Inspirational topics and activities to enjoy during the
‘School Summer Holidays’
☀️ Get ready for an unforgettable summer with our amazing collection of inspirational topics and activities for the school holidays! Whether you're planning exciting adventures or quiet moments of creativity, we have everything you need to keep little (and not-so-little!) ones engaged. Dive into imaginative play with our fantastic Role Play Packs, including a Holiday Hotel, Aquarium, Pirate Ship, Teddy Bears' Picnic, Ice Cream Shop, and Zoo.
Summer Holiday Inspiration
Spark ideas with our 30 Days of Summer Inspiration Poster, help children plan their break with My Summer Holiday Checklists and My Summer Activity Booklets, and dream big with a Summer Bucket List. You'll also find delightful Summer Colouring Sheets for those quieter moments.
Outdoor Adventures & Essential Safety
Looking for outdoor fun? Browse our 'Outdoor Area' pages for ideas on Water Play, Sand Play, Mud Kitchen, Outdoor Maths, and Outdoor Mark Making. Don't forget to explore our dedicated sections on Sports and PE Games, Gardening, Forest School, and Beach School. Plus, ensure a safe summer with our vital Road Safety and Sun Safety resources.
Fun and Games for Everyone!
For endless entertainment, explore our 'Fun and Games' page packed with puzzles, masks, colouring, party packs, snap cards, art & crafts, scavenger hunts, and more! You can also browse our general 'Summer' themed resources for a wide range of seasonal activities.
Topics to Engage All Ages
Many of our topics are perfect for mixed-age groups, encouraging older children to play and learn alongside their younger siblings or friends. Discover resources on Active Journeys, At the Seaside, Construction, Dinosaurs, Emotions and Feelings, Fairies, Food, Life Cycles, Minibeasts, Nursery Rhymes, On the Farm, People Who Help Us, Pets, Pirates, Plants, Recycling, Space, Under the Sea, Weather, Wildlife, and Zoo. Role-play areas are also fantastic for collaborative play across different ages – older children often thrive helping younger ones!
Inspire with Special Dates
Finally, let our updated Special Dates Calendars for July, August, and September 2026 inspire your holiday planning with exciting events and themes! We even have an inspirational blog post for each awareness date, jam packed with activity ideas and resources! 🗓️
On this page you will find Free Sample Resources alongside our core Premium Printable Provision for this theme. In addition, you will find some Professional EYFS Curriculum & Pedagogy Suite Planning Documents. Explore membership options here.
Sections on this page:
Free Sample Resources
Featured Resources
Searching for some garden/outdoor area inspiration? Browse our ‘Outdoor Area’ pages - Water Play / Sand Play / Mud Kitchen / Gardening / Maths / Mark Making / Wildlife Investigation / Picnic Area / Sport and PE Games / Beach School / Forest School / Science Investigations
Help your children to stay safe during the summer holidays - Road Safety - Sun Safety and Heatwave
Looking for some fun and games?…Enjoy our collection of puzzles, masks, colouring, party packs, sport and PE games, playdough and loose part mats, snap cards, art & crafts, scavenger hunts and more on our ‘Fun and Games’ page
Or browse our ‘Summer’ themed resources
Summer Holidays Theme & Project Planning Support
Searching for a topic which interests everyone? Many of you will be caring for some older children alongside your early years children at this time of year. We think you’ll find that many of the resources within the following topics inspire young and old alike to play and have fun! Active Journeys / At the Seaside / Construction / Dinosaurs / Endangered Animals / Exercise / Expressive Movement / Fairies / Food / Goldilocks and the Three Bears / Jack and the Beanstalk / Life Cycles / Little Red Riding Hood / Medicine - Doctors and Nurses / Mermaids and Mermen / Minibeasts / Nursery Rhymes / On the Farm / Out and About / People Who Help Us / Pets / Pirates / Plants / Recycling / Space / Sport and PE Games / Teddy Bears' Picnic / Teeth and Oral Health / The Environment / The Three Little Pigs / Transport / Under the Sea / Water / Weather / Wildlife / Woodland / Zoo
Equally, young and old often love the opportunity to play together within a role play area. We’ve always been surprised at how much our older children have enjoyed this. Many also thrive with the opportunity to help the younger children!
