It's a new school year, and planning is well underway. Read on to find out how now>press>play's 100+ Experiences can be mapped to your key dates and events across the school year.
Key dates by month:
- September
- October
- November
- December
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- now>press>play's KS2 Transition Experience can help you reassure new year 6 students about their time at primary school coming to an end.
- Transport your students back in time to 1666 with our KS1 Great Fire of London Experience.
- Celebrate the start of autumn by with our brand-new Autumn Experience for EYFS, exploring weather, animal behaviour, and why the leaves turn brown.
- Explore the differences and effects of autumn, winter, spring, and summer in our KS1 Seasons Experience.
- Investigate a foreign pet shop with our KS2 French Animals and KS2 Spanish Animals Experiences.
- Go undercover in Paris and Madrid while learning French Greetings and Spanish Greetings with your KS2 class.
- Learn about the extraordinary achievements Rosa Parks (KS1 and KS2), Mary Seacole (KS1) and Harriet Tubman (KS2), celebrating these important Black historical figures while exploring the oppression they faced during their lives.
- Black History Month.
- Celebrating Harriet Tubman with now>press>play.
- 5 inspiring Britons to celebrate this Black History Month.
- Celebrate all creatures great and small with our KS1 Animals and EYFS Minibeasts Experiences. Learn what different animals do for us, and how to care for them properly.
- Help students explore the things that affect mental, emotional, and physical health, and the importance of talking to people about how we feel. Try now>press>play's Feelings Experiences for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.
- Explore the impact that our actions can have on others with our Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Anti-Bullying Experiences.
- Travel to the future in now>press>play's KS2 Recycling Experience, and experience a world ruined by wasted resources.
- With our KS1 Everyday Materials Experience, examine the different properties of plastic, glass, metal, paper, and wood, as well as how to sort these materials when recycling.
- Celebrate the religious festival of lights with now>press>play's KS2 Diwali Experience, immersing students in the traditional story of the Ramayana.
- Try our KS1 Guy Fawkes Experience, and plunge students into the murky world of the Gunpowder Plot.
- Give KS2 children an experience of life during World War 2, as they learn about evacuation, the Blitz, and historical figures such as Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler.
- Use now>press>play's Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Anti-Bullying Experiences to show children the impact of bullying — and how people can become bullies.
- Explore the effect other people's actions can have on our emotions with the Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Feelings Experiences.
- Our Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Online Safety Experiences can help children learn the dangers of the internet and how to themselves - and others - safe.
- Teach EYFS classes about how lollipop people help children cross the road safely as part of our People Who Help Us Experience.
- Take a trip by bus, bicycle, car, ferry, hot air balloon, and more in our EYFS Transport Experience.
- Start counting down the days until Christmas by exploring the now>press>play Christmas Story Experience for EYFS learners.
- Explore the wonders of Winter with our brand-new EYFS Experience, investigating the weather, nature changes, and popular winter activities.
- Fortunately for teachers, the last day of term this year is also the shortest. Mark the winter solstice with the now>press>play Stone Age Experience, where your class can join an ancient celebratory feast at Stonehenge.
- EYFS Christmas Story
- EYFS Winter
- KS1 Toys
- KS1 Seasons
- Celebrate faiths from across the world by immersing your class in our Diwali, Easter Story, The Ten Plagues and The Five Pillars Experiences.
- Explore the culture, national symbols, and geography of Scotland (as well as England, Wales and Northern Ireland) in now>press>play's KS1 The UK Experience.
- Kick-start the Year of the Rabbit and discover the advances in technology, knowledge and art that happened in China's Shang Dynasty.
- Help students explore the things that affect mental health and the importance of talking to people about how we feel. Try now>press>play's Feelings Experiences for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.
- Explore the impact that our actions can have on others with our Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Anti-Bullying Experiences.
- Having a balanced diet is vital to wellbeing. Find out how as you explore our KS1 Healthy Living Experience.
- Give your students superpowers with the now>press>play KS1 Superheroes Experience, exploring friendship, kindness and who to trust.
- Our Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Online Safety Experiences can help children learn the dangers of the internet and how to themselves - and others - safe.
- With our KS2 Anti-Bullying Experience, your class can explore the impact that cyberbullying can have on us and others.
- Safer Internet Day.
- Free CPD Webinar and Teaching Resources: Navigating Online Safety
- Donna Shah: Teaching Online Safety with now>press>play.
- Learn about the importance of fasting to Muslims with our KS2 The Five Pillars Experience, exploring the main beliefs and traditions of Islam.
- KS1 classes can dive into a series of fairy tale books, fixing jumbled-up Full Stops & Capital Letters as they go.
- Immerse your EYFS children in traditional tales such as Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Goldilocks, and The Gingerbread Man.
