There are so many key dates and awareness days in the school year, it can be difficult to remember everything whilst keeping on top of the day-to-day tasks that inevitably take over once the school term has started. That’s why we’ve done the hard work for you and created the ultimate teacher calendar full of key festival dates and the best awareness days, weeks and months to make your lesson and assembly planning a whole lot easier.
The planner follows the full academic year and is quick and easy to download and print for your wall or keep on file to refer to as you plan each term’s activities.
For a handy reference, scroll down for key dates in the school year 2021/22 to put in your diary straight away.
If you are a teacher in Wales, we’ve created a version just for you too! It includes some special dates in the Welsh calendar and the months and days are in the Welsh language, making it something you can put on the wall with pride.
Festival and celebration dates 2021/22
Autumn term 2021
October 31st 2021 Halloween
November 4th 2021 Diwali
November 5th 2021 Bonfire Night
November 11th 2021 Remembrance Day
November 28th – Dec 6th 2021 Hanukkah
November 30th 2021 St. Andrew’s Day
December 25th 2021 Christmas Day
Spring term 2022
February 1st 2022 Chinese New Year – Year of the Tiger
February 14th 2022 Valentine’s Day
March 1st 2022 St David’s Day
March 1st 2022 Shrove Tuesday
March 2nd 2022 Ash Wednesday
March 17th 2022 St Patrick’s Day
March 19th 2022 Holi
March 27th 2022 Mother’s Day
April 2nd – May 1st 2022 Ramadan
April 10th 2022 Palm Sunday
April 14th 2022 Vaisakhi
April 15th 2022 Good Friday
April 11th – 23rd 2022 Passover
April 17th 2022 Easter Sunday
Summer Term 2022
April 23rd 2022 St George’s Day
May 2nd 2022 Eid ul-Fitr
May 8th 2022 VE Day
May 16th 2022 Wesak
June 6th 2022 Anniversary of D Day
June 19th 2022 Father’s Day
July 10th 2022 Eid ul-Adha
Awareness days 2021/22
Autumn term 2021
September 6th 2021 National Read a Book Day
September 8th 2021 International Literacy Day
September 13th 2021 Roald Dahl Day
September 14th – 19th 2021 National Coding Week
September 20th – 26th 2021 Recycle Week
September 28th – October 3rd 2021 Healthy Eating Week
October 2021 Black History Month
October 1st 2021 National Poetry Day
October 4th 2021 Dyslexia Awareness Day
October 4th – 9th 2021 World Space Week
October 5th 2021 World Teachers’ Day
October 7th – 14th 2021 Dyslexia Awareness Week
Spring term 2022
January 15th – 29th 2022 Big Schools’ Birdwatch
January 29th – February 5th 2022 National Storytelling Week
February 4th – 11th 2022 Children’s Mental Health Week
February 7th 2022 Time to Talk Day
March 3rd 2022 World Book Day
March 11th – 20th 2022 British Science Week
March 17th 2022 St Patrick’s Day
March 19th 2022 Holi
March 27th 2022 Mother’s Day
April 2022 Stress Awareness Month
April 2022 Mathematics Awareness Month
April 2nd 2022 World Autism Day
Summer Term 2022
April 22nd 2022 Earth Day
April 23rd 2022 World Book Night
April 25th – May 1st 2022 National Gardening Week
May 2022 National Share a Story Month
May 5th 2022 World Maths Day
May 13th – 20th 2022 Mental Health Awareness Week
May 15th 2022 Dinosaur Day
May 20th – 25th 2022 Walk to School Week
May 21st 2022 World Day for Cultural Diversity
June 4th 2022 Butterfly Education and Awareness Day
June 5th 2022 World Environment Day
June 20th– 26th 2022 National School Sports Week
Dates for the Welsh calendar 2021/22
September 3rd 2021 Welsh Rarebit Day
September 16th 2021 Owain Glyndŵr Day
January 25th 2022 St Dwynwen’s Day
May 14th 2022 Dylan Thomas Day
July 18th – 21st 2022 Royal Welsh Show
July 30th – August 6th 2022 National Eisteddfod