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Details of French School Holidays below
Seem to be 22 December - 6th January, then 9 February - 10 March (the last date in each period being the date they return to school). The weeks 23 February to 10 March include the Paris area, making this the key time to avoid.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Don't the french schools have any Easter holidays???
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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kitenski, yes they do!
Start of term: Lundi 3 septembre 2007/Mardi 4 septembre 2007
Halloween: Samedi 27 octobre 2007 - Jeudi 8 novembre 2007
Christmas: Samedi 22 décembre 2007 - Lundi 7 janvier 2008
Winter: Samedi 9 février 2008 - Lundi 25 février 2008 (zone B)
Samedi 16 février 2008 - Lundi 3 mars 2008 (zone A)
Samedi 23 février 2008 - Lundi 10 mars 2008 (zone C)
Spring: Samedi 5 avril 2008 - Lundi 21 avril 2008 (zone B)
Samedi 12 avril 2008 - Lundi 28 avril 2008 (zone A)
Samedi 19 avril 2008 - Lundi 5 mai 2008 (zone C)
Summer holidays start: Jeudi 3 juillet 2008
Zone A: Caen, Clermont-Ferrand, Grenoble, Lyon, Montpellier, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Rennes, Toulouse.
Zone B: Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Besançon, Dijon, Lille, Limoges, Nice, Orléans-Tours, Poitiers, Reims, Rouen, Strasbourg.
Zone C: Bordeaux, Créteil, Paris, Versailles.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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boredsurfin, ok, just for you...
Rentrée des enseignants/des élèves: Monday 3 September 2007/Tuesday 4 September 2007
Toussaint: Saturday 27 October 2007 - Thursday 8 November 2007
Noël: Saturday 22 December 2007 - Monday 7 January 2008
Hiver: Saturday 9 February 2008 - Monday 25 February 2008 (zone B)
Saturday 16 February 2008 - Monday 3 March 2008 (zone A)
Saturday 23 February 2008 - Monday 10 March 2008 (zone C)
Printemps: Saturday 5 April 2008 - Monday 21 April 2008 (zone B)
Saturday 12 April 2008 - Monday 28 April 2008 (zone A)
Saturday 19 April 2008 - Monday 5 May 2008 (zone C)
Début des vacances d'été: Thursday 3 July 2008
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I have been practising the tongue...
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kitenski, Spring
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But the Spring holidays don't make much difference, it's those February/March ones which are the main problem as that's when the French seem to favour going skiing.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Presumably the blighters also have Easter weekend as well or can we assume that coming so soon after half term they won't be around then?
Anyone care to map UK holidays onto this as well so we can keep track of the little people & their entourages (& avoid them like the plague  )
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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fatbob, UK 9-24th Feb, 22nd March to 20th April (some private scholls may be different.
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harumph! my usual ski-packed March looks like it will be disrupted by bleedin kids 
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You know it makes sense.
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Most scholls Darn Sarf are having a long weekend for Easter (21 March-24 March) next year and then having the End of term holiday from April 2nd 2008 to 21st April 2008
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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For those who are planning ahead...
2008/09
Rentrée: Lundi 1er septembre 2008/Mardi 2 septembre 2008
Toussaint: Samedi 25 octobre 2008 - Jeudi 6 novembre 2008
Noël: Samedi 20 décembre 2008 - Lundi 5 janvier 2009
Hiver: Samedi 7 février 2009 - Lundi 23 février 2009 (zone A)
Samedi 14 février 2009 - Lundi 2 mars 2009 (zone C)
Samedi 21 février 2009 - Lundi 9 mars 2009 (zone B)
Printemps: Samedi 4 avril 2009 - Lundi 20 avril 2009 (zone A)
Samedi 18 avril 2009 - Lundi 4 mai 2009 (zone B)
Samedi 11 avril 2009 - Lundi 27 avril 2009
Début des vacances d’été: Jeudi 2 juillet 2009
2009/10
Rentrée: Mardi 1er septembre 2009/Mercredi 2 septembre 2009
Toussaint: Samedi 24 octobre 2009 - Jeudi 5 novembre 2009
Noël: Samedi 19 décembre 2009 - Lundi 4 janvier 2010
Hiver: Samedi 6 février 2010 - Lundi 22 février 2010 (zone B)
Samedi 13 février 2010 - Lundi 1er mars 2010 (zone A)
Samedi 20 février 2010 - Lundi 8 mars 2010 (zone C)
Printemps: Samedi 3 avril 2010 - Lundi 19 avril 2010 (zone B)
Samedi 10 avril 2010 - Lundi 26 avril 2010 (zone A)
Samedi 17 avril 2010 - Lundi 3 mai 2010 (zone C)
Début des vacances d’été: Vendredi 2 juillet 2010
(I apologise if there are any errors in the facts I have posted, I'm sure someone will dive in to correct them.)
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Poster: A snowHead
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boredsurfin, gosh the medically orientated footwear brigade are doing well for holidays this year 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Wear The Fox Hat,
Allow me!
