SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2019-2020

GEMS UNITED INDIAN SCHOOL, ABU DHABI

APRIL 2019

DAY DATE ACTIVITIES

MON 1

TUES 2

WED 3 AL-MIRAJ

THURS 4

FRI 5

SAT 6

SUN 7 ACADEMIC YEAR BEGINS-STUDENTS

MON 8

TUES 9

WED 10

THURS 11

FRI 12

SAT 13 FAMILIARIZATION DAY

SUN 14 WORLD HEALTH DAY (GR 1-5)

MON 15

TUES 16

WED 17

THURS 18

FRI 19

SAT 20

SUN 21

MON 22

TUES 23 CELEBRATING EARTH’S DAY (GR 1-8)

WED 24 ENGLISH INTER-CLASS STORY TELLING COMPETITION (GR-3)

THURS 25 ENGLISH INTER-CLASS STORY TELLING COMPETITION (GR-2)

FRI 26

SAT 27

SUN 28 ENGLISH INTER-CLASS STORY TELLING COMPETITION (GR-4and 5)

3RD UISMUN CONFERENCE (CYCLE 2&3) DAY 1

MON 29 3RD UISMUN CONFERENCE (CYCLE 2&3) DAY 2

TUES 30 ENGLISH INTER-CLASS STORY TELLING COMPETITION (GR-1)

MAY 2019

DAY DATE ACTIVITIES

WED 1 INVESTITURE CEREMONY

THURS 2 LEADERSHIP TRAINING

ENGLISH INTER-CLASS SPELL-BEE, ROUND 1 (GR 1-5)

FRI 3

SAT 4

SUN 5 CAT-4 BEGINS

MON 6

TUES 7 L’HISTOIRE (INTER CLASS FRENCH STORY WRITING COMPETITION)

WED 8 LOUVRE MUSEUM (CYCLE 3) GIRLS

THURS 9 ENGLISH INTER-CLASS SPELL-BEE, ROUND 2 (GR 1-5)

FRI 10

SAT 11

SUN 12 ANTI TOBACCO DAY – AN AWARENESS PROGRAMME (GR 8-12)

MON 13 COMMENCEMENT of INTER HOUSE CHESS & CARROM( GR 4 to 12)

TUES 14

WED 15 INTER SCHOOL QUIZ COMPETITION

THURS 16 SHRUTLEKH COMPETITION ROUND 1 (GR 2-5 and Gr 6 to 9)

FRI 17

SAT 18

SUN 19

MON 20 MALAYALAM POEM RECITATION COMPETITION (GR 1-4)

TUES 21 WORLD SAFETY DAY (GR 1-5)

WED 22 ENGLISH INTER-CLASS CHORAL RECITATION COMPETITION (GR 1 and 2)

THURS 23 CAT-4 ENDS

ENGLISH INTER-CLASS CHORAL RECITATION COMPETITION (GR 3)

MATH QUIZ ( GR 9-12)

FRI 24

SAT 25 OPEN HOUSE

SUN 26

MON 27 ENGLISH INTER-CLASS CHORAL RECITATION COMPETITION (GR 4-5)

TUES 28

WED 29

THURS 30 ENGLISH INTER-CLASS HAND-WRITING COMPETITION (GR 1-5)

HINDI SRUTLEKH –FINAL ROUND (GR 6-9)

FRI 31

JUNE 2019

DAY DATE ACTIVITIES

SAT 1

SUN 2 MALAYALAM STORY TELLING COMPETITION (GR 1-4)

MON 3 INTER SOLO SINGING COMPETITION SENIOR CATEGORY

TUES 4 ENGLISH INTER HOUSE DEBATE COMPETITION – (GR 6 -8)

WED 5 WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY (GR 1-12)

THURS 6 ENGLISH INTER-CLASS SPELL-BEE FINAL (GR 1-5)

FRI 7

SAT 8

SUN 9 COMMENCEMENT of INTER-HOUSE BADMINTON( GR 6 TO 12)

MON 10 INTER SOLO SINGING COMPETITION JUNIOR CATEGORY

TUES 11

WED 12 VISIT TO AN ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE (CYCLE 2)

THURS 13 MATH FASHION SHOW (GR 1-5)

FRI 14

SAT 15

SUN 16

MON 17

TUES 18

WED 19 FA1/PT1 BEGINS

THURS 20

FRI 21

SAT 22

SUN 23

MON 24

TUES 25

WED 26

THURS 27 FA1/PT1 ENDS

FRI 28

SAT 29

SUN 30 ENGLISH INTER-HOUSE DEBATE COMPETITION (GR 9-12)

