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2025 teacher calendar
Plan activities, find craft-spiration, grab resources. Year sorted. Let’s go!

Busy teachers assemble! Welcome to the ultimate inspiration station, a handy events calendar to give you the heads-up on all the dates that you need this year (apart from when you’ve booked a massage or when the next big thing drops on Netflix). We’ve included national and global celebrations, themed events and of course, school term dates. We’ve linked key dates to MTA’s famous craft activities, resources and inspiration. From Easter to Earth Day, planning lessons and classroom fun has never looked so easy. Bookmark this tab, stat!

January
Date
Day
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1
New Year's Day
23
QLD: Term 1 begins – teachers return
24
International Day of Education
26
Australia Day 
28
QLD/SA: Term 1 – students return
VIC/NT: Term 1 begins – teachers return
International LEGO® Day
31
NSW (Eastern)/ACT: Term 1 begins – teachers return
February
Date
Day
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3
ACT: Term 1 – new students begin
TAS: Term 1 – teachers return
4
ACT: Term 1 – continuing students return
6
NSW (Eastern)/TAS: Term 1 – students return 
Waitangi Day (NZ)
7
NSW (Western): Term 1 begins – teachers return
9-15
Healthy Lunch Box Week
11
Safer Internet Day
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
13
NSW (Western): Term 1 – students return
28
School’s Clean Up Australia Day
March
Date
Day
View event resources
1
First day of autumn
1-30
Australian Women’s History Month
4
Pancake Day (Shrove Tuesday)
8
UN International Women’s Day
12-24
NAPLAN test window
14
International Day of Mathematics
International Pi Day
20
World Storytelling Day
22
National Ride2School Day
World Water Day
April
Date
Day
View event resources
1
April Fool’s Day
1-30
Autism Awareness Month
2
International Children’s Book Day
World Autism Awareness Day
4
VIC/QLD/NT: Term 1 ends
11
NSW/ACT/SA/TAS/WA: Term 1 ends
14
NT: Term 2 begins
15-21
World Creativity & Innovation Week
16
QLD: Term 2 begins – teachers return
18
Good Friday 
22
Earth Day
QLD: Term 2 – students return
VIC: Term 2 begins
24
International Girls in ICT Day
28
NSW/ACT: Term 2 begins – teachers return
SA/TAS/WA: Term 2 begins
29
ACT: Term 2 – students return
30
NSW: Term 2 – students return
May
Date
Day
View event resources
1-31
National Family Reading Month
5-12
National Road Safety Week 
4-10
International Compost Awareness Week
4
Star Wars Day
10
National Walk Safely to School Day
World Fair Trade Day
16
Walk Safely to School Day
Endangered Species Day
21
National Simultaneous Storytime
31
Last day of autumn
July
Date
Day
View event resources
1
International Joke Day
4
NSW/ACT/VIC/SA/TAS/WA: Term 2 ends
14
QLD/NT: Term 3
21
NSW/ACT: Term 3 – teachers return
VIC/SA/TAS/WA: Term 3 begins
22
NSW/ACT: Term 3 – students return
August
Date
Day
View event resources
4
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day
4-10
Keep Australia Beautiful Week
16-23
Children’s Book Council Book Week
19
World Humanitarian Day
26
National Dog Day
30
International Friendship Day
International Whale Shark Day
31
Daffodil Day
September
Date
Day
View event resources
1
First day of spring
National Wattle Day
1-30
Save the Koala Month
Foster Care Month
Biodiversity Month
1-7
National Superhero Week
5
QLD: Teacher Dev Day
7
Father's Day
Indigenous Literacy Day
12
Mindfulness Day
19
Talk Like a Pirate Day
VIC/QLD/NT: Term 3 ends 
Dependant on start date
First 100 Days of Kindy
21
World Gratitude Day
International Day of Peace
25
World Dream Day
World Maritime Day
26
NSW/TAS/WA/ACT/SA: Term 3 ends
29
World Heart Day
October
Date
Day
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4
World Animal Day
World Smile Day
4-10
World Space Week
6
World Habitat Day
VIC/NT: Term 4 begins
7
QLD: Term 4 begins
12-18
Earth Science Week
13
NSW/ACT: Term 4 – teachers return
SA/TAS/WA: Term 4 begins 
14-20
National Bird Week
14
NSW/ACT: Term 4 – students return 
15
Global Handwashing Day
16
World Food Day   
17
Loud Shirt Day
20-26
National Children's Week
21
Diwali
22
Children's Day
Wombat Day
24
World Kangaroo Day
25
World Pasta Day
26
National Grandparents' Day
November
Date
Day
View event resources
1-30
Movember (Men's Health Month)
1
World Vegan Day
5
Melbourne Cup Day
8-15
Australian Food Safety Week
10-16
National Recycling Week
11
Remembrance Day
17
International Students' Day
19
International Men's Day
20
Universal Children's Day
21
World Hello Day
December
Date
Day
View event resources
3
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
5
International Volunteer Day
10
Human Rights Day
International Animal Rights Day
11
NT: Term 4 ends – students
12
NT: Term 4 ends – teachers
QLD/SA: Term 4 ends
18
WA/ACT: Term 4 ends
TAS: Term 4 ends – students 
19
NSW/VIC: Term 4 ends
TAS: Term 4 ends – teachers 
26
Boxing Day
Plan lessons, feel inspired, stay organised. We’ve got you. The MTA 2025 digital school calendar has been tailor-made for you and your fellow teachers across Australia. We cover every state and territory’s public school term start and end dates but please check with your state’s school body for more detailed information. For private and independent school term dates, please check with your governing body. NSW school term dates 2025: https://education.nsw.gov.au/schooling/calendars/2025 Victoria school term dates 2025: https://www.vic.gov.au/school-term-dates-and-holidays-victoria Queensland school term dates 2025: https://education.qld.gov.au/about-us/calendar/term-dates Western Australia school term dates 2025: https://www.education.wa.edu.au/future-term-dates South Australia school term dates 2025: https://www.education.sa.gov.au/parents-and-families/term-dates-south-australian-state-schools Tasmania school term dates 2025: https://www.decyp.tas.gov.au/learning/term-dates/ Northern Territory school term dates 2025: https://nt.gov.au/learning/primary-and-secondary-students/school-term-dates-in-nt ACT school term dates 2025: https://www.education.act.gov.au/public-school-life/term_dates_and_public_holidays Enjoy links to step-by-step art and craft activities, video inspiration, blog articles and quality resources to help you nail 2025.
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