Here's this term's selection of days to celebrate, and websites where you can do so:

 

International days:

                                              

June 12th - World Day Against Child Labour
http://learning.itcilo.org/ilo/ipec/scream/pack_en/education_pack.htm
SCREAM (Supporting Children's Rights through Education, Arts and the Media) produce an education pack with ideas for debates, role plays, creative writing and many other activities. There is also an international art competition.  

                                  
June 20th– World Refugee Day                                                       http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/rmext05/glo/ref.html                                                                                             

'Activities for Primary and Secondary classrooms' from the Global Express website

                            

June 20th – International Surfing Day
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/womenRightsHome.html
Ideas for lessons on many aspects of women’s rights. Suitable for older Secondary students.

                           

This day in history:

           

26 years ago:

June 18th– Sally Ride became the first woman in space (1983)
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/r/ride.shtml
A comprehension plus cloze activity from the excellent Enchanted Learning site.

 

67 years ago:

June 12th– Anne Frank received a diary for her birthday (1942)

http://www.annefrank.org/content.asp?PID=543&LID=2
Many teaching ideas for Primary and Secondary classes from the Anne Frank Guide Teacher Manual.

http://www.annefranktree.com/

Encourage your pupils to contribute a leaf to the Anne Frank tree.                 

 

500 years ago: 

June 24th– Henry VIII was crowned King of England (1509)

www.brims.co.uk/tudors/wives.html

Lots of information plus an interactive quiz about the infamous monarch and his many wives.            

 

Summer activities:

                           

Take your pick from this selection of sites which offer summer worksheets for younger learners:

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/summer/worksheets.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/summer/ 

http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/worksheets/summer/

http://www.abcteach.com/directory/seasonalseasons/summer/