All schoolchildren are looking forward to the winter holidays, and in this article we will discuss in detail when students will be given rest periods in the winter of the 2023-2024 academic year and what features are in the trimester and quarter calendar.
All-Russian New Year holidays
The work schedule of any educational institution is subject to the basic norms of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, which means that teachers, like any other citizens, are provided with a long winter vacation, regulated by law and taken into account in the production calendar of 2024.
That is why, for everyone, without exception, in 2024, the period from January 1 to 8 will be non-working.
Please note that the first working day of 2024 and the first school day for schoolchildren in January will be Tuesday 01/09/24.
Thus, the winter holidays in 2023-2024 will be:
- for "five days" - 10 days (from Saturday 12/30/23 to Monday 01/08/24 inclusive);
- for "six days" - 9 days (from Sunday 12/31/23 to Monday 01/08/24 inclusive);
Features of the quarter calendar
In the quarter system, school holidays in the winter of 2024 start after the end of the second quarter. For students, the study period must be fully completed and final grades should be given, which allows children to relax without remembering about learning.
The calendar of study periods for quarterly schools in 2023-2024 will be as follows:
| Periods | Dates | Deadline |
| First quarter | from 09/01/23 to 10/29/23 | 8 weeks |
| Autumn holidays | from 10/30/23 to 11/05/23 | 1 wk |
| Second quarter | from 11/07/23 to 12/31/23 | 8 weeks |
| Christmas holidays | from 01/01/24 to 01/08/24 | 1 wk |
| Third quarter | from 09.01.24 to 24.03.24 | 11 weeks |
| Spring Break | from 03/25/24 to 03/31/24 | 1 wk |
| Fourth quarter | from 04/01/24 to 05/25/24 | 8 weeks |
Please note that for first-graders, each quarter system school provides an additional winter break, which traditionally falls on the month of February.
In February 2024, the kids will rest for 7 days - from 19.02.24 to 25.02.24.
Features of the trimester calendar
In the trimester system, the schedule of vacation periods differs from the schedule set for the classic quarter:
- autumn period will give schoolchildren Wednesday two weekly rest periods, falling respectively in October and November 2023;
- winter period will also give two vacation periods in January and February;
- spring period provides only one vacation, which falls on the month of April.
Full schedule with dates when each trimester and holidays will begin and end, see the table:
| Trimester | Periods | Dates | Deadline |
| First | 1 module | from 09/01/23 to 10/08/23 | 5 weeks |
| October holidays | from 10/09/23 to 10/15/23 | 1 wk | |
| 2 module | from 10/16/23 to 11/19/23 | 5 weeks | |
| November holidays | from 11/20/23 to 11/26/23 | 1 wk | |
| Second | 3 module | from 11/27/23 to 12/31/23 | 5 weeks |
| Christmas holidays | from 01/01/24 to 01/08/24 | 1 wk | |
| 4 module | from 09.01.24 to 18.02.24 | 6 weeks | |
| February holidays | from 19.02.24 to 25.02.24 | 1 wk | |
| Third | 5 module | from 02/26/24 to 04/07/24 | 6 weeks |
| April holidays | from 04/08/24 to 04/14/24 | 1 wk | |
| 6 module | from 15.04.24 to 25.05.24 | 6 weeks | |
Please note that in the table the dates of the training modules are indicated until the last Sunday of the period. Accordingly, for schools operating on a 5-day basis, the last school day will be the Friday preceding the specified date, and for those operating on a 6-day basis - Saturday.
After analyzing the calendar and work schedule of educational institutions during the trimesters, we see when the winter holidays will be at school - this is the first week of January + the last weekend in December.
Parents should pay attention to the fact that the New Year holidays in this system are intermediate between modules 3 and 4, so it is important for children not to forget everything they studied in November and December 2023. Returning to their desks at the beginning of 2024, students will have to continue studying previously started topics and receive a final trimester grade before leaving for the February vacation.
The second winter vacation (for all students from grades 1 to 11) will be held in February from 02/19/24 to 02/25/24. They will mark the end of the second trimester.
Possible changes
Regardless of what system education is organized in your school, winter vacation cannot be less than the established period in the production calendar.It is for this reason that the shift in the schedule of the New Year holidays never occurs, while the second (February) can be rescheduled by the administration if the need arises.
Stay tuned for updates on the site. If closer to the beginning of the academic year a new version of the organization of the educational process in schools is proposed, we will definitely tell this news and promptly make changes to the article materials.
