Holidays are a long-awaited time for any student. Many begin to want to take a break from the lessons from the very first school days quarters. Students actively plan for free time, especially high school students who do not have much of it.
Parents do not lag behind - many of them try to take vacations during the holidays to spend time with their children. Therefore, it is important for many to know in advance what dates the holidays fall on.
Check out the school holiday schedule
Holidays are held depending on the working hours of the school. different time, coinciding only on New Year's holidays.
Please select which education system your school is running.
How vacation dates are determined
The vacation calendar is determined by the Department of Education. However, there are some pitfalls here. In particular, the fact that the dates set are advisory.
That is, the administration of educational institutions has the right to independently adjust the vacation schedule in accordance with the curriculum or any other internal factors. At the same time, the changed dates should not shift more than two weeks from the official vacation dates.
Another reason for differences in vacation schedules is different forms of education. In some schools, they study traditionally in quarters, in others they switched to a more modern modular system - training in trimesters. Accordingly, the vacation schedule also differs, and the Department of Education gives separate recommendations on dates.
Question about one-time vacation
The liberties allowed in setting the vacation schedule is the reason that in Moscow, St. Petersburg and the regions they often do not take place simultaneously. The question of whether this is correct recent times actively discussed. A one-time vacation would make it more convenient to hold various events for schoolchildren, including olympiads. True, no consensus has yet been reached, and, apparently, schools do not want to lose their privilege to determine the rest time for students themselves.
Holidays in institutions of secondary vocational education
- Winter holiday: from December 30, 2019 to January 12, 2020.
- Summer vacation: from June 29, 2020 to August 31, 2020.
Holidays in higher education institutions
- Winter holidays: from January 25 to February 9, 2020.
- Summer holidays: at least 35 days according to the approved schedule of the educational process.
In addition to planned holidays, classes at school can be
According to modern Russian laws, there is no single school vacation schedule in the country: in accordance with the order of the Ministry of Education, educational institutions have the right to independently set the schedule for children's rest, the number of short holidays and their duration. The only exception is Moscow, where all schoolchildren study and rest according to one of two schedules: the traditional one, when the academic year is divided into four quarters, and the modular one (five weeks of study and one rest) and for each option, uniform vacation periods are established.
In other regions of Russia, educational authorities usually issue recommendations in which they suggest that educational institutions set the dates for the start and end of vacations, leaving the final decision “at the mercy” of the school administration.
Vacations are recommended to start on Monday (so that the weekend "pluses" them), which allows not "" school weeks into parts and increase the duration of uninterrupted rest for schoolchildren. The exact duration of the vacation is also not regulated - as a rule, only during school year 30-35 days are allotted for rest, which allows you to fully complete the curriculum by the end of May.
Despite this freedom, most Russian schools they take a conservative approach to the issue of determining the schedule of school holidays - as a result, most of the country's schoolchildren have a rest at the same time.
What will be the vacation dates in the 2016-2017 academic year in most Russian schools?
Fall break dates 2016
Autumn holidays are traditionally held in early November and fall on the week in which Russians celebrate National Unity Day (November 4).
In 2016 autumn holidays will start on October 31(Monday) and will last until the end of the week, until November 6 (Sunday). The second academic quarter will begin on November 7th. Thus, in schools where it is a school day, schoolchildren will rest for 8 days, students for five days - 9.
However, National Unity Day this year falls on a Friday. Therefore, in some schools, the start date of the autumn holidays-2016 can be set on November 7, which will increase the duration of the holidays by joining them holiday. In this case, students will have a rest until November 13, and the duration of the rest will be 10 days.
Schedule of winter school holidays 2016-2017
The winter school holidays that fall on the New Year holidays and separate the second quarter from the third are especially loved by schoolchildren - they are the longest of all "intra-annual" ones. In addition, they coincide with the all-Russian holiday period for adults, which allows families to spend time together, including when traveling. Therefore, the timing of the winter holidays, as a rule, is of particular concern to the parents of schoolchildren.
Winter holiday for schoolchildren they begin on the last Monday of December. In 2016-2017, the "start" will be quite early - the last Monday of the month falls on number 26(that is, schoolchildren will begin to rest from Sunday, December 25th). Children will have time to properly prepare for the main holiday of winter. True, the New Year's holiday will end earlier than usual - on January 8th.
The third, longest academic quarter starts on January 9, on Monday - it is on this day that schoolchildren will have to sit down at their desks again.
