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Full Annual Academic Calendar

Class 5 — April through March

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

Teacher GuideStudent Guide
Wk 1

New Beginnings: Goals, Orientation & Ice-Breakers

📚 AcademicPercentage
🌐 LanguagesAdvanced essays
📖 QuranicNazra Para 16-30
🌟 Life SkillsGoal setting (SMART)
🤖 Digital/AIScratch programming
💰 FinancialMicro-business
🔬 ScienceHuman organ systems
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Quantitative reasoning
🗣️ CommunicationAdvanced presentations
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsGeography
Wk 2⚽ Activity Week

Diagnostic Assessment & Foundation Review

📚 AcademicPercentage
🌐 LanguagesAdvanced essays
📖 QuranicNazra Para 16-30
🌟 Life SkillsGoal setting (SMART)
🤖 Digital/AIScratch programming
💰 FinancialMicro-business
🔬 ScienceHuman organ systems
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Quantitative reasoning
🗣️ CommunicationAdvanced presentations
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsGeography
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Inter-Class Cricket Match (Tape Ball)
Wk 3

Core Concepts Introduction & Hands-On Discovery

📚 AcademicPercentage
🌐 LanguagesAdvanced essays
📖 QuranicNazra Para 16-30
🌟 Life SkillsGoal setting (SMART)
🤖 Digital/AIScratch programming
💰 FinancialMicro-business
🔬 ScienceHuman organ systems
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Quantitative reasoning
🗣️ CommunicationAdvanced presentations
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsGeography
Wk 4⚽ Activity Week📝 Monthly Test

Monthly Assessment, Reflection & Portfolio Building

📚 AcademicPercentage
🌐 LanguagesAdvanced essays
📖 QuranicNazra Para 16-30
🌟 Life SkillsGoal setting (SMART)
🤖 Digital/AIScratch programming
💰 FinancialMicro-business
🔬 ScienceHuman organ systems
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Quantitative reasoning
🗣️ CommunicationAdvanced presentations
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsGeography
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Football 5-a-Side Tournament

May

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

Teacher GuideStudent Guide
Wk 5

Deepening Understanding & Cross-Subject Links

📚 AcademicRatio
🌐 LanguagesDescriptive writing
📖 QuranicTranslation intro
🌟 Life SkillsSelf-reflection & strengths inventory
🤖 Digital/AIAlgorithms
💰 FinancialSupply/demand
🔬 ScienceChemical changes
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Abstract reasoning
🗣️ CommunicationDebate
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsProvinces
Wk 6⚽ Activity Week

Project Work, Experiments & Practical Application

📚 AcademicRatio
🌐 LanguagesDescriptive writing
📖 QuranicTranslation intro
🌟 Life SkillsSelf-reflection & strengths inventory
🤖 Digital/AIAlgorithms
💰 FinancialSupply/demand
🔬 ScienceChemical changes
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Abstract reasoning
🗣️ CommunicationDebate
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsProvinces
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Athletics Day: 100m Sprint, Long Jump, Shot Put
Wk 7

Communication & Presentation Skills Practice

📚 AcademicRatio
🌐 LanguagesDescriptive writing
📖 QuranicTranslation intro
🌟 Life SkillsSelf-reflection & strengths inventory
🤖 Digital/AIAlgorithms
💰 FinancialSupply/demand
🔬 ScienceChemical changes
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Abstract reasoning
🗣️ CommunicationDebate
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsProvinces
Wk 8⚽ Activity Week📝 Monthly Test

Term 1 Final Assessment & Summer Learning Briefing

📚 AcademicRatio
🌐 LanguagesDescriptive writing
📖 QuranicTranslation intro
🌟 Life SkillsSelf-reflection & strengths inventory
🤖 Digital/AIAlgorithms
💰 FinancialSupply/demand
🔬 ScienceChemical changes
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Abstract reasoning
🗣️ CommunicationDebate
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsProvinces
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Badminton Introduction & Volley Practice

☀️ 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.

☀️ Summer Parent Guide — Printable PDF

June — Consolidation Month — Parent 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 Month — Parent 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 Month — Parent 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

Teacher GuideStudent Guide
Wk 21

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

📚 AcademicAdvanced geometry
🌐 LanguagesTenses
📖 QuranicSurah Qadr/Tin
🌟 Life SkillsAdaptability & growth mindset
🤖 Digital/AIOnline collaboration
💰 FinancialProfit calculation
🔬 ScienceEnergy forms
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Venn diagrams
🗣️ CommunicationConflict mediation
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsMajor cities
Wk 22⚽ Activity Week

Building on Summer Learning & New Concepts

📚 AcademicAdvanced geometry
🌐 LanguagesTenses
📖 QuranicSurah Qadr/Tin
🌟 Life SkillsAdaptability & growth mindset
🤖 Digital/AIOnline collaboration
💰 FinancialProfit calculation
🔬 ScienceEnergy forms
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Venn diagrams
🗣️ CommunicationConflict mediation
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsMajor cities
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Inter-Class Cricket Match (Tape Ball)
Wk 23

