Aim High Summer Holiday Programme Year 5 moving to Year 6 Artwork by- Gian Mario 5G Artwork by-Daksha Nair 5H Artwork by- Miraal Wasim 5I Artwork by-Nitara Sharma 5J
Dear Parents, In our continued commitment to enriching and extending our students’ learning beyond the classroom, we have developed the Aim High Summer Holiday Programme (AHSHP) for your child to engage with during the summer vacation. The programme is designed to ensure that students remain actively engaged in learning, helping them retain and build upon the knowledge, skills, and understanding acquired throughout the academic year while minimising summer learning loss. Aligned with the Key Stage 2 curriculum, the AHSHP develops students’ curiosity, creativity, critical thinking, and independence through Project-Based Learning (PBL), the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the UAE Year of Family 2026 theme. Through Sustainability and the Environment, students explore how family lifestyles impact the planet and how sustainable choices can protect Earth’s resources. Linked to SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals, students collaborate to design future energy-efficient homes using renewable energy, smart technology, water-saving systems, and sustainable materials. By engaging with real-world environmental challenges, students strengthen research, communication, and problem-solving skills while developing empathy, resilience, and responsibility through the Leadership Values of Ruby (Empathy) and Onyx (Resilience), becoming responsible global citizens. As your child is moving from Year 5 to Year 6, you can look at the Family Learning Newsletters for Year 6 and learn, in advance, about the learning modules, which will be covered in the coming academic year. Please find the link below for Family Learning Newsletter: Family Learning Newsletters These are also very useful for new parents. For example, if your child has completed Year 5 at another school, you can review the Family Learning Newsletter for Year 5 and map your child’s existing learning to what has been completed at The Winchester School, Jebel Ali, thus avoiding any gaps. We hope you will be able to use all these valuable learning resources to support and enrich your child in reaching their full potential. The Winchester School deeply values ‘Parents as Partners in Learning.’ Note: The school will re-open for NEW students on Monday, 31st August 2026 and for all existing students from Tuesday, 1st September 2026. We wish you and your family a very happy and blessed holidays. Enjoy with family and friends. Warm regards, Jaya Paliwal Head of Primary
Aim High Summer Holiday Programme The Aim High Summer Holiday Programme provides engaging, creative, and inquiry-based learning experiences that inspire students to become environmentally conscious and responsible global citizens. Aligned with the UAE Year of Family 2026, the programme highlights the role of families and communities in promoting shared values, sustainability, and social responsibility. Linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals, students explore how family lifestyles impact the environment and how collaboration can create sustainable solutions. Through real-world challenges, students investigate responsible resource use and design future energy-efficient and environmentally responsible homes incorporating renewable energy, smart technology, and sustainable practices. The programme develops critical thinking, design thinking, problem- solving, collaboration, and STREAM skills while nurturing empathy, resilience, leadership, and High-Performance Learning attributes through the Leadership Gemstone Values of Ruby (Empathy) and Onyx (Resilience). Students will also develop High Performance Learning Skills as they: • Engage in meaningful discussions with family members and peers. • Establish connections between learning and real-life contexts. • Reflect on outcomes and make improvements or modifications. • Participate in independent research, exploration, and creative thinking. In Mathematics and Science, students will research, evaluate, and devise strategies to create a Lap book to support the Family Legacy Museum project. This lapbook should clearly demonstrate how science and innovation have influenced family life across the past, present, and future linking with SDG 17. Students will also explore how families have used numbers, measurements, patterns, money, and data to enhance daily life over time. In English and Humanities, students will engage in comparative analysis by examining and contrasting the lifestyles of families during Ancient Egypt with those of families in contemporary society. This will help deepen their understanding of historical continuity and change. Art and Technology are integrated across all activities, particularly within core subjects, to enable students to express their understanding creatively and showcase their ideas through innovative presentations. All students must submit their complete tasks to their respective teachers. All submitted work should be neatly presented, clear, and demonstrate high-quality effort. Students are encouraged to pace their work appropriately and avoid completing tasks in haste, ensuring thoughtful engagement and quality outcomes. Date of Submission: Thursday, 10th September, 2026
