SCHOOL TERM 2020 CALENDAR MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 1 New Year’s Day 2 3 4 5 KEY DATES

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 JANUARY DATE New Year’s Day 1 Literacy Guarantee conference 16 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 JANUARY Tour Down Under 16-26 Chinese New Year – Year of the Rat 25 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Australia Day Australia Day 26 Australia Day public holiday 27 WEEK 1 27 Australia Day public holiday 28 29 30 31 1 2 Term 1 starts for SA public schools 28 Premier’s be active Challenge starts 28 Premier’s Reading Challenge starts 28 WEEK 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 FEBRUARY WEEK 3 10 11 12 FEBRUARY 13 14 15 16 Fringe 14/2-15/3 Adelaide 500 20-23 Education Leaders’ Day 27 WEEK 4 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Literacy Summit 28 28/2-15/3 WEEK 5 24 25 26 27 28 29 1 Adelaide Writers’ Week 29/2-5/3 TERM MARCH WEEK 6 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Clean Up Australia Day 1 WOMADelaide 6-9 1 WEEK 7 9 Adelaide Cup Day 10 11 MARCH 12 13 14 15 International Women’s Day 8 Adelaide Cup Day 9 National Ride2School Day 13 WEEK 8 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Close the Gap Day 19 National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence 20 WEEK 9 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 World Harmony Day 21 Earth Hour 28 WEEK 10 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 Schools Clean Up Day 28 APRIL WEEK 11 6 7 8 9 10 Good Friday 11 Easter SatSaturday 12 Daylight Saving ends 5 Term 1 ends for SA public schools 9 13 Easter Monday 14 15 APRIL 16 17 18 19 Good Friday 10 Easter Saturday 11 Easter Monday 13 20 21 22 23 24 25 ANZAC Day 26 Pregnancy, Babies and Children’s Expo 18-19 connectED 22 WEEK 1 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 World Book Day 23 ANZAC Day 25 Term 2 starts for SA public schools 27 WEEK 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 MAY WEEK 3 11 12 13 MAY 14 15 16 17 Public Education Awards, stage 1 - nominations 1-31 Mothers Day 10 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 National Assessment Program WEEK 4 – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) 12-22 National Walk Safely to School Day 15 TERM WEEK 5 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 National Families Week 15-21 International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) 17 WEEK 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 National Volunteer Week 18-24 2 National Sorry Day 26 WEEK 7 8 Queen’s Birthday 9 10 JUNE 11 12 13 14 National Reconciliation Week 27/5-3/6 JUNE WEEK 8 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Public Education Awards, stage 2 - applications 1-30 Mabo Day 3 WEEK 9 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 World Environment Day 5 Adelaide Cabaret Festival 5-20 WEEK 10 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 Queen’s Birthday 8 JULY 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Term 2 ends for SA public schools 3 NAIDOC Week 5-12 13 14 15 JULY 16 17 18 19 Inclusive Education Expo 6-8 Term 3 starts for SA public schools 20

WEEK 1 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 AUGUST MS Readathon 1-31 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 National Aboriginal and WEEK 2 Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day 4 Red Nose Day 7 WEEK 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 UN International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 9 International Youth Day 12 WEEK 4 10 11 12 AUGUST 13 14 15 16 National Science Week 15-23 Children’s Book Week – theme TERM WEEK 5 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ‘Curious Creatures, Wild Minds’ 22-28 National Child Protection Week 30/8-5/9

WEEK 6 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 SEPTEMBER 3 Primary Schools Festival of Music 2-12 WEEK 7 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 Premier’s Reading Challenge ends 4 Royal Adelaide Show 4-13 Fathers Day 6 WEEK 8 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 South Australian Foster and Kinship Carers Week 6-12 International Literacy Day 8 WEEK 9 14 15 16 SEPTEMBER 17 18 19 20 R U OK? Day 10 Premier’s be active Challenge ends 25 Term 3 ends for SA public schools 25 WEEK 10 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Nature Play Festival 26/9 -11/10 connectED 30 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 OCTOBER 5 Labour Day 6 7 8 9 10 11 Daylight Saving starts 4 Mental Health Week 4-10 Labour Day 5 WEEK 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 OCTOBER Public Education Awards ceremony 9 Anti-Poverty Week 11-17 WEEK 2 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Term 4 starts for SA public schools 12 National Children’s Week 24-30 World Teacher’s Day (Australia) 30 WEEK 3 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 NOVEMBER WEEK 4 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Remembrance Day 11 TERM National Pharmacies Christmas Pageant 14 WEEK 5 9 10 11 NOVEMBER 12 13 14 15 Universal Children’s Day 20 DECEMBER 4 WEEK 6 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 International Day of People with Disability 3 Human Rights Day 10 WEEK 7 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Term 4 ends for SA public schools 11 Christmas Day 25 Proclamation Day 26 WEEK 8 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 Proclamation Day public holiday 28 New Year’s Eve 31 WEEK 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Dates correct at the time of printing ED19215 14 15 16 DECEMBER 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 Christmas Day 26 Proclamation DayDay 27

28 Proclamation Day Day public public holiday holiday 29 30 31