The 2024/2025 school year begins on Monday, September 2. According to the calendar presented by the Ministry of National Education, it will last until Friday, June 27, 2025. During this time, students can count on a few breaks. The ministry lists the following dates:
- November 1 (Friday) – All Saints' Day;
- November 11 (Monday) – Independence Day;
- December 21 (Saturday) – January 1 (Wednesday) – holiday break with Christmas, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day;
- January 6 (Monday) – Epiphany;
- April 17 (Thursday) – April 22 (Tuesday) – Easter break;
- May 1 (Thursday) – Labor Day.
Calendar for the 2024/2025 school year. When will students benefit from the first long weekend?
As you can see, due to the holidays during the year, students can expect several long weekends. The first one will fall after two months of school. Due to the celebration of All Saints' Day, students will have a three-day break from school – from Friday, November 1 to Sunday, November 3. What's more, students will take advantage of another long weekend a week later – from Saturday, November 9 to Monday, November 11. This time, thanks to Independence Day.
Holiday breaks in the 2024/2025 school year
This year, the Christmas break will begin on Saturday, December 21, and will last until New Year's Day – January 1, 2025. Students will not return to school until Thursday, January 2. However, after just two days, thanks to the Epiphany, they will have another long weekend, which will last from Saturday, January 4, to Monday, January 6. The first groups of students will begin their winter break shortly afterwards, more on that later in the article.
The Easter break will begin on Thursday, April 17 and will last until Tuesday, April 22. A little over a week later, due to the Easter holiday, Work The school holiday will also fall on Thursday 1 MayIn 2025, Constitution Day 3 May will fall on a Saturday.
Winter break in the 2024/2025 school year
Winter break will normally last two weeks and will be held in four dates for different provinces. In the 2024/2025 school year, the Ministry of National Education has set the following dates:
- January 20 – February 2 for the following voivodeships: Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Lubusz, Lesser Poland, Świętokrzyskie and Greater Poland;
- January 27 – February 9 for the Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeships;
- February 3-16 for the following voivodeships: Lower Silesia, Masovia, Opole and West Pomerania;
- February 17 – March 2 for the following voivodeships: Lublin, Łódź, Podkarpackie, Pomerania, Silesia.
The school principal may designate additional days free from classes.
The dates listed above are in the calendar of the Ministry of Education. In practice, you should also add the days on which the classes will be held. eighth grade exams or final exams, as well as additional dates free from classes, which school principals must designate by September 30.
Their number is 8 days for primary schools and 10 days for general secondary schools and technical schools. Institutions often decide to use them for internal exams and retreats. In addition, many schools use them to extend the time off from school. Additional days off can therefore, for example, be designated for May 2, which in 2025 falls on a Friday.