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Global School Play Day

The organizer documents Global School Play Day’s origin on 4 February 2015, and UNICEF Jamaica identifies 4 February 2026 as the national observance of Global School Play Day in Jamaica.

Date / rule4 February 2026
ScopeGlobal School Play Day / participating schools worldwide
VerificationFirst Party And Institution Current Verified
PortabilityEdition Specific
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-09
Target-year policyRefresh Edition
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is Global School Play Day?

The organizer documents Global School Play Day’s origin on 4 February 2015, and UNICEF Jamaica identifies 4 February 2026 as the national observance of Global School Play Day in Jamaica.

Date and recurrence

4 February 2026

The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is Global School Play Day / participating schools worldwide. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Classification

Topic and context

Community, Causes & Advocacy →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. Global School Play Day — AboutFirst Party Campaign
  2. UNICEF Jamaica — Global School Play Day 2026Intergovernmental Current Edition
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Global School Play Day?

4 February 2026 The stored recurrence guidance is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: 4 February 2026.

Does Global School Play Day fall on the same date every year?

No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.

Is Global School Play Day an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: Global School Play Day / participating schools worldwide. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Global School Play Day?

The stored designation basis is: The organizer documents Global School Play Day’s origin on 4 February 2015, and UNICEF Jamaica identifies 4 February 2026 as the national observance of Global School Play Day in Jamaica.. Supporting provenance includes Global School Play Day — About. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Global School Play Day international or country-specific?

The record has international or global institutional scope: Global School Play Day / participating schools worldwide. That does not mean every country treats the date as a public holiday or observes it in the same way.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-09.

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