Terms of additional holidays for first graders
The third quarter is especially difficult for first-graders - they are not yet accustomed to the traditional school schedule, and therefore, in the middle of the third quarter, “special” holidays are arranged for them. To the envy of all other schoolchildren, they rest at the end of February for a whole week.
In 2016-2017 academic year additional holidays will start on February 20 and will last until the 26th, coinciding with the celebration of Defender of the Fatherland Day.
At the same time, students will also have a rest. correctional schools– they are also subject to the rule of additional holidays.
Spring School Break Dates - 2017
Spring break most often fall on the last week of March. The 2016-2017 academic year will be no exception.
Schoolchildren will be dismissed for vacation on Monday, March 27- and they will rest for one week, until April 2. Taking into account Sunday, the duration of the March rest will be 8 days with a six-day training period, and 9 days with a five-day training regime.
April 3rd will be the first day of the fourth quarter. It will last until the end of May (depending on the school, the academic year in all grades except 9 and 11 ends between May 21 and 31), after which schoolchildren will have three months of summer vacation.
Vacation schedule in 2016-2017 with the modular training mode "5 + 1"
In those schools in Moscow where the parents of students have chosen not the classical schedule of study with the division of the academic year into four quarters, but the modular scheme "five weeks of study - one week of rest", holidays in 2016-2017 will take place at the following dates:
- from October 3 to October 9;
- from November 14 to November 20;
- from December 31 to January 8;
- from February 20 to February 26;
- from 10 April to 16 April.
Vacation schedule for quarters in Moscow schools
Pupils of Moscow schools, where the educational process is organized according to the traditional “four quarters” scheme, will have a rest in the 2016-2017 academic year in the same way as most schoolchildren in the country:
autumn vacation from October 31 to November 6;
winter holiday from December 26 to January 8;
spring holidays from March 27 to April 2;
additional holidays for the first classes - from 20 to 26 February.
How to find vacation dates at your school
As already mentioned, the exact vacation schedule in each particular school in Russia (excluding Moscow) is determined by the administration educational institution and may differ from the usual.
Therefore, in order to accurately plan the child's vacation, you need to clarify the dates at your school. This can be done in various ways:
Check with class teacher or the secretary. At the beginning of the school year, the vacation schedule has already been approved, and the exact dates are known to all school staff (teachers prepare work programs in subjects for the school year based on this information).
View on the school website. Information about the dates of the beginning and end of the academic year, as well as the vacation schedule should be in the section on the organization of the educational process.
If the school uses an electronic diary system- the schedule of school holidays for 2016-2017 can also be viewed in it. Even if the school administration does not inform parents about the dates for the start and end of studies, by scrolling through the magazine forward, you can see until what date the classes are planned to be held.
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine within the framework of the reform school education proposes changes in the educational process. Reforms will affect curricula and development of children. In addition, changes can be expected in the structure of the academic year, which many consultants and advisers recommend to divide into trimesters. Until this year, all public and most private schools divided the academic year into semesters.
Qualified specialists are sure that this reform school curriculum very important for the correct distribution of study time. It will make it possible to make the periods of study between small weekly holidays almost the same. Such an organization of the educational process of children school age will allow teachers and the administration of educational institutions to more harmoniously distribute the academic load on the student.
| Class | The amount of time for additional work when studying subjects in full-time school mode |
|---|---|
| 1 | - |
| 2 | 45 min |
| 3 | 1 hour 10 min |
| 4 | 1 hour 30 minutes |
| 5 | 2.5 hours |
| 6 | 2.5 hours |
| 7 | 3 hours |
| 8 | 3 hours |
| 9 | 3 hours |
| 10 | 4 hours |
| 11 | 4 hours |
However, the reform of the school year structure is likely to take effect no earlier than 2018. According to the letter of the Ministry of Education and Science of June 7, 2017 No. 1 / 9-315 “On the structure of the 2017-2018 academic year”, classes in general educational institutions, regardless of subordination, types and forms of ownership, should begin on Knowledge Day - September 1 and end no later than September 1 July 2018.
The academic year 2017-2018 will be divided into 2 semesters:
- I semester - September 1 - December 22, 2017,
- II semester - January 10 - May 31, 2018.
When are school holidays 2017-2018?
- Autumn holidays: October 30 - November 5, 2017,
- Winter holidays: December 25, 2017 - January 9, 2018,
- Spring break: March 26 - April 1, 2018,
- Summer holidays: from the end of the school year until August 31, 2018.
