School Timings & Academic Calendar
The Firs Lower School Academic Calendar
- The Current Firs Lower School's Academic Calendars can be viewed below, and are in a downloaded format at the bottom of this page.
- Please be aware that on some occasions our school term dates can differ to that published by our Local Authority, Central Beds.
- Our Local Authority term dates sheet can be found on the Central Bedfordshire Government website.
Please find below the timing of a typical school day at The Firs Lower School.
During term time, The Firs Lower School will be open daily from 8:45am - 3:30pm, 6.75 hours per day.
This equates to a school week of 33.75 hours.
Mornings at The Firs
| 8:45am | School Gate Opens |
| 8:55am | Morning Registration |
| 9:05am | Whole School Assembly |
| 9:20am | Lesson 1 / RWI Sessions |
| 10:20am | Morning Break / Playtime |
| 10:35am | Lesson 2 |
| 12:00am | Early Years and KS1 Lunch Break |
| 12:15pm | KS2 Lunch Break |
Afternoons at The Firs
| Lunch Break | |
| 1.20pm | Afternoon Registration |
| 1:30pm | Lesson 3 |
| 2:20pm | KS1 Afternoon Break / Playtime |
| 2:30pm | KS2 Lesson 4 |
| 2:35pm | KS1 Lesson 4 |
| 3:20pm | Preparation for end of the school day |
| 3:30pm | End of School day. Gates Unlocked |