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2026 educator calendar
Plan activities, find craft-spiration, grab resources. Year sorted. Let’s go!

Busy educators 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. We’ve linked key dates to MTA’s famous craft activities, resources and inspiration. From Easter to Earth Day, planning fun activities has never looked so easy. Bookmark this tab, stat!

You teacher calendar, full of important key dates in the school year
January
Date
Day
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1
New Year's Day
24
International Day of Education
26
Australia Day 
28
International LEGO® Day 
February
Date
Day
View event resources
9-15
Healthy Lunch Box Week
10
Safer Internet Day
17
Lunar New Year
27
School’s Clean Up Australia Day
March
Date
Day
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1 1-31
First day of autumn
Australian Women’s History Month
Clean Up Australia Day (official)
8
UN International Women’s Day
16-22
Harmony Week
17
Pancake Day (Shrove Tuesday)
20
World Storytelling Day
22
World Water Day
25
World Math Day
27
Earth Hour Schools Day
April
Date
Day
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1 1-30
April Fool’s Day
National Autism Acceptance Month
2
 International Children’s Book Day
2
World Autism Awareness Day
5
Easter Sunday
6
Easter Monday
20
World Creativity & Innovation Week
23
World Book Day
International Girls in ICT Day
29
International Dance Day
May
Date
Day
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1-30
National Family Reading Month
3-9
International Compost Awareness Week
5
World Hand Hygiene Day 
15
Walk Safely to School Day
Endangered Species Day
27 27-3 Jun
National Simultaneous Storytime
National Reconciliation Week
31
Last day of autumn
July
Date
Day
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1
International Joke Day
30
International Friendship Day
August
Date
Day
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3
Keep Australia Beautiful Week
4
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day
19
World Humanitarian Day
21
Daffodil Day
22-28
Children’s Book Council Book Week
26
National Dog Day
30
International Whale Shark Day
September
Date
Day
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1 1-30
First day of spring
National Wattle Day
Save the Koala Month
Foster Care Month
Biodiversity Month
12
Mindfulness Day
21
World Gratitude Day
International Day of Peace
24
World Maritime Day
25
World Dream Day
29
World Heart Day
October
Date
Day
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2
World Smile Day
4-10
World Space Week
5
World Habitat Day  
11-17
Earth Science Week
12-28
National Nutrition Week  
15
Global Handwashing Day
16
World Food Day   
19-25
National Bird Week
23
Loud Shirt Day
21
Diwali
22
Children's Day
Wombat Day
24 24-1 Nov
World Kangaroo Day
National Children's Week
25
National Grandparents' Day
World Pasta Day
November
Date
Day
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1 1-30
World Vegan Day
Movember (Men's Health Month)
3
Melbourne Cup Day
7-14
Australian Food Safety Week
9-15
National Recycling Week
11
Remembrance Day
19
International Men's Day
20
Universal Children's Day
21
World Hello Day
Plan lessons, feel inspired, stay organised. We’ve got you. The MTA 2026 digital educator calendar has been tailor-made for you and your fellow educators across Australia Enjoy links to step-by-step art and craft activities, video inspiration, blog articles and quality resources to help you nail 2026.
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