JULY 2019

DAY DATE ACTIVITIES

MON 1

TUES 2

WED 3

THURS 4 OPEN HOUSE- LAST WORKING DAY FOR STUDENTS

FRI 5

SAT 6

SUN 7 SUMMER VACATION BEGINS

MON 8

TUES 9

WED 10

THURS 11

FRI 12

SAT 13

SUN 14

MON 15

TUES 16

WED 17

THURS 18

FRI 19

SAT 20

SUN 21

MON 22

TUES 23

WED 24

THURS 25

FRI 26

SAT 27

SUN 28

MON 29

TUES 30

WED 31

AUGUST 2019

DAY DATE ACTIVITIES

THURS 1

FRI 2

SAT 3

SUN 4

MON 5

TUES 6

WED 7

THURS 8

FRI 9

SAT 10

SUN 11

MON 12

TUES 13

WED 14

THURS 15

FRI 16

SAT 17

SUN 18

MON 19

TUES 20

WED 21

THURS 22

FRI 23

SAT 24

SUN 25

MON 26

TUES 27

WED 28

THURS 29

FRI 30

SEPTEMBER 2019

DAY DATE ACTIVITIES

SUN 1

MON 2 SCHOOL REOPENS AFTER SUMMER BREAK FOR STUDENTS

TUES 3

WED 4

THURS 5 HINDI SHRUTLEKH FINAL ROUND COMPETITION (GR 2-5)

FRI 6

SAT 7

SUN 8 COMMENCEMENT OF INTER-HOUSE FOOTBALL and NETBALL (GR 4 TO 12)

MON 9 ENGLISH INTER-HOUSE ELOCUTION COMPETITION (GR 6- 8)

TUES 10

WED 11 BATTLE OF THE BAND (INTER HOUSE MUSIC BAND COMPETITION)

THURS 12 MALAYALAM POETRY RECITATION COMPETITION (GR 5- 10)

FRI 13

SAT 14

SUN 15 HINDI KAVITA LEKAN PRATIYOGITA (GR 8-10)

MON 16 HINDI SULEKH PRATIYOGITA (GR 1-5)

TUES 17 CELEBRATING WORLD OZONE DAY (GR 1-5)

HINDI BHASHAN PRATIYOGITA (GR 6 -9)

WED 18 HINDI KAVITHA VAACHAN (GR 1-5)

THURS 19 HINDI VIGYAAPAN PRATIYOGITA (GR 7-10)

FRI 20

SAT 21

SUN 22 INTER CLASS FRENCH SINGING COMPETITION

MON 23 UIS CREATIONS: INNOVATION/SUSTAINABILITY EXHIBITION (GR 3 TO 5)

TUES 24 UIS CREATIONS: INNOVATION/SUSTAINABILITY EXHIBITION (GR 6 TO 9 AND 11)

WED 25 ENGLISH- INTER HOUSE ELOCUTION COMPETITION (GR 9 TO 12)

THURS 26

FRI 27

SAT 28

SUN 29

MON 30 ISLAMIC QUIZ COMPETITION (GR 6 TO 9 AND 11)

OCTOBER 2019

DAY DATE ACTIVITIES

TUES 1 ENGLISH INTER CLASS ELOCUTION (GR 1&2)

WED 2 ENGLISH INTER CLASS ELOCUTION (GR 3)

GANDHI JAYANTI CELEBRATION

THURS 3 ENGLISH INTER CLASS ELOCUTION (GR 4-5)

FRI 4

SAT 5

SUN 6 COMMENCEMENT OF INTER HOUSE BASKETBALL & NETBALL (GR 8 TO 12)

INTER-HOUSE DIGITAL EVENT – QWERTY INQUIST (GR 1-5)

MON 7 INTER-HOUSE DIGITAL EVENT – QWERTY INQUIST (GR 6-9)

TUES 8 INTER-HOUSE DIGITAL EVENT – LEADING-EDGE TO LOGO (GR 4-12)

WED 9 INTER-HOUSE DIGITAL EVENT – CLAUSE YOUR CODE (GR 4-12)

THURS 10 MATHS QUIZ (GR 1 TO 5 )

FRI 11

SAT 12

SUN 13

MON 14

TUES 15

WED 16 HALF YEARLY/ FA2 BEGINS

THURS 17

FRI 18

SAT 19

SUN 20

MON 21

TUES 22

WED 23

THURS 24 HALF YEARLY/ FA2 ENDS

FRI 25

SAT 26

SUN 27 ENGLISH-INTER CLASS POETRY WRITING COMPETITION (GR 4-5)

MON 28 INTER HOUSE MONTAGE COMPETITION- CYCLE 2&3

TUES 29 ENGLISH INTER CLASS STORY WRITING COMPETITION (GR3)

WED 30 4TH UIS MUN CONFERENCE (CYCLE 2&3) DAY 1

THURS 31 4TH UISMUN CONFERENCE (CYCLE 2&3) DAY 2

NOVEMBER 2019

DAY DATE ACTIVITIES

FRI 1

SAT 2

SUN 3 INTER CLASS FRENCH SPELL BEE COMPETITION (GR 7- 10)

MON 4 INTER HOUSE SCIENCE QUIZ COMPETITION (GR 9-12)

TUES 5 INTER FRENCH ART COMPETITION (GR 7 -10)

WED 6

THURS 7 WORLD SCIENCE DAY (GR 1-8)

FRI 8

SAT 9

SUN 10 INTER HOUSE SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM COMPETITION

