Hullo again – I hope that 2017 has been kind to everybody so far and that your holiday season was great!
It’s hard to believe that the year is already 10 days old! Also that the school holidays have whizzed by and a new term has begun.
Time to move into a higher grade and learn many new and exciting things!
Feh… also time to get up early in the morning again – no more sleeping in.
But I always love going back to school and seeing my old friends.
Or maybe even meeting new friends!
Remember people – be nice to new kids in your class. It’s horrible being the new boy or girl in a place where everybody knows each other. You feel really lonely and left out. Last year we wrote about having a “Friendship Bench” – it really is a good idea.
I started thinking about dates… you know how sometimes you read something about Happy World Wetlands Day on the 2nd of February. Or maybe hear something about celebrating World Radio Day on the 13th of February.
I wondered who on earth decides on these dates?
So I did a bit of research and found out that the United Nations has a website that lists all of the dates that have been declared International/World such and such a day.
There are lots and lots of them. Many of them are rather dreary – to kids anyway. But then again, some are very interesting.
My friend Ginny decided to make a 2017 Sibo calendar and include all the interesting dates.
It turned out to be way too cool to hog to ourselves and we’ve loaded it onto the website so that we can share it with you!
It’s a .pdf file and it’s actually A3 size because it’s full of lots of stuff! Don’t worry – it does have the real public holidays on it as well.
You are welcome to download it – if you don’t have a printer at home – put it onto a memory stick and take it to your local Postnet or other printing place. (It will probably cost you around R20 to have it printed.)
The first person to post on my Facebook page what the 15th of May is – wins a Sibo book of their choice!
Have a fabulous 2017 people. Let us all make this year count!
Sibo