Calendar of Events 2024
January
February
2nd - World Tutu Day
5th-11th - Healthy Lunch Box Week
10th - Chinese New Year; Vietnamese New Year (Year of the Dragon)
11th - 17th - Random Acts of Kindness Week
24th - Chinese Lantern Festival; Magha Puja Day (Cambodia)
26th - Tell a Fairy Tale Day; Magha Puja Day (Thailand)
March
2nd - Dr Seuss Day
3rd - World Wildlife Day; World Hearing Day
9th March-8th April - Ramadan
17th - St Patrick's Day
18th-24th - Neurodiversity Celebration Week
18th-24th - National Playgroup Week
18th-24th - Harmony Week
21st - World Down Syndrome Day
26th - Epilepsy Awareness Day
April
2nd - World Autism Awareness Day
6th-16th - Nature Play Week
13th - Auslan Day
24th - International Guide Dog Day
25th - Anzac Day
May
4th - International Fire Fighters Day
15th - International Day of Families
19th - Outdoor Classroom Day
June
5th - World Environment Day
11th - International Day of Play
17th-23rd - Learning Disability Week
21st - World Music Day
29th June - World Mud Day
24th-30th - Insect Week
July
7th-14th - NAIDOC Week
10th - Teddy Bears Picnic
19th - National Pyjama Day
26th - School's Tree Day (28th - National Tree Day 28th)
30th - World Friendship Day
August
4th - National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Children's Day
12th-18th - National Science Week (Theme: Species Survival - More Than Just Sustainability)
19th-25th - Book Week (Theme: Reading is Magic!)
September
October
1st - 7th - National Child Protection Week
4th - Indigenous Literacy Day
5th - International Day of Charity
6th - Early Childhood Educators' Day
8th - International Literacy Day
8th - National Bilby Day
19th - Talk Like a Pirate Day
21st - World Gratitude Day
1st-31st - ADHD Awareness Month
4th - World Smile Day
4th-10th - World Space Week
10th - World Sight Day
16th - World Food Day
19th - 27th - Children's Week
31st - Halloween
31st Oct-4th Nov - Diwali
November
11th-15th - World Nursery Rhyme Week
13th - World Kindness Day
21st - World Hello Day
23rd Nov-1st Dec - Social Inclusion Week
18th-24th - Swim Safer Week
December
3rd - International Day of People with Disability
5th - International Volunteer Day
25th - Christmas Day
26th - Boxing Day
31st - New Year's Eve