2024 - Term Dates

Term Dates and School Closure Dates

Term 1: Monday 29th January– Thursday 28th March

Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th January: Staff Day 1 and 2 Professional Development
Wednesday 31st January: All Students return
Thursday 7th and Friday 8th March: School closure for staff professional development: Child Safe Standards; Level 2 First Aid Training
Monday 13th March: School closure for Labour Day Public Holiday

Term 2: Tuesday16th April- Friday 28th June

Monday 15th June: Pupil Free day; Staff professional development with Prof Pamela Snow and LaTrobe University in structured literacy
Tuesday 16th April: Students return for Term 2
Thursday 25th April: School closure Anzac Day Public Holiday
Monday 10th June: School closure King’s Birthday Public Holiday

Term 3: Monday 15th July - Friday 20th September

Term 4: Monday 7th October - Tuesday 17th December 1pm finish (students) Wednesday 18th December (staff)

Monday 4th November: school closure, staff time in lieu as per workplace agreement
Tuesday 5th November: school closure, Melbourne Cup Day
Monday 2nd December: school closure, 2025 staff planning day

SAC Meetings all 7pm	P+F Meetings all 7pm
Tuesday 26th March	Tuesday 30th April
Tuesday 7th May	Tuesday 11th June
Tuesday 25th June	Tuesday 6th August
Tuesday 3rd September	Other meetings tbc
Tuesday 22nd October
Tuesday 26th November AGM with P+F/ End of year gathering	Tuesday 26th November AGM with P+F/ End of year gathering

Term 1 Dates	Event	Who
Friday 8th March	Staff Conference- Child Safety and Level 2 First Aid Training	Student free day
Monday 11th March	Labour Day Public holiday
Wednesday 13th- Friday 22nd March	NAPLAN Y3 and Y5	Year 3 and Year 5
Friday 22nd March	Wellbeing School Community Celebration
Monday 25th-Thursday 28th	Holy Week Liturgies and Open Book sessions
Tuesday 26th March	School photographs
Thursday 28th March	Last Day of Term 1 SJM Cross Country event Y2-Y6 Cake Stall Y5 and Y6 School finishes at 3.30pm

Other dates	Event	Who
Monday 15th April	Staff return for Professional Development with Professor Pamela Snow	All staff Student free day
Tuesday 16th April	Students return for Term 2	All students
Monday 22nd-Wednesday 24th April	Camp Weekaway Year 5 and Year 6	Y5-6
Thursday 25th April	ANZAC Day Public holiday	School closed
Thursday 6th June	St Joseph’s Athletics Carnival	Prep-6
Thursday 25th July	Parent Teacher Interviews
Thursday 17th October	St Joseph’s School Art Show 5pm	All students
Sunday 20th October	Art Show Community Open Day 10am-12p

Important Sport Dates (Term 2 onwards)
Dates	Event	Who
Friday 19th April	Football/Netball Winter Sports Rd 1	Yr 5/6
Friday 26th April	Football/Netball Winter Sports Rd 2	Yr 5/6
Wednesday 1st May	Dendy District Cross Country	Yr 3-6
Friday 3rd May	Football/Netball Winter Sports Rd 3	Yr 5/6
Friday 10th May	Football/Netball Winter Sports Rd 4	Yr 5/6
Friday 17th May	Football/Netball Winter Sports Rd 5	Yr 5/6
Friday 24th May	Football/Netball Winter Sports Rd 6	Yr 5/6
Friday 31st May	Football/Netball Winter Sports Rd 7	Yr 5/6
Thursday 6th June	St Joseph’s Athletics Carnival	Whole school
Friday 7th June	Football/Netball Winter Sports Rd 8	Yr 5/6
Wednesday 12th June	Dendy Soccer Lightning Premiership	Yr 5-6 selected students
Thursday 13th June	Dendy Netball Lightning Premiership	Yr 5-6 selected students
Friday 14th June	Dendy AFL Lightning Premiership	Yr 5-6 selected students
Date TBC	Hooptime - District Basketball	Yr 3/4
Date TBC	Hooptime - District Basketball	Yr 5/6
Friday 23rd August	Dendy Athletics Carnival	Yr 3/6 selected students
Friday 13th September	Rugby Gala Day	Yr 5/6
Friday 18th October	Dendy T20 Cricket Lightning Premiership	Year 3/4
Friday 25th October	Dendy T20 Cricket Lightning Premiership	Year 5/6