Key Dates

The Calendar below outlines significant key dates for our Department.

See also:

• Victorian Term Dates – shows the kindergarten and school term dates for Victoria for the next three years
• Key Dates for Principals – shows key dates specifically related to school principals
• Victorian Curriculum & Assessment Authority – shows significant key dates for the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority
• VCE Exam Timetable – shows the current year Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) exam timetable and dates for the examination periods

2012 Calendar

January

• 1 – New Year's Day
• 2 – Public holiday in lieu of New Year's Day
• 20 – Redeem your School Start Bonus from today
• 20 – Victorian Education Excellence Awards applications close
• 26 – Australia Day - public holiday
• 29 – Closing date for lodgement of School Start Bonus application forms
• 31 – Applications for student scholarships close

 

February

• 1 – Term 1 begins for kindergartens
• 1 – Term 1 begins for schools – this is a student-free day*
• 13 – Day 1 of the Teacher Mentor Support Program commences (sessions until 8 March)
• 14 – Library Lovers Day
• 21 – UnitingCare's Pancake Day Fundraiser
• 22 – Cultural Diversity Quest entries close
• 27 – Children's Facilities Capital Program grants round closes

 

March

• 1 – VCE Season of Excellence Events and Exhibitions begin
• 2 – Schools Clean Up Day
• 2 – Applications for Wannik Education Scholarships for Koorie students close
• 4 – Clean Up Australia Day
• 6 – World Spelling Day
• 7 – World Maths Day
• 8 – World Science Day
• 8 – International Women's Day
• 12 – Labour Day - public holiday
• 17 – St Patricks Day
• 20 – Epilepsy Awareness Week commences
• 21 – Harmony Day
• 21 – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• 23 – National Ride2School Day
• 25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Translantic Slave Trade
• 26 – Purple Day for Epilepsy
• 30 – Term 1 ends for schools and kindergartens

 

April

• 1 – Daylight Savings ends
• 6 – Good Friday - public holiday
• 9 – Easter Monday - public holiday
• 13 – National Youth Week commences
• 16 – Term 2 begins for schools and kindergartens
• 22 – Earth Day
• 25 – ANZAC Day - public holiday
• 30 - Day 2 of the Teacher Mentor Support Program commences (sessions until 31 May)

 

May

• 1 – World Asthma Day
• 13 – Mothers Day
• 13 – Breast Cancer Research's Mother's Day Classic
• 14 – National Volunteer Week commences
• 14 – National Career Development Week commences
• 15 – International Day of Families
• 18 – Winners of Victorian Education Excellence Awards announced
• 18 – Walk Safely to School Day
• 20 – Education Week commences with Victorian Education Service Awards announced
• 21 – Australian Library and Information Week commences
• 24 – Cancer Australia's Biggest Morning Tea
• 26 – National Sorry Day
• 27 – National Reconciliation Week commences

 

June

• 5 – World Environment Day
• 11 – Queen's Birthday - public holiday
• 17 – Drug Action Week commences
• 29 – Red Nose Day
• 29 – Term 2 ends for schools and kindergartens

 

July

• 1 – NAIDOC Week commences
• 16 – Term 3 begins for both kindergartens and schools
• 27 – Schools Tree Day

 

August

• 4 – National Aboriginal and Islander Children's Day
• 9 – International Day of the World's Indigenous People
• 11 – National Science Week commences
• 18 – Vietnam Veterans Day
• 18 – Children's Book Week commences
• 27 – National Literacy and Numeracy Week commences
• 29 – National Police Remembrance Day

 

September

• 2 – Fathers Day
• 2 – Child Protection Week commences
• 7 – White Balloon Day
• 8 - Victorian State Schools Spectacular
• 21 – Term 3 ends for schools and kindergartens
• 21 – International Day of Peace
• 22 – Royal Melbourne Show commences

 

October

• Walktober Walk-to-School
• International School Library Month
• Community Safety Month
• 5 – World Teacher Day
• 7 – Daylight Savings begins
• 8 – Term 4 begins for schools and kindergartens
• 14 – Anti-poverty Week commences
• 14 – National Nutrition Week commences
• 14 – National Water Week commences
• 17 – National Nude Food Day
• 17 – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
• 20 – Children's Week commences
• 20 – Universal Children's Day
• 21 – National Safe Work Australia Week commences
• 26 –  World Teacher Day (Australia)

 

November

• 6 – Melbourne Cup Day - public holiday (all of Victoria except for municipalities of Warrnambool City, Moyne Shire and City of Greater Geelong: For more information, see: Business Victoria's Non-Metropolitan Public Holiday Dates)
• 11 – Remembrance Day 
• 12 – National Recycling Week commences
• 16 – International Day of Tolerance
• 25 - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
• 25 - White Ribbon Day

 

December

• 1 - World AIDS Day
• 2 - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
• 3 – International Day of People with a Disability
• 10 – International Human Rights Day
• 21 – Term 4 ends for both kindergartens and schools
• 25 – Christmas Day - public holiday
• 26 – Boxing Day – public holiday

 

* The first day of Term 1 for schools is when teachers start – this is a student-free day. As student-free day arrangements may vary from school to school, please check with your school when your child starts or for other student-free days that occur throughout the school year.