Project Title: THE FAMILY LEGACY MUSEUM Outcome: Students will explain the importance of family values and their role in shaping behaviour and relationships and analyse how families have changed over time by comparing past and present lifestyles. They will apply STREAM skills to real-life contexts through the Family Legacy Museum project and create and present their learning through a creative and well-structured project. Students will design and create an interactive “Family Legacy Museum” that explores how families lived in the past, how they live today, and how they may live in the future. The project will integrate English, Maths, Humanities, and ICT into one final presentation model or digital display. Students may create: • A shoebox museum model • A trifold display board • A digital presentation • A mini documentary/video • A combination of physical and digital elements Science – Shaping Families Through Science, Innovation and Sustainability Create a slab book to support the Family Legacy Museum project. The lap book should clearly show how science and innovation have shaped family life in the past, present, and future. Instructions: • Use the museum project ideas to organise and record all work in a slab book. • Include content on family life in the past, present, and future. • Explain each section using scientific concepts and evidence. • Show how and why family life has changed over time. • Distinguish between evidence and opinion. • Identify changes over time and explain the reasons. • Analyse benefits and drawbacks of each time period. • Consider uncertainty when making future predictions.
Activity 1- Electricity and Technology: Explain how homes functioned in the past, present, and future, show how electrical systems improved family life. Activity 2-Human Development and Lifestyle: Compare diet, exercise, and lifestyle across time and evaluate whether modern families are healthier using reasoning. Activity 3: Sustainability and Environment- Link with SDG 17- Explain how family lifestyles affect the environment, include a design for a future home that is energy-efficient and environmentally responsible. Our slab book should clearly show how family life has changed over time using simple scientific explanations and thoughtful comparisons Must Include: • Labeled sections: Past / Present / Future • Scientific explanations: Explain how and why changes occurred • Evaluation of changes: Benefits – How life improved Drawbacks – Challenges such as cost, energy use, and environmental impact Evaluation Panel - “Was life better before, now, or in the future?” • Compare all three time periods clearly • Use reasoning and evidence (not opinions only) • Consider health, convenience, and environmental impact
Mathematics- Money Matters: Exploring Family Budgeting Then and Now Structure of Your Lapbook- Your lapbook must be divided into clearly labeled sections: • PAST – Family Life Long Ago • PRESENT – Family Life Today • FUTURE – Family Life Ahead Each section should include: • Mathematical concepts • Real-life examples • Visuals (charts, drawings, tables) • Explanations using reasoning Activity 1: Create a Timeline Page- Draw a family life timeline: Past → Present → Future Add dates or periods (e.g., 1950, 2025, 2050) Include small sketches (house, transport, food, technology) SECTION 1: PAST – Mathematics in Family Life Topics to Include: • Money: How families budgeted without banks/online tools. • Measurement: Cooking using simple tools. • Time: Daily routines without technology. • Housing: Size and space of homes Activities: • Compare cost of food items (simple table). • Draw a bar graph showing family expenses (food, clothes, transport). • Estimate sizes of old houses vs today SECTION 2: PRESENT – Mathematics in Modern Family Life Topics to include: • Budgeting with apps and banks. • Data tracking (electricity bills, water use). • Cooking measurements using digital tools. • Transport costs and distance calculations Activities: • Create a monthly family budget table. • Draw a pie chart of expenses. • Compare electricity usage (kWh)
SECTION 3: FUTURE – Mathematics in Family Life Topics to include: • Smart homes use data and automation. • AI predicting spending and needs. • Energy-efficient homes using calculations. • Sustainable living (reducing waste). Activities: • Design a future home floor plan with measurements. • Create a data chart predicting energy use. • Estimate future costs using patterns Evaluation PANEL PAGE- Big Question: “Was family life better in the past, present, or future?” Use: • Evidence (data, graphs, comparisons. • Reasoning (why things changed). • Mathematical support (numbers, calculations) Feature Past Present Future Cost Health Environment Transporta�on Humanities- Uncovering Ancient Lives: Bringing Egyptian Family Stories to Life Imagine you are a young historian who has discovered an ancient family record from Ancient Egypt. Using facts, fossils, stories, and artefacts, piece together clues about how the family lived, worked and survived. Present your findings in the form of a 3D Diorama Box that brings the ancient Egyptian family’s story to life. Show: • How families lived along the Nile River. • How family members worked together. • Parents: farmers, builders, scribes. • Children: helped at home and learned skills. • Daily life in ancient �mes. Include: Family tradi�ons, homes: mudbrick houses in villages and ci�es like Thebes and Memphis, food, transport, boats on the Nile and communica�on (Hieroglyphics- symbols and pictures).
