What is World Mental Health Day?

World Mental Health Day is an international day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. It was first celebrated in 1992 at the initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health, a global mental health organization with members and contacts in more than 150 countries.

When is World Mental Health Day?

Monday, 10 October

Activities:

• Discussing emotions and feelings - through stories, flashcards, puppet shows
• Telling the children they can always talk to youe about their emotions and how they're a feeling.
• Inviting the children to participating in yoga, mediation and join in bird and cloud watching.
• Educators to ensure they're using positive words:
  • I can see you’re really trying!/ Keep on trying!
  • You almost got it! / I can see you tried hard / I’ll bet you knew you could do it!
  • I appreciate your help / Thanks for helping make this a good day!
  • You’re really giving that your best! / That’s really creative.
  • I believe in you / I trust you.
• Click the following link for further lessons tools and resouces: https://www.twinkl.com.au/resources/ks2-topics/ks2-topics-organised-events-and-awareness-days-weeks/world-mental-health-day-organised-events-and-awareness-days-weeks-topics-key-stage-2

What is World Teacher's Day?

World Teachers’ Day recognises the high quality of early childhood teachers, teachers, casual relief teachers, principals and early childhood leaders, and the significant contributions they make in classrooms and communities.

Theme of World Teachers’ Day 2023 is
‘Teachers: leading in crisis, reimagining the future‘

When is World Teacher's Day?

Wednesday, 5 October (BUT ..as this date is within the school holidays, NSW celebrates on the last Friday of October)

Ways to Celebrate World Teacher's Day:

• Organising events that celebrate young teachers.
• Gathering positive feedback from children can be especially meaningful for teachers – children could sign a card for their teacher, or even come up with an appropriate award to present to them.
• Hosting a morning tea for your teachers.
• Organising a staff gathering outside of work to show appreciation!

Click the following link to print posters and banners to display around your centre: https://www.educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/about/events/world-teachers-day

What is World Teacher's Day?

World Teachers’ Day recognises the high quality of early childhood teachers, teachers, casual relief teachers, principals and early childhood leaders, and the significant contributions they make in classrooms and communities.

In 2020, World Teachers’ Day will celebrate teachers with the theme “Teachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the future”. The day provides the occasion to celebrate the teaching profession worldwide, take stock of achievements, and draw attention to the voices of teachers, who are at the heart of efforts to attain the global education target of leaving no one behind.

When is World Teacher's Day?

Monday, 5 October 2020. However as this normally falls within Australian school holidays, we celebrate Teacher's Day on 30 October. 

Ways to Celebrate World Teacher's Day:

• Organising events that celebrate young teachers.
• Gathering positive feedback from children can be especially meaningful for teachers – children could sign a card for their teacher, or even come up with an appropriate award to present to them.
• Hosting a morning tea for your teachers.
• Organising a staff gathering outside of work to show appreciation!

Click the following link to print posters and banners to display around your centre: https://www.educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/about/events/world-teachers-day

What is Daylight Savings Time Starts?

Daylight saving time, also daylight savings time or daylight time and summer time, is the practice of advancing clocks during warmer months so that darkness falls later each day according to the clock.

When is Daylight Savings Time Starts?

Daylight saving time 2021 in New South Wales will begin at 2:00 am on Sunday, 2 October.

Activities:

• Inviting all children in all age groups to make paper plates clocks where they can move the arms around clock to experiements different times. 
• Teaching preschoolers how to read time.
• Invite the childrent to play "What's the time Mr Wolf"
• Experimenting and learning how time use to be told by your shadow (Your shadow goes clockwise, from left to right, in front of you. Also, it will be shorter in the morning, longer at noon when the sun is higher in the sky, and then shorter again as the sun sets in the West (behind you to on your left).

What is World Smile Day?

World Smile Day is celebrated the first Friday in October. World Smile Day is the perfect day to make others smile while also ensuring you have a smile on your face as well. There are a lot of events that go on around the globe on World Smile Day, all of which have been designed to make people feel happier and to share great moments with others. We see associations, organizations, people, and schools get involved, with many different activities going on that can make a person smile. This includes sending lovely messages to people and giving food to those who need it. 

When is World Smile Day?

Friday, 6 October

Activities:

• Group discussion regarding World Smile Day
• Books regarding kindness and emotions
• Having emotional flash cards
• Creating a feelings wall
• Role play kind gestures i.e. Let somebody go in front of you in a line
  • Ask somebody who is by themselves to come and play/making a new friend
• Encourage children to play with other friends in classroom
• Having children interact with the younger/older groups
• Centre project - Asking families, staff and community to donate food to feed the homeless
• Having a gathering for lunch with all the children and educators
• Singing and dancing along to "If your happy and you know it"