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Key Religious and Key Dates Sport Festivals and World Events

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The Queen’s Birthday Parade

PSHE & Citizenship BBC Three: The Crash is inspired by real events. It tells the story of a fatal car crash involving a group of young friends and the devastating impact it has on the survivors and their families. Includes video clips and teachers’ notes bbc.co.uk/schools

KS3 History, Geography and ICT Three brand new subjects including revision bites, activities, videos and tests bbc co.uk/ks3bitesize

Class Clips is a free resource bank of video and audio clips across all curriculum subjects, designed for use in the classroom. There are now over 10,000 clips on the site.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips

Listen to Stargazing secrets from astronomer Dr Lucie Green and discover the best times and places to study the night sky. Also available as an MP3 to download for your smartphone or audio player www.bbc.co.uk/stargazing

London MarathonHolocaust Memorial Day

World Heritage Day

Hindu New Year Vaisakhi

St George’s Day

Ascension Day

Shavuot

April Fools’ Day

Bastille Day

Cannes Film Festival starts

Space Day

VE Day

UEFA Champions League Final

World Aquatics Championships

Your Paintings Masterpieces in Schools launches. Schools have the opportunity to host a genuine Art masterpiece in their school. New web content and art inspired learning opportunities are available bbc.co.uk/yourpaintings

Bang Goes the Theory Catch up on the latest web films that accompanied Series 7 of Bang Goes the Theory bbc.co.uk/bang

4am Beneath the Lab Coat Jobs at the cutting edge of science – in fashion, sport and space technology bbc.co.uk/learningzone

3.55am Last Heroes of D-Day Dan Snow meets the last heroes of D-Day bbc.co.uk/learningzone

4.30am You Too Can be an Absolute Genius Films to inspire creativity and invention bbc.co.uk/learningzone

4am Tales of the Old Bailey Engrossing reconstructions of key courtroom trials from history bbc.co.uk/learningzone

4am Pompeii The science behind the deaths at Pompeii bbc.co.uk/learningzone

4am Apprentice for a Day Exploring the world of apprenticeships bbc.co.uk/learningzone

20th July – 11th August The Big Butterfly Count (Butterfly Conservation Trust) encourages children and adults to identify and count common butterflies in their area during a three week period and then upload their sightings. For more information visit bbc.co.uk/nature

4am Wonders of Life This Brian Cox Series looks at how life is shapedby the environmentbbc.co.uk/learningzone

The Siege Explore this turbulent period of Irish history when Londonderry took centre stage in the battle for supremacy between two kings bbc.co.uk/northernireland/siege

4am Orbit: Earth’s Extraordinary Journey Kate Humble and Dr Helen Czerski follow the Earth’s voyage around the sun for one complete orbit and witness the astonishing consequences this journey has for all of us bbc.co.uk/learningzone

4am Locomotion: Dan Snow’s History of Railways BBC Two series looking at how railways changed Britain forever bbc.co.uk/learningzone

4am Simon Armitage Simon Armitage introduces some of his best known poems bbc.co.uk/learningzone

BBC Proms The search is on for the Nation’s brightest young composers in the fifteenth annual BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers’ Competition. Winners have the opportunity to have their music performed at the BBC Proms and broadcast on BBC Radio 3. The deadline for entries is 27 May 2013 www.bbc.co.uk/proms

World Environment Day

World Population Day

D-Day

17th - 21st Geography Awareness WeekWimbledon starts

Tour de France starts

Asala – Dharma Day

Father’s Day

10th – 14th Athletics World Youth Championships

Wesak

Trinity Sunday

21st – 27th Mental Health Awareness Week24th – 26th Radio 1’s Big Weekend

500 Words Chris Evans presents the final of BBC Radio 2’s 500 Words competition, live from the Hay Festival bbc.co.uk/500words

Your Paintings Masterpieces in Schools selection process for host schools begins. For full details visit bbc.co.uk/yourpaintings

1st – 2nd The Garden Bio-Blitz (Garden Bioblitz) List of all the wildlife you can find in your garden over a 24hr period. Go out at different times of the day, write down what you see, take lots of photos and upload your records. For more information visit bbc.co.uk/nature

May 27th – 29th September The Summer of UK Wildlife season launches with Springwatch bbc.co.uk/nature