DATES FOR 2020

Term Dates

Term 1: 28 and 29 January (Curriculum Days, teachers only)

                 30 January (first day for students) to 27 March

Term 2: 14 April to 26 June

Term 3: 13 July to 18 September

Term 4: 5 October to 18 December 

Student Free Days

The first day of Term 1 is a student-free day in all government schools to allow for appropriate planning to take place for the arrival of students. Each year government schools are provided with student-free days for professional development, school planning and administration, curriculum development, and student assessment and reporting purposes. The student-free days are determined by each individual school. The dates proposed for Teesdale Primary School will be published in the school newsletter, once they have been ratified at School Council. In 2020, the first day for students will be Thursday 30th January. 

Prep Times

School is different from kindergarten in many ways – activities are more structured, great independence is encouraged, concentration is required for extended periods of time, the school day is highly organised and the children have a lot of social and emotional adjustments to make. 

For the first few weeks of the school year, your child will have a shorter school week.  They will be expected at school from 9:00 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. 

There will be no school for your prep child on Wednesdays in term 1 until after the Labour Day long weekend in March.