Greenwood High - International School

Syllabus Focus for IGCSE Grade 10 (2023-24)

February 2024 Mock exams

Index

Subject Page no
2
First Language English

3
Literature in English
4
Foreign Language French
6
Foreign Language Spanish
7
Foreign Language German
9
Additional Mathematics
10
Cambridge International Maths
14
Mathematics without Coursework
16
Business Studies
16
Economics
17
History
19
Biology
22
Chemistry
23
Physics
24
Computer Science
25
Music
26
Art and Design
26
Drama

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 Syllabus focus

Subject Syllabus Focus

First Language English Paper 1 – Reading
Written paper, 2 hours, 80 marks
• Candidates answer three compulsory questions on three
texts which may be on a similar topic.
• Candidates write all their answers in the space provided
on the question paper.
• Text A and Text B will be 700–750 words in length and
Text C will be 500–650 words in length.
• The texts will be printed on the question paper insert.

Question 1 Comprehension and summary task (30 marks)

• Comprehension task: this question requires candidates to
respond to Text A.
• Summary task: this question requires candidates to
respond to Text B.

Question 2 Short-answer questions and language task (25 marks)

• This question requires candidates to respond to Text C.

Question 3 Extended response to reading (25 marks)

• This question requires candidates to respond to Text C.

Paper 2 – Directed Writing and Composition

Written paper, 2 hours, 80 marks
• Candidates answer two questions, one from each section.
• The texts will be printed on the question paper insert.

Section A Directed Writing (40 marks)

• Candidates answer one compulsory question on one or
two texts totalling 650–750 words in length.
• Candidates use, develop and evaluate the information in
the text(s) to create a
discursive/argumentative/persuasive speech, letter or
article.
• Candidates write about 250–350 words.

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 Section B Composition (40 marks)
• Candidates answer one question from a choice of four
titles: two descriptive and two narrative.
• Candidates use the title to develop and write a
composition.
Candidates write about 350–450 words.

Literature in English PAPER 1: PROSE AND POETRY

Written Paper, 50 Marks, 1 hour 30 minutes
1. Candidates answer two questions: one from Section A
(Poetry) and one from Section B (Prose).
2. All questions carry equal marks (25 marks each).
3. There is a choice of two questions on each text.
4. Relevant passages/poems are printed on the question
paper.
5. All questions encourage an informed personal response
and test all four assessment objectives. Candidates will
have to demonstrate the following:
• knowledge of the content of the text – through reference
to detail and use of quotations from the text (AO1)
• understanding of characters, relationships, situations
and themes (AO2)
• understanding of the writer’s intentions and methods –
response to the writer’s use of language (AO3)
• personal response – sometimes directly (answering
questions such as ‘What do you think?’, ‘What are your
feelings about...?’) and sometimes by implication
(answering questions such as ‘Explore the ways in
which...’) (AO4)

Poetry:
1. The City Planners by Margaret
Atwood
2. The Planners by Boey Kim
Cheng
3. The Man with Night Sweats by Thom Gunn
4. Night Sweat by Robert Lowell
5. Rain by Edward Thomas
6. The Spirit Is Too Blunt an Instrument by Anne
Stevenson
7. From Long Distance by Tony Harrison
8. Funeral Blues by W. H Auden
9. He Never Expected Much by Thomas Hardy
10. The Telephone Call by Fleur
Adcock
11. A Consumer’s Report by Peter Porter
12. Request to a Year by Judith

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13. On Finding a Small Fly Crushed in a Book by Charles
Tennyson Turner
14. Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley
15. Away, Melancholy by Stevie Smith

Prose: The Namesake (Chapters 1-12) by Jhumpa Lahiri

PAPER 2: DRAMA
Written Paper, 50 Marks, 1 hour 30 minutes

1. Candidates answer two questions on two texts.

2. All questions carry equal marks (25 marks each).
3. There is a choice of two questions on each text: either
(a) a passage-based question or (b) an essay question.
4. Candidates must answer one passage-based question
and one essay question.
5. Relevant passages are printed on the question paper.
6. All questions encourage an informed personal response
and test all four assessment objectives. Candidates will
have to demonstrate the following:
• knowledge of the content of the text – through reference
to detail and use of quotations from the text (AO1)
• understanding of characters, relationships, situations
and themes (AO2)
• understanding of the writer’s intentions and methods –
response to the writer’s use of language (AO3)
• personal response – sometimes directly (answering
questions such as ‘What do you think?’, ‘What are your
feelings about...?’) and sometimes by implication
(answering questions such as ‘Explore the ways in
which...’) (AO4)
DRAMA:
1. Othello by William Shakespeare
2. Death and the King’s Horseman by Wole Soyinka

