Academic Calendar

Academic Calendar 2025

Term 1: 6^th January 2025 – 14^th March 2025 (10 weeks)

13 January, Monday	K2 Parent-Teacher Curriculum Sharing Meeting*
14 January, Tuesday	K1 Parent-Teacher Curriculum Sharing Meeting*
15 January, Wednesday	N2 Parent-Teacher Curriculum Sharing Meeting*
16 January, Thursday	N1 Parent-Teacher Curriculum Sharing Meeting*
17 January, Friday	PN Parent-Teacher Curriculum Sharing Meeting*
17 January, Friday	Last day to withdraw to fulfill 8-term weeks withdrawal notice if not returning for Term 2
28 January, Tuesday	Chinese New Year Celebration (Parent-Accompanied) – Pre-School Closure (Half Day Closure at 1pm)
29 – 30 January, Wednesday – Thursday	Chinese New Year – Public Holiday
14 February, Friday	Total Defence Day Celebration
14 March, Friday	Staff Professional Development Day – Pre-School Closure (Full Day Closure)
15 – 23 March	Term 1 Holiday Programme (1 week)

* Curriculum Sharing Meeting will be hosted online in the afternoon.

Term 2: 24^th March 2025 – 30^th May 2025 (10 weeks)

31 March, Monday	Hari Raya Puasa – Public Holiday
4 April, Friday	Hari Raya Puasa Celebration Last day to withdraw to fulfill 8-term weeks withdrawal notice if not returning for Term 3
11 April, Friday	Staff Professional Development Day – Pre-School Closure (Full Day Closure)
18 April, Friday	Good Friday – Public Holiday
23 April, Wednesday	World Book Day Celebration
1 May, Thursday	Labour Day – Public Holiday
12 May, Monday	Vesak Day – Public Holiday
16 May, Monday	EtonHouse Newton Pre-School Family Day Celebration (Parent- Accompanied) including N2 – K2 Student Led Conference
19 – 23 May, Monday – Friday	Parent-Teacher Meeting (Nursery 2 – Kindergarten 2)*
26 – 30 May, Monday – Friday	Parent-Teacher Meeting (Pre-Nursery – Nursery 1)*
6 June, Friday	Hari Raya Haji – Pre-School Closure (Half Day Closure at 1pm)
23 June, Monday	Staff Professional Development Day – Pre-School Closure (Full Day Closure)
31 May – 29 June	Term 2 Holiday Programme

* Parent Teacher Meeting will be hosted online in the afternoon.

Term 3: 30^th June 2025 – 5^th September 2025 (10 weeks)

4 July, Monday	Tanabata Celebration (Parent-Accompanied) *only for students in Japanese classes
11 July, Monday	Last day to withdraw to fulfill 8-term weeks withdrawal notice if not returning for Term 4
23 – 24 July, Wednesday – Thursday	Photo Taking
1 August, Friday	K2 Graduation Party (Parent- Accompanied)
8 August, Friday	National Day Celebration – Pre-School Closure (Half Day Closure at 1pm)
4 September, Thursday	Staff Professional Development Day – Pre-School Closure (Full Day Closure)
5 September, Friday	Teachers’ Day – Pre-School Closure
6 – 14 September	Term 3 Holiday Programme

Term 4: 15^th September 2025 – 21^st November 2025 (10 weeks)

26 September, Friday	Last day to withdraw to fulfill 8-term weeks withdrawal notice if not returning for Term 1 2026
2 October, Thursday	Learning Exhibition – Celebrating The Hundred Languages of Children (Parent-Accompanied)
3 October, Friday	Children’s Day – Pre-School Closure (Full Day Closure)
17 October, Friday	Deepavali Celebration
20 October, Monday	Deepavali – Public Holiday
10 – 14 November, Monday – Friday	Parent-Teacher Meeting (Pre-Nursery – Nursery 1)*
17 – 21 November, Monday – Friday	Parent-Teacher Meeting (Nursery 2 – Kindergarten 2)*
22 November – 31 December	Term 4 Holiday Programme
24 December, Wednesday	Christmas Celebration – Pre-School Closure (Half Day Closure at 1pm)
25 December, Thursday	Christmas – Public Holiday
29 December, Tuesday	Spring Cleaning – Pre-School Closure
31 December, Wednesday	New Year’s Eve – Pre-School Closure (Half Day Closure at 1pm)

* Parent Teacher Meeting will be hosted online in the afternoon.

**Dates are tentative and subject to changes

Pre-School Holiday: Designated holiday in accordance to the revised guidelines by ECDA (Early Childhood Development Agency)

Pre-School Closure Dates: Six annual closure days for childcare centres are intended to ensure protected time for preschool staff’s professional development and non-teaching tasks.

From 2024, besides gazetted public holidays, preschools will have 2 additional holidays. They are Teachers’ Day and Children’s Day.

