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Dates: Calendar information for Tasmanian schools and colleges
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Term dates - Tas
Other Tas date sources
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Special days
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Term dates - Tasmania | ||
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2012 term dates Government schools and colleges. See 
Our Term dates and
school holidays 2012 table, or
Term dates: K-10 and Senior Secondary Colleges (DoE Academy) |
Department of Education, Tasmania | Includes Easter break. |
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2013 term dates Government schools and colleges. See
Our
Term dates and school
holidays 2013 table, or
OFFICIAL WEB PAGE:
Term dates: K-10 and Senior Secondary Colleges (DoE Academy)Scroll down for the 2013 dates.
BROCHURE:
What does four terms mean for your family? [pdf]Includes 2013 term dates for both schools and colleges. |
Department of Education, Tasmania |
Four-term school years
(with a shortened Easter break) commence in Tasmania in 2013.
Uncertainty over the term dates for colleges in 2013
was resolved on 9 July 2012 with the issue of a
media release from the Minister. |
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2014 and 2015 term dates - announced 11 Dec 2012 (Government schools and colleges.) The school term and school holidays dates for 2014 and 2015 are set out in:
our Term dates and
school holidays 2014 table, and
our Term dates and
school holidays 2015 table.See also the Department of Education's Term dates page (the official source of school term dates information). . |
Department of Education, Tasmania |
School terms
information for 2014 and 2015 was first published in the
Minister's media release
of 11 Dec 2012. (The document Four-term model for 2013-15 [xls file] should now be ignored.) If planning travel during school holidays make sure you continue to check the DoE's term dates page just in case there any changes to the dates. This page is the official source of Tasmanian term dates information. 19 Dec 2012 |
| Term dates for 2016, 2017 and beyond |
These term dates have not yet been set (as at 11 Dec 2012). However,
you can see the Easter dates on our
Term dates and school holidays page.
Issues possibly remain for setting future term dates over the
Regatta Day holiday (for southern Tasmania) and
the effect on inter-state travel and tourism of the break between
Terms 3 and 4. |
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Staff dates (DoE) School term dates for staff 2012-2013 (password required). K-10 staff and Senior Secondary College (DoE Academy) staff. See also:
Term dates: K-10 and Senior Secondary Colleges (DoE Academy)
our Term dates and
school holidays page |
Department of Education, Tasmania |
For teachers in ISOLATED schools, see:
Teaching Service (Tas Public Sector) Award [pdf] - states that
teachers in isolated schools finish the same day as students (page 7)
and defines "isolated" (page 26). |
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Catholic schools Catholic education: term dates |
Tasmanian Catholic Education Office | |
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Independent schools See the suggestions at the right. The Association of Heads of Independent Schools has published a state-by-state list of term dates for 2013. |
Individual independent schools |
Term dates for independent schools are not set on a statewide basis.
Click on the required school in this
Wikipedia list of independent schools then find the required
school's website under "External links" or "References" (otherwise use
Google to search for the
school's website). School phone numbers are in the
Schools Registration Board of Tasmania's list. |
| Tasmanian private school term dates |
See
Catholic schools or Independent schools immediately above. | |
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Other date sources - Tasmania | ||
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Public Holidays in Tasmania
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Workplace Standards Tasmania | Public holidays 2012-2014 |
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Public Holiday Dates Tasmania 2013 Public Holiday Dates Tasmania 2014 |
Workplace Standards Tasmania | Includes rules to determine the days on which the holidays occur |
| Daylight saving in Tasmania | Department of Premier and Cabinet |
Includes information about daylight saving
dates other states as well.
Note that the correct term is "daylight saving", not "daylight
savings". (See
timeanddate.com.) |
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Tasmanian agricultural show
dates (Provides link to pdf file of dates) |
Agricultural Show Council of Tasmania | Show dates. (For Show Day public holidays see Public Holidays in Tasmania) |
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Australian Year of the Farmer: Calendar of Tasmanian events 2012
[pdf] (2013 calendar not yet available) |
DPIPWE (Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment) | Link on the FarmPoint website |
| Agfest dates | Agfest | |
| Tasmanian Event Calendar | Tourism Tasmania | Discover Tasmania website |
| ABC's The Big Diary: Tasmania | Australian Broadcasting Corporation | |
| TasAthletics Calendar | Athletics Tasmania | Note that you can select the calendars of individual athletics groups if you wish. |
| SPSSA 2013 Calendar | Southern Primary Schools Sports Association | |
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Date sources - Australia-wide | ||
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| Public Holidays in Other States | Workplace Standards Tasmania | Public holidays web pages for other states and territories |
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List of 2013 public holidays (2014 list not yet available) |
Fair Work Ombudsman (Australian Government) | Provides public holidays for each state |
| Easter Sunday dates to 2049 | gmarts.org | Use the first table, titled "Western Easter Sunday dates". |
| Australian daylight saving | Australian Government | States the general rule |
| Daylight Saving | AllDownUnder.com | |
| NAPLAN testing dates | ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority) | Provides the May three-day testing periods up to 2020 |
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Rock Eisteddfod dates 2012 |
Rock Eisteddfod Challenge Foundation | This story appears to indicate the Rock Eisteddfod will be run only in NSW and Vic in 2013: SMH, 29 Jan 2013. |
| Australian school term dates | Australian Government | Term dates web pages for all states and territories. |
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Australian School Terms for 2013 Australian School Terms for 2014 Australian School Terms for 2015 |
AllDownUnder.com | Schedules of term dates for all states and territories (NB Tasmania's terms from 2013 have not been updated on these pages, as at 18 June 2012)* |
| Calendar | timeanddate.com | Choose the year required. Includes Moon phases |
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Holidays in Australia 2013 You can change to any year up to 2020 |
timeanddate.com | Although titled "Holidays" the list contains some days that are only observances |
| *It is advisable to double-check with the websites for the individual departments of education in case any dates have changed. | ||
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Special days through the year | ||
| Web page | Provided by - | Comment |
| Australian Education Calendar | Aussie Educator | Provides Australian and international special days through the year. See also Special days and public holidays. |
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Calendar of Environmental Events (Currently shows 2012 dates only) |
Australian Government | Provides a list of environmental AND OTHER events. |
| Department of Health and Ageing Australia calendar of events | Australian Government | Provides a list of health AND OTHER events. |
| ESL Holiday Lessons | eslholidaylessons.com | Provides a list of international special days (with ESL lesson activities for each). |
| Calendar for Australian schools (NO LONGER UPDATED) | EdNA | Special days through the year. Although the dates provided are no longer up-to-date, this page is useful for obtaining the relevant web pages for special days through the year. |
| Calendars of events | Australian Government | Provides a list of various calendars of special days and events. |