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Full Annual Academic Calendar

Class 3April through March

📅 34 Academic Weeks☀️ 12 Summer Vacation Weeks❄️ 2 Winter Vacation WeeksBi-Weekly Activity
📚Academic
🔬Science
🧩IQ/GAT (NTS)
🗣️Communication
Bi-Weekly Activity
2

First Term (April – May)

Laying the groundwork: diagnostic review, concept introduction, and foundational skills.

April

4 teaching weeks bi-weekly activity on weeks 2 & 4

Wk 1

New Beginnings: Goals, Orientation & Ice-Breakers

📚 AcademicMultiplication
🌐 LanguagesReading stories
📖 QuranicNazra Para 1-5
🌟 Life SkillsTime management
🤖 Digital/AIWord processing
💰 FinancialBudgeting basics
🔬 ScienceHuman body parts
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Number series
🗣️ CommunicationPresentation skills
Wk 2Activity Week

Diagnostic Assessment & Foundation Review

📚 AcademicMultiplication
🌐 LanguagesReading stories
📖 QuranicNazra Para 1-5
🌟 Life SkillsTime management
🤖 Digital/AIWord processing
💰 FinancialBudgeting basics
🔬 ScienceHuman body parts
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Number series
🗣️ CommunicationPresentation skills
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Kho-Kho & Relay Race Tournament
Wk 3

Core Concepts Introduction & Hands-On Discovery

📚 AcademicMultiplication
🌐 LanguagesReading stories
📖 QuranicNazra Para 1-5
🌟 Life SkillsTime management
🤖 Digital/AIWord processing
💰 FinancialBudgeting basics
🔬 ScienceHuman body parts
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Number series
🗣️ CommunicationPresentation skills
Wk 4Activity Week📝 Monthly Test

Monthly Assessment, Reflection & Portfolio Building

📚 AcademicMultiplication
🌐 LanguagesReading stories
📖 QuranicNazra Para 1-5
🌟 Life SkillsTime management
🤖 Digital/AIWord processing
💰 FinancialBudgeting basics
🔬 ScienceHuman body parts
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Number series
🗣️ CommunicationPresentation skills
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Cricket Fielding Drills & Catching Practice

May

4 teaching weeks bi-weekly activity on weeks 2 & 4

Wk 5

Deepening Understanding & Cross-Subject Links

📚 AcademicDivision
🌐 LanguagesWriting paragraphs
📖 QuranicSurah Falaq/Nas
🌟 Life SkillsEmpathy
🤖 Digital/AIFormatting text
💰 FinancialEarning money
🔬 ScienceFood groups
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Mirror images
🗣️ CommunicationActive listening
Wk 6Activity Week

Project Work, Experiments & Practical Application

📚 AcademicDivision
🌐 LanguagesWriting paragraphs
📖 QuranicSurah Falaq/Nas
🌟 Life SkillsEmpathy
🤖 Digital/AIFormatting text
💰 FinancialEarning money
🔬 ScienceFood groups
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Mirror images
🗣️ CommunicationActive listening
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Skipping Rope Challenge & Hopscotch
Wk 7

Communication & Presentation Skills Practice

📚 AcademicDivision
🌐 LanguagesWriting paragraphs
📖 QuranicSurah Falaq/Nas
🌟 Life SkillsEmpathy
🤖 Digital/AIFormatting text
💰 FinancialEarning money
🔬 ScienceFood groups
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Mirror images
🗣️ CommunicationActive listening
Wk 8Activity Week📝 Monthly Test

Term 1 Final Assessment & Summer Learning Briefing

📚 AcademicDivision
🌐 LanguagesWriting paragraphs
📖 QuranicSurah Falaq/Nas
🌟 Life SkillsEmpathy
🤖 Digital/AIFormatting text
💰 FinancialEarning money
🔬 ScienceFood groups
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Mirror images
🗣️ CommunicationActive listening
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Kabaddi Introduction & Tag Games

☀️ Summer Vacation (June – August)

3-month home learning period. Detailed monthly guides for parents with step-by-step activities, reading plans, and supervised learning tasks — even for less-literate households.

