1. The approved school calendar for 2014 is as follows:

TERM OPENS CLOSES
FIRST 13 JANUARY (educators)
15 JANUARY (learners)
28 MARCH
SECOND 07 APRIL 27 JUNE
THIRD 21 JULY 03 OCTOBER
FOURTH 13 OCTOBER 10 DECEMBER (learners)
12 DECEMBER (educators)

TERM NO. OF WEEKS NO. OF DAYS NO. OF PUBLIC HOLIDAYS ACTUAL NO. OF SCHOOL DAYS
FIRST 11 (55) 53 1 (54) 52
SECOND 11 60 5 + 3 52
THIRD 11 55 1 54
FOURTH 09 (45) 43 0 (45) 43
TOTAL 42 (215) 211 7 + 3 (205) 201

Numbers in brackets are for educators.

2. Public and School Holidays in 2014:

01 January 2014 - New Year’s Day
21 March 2014 - Human Rights Day
18 April 2014 - Good Friday
21 April 2014 - Family Day
27 April 2014 - Freedom Day
28 April 2014 - Public Holiday
29 April 2014 - School Holiday
30 April 2014 - School Holiday
01 May 2014 - Workers' Day
02 May 2014 - School Holiday
16 June 2014 - Youth Day
09 August 2014 - National Women's Day
24 September 2014 - Heritage Day
16 December 2014 - Day of Reconciliation
25 December 2014 - Christmas Day
26 December 2014 - Day of Goodwill
3. Principals are urgently requested to inform all educators, learners, parents and members of governing bodies of the contents of this minute.


SIGNED: PENNY VINJEVOLD
HEAD: EDUCATION
DATE: 2013:02:04