Schedule and calendar · 2026-2027

How the day runs

English, Maths and Science every morning. Cooking, technology, art and sport after lunch. Here is the shape of the week at each age, and the dates for the year.

A teacher playing Twister with Early Years children

Monday to Friday

The day at a glance

Doors open at 8:00 for every age. Core subjects first, while heads are fresh. After lunch, the classes where the English gets used.

  • Core lessons
  • Specialist and vocational classes
  • Arrival, lunch and rest
Early Years20 months to 4 years
PrimaryAges 5 to 11
Lower SecondaryAges 11 to 14
Upper SecondaryAges 14 to 18
Snack breaks at about 10:25 and 14:05 are left off.
  • Off sick or away? Tell us by 8:00 that morning.
  • Lunch and two snacks every day, if you want them.
  • The bus runs around Hội An, Vĩnh Điện and Đà Nẵng.

Stage by stage

What the week holds

Mornings keep to the core subjects. The mix after lunch changes as children grow.

Early Years children playing a parachute game on the turf

20 months to 4 years

Early Years

Nursery and Kindergarten

  • Drop-off from 8:00
  • Pick-up at 15:15
  • After-care to 16:30, for a fee
More about Early Years

Mornings

Nursery

Short sessions of play, stories, songs and puzzles.

Kindergarten

  • Outside play
  • Phonics and Maths
  • Literacy

Every morning, in that order, with snack and play in the middle.

After lunch

Lunch at 11:15, then a two-hour nap in their own cot. After that, Nursery has one more play session and Kindergarten has Understanding the World: science and geography for four-year-olds.

Primary students modeling clay in an art lesson

Ages 5 to 11

Primary

  • 8:00 to 15:15
  • Homeroom at 8:30
  • Lunch at 11:35
More about Primary

Every morning

  • English
  • Maths
  • Science

Cambridge Primary. One lesson of each, every day, all before lunch.

Afternoons

  • Cooking
  • Technology
  • Art and Craft
  • Movement and Exercise
  • Dance
  • Practice, Presentation and Play
  • Master Minds
  • Everyday Experts
  • Book Worms
  • Wellbeing
  • Boredom

Specialist and vocational classes, where the English gets used.

A student building a chain-reaction machine in the Maker Space

Ages 11 to 14

Lower Secondary

  • 8:00 to 15:20
  • Homeroom at 8:30
  • Lunch at 12:25
More about Lower Secondary

Every morning

  • Maths
  • English
  • Science

Cambridge Lower Secondary, one lesson of each every day. Then History or Executive Function until lunch.

Afternoons

  • Maker Space (technology)
  • Art of Science
  • Movement
  • Wellbeing

Specialist and vocational classes, with time each week to review and catch up.

Mr. Seth running a hands-on science experiment with Upper Secondary students

Ages 14 to 18

Upper Secondary

  • 8:00 to 15:20
  • Homeroom at 8:30
  • Lunch at 12:25
More about Upper Secondary

Every morning

  • Their own courses

Two long blocks, 8:45 to 12:25. Each student works through their own courses in English, with a teacher coaching. The subjects follow the plan we agreed with them.

Afternoons

  • Movement
  • Wellbeing
  • Maker Space (technology)
  • Art of Science
  • Study time

Study time goes on coursework and the personal project.

Teachers' names are left off; you will meet them on the tour. And yes, Boredom is a real class.

Academic calendar

Dates for 2026 to 2027

The year month by month. Every date is also in the list below.
  • Quarter 1 · 4 Aug to 8 Oct
  • Quarter 2 · 15 Oct to 17 Dec
  • Quarter 3 · 5 Jan to 24 Mar
  • Quarter 4 · 25 Mar to 4 Jun
  • PRA closed
  • Make-up day, only if needed
  • First and last day
  • Quarterly tuition due

August

  • First day of the academic year

September

  • Independence Day holiday no classes

October

  • End of Quarter 1. Quarter 2 tuition due fees
  • Fall break no classes
  • Quarter 2 begins

November

  • PRA closed no classes

December

  • End of Quarter 2. Quarter 3 tuition due fees
  • Winter holiday no classes

January

  • Quarter 3 begins
  • Make-up day if weather has closed PRA earlier in the year make-up days

February

  • Make-up days if weather has closed PRA earlier in the year make-up days
  • Tết holiday no classes

March

  • Quarter 4 tuition due fees
  • End of Quarter 3
  • PRA closed no classes

April

  • Hùng Kings' Commemoration Day no classes
  • Spring break and Reunification Day no classes

June

  • Last day of the academic year

From the 2026-2027 academic calendar. Tuition dates are for families paying by quarter. If bad weather closes PRA during the year, the lost days are made up on the marked make-up days.

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Pick a morning and see the day in action.