mark these key dates.
Email us at info@headstartprimary.com or tweet us @HeadStart_UK.
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