Allow our ‘Special Dates Calendars’ to inspire you
‘Get Organised’ pages you may be interested in
Free ‘Summer Holiday Activities’ Printables | Early Years
Join for free and download our inspirational ‘Summer Holiday Activity’ educational resources in this ‘Free Samples’ section!
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This resource can be used solely as a speech and language activity with younger children, promoting discussion about the pictured character and encouraging the children to creatively build on, and share, their own experiences.
As an optional follow up, sheets for drawing their responses are included. Additionally, for older children such as Reception and KS1 (Year 1 and Year 2), there are versions of the sheets that have lined areas for writing.
Prompts include questions such as: What do you think Aryan will do? Where will Aryan go? What will it be like? How will Aryan get there?
Have fun!
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These challenge cards are to be used as prompts for a STEM session.
(Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics)
The challenges are intended to be open ended and non-specific to encourage independent thinking in the children.
3 x STEM prompt cards included in this sample pack, plus a blank one for your own ideas.
Pack of 14 x 'STEM - Challenge Cards’ available to Premium members here.
Have fun!
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Numbers 0-20 on footballs for use during number work activities e.g. within a tuff spot or for a number line display.
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Pack of football themed mark making/writing/drawing border sheets (vertical). Various designs included.
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These posters are intended to help encourage an autumn-themed floating/sinking investigation.
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This resource is intended to serve as inspiration for activities during the summertime. They do not need to be followed to the letter or completed in any order; they are just a starting point for summer fun!
A blank version is also included for you to add your own ideas.
Enjoy the summer!
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These checklists are to promote mindfulness and awareness of surroundings when in a beach setting. This activity is intended to help children engage their senses to better notice and appreciate the environment around them.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Once laminated these Beach Shell Multimats are ideal to be used as reusable playdough or loose part mats. Alternatively, use them in conjunction with whiteboard pens. Without lamination these sheets may also be used with mark making tools or art and craft materials.
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These cards can be laminated for repeated use. Each of the six beach habitat creatures has a dotted line card and a card with a blank space.
Use the laminated cards with whiteboard pens or alternatively use the first card as stimulus e.g. using your finger or stick on the beach in the sand or at home in your sand tray.
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A selection of 5 Summer themed activity pages. An additional front cover page is also included. 20 PAGE BOOKLET AVAILABLE for Premium members here.
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Have great fun with your children whilst all pretending to be dinosaurs with this set of 8 Dinosaur Activity Challenge cards. Perhaps children could stand in a circle around the pile of cards and take turns to pick one for everyone to do. Cards could equally be shrunk down and placed on a key ring to take out on adventures or featured on an indoor or outdoor display board and referred to with everyone carrying out the activity on floor space in front. Once the children get to know the cards they will be able to relate the action to the picture without necessarily needing the card read to them...For example an adult may be able to simply hold up a card and everyone will be able to do the activity together! Great for physical development, descriptive language, understanding the world and turn taking.
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Pack includes ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ display banner, plus call outs for key phrases within the story.
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Consolidate children’s knowledge of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ whilst playing a fun game of ‘snap’ (or a memory game of ‘picking up pairs’ if you only print 2 of each card) with this set of large snap cards. The cards are made with a tab backing which can be folded before lamination in order to strengthen the final product. This also means that when turned over, the picture on the front can not be seen. Great stimulus for developing language skills!
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Use these fine motor butterfly sheets once for pencil control practise or laminate and encourage children to take it in turns with whiteboard pens to practise making the different shapes.
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These prompt cards are to promote mindfulness and awareness of surroundings when in a woodland setting.
This activity is intended to help children engage their senses to better notice and appreciate the environment around them.
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These cards are intended to be used to aid number formation practice in wet sand. The numbers could be attempted with a finger or a stick/pencil. A stone marks the spot where the writing of each number should begin.
N.B. The pack includes two different font types for the numbers: (p2-6) & (p7-11) (But don’t forget if you choose the editable docx file, you can change the font!)
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Pack of 9 colouring sheets with a ‘Fairies’ theme. Great for mindfulness practise!
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Pack of 2 elephant colouring sheets. Great for mindfulness practise!
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Pack of 2 lion colouring sheets. Great for mindfulness practise!
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Pack of 2 tiger colouring sheets. Great for mindfulness practise!
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Have great fun with your children whilst all pretending to be fairies with this set of 6 Fairy Activity Challenge cards.
