The semester, transformed step by step — just like the shapes your child is learning to move.
Every week your student's toolkit grows — from transformations and similarity, through linear relationships and functions, into data patterns, angles, the Pythagorean Theorem, and volume. The colored points mark the moments we check in: quizzes, the midterm, a hands-on project, and the final exam.
Tap any point on the path — or any week below — to open the details.
The semester as a timeline — click a point to jump to that week.
How your child will be assessed
Four kinds of checkpoints punctuate the semester. Here's when each one lands.
Checkpoint
Quiz I (Quarter 1)
Weeks 4–5 · Sep 13–20
A school-wide quiz for all subjects, including Math.
Checkpoint
Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Week 7 · Oct 4
A hands-on project applying functions.
Checkpoint
Midterm Test
Week 8 · Oct 11
Covers English, Math, Science & Arabic — the first checkpoint of the semester.
Checkpoint
Quiz 2
Week 11 · Nov 1
Checks interior and exterior angles of polygons.
Checkpoint
Quiz I (Quarter 2)
Week 16 · Dec 6
A school-wide quiz for Arabic, English, Math & Science.
Checkpoint
Revision Week
Week 18 · Dec 20
A full week set aside to review everything before finals — no new content.
Checkpoint
Semester 1 Final Exam
Begins Week 20 · Jan 3
Cumulative exam across all seven units. The official calendar doesn't list an end date for this grade band — worth confirming with the team. The Mid-Year Break follows on Jan 10.
Other key dates this semester
Not graded, but good to have on the family calendar.
Aug 23 — Welcome Back (Grades 4–8); Parents' Induction Webinar, Wed Aug 26
Aug 30 – Sep 6 — Baseline Test submitted by Subject Directors, then taken by students
Sep 20 — Award Ceremony for Academic Achievement; National Day holiday, Sep 23–24
Oct 18 — End of Quarter 1; Quiz II for ISA/ISE, Computer & Social Studies (not Math)