The School Year
Shearwater is guided by the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia when setting term dates.
For more detail on school events and important dates please view the Shearwater School Calendar.
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Term 1 2022
Wednesday 2 February to Wednesday 6 April Extra days for senior students Year 11—Thursday 7 April Term 1 2023
Wednesday 1 February to Wednesday 5 April Extra days for senior students Year 12—Thursday 6 April |
Term 2 2022
Wednesday 27 April to Wednesday 29 June Extra days for senior students Year 11—Thursday 30 June Friday 1 July Term 2 2023
Wednesday 26 April to Wednesday 28 June Extra days for senior students Year 11—Thursday 29 June Friday 30 June |
Term 3 2022
Wednesday 20 July to Wednesday 21 September Extra days for senior students Year 11—Thursday 22 September Friday 23 September Year 12—Monday July 18 Tuesday July 19 Term 3 2023
Wednesday 19 July to Wednesday 20 September Extra days for senior students Year 11—Thursday 21 September Friday 22 September Year 12—Monday 17 July Tuesday 18 July |
Term 4 2022
Wednesday 12 October to Wednesday 14 December Extra days for senior students Year 11—Tuesday October 11 Term 4 2023
Wednesday 11 October to Wednesday 13 December Extra days for senior students Year 11—Tuesday 10 October |
Annual Events
- Bush Dance – Term 1 An evening of multi-cultural Bush Dance from around the world, performed by the Primary classes. This festive foot-stomping, toe-tapping, come-along-and-dance-together marathon is accompanied by a teachers’ band and is a fundraising event.
- Swimming Carnivals – Term 1 The Carnival, a compulsory school event for Classes 4 to 10, is also an enriching and enjoyable occasion at our local Mullumbimby Pool. In the late afternoon and evening: swimming under the stars, sharing a meal, families cheering each other on… There are water events for every age group and something for the adults.
- Winter Festival – Term 2 The whole School community comes together to celebrate the rebirth of the light and life with the passing of the Winter Solstice. This is a highlight of the year, a time to witness and share in the passing of the old year into the new. The festival commences at 5.00pm and all students are expected to attend.
- Sports Day – Sports Day is a day of athletics and games held late in Term 2 or early in Term 3.
- Spring Festival - Held every year on the first Saturday in September, featuring open classrooms, student performances, bush dance, food and fun for the whole family.
- Shearwater Live – Term 2 Brings together students from Years 7 – 12 in a series of solo and ensemble performances. It gives younger students the opportunity to perform (often for the first time) in public, and senior students the chance to ‘warm up’ prior to their HSC exam performances. This concert showcases a diverse range of musical talent and content.
- Wearable Arts Performance Event – Term 4 Held early in Term 4, this is one of the School’s major cultural events involving High School students, staff and the wider community. (For more information please check our Performing Arts website)
- Summer Festival of Plays – Term 4 Riding on the expansive wings of summer all classes work towards the production of end of year plays. Written and produced by their teachers, who draw on the content of the four terms of the learning program, the plays are a living culmination of the year’s work. The play schedule is issued in Term 4. Friends and family are warmly invited to attend.