IGCSE

Book 1

• Develop broad reading skills
• Demonstrate understanding of explicit meaning in texts
• Demonstrate understanding of implicit meaning in texts.
• Explain, comment on and analyse the way writers use stylistic and other features of language and structure in texts.
• Recognise conventions and evaluate viewpoint, purpose, themes and ideas in texts.

Writing

• Develop broad writing skills
• Select and develop content and use register and language appropriate to genre, purpose and audience
• Structure and organise ideas coherently using sections or paragraphs.
• Use a range of sentence structures and punctuation accurately to convey meaning and create particular effects.
• Use accurate spelling

Strand: Speaking and listening

• The curriculum helps learners to communicate confidently and effectively, and to develop critical skills in order to respond to a range of information, media and texts with enjoyment and understanding

Number -

• Numbers and the number system.
• Calculation – Mental strategies, Addition and subtraction, Multiplication and division.

Geometry

• Shapes and geometric reasoning
• Position and movement

Measure

• Money (until Stage 3)
• Length, mass and capacity
• Time
• Area and perimeter (from Stage 4)

Handling data

• Organising, categorising and representing data
• Probability (from Stage 5).

Problem solving

• Using techniques and skills in solving mathematical problems
• Using understanding and strategies in solving problems (from Stage 3)

Biology

• Plants.
• Living things in their environment
• Humans and animals

Chemistry

• Material properties.
• Material changes
• States of matter

Physics

• Forces and motion
• Light
• Electricity and magnetism.
• The Earth and beyond
• Sound

Reading

• Develop broad reading skills.
• Demonstrate understanding of explicit meaning in texts
• Demonstrate understanding of implicit meaning in texts
• Explain, comment on and analyse the way writers use stylistic and other features of language and structure in texts
• Recognise conventions and evaluate viewpoint, purpose, themes and ideas in texts.

Writing

• Develop broad writing skills
• Select and develop content and use register and language appropriate to genre, purpose and audience
• Structure and organise ideas coherently using sections or paragraphs.
• Use a range of sentence structure and punctuation accurately to convey meaning and create particular effects
• Use accurate spelling.

Strand: Speaking and listening

• Students learn how to speak for a variety of purposes, such as to explain, describe, narrate and analyse. They will use a range of vocabulary and practise speaking fluently and clearly

Number -

• Integers, powers and roots.
• Place value, ordering and rounding
• Fractions, decimals, percentages, ratio and proportion.
• Calculation

Geometry

• Shapes and geometric reasoning
• Position and movement

Measure

• Length, mass and capacity.
• Times and rates of change
• Area, perimeter and volume

Handling data

• Planning and collecting data
• Processing and presenting data.
• Interpreting and discussing results
• Probability

Problem solving

• Using techniques and skills in solving mathematical problems
• Using understanding and strategies in solving problems

Algebra

• Expressions, equations and formulae
• Sequences, functions and graphs.

Scientific Enquiry

• Ideas and evidence
• Plan investigative work.
• Obtain and present evidence
• Consider evidence and approach

Chemistry

• States of matter
• Material properties
• Material changes
• The Earth

Physics

• Forces and motion
• Energy
• Sound
• Light
• Magnetism
• Electricity

Biology

• Plants
• Humans as organisms
• Cells and organisms
• Living things in their environment
• Variation and classification

Reading

• Demonstrate understanding of written texts, and of the words and phrases within them
• Summarise and use material for a specific context
• Develop, analyse and evaluate facts, ideas and opinions
• Demonstrate understanding of how writers achieve their effects and influence readers
• Select appropriate information for specific purposes
• Recognise and respond to linguistic devices, figurative language and imagery.

Writing

• Express what is thought, felt and imagined
• Organise and convey facts, ideas and opinions effectively
• Demonstrate a varied vocabulary appropriate to the context
• Demonstrate an effective use of sentence structures
• Demonstrate an understanding of audience, purpose and form
• Demonstrate accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar

Strand: Speaking and listening

• Describe and reflect on experience, and express what is thought, felt and imagined
• Organise and convey facts, ideas and opinions effectively
• Understand and convey complex ideas
• Communicate with clarity, focus and purpose
• Communicate appropriately for the context
• Engage appropriately in conversation.

