AL DIYAFAH HIGH SCHOOL - DUBAI

CURRICULUM MAP - 2015-2016

YEAR:

SUBJECT:

TERM 1

September - December
30th August New students' Orientation Year 1- 12
30th August FS1 & FS2 Parents 'Orientation
31st August First day of school - FS1 & Year 1 (New
students)
1st September First day of school - Year 1-13
2nd September First day of school - FS2
5th September - FS2- Yr 11 Meet your
September teacher day
(19 days) 1st 8th September Transition days - Back to school
7th 8th , 13th - 14th September - Base Line
Test
14th September - Student council elections
17th September - Investiture
22nd-24th September - Eid Al Adha
holidays
21st
30thactivitiesSeptember
- Monthly
tests (Year 11- 13)
Transition
Reading
booklet-Innovations

Curricular
Revision- Punctuation-usage and sentence structure.
activities
Reading-Unit 1 selecting points for summary, making
and
notes using your own words Writing-Note-making and
outcomes Summary Text sample Corsica and capetown
Speaking &Listening -Innovation and listen to travel
series
Research on the below topic and write an argumentative
essay Martin Luther King: A True Leader Do you think
Martin Luther King deserves his reputation for being a
great leader of the Civil Rights movement? What were his
strengths and weakness? Overall, what is your verdict?
Last Week of The Month -Reading Assessment- Reading Log
Activity,
Big write

TERM 2

January - March

3rd January School re-opens for staff and students

January
(21 days)

13th January Year 4-13 Sports Day - Boys

14th January Year 4-13 Sports Day - Girls
17th 21st January - Language
week
24th 28th January - Monthly test Year 11 -13
28th January - Monthly test KS2 Concert
26th - 27th January Year 9 Aptitude tests and Career
talk
29th-30th January Adventure camp - Boys

Reading - Unit -6 Skim and scan the news report Q2 pg46

Diary entry and narrative
Composition: Narrative

Unit 2

Speaking-persuade parents to take further studies in the west further

Curricular
activities Listen to stories of people who are sucessful
Enterprise & Market Basket- Write a persuasive essay on
and
Sustainable business and finance: Can investors save the world? or
outcomes
United Arab Emirates How culture can shape sustainable business?
peaking and listening -paired and group discussions -advertising a product
Preparing an interview- Unit8,Last Week of The Month -Reading
Assessment- Reading Log Activity, Big Write

1st October - International Teachers day

7th October - FS1 & FS2 Coffee morning
11th 12th October Educational field trip Year 5-6
14th October - KS1 Coffee morning
15th October Islamic New Year- holiday
19th
October
- KS3/KS4/KS5 Coffee morning
October (20
22nd October - Prize Night
days)

February
(21 days)

25th- 29th October Year 11-13 monthly tests

25th - 26th October Educational field trip Year 3-4
28th October - KS2 Coffee morning
29th October - FS field trip
Review Figures of Speech.-worksheet
Reading- Expanding notes,sentence structure
collating texts, looking at how writers achieve effects.a..
Curricular unit 9 -Writing- Style Analysis:-How do Writers Achieve
activities the Effects (Aunt Pegg)

and
outcomes

Unit 3Composition: planning continous writing, descriptive

writing, adjectives and imagery. International Teachers
day,speaking and listening- Research and speak on the
great educationist Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, listen to
November great llife lessons from famous teachers
(22 days)
Take style analysis psg linking with
international teacher's day theme

Reading -skim the text and identify the stylistic features

4th
February
Career fair pg15
of
written
advertisement
writing Formal and
5th-6th
February Adventure camp - Girls
informal
letter
11th February
concert
Letter
to the FS
editor-opinion
writing, discursive and
11th
12th
February

Interschool
argumentative letter directed writing Football senior boys
14th 18th February
Math Week homophones spelling
Grammar:Unit-8
Punctuations
10th, 17th
and 24th Speaking
February and
Career
Guidance
stylistic
effects.
listening
-speak on
Interface
your
famous sports peronality
Sports day Write
23rd
February
ADPIQ
a
Newspaper
report
on the various events that took place
25th
February

Quizzards
on the sports day.
or
Write a script between you
23rdyour
29th
February
tests Or
Year 11 - 13
and
famous
football Monthly
player/athlete
based on cricket personality or account or story based
on cricket as backdrop.