Paper details
Foreign Language French
Paper 1: Listening 25%; Approximately 50 minutes; 40
marks
Candidates listen to a number of recordings and answer
multiple-choice and matching questions.
Paper 2: Reading 25%; 1 hour; 45 marks
Candidates read a number of texts and answer multiple-choice
and matching questions as well as questions requiring short
answers.

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Paper 3: Speaking 25%; Approximately 10 minutes; 40
marks
Candidates complete one role play and conversations on two
topics.
Paper 4: Writing 25%; 1 hour; 45 marks
Candidates complete one form-filling task, one directed writing
task and one task in the format of an email/letter or article/blog.
Topic Areas
Candidates will be required to show knowledge and
understanding of the broad topic areas listed below. These
provide contexts for the acquisition of vocabulary and the study
of grammar and structures. Through the study of these broad
topic areas, candidates gain insight into the cultures of countries
and communities where French is spoken.
A - Everyday activities
• Time expressions (e.g., telling the time, days, days of
the week, months, seasons)
• Food and drink (e.g., meals, fruit and vegetables, meat,
fish and seafood, snacks, drinks, cutlery, and utensils)
• The human body and health (e.g., parts of the body,
health, and illness)
• Travel and transport

B - Personal and social life

• Self, family, and friends
• In the home (e.g., rooms, living room, kitchen,
bedroom, bathroom, furniture and furnishings, garden,
household appliances)
• Colours
• Clothes and accessories
• Leisure time (e.g., things to do, hobbies, sport)

C - The world around us

• People and places (e.g., continents, countries and
nationalities, compass points)
• The natural world, the environment, the climate, and the
weather
• Communications and technology (e.g., the digital world,
documents, and texts)
• The built environment (e.g., buildings and services,
urban areas, shopping)
• Measurements (e.g., size, shape)
• Materials

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 D - The world of work
• Education (e.g., learning institutions, education and
training, the classroom, learning tools, subjects,
studying)
• Work (e.g., jobs and careers, the workplace

E - The international world

• Countries, nationalities, and languages
• Culture, customs, faiths, and celebrations

Paper details
Foreign Language Spanish
Paper 1: Listening 25%; Approximately 50 minutes; 40
marks
Candidates listen to a number of recordings and answer
multiple-choice and matching questions.
Paper 2: Reading 25%; 1 hour; 45 marks
Candidates read a number of texts and answer multiple-choice
and matching questions as well as questions requiring short
answers.
Paper 3: Speaking 25%; Approximately 10 minutes; 40
marks
Candidates complete one role play and conversations on two
topics.
Paper 4: Writing 25%; 1 hour; 45 marks
Candidates complete one form-filling task, one directed writing
task and one task in the format of an email/letter or article/blog.
Topic Areas
Candidates will be required to show knowledge and
understanding of the broad topic areas listed below. These
provide contexts for the acquisition of vocabulary and the study
of grammar and structures. Through the study of these broad
topic areas, candidates gain insight into the cultures of countries
and communities where French is spoken.
A - Everyday activities
• Time expressions (e.g., telling the time, days, days of
the week, months, seasons)
• Food and drink (e.g., meals, fruit and vegetables, meat,
fish and seafood, snacks, drinks, cutlery, and utensils)
• The human body and health (e.g., parts of the body,
health, and illness)
• Travel and transport

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 B - Personal and social life
• Self, family, and friends
• In the home (e.g., rooms, living room, kitchen,
bedroom, bathroom, furniture and furnishings, garden,
household appliances)
• Colours
• Clothes and accessories
• Leisure time (e.g., things to do, hobbies, sport)