Literature - poetry

• Kofi Awoonor
• The Sea Eats the Land at Home’ Robert Bridges
• London Snow’ Billy Collins,
• Afternoon with Irish Cows’ David Constantine
• Watching for Dolphins’ William Cowper
• The Poplar-Field’ Allen Curnow, ‘You will Know When You Get There’
• Gerard Manley Hopkins
• The Caged Skylark’ Elizabeth Jennings, ‘In Praise of Creation’ John Keats
• ‘Ode on Melancholy’ Philip Larkin,
• Coming’ Ruth Pitter
• Stormcock in Elder’ Peter Reading
• ‘Cetacean’ Edna St Vincent Millay
• The Buck in the Snow’ Charlotte Smith
• Written Near a Port on a Dark Evening
• Alfred, Lord Tennyson, ‘The Kraken’

Carol Ann Duffy, the following 15 poems

• Head of English
• War Photographer
• Recognition
• Stealing’ 5.‘Foreign
• Originally
• 'In Mrs Tilscher’s Class’
• Remember Your Childhood Well’
• ‘The Darling Letters’
• In Your Mind’
• ‘The Good Teachers’ ‘Valentine’
• ‘A Child’s Sleep’
• Death of a Teacher’ ‘Prayer’
• Prose
• Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre Anita Desai In Custody Charles Dickens Hard Times Zora Neale Hurston Their Eyes Were Watching God John Knowles A Separate Peace George Orwell Nineteen Eighty-Four Alan Paton Cry, The Beloved Country

From Stories of Ourselves, the following 10 stories

• Edgar Allan Poe ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’
• Stephen Crane, ‘The Open Boat’
• Edith Wharton, ‘The Moving Finger’
• Ray Bradbury, ‘There Will Come Soft Rains’
• Alex La Guma, ‘The Lemon Orchard’
• Bernard MacLaverty, ‘Secrets’
• John McGahern, ‘The Stoat’
• Patricia Grace, ‘Journey’
• Janet Frame, ‘The Bath’
• Tim Winton, ‘On Her Knees’

• Number
• Algebra and graphs
• Coordinate geometry
• Geometry
• Mensuration
• Trigonometry
• Vectors and transformations

Chemistry

• The particulate nature of matter
• Experimental techniques
• Atoms, elements and compounds
• Stoichiometry
• Electricity and chemistry
• Energy changes in chemical reactions
• Chemical reactions
• Acids, bases and salts
• The Periodic Table
• Metals
• Air and water
• Organic chemistry

Physics

• Motion
• Work, energy and power
• Thermal Physics
• Properties of waves, including light and sound
• Electrical quantities P6. Electric circuits

Biology

• Characteristics of living organisms
• Cells
• Biological molecules
• Enzymes
• Plant nutrition
• Animal nutrition
• Transport
• Gas exchange and respiration
• Coordination and response
• Reproduction
• Organisms and their environment
• Human influences on ecosystems

Reading

• Understand explicit meanings, through literal and vocabulary questions.
• Understand implicit meanings and nuances of language, through inferential questions and questions on writer’s craft
• Scan and analyse text, by identifying and summarising required information, such as similarities and differences, or advantages and disadvantages, or problems and solutions, or causes and effects, or actions and consequences.
• Identify and respond to main ideas of a text, such as follow a sequence or argument, identify a conclusion, distinguish fact from opinion, and give a personal response to a theme in a text

Writing

• Communicate appropriately, with a clear awareness of purpose, audience and register
• Communicate clearly and develop ideas coherently, at word level, at sentence level and at whole text level
• Use accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar.
• Communicate creatively, using a varied range of vocabulary, sentence structures and linguistic devices.

• Number
• Sequences
• Set language and notation
• Variation
• Squares, square roots, cubes and cube roots
• Graphs in practical situations
• Directed numbers
• Graphs of functions
• Vulgar and decimal fractions and percentages
• Function notation
• Ordering
• Coordinate geometry
• Standard form
• Geometrical terms
• The four operations
• Geometrical constructions
• Estimation
• Similarity and congruence
• Limits of accuracy
• Symmetry
• Ratio, proportion, rate
• Angles
• Percentages
• Loci
• Use of an electronic calculator
• Measures
• Time
• Mensuration
• Money
• Trigonometry
• Personal and small business fi nance
• Vectors in two dimensions
• Algebraic representation and formulae
• Matrices
• Algebraic manipulation
• Transformations
• Indices
• Probability
• Solutions of equations and inequalities
• Categorical, numerical and grouped data
• Graphical representation of inequalities
• Statistical diagrams

