Education Calendar for January to March

Calendar

The following is not a complete listing of every world, or Australian, special day or event, only those felt likely to be of value to schools. Some major religion-specific dates are found here, but a more complete listing can be found through the Multifaith Calendar page.

Calendar events are given in date [then alphabetical] order listings for each month.

Where the date is not known at this time, we have used the code “TBC” [To Be Confirmed]. The actual date will be added as soon as it is known.

The date/events given for the months already completed this year, provide 2023 dates, where these are known.

“Year of … ” Information

The following is a list of “Years” allotted to 2022. They include international nominations as well as others such as the “Chinese Year of …”. Every effort has been made to include all major nominations.

The first group are Officially Nominated Years [International, e.g. United Nations, Chinese Calendar, … ]; the second “United Nations Decades of” ; while the third are those declared by a range of other bodies. A group of “Future Years of …” has also been added.

“Year of … ”

New ! International Year of Millets 2023
New ! International Year of Dialogue as a Guarantee of Peace, 2023
Updated ! Year of the Rabbit 2023

“Decade of … ”

“Other Years of … ”

“Future Years of … ”

Listed in the same groupings and order as above. Others will be added as we become aware of them.

New ! International Year of Camelids 2024
New ! Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
New ! Year of the Dragon 2024

January 2024
Date	Event
1	New Years Day
1	Public Domain Day
4	World Braille Day
TBC	National Mathematics Summer School [ANU-AAMT]
8/1-2/2	AMSI Summer School [ANU]
TBC	National Youth Science Forum - Week 1 [Digital]
TBC	Aboriginal Cultural Showcase
15	Wikipedia Day
21	World Religion Day
TBC	National Youth Science Forum - Week 2 [In person]
18-19	Updated ! Student Free Days : Qld
22	Students begin Term 1 : Qld
TBC	National Youth Science Forum - Week 2 [Online]
24	International Day of Education
26	Australia Day
26	Teachers begin Term 1 : NSW [Development Day today and on 29 Jan. as well.]
26	Yabun : Celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures [NSW]
27	Holocaust Memorial Day
TBC	Teachers begin Term 1 : Vic
28	Data Protection Day
28	World Leprosy Day [Can be held on nearest Sunday if it does not fall on one]
29	Teachers begin Term 1 : ACT [Development Day today]
TBC	Catholic Schools Week NSW
30	New Students begin Term 1 : ACT [Continuing students on 31 January]
30	Premier’s Be Active Challenge starts - SA
30	Premier’s Reading Challenge starts - SA
29	Teachers begin Term 1 : NT
29	Term 1 begins : New Zealand [Can start between 29 Jan. and 7 Feb.]
30	Premier’s Reading Challenge starts - SA
30	Students begin Term 1 : NT
30	Updated ! Students begin Term 1 : Vic
30	Term 1 begins : SA
31	Updated ! Continuing Students begin Term 1 : ACT
TBC	Remote Teachers begin Term 1 : NT
31	Students begin Term 1 : NSW [TBC]
31	Students begin Term 1 : WA
31	Teachers begin Term 1 : WA

Beginning of January

February 2024
Date	Event
TBC	Remote Students begin Term 1 : NT
1-12	Updated ! NSW Seniors Festival
2	World Wetlands Day
3	Western Division NSW - Teachers begin[Development Day today and on 6 Feb. as well.]
3	Play Outside Day [First Saturday of every month]
4	World Cancer Day
TBC	Healthy Lunch Box Week
6	Waitangi Day [NZ]
6	Western Division NSW - Students begin Term 1 NSW
7	Safer Internet Day
7	Students begin Term 1 : Tas
7	Teachers begin Term 1 : Tas [ School Development Days - 5, 6]
10	Chinese New Year [Green Wood Dragon]
11	International Day of Women and Girls in Science
13	Pancake Day
13	Shrove Tuesday
13	The Apology : Anniversary
13	World Radio Day
14	Ash Wednesday
14	Library Lovers Day
14	Sweetheart Day
14	Valentine’s Day
14	Vasant Panchami [Hinduism]
14	Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge : ACT. Challenge Commences. [TBC]
15	Galileo’s Birthday
15	Nirvana Day [Buddhism]
18	International Asperger’s Day
20	World Day of Social Justice
TBC	Queensland HPE Week
21	Mother Language Day
21	World Harmony Day
22	World Thinking Day
TBC	Premier’s Reading Challenge starts - NSW
29	Last Day of Summer

Beginning of February

March 2023
Date	Event
1	First Day of Autumn
1	New ! 2023 HSC written examination elective surveys open
TBC	Updated ! Premier’s Reading Challenge starts - VIC
1-7	Updated ! Hearing Awareness Week
1-31	Australian Women’s History Month
1-31	Bandaged Bear Appeal
1-31	National Epilepsy Awareness Month
3	Girls’ Day - Japan [Hina-matsuri]
3	School’s Clean Up Day
3	World Day of Prayer
3	World Wildlife Day
4-12	Updated ! National Seaweek
5	Clean Up Australia Day
5-11	World Glaucoma Week
6	Labour Day : WA
6	Purim [Judaism] [Sunset, 6 March – nightfall, 7 March]
8	International Women’s Day
8	Updated ! World Maths Day
9	Updated ! Australian Reading Hour
9	World Kidney Day
11-21	Cultural Diversity Week [Vic]
13	Adelaide Cup Holiday
13	Canberra Day
13	Commonwealth Day
13	Eight Hour Day : Tas
13	Labour Day : Vic
13-17	Catholic Education Week [Vic]
13-19	Brain Awareness Week
13-20	Coeliac Awareness Week
14	International Pi Day
15	Ides of March
15	Silver is Gold Seniors Expo - COTA ACT [This replaces Seniors Week]
15-27	NAPLAN Online Test Window 2023
16	National Close the Gap Day
17	National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence [Bullying noWay !]
17	St Patrick’s Day
19	Updated ! Sustainable House Day
20	World Storytelling Day
20-26	Harmony Week
21	Autumn Equinox
21	Eliminating Racial Discrimination Day
21	Harmony Day
21	International Day of Forests
21	International Day of Nowruz
21	World Down Syndrome Day
21	World Home Economics Day
21	World Poetry Day
22	World Water Day
23	Beginning of Ramadan
23	World Meteorological Day
24	Earth Hour Schools Day
24	National Ride2School Day
24	World TB Day
25	Earth Hour
26	Purple Day for Epilepsy Awareness
27	World Theatre Day
End of Term 1	WAKAKIRRI Dance Challenge [Registrations close]
End of Term 1	WAKAKIRRI Primary Challenge [Registrations close]
End of Term 1	WAKAKIRRI Secondary School Challenge [Registrations close]
31	Term 1 Ends : Qld

Beginning of March