Yearly Display Calendar
Date / Event /Title
/ Pg.January / Back to School /
Welcome back
January 26 / Australia Day /Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi
February 4 / World Cancer Day /Cancer is a word, not a sentence
February 14 / Valentine’s Day /Love is in the air
February 20 / World Social Justice /Grit lit
March (first Wednesday) / Mathematics Day /More numbers than you can count
March 8 / International Women’s Day /Go get ‘emgrrls
March 17 / St Patrick’s Day / Have a shamrocking dayMarch 21 / World Poetry Day /
Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings
March 21 / International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination /Racism – No way!
March 22 / World Water Day /Every drop counts
April 1 / April Fool’s Day /Laugh a minute
April 7 / World Health Day /Eat to live, not live to eat
April 23 / Shakespeare’s Birthday / To be or not to beApril 23 / St George’s Day /
Let there be dragons
April 25 / ANZAC Day /Lest we forget
April 28 / International Day of the Dog /Dog day afternoon
May 3 / World Press Freedom Day /Celebrate your freedom to read
May 15 / International Day of Families /Families are forever
May (third week) / Archaeology Week /Digging around
June 5 / World Environment Day /Save the earth
June 17 / World Day to Combat Desertification /As dry as bones
June ( third week) / Refugee Week /Walk in my shoes
July (first week) / NAIDOC Week /Proud to be black
July 4 / American Independence Day /Back in the USA
July 14 / Bastille Day /Vive la France
July (last week) / National Tree Day /Hug a tree
July 30 / International Friendship Day /Friendship – Yes please
August 1 / Horses’ Birthday /Happy birthday horse
August (week 3) / Children’s Book Week /August (week 3) / Science Week
Astronomy /
Science - an imaginative adventure of the mind
Look to the starsAugust 6 / Hiroshima /
Hiroshima
September(first week) / Sea Week / Sail awaySeptember 30 / Talk Like A Pirate Day /
Heave ho me hearties!
September (last week) / Banned Books Week /Don’t read this! It’s been banned!
September 21 / International Day of Peace /Give peace a chance
October (month) / Zootober /Zootober
October (first week) / World Mental Health Week /Beyond blue
October 1 / International Day of Older Persons /Keep on raging - to stop the aging.
October 4 / World Animal Day /Fighting back from extinction
October 5 / World Teachers’ Day /World Teacher’s Day
October 10 / Homeless Day / Give me shelterOctober (second week) / National Nutrition Week / See World Health Day April 7
October 17 / International Day for Eradication of Poverty / We can end poverty
October 31 / All Hallow’s Eve (Halloween) / Trick or treat
November 5 / Guy Fawkes Day /
Explosive reads
November / Recycling Week /It’s not junk!
November 11 / Remembrance Day / Remembrance DayDecember 3 / Eureka Stockade 1854 /
Eureka!
December / Christmas /Season’s readings
Displays for any time
Dystopian fiction / Dystopian fictionFairy tales / Fairy tales retold
Fantasy / Escape reality
Film of the book / You’ve seen the movie - now read the book
Ghosts / The undead
Horror / Nail biters
Scary stories / Be afraid, be very afraid
Steampunk / Steampunk