Sahara Int. School Academic Year Calendar 2019 J U L Y A U G U S T S E P T E M B E R O C T O B E R N O V E M B E R 2019 - 2020 2020 MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT DATES DESCRIPTION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7th July till 1st August: First Installment Fees (FS2 to G10) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 7th July till 8th August: School Bus Subscriptions 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 15th - 16th: 2018 2019 Retake Exams 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 23rd: 23rd of July Revolution Day 28 29 30 31 SUN MON TUE WED SUN SUN DATES DESCRIPTION THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 1st: School Fees First Installment Deadline (FS2 to G10) 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5th: School Uniform available 8th: School Bus Subscriptions Deadline 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 11th till 15th: Eid El Adha 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 18th: Teachers are back from vacation Books Distribution: 26th: G2,G3,G4 / 27th: FS1 28th: FS2,G7,G8 / 29th: G1,G5,G6 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 22 23 29 30 SUN MON 17 18 24 25 19 26 20 27 TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 DATES DESCRIPTION 2nd: FS1 & FS2 / 3rd: G4 to G10 / 4th: G1 to G3 31st - 1st: Islamic New Year 26th: Friendship Day - EYFS 28th: Sleepover - G5 7 8 9 10 11 12 6th: Armed Foces Day 10th: Trip - FS1 10th: First Parents Meeting (Group 2) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 17th: Well Spring - G2 to G4 / 17th: Halloween - G5 to G9 17th: Trip - G1 / 17th: First Parents Meeting (Group 3) 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 24th: Well Spring - G5 to G9 24th: Halloween - G2 to G4 & Masquerade Party - G1 24th: First Parents Meeting (Group 4) 27 28 29 30 31 SUN MON TUE WED THU 4 10 11 17 18 5 6 12 13 19 20 7 14 21 M A R C H DATES DESCRIPTION 3rd: Trip - FS2 3rd: First Parents Meeting (Group 1) 6 3 F E B R U A R Y First Day of School: 21 28 J A N U A R Y A P R I L 27th October till 3rd November: Midterm 1 Progression Tests FRI SAT 1 2 8 9 15 22 16 DATES DESCRIPTION 9th - 10th: Prophet Mohamed's Birth 11th till 13th: Oriental British Festival (English Event) - G1 to G7 20th - 21st: Field Trips - EYFS / Trips - G1 to G5 27th: Sports Day - FS2 28th: Trips - G6 to G9 28th: Once upon a time - FS1 25 26 27 28 29 30 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 M A Y DATES DESCRIPTION 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 12th: Term 2 starts 16th: Gezira Club - G2 to G4 / 16th: Career Day - G1 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 19th: Epiphany Day Pyjama Days: 21st: G1 & G2 / 22nd: G3 to G6 / 23rd: EYFS 25th - 26th: Revolution Day 26 27 28 29 30 31 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI 28th till 30th: FIeld Trips - EYFS / Trip - G1 30th: Gezira Club - G5 to G9 DATES DESCRIPTION SAT 1 3rd: World Cancer Day - G6 to G8 6th: International Day - G4 to G9 6th: Trip - G2 & G3 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13th: International Day - G1 to G3 13th: Trip - G4 to G9 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20th: Trip - FS1 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 23rd February till 1st March: Midterm 2 Progression Tests 27th: International Day - EYFS SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DATES DESCRIPTION 5th: Trip - FS2 5th: Second Parents Meeting (Group 1) 7th: Sleepover - G4 12th: Trip - FS1 12th: Second Parents Meeting (Group 2) 16th to 18th: Spelling Bee - G1 to G7 19th: Well Spring - G2 to G4 19th: Trip - G1 19th: Second Parents Meeting (Group 3) 23rd: Earth Day - G1 & G2 26th: Well Spring - G5 to G9 26th: Earth Day - EYFS 26th: Second Parents Meeting (Group 4) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 2nd: Trip - FS1 2nd till 9th: Term 2 Progression Tests DATES DESCRIPTION 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 9th: World Book Day - EYFS 9th: Term 2 ends for Students - 63 Days 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 12th April till 25th April: Term 2 Vacation 12th: Palm Sunday 13th - 14th: Training Days for Staff 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 23rd: Holy Month of Ramadan Begins 25th - 26th: Sinai Liberation Day 26 27 28 29 30 SUN MON TUE WED THU 2nd: Family Movie Night - G4 23 24 MON 27th: Term 3 starts - School Day ends at 01:15pm 30th - 1st: Labour Day FRI SAT 1 2 DATES DESCRIPTION 7th: Science Fair - G4 to G8 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14th: Career Day - EYFS 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 18th: Math Festival - G2 to G4 19th: Math Festival - G5 to G8 21st: Math Festival - G1 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 24th till 26th: Eid El Fitr 28th: Graduation Party - Foundation MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 SUN MON TUE 31 D E C E M B E R 15 22 29 16 23 30 17 24 18 25 31 19 26 20 27 DATES DESCRIPTION 3rd: Life Coaching Sessions - G10 & G11 21 15h till 19th: Annual Group Photos 15th till 22nd: Term 1 Progression Tests 28 23rd: Christmas Party Rehearsals - FS1 to G5 / Santa's Factory - G6 to G9 24th: Christmas Party - FS1 to G5 / Santa's Factory - G6 to G9 24th: Term 1 ends - 78 Days Term Vacation Examination Parents Meeting Trip Public Holiday J U N E 25th December till 9th January: Term 1 Vacation 27th till 31st: Trip - G9 to G12 Key Day Event SUN Working Days Term 1 78 Days Term 2 63 Days Term 3 40 Days 181 Academic Days Well Spring Day * Religious days are subject to change J U L Y DATES DESCRIPTION 11th: Last day of School - EYFS 18th till 25th: Final Exams 25th: Term 3 ends for Students - 40 Days 28th: Orientation - 2020 / 2021 - FS1 Parents 29th: Graduation Party - G12 30th: 30th of June Revolution Day WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 DATES DESCRIPTION 13th - 14th: 2019 2020 Retake Exams