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Erasmus Partnership
Celebrations & Public Holidays
2017 – 18
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Contents
Page 3 Spain School Familiar Name Antonio Machado Page 4 Sweden School Familiar Name Engelbrekt Page 5 Bulgaria School Familiar Name Hristo Yassenov
Page 6 United Kingdom (UK) School Familiar Name: Birchen Coppice
Pages 7 -8 Estonia School Familiar Name Kose-Uuemõisa
Pages 9 -12 The Czech Republic School Familiar Name ZS Zátopkových Page 13 Turkey School Familiar Name Sati Öztürk
Turkey University Familiar Name MAEU
Page 14 Croatia School Familiar Name Katarina Page 15 Italy School Familiar Name Gatteo Page 16 Hungary School Familiar Name Vajda Péter Page 17 Poland School Familiar Name: SP47
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January
1st. New Year
6th the 3 Kings’ Day (it is when children get their presents)
29th San Valero (the city’s patron)
March
5th. 5 Marzada (a special day to celebrate the rights and freedom of citizens)
April
Easter depending
23rd San Jorge the patron of Aragon
May
1st Workers’ Day
August
15th the Virgin of August
October
12th the Pilar. Our city’s festivities
November
1st All Saints’ Day
December
6th. Constitutional Day
8th. Inmaculada Day
25th Christmas Day
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Engelbrekt
Advent, Lucia (13th December)
Easter (13th -17th April)
The Engelbrekt-day (28th April)
End of each semester (21st December & 16th June)
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“Hristo Yassenov” Secondary School- Etropole, Bulgaria
List of Important Celebrations in Bulgaria
Christmas Eve 24th December
Christmas Day 25th December
New Year’s Eve
End of February (a floating date) School Event – an annual celebration dedicated to the
poet after whom the school was named.
1st March Baba Marta (oorr GGrraannddmmaa MMaarrcchh iinn EEnngglliisshh)).. IItt iiss aassssoocciiaatteedd wwiitthh sseennddiinngg
ooffff wwiinntteerr aanndd wweellccoommiinngg sspprriinngg..
3rd March Bulgaria’s National Holiday – the Liberation Day marking the end of the
500-year-long Ottoman Rule
6th May St. George’s day
24th May Sts Cyril and Methodius Day (the Day of the Slavonic script)
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UK
January
• 1st New Year's Day
• 5th Twelfth Night
February
• 1st Candlemas Day
• 13th Shrove Tuesday
• 14th Valentine's Day
March
• 1st St David's Day
(Wales National Day)
• 17th St. Patrick's Day
(Ireland's Special Day)
March/April
• Shrove Tuesday
• Lent
• Mothering Sunday
• Maundy Thursday
• Easter
• 2nd World book day
• 10th – 19th Science week
• 14th – 20th Maths week
April
• 1st April Fool's Day
• 23rd St George's Day (England's National Day)
May
• 1st May Day
June
• Wimbledon Tennis Tournament
July
• 30th International Friendship Day
August
• Notting Hill Carnival
September
• Harvest Festival
• 8th International Literacy day
• 13th Roald Dahl Day
• 28Th National poetry day
October
• 31st Halloween
• 5th World Teachers Day
November
• 5th Bonfire Night
• 11th Remembrance Day
• 30th St Andrew's Day
(Scotland's National Day)
• World science day
• Anti-Bullying Week (14th – 18th)
• 19th Children in Need
December
• Advent
• 25th Christmas
• 26th Boxing Day
• Computer Science Week (5th – 11th)
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COUNTRY NAME: ESTONIA
1. CELEBRATION NAME: beginning of the school year
DATE: 01/09
BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
The first day of the school year is always festive event. We have the whole school assembly where the pupils of Year 1 get
there first school book Aabits (ABC book) and their school cap. After that we have class teacher’s lesson. Pupils always bring
flowers to their teachers.
2. CELEBRATION NAME: St Michael’s Day
DATE: 29/09
BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
In folk calendar by St Michael’s Day the field labour had to be done and the women’s work started. We celebrate that day
with exhibition. Children bring different vegetables and fruit, they make salads. Pupils usually have a Michael’s day run –
they have different tasks which are all about nature.
3. CELEBRATION NAME: Teachers’ Day
DATE: 05/10
BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
On that day “teachers” are Year 11 pupils from Kose Gümnaasium. The material for the lessons is prepared by our teachers.
At the end of the day we have an assembly where pupils and young “teachers” give feedback. At the same time our teachers
have different activities.
4. CELEBRATION NAME: Father’s Day
DATE: second Sunday in November
BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
Kindergarten children usually have a party with their fathers. Pupils have a sport event – different competitions with fathers.
