Refugee Week

Resource type: Event

Price band: Free

Key stage: KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5, EYFS

Region(s): All of UK

Refugee Week is a UK-wide arts and culture festival celebrating the contribution, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. Refugee Week is held every year around World Refugee Day on 20th June. Refugee Week 2025 will take place from 16th-22nd June and the theme for this year is Community as Superpower.

Schools can download a Children & Young People Pack with activity ideas and links to resources from partner organisations.
Explore the resources available to support A Day of Welcome, an event designed specifically for schools as part of Refugee Week.

Cost: Free.

About Counterpoints Arts: Counterpoints Arts is an arts organisation committed to commissioning and promoting art projects by and about migrants and refugees. They run a number of programmes and projects, including Refugee Week.

Further resources:

Help primary-aged children reflect on the value of community with this selection of picture books, longer texts and non-fiction titles from Books for Topics.
Find recommendations for books that explore immigration and the refugee experience in age-appropriate ways for KS1 and KS2 pupils from Books for Topics.
Find books for younger readers, older readers and teenagers that explore issues of asylum and immigration from BookTrust.
Explore a range of films for primary and secondary pupils on the theme of Refugees from Into Film, available to view with a free membership.
CLPE has created free teaching sequences for a range of high-quality picture books that explore the refugee experience. The teaching notes are aimed at KS2 pupils and can be downloaded with a free introductory membership.
Explore the refugee experience with pupils in Years 6, 7 and 8 through poetry with the free teaching sequence created by CLPE for Nicola Davies’ CLiPPA-shortlisted poetry collection Choose Love. Available to download with a free introductory membership.
The Red Cross provides a range of free teaching resources to promote informed discussion and help primary and secondary pupils develop empathy and an understanding of the challenges faced by refugees and migrants around the world.
The National Education Union has a free ‘Welcoming Refugee Children to your School’ teaching resource with information about how to create a welcoming environment and tips on how to make the curriculum more accessible.
The Hampshire EMTAS Moodle has collated a number of useful links and resources for staff working with children and families who have come to the UK as asylum seekers or refugees.
Explore our range of resources to support EAL students here.