In 2024, the December school holidays will fall a few days before Christmas. To be able to spend the holidays with family, the vacation dates are the same for the three academic zones. Here is the detail.
Every year, the Christmas vacation are expected by all students. They generally close the most trying period of the school year. Fatigue has accumulated over the weeks, the temperatures are cooler and inevitably the children want only one thing: to rest at home and enjoy the end of year holiday season. A festive and joyful break for children, but also for parents. This end of the year, the students will be able to breathe from Saturday December 21, 2024which marks the official start of the Christmas holidays. The return to school will take place on Monday January 6, 2025, date of resumption of classes for all levels.
What are the dates of the Christmas holidays for zone A?
For students of the area A (Besançon, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Limoges, Lyon, and Poitiers), Christmas vacation will officially begin on Saturday December 21, 2024, a few days before the big family celebration. Students in this same area will return to classes at the start of the following year, on Monday January 6, 2025.
When are the Christmas holidays for zone B?
For the zone Bwhich includes the cities of Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Caen, Lille, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Nice, Orléans-Tours, Reims, Rennes, Rouen and Strasbourg, the Christmas vacation will also take place from Saturday December 21, 2024 to Monday January 6, 2025. In total, students will be entitled to two weeks of leave.
When does Zone C go on Christmas vacation?
As with their other classmates, the students of the area Cdistributed to Créteil, Montpellier, Paris, Toulouse and Versailles, will be Christmas vacation from Saturday December 21, 2024, until Monday January 6, 2025, the day classes resume.
When will the Christmas holidays take place in 2025?
According to the calendar for the 2025-2026 school year, provided by the Ministry of Education, the next Christmas holidays will take place for schoolchildren on Saturday December 20, 2025. They will then return to school on Monday January 5, 2026.