Calendar for Diversity
At LPS we acknowledge that our community is made of families from many diverse faiths. We acknowledge the following important commemorations, celebrations, national days, international days and religious observances that will be celebrated in the coming weeks by our families.
Through acknowledgment and celebration of these days and events, LPS contributes to social harmony between students, staff and community members from the range of cultural, linguistic and religious traditions of Australians.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 15 October | Navratri begins (Hindu) |
| 20 October | Gurgaddi (Installation) Day of Guru Granth Sahib Ji (Sikh) |
| 23 October | Chung Yeung/Double Ninth Festival (Chinese cultural festival) |
| 24 October | Dussehra (Hindu) United Nations Day (UN) Independence Day - Zambia |
| 28 October | Kathina (Buddhist – Therevada Tradition) National Day – Czech Republic |
| 31 October | Halloween |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 01 November | All Saints' Day ( Christian) |
| 03 November | Independence Day - Dominica National Day - Panama National Day - Federated States Micronesia |
| 04 November | National Day - Tonga |
| 06 November | Kindness Day (Australia) |
| 07 November | Melbourne Cup Day |
| 09 November | Independence Day - Cambodia World Independence Day |
| 11 November | National Day - Angola Remembrance / Armistice Day (1918) |
| 12 November | Bandi Chhor Divas (Sikh Cultural Festival) |
| 13 November | Diwali ( Hindu) World Kindness Day |
| 16 November | International Day of Tolerance (UNESCO) World Philosophy Day (UNESCO) |
| 17 November | International Students Day |
| 18 November | National Day - Oman |
| 19 November | International Men's Day National Day - Monaco |
| 20 November | World's Children's Day (UN) |
| 22 November | Independence Day - Lebanon |
| 24 November | Martyrdom of Guru Teg Bahadur Ji (Sikh) |
| 27 November | Birth Annivesary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji (Sikh) |
| 28 November | Ascension of Abdu'l -Baha National Day - Albania National Day - Mauritania |
| 30 November | Independence Day - Barbados |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 01 December | First Day of Summer National Day - Central African Republic National Day - Romania |
| 02 December | National Day - Lao People's - Democratic Republic National Day - United Arab Emirates |
| 03 December | Advent Sunday (Christian) International Day of People with Disabilities (UN) |
| 05 December | International Volunteer Day (UN) King Bhumipol's Birthday Anniversary - Thailand |
| 06 December | St Nicholas' Day |
| 07 December | Chanukah/Festival Lights (Jewish) |
| 11 December | National Day - Burkina Faso |
| 12 December | Jamhuri Day - Kenya |
| 15 December | Roji and Eda Ezi / Fasting Feast of Ezi (Yazidi) Term 4 Ends |
| 16 December | National Day - Bahrain Independence Day - Kazakhstan |
| 17 December | National Day - Bhutan |
| 18 December | International Migrants Day (UN) Arabic Language Day (UN) |
| 19 December | Bodhi Day |
| 20 December | International Human Solidarity Day (UN) |
| 25 December | Christmas Day |
| 26 December | Boxing Day |
| 27 December | Batzmi (Yazidi) |
| 31 December | New Year's Eve |