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BIOLOGY

YEAR GROUP: 10
TEACHER: LAVANYA

 Unit 6 Plant Nutrition

TOPICS:
 Unit 7 Animal Nutrition
 Unit 8: Transport in plants
 Unit 9 Transport in Animals

Plant Nutrition
SCOPE:
• In this topic, students will define the process of photosynthesis and learnt the
chemical and word equation. Students will be introduced to the concept of limiting
factors whilst learning about the factors that affect photosynthesis
Animal Nutrition
• In this topic, students will learn the concepts of chemical and mechanical
digestion. The supplementary content allows students to learn about human teeth
& tooth decay. Students also learn about malnutrition & a healthy diet.
• In the supplementary syllabus, students will learn about the alimentary canal and
the digestive process in human.
Transport in Plants
• Students will learn about transport in plants through the xylem and phloem.
• The process of transpiration is also highlighted.
Transport in Animals
• In this topic, the entire circulatory system is highlighted in detail.
• Students will learn about cardiovascular diseases & treatments
• Students will learn the factors that increases or decreases heartbeat rate
YOU CAN HELP
 Make sure that your child has a quiet and distraction-free place to study at home.  
YOUR CHILD BY…
 Help your child to stick to a homework and study schedule. Regularly talk to your
child about their class loads and make sure they are well balanced. Encourage your
child to ask for help from the teacher whenever it is needed. I will be available for
extra help. 

 You may use these websites for revision at home 

 https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/examspecs/zcq2j6f  
 http://astarbiology.com/igcse/cie/notes/  
 http://fliphtml5.com/ejhq/ugvd/basic 

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IGCSE MALAY AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

YEAR GROUP: 10 (ADVANCED GROUP)

TEACHER: SANTHAPRIYA D/O MOGAN

 REVISION – Preparation for Mock Exam and IGCSE Speaking Skills

TOPICS:
 Grammar (Demonstrative Pronouns, Conjunctions, Affixes, Prefixes, Negative
Forms)
 Vocabulary
 Reading & Comprehension (IGCSE PAPER 2)
 Listening and speaking skills (IGCSE ORAL)
 Writing short and long essay (IGCSE PAPER 4)

Students are required to master the vocabulary and phrases in each topic and progress will
SCOPE:
be assessed by reading and spelling tests. Students will have speaking, sentence-making
and essay-writing practice based on their individual level. They are required to develop
their skills in describing themselves, their family members and friends. All students will
have oral and written tests to assess their overall achievement.

 Encourage students to use a Malay dictionary especially while they are writing an
YOU CAN HELP
essay. (Please do not rely too much on Google Translate, as it is not 100%
YOUR CHILD BY…
accurate).
 Encourage students to read more Malay newspapers (for example Berita Harian or
Utusan Melayu). Let the students read and translate the articles from Malay to
English, then they can understand better.
 Encourage the students to read simple Malay story books, magazines and as well
as Malay novels. It will be help them to improve their oral /speaking skills and they
learn more new words (Vocabulary)
 Ask students to describe a short paragraph about daily routines at school and
home and ask them to describe about foods, drinks, school, games and friends.
 Ask your child to explain the main events of each topic as we cover it in class.
 Parents can converse with them in Malay.
 Encourage them to watch and listen to Malay audios, Malay movies, dramas, short
stories or fairy tales movies. It will be helpful for them to improve learning skills,
listening skills, speaking skills in order to pronounce a word with correct
pronunciation, correct tones and proper intonation.

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IGCSE MALAY AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

YEAR GROUP: 10 (BEGINNER GROUP)

TEACHER: NOR AZREEN KHAIR JOHARI

TOPICS:
 UNIT 32: Isu-isu dunia (world issue)
 Vocabulary
 Reading & Comprehension (IGCSE PAPER 2)
 Listening and speaking skills (IGCSE ORAL)
 Writing short and long essay (IGCSE PAPER 4)

Students are required to understand and master the vocabulary relating to

SCOPE: world issues. Students will have sentence making, write essays and practice
speaking by converse in different types of role plays by using vocabulary and
phrases related to the topics, topic conversation and general conversation.