C - The world around us

• People and places (e.g., continents, countries and
nationalities, compass points)
• The natural world, the environment, the climate, and the
weather
• Communications and technology (e.g., the digital world,
documents, and texts)
• The built environment (e.g., buildings and services,
urban areas, shopping)
• Measurements (e.g., size, shape)
• Materials

D - The world of work

• Education (e.g., learning institutions, education and
training, the classroom, learning tools, subjects,
studying)
• Work (e.g., jobs and careers, the workplace

E - The international world

• Countries, nationalities, and languages
• Culture, customs, faiths, and celebrations

Paper details
Foreign Language German
Paper 1: Listening 25%; Approximately 50 minutes; 40 marks
Candidates listen to a number of recordings and answer
multiple-choice and matching questions.
Paper 2: Reading 25%; 1 hour; 45 marks
Candidates read a number of texts and answer multiple-choice
and matching questions as well as questions requiring short
answers.
Paper 3: Speaking 25%; Approximately 10 minutes; 40 marks
Candidates complete one role play and conversations on two
topics.

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Paper 4: Writing 25%; 1 hour; 45 marks
Candidates complete one form-filling task, one directed writing
task and one task in the format of an email/letter or article/blog.
Topic Areas
Candidates will be required to show knowledge and
understanding of the broad topic areas listed below. These
provide contexts for the acquisition of vocabulary and the study
of grammar and structures. Through the study of these broad
topic areas, candidates gain insight into the cultures of countries
and communities where German is spoken.
A - Everyday activities
• Time expressions (e.g., telling the time, days, days of
the week, months, seasons)
• Food and drink (e.g., meals, fruit and vegetables, meat,
fish and seafood, snacks, drinks, cutlery, and utensils)
• The human body and health (e.g., parts of the body,
health, and illness)
• Travel and transport

B - Personal and social life

• Self, family, and friends
• In the home (e.g., rooms, living room, kitchen,
bedroom, bathroom, furniture and furnishings, garden,
household appliances)
• Colours
• Clothes and accessories
• Leisure time (e.g., things to do, hobbies, sport)

C - The world around us

• People and places (e.g., continents, countries and
nationalities, compass points)
• The natural world, the environment, the climate, and the
weather
• Communications and technology (e.g., the digital world,
documents, and texts)
• The built environment (e.g., buildings and services,
urban areas, shopping)
• Measurements (e.g., size, shape)
• Materials

D - The world of work

• Education (e.g., learning institutions, education and
training, the classroom, learning tools, subjects,
studying)
• Work (e.g., jobs and careers, the workplace

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 E - The international world
• Countries, nationalities, and languages
• Culture, customs, faiths, and celebrations

Coordinate Geometry- Mid point formula, distance formula,

Additional Mathematics section formula, area of a triangle and polygon, equation of a
straight line, point of intersection of a line and curve.

Algebra – AP, GP, Exponents & Logarithms, Binomial

Theorem, remainder factor theorem, permutation and
combination, inequalities.

Trigonometry – Mensuration, Sine & Cosine Rules, Area of

triangle, Radian Measures, Arc lengths and areas of sectors,
Unit circle, Trigonometric identities, trigonometric equations,
bearings

Functions – Domain & Range, Algebra of functions including

composition, one to one and inverse functions, Standard
functions like quadratic and other polynomial, absolute value
function, exponential, trigonometric & logarithmic functions
and linear laws.

Differential Calculus – Derivatives of standard functions ,

tangents & Normals, Laws of differentiation including the
chain rule, Maxima, minima, stationary points, increasing
decreasing functions, optimization, Related rates, errors and
approximation.

Integral Calculus – Integration as anti-differentiation, Laws of

integration, Integration of standard functions, Definite
Integrals, Areas of planar figures, Areas between curves and
kinematics

Vectors- Position vectors Algebra of vectors, parallel vectors,

unit vectors, triangle and parallelogram law of vectors, constant
velocity problems

Paper 1 & 2: 80 Marks each; 2 hours each;

Only Scientific Calculators are allowed.

