| TERM DATES FOR THE 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR (N.B. These dates may be subject to change) |
| PESACH/SPRING TERM 2024/2025 Sunday, 2 March 2025 – Projects @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 9 March 2025 – Trips @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 16 March 2025 – Purim @ Cheder Sunday, 23 March 2025 – Pesach @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 30 March 2025 – Mock-a-Choc-a-Seder @ BSS Cheder The Pesach/Spring term ends on Sunday, 30 March and the new Shavuot/Summer term begins on Sunday, 27 April – We look forward to seeing you then! |
| SHAVUOT/SUMMER TERM 2024/2025 Sunday, 27 April 2025 – Yom Ha’atzmaut @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 4 May 2025 – Projects @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 11 May 2025 – Lag b’Omer @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 18 May 2025 – Shavuot @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 25 May 2025 – Half-term – NO CHEDER Sunday, 1 June 2025 – Half-term – NO CHEDER Sunday, 8 June 2025 – Projects @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 15 June 2025 – Projects @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 22 June 2025 – J-POD @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 29 June 2025 – Projects @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 6 July 2025 – Party morning @ BSS Cheder The Shavuot/Summer term ends on Sunday, 6 July and the new Succot/Autumn term will begin on Sunday, 7 September – We look forward to seeing you then! |
| PROVISIONAL TERM DATES FOR THE 2025/2026 ACADEMIC YEAR (N.B. These dates may be subject to change) |
| SUCCOT/AUTUMN TERM 2025/2026 Sunday, 7 September 2025 – Welcome (back) @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 14 September 2025 – Rosh Hashanah @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 21 September 2025 – NO CHEDER – Staff INSET session Sunday, 28 September 2025 – Yom Kippur @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 5 October 2025 – Succot @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 12 October 2025 – Simchat Torah @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 19 October 2025 – Projects @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 26 October 2025 – Half-term – NO CHEDER Sunday, 2 November 2025 – Half-term – NO CHEDER Sunday, 9 November 2025 – Projects @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 16 November 2025 – J-POD @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 23 November 2025 – Mitzvah Day @ Cheder Sunday, 30 November 2025 – Projects @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 7 December 2025 – Cheder @ the Chanukah Market Sunday, 14 December 2025 – Chanukah @ BSS Cheder The Succot/Autumn term ends on Sunday, 14 December and the new Pesach/Spring term begins on Sunday, 11 January – We look forward to seeing you then! |
| PESACH/SPRING TERM 2025/2026 Sunday, 11 January 2026 – Projects @ BSS Cheder followed by Staff Meeting/INSET Sunday, 18 January 2026 – Projects @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 25 January 2026 – HMD @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 1 February 2026 – Mental Health Shabbat weekend @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 8 February 2026 – Tu b’Shevat @ BSS Cheder (and B2 Youth weekend away) Sunday, 15 February 2026 – Half-term – NO CHEDER Sunday, 22 February 2026 – Half-term – NO CHEDER Sunday, 1 March 2026 – Purim @ Cheder Sunday, 8 March 2026 – Projects @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 15 March 2026 – Trips @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 22 March 2026 – Mock-a-Choc-a-Seder @ BSS Cheder The Pesach/Spring term ends on Sunday, 22 March and the new Shavuot/Summer term begins on Sunday, 19 April – We look forward to seeing you then! |
| SHAVUOT/SUMMER TERM 2025/2026 Sunday, 19 April 2026 – Yom Ha’atzmaut @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 26 April 2026 – Projects @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 3 May 2026 – Lag b’Omer @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 10 May 2026 – J-POD @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 17 May 2026 – Shavuot @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 24 May 2026 – Half-term – NO CHEDER Sunday, 31 May 2026 – Half-term – NO CHEDER Sunday, 7 June 2026 – Projects @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 14 June 2026 – Projects @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 21 June 2026 – Projects @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 28 June 2026 – Projects @ BSS Cheder Sunday, 5 July 2026 – Party morning @ BSS Cheder The Shavuot/Summer term ends on Sunday, 5 July and the new Succot/Autumn term will begin on Sunday, 6 September – We look forward to seeing you then! |
“BSS Cheder is when I can go to Synagogue and learn about my religion which means a lot to me. I also go to Cheder to meet my Jewish friends.” Alice, 12 years old