Saturday
Going au naturel
The Body Freedom Collaborative is urging people to tend their gardens today “as nature intended” - completely starkers. The prospect of photos ending up on the internet will put most teachers off the idea.
Sunday
May the fourth be with you
Don your Jedi robes, prepare your Wookie impression and arrange your hair into two Danish pastry-like buns for Star Wars Day. No light sabres in the classroom please, the inspectors are in today.
Monday
To brie or not to brie
Exuberant turophiles will descend on the Cambridgeshire town of Stilton to participate in the annual cheese-rolling competition. Challengers will fight for victory, as well as beer and cheese.
Tuesday
Global gratitude
It’s Teachers’ Day in the US, part of Teacher Appreciation Week, which was started by former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in 1953. Educators in Jamaica will also be honoured for their hard work.
Wednesday
Ride on time
Put pedal to the metal on Bike to School Day, an annual event encouraging young people to take up cycling - and perhaps spare their parents the school run. No, Johnny, you can’t take your dad’s penny-farthing.
Thursday
Peace at last
Victory in Europe Day commemorates the unconditional surrender of German forces on 7 May 1945, which came into effect the next day. The capitulation was the beginning of the end of the Second World War.
Friday
Forever young
JM Barrie, creator of Peter Pan, was born on this day in 1860. Although his tales are flights of fancy, the idea of a land where children never grow up is presumably the stuff of teachers’ nightmares.