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 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!
December
Kid Inventors’ Day is celebrated on January 17 every year. This day celebrates the creativity and ingenuity of young people all around the world. You would be surprised to know how so many of the things that we use every day have been made by kid inventors! Get involved with some fun, creative activities below.
International Day of Education is celebrated annually on 24 January.
In 2024, the day highlighted the role education plays in 'learning for lasting peace', empowering learners to serve as catalysts for peace in their communities.
The theme for 2025 is yet to be released, but regardless of the theme, this important date emphasises education's importance as a human right and celebrates its role for peace and sustainable development.
Join millions around the globe as we celebrate the power of reading aloud with World Read Aloud Day, held annually on the first Wednesday of February!
As we begin the countdown to the next World Read Aloud Day on 5 February 2025, check out the free resources below to help you celebrate reading aloud all year long.
The world needs science, and science needs women and girls. Addressing big issues like climate change and improving health outcomes and technologies will involve harnessing diverse talents, perspectives and experiences.
In 2024, the STEM Equity Monitor found that girls make up only one-quarter of year 12 enrolments in information technologies, physics and engineering subjects in Australia. What's more, only 37% of university-level STEM enrolments are from women, with women representing only 15% of all people working in STEM jobs. This same research shows that of STEM university graduates in 2011, only 31% of women were working in STEM occupations compared to 56% of men.
International Day of Women and Girls in STEM is just one opportunity to amplify the critical role of women and girls in science and technology and support and strengthen their involvement. Check out the resources below to get involved.
Safer Internet Day is a global event that brings together communities, families, schools and organisations from more than 180 countries to help create safer online spaces.
Technology is constantly evolving and has become an integral part of many of our daily lives, including those of young people. These many advances open up a world of opportunities but also expose us all to many risks with real-world impacts, making online safety awareness even more important for young people.
Have online safety conversations and teach your students about using the internet and other technology safely with these resources.
The National Regenerative Agriculture Day (NRAD) is a celebration of Regenerative Agriculture, and it is our mission to heal the heart of the food chain.
Check out the resources below to get involved.
World Day of Social Justice is an annual, international day recognising the importance of social justice and development in building fairer, more equitable societies. The day calls us to put social justice at the centre of regional, national and international policy agendas.
Click the button below to download resources to support your teaching about efforts to tackle issues such as poverty, exclusion, gender equality, unemployment, human rights and social protections.
A Schools Clean Up Day is a great way to inspire your students to learn about the impact of rubbish on their local environment while playing an active role in their community.
It's a day when students and teachers work together to clean up an area that is special to them.
Clean Up Australia Day will also be held on 2 March 2025.
Check out the resources below to get involved in Schools Clean Up Day.
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