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The school calendar for Normandy: when schools of Northern France close for vacations and the children are on holiday. The calendar includes the dates of summer holidays, half-term, the spring break and the Christmas break...
These are the dates for Government School Calendar for the five départements of Normandy. Private schools may have slightly different dates for the school vacations; you will need to check with the relevant school.
- For information on schools in other zones, refer to the French Government Department of Education website (in French)
- The school week is 24 hours long. Some schools opt for a four day week with six hours of classes per day on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; others adopt a five day week (Monday to Friday)
- The school day's hours vary between regions but is generally 08:30-16:30 with two breaks
- Lunch hours vary from school to school and in general last one and a half to two hours
Zone B: Normandy
Note that for the academies of Caen and Rouen, the Easter holidays have been moved to 25th April until 14th May 2018.
Zone B: School Year 2017-2018 | |
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Back to School | Monday 4 September 2017 |
Half Term (Toussaint) | Saturday 21 October 2017 Monday 6 November 2017 |
Christmas (Noël) | Saturday 23 December 2017 Monday 8 January 2018 |
Winter Half Term (Hiver) | Saturday 24 February 2018 Monday 8 March 2018 |
Easter (Printemps) | Saturday 21 April 2018 Monday 7 May 2018 |
Summer Holidays Begin | Saturday 7 July 2018 |
Zone B: School Year 2017-2018 | |
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Back to School | Monday 3 September 2018 |
Half Term (Toussaint) | Saturday 20 October 2018 Monday 5 November 2018 |
Christmas (Noël) | Saturday 22 December 2018 Monday 7 January 2019 |
Winter Half Term (Hiver) | Saturday 9 February 2019 Monday 25 February 2019 |
Easter (Printemps) | Saturday 6 April 2019 Monday 23 April 2019 |
Summer Holidays Begin | Saturday 6 July 2019 |
The dates above indicate the final day of school and the day classes resume for a new term.