School holidays change in Russia every year. This is due to the fact that the Ministry of Education annually adjusts the schedule of classes in accordance with holidays and weekends, which change from year to year. Agree that it is not logical to set the beginning of the holidays on such days.
Educational institutions have the right to draw up their own schedule, and decide what date to start and end educational process. Thus, even if schools have the same programs, they may have a different academic calendar.
The Ministry usually makes amendments to the educational process six months before the start of the academic year, that is, the information will become finally known sometime in March 2017. However, focusing on the experience of past years, and knowing what days public holidays fall on, it is possible to roughly calculate what date certain holidays will begin for schoolchildren.
As you know, at present in Russia, the educational process in schools is carried out in quarters and trimesters, so the weekend schedule will be different.
School holidays when studying in quarters
Autumn weekends usually run from late October to early November. The date of the end of the autumn holidays depends on the National Unity Day. In 2017, the fourth of November will fall on a Saturday, which means that the day off will be moved to 11/06/17 - Monday.
Thus, the autumn holidays are expected to take place from October 28 to November 6 inclusive.
Winter holidays usually run from the end of December to the second decade of January. New Year holidays are the same for all forms of education. The beginning of studies falls on the first working day after the New Year holidays. Most often it is the tenth of January.
First graders have extra winter holidays. This is due to the fact that young children need time to get used to the usual stresses at school.
Spring break is at the end of March and beginning of April. At this time, the calendar does not contain public holidays, so what date the holiday starts and ends depends on what days the weekend is.
- Rest in the spring should be expected from March 26 to April 1.
- Weekends in Russia in the summer traditionally occupy all the summer months.
- Summer vacation will begin on June 1 and will last until August 31.
School holidays when studying in trimesters
For those studying at school according to the trimester system, the situation is similar to the previous one. The Ministry of Education in Russia has not yet prepared a corresponding order. In this case, we will also try to calculate the schedule of the educational process, looking at the calendar for 2017-2018. This is even easier to do, since in this type of school they use the 5 + 1 principle when teaching. Simply put, they study for five weeks, then rest for a week. That is, the process of obtaining knowledge has a clearly defined cyclical nature.
After 35 days of training comes a seven-day rest, and this is repeated throughout the school year. The exception is the New Year holidays. In trimester educational institutions, schoolchildren have the same days off as in regular school. So, let's consider specifically how many days you have to rest in such establishments.
Autumn holidays include two periods:
| the first | 09.10.17 – 15.10.17 |
| second | 20.11.17 – 26.11.17 |
The New Year holidays, as noted above, are identical with similar weekends in a regular school, so how many days they last, the question does not arise.
Winter holidays also consist of two periods and look like this:
| the first | 25.12.17 – 08.01.18 |
| second | 19.02.18 – 25.02.18 |
In the spring-summer period, the rest of students will look like this:
- Spring break will be from 04/09/18 to 04/15/18.
- The longest summer weekend traditionally starts on 06/01/18 and ends on 08/31/18.
Existing deviations from the norm
Communicating with each other, schoolchildren from different cities of Russia have noticed more than once that holidays, for example, in Moscow do not coincide with their rest. This can happen for many reasons:
- Despite the fact that all educational institutions are subordinate to one department, the learning process can be conducted by different methods, which means that the pace of mastering the material by students in different schools can be different.
- In addition, various force majeure situations may affect the start and end time of the weekend. So, for Siberian students, the situation seems quite normal when school classes are canceled due to severe frosts. Local departments of education can adjust the educational process in educational institutions under their jurisdiction.
Recently, we have been witnessing the cancellation of classes in schools Far East due to floods. Situations are not uncommon when the educational process is disrupted due to the cancellation of classes at school due to quarantine measures. Moreover, classes can be canceled, both in individual classes and in the entire school.
In such circumstances, the school administration is doing everything to keep the pace of development of the school curriculum. If there are several such extreme days in the school year, then there is a chance to catch up with the school course. However, if the force majeure drags on and lasts a week or more, then the school authorities are forced to take unpopular measures and reduce or shift school holidays.
Many parents whose children are schoolchildren, and the students themselves educational institutions want to know in advance what the vacation schedule will be like in the next 2017-2018 academic year. Why? Everything is pretty simple. Adults want to understand when children will be free from school in order to calmly plan their family vacation or find ways to keep their children busy. While the students themselves are interested in when they can “take a break” from bored school days.
What determines vacation dates for schoolchildren?
