TERM DATES 2012
2013 school terms and holidays
2013 school term dates for state and state-integrated primary, intermediate, secondary and composite schools.
Secondary and composite schools
| Start date | End date | |
|---|---|---|
| Term 1 | Between Monday 28 January (at the earliest); and Thursday 7 February (at the latest) |
Friday 19
April (98-112 half-days) |
| Term 2 | Monday 6 May | Friday
12 July (98 half-days) |
| Term 3 | Monday 29 July | Friday
27 September (90 half-days) |
| Term 4 | Monday 14 October | Wednesday 18
December (94 half-days)* |
* Or to a day in December which ensures that the school has been open for instruction for 380 half-days in 2013.Other holidays
Section 65C of the Education Act 1989 states that every board shall ensure that all schools it administers are closed on Saturdays, Sundays and on the following days:
- New Year's Day
- 2 January
- Waitangi Day
- Good Friday
- Easter Monday
- Easter Tuesday
- Anzac Day
- the Sovereign's birthday
- Labour Day
- Christmas Day
- Boxing Day
- and the day observed in the locality in which the school is situated as anniversary day.