June — Consolidation MonthParent Guide

Monthly Goals

  • 📚 Daily 30-min reading: read one story with your child, ask them to retell it.
  • ✏️ Writing practice: write 5 sentences about what they did today (Class 1+).
  • 🔢 Mental maths: practice 10 addition/subtraction facts verbally each morning.
  • 🌿 Nature observation journal: draw and name one plant or insect each week.
  • 🗣️ Conversation time: discuss any news story at dinner — encourage questions.
  • 📖 For Urdu-only parents: use picture books and ask "What do you see?" — listening counts.

Practical Activities

  • 🌱 Plant a seed in a pot and track its growth with weekly photos.
  • 🏏 Organise a daily 30-minute cricket/football session in the street.
  • 🧩 Solve one IQ puzzle or riddle each morning at breakfast.
  • 🎨 Draw a map of your home, street, and neighbourhood.
  • 🕌 Memorise one new Quranic dua per week with meaning.
  • 📰 Cut out one newspaper headline and explain it to the family.

July — Exploration MonthParent Guide

Monthly Goals

  • 🧪 Simple home experiments: mix vinegar + baking soda, observe and discuss.
  • 🗓️ Make a daily schedule together (wake up, eat, learn, play, sleep) — follow it.
  • 📏 Maths in real life: measure height, count money at the shop, weigh vegetables.
  • 🏃 Physical activity: 45-min outdoor play every morning — cricket, cycling, swimming.
  • 🧠 IQ puzzles: series completion, odd one out, mirror images (use NTS GAT Junior books).
  • 🇵🇰 For Class 5+: discuss one event from Pakistan's history each week at home.

Practical Activities

  • 📖 Reading challenge: finish one Urdu/English book — hold a family discussion.
  • 🍳 Cooking science: bake simple bread and explain yeast as a living organism.
  • 🗺️ Map reading: download Pakistan's map, label all provinces and capitals.
  • 🏆 Host a family quiz night: Science, General Knowledge, Quran.
  • 💰 Give child a small budget (Rs. 50) — track what they buy and save.
  • 🎭 Act out a short Urdu play or poem — record and celebrate.

August — Patriotism & Preparation MonthParent Guide

Monthly Goals

  • 🇵🇰 14 August focus: discuss Quaid-e-Azam, Pakistan Movement, and Independence.
  • 📚 Revision: spend 1 hour daily reviewing Term 1 notes and textbooks.
  • 🧮 Maths revision: create flashcards for multiplication tables, formulas.
  • 🌍 Science revision: discuss water cycle, food chains, human body.
  • ✍️ Writing: write a 1-page essay on "What Pakistan means to me" (Class 4+).
  • 📋 School readiness: buy stationery, label books, organise school bag together.

Practical Activities

  • 🎨 Make a Pakistan Independence Day poster or flag collage.
  • 🕌 Complete Noorani Qaida or Surah revision from the summer list.
  • 🏃 14 August sports event: organise a street cricket match or relay race.
  • 🎤 Memorise and recite the national anthem perfectly with understanding.
  • 📰 Collect newspaper clippings about Pakistan's achievements this year.
  • 🎒 School preparation checklist: textbooks, notebooks, uniform — ready by Aug 25.
3

Second Term (September – November)

Advancing core concepts, critical thinking, research skills, and project-based learning.