Biology

• Cell structure and organisation
• Plant and animal cells
• Specialised cells
• Diffusion and osmosis
• Diffusion
• Osmosis Syllabus content at a glance Cambridge O Level Combined Science
• Syllabus for examination in 2020, 2021 and 2022
• Enzymes
• Enzyme action
• Effects of temperature and of pH
• Plant nutrition
• Photosynthesis
• Leaf structure
• Mineral nutrition
• Animal nutrition
• Diet
• Human alimentary canal
• Mechanical and physical digestion
• Chemical digestion
• Absorption and assimilation
• Transport in flowering plants
• Water and ion uptake
• Transpiration and translocation
• Transport in humans
• Circulatory system
• Respiration
• Aerobic respiration
• Anaerobic respiration
• Human gaseous exchange
• Excretion
• Co-ordination and response
• Receptors
• Reflex action
• Hormones
• The use and abuse of drugs
• Effects of heroin
• Relationships of organisms with one another and with the environment
• Energy flow
• Food chains and food webs
• Carbon cycle
• Effects of humans on the ecosystem
• Pollution
• Development of organisms and continuity of life
• Asexual reproduction
• Sexual reproduction in plants 13.3 Sexual reproduction in humans
• Sexually transmitted diseases

Chemistry

• Experimental chemistry
• Experimental design
• Methods of purification and analysis
• Kinetic particle theory
• Atomic structure
• Atomic structure
• Isotopes
• Structure and properties of materials
• Ionic bonding
• Ion formation
• Ionic bond formation
• Covalent bonding
• Covalent bond formation
• Physical properties of covalent compounds
• Formulae and equations
• Formulae
• Equations
• The chemistry and uses of acids, bases and salts
• Characteristic properties of acids and bases
• pH
• Types of oxides
• Preparation of salts Syllabus content at a glance
• Cambridge O Level Combined Science 5129
• Syllabus for examination in 2020, 2021 and 2022
• The Periodic Table
• Periodic trends
• Group properties
• Properties of metals
• Physical properties
• Alloys
• Reactivity series
• Order of reactivity
• Extraction and uses of metals
• Metal ores
• The blast furnace
• Iron and steel
• Aluminium
• Zinc
• Copper
• Atmosphere and environment
• Air
• Corrosion
• Pollution
• Water
• Hydrogen
• Nitrogen
• Ammonia and the Haber process
• Fertiliser manufacture
• Organic chemistry
• Names of compounds
• Structures of compounds
• Homologous series
• Fuels
• Natural gas and petroleum as energy sources
• Fractional distillation
• Uses of fractions
• Alkanes
• Properties of alkanes
• Alkenes
• Cracking
• Unsaturated hydrocarbons
• Alcohols
• Formation of ethanol
• Combustion and oxidation
• Uses of ethanol

Physics

• Physical quantities and units
• Measurement of length, time and volume
• Kinematics
• Speed, velocity and acceleration
• Graphical analysis of motion
• Dynamics
• Motion
• Mass, weight and density
• Mass and weight
• Density
• Turning effect of forces
• Moments
• Deformation
• Elastic deformation
• Energy, work and power
• Energy conversion and conservation
• Major sources of energy
• Work
• Power
• Transfer of thermal energy
• Conduction
• Convection
• Radiation
• Temperature
• Principles of thermometry
• Liquid-in-glass thermometers
• Thermal properties of matter
• Thermal expansion of solids, liquids and gases
• General wave properties
• Describing wave motion
• Wave terms
• Longitudinal and transverse waves
• Light
• Reflection of light 12.2 Refraction of light
• Thin converging lens
• Electromagnetic spectrum
• Properties of electromagnetic waves
• Static electricity
• Principles of electrostatics
• Current electricity
• Electric current
• Electromotive force
• Potential difference
• Resistance Syllabus content at a glance Cambridge O Level Combined Science 5129
• Syllabus for examination in 2020, 2021 and 2022
• Direct current (d.c.) circuits
• Current and potential difference in circuits
• Series and parallel circuits
• Practical electricity
• Electric power and energy
• Dangers of electricity
• Safe use of electricity in the home
• Magnetism 18.1 Laws of magnetism
• Magnetic properties of matter
• Electromagnetic induction
• Principles of electromagnetic induction
• The a.c. generator
• The transformer
• The nuclear atom
• Atomic model
• Composition of a nucleus
• Proton number and nucleon number
• Nuclide notation
• Radioactivity
• Detection of radioactivity
• Characteristics of the three types of emission
• Nuclear reactions 21.4 Half-life 21.5 Safety precautions