Exploration & Skill Building

📚 AcademicAdvanced geometry
🌐 LanguagesTenses
📖 QuranicSurah Qadr/Tin
🌟 Life SkillsAdaptability & growth mindset
🤖 Digital/AIOnline collaboration
💰 FinancialProfit calculation
🔬 ScienceEnergy forms
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Venn diagrams
🗣️ CommunicationConflict mediation
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsMajor cities
Wk 24⚽ Activity Week📝 Monthly Test

Monthly Progress Assessment

📚 AcademicAdvanced geometry
🌐 LanguagesTenses
📖 QuranicSurah Qadr/Tin
🌟 Life SkillsAdaptability & growth mindset
🤖 Digital/AIOnline collaboration
💰 FinancialProfit calculation
🔬 ScienceEnergy forms
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Venn diagrams
🗣️ CommunicationConflict mediation
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsMajor cities
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Football 5-a-Side Tournament

October

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

Teacher GuideStudent Guide
Wk 25

Critical Thinking & Problem-Solving Focus

📚 AcademicVolume
🌐 LanguagesVocabulary expansion
📖 QuranicIslamic history
🌟 Life SkillsConflict resolution
🤖 Digital/AIAdvanced search
💰 FinancialBanking services
🔬 ScienceEnvironmental science
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Logic games
🗣️ CommunicationFormal letter/email
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsRivers/mountains
Wk 26⚽ Activity Week

Collaborative Projects & Group Investigations

📚 AcademicVolume
🌐 LanguagesVocabulary expansion
📖 QuranicIslamic history
🌟 Life SkillsConflict resolution
🤖 Digital/AIAdvanced search
💰 FinancialBanking services
🔬 ScienceEnvironmental science
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Logic games
🗣️ CommunicationFormal letter/email
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsRivers/mountains
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Athletics Day: 100m Sprint, Long Jump, Shot Put
Wk 27

Concept Mastery & Peer Teaching

📚 AcademicVolume
🌐 LanguagesVocabulary expansion
📖 QuranicIslamic history
🌟 Life SkillsConflict resolution
🤖 Digital/AIAdvanced search
💰 FinancialBanking services
🔬 ScienceEnvironmental science
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Logic games
🗣️ CommunicationFormal letter/email
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsRivers/mountains
Wk 28⚽ Activity Week📝 Monthly Test

Mid-Term Assessment & Teacher Feedback

📚 AcademicVolume
🌐 LanguagesVocabulary expansion
📖 QuranicIslamic history
🌟 Life SkillsConflict resolution
🤖 Digital/AIAdvanced search
💰 FinancialBanking services
🔬 ScienceEnvironmental science
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Logic games
🗣️ CommunicationFormal letter/email
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsRivers/mountains
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Badminton Introduction & Volley Practice

November

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

Teacher GuideStudent Guide
Wk 29

Advanced Applications & Higher-Order Thinking

📚 AcademicData analysis
🌐 LanguagesLiterature intro
📖 QuranicRights of neighbors
🌟 Life SkillsMental well-being
🤖 Digital/AICopyright
💰 FinancialRisk/reward
🔬 ScienceLight/sound properties
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Advanced coding
🗣️ CommunicationLeadership
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsNational symbols
Wk 30⚽ Activity Week

Research, Investigation & Evidence-Based Learning

📚 AcademicData analysis
🌐 LanguagesLiterature intro
📖 QuranicRights of neighbors
🌟 Life SkillsMental well-being
🤖 Digital/AICopyright
💰 FinancialRisk/reward
🔬 ScienceLight/sound properties
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Advanced coding
🗣️ CommunicationLeadership
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsNational symbols
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Swimming Safety & Basic Strokes (Pool/River)
Wk 31

Presentation, Exhibition & Debate

📚 AcademicData analysis
🌐 LanguagesLiterature intro
📖 QuranicRights of neighbors
🌟 Life SkillsMental well-being
🤖 Digital/AICopyright
💰 FinancialRisk/reward
🔬 ScienceLight/sound properties
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Advanced coding
🗣️ CommunicationLeadership
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsNational symbols
Wk 32⚽ Activity Week📝 Monthly Test

Term 2 Summative Assessment & Portfolio Review

📚 AcademicData analysis
🌐 LanguagesLiterature intro
📖 QuranicRights of neighbors
🌟 Life SkillsMental well-being
🤖 Digital/AICopyright
💰 FinancialRisk/reward
🔬 ScienceLight/sound properties
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Advanced coding
🗣️ CommunicationLeadership
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsNational symbols
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Quiz Bowl & Academic Sports Day
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

Teacher GuideStudent Guide
Wk 33

Comprehensive Half-Year Revision

📚 AcademicData analysis
🌐 LanguagesLiterature intro
📖 QuranicRights of neighbors
🌟 Life SkillsMental well-being
🤖 Digital/AICopyright
💰 FinancialRisk/reward
🔬 ScienceLight/sound properties
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Advanced coding
🗣️ CommunicationLeadership
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsNational symbols
Wk 34⚽ Activity Week