YOU CAN HELP YOUR  Practice speaking to your child about multiple of role play like
CHILD BY: ordering food in a restaurant, buying items, work interview, booking
vacation, seeing doctor etc.
 Encourage your child to use a Malay dictionary especially while they
are writing an essay. (Please do not rely too much on Google
Translate, as it is not 100% accurate).
 Encourage your child to read more Malay newspapers (for example
Berita Harian or Utusan Melayu).
 Let the students read and translate the articles from Malay to English,
then they can understand better
 Encourage your child to read simple Malay story books and magazines
as well as Malay novels.
 It will be help them to improve their oral /speaking skills and they will
learn new words (vocabulary)

 
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  IGCSE MALAY AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE 
 

YEAR GROUP: 10 (INTERMEDIATE GROUP) 

TEACHER: NORLIA YUSOP 

Topics:   Unit 29: Pengajian Lepasan sekolah dan Latihan (Further Education and Training
 Unit 30: Komunikasi (communication)
 IGCSE speaking practice
 IGCSE Past papers
 Grammar (Adverbs Adjectives, Kata Bantu, Auxiliary verbs, reduplication
Comparative adjectives, Negative Forms, Demonstrative, Affixes, Passive Verbs) 
 Reading & Comprehension
 Writing short and long essay

Scope:  Students are required to master the vocabulary and phrases in each topic and progress will
be assessed by reading and spelling tests.  Students will have speaking, sentence-making
and essay-writing practice based on their individual level.  They are required to develop
their skills in describing culture around the world, future career planner and
communications with other people.  All students will have oral and written tests to assess
their overall achievement. Students will have answer summative and formative assessment.

You can help your  Encourage students to explore the past year papers and communication skills.
child by…   Encourage students to read more Malay newspapers online (for example Berita
Harian or Utusan Melayu), blog.
 Let the students read and translate any articles, story or blog from Malay to
English, then they can understand better. Do the summary of the story.
 Encourage the students to speak in Bahasa when they go to other places
(conversation part). 
 Ask students to describe a short paragraph about the difference of peoples that
they meet.
 Parents can have a conversation with them in Malay. Talk about their friends or
relatives that have stayed in other different countries.
 Encourage them to watch and listen to Malay audios, Malay movies, dramas, short
stories or fairy tales movies and news. It will be helpful for them to improve
learning skills, listening skills, speaking skills in order to pronounce a word with
correct pronunciation, correct tones and proper intonation.
 Encourage them to use the variety of words in their essay.

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HISTORY

YEAR GROUP: 10
TEACHER: LUKE BLACKBURN

TOPICS:
CIE IGCSE HISTORY – OPTION B – CORE CONTENT

· Why had international peace collapsed by 1939?

· Who was to blame for the Cold War?

SCOPE:
• What were the long-term consequences of the peace treaties of 1919–23?
• What were the consequences of the failures of the League in the 1930s?
• How far was Hitler’s foreign policy to blame for the outbreak of war in 1939?
• Was the policy of appeasement justified?
• How important was the Nazi–Soviet Pact?
• Why did Britain and France declare war on Germany in September 1939?

• Why did the US–Soviet alliance begin to break down in 1945?

• How had the USSR gained control of Eastern Europe by 1948?
•How did the United States react to Soviet expansionism?
•What were the consequences of the Berlin Blockade?
• Who was the more to blame for starting the Cold War: the United States or the USSR?

YOU CAN HELP

Encouraging them to read books, watch TV shows, and films related to the topics
YOUR CHILD BY…
studied. In addition, they should access the website ‘Quizlet’ and complete the tests
on there that are related to their topics.

