Secondary School Holidays in Singapore — 2025 Cheat-Sheet for Integrated Programme (IP) Maths & Physics Students

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13 Jul 2025, 00:00 Z

TL;DR
Singapore's 2025 secondary-school calendar still runs the classic "4 terms + 4 breaks" cycle.
For IP students, the 💎 value dates are the 1-week research windows in March & September and the 4-week June holiday — perfect to solidify fundamentals.

1 | 2025 MOE Term & Holiday Dates (Secondary)

Window	Calendar dates (Mon-Sun)	Length	IP Maths & Physics action prompts
Term 1	2 Jan - 14 Mar	10 wk	Y1 diagnostic quizzes; book algebra-fluency sprint if factorisation accuracy < 80 %
Term 1 Holiday	15 Mar - 23 Mar	1 wk	Draft 1-page DSA portfolio; run SUVAT recap drill
Term 2	24 Mar - 30 May	10 wk	WA 2 season ⇒ align tuition homework to school WA format
June Holiday	31 May - 29 Jun	4 wk	4-day Maths bridge camp; Physics Paper 1 slice for JC2
Term 3	30 Jun - 5 Sep	10 wk	DSA interviews + WA 3; finalise DSA interview cheat-sheet
Term 3 Holiday	6 Sep - 14 Sep	1 wk	Launch 12-week grade-jump plan; free-body diagram drill
Term 4	15 Sep - 14 Nov	9 wk	IP EOY / JC promo mock papers + error-journal mode
Year-End Holiday	15 Nov - 31 Dec	7 wk	Mental-health reset week → JC bridging for promoted IPY4

Secondary term lengths differ slightly from primary dates; table follows MOE's 2025 secondary calendar.

2 | Holiday-Maths Work-Rate Formula

How many core algebra problems per day ensure you cover \(N\) questions in a break that lasts \(d\) days?

\[ \text{Daily target} = \frac{N}{d} \quad\text{(round up to next whole)} \]

Example: To clear 180 binomial-expansion micro-drills in the 4-week June break
\[ d = 28 \space \text{days}, \space N = 180 \space \Rightarrow \space \frac{180}{28} \approx 6.43 \]
Aim for 7 questions a day — comfortably under a 30-minute slot.

3 | Why These Breaks Matter for IP Learners

3.1 March & September one-weekers

Light on CCAs, heavy on research projects — ideal for bridging worksheets or a mini practical-skills clinic before Term-2 and Term-4 WA spikes.

3.2 June — the bandwidth bonanza

Four uninterrupted weeks: run our "12-Week Grade-Jump Plan" Sections 1-4 back-to-back and emerge in Term 3 with papers already in mock-mode.

3.3 November-December reset

After EOY results, schedule a sleep-recovery week, then pick one "cliff" topic (recurrence, uncertainty, electric fields) to pre-learn using the IP Roadmap playlist.

4 | Quick-Start Tuition-Slot Strategy

Reserve holiday intensives by mid-Term 1 — slots vanish once DSA trials begin.
Pair Maths + Physics in one visit to avoid extra travel (Clementi hubs sit within ≤ 6 min of MRT).
Finish lab-skills clinics before June so Paper 4 spreadsheet habits bake in long before JC Promos.