Each parent is concerned that his child would be constantly at work, attend school, study in sections and develop as correctly and comprehensively as possible. Firstly, it is so useful and interesting for the student himself. Secondly, he is constantly busy, which means that unpleasant situations are excluded, which children so often get into, aimlessly wandering around all day.
Therefore, often the approaching vacation for children makes parents nervous and spend a lot of time planning the daily routine for their child. In such planning, the question becomes urgent: “How many days will the break from school last?”. Moreover, you want to know the vacation schedule in advance in order, for example, to understand when it is best to coordinate your next vacation at work and spend more time with your son or daughter.
However, the bureaucratic reality is such that the Ministry of Education and Science approves the recommended schedule almost on the eve of the first of September. In rare cases - a little earlier. For example, before summer. Therefore, the school holidays for the upcoming 2017-2018 academic year should be officially “dated” only in the near future.
At the same time, we must not forget that the Ministry of Education only recommends a list of dates for schoolchildren, taking into account the list of working and weekend days approved by the government, and the workload, and various circumstances (the same quarantine). But directly the heads of educational institutions have the right to make adjustments to suit their needs - to shift the beginning and end of the "school leave" by 1-2 weeks.
Advice! Active interaction with the parent council and the management of the educational institution will help to keep abreast of the planned dates for the holidays.
If we talk about the main reasons for changing the dates of rest for schoolchildren, then there are only two of them:
- The calendar itself changes every year. As a rule, the days of the week are somewhat shifted (by 1-2 days) relative to similar calendar numbers for the previous year.
- Constantly our government approves a new production calendar. As a result, there is a redistribution of holidays and weekends.
Thus, the annual change in the schedule is natural in order to avoid overlaps, for example.
Approximate vacation dates for 2017-2018
Now in the territory Russian Federation There are three main education systems:
- by quarters;
- by modules;
- by trimesters.
However, we note that the calendar-modular and trimester planning approaches are the same, so children will have rest in the same period.
This is only approximate data. The only exceptions are the beginning and end of training. Everything here is the same as before: on September 1, 2017 we go to school, on May 31, 2018 (lower grades earlier) we finish our studies.
What can affect the changes in the calendar?
Educational institutions with a quarter system of education
The very first - autumn holidays, which are marked by the celebration of the Day of National Unity - 04.11. This year, the holiday falls on Saturday, as a result of which the all-Russian day off was postponed to the following Monday - 11/06/2018. How exactly will this transfer regard your educational institution and how to set the time for rest, it is better to check with the school management.
As for winter, the New Year holidays of 2018, as a rule, coincide with the all-Russian weekend dedicated to the celebration of the New Year and Christmas. This means that students go on vacation from about December 27 to December 30. Therefore, January 09-10, 2018 is the beginning of the third quarter, as well as the first working day for adults throughout the country.
In the spring of the 2017-2018 academic year, no national holidays are planned, and therefore changing the period for their holding in the spring of 2018 depends only on the decision of the school management. Any unforeseen circumstances can also affect - the same quarantine, during which lessons are not held. As a result, it is necessary to “catch up” in order to have time to teach all the topics of the school curriculum. Because of what, the terms of the spring “vacation” of schoolchildren can be shifted.
Important! For children aged 6-7 who go to school for the first time, an additional winter weekend is set in the last week of February.
Schools with a trimester type of education
Oddly enough, with this system of education for parents it is somewhat easier, although they themselves learned differently. The fact is that the methodology initially relies on the following scheme: the child studies for five weeks, rests for one - and this cycle repeats again and again. The same period lasts for modules with a different type of training.
The only exception is winter holidays, which last longer. After all, it is associated with new year holidays approved production calendar. Therefore, the number of days off during the winter break from study is always greater.
What can cause delays?
The main reason why the final word in the approval of the vacation period is left to the director of the educational institution is the too large palette of territorial features of each region.
So, in a number of Siberian and northern regions, training is often canceled due to severe frosts. Another objective reason may be a severe flood or an epidemic of diseases. Therefore, focus on preliminary school schedule school days and days off is possible, but it should not be taken as final and approved.
- The official website of the school is the first source of accurate specific information. Legislatively, each organization carrying out educational activities, it is prescribed to place on its website the annual calendar plan classes;
- Electronic resource: student's diary. The information you are interested in will be posted as an announcement for parents or you can just scroll through the diary, if there are no classes, then you have found what you were looking for;
- The class teacher always has information on the schedule of the educational process of his wards and, of course, will tell you when the holidays begin or end;
- A phone call to the principal's office. The secretary is also aware of the schedule of the educational process and is authorized to provide you with this information.