Pour ceux qui planifient pour l'avenir…
2008/09 Re-entry: Monday September 1, 2008 /Tuesday September 2, 2008 All Saints' day [/b]: Saturday October 25, 2008 to Thursday November 6, 2008 Christmas: Saturday December 20, 2008 to Monday January 5, 2009 Winter: Saturday February 7, 2009 to Monday February 23, 2009 (zone A) Saturday February 14, 2009 to Monday March 2, 2009 (zone C) Saturday February 21, 2009 to Monday March 9, 2009 (zone B) Spring: Saturday April 4, 2009 to Monday April 20, 2009 (zone A) Saturday April 18, 2009 to Monday May 4, 2009 (zone B) Saturday April 11, 2009 to Monday April 27, 2009 Beginning of the summer holidays: Thursday July 2, 2009 2009/10 Re-entry: Tuesday September 1, 2009 /Wednesday September 2, 2009 All Saints' day [/b]: Saturday October 24, 2009 to Thursday November 5, 2009 Christmas: Saturday December 19, 2009 to Monday January 4, 2010 Winter: Saturday February 6, 2010 to Monday February 22, 2010 (zone B) Saturday February 13, 2010 to Monday March 1, 2010 (zone A) Saturday February 20, 2010 to Monday March 8, 2010 (zone C) Spring: Saturday April 3, 2010 to Monday April 19, 2010 (zone B) Saturday April 10, 2010 to Monday April 26, 2010 (zone A) Saturday April 17, 2010 to Monday May 3, 2010 (zone C) Beginning of the summer holidays: Friday July 2, 2010
(Je fais des excuses s'il y a des erreurs dans les faits que j'ai signalés, je suis sûr que quelqu'un plongera dedans pour les corriger.)
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Nous ne nous sommes pas réunis sur la route à Mandalay. Vous ne pouvez pas le prouver.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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whichever happens, there isn't going to be much of March for school free time.
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| whichever happens, there isn't going to be much of March for school free time. |
nor of February, either.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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And most of April too.
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I've only just thought about it but next season is a bit screwed up from a punter perspective (I'm sure property owners will be loving it as more liklihood of peak season rentals).
Between the Xmas fortnight and Easter there are only 10 weekends, 4 of which fall in February so the opportunities for sneaking in lots of weekends away between main ski trips look limited (ok so I'm greedy!) and the news of UK "Easter" school holidays falling in April is a real end of season blow.
Its not even as though those with kids will benefit much - theydon't actually get significantly more time off its just spread.
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Thanks very much for all this info, folks. See ya kid-free folks on the slopes somewhere 8/9- 22/23 March - very close to the optimum kid-free fortnight this year, in fact.
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brian
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fatbob, not great for property owners. The peak weeks sell themselves anyway but this year we got the quiet bit in March booked right out because conditions were good. Next year I would think April will be pretty much deader than a dead thing.
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brian
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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geri, more that the holidays are all staggered from one authority to another, instead of all being at the same time. We have tried for about 4 years to get an Easter holiday with friends.
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You know it makes sense.
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Helen Beaumont, I know. My brother has 1 child at an essex school & 1 at a suffolk one  He has had problems getting them both out of school at the same time
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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boredsurfin, Hi, we are trying to organise a last minute ski trip this year, I don't suppose you have the same info for 2007/2008 - I can't seem to get the all the UK dates for school holidays in one place.
Cheers
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Ski Babe, welcome to Snowheads. What info exactly are you looking for? I don' think there's much missing from the posts above. When are you thinking of going? The problem with Easter this year is that because it's early, there are loads of different holiday patterns. You can get a shrewd idea by looking at brochure prices. But Easter is not such a busy time as February, anyway. The weeks to avoid are the 4 weeks from February.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Ski Babe, welcome to snowHeads 
2007/08 dates are
w/c Feb 9th & w/c Feb 16th - 1/2 term weeks
w/c Mar 22nd, Mar 29th, Apr 5th & April 12th - Easter hols
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pam w, Elizabeth B, Thanks for the welcome - what a fantastic forum!
I was hoping that boredsurfin, had a copy of the PDF for 2007/08 as it showed all the UK dates in one place. From what I could work out most of the posts above seem to be refering to 2008/09 or French school holidays.
We have always avoided Easter simlpy because everyone I seem to speak to here in the north goes skiing with their kids at that time.
However the kids in my area are off school WC 16th March 08 & WC 24th March 08 but from what I can work out a least two other areas finish on 20th March 08 and return on 7th April 08.
Looking at your reply Elizabeth B, it would appear that the French are off WC 5th April 08 & WC 12th April 08
This is all very confusing. 
Thanks
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Wow. I hadn't realised that any English schools were having w/c 16th March off. That's really early. They'll only have a 5 week 1/2 term 
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I know it is crazy - school for 5 weeks, off for a week (1/2 term) back for 4 weeks, then off for two weeks (Easter)
I wish I was still at school!!!!!!
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For those who like their forward planning, and believe me as a teacher, I am planning way ahead for my holidays, all schools in England and Wales (apart from Plymouth apparently) have the same half term and easter holidays for Spring term 2008. This is the first time for many years this has happened.
So expect peak rates to be daft around then!!
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boredsurfin, You are a star! Thanks.
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pitchski, I think you mean 2009
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