Reading challenge dates for 2021

Term 1

• 28 January: Term 1 begins
• 21 – 28 March: Cultural Diversity Week
• 31 March: YABBA nominations close
• 1 April: Term 1 ends
  

Term 2

• 19 April: Term 2 begins 
  
• 23 – 29 May: Education Week
• 25 June: Term 2 ends

Term 3

• 12 July: Term 3 begins
• 3 – 12 September: Melbourne Writers Festival
• 17 September: Premiers' Reading Challenge ends and the Challenge application closes 
  
• 17 September: Term 3 ends

Term 4

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