Half-Yearly Examinations & Year-End Celebration

📚 AcademicData analysis
🌐 LanguagesLiterature intro
📖 QuranicRights of neighbors
🌟 Life SkillsMental well-being
🤖 Digital/AICopyright
💰 FinancialRisk/reward
🔬 ScienceLight/sound properties
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Advanced coding
🗣️ CommunicationLeadership
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsNational symbols
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Gardening & Environmental Action Day

❄️ 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 Break — Parent 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

Teacher GuideStudent Guide
Wk 37

New Term Goals, Planning & Academic Contracts

📚 AcademicAlgebra intro
🌐 LanguagesReport writing
📖 QuranicHalal/haram
🌟 Life SkillsCareer exploration: What do I love?
🤖 Digital/AIDigital citizenship
💰 FinancialInvestment intro
🔬 ScienceForces
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Spatial visualization
🗣️ CommunicationNetworking basics
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsResources
Wk 38⚽ Activity Week

Concept Reinforcement & Knowledge Gaps Addressed

📚 AcademicAlgebra intro
🌐 LanguagesReport writing
📖 QuranicHalal/haram
🌟 Life SkillsCareer exploration: What do I love?
🤖 Digital/AIDigital citizenship
💰 FinancialInvestment intro
🔬 ScienceForces
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Spatial visualization
🗣️ CommunicationNetworking basics
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsResources
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Fitness Testing: Strength, Stamina, Flexibility
Wk 39

Advanced Topics Introduction

📚 AcademicAlgebra intro
🌐 LanguagesReport writing
📖 QuranicHalal/haram
🌟 Life SkillsCareer exploration: What do I love?
🤖 Digital/AIDigital citizenship
💰 FinancialInvestment intro
🔬 ScienceForces
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Spatial visualization
🗣️ CommunicationNetworking basics
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsResources
Wk 40⚽ Activity Week📝 Monthly Test

Monthly Assessment & Individual Feedback

📚 AcademicAlgebra intro
🌐 LanguagesReport writing
📖 QuranicHalal/haram
🌟 Life SkillsCareer exploration: What do I love?
🤖 Digital/AIDigital citizenship
💰 FinancialInvestment intro
🔬 ScienceForces
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Spatial visualization
🗣️ CommunicationNetworking basics
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsResources
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Community Walk & Patriotism Nature Trek

February

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

Teacher GuideStudent Guide
Wk 41

Mastery Consolidation & Complex Problem Solving

📚 AcademicProbability basics
🌐 LanguagesSummarizing
📖 QuranicModesty
🌟 Life SkillsStudy skills & exam strategy
🤖 Digital/AICreating multimedia
💰 FinancialEconomic impact
🔬 ScienceSpace
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)NTS style
🗣️ CommunicationPublic speaking
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsCulture
Wk 42⚽ Activity Week

Research Projects, STEM Challenges & Investigations

📚 AcademicProbability basics
🌐 LanguagesSummarizing
📖 QuranicModesty
🌟 Life SkillsStudy skills & exam strategy
🤖 Digital/AICreating multimedia
💰 FinancialEconomic impact
🔬 ScienceSpace
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)NTS style
🗣️ CommunicationPublic speaking
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsCulture
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Inter-Class Cricket Match (Tape Ball)
Wk 43

Real-World Applications & Community Connections

📚 AcademicProbability basics
🌐 LanguagesSummarizing
📖 QuranicModesty
🌟 Life SkillsStudy skills & exam strategy
🤖 Digital/AICreating multimedia
💰 FinancialEconomic impact
🔬 ScienceSpace
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)NTS style
🗣️ CommunicationPublic speaking
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsCulture
Wk 44⚽ Activity Week📝 Monthly Test

Pre-Annual Evaluation & Exam Strategy Workshop

📚 AcademicProbability basics
🌐 LanguagesSummarizing
📖 QuranicModesty
🌟 Life SkillsStudy skills & exam strategy
🤖 Digital/AICreating multimedia
💰 FinancialEconomic impact
🔬 ScienceSpace
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)NTS style
🗣️ CommunicationPublic speaking
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsCulture
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Football 5-a-Side Tournament

March

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

Teacher GuideStudent Guide
Wk 45

Comprehensive Final Revision & Exam Strategies

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

Revision & Mock Papers

📚 AcademicReview
🌐 LanguagesReview
📖 QuranicReview
🌟 Life SkillsReview
🤖 Digital/AIReview
💰 FinancialReview
🔬 ScienceReview
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Review
🗣️ CommunicationReview
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsReview
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Athletics Day: 100m Sprint, Long Jump, Shot Put
Wk 47

Annual Examinations

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

Results, Awards, Certificates & Year-End Ceremony

📚 AcademicReview
🌐 LanguagesReview
📖 QuranicReview
🌟 Life SkillsReview
🤖 Digital/AIReview
💰 FinancialReview
🔬 ScienceReview
🧩 IQ/GAT (NTS)Review
🗣️ CommunicationReview
🇵🇰 Pak AffairsReview
⚽ Bi-Weekly Activity:Badminton Introduction & Volley Practice

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