Perhaps children could stand in a circle around the pile of cards and take turns to pick one for everyone to do. Cards could equally be shrunk down and placed on a key ring to take out on adventures or featured on an indoor or outdoor display board and referred to with everyone carrying out the activity on floor space in front.
Once the children get to know the cards they will be able to relate the action to the picture without necessarily needing the card read to them...For example an adult may be able to simply hold up a card and everyone will be able to do the activity together!
Great for physical development, descriptive language, imagination, understanding the world and turn taking.
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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Set of 7 A4 Exercise description cards.
Each card describes in picture and word format an exercise which can be practised with young children. Have fun!
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Set of 12 A4 PE Action Colouring Sheets.
Each colouring sheet depicts a PE action which can be practised with young children. Have fun!
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Pack includes A4 sized ‘Kids Olympics’ & ‘Sports Day’ certificates.
The editable DOCX file version of this certificate can be adapted for any purpose as the text is fully editable (including font). This means that the child’s name, date and purpose of the certificate can all be changed. Any images may also be moved and resized.
We have also created a non-editable PDF file which has blank versions of each certificate for those of you who would prefer to write personalised text by hand.
Check out more of our certificates here.
Check out more of our ‘Kids Olympics’/’Sports Day’ resources here.
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What will the bears take on their picnic?
These sheets can be used in the following ways:
Group Prompts to inspire discussion / communication and language skills and subsequent children’s art & craft work.
Printed for individual artwork use.
Laminated to be used repeatedly with whiteboard pens or as playdough mats.
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Perfect for ‘Teddy Bears’ Picnic’ role-play.
Here’s how to create them:
Prepare a loop of paper to fit the child’s head.
Cut out the desired ears and stick to the paper loop.
Wear the bear ears to the picnic!
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Please note that more free resources can be found on each of the individual topic pages. Have fun browsing! We hope it helps! 😊
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Please note that both Editable (docx file) and non-editable (pdf file) versions are available for all ‘School Summer Activities’ topic resources. (Editable files require Microsoft Word to work at optimum level and Non-Editable files require a pdf viewer.)
Featured Resources
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Transform your outdoor water area into a space for curiosity, investigation and problem-solving with our wonderful Outdoor Water Play Challenge Cards!
These engaging printable challenge cards encourage exploration, experimentation and meaningful conversations through…
Everything you need to set up a ‘Teddy Bears’ Picnic’ role-play area!
Pack includes:
(Please note that words, etc. can be altered within the editable docx file version.)
‘Teddy Bears’ Picnic’ banner
Name badges - Name Writing
Teddy Bear Ears (full colour)
Teddy Bear Masks (colouring)
Sandwich Prop Cards
‘Welcome! Picnic this way’ Sign
‘Don’t be late!’ Sign - Space to draw hands on clock
Emergent writing/Mark making/Drawing Prompts - ‘Who’s coming?’ - ‘What will the bears take on their picnic?’ - ‘Shopping List’
Food Menu/Option Posters
Food Prop Cards
Bunting
‘Drink some water!’ - Jug Capacity Posters
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'Pirate Ship' role play pack.
Pack includes:
banner
pirate masks
various porthole views
pirate ship signs/posters
pirate and pirate ship name creator games
treasure item cards
pirate mission cards
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Aquarium Role Play Pack includes:
banner
tickets - Name Writing
open/closed signs
opening times poster
‘Which animals can you find?’ tick sheet
colouring sheets
aquarium gold member cards
direction posters/arrows
exhibit posters (include feeding and experience times )
various mark making sheets
word cards
sea creature prop cards
aquarist name card templates
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'Holiday Hotel' role play pack.
Pack includes:
Banner
Name badges - Name Writing
New York, London, New Delhi and Tokyo reception area clocks (pre filled and blank for emergent writing)
Open and closed signs
Various ‘Booking Form’ mark making sheets
Room key props
Direction signs e.g. ‘Reception’, ‘Exit’, ‘Rooms 1-10’.
Room numbers
Various signs, e.g. ‘Please do not disturb’, ‘Holiday Hotel Activities’
Internal phone numbers sheet e.g. ‘Reception’ and ‘Room Service’ and dial pad
‘Room Service’ menus (with and without prices)
General mark making sheets, e.g. ‘Employee of the month’, ‘Room Prices’
Various room service prop cards
Have fun!
