The Ministry of Education, Singapore (MOE) has released details of Singapore school holidays 2020. The school year for 2020 for all MOE primary and secondary schools will start on Thursday, 2 January 2020 and end on Friday, 20 November 2020.
School Calendar 2020
For primary and secondary schools
Semester 1
Term 1: 2 Jan to 13 Mar
Term 2: 23 Mar to 29 May
Semester 2
Term 3: 29 Jun to 4 Sep
Term 4: 14 Sep to 20 Nov
For Junior Colleges (JC) & Millennia Institute (MI)
Semester 1
Term 1: 5 Feb to 13 Mar (For JC & MI Year 1 students) and 6 Jan to 13 Mar (for JC & MI Year 2 and Year 3 MI students)
Term 2: 23 Mar to 29 May
Semester 2
Term 3: 29 Jun to 4 Sep
Term 4: 14 Sep to 27 Nov (For JC Year 1 and MI Year 1 & Year 2) and 14 Sep to end of ‘A’-Level exams (for JC Year 2 & MI Year 3)
Singapore School Holidays 2020
For Primary and Secondary schools
Between Terms 1 and 2: 14 Mar to 22 Mar
Dates Between Semesters 1 and 2: 30 May to 28 Jun
Check the dates-Between Terms 3 and 4: 5 Sep to 13 Sep
At End of School Year: 21 Nov to 31 Dec
For Junior Colleges and Millennia Institute
Between Terms 1 and 2: 14 Mar to 22 Mar
Here are the dates between Semesters 1 and 2: 30 May to 28 Jun
3 and 4: 5 Sep to 13 Sep
At End of School Year: 28 Nov to 31 Dec (For JC Year 1, MI Year 1 & MI Year 2) and End of ‘A’ Level exams to 31 Dec (For JC Year 2 & MI Year 3)
Scheduled School Holidays for 2020
- Youth Day: 5 Jul (The following Monday, 6 Jul 2020 will be a scheduled school holiday)
- Teachers’ Day: 4 Sep
- Children’s Day (for primary schools and primary sections of full schools only): 9 Oct
Public Holidays 2020
- New Year’s Day: Wed 1 Jan
- Chinese New Year: Sat 25 Jan | Sun 26 Jan (Monday, 27 Jan, will be a public holiday & Tuesday, 28 Jan, will be a school holiday)
- Good Friday: Fri 10 Apr
- Labour Day: Fri 1 May
- Vesak Day: Thu 7 May
- Hari Raya Puasa: Sun 24 May (Monday, 25 May, will be a public holiday)
- Hari Raya Haji: Fri 31 Jul
- National Day: Sun 9 Aug (Monday, 10 Aug, will be a public holiday)
- Deepavali: Sat 14 Nov (Monday, 16 Nov, will be a school holiday)
- Christmas Day: Fri 25 Dec
Keeping in mind the list of long holidays, you can plan exciting ideas in advance for your kid. Schools holidays are a great time for you to spend time quality time with your kids and connect with each other.
Involving kids in making plans on what they want to do during their holidays is a great way to engage the little ones. You can ask them to do some research about a place and why they want to go. Next ask them to explain it to you or write a letter to you, describing why they feel it is a great option. It is a great technique that you can use to make nudge the creative mind cells in your little ones.
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(News Source: MOE)