Useful websites & Youtube videos (Peace Collapse)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zsh9bk7/revision/5
http://www.gcsehistory.org.uk/modernworld/appeasement/index.htm
http://www.johndclare.net/RoadtoWWII1.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHmt8MF4cws
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUfRz_dLXO4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY3vWCaMA0s

Useful websites & Youtube videos (Cold War)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z3h9mnb/revision/1
http://schoolshistory.org.uk/topics/world-history/cold-war-1945-1972/
http://www.johndclare.net/cold_warA1.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaBRZBITkqs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecko79enxs4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyq6yNPbH0U&list=PL070F353AFCA010BF

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GEOGRAPHY

YEAR GROUP: 10
TEACHER: EBENEZER JEBASEKARAN

 
TOPICS:
Theme 2: The natural environment   

 
SCOPE:
Students should be able to describe the main types and features of volcanoes
and earthquakes. Demonstrate an understanding that rivers present hazards and
offer opportunities for people Moreover, they need to investigate the aspects of
physical geography. It looks at the distribution and impacts of earthquakes and
volcanoes. They should also be able to explain the work of rivers – their processes
and resulting landforms. Students should be able to explain how weather can be
measured and recorded. All students will have assessments and projects to
determine their overall progress. 

 
YOU CAN HELP
 Making sure they complete the ‘Activities” or “End of theme questions”
YOUR CHILD BY…
in their textbook.  
 Encouraging your child to create a key word glossary and continue to add
the key terms for all the subtopics. 
 Taking note of where earthquakes and volcanoes are currently taking
place in the world  
 Allowing them to research famous earthquakes and volcanoes on the
internet to understand the effects that these natural disasters have on
people  
 Discussing with them why people choose to live in areas where
earthquakes and volcanoes take place  
 Find out more about plate tectonics. 
 
 
 

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ENGLISH LITERATURE

YEAR GROUP:10 
TEACHER:   TAN SIEW YEAN/SHARMEELA M. RAJA/SIMON MITCHELL 

TOPICS:
Poetry

1. ‘Caged Bird’, Maya Angelou

2. ‘Sonnet 43’, Elizabeth Barret Browning
3. ‘Farmhand’, James K. Baxter
4. ‘Muliebrity’, Sujata Bhatt,
5. ‘Plenty’, Isobel Dixon,
6. ‘The Three Fates’, Rosemary Dobson,
7. ‘Those Winter Sundays’, Robert Hayden,
8. ‘Mid-Term Break’, Seamus Heaney,
9. ‘Little Boy Crying’, Mervyn Morris,
10. ‘Rising Five’, Norman Nicholson
11. ‘Amends’, Adrienne Rich,
12. ‘Sonnet 29’, Edna St. Vincent Millay,
13. ‘Marrysong’, Dennis Scott,
14. ‘Not Waving But Drowning’, Stevie Smith,
15. ‘She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways’, William Wordsworth,

Learners will continue their exploration of the IGSCE set poems. They will be

SCOPE:
practicing their analytical skills through context and imagery. The learners will also be
focused on creating their own personal response to the texts that we have studied
through focused evidence and unseen literature skills. Learners will also continue
to explore the IGCSE First Language AO’s through the literary texts. 

 
YOU CAN HELP
 Encourage your child to explore a wide range of reading throughout the term.
YOUR CHILD BY…
This can include novels, poetry or other nonfiction texts that might be of
interest. 

 Encourage your child to explore different effects in their own writing.

Challenge them to write a poem that symbolizes their feelings about an
activity or family event.  

 Encourage your child to use the skills practised in class in everyday activities

such as watching a movie.  

 Encourage your child to ask questions and focus on why an author or artist
has made certain decisions in their work. 
 

