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Calendar & Key Dates

This page offers an up-to-date overview of important dates at Cologne International School. You’ll find term breaks, report card release days, school events, and other key moments that help families and staff stay organized throughout the year.

School Calendar 2025/26

2025/26 1st Semester

August 2025
Date Event
Thursday, 21.08.2025 First Day of School
Friday, 22.08.2025 First Day of School for 1st Grade
September 2025
Date Event
Saturday, 20.09.2025 Open House 1
October 2025
Date Event
Friday, 03.10.2025 Public Holiday (Day of German Unity)
From 13.10.2025 to 26.10.2025 Autumn Break
Monday, 27.10.2025 Teacher Development Day 1 School Closed
November 2025
Date Event
Saturday, 01.11.2025 Public Holiday (All Saints Day)
December 2025 & January 2026
Date Event
From 18.12.2025 to 06.01.2026 Winter Break
Saturday, 24.01.2026 Open House 2

2025/26 2nd Semester

February 2026
Date Event
From 13.02.2026 to 20.02.2026 Carnival Break - School Closed
March 2026
Date Event
Friday, 27.03.2026 Teacher Development Day 2 - School Closed
From 30.03.2026 to 25.04.2026 Spring Break - School Closed
25.04.2026 Morning of Music
Mai 2026
Date Event
Friday, 01.05.2026 Public Holiday (Labor Day)
Wednesday, 13.05.2026 Teacher Development Day 3 - School Closed
Thursday, 14.05.2026 Public Holiday (Ascension)
Friday, 15.05.2026 Bridge Day - School Closed
Monday, 25.05.2026 Public Holiday (Whit Monday)
Tuesday, 26.05.2026 School Closed
June 2026
Date Event
Thursday, 04.06.2026 Public Holiday (Corpus Christi)
Friday, 05.06.2026 Bridge Day - School Closed
July 2026
Date Event
Friday, 10.07.2026 Last Day of School
13.07-26.08.2026 Summer Break

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Holiday Camps

Our bilingual holiday camps offer students aged 6–14 a creative, active, and social experience during school breaks. Each day includes a mix of activities such as:

  • Sports & outdoor games
  • Dance & inline skating
  • Arts & crafts
  • Science experiments
  • Moviemaking & karaoke

A bilingual (German-English) team leads each group, combining fun with language practice. Camps run daily from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM, with drop-off from 8:00–8:30 AM and pick-up until 4:00 PM. Lunch and snacks are included.

Upcoming Camp Weeks

  • Spring Break: 14–17 April 2025
  • Summer Break: 7–11 July, 11–15 August, 18–20 August 2025
  • Autumn Break: 20–24 October 2025
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Amazon Jungle

Throughout February, 2024, 25 of our CIS students embarked on a long journey to the Amazon Jungle in Iquitos, Peru. Students worked hard the previous months to raise funds to be able to create their community service project with the local communities of El Chino in the Tahuayo Region of the Amazon basin. Once there, our 25 students, along with our three teachers and the guides at the lodge they stayed in, participated in a whole day community service project where students built two complete Primary School classrooms. Our students built 20 desks and 20 chairs from scratch with the help of the local community and finished the day by putting the new furniture inside the classrooms. Thanks to this initiative, the students were able to fill up two classrooms that are now providing full day education to the children of the community. At CIS, one of our pillars of excellent education is understanding the privilege that comes with being an IB student and an international school student, and the importance of being global citizens. With this, comes the responsibility of being stewards of the communities that inhabit this world and the importance of giving back and being change makers!
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
08:15 - 09:45Targeted LearningSpanish / French / EALMathThe ArtsHumanities
09:45 - 10:15Snack & Break
10:15 - 11:15HumanitiesThe ArtsEnglishEnglishPersonal Growth
11:15 - 12:15MathEnglishScienceScienceGerman / GAL
12:15 - 13:15Science
13:15 - 13:45Lunch & Break
13:45 - 14:15Spanish / French / EALHomeroomGerman / GALSportMath
14:15 - 15:15German / GALClubsClubsClubsClubs
15:15 - 16:45ClubsCubsClubsClubsClubs
Grade 3/4 Timetable Example
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
07:00 - 08:00 Early Supervision Early Supervision Early Supervision Early Supervision Early Supervision
08:00 - 09:30 Unit of Inquiry Unit of Inquiry Unit of Inquiry Unit of Inquiry Unit of Inquiry
09:30 - 10:00 Snack & Recess Snack & Recess Snack & Recess Snack & Recess Snack & Recess
10:00 - 10:30 Instrumental Kung Fu Instrumental Tai Chi Instrumental
10:30 - 12:00 Unit Unit Unit Unit Tai Chi + Unit
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch & Recess Lunch & Recess Lunch & Recess Lunch & Recess Lunch & Recess
13:30 - 14:30 Unit
Math, German, English, Social Studies
Swimming Library Music Unit
14:30 - 15:30 Spanish Clubs Art Unit Clubs
15:30 - 16:30 Spanish Spanish Spanish
16:30 - 18:00 Late Clubs Late Clubs Late Clubs Late Clubs
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