Syllabus Focus for Summative Examination 2

Grade 9
May 2025
Index
S. No Subject Page no
1. First Language English (0500) 2
2. Literature in English (0475) 2
3. Foreign Language French (0520) 2
4. Foreign Language Spanish (0530) 3
5. Foreign Language German (0525) 4
6. Hindi as a Second Language (0549) 5
7. Additional Mathematics (0606) 6
8. Cambridge International Mathematics (0607) 7
9. Mathematics (without coursework) (0580 12
10. Biology (0610) 14
11. Chemistry (0620) 15
12. Physics (0625) 16
13. Computer Science (0478) 18
14. Economics (0455) 19
15. Business Studies (0450) 19
16. History (0470) 20
17. Geography (0460) 20
18. Drama (0411) 20
19. Music (0410) 21
20. Art (0400) 21
21. DT(0445) 21

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Subject & Level Syllabus Focus

First Language Paper 1 – Reading [80 Marks – Duration 2 Hours]

English (0500) Comprehension [ Short Questions]
Summary Writing
Author’s Effect
Vocabulary
Extended Writing- Speech, Article, Letter, Journal Entry, Interview,
Report
Paper 2 –Directed Writing and Composition [ 80 Marks, Duration 2
hours]
Directed Writing – Persuasive – Speech, Letter, Article
Narrative & Descriptive writing

Paper 1 –Poetry- [50 Marks , Duration: 1hour 30 mins]

Literature in
English (0475) 1 . Song : Love Armed- Aphra Behn
2.A Different History – Sujata Bhatt
3.The Chimney Sweeper-William Blake
4. Where I came From- Elizabeth Brewster
5. Report to Wordsworth-Boey Ki Cheng
6. Lament – Gillian Clarke
7. The Cockroach- Kevin Halligan
8. Follower – Seamus Heaney
9. Storyteller—Liz Lockhead
10. Before the Sun--Charles Mungoshi
11.A Married State-- Katherine Philips
12.From An Essay on Man--Alexander Pope

Paper 1: Prose: Fire on the Mountain –Anita Desai – Part1 Chapters 1-

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Paper 2: Drama [50Marks, Duration: 1 hour 30 mins]
A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream – William Shakespeare Acts 1, 2 & 3
A Streetcar Named Desire – Tennessee Williams – Scene 1 & 2
Topics
Foreign Language
Unit 1 – I introduce myself
French (0520)
Unit 2 – My family and my friends, at home and abroad
Unit 3 – Where I live and what it’s like

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 Unit 5 – The international perspective
Paper Details
P1 (Listening) - 40 Marks (1 hour)
P2 (Reading) - 45 marks (1 hour)
P3 (Speaking) - 40 Marks (1 Role Play and 2 Topic conversations
P4 (Writing) - 45 Marks (1 hour)
Speaking assessments to be conducted internally in class.

Topics:
Foreign Language
Unit 1 Introduce Myself
Spanish (0530)
• 1.1 My home
• 1.2 My school
• 1.3 My eating habits
• 1.4 My body and my health

Unit 2 My family and my friends, at home and abroad

• 2.1 Self, family, pets, personal relationships
• 2.2 Life at home
• 2.3 Leisure, entertainments, invitations
• 2.4 Eating out
• 2.5 Special occasions
• 2.6 Going on holiday
• 2.7 Family and friends abroad

Unit 3 Where I live and what it’s like

• 3.1 Home town and geographical surroundings
• 3.2 Shopping

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 Structured

Paper 2: 1 hour
Scientific Calculator is allowed
40 marks
Structured

Topics:
Cambridge 1. Exponent Laws
International • Exponent or index laws
Mathematics (0607) • Expansion Laws
• The zero-exponent law
• The negative exponent law
• Rational Exponents
• Standard Form

2. Algebra: Expansion
• The distributive Law
• The product (𝑎 + 𝑏)(𝑐 + 𝑑)
• Difference between two squares
• Perfect squares expansion
• Further Expansion

3. Algebra: Equations
• Linear Equations
• Equations with a repeated unknown
• Problem Solving
• Power equations
• Rational equations

4. Plane Geometry
• Angle Properties
• Angle pairs on parallel lines
• Tests for Parallelism
• Circles
• Triangles
• Isosceles triangles
• Quadrilaterals
• The interior angles of a polygon
• The exterior angles of a polygon

5. Pythagoras Theorem

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 • Pythagoras theorem
• Problem Solving
• The converse of Pythagoras Theorem

6. Sets and Venn Diagrams

• Sets
• Complement of a set
• Intersection and union
• Special number sets
• Interval notation
• Venn diagrams
• Venn diagram regions
• Numbers in regions
• Problem solving with venn diagrams

