Anti-Slavery Day
Anti-Slavery Day is an opportunity to explore the history and continuing reality of slavery, exploitation and forced labour. Learners can examine Scotland’s connections to the transatlantic slave trade, how exploitation can appear in modern supply chains, and the role of rights, ethical choices and collective action in challenging injustice.
World Habitat Day
World Habitat Day is an opportunity to explore how the places we live shape people’s lives and wellbeing. Learners can consider housing, access to services, sustainable communities and the environmental impact of how towns and cities grow, making links to fairness, climate action and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day offers an opportunity to explore the US civil rights movement, equality and non-violent social change. Learners can consider how people and communities respond to discrimination, how rights movements develop and how these themes connect to anti-racist education today.
Nelson Mandela Day
Nelson Mandela Day encourages learners to reflect on justice, equality and taking action to make a difference.
Plastic Free July
Plastic Free July encourages learners to think about how their choices affect the environment locally and globally.
Great Big Green Week
Take part in community-led climate action. Pupils can investigate sustainability challenges, campaign for change and take practical steps in school – developing responsible citizenship and real-world problem solving.
World Environment Day
Engage learners in climate action through local and global connections. From school grounds to global goals, encourage critical thinking and stewardship of the planet – linking to Learning for Sustainability and the UN SDGs.
International Women’s Day
IWD links naturally to learning across Scottish classrooms by supporting Health and Wellbeing, Social Studies and literacy, and providing space for respectful discussion around equity, stereotypes and activism.
World Day of Social Justice
World Day of Social Justice highlights issues of fairness, equality and human rights.
‘Dear Matafele Peinem’
Listen to activist poet, Kathy Jetner-Kijiner’s poem ‘Dear Matafele Peinem’ and create your own activist poem on the need for us to take action on climate change.