Q: What does Secondary School Holidays in Singapore: 2025 Cheat-Sheet for IP Math & Physics Students cover? A: Exact 2025 MOE term & holiday dates in one table, plus IP-focused revision prompts.
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
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?
Daily target=dN(round up to next whole)
Example: To clear 180 binomial-expansion micro-drills in the 4-week June break d=28days,N=180⇒28180≈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 | Holiday intensives vs term-time coaching (ROI check)
📊 Compare impact: If an intensive lifts WA by 6 marks (68→74) at S500,that′s∗∗S83/mark**. Weekly coaching lifting 4 marks at S900worksoutto∗∗S225/mark** but keeps execution sharp throughout the term.
5 | 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 Clementihubssitwithin≤6minofMRT.
Finish lab-skills clinics before June so Paper 4 spreadsheet habits bake in long before JC Promos.
