GLISTEN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY, ABUJA

1ST TERM CALENDAR 2019/2020 ACADEMIC SESSION

SEPTEMBER 2019
WEEK SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1ST 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
• Resumption of • Resumption of Day • Humanities Dept. Meeting • New Students’ • Orientation for
Boarding House Students for 1st Term Orientation New Students
Students for 1st • Lessons Begin • Islamiyyah Lessons Begin (Boarding House)
Term • Formative Assessment
Begins
• Language Dept. Meeting
2ND 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
• Islamiyyah Lessons • Character Counts: Self • Sports (Primary/JSS) • Sports/Aerobics (Discovery/SSS) • Clubs and Societies • Islamiyyah Lessons • Boarding
Control • Group Mentoring Activities • Group Mentoring Activities /Projects House: Peace
• Gender Assembly (SSS) (JSS) Talk/ Saturday
(2:10PM - 3:00PM) • Business Dept. Meeting • Microsoft Specialist/ Makers Inspection
• CCA Meeting • Power Forward Basketball/ Football Space/ Handwriting Clinic/ • International Day
Academy Activities
• Power Forward Basketball of Peace
/Football Academy

3RD 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
• Islamiyyah Lessons/ • Character Counts: Pursue • Excursion to NERA Capitol • Spelling Bee Competition • Clubs and Societies / • Islamiyyah Lessons • Boarding
M.S.S.N. Contact Excellence (EYFS 3) (Primary) Projects House: Visiting
• Gender Assembly • Sports (Primary/JSS) • Sports/Aerobics (Discovery/SSS) • JSS Class Teachers’ Day
(2:10PM - 3:00PM) • Group Mentoring Activities • Group Mentoring Activities Meeting
Academy (SSS) (JSS) • Community Impact:
• Mathematics Dept. • Technology/Trade Skills • Microsoft Specialist/ Makers Cleaning Exercise
Meeting Meeting Space/ Handwriting Clinic/
• Power Forward Basketball • Power Forward Basketball Activities
/Football Academy /Football Academy
4TH 29 30
• Islamiyyah Lessons • Character Counts:
Accountability
• Gender Assembly
(2:10PM - 3:00PM)
• Pre-Mock Maths. Exam
(Year 12)
• Leads Meeting with C.E.
• Power Forward Basketball
/Football Academy
• Commemoration of
NIGERIA’s INDEPENDENCE
DAY (Students’ Activities &
Talk Show)