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Download this one stop 'Ice Cream Shop' role play pack. Ideal role play area for the hot weather.
Pack includes:
banner
menu with prices
create your own ice cream menu
blank proforma menu for children to fill in
picture cards of various things to be sold in the role-play shop (to ideally cut out and laminate)
lolly writing sheets
ice cream order form
advert posters with descriptive vocab
open and closed signs
opening times clock
blank mark making/drawing/writing sheets
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Zoo Role Play Pack includes:
zoo banner
tickets - Name Writing
open/closed signs
opening times poster
‘Which animals can you find?’ tick sheet
ice cream/lolly prices poster
ice cream/lolly role play cards
zoo map
zoo gold member card templates
direction posters/arrows
animal enclosure posters (include feeding times with food each animal eats)
animal food role play cards for children to feed animals correct foods
zookeeper name card templates - Name Writing
animal masks
Alongside this role-play you may like to read: Dear Zoo, Hole in the Zoo, Rumble in the Jungle, Giraffes Can’t Dance or Who’s at the Zoo?
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Large Sea Animal colouring pictures which each include a label.
Colouring, Activity, Reading, Print Carries Meaning, Fine Motor, Pencil Control, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Take Home, *Realistic Style*, Dolphin, Sea Lion, Jellyfish, Turtle, Crabs, Edible Crab, Starfish, Seahorse, Eel, Clownfish, Fish, Mammals, Invertebrates, Reptiles, Octopus, Narwhal
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This resource is intended to serve as inspiration for activities during the summertime. They do not need to be followed to the letter or completed in any order; they are just a starting point for summer fun!
A blank version is also included for you to add your own ideas.
Enjoy the summer!
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These checklists are to give children and adults ideas for summer activities.
There are two sheets with ideas to tick when they are completed and then one sheet of blank squares for additional ideas!
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Select and print the pages you would like to use to create booklets for your children. Summer themed paper based activities.
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Encourage children to think about what they would enjoy doing this Summer! The sheets cover an ability range from first mark-making up to full phrase/sentence writing.
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Encourage children to think about what they enjoy doing during the Summertime! Children can then make marks/draw/write to communicate their ideas in the summer thought bubbles. Alternatively an adult can scribe a child’s ideas.
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Familiar summer items for colouring. Which colours will your children choose?
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Searching for some garden/outdoor area inspiration? Browse our ‘Outdoor Area’ pages…
(Free Sample resources available on most pages)
Help your children to stay safe during the summer holidays…
Looking for some fun and games?…Enjoy our collection of puzzles, masks, colouring, party packs, sport and PE games, playdough and loose part mats, snap cards, art & crafts, scavenger hunts and more on our ‘Fun and Games’ page…
Or browse our ‘Summer’ themed resources…
Summer Holidays Theme & Project Planning Support
Our mini-projects are perfect for holiday provision planning. What are your children interested in?
A sensory-rich exploration of weather, movement and material change, designed to build early scientific thinking, descriptive language and whole-body learning.
A high-impact week of songs, action rhymes and sound play designed to strengthen early language foundations through rhythm, repetition and movement.
A relationship-centred mini-project that places children’s identity, preferences and sense of self at the heart of learning.
A high-impact, play-rich mini-project that uses water as the vehicle for developing physical control, early maths (capacity), schema play and simple scientific thinking.
A highly engaging, creativity-led mini-project focused on colour naming, sorting and matching, and the “wow” science of colour mixing—ideal for building early maths thinking, language and fine motor control through playful exploration.
A gentle, emotionally rich mini-project that uses familiar comfort objects to support social development, early role play, language for manners and routine, and practical self-help skills.
A focused, sensory-rich mini-project that uses food, cooking play and preparation routines to build independence, fine motor strength and rich descriptive language through child-led exploration.
A professional mini-project planner designed to harness toddlers’ fascination with vehicles, power and construction — supporting schema play, physical development and language through high-impact, child-led provision.
A two-week, low-prep mini theme designed to support body awareness, emotional literacy and wellbeing through play.
A two-week, low-prep mini theme designed to spark curiosity, investigation and imaginative thinking through play.
A two-week, flexible mini theme designed to strengthen oral storytelling, empathy and imagination through play.
A two-week, flexible mini theme designed to spark curiosity, imagination and early STEAM thinking through play.
