How we read Newtons Primary School
last read 14 Aug 2026, 16:01 UTC · took 14.8s · 46 dates across 2 school years
Nobody types these dates in. A program finds whatever the school publishes its term dates on and reads it. This page is the working out: the files we downloaded, and every date we got out of them. Open the same file and you can check us.
Find the page
saved for next timeWe start at the school's website and follow it to whatever it publishes term dates on, in this case a file on newtons.havering.sch.uk. That address is saved, so every later check goes straight there.
Download it
sha-2564 files came back. We fingerprint the contents (3e432a0c80…a98e136aab). If the fingerprint matches last time's, the school hasn't changed anything and we stop here.
Read it
14.8sThis school publishes its year as a colour-coded chart rather than a list of dates, so a model reads it the way you would — square by square, working out from the key what each colour means. 2 other files were read and produced nothing useful.
Work out the dates
plain codeOrdinary code takes it from here, pairing those sentences into terms and filling in the holidays between them. It also checks the year adds up: if the dates leave too few school days, we throw the whole read away rather than publish it.
Save it
one copyThe dates get written down once. The school's page, your calendar feed and this trace all read that same copy, so they can't disagree with each other.
Where it came from
what we downloaded, and what we actually used- newtons.havering.sch.uk/for-parents/school-termholiday-datesnot used · 0 dates
We read this one and found no term dates in it.
- images-cdn.schooljotter3.com/img/c1ac3600-eebe-4a13-99ea-6580ec088b94/1300x1300.webpused · 23 dates
We read 23 dates out of this one.
- images-cdn.schooljotter3.com/img/7b0938d3-1b54-4040-913e-6b047e66c44c/1300x1300.webpused · 23 dates
We read 23 dates out of this one.
- images-cdn.schooljotter3.com/img/397dfc4f-45de-4899-8e3f-6aaba1454839/1300x1300.webpnot used · 0 dates
We read this one and found no term dates in it.
Every date we read off the chart
the file itself is linked above- Autumn Term1 Sept – 24 Oct
- October Half Term27 Oct – 31 Oct
- Autumn Term3 Nov – 19 Dec
- December Half Term22 Dec – 24 Dec
- Christmas Day25 Dec
- Boxing Day26 Dec
- December Half Term29 Dec – 31 Dec
- New Year's Day1 Jan
- Christmas Holiday2 Jan
- Spring Term5 Jan – 13 Feb
- February Half Term16 Feb – 20 Feb
- Spring Term23 Feb – 27 Mar
- Easter Holiday30 Mar – 2 Apr
- Good Friday3 Apr
- Easter Monday6 Apr
- Easter Holiday7 Apr – 10 Apr
- Summer Term13 Apr – 1 May
- Early May Bank Holiday4 May
- Summer Term5 May – 22 May
- Spring Bank Holiday25 May
- May Half Term26 May – 29 May
- Summer Term1 Jun – 20 Jul
- Summer Holiday21 Jul – 28 Aug
- School Closed1 Sept
- Autumn Term2 Sept – 23 Oct
- October Half Term26 Oct – 30 Oct
- Autumn Term2 Nov – 18 Dec
- December Half Term21 Dec – 24 Dec
- Christmas Day25 Dec
- Boxing Day28 Dec
- December Half Term29 Dec – 31 Dec
- New Year's Day1 Jan
- Spring Term4 Jan – 12 Feb
- February Half Term15 Feb – 19 Feb
- Spring Term22 Feb – 25 Mar
- Good Friday26 Mar
- Easter Monday29 Mar
- Easter Holiday30 Mar – 9 Apr
- Summer Term12 Apr – 30 Apr
- Early May Bank Holiday3 May
- Summer Term4 May – 28 May
- Spring Bank Holiday31 May
- June Half Term1 Jun – 4 Jun
- Summer Term7 Jun – 22 Jul
- Summer Holiday23 Jul – 27 Aug
- Summer Holiday31 Aug
A chart states its dates in colour, not in words, so there is nothing to quote back at you. What we can show is every date we took off it — open the file above and the two should agree square for square.
What we saved
the single copy the school page and your calendar both readThis run
- fingerprint
- c43019e196…3f3e894b4e
- saved at
- 25 Aug 2026, 20:43 UTC
- run signature
- efe96c8c4a…502a863540
- dates published
- 48
- last confirmed
- 14 August 2026
Why your calendar doesn't fill up with duplicates
Each event gets an ID built from who said it, what kind of day it is, and when it starts. Read the school again tomorrow and the same day comes out with the same ID, so your calendar updates the entry it already has rather than adding a second one.
# same inputs, same ID, every time sha256(owner | kind | start)[:24] → a4384bdd…f1763a2c@termsync.co.uk