Reading challenge dates for 2020

Term 1

• 28 January: Term 1 begins
• 16 – 24 March: Cultural Diversity Week
• 27 March: YABBA nominations close
• 27 March: Term 1 ends

Term 2

• 14 April: Term 2 begins 
  
• 17 – 23 May: Education Week
• 26 June: Term 2 ends

Term 3

• 13 July: Term 3 begins
• 7 – 16 August: Melbourne Writers Festival
• 18 September: Premiers' Reading Challenge ends and the Challenge application closes 
  
• 18 September: Term 3 ends

Term 4

• 5 October: Term 4 begins
• October: certificates issued to early childhood service managers, school principals and home-based settings for distribution
  
• 18 December: Term 4 ends