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IGCSE CHINESE AS A FIRST LANGUAGE (0509) 

YEAR GROUP:10 (GROUP 1 & 2)

  TEACHER: NG WEI LI [GROUP 1]
TEACHER: TIONG YIEN JEN [GROUP 2] 
TOPICS:  Cambridge IGCSE Chinese as a First Language Coursebook 
Topic 3: Historical and heroic figures 
Topic 4: Natural Landscapes and travelling 
Topic 5: Virtues and attitudes to studying
SCOPE:  A student’s learning is based on IGCSE Chinese as a First language syllabus. Each student
is required to master narrative essays, argumentative essays, directed writing and the
comprehension of classical texts of each topic and progresses are assessed by: 
 Reading, Directed Writing and Classical Chinese (Assessment1) 
 Writing (Assessment2) 
 
Topic 3:  Historical and heroic figures 
• Understand and describe related texts and articles. 
• Master related vocabularies to be used in essay writing 
• Translate classical text into modern text. 
• Comprehend texts and answer designated questions. 
• Argumentative and directed writing. 
• Self-reflection on the topic learnt. 
 
Topic 4:  Natural Landscapes and travelling 
• Understand and describe related texts and articles. 
• Master related vocabularies to be used in essay writing 
•  Translate classical text into modern text. 
• Comprehend texts and answer designated questions. 
• Argumentative and directed writing. 
• Self-reflection on the topic learnt. 
 
Topic 5:  Virtues and attitudes to studying
• Understand and describe related texts and articles. 
• Master related vocabularies to be used in essay writing 
•  Translate classical text into modern text. 
• Comprehend texts and answer designated questions. 
• Argumentative and directed writing. 
• Self-reflection on the topic learnt. 
YOU CAN HELP  Encourage your child to read books, journals and e-newspapers relating to China
YOUR CHILD BY…  historical, geographical and cultural topics. 
 Encourage your child to read extensively on Chinese literature. 
 Encourage your child to listen to Chinese news, songs and music to understand the
words and idioms from the news and lyrics. 
 Encourage your child to write short reflective essays after learning a new topic. 
 Encourage your child to watch movies with Chinese subtitles. 

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learning happens when our students surprise themselves by getting better at a level beyond that which
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IGCSE CHINESE AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (0523) 

YEAR GROUP:10 [Group 2]
TEACHER: TAN HWEE LENG 

 
TOPICS:
Cambridge IGCSE Chinese as a Second Language
 Generation Gap
 Youth Life
 Healthy Eating
 Sport and fitness
 Hobbies
 
 
SCOPE:
Students’ learning is based on IGCSE Chinese as a Second language curriculum.
Students are required to master the vocabulary and phrases in each topic and
progress will be assessed by speaking, listening, reading and writing tests. Students
will have speaking, listening, sentence-making and essay-writing practice based on
their individual level. Students will be able to finish the dialogues and read with the
correct pronunciation. Students are required to do topic presentation of topics.
 

 
YOU CAN HELP
 Talk with your child about the generation gap.
YOUR CHILD BY…
 Ask your child to describe verbally, in a short paragraph, their hobbies and
youth life.
 Encouraging your child to read books, journals and e-newspapers relating
healthy eating, sport and fitness.
 Encouraging your child to listen to Chinese news.
 Encourage your child to read samples of essays of topics.
 Encourage your child to use Chinese dictionary especially while they are
writing essays.
 Check your child’s exercise books and follow their progress every week.
 Ask your child to say describe what they have learnt in Chinese lessons.

  IGCSE MANDARIN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (0547) 

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YEAR GROUP:10 
TEACHER: CHEN NYOKE LI 

TOPICS:  Cambridge IGCSE Mandarin as a Foreign Language Coursebook  

Unit B – Personal and social life 
- Lesson 6: Health and fitness
- Lesson 7: Homelife
- Lesson 8: Clothes
- Lesson 9: Shopping
- Lesson 10: Living environment
 

SCOPE:  Students’ learning is based on IGCSE Chinese (Mandarin) as a Foreign Language syllabus.
Students are required to master the vocabulary and phrases in each topic and progress will
be assessed by:
· Speaking test (Assessment 1)
· Writing test (Assessment 2)

Health and fitness, Home life

• converse in short paragraphs about health and fitness.
• understand all major sentence patterns in passage given.
• look up information about healthy lifestyle from oral and written sources, and
report information using phrases and vocabulary learned in class.