Reading

• identify distinguishing features of the texts, relate them to the function and context of the writing, and organise information in their answers
• comment on aspects such as vocabulary, figurative language (e.g. use of metaphor and simile), word ordering and sentence structure, formality/informality of tone, and the communication of attitudes, bias or prejudice, structure
• write for a specific purpose and/or audience using appropriate vocabulary, tone, and style.

Writing

• Imaginative writing (i.e. imaginative/descriptive)
• Writing for an audience (i.e. discursive/argumentative)

Text Analysis

• identify and analyse distinguishing features of written and spoken language in the text(s), such as vocabulary, word order and the structure of sentences/utterances, figurative language (e.g. use of metaphor and simile), formality/informality of tone, and the communication of attitudes, bias or prejudice
• relate these features to the function and context of the text(s)
• organise information coherently in their answers

Language Topics

• Spoken language and social groups
• English as a global language
• Language acquisition by children and teenagers

Pure Mathematics- 1

• Quadratics
• Functions
• Coordinate geometry
• Circular measure
• Trigonometry
• Series
• Differentiation
• Integration

Pure Mathematics- 2

• Algebra
• Logarithmic and exponential functions
• Trigonometry
• Differentiation
• Integration
• Numerical solution of equations
• Integration

Pure Mathematics- 3

• Algebra
• Logarithmic and exponential functions
• Trigonometry
• Differentiation
• Integration
• Numerical solution of equations
• Vectors
• Differential equations
• Complex numbers

Mechanics 4

• Forces and equilibrium
• Kinematics of motion in a straight line
• Momentum
• Newton’s laws of motion
• Energy, work and power

Probability & statics

• Representation of data
• Permutations and combinations
• Probability
• Discrete random variables
• The normal distribution

Probability and statistics

• The Poisson distribution
• Linear combinations of random variables
• Continuous random variables
• Sampling and estimation
• Hypothesis tests

• Scientific Enquiry
• Ideas and evidence
• Plan investigative work.
• Obtain and present evidence
• Consider evidence and approach

Chemistry

• Physical chemistry Atoms, molecules and stoichiometry
• Atomic structure
• Chemical bonding
• States of matter
• Chemical energetics
• Electrochemistry
• Equilibria
• Reaction kinetics
• Inorganic chemistry
• The Periodic Table: chemical periodicity
• Group 2
• Group 17
• An introduction to the chemistry of transition elements
• Nitrogen and sulfur Organic chemistry and analysis
• An introduction to organic chemistry
• Hydrocarbons
• Halogen derivatives
• Hydroxy compounds
• Carbonyl compounds
• Carboxylic acids and derivatives
• Nitrogen compounds
• Polymerisation
• Analytical techniques
• Organic synthesis

Physics

• Physical quantities and units
• Measurement techniques
• Kinematics
• Dynamics
• Forces, density and pressure
• Work, energy and power
• Deformation of solids
• Waves kinetics
• Superposition
• Electric fields
• Current of electricity
• D.C. circuits
• Particle and nuclear physics
• Motion in a circle
• Gravitational fields
• Ideal gases
• Temperature
• Thermal properties of materials
• Oscillations
• Communication
• Capacitance
• Electronics
• Magnetic fields
• Electromagnetic induction
• Alternating currents
• Quantum physics

Biology

• Cell structure
• Biological molecules
• Enzymes
• Cell membranes and transport
• The mitotic cell cycle 6 Nucleic acids and protein synthesis
• Transport in plants
• Transport in mammals
• Gas exchange and smoking
• Infectious disease
• Immunity
• Energy and respiration
• Photosynthesis
• Homeostasis
• Control and co-ordination
• Inherited change
• Selection and evolution
• Biodiversity, classification and conservation
• Genetic technology