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!
March
We have a series of lessons designed to provide valuable practise for NAPLAN, the national literacy test held in Years 3, 5, 7, and 9. These lesson plans are not officially endorsed publications of the ACARA body but are designed to provide practice for the Aust. Curriculum’s compulsory NAPLAN testing scheme.
World Kidney Day is a global campaign aimed at raising awareness of the importance of our kidneys. World Kidney Day comes back every year. Across the globe, many hundred events take place, from public screenings in Argentina to Zumba marathons in Malaysia. We do it all to create awareness—awareness about preventive behaviours, risk factors, and how to live with kidney disease. We do this because we want kidney health for all.
Harmony Week (or Harmony Day) is an Australian Government program that centres on the message that “Everyone belongs”, reinforcing the importance of inclusiveness to all Australians. Explore resources that support young people's development of empathy, highlight the importance of valuing and appreciating difference, and foster belonging for all.
March 20 has been established as the annual International Day of Happiness and all 193 United Nations member states have adopted a resolution calling for happiness to be given greater priority. In 2011, the UN General Assembly acknowledged happiness as a vital aspect of human life, emphasising its importance through a resolution that called for economic growth to be more inclusive, fair, and balanced, ensuring the well-being of all people. The following year, 2012, saw the UN host its first conference on Happiness. During this event, the General Assembly established 20 March as the International Day of Happiness, which has been celebrated annually since its first observance in 2013.
Most people will suffer from an oral condition in their lifetimes. WOHD’s mission is to empower people with the tools and knowledge to prevent and control oral diseases such as tooth decay. We have aligned resources below that will educate about the impacts of sugar on your oral health, as well as overall.
Earth Hour has always been for everyone. Every year, the hour of no power turns individuals, schools, businesses and communities into a million-strong movement of people raising their voices for nature through the symbolic action of switching off our lights.
Register your school to participate in Earth Hour Schools Day today!
World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD), on March 21st, is a global awareness day which has been officially observed by the UN since 2012. Down syndrome (or Trisomy 21) is a naturally occurring chromosomal arrangement that has always been a part of the human condition.
April
Nature play is about taking kids into nature and allowing them the time, space, and freedom to explore, discover, and marvel at the natural world.
We have some great resources to help you inspire your kids to get outside and learn while having fun!
Welcome back!
Don't have an account yet?
Log in with:
Create your free Cool.org account.
Many of our resources are free, with an option to upgrade to Cool+ for premium content.
Already have an account?
Sign up with:
By signing up you accept Cool.org's Terms and Conditions(Opens in new tab) and Privacy Policy(Opens in new tab).