School Events and Awareness Days
Welcome to the 2024 schools event calendar!
Awareness events are an awesome way to get kids, parents and educators involved in meaningful learning! We have aligned each awareness event or day with a package of free curriculum-aligned resources, aimed to get the whole school involved. From Harmony Day to STEM day, you can use these resources to teach lessons that help kids build empathy and make change in their local community.
Here’s to a great new year of learning, stay cool!
October
World Space Week is the largest annual space event in the world. The week helps build up the workforce of tomorrow by inspiring students; demonstrates visible public support for the space programme; educates the public about space activities; and fosters international cooperation in space outreach and education.
The World Space Week 2024 theme will be “Space & Climate Change”
In 2024, World Habitat Day (WHD 2024) under the theme "Engaging youth to create a better urban future" looks at how cities can position their economies to benefit residents.
The concept of World Homeless Day emerged from discussions between people working to respond to homelessness from various parts of the world. The purpose is to draw attention to homeless people’s needs locally and provide opportunities for the community to get involved in responding to homelessness.
Anti-Poverty Week supports the Australian community to have an increased understanding of poverty and to take action collectively to end it. We are a diverse network of individuals and organisations who share this purpose. Since 2002, we have been active each year in the week around the 17th of October, the United Nations Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction is an opportunity to acknowledge the progress being made toward preventing and reducing disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods, economies and basic infrastructure in line with the international agreement for reducing global disaster risk and losses.
Let’s make a change for better health this National Nutrition Week, and what better way to Try for 5 than by filling our plate with sustainable foods that have the power to improve our health and the health of our planet. We have some great resources below to educate your students on the importance of nutrition.
With the commitment to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure all people everywhere enjoy peace and prosperity, the 2030 Agenda again gestured toward the same promise established under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Yet, the current reality shows that 1.3 billion people still live in multidimensional poverty with almost half of them children and youth.
World Teacher’s Day is an international celebration that is held on October 5th and is dedicated to celebrating and recognizing the contributions of teachers around the world. It was established by UNESCO in 1994 with the aim of addressing the global education challenges, promoting teachers’ rights and fostering international recognition of the teaching profession. On this day, people honor and appreciate teachers for their hard work and dedication, which is often overlooked. Teachers play an important role in society, as they inspire and cultivate future generations. This day is also a great opportunity to thank teachers for their tireless efforts and to recognize the importance of quality education in our lives. Let’s all give Australia’s teachers a Happy World Teachers’ Day!
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