Key Dates
- Victorian and Australian 2008 school term dates
- Key 2008 Dates for Principals
- Victorian Curriculum & Assessment Authority (http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/calendar/)
- VCE Exam Timetable (http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/exams/timetable.html)
Calendar
January 2008
- 1 – New Year's Day - public holiday
- 24 – Production deadline for Education Times
- 26 – Australia Day
- 28 – Public holiday for Australia Day
- 29 – Term 1 begins (pupil free day - teachers return to school)
- 30 – Students return to school
February 2008
- 1 – Premier's Reading Challenge launch
- 7 – Production deadline for Education Times
- 5-8 – Parliamentary Sitting Dates
- 21 – Production deadline for Education Times
- 26-29 – Parliamentary Sitting Dates
- 29 – Schools Clean Up Day
March 2008
- 2 – Clean Up Australia Day
- 6 – Production deadline for Education Times
- 7 – Victorian Schools Sports Awards (held at the MCG)
- 8 – International Women's Day
- 10 – Labour Day - public holiday
- 11-14 – Parliamentary Sitting Dates
- 17-21 - International Education Week
- 17 – Cultural Diversity Week
- 20 – Term 1 ends
- 21 – Good Friday - public holiday
- 24 – Easter Monday - public holiday
- 27 – Production deadline for Education Times
April 2008
- Diabetes Australia's Great Australian Bite (www.greataustralianbite.com.au) Host a 'bite' and raise money for diabetes education and research.
- 1 – National Smile Day
- 5-13 – National Youth Week
- 7 – World Health Day
- 7 – Term 2 begins
- 8-11 – Parliamentary Sitting Dates
- 10 – Production deadline for Education Times
- 15-19 – Parliamentary Sitting Dates
- 24 – Production deadline for Education Times
- 25 – ANZAC Day - public holiday
May 2008
- 2 – Walk Safely to School Day
- 5 – State Budget announced
- 5 – International Day of the Midwife
- 6 – World Asthma Day
- 4-9 – Parliamentary Sitting Dates
- 7-13 – National Mothering Week
- 8 – Production deadline for Education Times
- 9 – VCAL Awards (held at BMW Edge, Federation Square)
- 12-18 – The Victoria Law Foundation and the Law Institute of Australia's Law Week (www.victorialaw.org.au)
- 13-15 - National Literacy and Numeracy Test (Years 3, 5, 7 & 9)
- 15 – International Day of Families
- 16 – Education Excellence Awards
- 16 – Education Week Gala Dinner (held at Crown casino)
- 18-24 – Education Week
- 22 – Production deadline for Education Times
- 22 – Premier's VCE Award ceremony (held at Crown casino)
- 17 – Production deadline for Education Times
- 27-30 – Parliamentary sitting Dates
- 29 – International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
June 2008
- 3 – Online Seminar: Podcasts, vodcasts, screencasts, discussions and blogs: new teaching with Andrew Douch. For more information and to register, see Knowledge Bank Online Events website
- 5 – Production deadlines for Education Times
- 5 – World Environment Day
- 5-8 – Parliamentary Sitting Dates
- 9 – Queen's Birthday - public holiday
- 14 – Production deadline for Education Times
- 19-22 – Parliamentary Sitting Dates
- 27 – Red Nose Day
- 27 – Term 2 ends
July 2008
- 3 – Production deadline for Education Times
- 6 – NAIDOC Week
- 14 – Term 3 begins
- 15 – World Youth Day
- 17 – Production deadline for Education Times
- 17-20 – Parliamentary Sitting Dates
- 31 – Production deadline for Education Times
August 2008
- 1 – Jeans 4 Genes Day
- 1 – Principal's Big Day Out
- 3 – International Friendship Day
- 4 – National Aboriginal & Islander Children's Day
- 7-10 – Parliamentary Sitting Dates
- 8 – Beijing 2008 Olympic Games begins
- 14 – Production deadline for Education Times
- 16-22 – Children's Book Week
- 16-24 – National Science Week
- 18 – Vietnam Veterans' Day
- 21-24 – Parliamentary Sitting Dates
- 24-30 – Hearing Awareness Week
- 28 – Production deadline for Education Times
September 2008
- 1 – National Wattle Day
- 1-7 – National Literacy and Numeracy Week
- 1-7 – National Asthma Week
- 3 – Indigenous Literacy Day
- 8 – World First Aid Day
- 9-12 – Parliamentary Sitting Dates
- 18-28 – Royal Melbourne Show
- 19 - Term 3 ends
- 19 – Diabetes Australia's 2008 National Buzz Day (www.buzzday.com.au)
- 21 – United Nations International Day of Peace
- 24 – World School Milk Day
- 25 – Production deadline for Education Times
- 28 – World Heart Day
- 29 – National Police Rememberance Day
October 2008
- 1-31 – International Walk to School month
- 5 – World Teacher's Day
- 6 – Term 4 begins
- 7-10 – Parliamentary Sitting Dates
- 9 – Production deadline for Education Times
- 10 – World Mental Health Day
- 15 – National Ride to Work Day
- 18-26 – Children’s Week
- 23 – Production deadline for Education Times
- 26 – International Children's Day
- 28-31 – Parliamentary Sitting Dates
November 2008
- 4 – Melbourne Cup Day - public holiday (Melbourne metropolitan area only)
- 6 – World Kindness Day
- 6 – Production deadline for Education Times
- 11 – Remembrance Day
- 11-14 – Parliamentary Sitting Dates
- 14 – World Diabetes Day
- 16 – International Day for Tolerance
- 20 – Production deadline for Education Times
- 21 – World Hello Day
December 2008
- 3 – International Day of People with a Disability
- 2-5 – Parliamentary Sitting Date
- 10 – International Human Rights Day
- 19 – Term 4 ends
- 25 – Christmas Day - public holiday
- 26 – Boxing Day - public holiday