5. CELEBRATION NAME: St Martin’s Day DATE: 10/11
BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
On the eve of St Martin’s Day children disguise themselves as men and go from door to door, singing songs and
telling jokes to receive sweets.
6. CELEBRATION NAME: St Cathrine’s Day DATE: 25/11
BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
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On the eve of St Cathrine’s Day children disguise themselves as women (they wear white clothes) and go from door
to door, singing songs and telling jokes to receive sweets.
7. CELEBRATION NAME: Christmas DATE: 24-26/12
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
At school we have Christmas parties where pupils get a present from Father Christmas. At home children wait for Father
Christmas on Christmas Eve – to get their presents they have to sing and read a rhyme.
8. CELEBRATION NAME: Independence Day of Estonia DATE: 24/02
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
At school we have a concert. 24 February is a free day and children are at home, they can watch the parade.
In 2018 we will celebrate the 100th birthday of Estonia.
9. CELEBRATION NAME: Day of Estonian Language DATE: 14/03
BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
14 March if the birth date of Kristjan Jaak Peterson. He was the first Estonian writer who wrote in Estonian language. We
have events during the whole week. Every year a writer comes to our school and talks to children. We have different
competitions (beautiful handwriting, quizzes etc).
10. CELEBRATION NAME: Easter DATE:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
We have a free day on Good Friday. Children dye eggs on Sunday.
11. CELEBRATION NAME: Mother’s Day DATE: second Sunday in May
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
At school children make a present for mother, we have a concert.
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We are happy to tell you something about regular and annual activities which take place at our school of
Dana and Emil Zatopek, Trinec, The Czech Republic.
Ski course for elementary pupils
Our school is focused on sports that is why we do a lot of sport activities. One of them is
Skiing with Little Martin for learners at the age of seven to nine. The course takes one week in in February or March and it is
placed in the Beskydy Mountains. Children use movable belt for getting up the slope. They are divided into small groups
according to their skills. Ski competition takes place last day, but each participant wins as they get a Ski certificate and a toy.
Children learn how to ski and they are motivated for this sport later.
Carnival Carnival takes place every February. Children wear various funny masks and go to the fancy dressing party. The best mask gets
prize. There are also other competitions like – Best dancer, Best singer, Best flute player and so. Children also enjoy eating their
favourite biscuits, cakes and crisps.
Easter fair for parents and children
What is this?
All pupils make various Easter stuff like coloured eggs, paper flowers, baskets, and bunnies. Then they sell them at the fair. The
money received is spent on class excursion. Parents buy their craft to support their children.
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Earth Day
In the morning children start in differnt groups accross the school. This way pupil of different age have opportunity to meet
each other. They implement various goals concerning our planet. This year we dealt with woter issue. We had to look for
various waterfalls, rivers, lakes and so. We work with PC and iPods and learn about their length, width, depth etc. We also
learn about how rain, storm and snow develops. We also did a few experiments, excercised in the gym pretending floods, drew
posters and many others. The best pupils got some sweet from their teachers.
English week
English week is an intensive one-week course with tachers from the local language school including native speakers and aims to
improve children ´s pronunciation and communicative skills. The teaching method are funnier, easy-going and children like the
time with their English teachers. After the course, they feel more confident and motivated to use English during the holiday
abroad, for example.
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Excursion to Planetarium, Ostrava
In spring all children from 5th grade visit Planetarium in Ostrava. They listen to lecture by a universe specialist on stars and The
Solar system. After that they watch a film about the Universe and if the weather is suitable they can watch the stars through an
astronomical telescope.
Children’s´ Day
International Children´s Day is celebrated all over the world on 1st June. During this event there are sport and entertaining
activities at our school.
This year there was also afternoon for children and their parents called Little Earthworms´ Day. It was because of gumdrops of a
worm shape which had been hidden all over the school garden. Children looked for them, played various games, competitions
and finally they discovered a treasure – a big bag of candies!
Meanwhile parents enjoyed themselves having barbecue and working in the garden- weeding, raking the lawn, and trimming
the shrubs and so on.
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Chotebuz – exkursion to archeopark
Each sixth class takes an excursion to local theme archeopark, Chotebuz. We like it very much as we travel by train. We take a
guided tour around the area and we can see and learn a lot about history.
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SATI ÖZTÜRK PRİMARY SCHOOL
Ankara/TURKEY
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AND OFFICIAL DAYS
The beginning of the academic year 2016-2017 19 September 2016
Republic Day 29th October 2016
Ataturk’s Week 10 -16 November 2016
Teacher’s Day 24 November 2016
New Year Holiday 01 January 2017
The End Of The First Term 20 January 2017
Sacrifice Feast 11 - 15 September 2016
Mid Term Holiday 23 January 2017 – 03 February 2017
between
The Beginning of the Second Term 06 January 2017
23 rd April National Sovereignty and Children’s Day 23 April 2017
19 th Commemoration of Ataturk, Youth and Sport
Day 19 May 2017
The End of the Whole Academic Year 09 June 2017
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List of festivals in Croatia
Bolded ones are the most important for our pupils.