MON 11 ENGLISH INTER HOUSE EXTEMPORE COMPETITION (GR 6 TO 8)

TUES 12 INTER HOUSE CLAY MODELING COMPETITION CYCLE 1 (GR-5) AND CYCLE 2&3

WED 13 MATH FAIR (GR 1&2)

THURS 14 CHILDREN’S DAY

ENGLISH POETRY WRITING COMPETITION (GR 6 TO 8)

FRI 15

SAT 16

SUN 17 ENGLISH INTER HOUSE ONE ACT PLAY (GR 9 to 12)

MON 18 ARABIC CALLIGRAPHY

TUES 19 INTER HOUSE MATH QUIZ (GR 6-8)

WED 20

THURS 21

INTER SCHOOL PAINTING COMPETITION

INTER SCHOOL HINDI COMPETITION

FRI 22

SAT 23

SUN 24

MON 25

TUES 26

WED 27 INTER HOUSE KARTEES COMPETITION AND HENNA & ABAYA

THURS 28 UAE NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATION

INTER CLASS COLLAGE COMPETITION- CYCLE 1

INTER HOUSE FRESCO

FRI 29

SAT 30

DECEMBER 2019

DAY DATE ACTIVITIES

SUN 1 ENGLISH INTER HOUSE STORY WRITING COMPETITION (GR 6)

MON 2 MALAYALAM STORY WRITING COMPETITION (GR 5-7)

TUES 3

WED 4 ENGLISH – INTER HOUSE ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION (GR 7&8)

THURS 5 ANNUAL PRIZE DAY(6-12), FUN FAIR DAY

FRI 6

SAT 7

SUN 8

MON 9

TUES 10 SPORTS DAY- CYCLE 1

HUMAN RIGHTS DAY ( INTER-HOUSE EXTEMPORE SPEECH)

WED 11 SPORTS DAY- CYCLE 1

THURS 12 SPORTS DAY- CYCLE 2&3

FRI 13

SAT 14

SUN 15 WINTER VACATION BEGINS

MON 16

TUES 17

WED 18

THURS 19

FRI 20

SAT 21

SUN 22

MON 23

TUES 24

WED 25 CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY

THURS 26

FRI 27

SAT 28

SUN 29

MON 30

TUES 31 FAREWELL GRADUATION- GRADE 12

JANUARY 2020

DAY DATE ACTIVITIES

WED 1

THURS 2

FRI 3

SAT 4

SUN 5 SCHOOL REOPENS AFTER WINTER BREAK FOR STUDENTS

MON 6

TUES 7 CASE COMMON REHEARSAL EXAM COMMENCES FOR GRADE-12

WED 8

THURS 9 FA3/PT2 BEGINS

FRI 10

SAT 11

SUN 12

MON 13

TUES 14

WED 15

THURS 16 CASE COMMON REHEARSAL EXAM ENDS FOR GRADE-12

FA3/PT2 ENDS

FRI 17

SAT 18

SUN 19

MON 20

TUES 21

WED 22 MATH EXIBITION- CYCLE 2 (GR 6-9)

THURS 23 INTER CLASS FRENCH ACT- (COURT METRAGE) (GR 7-10)

FRI 24

SAT 25

SUN 26 INDIAN REPUBLIC DAY

MON 27

TUES 28

WED 29 CYCLE-1 ANNUAL PRIZE DAY

THURS 30 CYCLE-1 ANNUAL PRIZE DAY

FRI 31

FEBRUARY 2020

DAY DATE ACTIVITIES

SAT 1

SUN 2

MON 3

TUES 4

WED 5

THURS 6

FRI 7

SAT 8

SUN 9 ENGLISH WEEK- INTER CLASS CHARACTER DAY (GR 1&2)

MON 10 SHOW YOUR MATH LAB FUN (GR 1-5)

TUES 11 ENGLISH WEEK- INTER CLASS CHARACTER DAY (GR 3&4)

WED 12

THURS 13 ENGLISH WEEK- INTER CLASS MAD-AD COMPETITION (GR 5)

FRI 14

SAT 15

SUN 16

MON 17 ENGLISH WEEK- INTER HOUSE MAD-AD COMPETITION (GR 6 to 8)

TUES 18 ENGLISH WEEK- PIC_TAB_DUM COMPETITION (GR 5)

WED 19

THURS 20 GRADE 9 & 11 FINAL EXAMINATIONS BEGINS

FRI 21

SAT 22

SUN 23

MON 24

TUES 25

WED 26

THURS 27

FRI 28

SAT 29

MARCH 2020

DAY DATE ACTIVITIES

SUN 1 CBSE Board tentative

MON 2

TUES 3 Final Exams begins

WED 4

THURS 5

FRI 6

SAT 7

SUN 8

MON 9

TUES 10

WED 11

THURS 12

FRI 13

SAT 14

SUN 15

MON 16

TUES 17

WED 18

THURS 19 Final Exams ends

FRI 20

SAT 21

SUN 22

MON 23

TUES 24

WED 25

THURS 26

FRI 27

SAT 28

SUN 29

MON 30

TUES 31