Term dates 2021 - 2022
| Term | Autumn term | Spring term | Summer term |
| Start of term | Monday 6th September 2021 | Wednesday 5th January 2022 | Tuesday 19th April 2022 |
| Half term | Monday 25th October - Friday 29th October 2021 | Monday 14th February - Friday 18th February 2022 |
Monday 30th May - Friday 3rd June 2022 INSET day Monday 6th June - children return on Tuesday 7th June |
| End of term | Friday 17th December 2021 | Friday 1st April 2022 | Friday 22nd July 2022 |
*Bank holiday May day: Monday 2nd May 2022 = School closed
**Change of dates: New occasional day: Tuesday 3rd May 2022 = School closed
Thursday 7th October 2021
Dear Parents/Carers,
As you are aware, in the May half term 2022, the whole country has been granted an additional bank holiday for the Queen’s platinum jubilee. As this falls within a school holiday, staff and students do not benefit from the additional day. As a result, the Department for Education has given schools an additional non teaching day in the academic year 2021/22.
In consultation with governors, Viking has allocated this additional occasional day on Tuesday 3rd May 2022. On 3/5/22, there will be no school. This day follows the already scheduled national Monday May bank holiday and for many in our community, it will be Eid-Al-Fitr. Therefore, families celebrating Eid can enjoy no school that day (and not having to apply for a day off for religious observation) and those not celebrating Eid will also have a lovely long 4 day weekend. All pupils will be expected back at school on Wednesday 4th May – especially as Y6 SATS test start the following Monday and KS1 SATS test will happen at the end of that week and the week after. A few weeks later, Y1 will be sitting their Phonics screening tests and Y4 will be doing their Multiplication Check test so it is crucial that all pupils enjoy the additional day off on Tuesday 3rd May but then come back to school focused the very next day.
As the school will be closed for Eid (through our occasional day), no further days of authorised leave will need to be granted for religious observation in May 2022.
I have changed the term dates calendar on both the website and attached the updated dates to this letter to reflect these changes.
Yours faithfully,
Miss Norris