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 1. Algebra: Expansion
Cambridge International Maths • The distributive Law
• The product (a+b)(c+d)
• Difference between two squares
• Perfect squares expansion
• Further Expansion
2. Algebra: Factorisation
• Algebraic common factors
• Factorising with common factors
• Difference between two squares factorisation.
• Perfect squares factorisation
• Expressions with four terms.
• Factorising 𝑥2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐
• G. Factorising 𝑎𝑥2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐, a ≠ 1
• H. Miscellaneous factorisation
3. Algebra: Linear Equations
• Maintaining Balance
• Inverse Operations
• Linear Equations
• Equations with a repeated unknown
• Rational Equations
• Problem Solving
4. Pythagoras Theorem
• Pythagoras theorem
• The converse of Pythagoras Theorem
• Problem Solving
5. Formulae
• Formula construction
• Substituting into formula
• Rearranging Formulae
• Rearrangement and Substitution
6. Simultaneous Equations
• Graphical Solution
• Solution by equating values of 𝑦
• Solution by substitution
• Solution by elimination
• Problem solving with simultaneous equations
7. Algebraic Fractions
• Evaluating algebraic functions
• Simplifying algebraic fractions
• Multiplying and dividing algebraic fractions
• Adding and subtracting algebraic fractions
8. Similarity
• Similar Figures
• Similar Triangles
• Problem Solving
• Area of similar objects
• Volumes of similar objects
9. Trigonometry

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 • Labelling right angles triangles
• The trigonometric ratios
• Finding side lengths
• Finding angles
• Problem Solving
• True Bearings
• The angle between a line and a plane
• The angle between two planes
10. Advanced Trigonometry
• The unit circle
• The multiples of 30° and 45°
• The area of a triangle
• The sine rule
• The cosine rule
• Problem solving with the sine and cosine rules
11. Coordinate Geometry
• The Cartesian plane
• The distance between 2 points
• Midpoints
• Gradients
• Parallel and perpendicular lines
• Collinear points
• Using Coordinate Geometry
12. Straight Lines
• Vertical and horizontal lines
• Properties of a straight line
• Gradient-Intercept form
• General Form
• Finding the equation of a line
• Lines of symmetry
13. Inequalities
• Linear Inequalities
• Solving Linear Inequalities
• Sign Diagrams
• Quadratic inequalities
• Solving inequalities using technology
• Linear inequalities using technology
14. Measurement: Perimeter and Area
• Perimeter
• Area of Polygons
• Area of a circle
15. Measurement: Solids and Containers
• Surface Area
• Volume
• Capacity
• Density
16. Sets and Venn Diagrams
• Set Notation
• Complement of a set

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 • Intersection and Union
• Special Number sets
• Interval Notation
• Venn Diagrams
• Venn Diagram regions
• Problem solving with Venn Diagrams
17. Probability
• Probability
• Experimental Probability
• Expectation
• Sample Space and events
• Theoretical probability
• The addition law of probability
• Independent Events
• Dependent Events
18. Transformation Geometry
• Translations
• Reflections
• Rotations
• Enlargements and Reductions
• Stretches
• The inverse of a transformation
• Combinations of transformations
19. Circle Geometry
• Angle in a semi-circle theorem
• Chords of a circle theorem
• Radius-tangent theorem
• Tangents from an external point theorem
• Angle between a tangent and a chord theorem
• Angle at the centre theorem
• Angles subtended by the same arc theorem
• Cyclic quadrilaterals
• Tests for cyclic quadrilaterals
20. Exponents
• Exponent or index notation
• The fundamental theorem of Arithmetic
• Exponent or index laws
• Zero and negative exponents
• Standard Form
21. Surds and Other Radicals
• Surds
• Power equations
• Properties of radicals
• Simplest form
• Operations with radicals
• Divisions involving surds
22. Applications of percentages
• Finding a percentage of a quantity
• Percentage increase and decrease

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 • Finding the original amount
• Profit and Loss
• Chain percentage problems
• Simple Interest
• Compound Interest
23. Angles and Polygons
• Angle Theorems
• Parallel lines
• Triangles
• Isosceles triangles
• The interior angles of a polygon
• The exterior angles of a polygon
24. Speed, Distance and Time
• Speed, distance and Time
• Travel Graphs
25. Functions
• Mapping Diagrams
• Functions
• Function Notation
• Composite Functions
• The absolute value functions
• Reciprocal Functions
• Graphs of functions
• Transforming functions
• Inverse Functions
26. Polynomial Functions
• Quadratic Functions
• Graphs of quadratic Functions
• Axes Intercepts
• Axis of symmetry of a quadratic
• Vertex of a quadratic
• Finding a quadratic function
• Problem solving with quadratic functions
• Cubic functions
27. Exponentials
• Rational Exponents
• Exponential Functions
• Graphs of exponential functions
• Exponential Equations
28. Logarithms
• Logarithms
• The logarithmic function
• Laws of logarithms
• Logarithms in base 10
• Logarithmic equations
• Solving exponential equations
29. Trigonometric functions
• Graphs from the unit circle
• Trigonometric functions