Refer to the images for your reference- Please find below some websites for you to read- Ancient Egyptians.pdf Life in Ancient Egypt.pdf Our English Activity- Be the Reporter, Tell the Story of Families! Family Stories and Journalism Step 1: Choose your topic carefully by selecting an idea for your newspaper feature or magazine report, such as families in the past compared to families today, how families help and support each other, different family traditions around the world, what families may look like in 2050, or a special family story that is meaningful and interesting to share with readers. Step 2: Create a catchy headline that grabs the reader’s attention and sounds exciting like a real newspaper title, for example, Families Then and Now: What Has Changed? Future Families of 2050! or How Families Stay Strong Through Time. Step 3: Write an introduction paragraph that explains what your report is about, why the topic is important or interesting2050! what readers will learn from your article, keeping your writing clear, engaging, and around 4–6 sentences long.
Step 4: Plan your interviews or quotes by speaking to a parent, grandparent, sibling, or friend, asking questions such as what family life was like when they were younger, what traditions are important in their family, and how families spend time together, then include at least 2–3 interesting quotes in your report to make it sound realistic and informative. Step 5: Write a short narrative case study by telling a brief story about one family or person, including characters, the setting, a small problem or important event, and how the family worked together to solve the issue or support one another, making the paragraph detailed and interesting for the reader. Step 6: Add facts and details to make your report more engaging by describing family traditions, daily routines, changes in family life over time, the role of technology in modern families, and fun comparisons between past, present, or future families, and include drawings or pictures if your teacher allows. Step 7: Write a conclusion with reflection by explaining what you learned about families, why families are important in people’s lives, and how families may continue to change in the future, ending your report with thoughtful ideas and clear final comments. Success Criteria Includes a catchy and engaging headline Contains a clear and informative introduction Includes relevant interviews or quotes Presents a well-developed narrative case study Includes a thoughtful conclusion with reflection Demonstrates well-organised paragraphs and neat presentation
Spellings: Year 6 Statutory Spelling List: Use the handwriting sheets to help you develop beautiful handwriting. You may print these. Handwriting Sheet.pdf Practice more with the online links as given: https://www.satstestsonline.co.uk/index.aspx SPAG 10 Minutes Test Online Leadership Gemstones Leadership Gemstones, a strategic framework designed to develop and embed student leadership across all GEMS schools. At its core, Leadership Gemstones is built on 13 key leadership values, each represented by a gemstone, symbolising the qualities we aim to develop in our student leaders: Reflection, Compassion, Integrity, Vision, Adaptability, Service, Empathy, Resilience, Respect, Diversity, Gratitude, Unity, and Purpose.