• EXAMPLES OF FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: In-class discussions, Clicker questions, Low-stakes group work, Weekly quizzes, 1-Minute reflection assignments, Homework assignments, Surveys.
• EXAMPLES OF SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT: Instructor-created exams, Standardized tests, Final projects, Final essays, Final presentations, Final reports
 OCTOBER 2019
WEEK SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
4 TH 1 2 3 4 5
• NIGERIA’s INDEPENDENCE • Excursion to AIT (Year 1) • Deadline for the • Boarding House:
[CONTD]
DAY • Spelling Bee
• Sports/Aerobics (Discovery/SSS) Competition Submission of Saturday Inspection
(PUBLIC HOLIDAY) • Group Mentoring Activities Examination Questions
(Secondary)
(JSS) for First Term and Mock
• Microsoft Specialist/ Makers
• Clubs and Societies
Examinations
/Projects
Space/ Handwriting Clinic/ • Islamiyyah Lessons
Activities • Internal Audit • Commemoration of
• Language Dept. Meeting World Teachers’ Day
• Humanities Dept. Meeting (Students stepping in
• Internal Audit the shoes of teachers)
5TH 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
• Islamiyyah • Character Counts: • Summative Assessment • Summative Assessment • Summative • Summative • Boarding House:
Lessons /M.S.S.N. Integrity • Sports (Primary/JSS) • Group Mentoring Activities Assessment Assessment Ends Debate (Year 9)
Contact • Gender Assembly • Group Mentoring Activities (JSS) • Clubs and Societies / • Islamiyyah Lessons
(2:10PM - 3:00PM) (SSS) • Excursion to Train Station Projects • International Day of
• Summative Assessment • Business Dept. Meeting (Year 5 & 6) the Girl Child
Begins • Power Forward Basketball / • Sports/Aerobics (Discovery/SSS)
• CCA Meeting Football Academy • Microsoft Specialist Makers
• Power Forward Basketball Space/ Handwriting Clinic/
/Football Academy Activities
6TH 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
• Islamiyyah • Character Counts: Honesty • Excursion to NERA Capitol • Group Mentoring Activities • Clubs and Societies / • Excursion Year 11 • Boarding House:
Lessons • Gender Assembly (EYFS 2) (JSS) Projects Students to Photo gallery Saturday Inspection
(2:10PM - 3:00PM) • Sports (Primary/JSS) • Maths. Inter-Class Quiz • Closure of Non- • Islamiyyah Lessons
• Mathematics Dept. • Group Mentoring Activities Competition (SSS) Conformity ISO
Meeting (SSS) • Sports/Aerobics (Discovery/SSS) Internal Audit
• Power Forward Basketball • Maths. Inter-Class Quiz • SCHOOL CULTURAL DAY/
/Football Academy Competition (JSS) World Food Day Celebration
• Technology/Trade Skills
Meeting
• Power Forward Basketball
/Football Academy
7TH 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
• Islamiyyah • Character Counts: • Sports (Primary/JSS) • Excursion to Arts and Culture • Clubs and Societies / • Operation Show Your • Boarding House:
Lessons/M.S.S.N. Reliability • Group Mentoring Activities (Year 4) Projects Notes Gala Night
Public Lecture • Gender Assembly (SSS) • Group Mentoring Activities • Operation Show • Islamiyyah Lessons
(2:10PM - 3:00PM) • Operation Show Your Notes (JSS) Your Notes • Management Review
• Operation Show Your • Science Dept. Meeting • Operation Show Your Notes • JSS Class Teachers’
Notes • Power Forward Basketball • Sports/Aerobics (Discovery/SSS) Meeting
• Power Forward Basketball /Football Academy • Microsoft Specialist Makers • United Nations Day
/ Football Academy • Review of Risk Assessment Space/ Handwriting Clinic/
Activities
8TH 27 28 29 30 31
• Field-trip to an • Character Counts: Loyalty • Excursion to NERA Capitol • INTERACTIVE DAY • MID-TERM BREAK
Orphanage Home • Gender Assembly (EYFS 1)
(2:10PM - 3:00PM) • Group Mentoring Activities
• Leads Meeting with C.E. (SSS)
• Power Forward Basketball • Sports (Primary/JSS)
/ Football Academy • Power Forward Basketball /
Football Academy

• EXAMPLES OF FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: In-class discussions, Clicker questions, Low-stakes group work, Weekly quizzes, 1-Minute reflection assignments, Homework assignments, Surveys.
• *EXAMPLES OF SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT: Instructor-created exams, Standardized tests, Final projects, Final essays, Final presentations, Final reports
 NOVEMBER 2019
WEEK SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
8 TH 1 2
[CONTD] • MID-TERM BREAK

9TH 3 4
• Resumption from Mid-
Term Break
• Character Counts: Do Your
Share
• Gender Assembly (2:10PM
-3:00PM)
• Language Dept. Meeting
• Power Forward Basketball
/ Football Academy
10TH 10 11
• Id-El-Maulud • Character Counts: Respect
• Field-trip to a Authority and Law
General Hospital • Gender Assembly (2:10PM
-3:00PM)
• CCA Meeting
• Power Forward Basketball
/ Football Academy
5 6
• Sports (Primary/JSS)
• Group Mentoring Activities
(SSS)
• Humanities Dept. Meeting
• Power Forward Basketball /
Football Academy
12
• Sports (Primary/JSS)
• Group Mentoring Activities
(SSS)
• Business Dept. Meeting
• Power Forward Basketball /
Football Academy
7 8 9
• Excursion to Bank (Year 3) • Inter-School Spelling • Excursion Year 10 • Boarding House:
• Group Mentoring Activities Bee Competition Students to Photo Saturday Inspection
(JSS) • Clubs and Societies / gallery
• Sports/Aerobics (Discovery/SSS) Projects • Islamiyyah Lessons
• Microsoft Specialist Makers • CCA/ Language Day
Space/ Handwriting Clinic/ • 1st ISO 9001:2015
Activities Survey – External
• 1st ISO 9001:2015 Survey – Audit Visit
External Audit Visit
13 14 15 16
• Excursion to Bank (Year 2) • Clubs and Societies / • Islamiyyah Lessons • Boarding House:
• Group Mentoring Activities Projects Film Show
(JSS) • International Day
• Sports/Aerobics (Discovery/SSS) for Tolerance (Talk
Show)

