An overview: this is how the school holidays will fall in Zoetermeer in 2024

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A new year has started and that also includes school holidays and statutory days off! In this article you can read the dates of the school holidays and days off in 2024 in Zoetermeer.

Later in the article you will also find the public holidays on which Zoetermemeer students are free in 2024.

School holidays Zoetermeer 2024 (middle region)

  • Spring break: February 17 to February 25, 2024.
  • May holiday: April 27 to May 5, 2024.
  • Summer vacation: July 13 to August 25, 2024.
  • Autumn break: October 26 to November 3, 2024.
  • Christmas break: December 21, 2024 to January 5, 2025.

Good to know: the above dates are for school holidays advice dates from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW). Schools may deviate from this date, which means that every school in Zoetermeer may have a different start or end date.

Schools can also opt for a two-week May holiday. The OCW advises to do this the following week May 4 to May 12 to use. You can see in the school guide or on your school’s website whether this is the case at your child’s school.

Holidays in 2024

Zoetermeer students are also free on these holidays:

  • New Year’s Day falls during the Christmas holidays, on Monday January 1, 2024.
  • Easter (Easter Monday and Easter Monday): Sunday March 31 and Monday April 1, 2024.
  • Royal day: Saturday April 27, 2024.
  • Ascension Day: Thursday May 9, 2024.
  • Pentecost (First and Second Day of Pentecost): Sunday May 19 and Monday May 20, 2024.
  • Christmas falls during the Christmas holidays, on Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 December 2024.

This is why school holidays shift every year

To ensure that not everyone in the Netherlands has a holiday at the same time, the Netherlands is divided into three regions: north, center and south. This division should prevent roads, holiday parks, campsites and amusement parks from becoming overcrowded. The school holidays do overlap by a few weeks to ensure that you can go on holiday with friends or family from another region.

The summer holidays, autumn holidays and spring holidays are always rotated. For the summer holidays, this is done according to a fixed system: middle – late – late – middle – early – early – and so on. In this way, a region may be the first or last to act twice in a row. This is also necessary, because otherwise the school year will suddenly become very short or very long.

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