Curricular
activities
and
outcomes

Math Week- : Create your ideal park. Write a description

of your
March
park, including its location, geography, climate, wildlife,
(20 days) and
Reading- Skim
and scan
the text
for persuasive
devices
pg-44
vegetation.
Create
a line
graph
to show
the
average
Writing
Discursive
and
persuasive
letter
with
ref
Article
monthly
Dialogue/interview-Q-6 pg85 Grammar-Unit12 sentence
Reading-unit-5 skim and scan the article
temperatures
in your park.
structure,vocabulary, synonyms Speaking and listening -paired and group
Science
writing-Magazine
Career
Guidance
InterfaceWrite a an
diary
entry about the
discussions -advertising
a product Preparing
interview-unit8
Curricular UNIT
week-Research
some
of the ARTICLE
life scientists
and
write a short Curricular subjects
5 and Unit 14Opinion
writing
Directed
you have chosen, yourLiterary
aim inWeek-Debate
life and what
write you
a
activities Writing
activities would do in order to achieve your
biography,
career feature,or
informational
Expressing
and supporting
a view.piece about your
goal,Last Week of The
poem Draw the setting Blog writing Tableau
and
and
chosen
scientist
and
work
he or she does. Style the
Unit
5 page
34-41,
exthe
1-4,
6,9,10,12,13,15,16.
Month -Reading Assessment- Reading Log Activity,
article
aspg
a newspaper
magazine article. Speaking
outcomes Unit
outcomes World
14126-128 Exor
7,8,9,10
Day in UK-Read your favourite book and write a book review
BIGBook
WRITE
and
Worklistening-scientific
Book pgs pg 68 12 innovations
pg 81 Ex 14 and listen to Space's
Options Day Year 9 Research on various subjects and options
avaiable and write an article.Last Week of The Month -Reading
10
Most
Stunning
Wonders
2013
practice
paper
Assessment- Reading Log Activity,Big write
2 Write a discursive essay on the Advantages and
disadvantages of lasers.passive
Eid Holiday
Grammar-vocabulary,
voice,Work-First
prefixes. Term
Project,Last
Week
The Month -Reading
Assessmentspeaking
andoflistening-Listen
to Ted
talks
Reading Log Activity,BIG
WRITE week -Translate. a given
Language
descriptive essay in Arabic/French/urdu to English
Last Week of The Month

2nd - 3rd December National Day- holidays

6th December Year 5-6 First Term examinations end
10th December Year 7-13 First Term
examinations end
13th - 14th December Talent day/KS1&KS2 fun week
13th - 17th December FS extravanganza week
December
13th - 15th December KS1&KS2 fun week
(12 days)
14th December Primary Marathon
15th December Secondary Marathon
15th December Intervention meetings- Primary
16th-17th December Intervention meetings KS3/KS4/KS5
19th December PTCI
20th December Winter break begins
REVISION SUMMARY WRITING
STYLE ANALYSIS
MAGAZINE ARTICLE/Past
Curricular 2.DESCRIPTIVE WRITING
activities paper 2 practice
National day- Write a speech/ Article on the achievements
and
outcomes of U.A.E in celebration of the 43rd UAE national day
,Holiday Homework-Second Term Project and Reading Log
Activity.

TERM 3

April - June

10th April -School re-opens

10th 17th April AS/A level Mock exams
11th April - Year 11 Options
April (15 Day and PTCI
14th April Last day for Year 11 students
days)
21st April Last day for sixth form student
28th April FS2 graduation

Curricular
activities
and
outcomes

Reading--Collating texts, analysing style, vocabulary building, advancd

punctuations.Writing discursive and persuasive article WB U-6 Pg68
Q.12 69 Q13.
Unit 7 Wb pg 81 Q 14 g 76 Q 7
Past paper practice For argumentative article and discursive article
Speaking and listening on sustainable business and listen
to the stories of the refugees.Spring Break Homework, Reading Log
Activity

May
(22 days)

Curricular
activities
and
outcomes

5th May Isra holiday

12th May - KS2-KS3 transition
19th May - FS2-KS1 transition
20th May - FS transistion begins

REVISION PAST PAPERS Summary writing

Descriptive
report and article
Narrative,,Last Week of The Month -Reading Assessment- Reading Log
Activity, Big Write

5th - 9th June FS extravaganza

8th 16th June Final Exams - Year 5-10
June
(9 26th June - Report card day and last working day for
students
days)
27th June Last day for staff

Curricular
activities
and
outcomes

REVISION