Grandparents' Day 2024 Teaching Resources
Celebrate Grandparents' Day 2024 in your primary classroom with our ready-to-print activities, gift ideas and more! You'll find All About Grandma and All About Grandpa templates, student and family interview activities, gift ideas for nan and grandad, greatest grandparent certificates and many more ways to honour Australian grandparents.
Looking for ideas to mark this day in your classroom in 2024? Read on for a primer from our teacher team, including when to celebrate, how the day came to be in Australia and ideas from veteran teachers for celebrating grandparents with your students.
What Is Grandparents' Day?
Grandparents' Day is a time we set aside as Australians each year to celebrate the older people in our lives and to maintain connection across generations. It's a great day to recognise not just grandparents but also special elders and other people who take on a grandparent-like role in families or communities.
Celebrated around the world at different times of the year, the Australian event is thought to have begun in October of 2010 in Queensland when the state became the first in the country to establish a day just for these special people.
It's now honoured all across Australia, and primary school students and teachers play a major role!
When Is Grandparents' Day 2024?
Grandparents' Day is always on a Sunday, although the exact date changes yearly. This year, it will be held on Sunday, 27 October, 2024.
Unlike some of the other days we mark on the calendar throughout the school year, it is not a public holiday.
Creating Grandparents' Day crafts is a popular activity among Aussie teachers.
Grandparents' Day Activities for Schools
If you're planning to celebrate Grandparents' Day at school with your students, our teacher team has plenty of ideas to make it a very Happy Grandparents' Day!
- Plan a grandparent visit to the classroom — Your school may already have this on the calendar, or you can chat with admin about adding a small assembly for classes to celebrate these special family members.
- Create Grandparents' Day cards and poems — Add some curriculum alignment to your holiday celebration by having your students work on their writing skills by crafting cards or writing poems for their grandparents.
- Assign grandparent (or special person) interviews — Teach students the importance of collecting the stories of older generations with a simple interview assignment that tasks kids with asking a few questions of either a grandparent or another special person in their life.
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I Love You to Pieces – Card Template
Use this crafty greeting card template for students to use to create a special card for a loved one.
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Grandparents' Day Handprint Gift Templates
Give grandma and grandpa a special keepsake with fun Grandparents’ Day Handprint Crafts!
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Printable Cards - Heart Greeting Card Template
Write a note to a special someone with our heart card template.
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Grandparents' Day Card Craft - Thanks for Helping Me Bloom!
Surprise Grandma and Grandpa with a fun watering can seed packet craft to tell them, “Thanks for Helping Me Bloom!
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Love Heart Waterfall Card
Create a lovely heart waterfall greeting card for your students to give to someone special.
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Grandparents Day Interview Worksheet
Use this worksheet to record answers to questions when interviewing a grandparent.
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Then and Now - Grandparents' Day Interview Activity
Interview grandma and grandpa to compare then and now with our printable Grandparents’ Day interview templates.
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Grandparents' Day Worksheet — Adjectives A to Z
Celebrate Grandparents' Day in the classroom with awesome adjectives!
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Grandparents Day Colouring Pages
Celebrate Grandparents day with a mindful Grandparents Day colouring page.
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Grandparents' Day Craft - Sweet Adjective Sundae
Tell Grandma and Grandpa how ‘sweet’ they are with a Grandparent Adjective ice cream sundae craft,
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Grandparents' Day Printable Newspaper Template
Show the world who the World’s Best Grandparent is with a printable Grandparents’ Day Newspaper Template.
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Grandparents' Day Interview Template - Early Years
Inspire your early years’ students to interview a grandparent on Grandparents’ Day with Printable Grandparent Interview Questions.
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Grandparents' Day Quotes - Printable Bookmarks to Colour
Give grandma and grandpa a handmade gift on Grandparents’ Day with a printable bookmark template.
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Grandparents' Day Activity Pennant Banner
Create a beautiful Grandparents’ Day display with student-made pennant banner templates.
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Grandparents' Day Paper Flowers - Mug Craft Template
Make Grandma or Grandma a special handmade gift with a mug-shaped printable paper craft.
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Heart Templates
Download this printable heart template that’s perfect for any craft or activity.
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You Are Special Letter Template
A simple flower themed You Are Special letter template.
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Create Your Own Grandparents' Day Poem Pack
Write a special Grandparents’ Day Poem with our printable Kenning poem worksheet pack.
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Grandparents' Day Craft for Kids - Printable Award Ribbons
Help your students show love on Grandparents’ Day by creating a special “World’s Best Grandparent” Award Ribbon!
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Grandparents' Day Activity - Simile Spinner Craft
Show Grandma and Grandpa how awesome they are with a Grandparents’ Day Craft filled with super similes!
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Funky Grandpa - Grandparents' Day Activity
Make Grandpa something special for Grandparents’ Day with our Funky Grandpa Craft Activity!
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Funky Grandma - Grandparents' Day Craft
Make grandma something extra special for Grandparents’ Day with our Funky Grandma Craft Activity!
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Grandparents' Day Silhouette Card Template
Give your loved ones a special handmade card to give to their grandparents on Grandparents' Day.
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Grandparents Day - Notes from the Heart Template
Create handmade Grandparents Day gifts with this envelope and craft template.
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