School holidays schedule for the 2017-2018 academic year

The content of the article

• Quarter Holidays
• System 5/1 (Modular)
• Trimester vacation schedule
• Holidays for the first classes
• Additional holidays in the 2017-2018 academic year

For the best organization of study, rest and leisure of children, school holidays are provided. The Ministry of Education annually approves an indicative schedule for their implementation. The leadership of educational institutions sets its training schedule for 2017-2018, taking into account the adopted system of obtaining knowledge.

Quarter Holidays

The most popular method of school education is dividing the year into 4 quarters. After each schedule, rest is provided. In this case, take into account such factors:

• Elementary school summer holidays begin on May 24th. According to the schedule, the rest of the schoolchildren finish their studies on 05/31/19, for graduates after passing exams.
• Public holiday National Unity Day falls on Sunday, therefore, the duration of rest in the fall is increased.
• Winter holidays for schoolchildren coincide with New Year’s weekend of parents.

Pupils will have additional respite time due to official holidays – February 23, March 8-9, April 30-02-02, May 05. With such a system of school education in 2017-2018, according to the calendar, autumn holidays for children will be 8 days, winter holidays – 13, and spring breaks at school will last 9 days. Such a preliminary training and rest schedule is provided for:

System 5/1 (Modular)

The leadership of some educational institutions organizes the school process according to the principles of a modular system. The schedule in this case provides classes for 5-6 weeks and 7 days of rest. At the same time, autumn and winter holidays are held twice. An approximate schedule for 2017-2018 will look like this:

Trimester vacation schedule

Regions of Russia, educational institutions of Moscow and individual cities independently choose the concept of study. One of the options that the director of the school or gymnasium can organize with the support of the parent committee is the education of children in the trimester system. The academic year is divided into three parts, each of which includes two modules. The school vacation schedule for 2017-2018 in this case may be as follows:

Holidays for the first classes

In the second half of the school year, first-graders find it difficult to cope with school loads. For them, the schedule provides for an additional rest period. According to the recommendations of the Ministry of Education, taking into account the public holiday February 23 – Defender of the Fatherland Day, first classes can still rest from February 18 to February 25.

Additional holidays in the 2017-2018 academic year

It is difficult to create a unified school timetable for how children will study and relax in 2017-2018. Deviations from recommended dates are possible..

It is important that the changes made to the schedule do not increase the duration of the absence of the educational process by more than 14 days.

In this case, it will be difficult to catch up with the program. An additional period of rest may be associated with such factors:

• quarantine due to illness;
• low temperatures in winter;
• natural disasters;
• floods in the spring;
• squally winds;
• building security issues;
• utility accidents.