As BJE teaches in NSW government schools, the term dates given below are for government schools. If you are looking for the term dates of a school which is not a NSW government school, please contact the school directly for information. Most schools list their term dates on their school website.
Please note that Jewish holydays begin the evening before the date listed below. Days marked with an asterisk (*) are days on which ‘work’ (writing, using electric or electronic devices, travelling in vehicles, etc) is not permitted according to halachah (Jewish law).
| TERM 1, 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Term 1, 2021 - Wednesday 27 January to Thursday 1 April 2021 (10 weeks) | ||
| Wednesday | 27 January | Pupil-free Day - NO BJE CLASSES |
| Thursday | 28 January | Tu BiShvat (New Year for Trees) |
| Monday | 8 February | BJE classes start for 2021 |
| Thursday | 25 February | Fast of Esther |
| Friday | 26 February | Purim |
| Saturday | 27 March | 1st Night Seder (Pesach - Passover) |
| Sun & Mon | 28 & 29 March | 1st & 2nd Days* Pesach - NO BJE CLASSES |
| In school holidays: | ||
| Friday | 2 April | Public Holiday (Good Friday) |
| Sat & Sun | 3 & 4 April | 7th & 8th Days* Pesach |
| Monday | 5 April | Public Holiday (Easter Monday) |
| Thursday | 8 April | Yom HaSho'ah (Holocaust Memorial Day) |
| Wednesday | 14 April | Yom HaZikaron (Israel's Memorial Day) |
| Thursday | 15 April | Yom HaAtzma'ut (Israel's Independence Day) |
| Term 2, 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Term 2, 2021 - Monday 19 April to Friday 25 June (10 weeks) | ||
| Monday | 19 April | Pupil-free Day - NO BJE CLASSES |
| Sunday | 25 April | Anzac Day |
| Friday | 30 April | Lag Ba'Omer |
| Monday | 10 May | Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) |
| Sunday | 16 May | 1st Night Shavuot (Festival of Weeks) |
| Mon & Tues | 17 & 18 May | 1st & 2nd Days Shavuot* - NO BJE CLASSES |
| Monday | 14 June | Public Holiday (Queen's Birthday) - NO BJE CLASSES |
| In school holidays: | ||
| Sunday | 27 June | Fast of 17 Tammuz |
| Term 3, 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Term 3, 2021 - Monday 12 July to Friday 17 September (10 weeks) | ||
| Monday | 12 July | Pupil-free Day - NO BJE CLASSES |
| Sunday | 18 July | Fast of 9th Av (Tisha b'Av) |
| Monday | 6 September | 1st Night Rosh HaShanah* - NO BJE CLASSES AFTER 3PM |
| Tues & Wed | 7 & 8 September | 1st & 2nd Days Rosh HaShanah* - NO BJE CLASSES |
| Thursday | 9 September | Tzom Gedalyah (Fast of Gedaliah) |
| Wednesday | 15 September | Kol Nidre - NO BJE CLASSES AFTER 3PM |
| Thursday | 16 September | Yom Kippur* - NO BJE CLASSES |
| In school holidays: | ||
| Tues & Wed | 21 & 22 September | 1st* & 2nd* Days Sukkot (Tabernacles) |
| Tuesday | 28 September | Shemini Atzeret* |
| Wednesday | 29 September | Simchat Torah* |
| Term 4, 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Term 4, 2021 - Tuesday 5 October to Friday 17 December | ||
| Sunday | 28 November | 1st Night Chanukah |
| Sunday | 5 December | Final Night Chanukah |
| Monday | 6 December | Final Day Chanukah |
| Thursday | 9 December | Last day of BJE classes for 2021 |
