If you’re planning for celebrations or educational events in your class, this calendar might be very helpful.
Please feel free to download this colourful poster-calendar and use it in your centre.
Year of Events 2020
The calendar for 2021 is available here
January
1 – New Years Day
25 – Chinese New Year
26 – Australia Day
February
6 – Waitangi Day (NZ)
13 – Anniversary of Apology
14 – Valentine’s Day
25 – Pancake Tuesday
March
1 – Clean Up Australia Day
8 – UN International Women’s Day
17 – St Patrick’s Day
19 – National Close the Gap Day
20 – International Day of Happiness
21 – Holi; Harmony Day; Outdoor Classroom Day
27 – National Simultaneous Storytime
April
12 – Easter Sunday
22 – Earth Day
23 – Ramadan begins
25 – ANZAC Day
30 – Hana Matsuri (Buddhism)
May
3-8 – Road Safety Week
10 – Mother’s Day
15 – International Day of Families
24 – Eid (Islam)
26 – National Sorry Day
27–3 June – National Reconciliation Week
June
8 – World Ocean’s Day
July
5-10 – NAIDOC Week (has been rescheduled to 8-15 November 2020)
17 – Pyjama Day
24 – Tokyo Olympics
29 – OOSH Educator’s Day
August
3-9 – Dental Health Week
4 – National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day
7 – Jeans for Genes Day; Red Nose Day
10-14 – National Science Week
22-28 – Book week; Daffodil Day
September
2 – Early Childhood Educator’s Day
5 – Indigenous Day
6 – Father’s Day
12 – RU OK? Day
October
3-9 – World Space Week
16 – World Food Day
24-1 – November National Children’s Week
25 – National Grandparent’s Day
28 – Children’s Day
31 – Halloween
November
3 – Melbourne Cup Day
8-15 new dates for NAIDOC Week
9-13 – Recycling Week
11 – Remembrance Day
14 – Diwali
29 – Universal Children’s Day
December
24 – Christmas Eve
25 – Christmas Day
26 – Boxing Day
31 – New Years Eve
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