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 • Transformations of trigonometric functions
30. Variation and power modelling
• Direct Variation
• Powers in direct variation
• Inverse variation
• Powers in inverse variation
• Power models
31. Sequences
• Number sequences
• Formulae for sequences
• Geometric sequences
• The difference method for sequences.
32. Vectors
• Directed line segment representation
• Vector equality
• Vector addition
• Vectors in component form
• Operations in component form
• Scalar Multiplication
• Parallel vectors
33. One-Variable Statistics
• Variable used in statistics
• Organising data
• Measuring the centre of discrete data
• Measuring the spread of discrete data
• Estimating the centre of data in class intervals
• Cumulative frequency
34. Two-Variable Statistics
• Correlation
• Line of best fit by eye
• Linear regression
EXAM FORMAT:
• Paper 2 (Duration: 45 minutes,
Maximum Marks: 40, No calculators allowed)
• Paper 4 (Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes,
Maximum Marks: 120, Graphic display calculator
allowed)
• Paper 6 (Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes,
Maximum Marks: 60, Graphic display calculator
allowed)
Number
Mathematics without • Number and Language
Coursework • Accuracy
• Calculation and order
• Integers, Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
• Further Percentages
• Indices and Standard Form
• Ratio and proportion
• Money and Finance
• Time

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 • Set Notation and Venn Diagrams
Algebra and Graphs
• Algebraic Representation and Manipulation
• Algebraic Indices
• Equations and Inequalities
• Linear programming
• Sequences
• Proportions
• Graphs in Practical Situations
• Functions
• Graphs of Functions
• Differentiation and The Gradient Functions
Coordinate Geometry
• Straight -line graphs
• Gradient of lines
• Parallel lines and perpendicular lines
• Equations of parallel and perpendicular lines
• Graphical solutions of simultaneous equations
• Calculating the length of a line segment
• The midpoint of a line segment.
Geometry
• Geometrical Vocabulary and Construction
• Symmetry
• Similarity and Congruence
• Angle Properties
Mensuration
• Measures; converting from one unit to another.
• Perimeter and Area; of rectangle, triangle,
parallelogram, trapezium, & circle
• The surface area of a cuboid and a cylinder
• The volume and surface area of a prism
• Volume and surface area of a sphere
• Surface area of cone and pyramids
• Volume of cone and pyramid
Trigonometry:
• Bearings
• Trigonometry
• Further Trigonometry
Vectors and Transformation:
• Vectors
• Transformations
Probability:
• Probability
• Further Probability
Statistics:
• Mean, median, mode and range.
• Collecting, displaying, and interpreting data
• Cumulative frequency

EXAM FORMAT:

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 Paper 2 (Duration 1 hour 30 minutes, Maximum Marks: 70)
Paper 4 (Duration 2 hour 30 minutes, Maximum Marks: 130)

Scientific calculator is allowed to use for all papers.

1 Understanding business activity
Business Studies 1.1 Business activity
1.2 Classification of businesses
1.3 Enterprise, business growth and size
1.4 Types of business organisation
1.5 Business objectives and stakeholder objectives

2 People in business
2.1 Motivating employees
2.2 Organisation and management
2.3 Recruitment, selection and training of employees
2.4 Internal and external communication

3 Marketing
3.1 Marketing, competition and the customer
3.2 Market research
3.3 Marketing mix
3.4 Marketing strategy

4 Operations management
4.1 Production of goods and services
4.2 Costs, scale of production and break-even analysis
4.3 Achieving quality production
4.4 Location decisions

5 Financial information and decisions

5.1 Business finance: needs and sources
5.2 Cash-flow forecasting and working capital
5.3 Income statements
5.4 Statement of financial position
5.5 Analysis of accounts