A two-week, low-prep mini theme designed to support empathy, responsibility and language development through play.
A two-week, low-prep mini theme designed to support belonging, inclusion and cultural understanding through meaningful play.
A two-week, low-prep mini theme designed to deepen problem-solving, collaboration and early STEM learning through play.
A two-week, low-prep mini theme designed to enrich provision and respond to children’s emerging interests.
Searching for a topic which interests everyone? Many of you will be caring for some older children alongside your early years children at this time of year. We think you’ll find that many of the resources within the following topics inspire young and old alike to play and have fun!…
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CLICK HERE to visit ‘LIFE CYCLES’ PAGE.
Printable ‘Life Cycle’ teaching and learning resources include: cyclic puzzles, frog, chicken, caterpillar/butterfly, ant/bean life cycle display packs, posters, cut and stick activities, banners, cards, playdough mats and more!
CLICK HERE to visit ‘ON THE FARM’ PAGE.
Printable ‘Farm’ related teaching and learning resources include: word mats/cards, banners, farm animals and the young/babies counting, puzzles, I spy activities, follow the lines pencil control, animal body part posters, multimats, playdough mats, loose part activities, art and craft, fine motor control, phase 1, 2 and 3 letters and sounds, animal colouring, number slice puzzles, pictogram, size ordering, matching and memory games, fact cards, picture snap, farm trip pack and more!
Equally, young and old often love the opportunity to play together within a role play area. We’ve always been surprised at how much our older children have enjoyed this. Many also thrive with the opportunity to help the younger children!…
Allow our ‘Special Dates Calendars’ to inspire you…
Welcome to August! This month offers rich opportunities for imaginative play, outdoor exploration and connection with the natural world, all within a relaxed summer rhythm. Below are possible connections and enhancement ideas.…
Welcome to July! This month is all about summer, movement, nature and relationships, with strong opportunities for outdoor learning, physical development and exploring the natural world…
Read our new Educational & Informative Event Blog Posts. Browse awareness dates below using the arrows and click through to our dedicated blog post pages to read more.
Sunday 30th August 2026: Splish, splash! National Beach Day, observed annually on August 30th, is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate our beautiful coastlines, sandy shores, and the vibrant life found in and…
Wednesday 26th August 2026: Woof woof! International Dog Day, celebrated annually on August 26th, is a heartwarming global day dedicated to celebrating dogs of all breeds, pure and mixed. It aims to raise awareness about…
Saturday 29th - Sunday 30th August 2026: Swoop into action! International Bat Night is an annual event that takes place at the end of August across more than 30 countries to raise awareness about bats and their conservation…
Wednesday 19th August 2026: Swing into action! International Orangutan Day, observed annually on August 19th, is a crucial global day dedicated to raising awareness about the critical threat facing orangutans and the…
Wednesday 12th August 2026: World Elephant Day, celebrated annually on August 12th, is a significant global event dedicated to raising awareness about the urgent plight of elephants worldwide. It was launched in 2012 by the…
Wednesday 12th - Thursday 13th August 2026: Get ready to look up! The Annual Perseid Meteor Shower, often considered one of the best meteor showers of the year, takes place every August, typically peaking around August 12th or…
Monday 10th August 2026: Roar! World Lion Day, celebrated annually on August 10th, is a powerful global initiative dedicated to celebrating the majestic lion and highlighting the urgent need for its conservation. It…
Saturday 8th August 2026: Meow! International Cat Day, celebrated annually on August 8th, is a purr-fect opportunity to celebrate our feline friends and learn all about them! It's a day dedicated to raising awareness about…
Tuesday 4th August 2026: International Owl Awareness Day, observed annually on August 4th, is a captivating opportunity to introduce young children to the fascinating world of owls! It's a day dedicated to highlighting…
August 2026: Ahoy, mateys! International Pirate Month, celebrated throughout August, is a fantastic, swashbuckling opportunity to inject adventure, imaginative play, and a whole heap of learning into…
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Click here to visit our ‘Special Dates Calendar’ page for an entire year of key EYFS & KS1 events, festivals & celebrations.
Encourage curiosity, creativity and problem-solving with our wonderful Outdoor Sand Play Challenge Cards!
These engaging printable challenge cards help transform your outdoor sand area into a rich environment for exploration, investigation and imaginative play. Each…