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Special Days, Events & Occasions
Early childhood teachers and educators, update your calendar with these Australian and International dates and related resources (where available) that may be useful for planning.
Some special days and events will be more suited to your service than others - use your professional judgement and knowledge of your children, families and community to decide what is suitable for you. Likewise the linked resources are not prepared by Excellence Matters and you need to assess them for suitability for your program.
* Please note we have not yet included religious events on this calendar except where they relate to an Australian public holiday. We recommend this calendar as a resource for religious events.
Date | Event | Related ECEC Resources |
|---|---|---|
AUGUST 2018 | ||
4th August | ||
5th August | ||
11th - 19th August | | |
18th August | ||
20th August | ||
20th - 26th August | ||
31st August | Last Day of Winter | |
SEPTEMBER 2018 | ||
1st September | First Day of Spring | |
2nd September | Father's Day | |
2nd September | National Child Protection Week | |
3rd September | Australian National Flag Day | |
5th September | ||
13th September | ||
21st September | ||
29th September | ||
OCTOBER 2018 | ||
1st - 7th October | Australia's 24 Hour Activity Guidelines - information for families about sleep requirements for young children | |
1st - 31st October | NEW National Safe Work Month | |
1st - 31st October | NEW Nude Food Day | |
4th October | NEW World Animal Day | |
10th October | ||
14th - 20th October | ||
19th - 28th October | ||
31st October | ||
NOVEMBER 2018 | ||
6th November | ||
11th November | NEW Remembrance Day | |
DECEMBER 2018 | ||
25th December | Christmas Day | |
JANUARY 2019 | ||
26th January | Australia Day | |
FEBRUARY 2019 | ||
14th February | Valentines Day | |
MARCH 2019 | ||
11th March | Labour Day | |
APRIL 2019 | ||
19th April | Good Friday | |
21st April | Easter Sunday | |
22nd April | Easter Monday | |
25th April | Anzac Day | |
MAY 2019 | ||
Want to add to the list?
Let us know if there's a special day, event or resources that you'd like to see included on our Special Days list. We'll include it if it's a good fit for our community of early childhood professionals.
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