BHM. The official Black History Month listings and Events. Black History Month. Welcome to this years bHM magazine » Official Black History Month UK. Local. The Campaign For Drawing. The 2014 Big Draw will run from 1 October to 2 November across the UK and in twenty other countries, with 280,000 people expected to join in over 1000+ events.
The Big Draw offers thousands of enjoyable, and mainly free, drawing activities which connect people of all ages with museums, outdoor spaces, artists, designers, illustrators - and each other. These events are for those who love to draw, as well as for those who say they can't! 2014 will see The Big Draw working in partnership with the Family Arts Festival for a second year to create the largest family arts festival in the UK which will span the autumn half term from 17 October - 2 November. This year's Big Draw theme, It's Our World, is a celebration of our environment - of urban and rural landscapes.
This makes Faber-Castell, an especially appropriate sponsor of the 2014 Big Draw. 57th BFI London Film Festival. Bloomsbury Festival. Global. 5/10 World Teachers'Day. World Teachers' Day 2012: Take a stand for teachers!
“Take a stand for teachers!” Is the slogan of World Teachers’ Day 2012 (5 October) which UNESCO is celebrating along with its partners, the International Labour Organization, UNDP, UNICEF and Education International (EI). Taking a stand for the teaching profession means providing adequate training, ongoing professional development, and protection for teachers’ rights. All over the world, a quality education offers hope and the promise of a better standard of living.
However, there can be no quality education without competent and motivated teachers. Teachers are among the many factors that keep children in school and influence learning. Why take a stand for teachers? At UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, the focus of the 2012 World Teachers’ Day celebration will be on how to attract top graduates to teaching and how to raise the status of teachers. World teachers' day ideas. Anti-Slavery Day - 18 October. Anti-Slavery. 2/10 non violence day. "There are many causes that I am prepared to die for but no causes that I am prepared to kill for.
" Mahatma Gandhi The Story of My Experiments with Truth, 1927 "Non-Violence", a sculpture by Karl Fredrik Reutersward, permanently exhibited outside UN Headquarters in New York. (Paulo Filgueiras/UN Photo) The International Day of Non-Violence is marked on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement and pioneer of the philosophy and strategy of non-violence.
According to General Assembly resolution A/RES/61/271 of 15 June 2007, which established the commemoration, the International Day is an occasion to "disseminate the message of non-violence, including through education and public awareness". Introducing the resolution in the General Assembly on behalf of 140 co-sponsors, India’s Minister of State for External Affairs, Mr. International Day of Non-Violence. Quick Facts The United Nations’ (UN) International Day of Non-Violence is a globally observed on October 2 each year to promote non-violence.
Local names International Day of Non-Violence 2014 Thursday, October 2, 2014 International Day of Non-Violence 2015 Friday, October 2, 2015List of dates for other years. International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction. Quick Facts The United Nations’ (UN) International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction is annually observed on the second Wednesday of October to promote a global culture of natural disaster risk reduction.
Local names. GREEN. 16/10 World Food Day. World Food Day: free posters and PowerPoints Is there enough food for everyone?
Our stunning A2 posters and PowerPoints explore food and hunger through the eyes of children living in Bangladesh, Kenya and Malawi. Suitable for KS2 and KS3. 1. Free set of A2 posters Meet Reuben, Mariam and Mukta. Order your World Food Day posters 2. Who produces food in Africa and Asia? Download World Food Day PowerPoint KS2 3. Why are one billion people going hungry? World Food Day. 20/10 > One World Week.