September

4 teaching weeks bi-weekly activity on weeks 2 & 4

Wk 21

Back-to-School: Review, Reset & Re-Engagement

📚 Academic3D shapes
🌐 LanguagesNouns/verbs
📖 QuranicProphet stories
🌟 Life SkillsConflict resolution
🤖 Digital/AIInternet safety
💰 FinancialSaving goals
🔬 ScienceLife cycles
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Logical deduction
🗣️ CommunicationRole play
Wk 22Activity Week

Building on Summer Learning & New Concepts

📚 Academic3D shapes
🌐 LanguagesNouns/verbs
📖 QuranicProphet stories
🌟 Life SkillsConflict resolution
🤖 Digital/AIInternet safety
💰 FinancialSaving goals
🔬 ScienceLife cycles
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Logical deduction
🗣️ CommunicationRole play
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Kho-Kho & Relay Race Tournament
Wk 23

Exploration & Skill Building

📚 Academic3D shapes
🌐 LanguagesNouns/verbs
📖 QuranicProphet stories
🌟 Life SkillsConflict resolution
🤖 Digital/AIInternet safety
💰 FinancialSaving goals
🔬 ScienceLife cycles
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Logical deduction
🗣️ CommunicationRole play
Wk 24Activity Week📝 Monthly Test

Monthly Progress Assessment

📚 Academic3D shapes
🌐 LanguagesNouns/verbs
📖 QuranicProphet stories
🌟 Life SkillsConflict resolution
🤖 Digital/AIInternet safety
💰 FinancialSaving goals
🔬 ScienceLife cycles
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Logical deduction
🗣️ CommunicationRole play
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Cricket Fielding Drills & Catching Practice

October

4 teaching weeks bi-weekly activity on weeks 2 & 4

Wk 25

Critical Thinking & Problem-Solving Focus

📚 AcademicMeasurements
🌐 LanguagesVocabulary building
📖 QuranicDaily sunnahs
🌟 Life SkillsTeamwork
🤖 Digital/AIEducational games
💰 FinancialComparing prices
🔬 ScienceLight/shadows
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Analogies
🗣️ CommunicationDebating basics
Wk 26Activity Week

Collaborative Projects & Group Investigations

📚 AcademicMeasurements
🌐 LanguagesVocabulary building
📖 QuranicDaily sunnahs
🌟 Life SkillsTeamwork
🤖 Digital/AIEducational games
💰 FinancialComparing prices
🔬 ScienceLight/shadows
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Analogies
🗣️ CommunicationDebating basics
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Skipping Rope Challenge & Hopscotch
Wk 27

Concept Mastery & Peer Teaching

📚 AcademicMeasurements
🌐 LanguagesVocabulary building
📖 QuranicDaily sunnahs
🌟 Life SkillsTeamwork
🤖 Digital/AIEducational games
💰 FinancialComparing prices
🔬 ScienceLight/shadows
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Analogies
🗣️ CommunicationDebating basics
Wk 28Activity Week📝 Monthly Test

Mid-Term Assessment & Teacher Feedback

📚 AcademicMeasurements
🌐 LanguagesVocabulary building
📖 QuranicDaily sunnahs
🌟 Life SkillsTeamwork
🤖 Digital/AIEducational games
💰 FinancialComparing prices
🔬 ScienceLight/shadows
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Analogies
🗣️ CommunicationDebating basics
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Kabaddi Introduction & Tag Games

November

4 teaching weeks bi-weekly activity on weeks 2 & 4

Wk 29

Advanced Applications & Higher-Order Thinking

📚 AcademicData handling
🌐 LanguagesExpressive reading
📖 QuranicRespect for elders
🌟 Life SkillsPublic speaking basics
🤖 Digital/AISaving files
💰 FinancialBank concept
🔬 ScienceForces
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Coding/decoding
🗣️ CommunicationGiving feedback
Wk 30Activity Week

Research, Investigation & Evidence-Based Learning

📚 AcademicData handling
🌐 LanguagesExpressive reading
📖 QuranicRespect for elders
🌟 Life SkillsPublic speaking basics
🤖 Digital/AISaving files
💰 FinancialBank concept
🔬 ScienceForces
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Coding/decoding
🗣️ CommunicationGiving feedback
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Mini Sports Day: Sprint, Long Jump, Ball Throw
Wk 31