Academic Calendar 2026

Term 1: 5^th January 2026 – 13^th March 2026 (10 weeks)

16 January, Friday	Last day to withdraw to fulfill 8-term weeks withdrawal notice if not returning for Term 2
19 January, Monday	K2 Parent-Teacher Curriculum Sharing Meeting*
20 January, Tuesday	K1 Parent-Teacher Curriculum Sharing Meeting*
21 January, Wednesday	N2 Parent-Teacher Curriculum Sharing Meeting*
22 January, Thursday	N1 Parent-Teacher Curriculum Sharing Meeting*
23 January, Friday	PN Parent-Teacher Curriculum Sharing Meeting*
16 February, Monday	Chinese New Year Celebration (Parent-Accompanied) – Pre-School Closure (Half Day Closure at 1pm)
17 – 18 February, Tuesday – Wednesday	Chinese New Year – Public Holiday
6 March, Friday	Staff Professional Development Day – Pre-School Closure (Full Day Closure)
9 March, Monday	Staff Professional Development Day – Pre-School Closure (Full Day Closure)
20 March, Friday	Hari Raya Puasa – Pre-School Closure (Half Day Closure at 1pm)
14 – 22 March	Term 1 Holiday Programme (1 week)

* Curriculum Sharing Meeting will be hosted online in the afternoon.

Term 2: 23^th March 2026 – 29^th May 2026 (10 weeks)

23 March, Monday	Hari Raya Puasa – Public Holiday (Off-in-lieu)
24 March, Tuesday	Hari Raya Puasa Celebration
3 April, Friday	Good Friday – Public Holiday Last day to withdraw to fulfill 8-term weeks withdrawal notice if not returning for Term 3
22 April, Wednesday	Earth Day Celebration
30 April, Thursday	Labour Day’s Eve – Pre-School Closure (Half Day Closure at 1pm)
1 May, Friday	Labour Day – Public Holiday
11 – 15 May, Monday – Friday	Parent-Teacher Meeting (Pre-school Years)*
18 – 22 May, Monday – Friday	Parent-Teacher Meeting (Early Years)*
27 May, Wednesday	Hari Raya Haji – Public Holiday
1 June, Monday	Vesak Day – Public Holiday
22 June, Monday	Staff Professional Development Day – Pre-School Closure (Full Day Closure)
30 May – 28 June	Term 2 Holiday Programme

* Parent Teacher Meeting will be hosted online in the afternoon.

Term 3: 29^th June 2026 – 4^th September 2026 (10 weeks)

6 July, Monday	Tanabata Celebration (Parent-Accompanied) *only for students in Japanese classes
10 July, Monday	Last day to withdraw to fulfill 8-term weeks withdrawal notice if not returning for Term 4
22 – 23 July, Wednesday – Thursday	Photo Taking
31 July, Friday	K2 Graduation Party (Parent- Accompanied)
7 August, Friday	National Day Celebration
10 August, Monday	National Day – Public Holiday
3 September, Thursday	Staff Professional Development Day – Pre-School Closure (Full Day Closure)
4 September, Friday	Teachers’ Day – Pre-School Closure
5 – 13 September	Term 3 Holiday Programme

Term 4: 14^th September 2026 – 20^th November 2026 (10 weeks)

25 September, Friday	Last day to withdraw to fulfill 8-term weeks withdrawal notice if not returning for Term 1 2026
1 October, Thursday	Family WonderFest: Where Learning Meets Fun (Parent-Accompanied)
2 October, Friday	Children’s Day – Pre-School Closure
6 November, Friday	Deepavali Celebration
9 November, Monday	Deepavali – Public Holiday
10 – 13 November, Tuesday – Friday	Parent-Teacher Meeting (Early Years)*
16 – 20 November, Monday – Friday	Parent-Teacher Meeting (Pre-School Years)*
21 November – 31 December	Term 4 Holiday Programme
23 November, Monday	Staff Professional Development Day – Pre-School Closure (Full Day Closure)
24 December, Thursday	Christmas Celebration – Pre-School Closure (Half Day Closure at 1pm)
25 December, Thursday	Christmas – Public Holiday
30 December, Wednesday	Spring Cleaning – Pre-School Closure
31 December, Thursday	New Year’s Eve – Pre-School Closure (Half Day Closure at 1pm)

* Parent Teacher Meeting will be hosted online in the afternoon.

**Dates are tentative and subject to changes

Pre-School Holiday: Designated holiday in accordance to the revised guidelines by ECDA (Early Childhood Development Agency)

Pre-School Closure Dates: Six annual closure days for childcare centres are intended to ensure protected time for preschool staff’s professional development and non-teaching tasks.

From 2024, besides gazetted public holidays, preschools will have 2 additional holidays. They are Teachers’ Day and Children’s Day.

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Joanna & Damien, Parents of Declan, Newton

Initially, we were concerned about Declan’s adjustment, but thanks to the caring and patient teachers, our child successfully overcame the early challenges of pre-school. Now, he looks forward to going to school every day.

As parents, witnessing our child’s growth and happiness at EtonHouse fills us with joy.

Carlos and Blanca, Parents of Didac, Newton

From the first moment we felt like we were part of a big family, as the teachers and staff are a wonderful group of people – close, caring, attentive, and helpful with everything. They know all the children and parents personally and constantly follow up on how you are doing. Something that as non-Chinese speakers we appreciate a lot is that EtonHouse Newton has an excellent Mandarin programme with teachers that my son adores. Read more here

Takehiro and Mana, Parents of Senna, Noah and Hanna, Newton

We picked EtonHouse Newton as it was one of a few international pre-schools that offered Japanese class daily. Besides the high quality of education, we like the diversity of students and stability of teachers and staff there. Keep up the great work there. Read more here