Diocesan News
2027 School Dates
In 2027, Armidale Catholic Schools start and finish dates will be as follows:
Please note: These dates will differ from those of NSW DET. Armidale Catholic Schools will start a day earlier than NSW DET schools. By working on Wednesday 27th Jan/3rd Feb, staff will work off Monday the 20th of December
Term 1
Eastern Schools
Wednesday 27th and Thursday 28th January - Staff Development Days
Friday 29th January - Students start
Schools could choose to make this one of their staff development days
Western Schools
Wednesday 3rd and Thursday 4th February - Staff Development Days
Friday 5th February - Students start
Schools could choose to make this one of their staff development days
Please note Easter 2027 is Sunday 28th March. Public Holidays: Good Friday 26th March - Easter Monday 29th March.
Term 1 finishes Friday 9th April
Term 2
Tuesday 27 April to Friday 2 July
Term 3
Monday 19 July - Staff Development Day - Curriculum
Monday 19 July to Friday 24 September
Term 4
Monday 11th October - Staff Development Day - Curriculum
Monday 11th October to Friday 17th December
The last day for all Students is Thursday, 16th December
Friday 17th December - Staff Development Day
Last Day for Staff Friday 17th December
Staff Professional Development Days
8 days in total
- 2 mandated at the start of the year - 1 day for compliance, child protection and mandatory reporting
- 2 Curriculum Days mandated - Day 1 Terms 3 and 4
- 1 day at the end of the year, Friday 17th December (can be two twilights throughout the year)
- 3 other days are to be set by the school (1 of these days must be set as the RE/Spirituality Day). Schools could choose to use one of these at the start of the year and Wed- Fri as Staff development days
Copyright update for Schools
Please see the update from SmartCopying regarding companies contacting schools with copyright infringement notices. With the increasing sophistication of AI, copyright infringement identification is a growing area for income recovery which schools should be aware of.
Copyright Infringement Notices
SmartCopying has a range of webinars throughout the year to help you understand your copyright responsibilities as education providers. Visit the Webinar Series page of their website for the full details.
UniSuper
UniSuper are looking to provide more targeted financial wellbeing and superannuation education for Armidale CSO staff and would love your input. Please take a few minutes to complete our short survey. Your feedback will help us understand which topics are most important to you, along with your preferred format, timing and session length for future seminars and webinars.
Survey link: Superannuation Education Survey – Fill in form
Thank you for helping us shape future staff education opportunities.