Early Years Working Group

AJA Kindergarten’s Yearly Topic Overview Academic year 2016-2017

Semester 1 / Semester 2
Topic Title / All About Me / My World
Nursery / Reception / Nursery / Reception
Weekly Subtitles / 1 / A New Start / My Class – Settling In / Old – Dinosaurs / Living/Non-Living / Nursery Animals
Reception
Living Things
2 / My School – Rules and Routines / Water/Air / Plants
3 / My Friends / Land (Farm/Jungle) / Animals
4 / Around Me / My Family / Minibeasts / Habitats
5 / My Home / Literacy Week – World Book Day! / Subject weeks
6 / My Toys (including ICT) / English in Action – Telling Stories
7 / Our-selves / My Body / Weather / Seasons
8 / My Health / Taking Care of the Environment
9 / My Growth / Numeracy Week
10 / My Feelings / People who help us – School / Careers
11 / My Senses / People who help us – Community
12 / §  Taste: Cooking Week / Transport – Land / Transport
13 / Science Week - Experiments / Transport – Water
14 / My Country - Qatar / Transport – Air
15 / Earth & Beyond / Night and Day / Light and Dark / Transition – Basic Booklets; Move Up; End of Year
16 / Bedtime Routines / Shadows & Colour / ////////////////////////////////////////////////////
17 / Space: Moon and Stars / Universe: Earth and Space / ////////////////////////////////////////////////////
School trips
and Incursions / Excursion Activity
Week 12 – Batteel Bakery (December 4th – 8th)
Incursion Activities
Week 6 – Art Workshops (Magic Village Crafts)
Week 8 – Dentist/Doctor visit
Week 12 – Cooking week
Week 13 – Science Week (Mad Science Workshops)
Week 17 – Pajama Day
Colour Days (First Thursday of each month)
October - Green
November - Red
December – Blue
January - Yellow / Excursion Activity
Week 3 – Outdoor Arena (TBD)
Week 12 – Jungle Zone (May 1st & 2nd)
Incursion Activities
Week 5 – Literacy Week/Character Day
Week 9 – Numeracy Week
Week 11 – Career Week
Week 13 – Water Week
Week 14 – International Week
Colour Day (First Thursday of each month)
February - Orange
March – Brown
April – Pink and Purple
May – Black and White
Events / Parent Orientation Evening – September 27th
Make and Take Resources – Saturday, October 8th
Literacy Evening – October 25th
Numeracy Evening – November 15th
Science Evening – December 6th
All About Me! /AND Concert – December 15th
Parent/Teacher Interviews – January 25th and 26th / Sports Day – February 16th
Mother’s Day – March 23rd
Fun Day – April 6th
Career Dress up day –April 27th
World Day – May 18th
Move up Day – May 21st
Portfolio Day – May 25th
Nursery End of Year concert – June 7th
Reception Graduation – June 8th
Islamic and cultural integration activities / Assemblies
Qatar Week
National Day celebrations
Reception Salat
Islamic Monthly Values - Respect, Responsibility, Cooperation, Truth, Forgiveness / Assemblies
Mother’s day assembly – Yousef Islam song
End of year performances
Reception Salat
Islamic Monthly Values – Fairness, Compassion, Generosity, Perseverance, Integrity