School Events and Awareness Days
Welcome to the 2025 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 at getting your whole school involved. Popular events like Reconciliation Week, National Science Week, Book Week and Harmony Day all feature, and 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!
June
World Environment Day is for encouraging awareness and action for the protection of the environment. First held in 1974, it has been a flagship campaign for raising awareness on environmental issues emerging from marine pollution, human overpopulation, and global warming, to sustainable consumption and wildlife crime.
On World Oceans Day, people everywhere can celebrate and take action for our shared ocean, which connects us all. Get together with your family, community and/or your company, and join with millions of others around our blue planet to start creating a better future. By working together, we can - and will - protect and restore our shared ocean. Get involved with our resources linked below.
World Refugee Day is an international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe. It falls each year on June 20 and celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape conflict or persecution.
Founded in 2017 by Rainforest Partnership, World Rainforest Day celebrates the importance of healthy, standing rainforests for climate, biodiversity, culture, and livelihoods— and convenes a global movement to protect and restore them.
July
Celebrating the history, culture & achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC week is celebrated by Indigenous communities & Australians from all walks of life. It's a great time to participate in a range of activities & support your local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
Planet Ark’s National Tree Day is the largest tree-planting and nature care event in Australia. It's a day to take the classroom outdoors and connect with your community, and most importantly, to have fun!
Following these lesson plans is an ideal way for your school to participate in Schools Tree Day. You’ll join thousands of amazing teachers in making a difference, fostering a child’s love of nature, and creating positive environmental change.
If you plan on hosting a planting at your school, be sure to register today to make your efforts count in the national tally. To find out more about grants from The Seedling Bank, visit treeday.planetark.org.
The day is celebrated every year on 26 July as a unique opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of mangroves as a “unique, special and vulnerable ecosystem” and to promote their sustainable management, conservation and use.
The International Day of Friendship was proclaimed in 2011 by the UN General Assembly with the idea that friendship between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals can inspire peace efforts and build bridges between communities. The resolution places emphasis on involving young people as future leaders in community activities that include different cultures and promote international understanding and respect for diversity.
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