We will continue to engage in activities these summer holidays in line with the activities designed for the month of July and August. The focus for the month of July is LEADING WITH EMPATHY- Find below activities to engage with – 1. The "Empathy Explorers" Club: • Fun Factor: Turn your family into an "Empathy Explorers" club with secret missions, cool badges, and a special club handshake. • Empathy Focus: Each week, focus on a different emotion (e.g., joy, sadness, anger, fear). Discuss what it looks like, sounds like, and how it might feel. Use stories, films, or real-life scenarios as starting points. • Leadership Element: Rotate the role of "Lead Explorer" each day. The leader chooses the day's "empathy mission," which could involve observing emotions in a movie, role-playing a scenario, or planning a kind act for another family member. 2. "Household Harmony Heroes": • Fun Factor: Transform everyday chores into heroic missions with silly costumes and codenames. Create a "Harmony Headquarters" (a designated area for planning and celebrating). • Empathy Focus: Before assigning tasks, discuss how different chores contribute to the well- being of the family. • Encourage thinking about how it makes others feel when the house is tidy or a meal is prepared. • Leadership Element: Each child takes turns being the "Harmony Hero Captain" for a day, delegating tasks (age-appropriately), offering encouragement, and ensuring everyone feels appreciated for their contribution. Award "Harmony Hero" points for both task completion and showing consideration for others. 3. "Problem-Solving Squad": • Fun Factor: Present family challenges (real or made-up) as "cases" for the "Problem-Solving Squad." Use funny detective hats and magnifying glasses. • Empathy Focus: Before brainstorming solutions, dedicate time to understanding how the problem makes everyone feel. Encourage active listening and acknowledging different perspectives. • Leadership Element: Rotate the "Squad Leader" role. The leader facilitates the brainstorming session, making sure everyone's ideas are heard and considered. The goal is to find solutions that are fair and take everyone's feelings into account. 4. "Creative Kindness Crew": • Fun Factor: Engage in creative projects with the goal of spreading kindness. This could involve making cards for neighbours, creating artwork to brighten someone's day, or putting together a small care package. • Empathy Focus: Before starting a project, discuss who the recipient is and how your creation might make them feel. Encourage thinking about what would bring them joy or comfort. • Leadership Element: Each child can take the lead on a different aspect of the project, from planning to execution to delivery (if appropriate and safe). Encourage them to take initiative and guide others in their part of the task. Key Elements Incorporated: • Trust: Giving children leadership roles inherently shows trust in their abilities. • Confidence Building: Positive reinforcement, celebrating efforts, and showcasing successes boost confidence.
• Asking Questions: Leaders are encouraged to ask open-ended questions to stimulate thinking and self-discovery in others. • Encouraging Leadership: Rotating leadership roles provides opportunities for everyone to practice taking charge and bringing out their best. • Understanding Feelings: Explicitly focusing on emotions in various activities builds empathy. • Considering Perspectives: Activities encourage thinking about how others might feel in different situations. • Kindness and Support: Many activities have a component of helping others and spreading kindness. The focus for the month of August is LEADING WITH RESILIENCE- Find below activities to engage with – 1."Bravery Badges" & "Challenge Charts": • Fun Factor: Create personalised "Bravery Badges" that kids can earn for facing fears or trying something new. Have a "Challenge Chart" where they track small, brave actions (even little ones!). • Resilience Focus: Emphasise that bravery isn't about not being scared but doing things even when you are. Celebrate every attempt, not just perfect outcomes. • Leadership Element: Let the children set their own small "bravery challenges" and encourage each other. They can even take turns being the "Bravery Champion" for the day, cheering others on. 2. "Secret Resilience Missions": • Fun Factor: Frame everyday tasks or small setbacks as "Secret Resilience Missions." Use code names and pretend to be secret agents building inner strength. • Resilience Focus: Highlight those "small moments when no one is watching" where they show resilience – trying again after failing at a puzzle, tidying up even when they don't feel like it, persevering with a tricky drawing. • Leadership Element: Kids can take turns being the "Mission Commander," setting a small resilience challenge for the day and debriefing afterwards on how they showed their inner strength. 3. "Be Your Brilliant Self" Showcase: • Fun Factor: Dedicate time to showcase their unique talents and interests. This could be a talent show, a display of artwork, or sharing a favourite hobby. • Resilience Focus: Encourage everyone to be themselves without worrying about what others think. Emphasize that being authentic inspires others to do the same and builds inner confidence. • Leadership Element: Each child can take the lead in planning and presenting their showcase, building confidence in their individuality and inspiring others to share their own uniqueness. 4. "Challenge Course Commanders": • Fun Factor: Create a simple obstacle course indoors or in the garden using cushions, blankets, toys, etc. Time each other and make it a fun physical challenge. • Resilience Focus: Focus on the process of navigating the challenges, encouraging perseverance when things get tricky. Discuss how overcoming small physical challenges can build mental resilience for bigger ones. • Leadership Element: Rotate the role of "Course Commander," who designs part of the course and guides others through it, offering encouragement and support when someone is finding it tough.