7. Algebra: Factorisation
• Algebraic common factors
• Factorising with common factors
• Difference between two squares factorisation
• Perfect squares factorisation
• Expressions with four terms
• Factorising 𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐
• Factorising 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐, 𝑎 ≠ 1
• Miscellaneous factorisation

8. Algebraic Fractions
• Evaluating algebraic functions
• Simplifying algebraic fractions
• Multiplying algebraic fractions
• Dividing algebraic fractions
• Adding and subtracting algebraic fractions
• Equations with algebraic fractions

9. Formulae
• Formula construction
• Substituting into formula
• Rearranging Formulae
• Rearrangement and Substitution

10. Applications of percentages

• Percentage increase or decrease
• Finding a percentage change
• Finding the original amount
• Business calculations

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 • Simple Interest
• Compound Interest

11. Measurement: Length and Area

• Length
• Perimeter
• Area
• Area Formulae for Polygons
• Area formulae for circles and sectors.

12. Measurement: Surface Area, Volume and Capacity

• Surface Area of a solid with planar faces
• Surface area of a cylinder
• Surface Area of a cone
• Surface Area of a Sphere
• Volume
• Volume of a solid of uniform cross-section
• Volume of a Tapered solid
• Volume of a sphere
• Capacity
• Connecting volume and capacity

13. Coordinate Geometry

• The cartesian Plane
• The distance between two points
• Midpoints
• Gradient
• Parallel and Perpendicular lines
• Using coordinate geometry

14. Straight Lines

• Vertical and Horizontal lines
• Points on a line
• Axes Intercepts
• Graphing from a table of values
• Gradient-intercept form
• General Form
• Finding the equation of a line
• Perpendicular bisectors

15. Rates
• Rates
• Exchange rates
• Density
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 • Speed
• Travel graphs

16. Simultaneous Equations

• Graphical Solution
• Solution by equating values of 𝑦
• Solution by substitution
• Solution by elimination
• Problem solving

17. Linear Inequalities

• Linear Inequalities
• Solving linear inequalities
• Doublel inear inequalities
• Regions of the Cartesian plane

18. Transformation Geometry

• Translations
• Reflections
• Rotations
• Enlargements and Reductions

19. Congruence and Similarity

• Congruence
• Similarity
• Similar Triangles
• Problem solving
• Areas of similar figures
• Volumes of similar solids

20. Trigonometry
• Scale diagrams in geometry
• Labelling right angled triangles
• The trigonometric ratios
• Finding side lengths
• Finding angles
• Problem solving
• Bearings
• The angle between a line and a plane

21. Quadratic Equations

• Quadratic quations
• Equations of the form

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 • The null factor law
• Solving by factorisation
• The quadratic formula
• Problem solving

22. Probability
• Probaility
• Sample Space and Events
• Theoretical probability
• Probabilities from Venn diagrams
• The addition law of Probability
• Independent Events
• Dependent Events
• Experimental Probability
• Probabilities from Tabled Data
• Expectation

23. Sequences
• Number sequences
• Finding term-to-term rules
• Finding formulae
• The difference method.

24. Logarithms
• Common logarithms
• Solving exponential equations using logarithms
• Logarithms in other bases

25. Advanced Trigonometry

• The unit circle

• Multiples of 30° and 45°
• The area of a triangle
• The sine rule
• The cosine rule
• Problem solving

26. Circle geometry

• Angle in a semi-circle theorem
• Chords of a circle theorem
• Equal chords theorem
• Radius-tangent theorem
• Tangents from an external point theorem

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 • Alternate segment theorem
• Angle at the centre theorem
• Angles in the same segment theorem
• Cyclic quadrilaterals

Paper Details:
• Paper 2: 35 marks.
Duration: 45 minutes
Calculators are not allowed.

• Paper 4: 35 marks.
Duration: 45 minutes
Graphic Display Calculators are allowed.

• Paper 6 (Investigation): 30 marks

Duration: 50 minutes
Graphic Display Calculators are allowed.

Mathematics Topics:
(without Number 1
coursework) (0580) • Arithmetic
• Negative numbers
• Number facts
• Sequences
• Approximation and estimation
• Indices
• Standard form
• Surds

Number 2
• Ratio and Proportion
• Map scales
• Percentages
• Financial mathematics
• Time
• Rates

Algebra 1
• Substitution
• Brackets and simplifying
• Solving linear equations

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 Geometry
• Angles
• Symmetry
• Circle theorems
• Constructions

Paper Details:

Paper 2: 50 marks
Duration: 1 hour
Calculator is not allowed

Paper 4: 50 marks
Duration: 1 hour
Only Scientific calculator is allowed.