- Learn about the extraordinary lives and achievements of Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale, celebrating their importance to British history.
- now>press>play offer 14 Science Experiences to help you celebrate British Science Week, including topics for EYFS, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.
- Explore the culture, national symbols, and geography of Northern Ireland (as well as England, Scotland and Wales) in now>press>play's KS1 The UK Experience.
- Explore the differences and effects of autumn, winter, spring, and summer in our KS1 Seasons Experience.
- Celebrate the start of autumn by with our brand-new Spring Experience for EYFS, exploring weather, animal behaviour, and why the flowers start to grow back.
- Explore the main beliefs and traditions of Islam across the world with our KS2 The Five Pillars Experience.
- Discover the origins of the Jewish Passover festival by travelling back in time to Ancient Egypt. Our KS2 The Ten Plagues Experience places children at the heart of Moses' story.
- Our KS2 Easter Story Experience transports children to Biblical Jerusalem, as they witness the narrative of Jesus’ betrayal, sacrifice on Good Friday and resurrection on Easter Sunday.
- KS2 learners can explore the vibrant Rainforests found across the world. In our brand-new Climate Crisis Experience, you can examine the causes and effects of climate change and the role of government – and public activism – in solving it.
- With our EYFS Weather Experience, compare and become the different kinds of weather that occur around the world.
- Observe Earth’s different animals and environments – and the importance of protecting them – in our KS1 Habitats Experience.
- Make SATs revision exciting with our story-based SATs Maths, SATs Reading and SPAG Experiences for KS2.
- Enhance your follow-on learning with our KS2 Grammar & Punctuation teaching resources.
- To mark the anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe, take your class back in time to the original VE Day and explore what it was like during the Blitz in Britain. In our KS2 Relative Clauses Experience you can cross the channel and explore what life was like in Germany during World War II.
- Support wellbeing with active PSHE learning that teaches through sound, story and movement. Embed social and emotional learning with 12 PSHE Experiences including Healthy Relationships for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.
- Develop emotional regulation and articulation with the Feelings Experiences for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.
- Help KS1 and KS2 pupils understand topics like pollution, global warming and deforestation by bringing them to life within the classroom.
- Travel to the source of the Indus River, explore the impact of human behaviour on the environment around the world in KS2 Climate Crisis and KS1 Habitats, or learn how droughts happen in Water Cycle.
- What makes a balanced diet? Discover how food affects us by exploring the inside of the human body in our KS1 Healthy Living Experience.
- After your Aunt has been captured by the Rock Monster Queen of another planet, you'll need to learn what food Humans need to survive so you can save her.
- Help EYFS learn about how food is made in On The Farm or The Gingerbread Man.
- Explore the seasons and celebrate the longest day with our Summer Experience for EYFS and our Seasons Experience for KS1.
- Familarise your EYFS with some of the most beloved stories, such as Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Goldilocks, and The Gingerbread Man.
- Inspire KS1 classes by launching them into a series of jumbled-up fairy tales in Full Stops & Capital Letters.
- Our Transition Experience can help your Year 6s get used to the new things in secondary school (e.g. subjects, form tutor, a large campus, making friends), as well as provide strategies and organisational tips to cope with the new challenges.
Key dates in September
4th September: Back to School
5th September: Anniversary of the Great Fire of London
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22nd September: Autumn Equinox
26th September: European Day of Languages
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Key dates in October
Black History Month
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4th October: World Animal Day
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10th October: World Mental Health Day
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13-20th October: Recycle Week
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Key dates in November
1st November: Diwali
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5th November: Guy Fawkes Day
10th November: Remembrance Sunday
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11-15th November: Anti-Bullying Week
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19-25th November: Road Safety Week
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Key dates in December
1st December: Beginning of Advent
21st December: Winter Solstice
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Christmas
Enjoy the holiday season with now>press>play's selection of festive Experiences, including:
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Key dates in January
19th January: World Religion Day
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25th January: Burns Night
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29th January: Chinese New Year
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Key dates in February
3-9th February: Children's Mental Health Week
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11th February: Safer Internet Day
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28th February: Start of Ramadan
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Key dates in March
6th March: World Book Day
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8th March: International Women's Day
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7-16th March: British Science Week
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17th March: St. Patrick's Day
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20th March: Spring Equinox
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30th March: End of Ramadan / Eid al-Fitr
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Key dates in April
12-20th April: Passover
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19th-21st April: Easter Weekend
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22nd April: Earth Day
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Key dates in May
1st May: SATs revision begins
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8th May: VE Day
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12-18th May: Mental Health Awareness Week
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Key dates in June
5th June: World Environment Day
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9-14th June: Healthy Eating Week
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20th June: Summer Solstice
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Key dates in July
Summer Reading Challenge
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7th July: Secondary School Induction starts
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