11TH 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
• Islamiyyah • CONSOLIDATION WEEK • CONSOLIDATION WEEK • CONSOLIDATION WEEK • CONSOLIDATION • CONSOLIDATION • Boarding House:
Lessons • Gender Assembly (2:10PM • Sports (Primary/JSS) • Group Mentoring Activities WEEK WEEK Talk Show (Year 7)
- 3:00PM) • Group Mentoring Activities (JSS) • 1st Mock • 1st Mock Examination
• Mathematics Dept. (SSS) • 1st Mock Examination Examination (Practicals)
Meeting • Technology/Trade Skills (Practicals) (Practicals) • Islamiyyah Lessons
• Power Forward Basketball Meeting • Sports/Aerobics (Discovery/SSS) • Clubs and Societies /
/Football Academy • Power Forward Basketball / • Microsoft Specialist Makers Projects
Football Academy Space/ Handwriting Clinic/ • JSS Class Teachers’
Activities Meeting
12TH 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
• Islamiyyah • 1st Term Examination • 1st Term Examination • 1st Term Examination • 1st Term • 1st Term Examination • Parent-Teacher
Exam. Begins (Practicals) (Practicals) (Practicals) Examination Begins • 1st Mock Exam. Forum (10:00am
• 1st Mock Exam. Begins • 1st Mock Exam. • 1st Mock Exam. • Formative • Islamiyyah Exam. -12:00noon)
• Leads Meeting with C.E. • Science Dept. Meeting Assessment Ends Continues • Visiting Day
• Power Forward Basketball • Power Forward Basketball / • 1st Mock Exam. (1:00pm –
/ Football Academy Football Academy 6:00pm)
• International Day for the
Elimination of Violence
against Women

• EXAMPLES OF FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: In-class discussions, Clicker questions, Low-stakes group work, Weekly quizzes, 1-Minute reflection assignments, Homework assignments, Surveys.
• EXAMPLES OF SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT: Instructor-created exams, Standardized tests, Final projects, Final essays, Final presentations, Final reports
 DECEMBER 2019
WEEK SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
13 TH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
• Islamiyyah Exam. • 1st Term Examination • 1st Term Examination • 1st Term Examination • 1st Term Examination • 1st Term Examination
Continues • 1st Mock Exam. • 1st Mock Exam. • 1st Mock Exam. • 1st Mock Exam. • Revision (Year 12)
• International Day of Persons with Ends • Islamiyyah Exam. Continues
Disabilities (Activities by SEN Unit)

14TH 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
• Collation of • 1st Term Examination • 1st Term Examination • 1st Term Examination • MUSLIM STUDENTS • Round Table Meeting with
Islamiyyah Results • Revision (Year 12) • Revision (Year 12) Ends SOCIETY/CAROL Parents On SWOT Analysis
• Language Dept. • Humanities Dept. Meeting • Revision (Year 12) DAY (Year 12)
Meeting • Human Rights Day • Collection of Reports by Parents
• International Anti- • Collection of Islamiyyah Reports by
Corruption Day Parents
• VACATION
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
• General Staff • Submission of Diaries, Lesson
Meeting Plans, Notes to Various
Departmental Heads and End of
Term Report to the DHOS (Admin)
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
• CHRISTMAS DAY • BOXING DAY

29 30 31

JANUARY 2020
WEEK SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
1 2 3 4
• NEW YEAR’S DAY FOR
2020
1ST 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

2ND 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
• Resumption of • Resumption of
Boarding House Day Students for
Students 2nd Term
3RD 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

4TH 26 27 28 29 30 31

• EXAMPLES OF FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: In-class discussions, Clicker questions, Low-stakes group work, Weekly quizzes, 1-Minute reflection assignments, Homework assignments, Surveys.
• EXAMPLES OF SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT: Instructor-created exams, Standardized tests, Final projects, Final essays, Final presentations, Final reports

N/B:Primary Section – Blue; Secondary Section – Black; University Preparatory School – Red; International Programs/Events – Green; Both Primary & Secondary - Orange