1. 6th January – Three Holly Knights (nonworking day)
2. 28th February – Carnival (something like Halloween)
3. 17th April – Easter (nonworking day)
4. 18th April – Easter Monday - (nonworking day)
5. 1st May – Labour Day (nonworking day)
6. 26th May - our School Day
7. 22nd June - Day of Antifascist Struggle (nonworking day)
8. 25th June - Statehood Day (nonworking day)
9. 5th August – Day of Victory and Thanksgiving Day (nonworking day)
(We had Independence War 1991 – 1995)
10. 15th August -Assumption Day (St. Mary Day) (nonworking day)
11. 5th October – International Teacher's day
12. 8th October - Independence Day (nonworking day)
13. 1st November – All Saints Day (nonworking day)
14. 6th December – St. Nicholas (he brings presents to children, just like Santa)
15. 25th December - Christmas (nonworking day)
16. 26th December – St. Stephen (nonworking day)
17. 1st January – New Year (nonworking day)
As you can see, Croats have lot of state holidays and nonworking days.
Of course, there are several local saints that are celebrated as well, but I didn't mention them.
Children's favourite ones are Carnival, St. Nicholas and Christmas.
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COUNTRY NAME: ITALY
1. CELEBRATION NAME: LIBERATION
DATE: 25th April
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: (20 WORDS)
We celebrate the liberation from the Nazi-fascism.
2. CELEBRATION NAME: Workers’ day
DATE: 1st May
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: (20 WORDS)
We celebrate all workers to remember the rights gained with struggles
3. CELEBRATION NAME: Republic Day
DATE: 2nd June
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: (20 WORDS)
On this day, we celebrate the date in which our Republic was founded. 2nd June 1946 Italian people
expressed their will in a referendum and Italian Republic was born.
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National Holidays in Hungary
15th March
It is the celebration of the Hungarian revolution and war of independence in 1848-49 against the
Austrian Habsburg Empire.
20th August
The celebration of the foundation of the Hungarian state by St Stephen the first in 1000.
23rd October
The celebration of the revolution and the War of Independence in 1956 against the Communist regime.
1st May
International Labour Day
Christmas
Easter
Pentecost
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Significant holidays in Poland
Date English Name Official Local Name (Informal Local Name)
Remarks
1st January New Year's Day Nowy Rok (Nowy Rok)
6th January Epiphany Święto Trzech Króli (Trzech Króli) Epiphany also known as Three Kings' Day is a Christian feast day that celebrates the revelation of God in his Son as human in Jesus Christ.
Sunday in Spring (movable)
Easter Sunday pierwszy dzień Wielkiej Nocy (Niedziela Wielkanocna)
Monday following Easter Sunday
Easter Monday drugi dzień Wielkiej Nocy (Poniedziałek Wielkanocny)
1st May May Day Święto Państwowe (Święto Pracy)
This holiday is officially called State Holiday. However, it is unofficially called Labour Day (see below), and coincides with International Workers' Day.
2nd May The Day of Polish Flag Dzień Flagi Rzeczypospolitej
Polskiej
3rd May Constitution Day Święto Narodowe Trzeciego Maja (Święto Konstytucji Trzeciego Maja)
Celebrating the May 3rd Constitution
9th Thursday after Easter
Corpus Christi Boże Ciało
The Feast of Corpus Christi is a Latin Rite liturgical solemnity celebrating the belief in the body and blood of Jesus Christ's Real Presence in the Eucharist.
15th August
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary also Polish Armed Forces Day
Wniebowzięcie Najświętszej Maryi Panny (Święto Wojska Polskiego or Święto Matki Boskiej Zielnej)
This is also Polish Armed Forces Day, commemorating the anniversary of the 1920 victory over Soviet Russia at the Battle of Warsaw during the Polish–Soviet War.
1st November All Saints' Day Wszystkich Świętych (Dzień Zmarłych)
11th November Independence Day Narodowe Święto Niepodległości (Dzień Niepodległości)
National Independence Day is a national day in Poland celebrated on 11 November to commemorate the anniversary of the restoration of Poland's sovereignty as the Second Polish Republic in 1918, after 123 years of partition by the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia and the Habsburg Empire.
24th December Christmas Eve Wigilia Bożego Narodzenia
25th December Christmas Day pierwszy dzień Bożego Narodzenia
26th December Boxing Day drugi dzień Bożego Narodzenia