Arabic for Arabs
Arabic for Non-Arabs Scan the QR code or click on the link to read the story or any other story. Then write down the new vocabulary you have learned then apply them in new contexts. ﻣﻧﺻﺔ ﻛﺗﺑﻲ ﻟﻠﻘراءة اﻟﺗﻔﺎﻋﻠﯾﺔ Then you can upload it in the given link yr 6 Arabic B writing Design a poster or write tweets in Arabic about (Dubai –holiday –Hobbies and sports) Or Design a model for the following topic and label the different areas along with few sentences to describe them (healthy food – junk food) Then you can upload it in the given ink https://gemsedu- my.sharepoint.com/:f:/p/mahmoud_h_win /IgDZL1ojoLrOQZ1x3nuKOPPqAT197B5KzH Ef45CqULWyNe8?email=saber.b_win%40ge msedu.com&e=0lzerb Record video about one of the following topics then upload it in the given link. - introduce yourself. - speak about your daily routine. - speak about your favorite hobbies. https://www.google.com/search ?q=learn+arabic+with+safaa+rest aurant&rlz=1C1GCEU_en- GBAE1008AE1008&ei=ZtdQZMn QE6WJi- By using the QR code or the link listen to the video about the restaurant then design a menu or use the vocabulary you learnt in sentences.
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Islamic Education for Non- Arabs https://www.you tube.com/watch? v=8Uc5I5hr_s0 https://youtu.be/0 __nc98TbHY?si=M 3JzVs_qxgQ082M https://youtu.b e/0__nc98TbHY ?si=M3JzVs_qxg Q082M https://youtu.be /rZBciDZxPPc?si =oxNp2J6q6TpQ Memorize the Hadeeth and explain how to avoid to be a bankrupt. Memorize Surat Al- Infitar and summarise the lessons that you learn. Watch the video and search about practical steps to get ready for the day of judgment. Watch the video and design a mind map about the congregational prayer.
French Choisissez un theme et faites de votre mieux! How to use this booklet: 1. Choose ONE topic from the two topics below (Le Sport or Mes Passe-Temps). 2. Turn to your chosen topic page and select ONE or MORE tasks to complete. 3. Use the vocabulary and sentence frames to help you write in French. 4. Check the success criteria to make sure you are on track. Topics at a Glance TOPIC 1 ���������������������� Le Sport Sports & Games TOPIC 2 ����� Mes Passe-Temps My Hobbies ⚽ Mon Thème : Le Sport (Sports & Games) Choose ONE or MORE tasks below. Do your best work in French! Submit in September. https://youtu.be/ 0__nc98TbHY?si= M3JzVs_qxgQ082 M https://youtu.be/ Cg1sHCbzqbg?si= y7CN2UJc98d3k M-D Watch the video and list the steps and phases of the migration to Madinah then derive the important learned lessons from it. Watch the video and enumerate the blessings you gain when Allah SWT loves you.
Tasks — Learning Menu
🎨🎨 Mon Thème: Mes Passe-Temps (My Hobbies) Choose ONE or MORE tasks below. Do your best work in French! Submit in September. Tasks — Learning Menu
Bonne chance ! Bon courage ! Submit your work in September.
Wish you a very happy summer break. Have fun doing the activities! Stay safe and take care! Due Date of Submission: Thursday, 10th September 2026 Artwork By- Miraal Wasim- 5I