Presentation, Exhibition & Debate

📚 AcademicData handling
🌐 LanguagesExpressive reading
📖 QuranicRespect for elders
🌟 Life SkillsPublic speaking basics
🤖 Digital/AISaving files
💰 FinancialBank concept
🔬 ScienceForces
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Coding/decoding
🗣️ CommunicationGiving feedback
Wk 32Activity Week📝 Monthly Test

Term 2 Summative Assessment & Portfolio Review

📚 AcademicData handling
🌐 LanguagesExpressive reading
📖 QuranicRespect for elders
🌟 Life SkillsPublic speaking basics
🤖 Digital/AISaving files
💰 FinancialBank concept
🔬 ScienceForces
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Coding/decoding
🗣️ CommunicationGiving feedback
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Obstacle Course & Balance Challenge
1

December Review Fortnight (Weeks 1–2)

Two focused school weeks: comprehensive half-yearly revision, half-yearly examinations, and result/celebration day before winter break.

December (School Weeks)

2 teaching weeks bi-weekly activity on weeks 2 & 4

Wk 33

Comprehensive Half-Year Revision

📚 AcademicData handling
🌐 LanguagesExpressive reading
📖 QuranicRespect for elders
🌟 Life SkillsPublic speaking basics
🤖 Digital/AISaving files
💰 FinancialBank concept
🔬 ScienceForces
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Coding/decoding
🗣️ CommunicationGiving feedback
Wk 34Activity Week

Half-Yearly Examinations & Year-End Celebration

📚 AcademicData handling
🌐 LanguagesExpressive reading
📖 QuranicRespect for elders
🌟 Life SkillsPublic speaking basics
🤖 Digital/AISaving files
💰 FinancialBank concept
🔬 ScienceForces
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Coding/decoding
🗣️ CommunicationGiving feedback
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Plant-a-Seed Day & Gardening Activity

❄️ Winter Vacation (December — Weeks 3 & 4)

2-week winter break. Guided home activities for parents and students to maintain momentum and prepare for Term 3.

December Winter BreakParent Guide

Monthly Goals

  • 📚 Review half-yearly results together — celebrate progress, address weak areas warmly.
  • ✍️ Light revision: 30 min daily reviewing half-yearly exam topics.
  • 🧠 IQ/puzzle time: 15 min of riddles, crosswords, or pattern games each morning.
  • 🕌 Quran revision: recite and review the surahs learned so far this year.
  • 🏃 Daily outdoor activity: 30 min walk, cycling, or neighbourhood cricket.
  • 👨‍👩‍👧 Family learning: watch a documentary together (Pakistan geography, science, or history).

Practical Activities

  • 🎄 Create a "My Learning Journey" scrapbook of this year's highlights.
  • 🍲 Cook a traditional Pakistani dish together — discuss its cultural origins.
  • 🧩 Host a family board game / IQ puzzle championship.
  • 📖 Read Urdu or English storybook aloud before bedtime each night.
  • 🌟 Write 5 goals for Term 3 — stick them on the bedroom wall.
  • 🕌 Complete Quran recitation target set at the start of the year.
3

Final Term (January – March)

Mastery, advanced applications, annual examinations, and year-end celebration. March: Annual Exams + Prize-Giving Day.

January

4 teaching weeks bi-weekly activity on weeks 2 & 4

Wk 37

New Term Goals, Planning & Academic Contracts

📚 AcademicWord problems
🌐 LanguagesCreative writing
📖 QuranicHonesty
🌟 Life SkillsSelf-confidence
🤖 Digital/AIInserting images
💰 FinancialZakat concept
🔬 ScienceMagnets
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Spatial reasoning
🗣️ CommunicationInterviewing
Wk 38Activity Week

Concept Reinforcement & Knowledge Gaps Addressed

📚 AcademicWord problems
🌐 LanguagesCreative writing
📖 QuranicHonesty
🌟 Life SkillsSelf-confidence
🤖 Digital/AIInserting images
💰 FinancialZakat concept
🔬 ScienceMagnets
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Spatial reasoning
🗣️ CommunicationInterviewing
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Nature Scavenger Hunt & Outdoor Exploration
Wk 39