6 External influences on business activity

6.1 Economic issues
6.2 Environmental and ethical issues
6.3 Business and the international economy

Paper 1 Marks 80 Time: 1hour 30 minutes (Calculators

allowed) Short Answer and Data Response
Paper 2 Marks 80 Time: 1hour 30 minutes (Calculators
allowed) Case study

Economics Unit 1: The basic economic Problem: choice and the

allocation of resources
• finite resources and unlimited wants
• economic and free goods

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 • definitions of the factors of production and their
rewards
• mobility of the factors of production
• quantity and quality of the factors of production
• definition and influence of opportunity cost on decision
making
• definition, movements along a PPC and shifts in a PPC

Unit 2: The allocation of resources: How markets work,

market Failure
• The difference between microeconomics and
macroeconomics
• the market system
• key resources allocation decisions
• price mechanism
• definition and conditions of demand
• definition and conditions of supply
• market equilibrium
• causes and consequences of price changes
• definition, calculation determinants and significance of
PED
• definition, calculation determinants and significance of
PES
• market economic systems; advantage and disadvantage
• market failure, cause and consequences
• mixed economic system
• government intervention to reduce market failure
.Unit 3: Micro economic decision makers
• functions of money
• central banks, and commercial banks
• the influences on spending, saving and borrowing of
house hold
• labour market
• trade union
• demand for factors of production
• costs and revenue
• profit maximisation and other business goals
• perfect competition
• Monopoly
• advantages and disadvantages of increased scale of
production

Unit 4: Government and the macroeconomy

• government as a producer and an employer
• aims of government economic policy
• fiscal, monetary and supply-side policies
• types of taxation
• possible policy conflicts
• government’s influence on private producers
• price indices

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 • inflation and deflation
• employment and unemployment
• GDP, economic growth and recession
• GDP and other measures of living standards.

Unit 5: Economic development

• Living standard
• absolute and relative poverty
• alleviating poverty
• population growth
• differences in economic development between countries

Unit 6: International trade and globalisation

• specialization advantage and disadvantage
• globalization
• Role of MNC’s
• Benefits and problems of free trade and protection
• exchange rate fluctuations
• current account of the balance of payments
• current account deficits and surpluses

students will be writing two papers. Details are as follows-

Paper 1 (0455/12) multiple choice

Maximum marks – 30

Duration : 45 minutes

Number of questions : 30 questions (All compulsory)

Usage of calculator allowed (No GDC)

Paper 2 (0455/21) Structured

Maximum marks – 90

Duration : 2 hours 15 minutes

Number of questions : 5 questions

Part A – case study (compulsory) – 30 marks

Part B - 3 should be attempted out of 4 ( 20 marks each)

Usage of calculator allowed (No GDC)

Important:
➢ Refer to the text book (Unit 1 – Unit 6 ),classwork and
homework note books, worksheets and assignments,
Unit test, formative and summative papers and past
papers.

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 ➢ Answer according to the command terms.
➢ The entire syllabus will be tested for the Mock Exams
➢

Paper 1
History Content -
1. Was the Treaty of Versailles fair?
2. To what extent was the League of Nations a success?
3. How far was Hitler’s foreign policy to blame for the
outbreak of war in Europe in 1939?
4. Who was to blame for the Cold War?
5. How effectively did the United States contain the spread
of communism?
6. How secure was the USSR’s control over Eastern
Europe, 1948–c.1989?
7. Germany 1918-45, Depth Study
Format -
• 2 hours
• Structured Questions 60 marks
• Students to answer two questions from Section A (Core
content) and one question from Section B (Depth
studies).
• All questions are in the form of structured essays, split
into three parts: (a) 4m, (b) 6m and (c) 10m.

Paper 2
Topic - How effectively did the United States contain the
spread of communism?
Format -
• 1 hour 45 minutes
• 40 marks
• Students to answer one question on one prescribed topic
Split - 8+8+7+8+9

Paper 4
Topic - Germany 1918-45, Depth Study
Format -
• 1 hour
• 40 marks
• Students to answer one question on a depth study.
• All questions are in the form of structured essays, split
into two parts: (a)15m and (b) 25m.

