Saturday 23rd - Sunday 31st May 2026: 🌱🥕 For early years settings, nurseries, preschools, childminders, and Year 1 and Year 2 classrooms, National Children’s Gardening Week provides a wonderfully rich and hands-on theme for exploring plants, life cycles, food sources, nature, science (growth and change), the environment, outdoor play,…
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Saturday 23rd May 2026: 🐢🌊 For early years settings, nurseries, preschools, childminders, and Year 1 and Year 2 classrooms, World Turtle Day provides a wonderful and engaging theme for exploring animals (especially reptiles, sea creatures, and pets), habitats (ocean, desert, wetlands, gardens), conservation, life cycles,…
Read moreInternational Day for Biological Diversity | EYFS & KS1 Activity Ideas
Friday 22nd May 2026: 🌳🐠 International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) is a special day celebrated every year on May 22nd. It was started by the United Nations to help everyone understand something very important called 'biological diversity', or 'biodiversity' for short. Biodiversity means…
Read moreNational Numeracy Day | EYFS & KS1 Activity Ideas
Wednesday 20th May 2026: 🔢➕ For early years settings, nurseries, preschools, childminders, and Year 1 and Year 2 classrooms, National Numeracy Day provides a fantastic and practical theme for exploring counting, number recognition, shapes, patterns, problem-solving, and early mathematical concepts. It's about building a positive attitude…
Read moreWorld Bee Day | EYFS & KS1 Activity Ideas
Wednesday 20th May 2026: 🐝🍯 For early years settings, nurseries, preschools, childminders, and Year 1 and Year 2 classrooms, World Bee Day provides a wonderful and engaging theme for exploring minibeasts, plants, life cycles, food sources, the environment, and understanding the world (the world around us). It's about introducing…
Read moreInternational Museum Day | EYFS & KS1 Activity Ideas
Monday 18th May 2026: 🏛️🔎 For early years settings, nurseries, preschools, childminders, and Year 1 and Year 2 classrooms, International Museum Day provides a fantastic and engaging theme for exploring history, science, art, culture, discovery, role-play, and understanding the world (the world around us). It's about sparking children's curiosity,…
Read moreNational Children’s Day UK | EYFS & KS1 Activity Ideas
Sunday 10th May 2026: 👧👦 For early years settings, nurseries, preschools, childminders, and Year 1 and Year 2 classrooms, National Children’s Day provides an incredibly broad and foundational opportunity to explore all aspects of a child's health, safety, well-being, emotions, physical development, rights, and…
Read moreEndangered Species Day | EYFS & KS1 Activity Ideas
Friday 15th May 2026: 🐾🌱 Endangered Species Day is a special day celebrated every year on the third Friday in May. It was started by a group called the National Endangered Species Act Education Centre in the United States and was recognised…
Read moreInternational Day of Families | EYFS & KS1 Activity Ideas
Friday 15th May 2026: 👨👩👧👦💖 International Day of Families is a special day celebrated every year on May 15th. It was started by the United Nations in 1993 because they wanted everyone to remember how important…
Read moreMental Health Awareness Week | EYFS & KS1 Activity Ideas
Monday 11th - Sunday 17th May 2026: 😊🧠 Mental Health Awareness Week happens every year in May. It's hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, a charity in the UK. This week is all about helping everyone understand that our minds…
Read moreInternational Nurses Day | EYFS & KS1 Activity Ideas
Tuesday 12th May 2026: 👩⚕️🧑⚕️ For early years settings, nurseries, preschools, childminders, and Year 1 and Year 2 classrooms, International Nurses Day provides a fantastic and practical theme for exploring people who help us, health and well-being, empathy, role-play, and personal, social…
Read moreWorld Hand Hygiene Day | EYFS & KS1 Activity Ideas
Tuesday 5th May 2026: ✨🧼 World Hand Hygiene Day is a special day celebrated every year on May 5th. It was started by the World Health Organization (WHO) with a very important message: 'SAVE LIVES:…
Read moreWorld Laughter Day | EYFS & KS1 Activity Ideas
Sunday 3rd May 2026: 😄😂 The main idea of this day is to show how laughter can help bring peace and friendship to people all over the world. Dr. Kataria believes that laughter is like a super-power that can help people…
Read moreNational Walking Month & Walk to School Week | EYFS & KS1 Activity Ideas
🚶♀️🚶♂️For early years settings, nurseries, preschools, childminders, and Year 1 and Year 2 classrooms, National Walking Month (Friday 1st - Sunday 31st May 2026) and Walk to School Week (Monday 18th - Friday 22nd May 2026) provide a fantastic and practical theme for exploring physical development, health and well-being, the environment, road safety…
Read moreOutdoor Classroom Day | EYFS & KS1 Activity Ideas
Friday 8th May 2026 & Thursday 5th November 2026: Let's learn outside! 🌳☀️ Outdoor Classroom Day is a global campaign to inspire and celebrate outdoor play and learning, with two designated days each year: one in May and one in November…
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