National or International Awareness Campaigns and major holidays can be a great way in to an RSE topic. Here are some dates that are coming up in the next few weeks:
3rd October 2019 - National Poetry Day
National Poetry Day is a UK-wide celebration of poetry taking place every October. Each year there’s a different theme and in 2019 the theme is Truth.
https://nationalpoetryday.co.uk/about-npd/
5th October 2019 – World Teacher’s Day
In 2019, World Teachers’ Day will celebrate teachers with the theme, “Young Teachers: The future of the Profession.” The day provides the occasion to celebrate the teaching profession worldwide, to take stock of achievements, and to address some of the issues central for attracting and keeping the brightest minds and young talents in the profession.
https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/worldteachersday
10th October 2019 – World Mental Health Day
This year, the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) has decided to make “suicide prevention” the main theme of World Mental Health Day.
https://wfmh.global/world-mental-health-day-2019/
21st October – 25th October – Half term
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28th October – 1st November 2019 – Half Term
31st October 2019 – Halloween
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This month they include some easy to use resources on mental wellbeing.