1: Characteristics and classification of living organisms

Biology 1.1 Characteristics of living organisms
1.2 Concept and use of classification systems
1.3 Features of organisms

2: Organization of the organism

2.1 Cell structure
2.2 Size of specimens

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3: Movement into and out of cells
3.1 Diffusion
3.2 Osmosis
3.3 Active Transport

4 Biological molecules
4.1 Biological molecules

5: Enzymes
5.1 Enzymes

6: Plant nutrition
6.1 Photosynthesis
6.2 Leaf structure

7: Human nutrition
7.1 Diet
7.2 Digestive system
7.3 Physical digestion
7.4 Chemical digestion
7.5 Absorption

8: Transport in plants
8.1 Xylem and phloem
8.2 Water uptake
8.3 Transpiration
8.4 Translocation

9: Transport in animals
9.1 Circulatory systems
9.2 Heart
9.3 Blood vessels
9.4 Blood

10: Diseases and immunity

10.1 Diseases and immunity

11: Gas exchange in humans

11.1 Gas exchange in humans

12: Respiration
12.1 Respiration
12.2 Aerobic respiration
12.3 Anaerobic respiration

13: Excretion in humans

13.1 Excretion in humans

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14: Coordination and response
14.1 Coordination and responses
14.2 Sense organs
14.3 Hormones 14.4 Homeostasis
14.5 Tropic responses

15: Drugs
15.1 Drugs

16: Reproduction
16.1 Asexual reproduction
16.2 Sexual reproduction
16.3 Sexual reproduction in plants
16.4 Sexual reproduction in human
16.5 Sexual hormones in human
16.6 Sexually transmitted infections

17: Inheritance
17.1 Chromosomes, genes and proteins
17.2 Mitosis
17.3 Meiosis
17.4 Monohybrid inheritance

18: Variation and selection

18.1 Variation
18.2 Adaptive features
18.3 Selection

19: Organisms and their environment

19.1 Energy flow
19.2 Food chains and food web
19.3 Nutrient cycles
19.4 Populations

20: Human influences on ecosystems

20.1 Food supply
20.2 Habitat destruction
20.3 Pollution
20.4 Conservation

21: Biotechnology and genetic modification

21.1 Biotechnology and genetic modification
21.2 Biotechnology
21.3 Genetic modification

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 Paper Details
Paper 2: Multiple Choice questions
Duration: 45 minutes
Weightage: 30%
A multiple-choice paper consisting of 40 questions of four
choice types, one mark for each. Questions will be based on the
Extended syllabus content [Core and Supplement].
Paper 4: Extended Theory
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Weightage: 50%
Written paper consisting of 80 marks of short-answer and
structured questions. Questions will be based on the Extended
syllabus content [Core and Supplement].
Paper 6: Alternative to Practical
Duration: 1 hour
Weightage: 20%
Written paper consisting of 40 marks of 2 to 4 questions.
Questions will be based on experimental skills.

1 States of matter
Chemistry 1.1 Solids, liquids and gases
1.2 Diffusion
2 Atoms, elements and compounds
2.1 Elements, compounds and mixtures
2.2 Atomic structure and the Periodic Table
2.3 Isotopes
2.4 Ions and ionic bonds
2.5 Simple molecules and covalent bonds
2.6 Giant covalent structures
2.7 Metallic bonding
3 Stoichiometry
3.1 Formulae
3.2 Relative masses of atoms and molecules
3.3 The mole and the Avogadro constant
4 Electrochemistry
4.1 Electrolysis
4.2 Hydrogen–oxygen fuel cells
5 Chemical energetics
5.1 Exothermic and endothermic reactions
6 Chemical reactions
6.1 Physical and chemical changes
6.2 Rate of reaction
6.3 Reversible reactions and equilibrium
6.4 Redox
7 Acids, bases and salts
7.1 The characteristic properties of acids and bases
7.2 Oxides
7.3 Preparation of salts