Advanced Topics Introduction

📚 AcademicWord problems
🌐 LanguagesCreative writing
📖 QuranicHonesty
🌟 Life SkillsSelf-confidence
🤖 Digital/AIInserting images
💰 FinancialZakat concept
🔬 ScienceMagnets
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Spatial reasoning
🗣️ CommunicationInterviewing
Wk 40Activity Week📝 Monthly Test

Monthly Assessment & Individual Feedback

📚 AcademicWord problems
🌐 LanguagesCreative writing
📖 QuranicHonesty
🌟 Life SkillsSelf-confidence
🤖 Digital/AIInserting images
💰 FinancialZakat concept
🔬 ScienceMagnets
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Spatial reasoning
🗣️ CommunicationInterviewing
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Fun Fitness Circuit: Jumps, Crawls & Rolls

February

4 teaching weeks bi-weekly activity on weeks 2 & 4

Wk 41

Mastery Consolidation & Complex Problem Solving

📚 AcademicAdvanced fractions
🌐 LanguagesPoetry
📖 QuranicCleanliness
🌟 Life SkillsGoal setting
🤖 Digital/AIBasic research
💰 FinancialProfit/loss intro
🔬 ScienceSolar system
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Visual puzzles
🗣️ CommunicationStorytelling
Wk 42Activity Week

Research Projects, STEM Challenges & Investigations

📚 AcademicAdvanced fractions
🌐 LanguagesPoetry
📖 QuranicCleanliness
🌟 Life SkillsGoal setting
🤖 Digital/AIBasic research
💰 FinancialProfit/loss intro
🔬 ScienceSolar system
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Visual puzzles
🗣️ CommunicationStorytelling
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Kho-Kho & Relay Race Tournament
Wk 43

Real-World Applications & Community Connections

📚 AcademicAdvanced fractions
🌐 LanguagesPoetry
📖 QuranicCleanliness
🌟 Life SkillsGoal setting
🤖 Digital/AIBasic research
💰 FinancialProfit/loss intro
🔬 ScienceSolar system
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Visual puzzles
🗣️ CommunicationStorytelling
Wk 44Activity Week📝 Monthly Test

Pre-Annual Evaluation & Exam Strategy Workshop

📚 AcademicAdvanced fractions
🌐 LanguagesPoetry
📖 QuranicCleanliness
🌟 Life SkillsGoal setting
🤖 Digital/AIBasic research
💰 FinancialProfit/loss intro
🔬 ScienceSolar system
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Visual puzzles
🗣️ CommunicationStorytelling
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Cricket Fielding Drills & Catching Practice

March

4 teaching weeks bi-weekly activity on weeks 2 & 4

Wk 45

Comprehensive Final Revision & Exam Strategies

📚 AcademicRevision
🌐 LanguagesReview
📖 QuranicReview
🌟 Life SkillsReview
🤖 Digital/AIReview
💰 FinancialReview
🔬 ScienceReview
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Review
🗣️ CommunicationReview
Wk 46Activity Week

Revision & Mock Papers

📚 AcademicRevision
🌐 LanguagesReview
📖 QuranicReview
🌟 Life SkillsReview
🤖 Digital/AIReview
💰 FinancialReview
🔬 ScienceReview
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Review
🗣️ CommunicationReview
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Skipping Rope Challenge & Hopscotch
Wk 47

Annual Examinations

📚 AcademicRevision
🌐 LanguagesReview
📖 QuranicReview
🌟 Life SkillsReview
🤖 Digital/AIReview
💰 FinancialReview
🔬 ScienceReview
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Review
🗣️ CommunicationReview
Wk 48Activity Week📝 Monthly Test

Results, Awards, Certificates & Year-End Ceremony

📚 AcademicRevision
🌐 LanguagesReview
📖 QuranicReview
🌟 Life SkillsReview
🤖 Digital/AIReview
💰 FinancialReview
🔬 ScienceReview
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Review
🗣️ CommunicationReview
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Kabaddi Introduction & Tag Games

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