Topics: As per the IGCSE syllabus guide for Biology (0610)

Biology (0610)
Unit 3: Movement into and out of cells
Unit 4: Biological molecules
Unit 5: Enzymes
Unit 6: Plant nutrition
Unit 7: Human nutrition
Unit 8: Transport in plants
Unit 9: Transport in animals
Unit 10: Diseases and immunity
Unit 11: Gas exchange in humans
Unit 12: Respiration
Unit 13: Excretion in humans
Unit 14: Coordination and response

Paper Details
Paper 2: Multiple Choice Duration: 45 minutes
Weightage: 30%
A multiple-choice paper consisting of 40 questions of four-choice
type, 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%

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 Written paper consisting of 80 marks of short-answer and structured
questions. Questions will be based on the Extended syllabus content
[Core and Supplement].
At least a quarter of the marks available will be based on Core
material and the remainder on 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.
Use of a scientific calculator is permitted for all three papers

Topics: As per the IGCSE syllabus guide for Chemistry (0620)

Chemistry (0620) 1 States of matter
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 (including extraction of Aluminum from unit 9)
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
8 The Periodic Table
8.1 Arrangement of elements
8.2 Group I properties

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 8.3 Group VII properties
8.4 Transition elements
8.5 Noble gases
12 Experimental techniques and chemical analysis
12.1 Experimental design
12.3 Chromatography
12.4 Separation and purification
12.5 Identification of gases only
12.5.3 Describe tests to identify the gases:
(a) ammonia, NH3, using damp red litmus paper
(b) carbon dioxide, CO2, using limewater
(c) chlorine, Cl 2, using damp litmus paper
(d) hydrogen, H2, using a lighted splint
(e) oxygen, O2, using a glowing splint
(f) sulfur dioxide, SO2, using acidified aqueous potassium
manganate(VII)
Paper details: 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

Note: Students are expected to refer to the syllabus guide prescribed by
IGCSE, refer to the notes, observations made during lab work, and the
reference book given by the school.

Physics (0625) As per Cambridge IGCSE Physics 0625 syllabus guide 2025,
portions are as follows:
1 Motion, forces and energy
1.1 Physical quantities and measurement techniques
1.2 Motion
1.3 Mass and weight
1.4 Density
1.5 Forces
1.6 Momentum

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1.7 Energy, work and power
1.8 Pressure
2 Thermal physics
2.1 Kinetic particle model of matter
2.2 Thermal properties and temperature
2.3 Transfer of thermal energy
3 Waves
3.1 General properties of waves
3.2 Light
3.3 Electromagnetic Spectrum
3.4 Sound

As per IGCSE Physics textbook -

Chapter 1 - Measurements and units
Chapter 2 - Forces and motion
Chapter 3 - Forces and pressure
Chapter 4 - Forces and energy
Chapter 5 - Thermal effects
Chapter 6 – Waves and sound
Chapter 7 – Rays and waves

Paper details: Assessment pattern: Students will answer three papers

Paper 2-MCQ -40 marks, 45 minutes duration (30% weightage)

Paper 4- Structured paper –80 marks, 1 hour 15 minutes duration

(50% weightage)
Paper 6- Alternative to practical- 40 marks, 1 hour duration (20%
weightage)

Use of scientific calculator is permitted for all three papers

Note: Students are expected to refer to the syllabus guide prescribed by
IGCSE, refer to the notes, observations made during lab work, and the
reference book given by the school.

Section 1 Computer Systems

Chapter 1 : Data Representation

1.1 Number System
1.2 Text, Sound and images
1.3 Data storage and file compression

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 Paper details:

Duration: 1 Hr 45 Min Total marks: 75 Marks

For IGCSE Computer Science, Assessment:

All questions are compulsory. No calculators are permitted in this paper.

Section 1: Computer System (35 marks)

This section contains short-answer and structured questions.

Section 2: Algorithms, Programming and Logic( 40 marks)

This section contains short-answer and structured questions and a scenario-
based question.

Topics:
Unt 1: The basic economic Problem:
Unit 2: The allocation of resources:
Unit 3: Micro economic decision makers

Paper details:
Paper 1: multiple choice (30 marks)
Economics (0455) Duration: 45 minutes
Usage of scientific calculator allowed (GDC not allowed)

Paper 2: Structured (90 marks)

Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes
Section A – case study (compulsory) – 30 marks
Section B - 3 should be attempted out of 4
Usage of scientific calculator allowed (GDC not allowed)

Syllabus:
Unit 1- understanding business activity – all the chapters
unit 2- People in business – all the chapters
unit 3- Marketing – all the chapters
Unit 4 –costs, scale of production and break-even analysis
Business Studies Unit 5 –business finance- needs and sources;
(0450) cash flow forecasting and working capital.

Paper details:
Paper 1-1 hour 30 minutes (80 marks)
Short Answer and Data Response
Paper 2 – 1 hour 30 minutes (80 marks)
Case Study

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