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 8 The Periodic Table
8.1 Arrangement of elements
8.2 Group I properties
8.3 Group VII properties
8.4 Transition elements
8.5 Noble gases
9 Metals
9.1 Properties of metals
9.2 Uses of metals
9.3 Alloys and their properties
9.4 Reactivity series
9.5 Corrosion of metals
9.6 Extraction of metals
10 Chemistry of the environment
10.1 Water
10.2 Fertilizers
10.3 Air quality and climate
10.3 Air quality and climate continued
11 Organic chemistry
11.1 Formulae, functional groups and terminology
11.1 Formulae, functional groups and terminology continued
11.2 Naming organic compounds
11.3 Fuels
11.4 Alkanes
11.5 Alkenes
11.6 Alcohols
11.7 Carboxylic acids
11.8 Polymers
12 Experimental techniques and chemical analysis
12.1 Experimental design
12.2 Acid–base titrations
12.3 Chromatography
12.4 Separation and purification
12.5 Identification of ions and gases

Assessment pattern:
Students will answer three papers
Paper 2-MCQ 40 marks and 45 minutes duration (30%
weightage)
Paper 4- Structured paper –80 marks and 1 hour 15 minutes
duration (50% weightage)
Paper 6- Alternative to practical-40 marks and 1 hour duration
(20% weightage) Use of scientific calculator is permitted for all
three papers

As per the Cambridge IGCSE Physics 0625 syllabus

Physics 1 Motion, forces and energy
2 Thermal physics

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 3 Waves
4 Electricity and magnetism
5 Nuclear Physics
6 Space Physics

Paper 2: Multiple Choice (Extended)

45 minutes
40 marks - 40 questions four-option multiple-choice

Paper 4: Theory (Extended)

1 hour 15 minutes
80 marks - Short-answer and structured questions

Paper 6: Alternative to Practical

1 hour
40 marks - Questions will be based on the experimental skills

Calculators are permitted for all the paper components

Section A- Computer Systems

Computer Science
1) Data Representation
1.1 Number System
1.2 Text, Sound and images
1.3 Data storage and file compression

2) Data transmission
2.1 Types and methods of data transmission
2.2 Methods of error detection
2.3 Symmetric and asymmetric encryption

3) Hardware
3.1 Computer architecture
3.2 Input and output devices
3.3 Data storage
3.4 Network hardware

4) Software
4.1 Types of software and interrupts
4.2 Types of programming language, translators and
Integrated development environments (IDEs)

5) The internet and its uses.

5.1 The internet and the World Web World
5.2 Digital Currency
5.3 Cyber security

6) Automated and emerging technologies

6.1 Automated systems
6.2 Robotics
6.3 Artificial intelligence (AI)

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 Section B- Algorithms, Programming and logic

7) Algorithm design and problem solving

7.1 The program development life cycle
7.2 Computer systems, sub-systems and decomposition
7.3 Explaining the purpose of an algorithm
7.4 Standard methods of solution
7.5 Validation and verification
7.6 Test data
7.7 Trace tables to document dry runs of algorithms
7.8 Identifying errors in algorithms
7.9 Writing and amending algorithms

8) Programming
8.1 Programming concepts
8.2 Arrays
8.3 File handling

9) Databases
9.1 Databases

10) Boolean Logic

10.1 Standard Logic gate symbols
10.2 The function of the six logic gates
10.3 Logic circuits, logic expressions, truth tables and
Problem statements.

Structure of Exam:
Paper 1 Theory
Duration:1 hour 45 minutes
This written paper contains short-answer and structured
questions.
All questions are compulsory.
No calculators are permitted in this paper.
Max. marks: 75 marks

Paper 2 Problem-solving and Programming

Duration:1 hour 45 minutes
Short-answer and structured questions and a scenario-based
question
All questions are compulsory.
No calculators are permitted in this paper.
Max. marks: 75 marks
1. All topics covered under the listening component.
Music Section A, B C and D.
Duration: 1hr 15 min (marks 70)
1. Submission of composition 1 and 2. (Marks 50)
2. Performance Solo and Ensemble. (Marks 50)

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 Component 2 submission of two supporting sheets-
Art and Design Observational Studies (AO1) and Artist Study (AO2)
Theory Exam based on Prerelease Material given to the
Drama students.
The prerelease material has extracts of 2 plays.

Written Exam
Duration – 2hours and 30 minutes
Marks – 80
Section A – 30 marks - All the questions are compulsory.
Section B – 25 marks - Question 7 is compulsory and answer
either 8 or 9.
Section C - 25 marks - All the questions are compulsory.

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