Fun Food Chef

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January 2010

1st New Years Day

6th Epiphany - Don't forget the decs should be down now!

25th Burns Night. The Scottish poet Robert Burns was born on this day in 1759. his birthday is now celebrated by Scots all around the world with traditional Scottish food including haggis.

18th Big School Graden Watch. Get involved in the RSPB's next Big Schools' Birdwatch, 18 January–1 February 2010, and you'll not only be taking part in the world's biggest birdwatch, but also helping us monitor UK bird numbers. http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/

27th January Holocaust Memorial Day. Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) is the international day of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust and of other genocides. On it, we commemorate victims, honour survivors and commit to tackling prejudice, discrimination and racism in the present day.

23rd to 29th Farmhouse Breakfast Week. this is to raise awareness of breakfast as a meal and also the ingredients we use. Farmhouse Breakfast Week is an annual campaign that emphasises the importance of eating a healthy breakfast every day. 'Think Breakfast' is the theme of this year's celebration to encourage everyone to wake up to breakfast as part of a healthy balanced diet and active lifestyle. Nutritionists agree that a healthy breakfast is essential for starting the day.

28th January SOS Day with our country surrounded by water remember and support the fantastic work of the RNLI on this day.

February 2010

4th UNICEF Day for Change. Your school can be part UNICEF’s Day for Change in 2009. This is a fun and educational fundraising event, where pupils get the chance to do something different in exchange for making a small donation to UNICEF.

Schools do all sorts of things: fancy dress; “wear a silly hat” day; dressing up in colours of different flags, or simply a non-uniform day.

3rd Chinese New Year 2011. The year of the Rabbit.

14th St Valentine's Day.

14th to 21st National Nest Box Week. A great activity for the half term is to make a nest box and hang it for the spring. http://www.bto.org/nnbw/index.htm#

22nd The start of the Fairtrade fortnight. Explore more about Fairtrade by clicking on the link picture to the left. (Finishes 7th March).

March 2009

4th National Doodle Day This day is to raise awareness and funds for those affected by epilepsy and neurofibromatosis. It is also about having fun whilst raising funds to help people whose lives are affected. You can enter their national competition and doodle alongside hundreds of celebrities and help us build on the £160,000 raised so far! Click on the link to find out more.

8th Shrove Tuesday - Pancake Day - Have Fun!!

9th 1st day of Lent

1st St David's Day - A time to celebrate all things Welsh on the patron saint of Wales's special day.

1st to 31st The Great Daffodil Appeal. Throughout March the Marie Curie Cancer Cares hold their major awareness and fundraising event.

6th This Sunday in March is the International Day of Childrens Broadcasting and is rub by UNICEF

3rd March World Book Day.

14th Mothering Sunday -

17th St Patrick's day - A celebration of the patron saint of Ireland and all things Irish. What a great name!

Don't forget to wear something green like the Irish shamrocks to the left.

18th March Comic Relief. Make sure you support this great day of fun and charity.

20th The first day of Spring.

28th British Summer Time - Don't forget to spring the clocks forward an hour!

April 2010

1st The National Doing Nothing Day (N.D.N.D. for short). Why not click on this link to support the day National Doing Nothing Day Remember it is a day of doing nothing, no work, school, talking and even having fun!

2nd International Children's Book Day

17th - The Egg Run - Wirral charity egg run held every year.