Clothes and Shopping

• express opinions about attire and shopping list with accuracy and confidence.
• consolidate vocabulary relating to clothes and shopping and organise ideas using
connectives.
• use verbs to express ability and intention.
• locate key words in short written informative texts about clothes and shopping,
summarise main points and report orally using the vocabulary learned.

Living environment
• converse in short paragraphs about living environment.
• prepare short presentations using supporting visual images.
• write a dialogue.

YOU CAN HELP  Encouraging him/her to write a diary entry about the topics learnt.   
YOUR CHILD  Encouraging him/her to watch Chinese movie or listen to Chinese songs. 
BY…   Encouraging your child to use Chinese dictionary.  

  IGCSE CHINESE AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (0523) 

YEAR GROUP:10  [Group 1]
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 TEACHER: CHEN YEE WEI

TOPICS:   Cambridge IGCSE Chinese as a Second Language Coursebook 

Topic 3: Friendship
Topic 4: Peer pressure
Topic 5: Generation gap
SCOPE:    A student’s learning is based on IGCSE Chinese as a First language syllabus. Each student
is required to master narrative essays, argumentative essays, directed writing and the
comprehension of classical texts of each topic and progresses are assessed by: 
 Reading (Assessment 1) 
 Formatted Writing, and Argumentative Writing (Assessment 2) 
 Speaking (Assessment 3) 

Topic 3:  Friendships 
• Understand and describe modern texts and articles. 
• Master related vocabularies to be used in essay writing 
• Comprehend modern texts and answer designated questions. 
• Formatted and argumentative writing. 
• Self-reflection on the topic learnt. 

Topic 3:  Peer pressure 
• Understand and describe modern texts and articles. 
• Master related vocabularies to be used in essay writing 
• Comprehend modern texts and answer designated questions. 
• Formatted and argumentative writing. 
• Self-reflection on the topic learnt. 

Topic 3:  Generation gap 
• Understand and describe modern texts and articles. 
• Master related vocabularies to be used in essay writing 
• Comprehend modern texts and answer designated questions. 
• Formatted and argumentative writing. 
• Self-reflection on the topic learnt. 

YOU CAN HELP  

YOUR CHILD BY…   Encourage your child to read extensively on books, journals and e-newspapers
relating to Chinese historical, geographical and cultural topics. 
 Encourage your child to listen to Chinese resources, for instances, news, songs and
music to understand the words and idioms from the resources. 
 Encourage your child to write short reflective essays after learning a new topic. 
 Encourage your child to watch movies with Chinese subtitles. 

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

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YEAR GROUP: 10
TEACHER: SAFFIZA HANA BINTI SHOHAILI

· Storage device and media

TOPICS:
· Networks and effects of using them

Chapter 3: Storage device and media

SCOPE:
· Students will learn about storage devices and their uses.
· Able to describe the advantages and disadvantages of the above devices.

Chapter 4: Networks and effects of using them

· Understand the use of other common network devices, including network
interface cards, hubs, bridges, switches, modems.
· Understand network issues and communication.
· Describe the differences between a LAN, a WLAN and a WAN.
· Describe security issues regarding data transfer.
· Can compare the use of fax and email and consider how they are similar and how
they differ.

YOU CAN HELP

YOUR CHILD BY… Ensure that your child reads the relevant chapters as we study them in class and can
explain the main concepts to you using the correct vocabulary.
Using textbook or these websites for revision at home
· BBC Bitesize page on computer networks:
https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/guides/z7rk7ty/revision/6
· BBC Bitesize page on computer networks:
https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/guides/z36nb9q/revision/1

ART & DESIGN TECHNOLOGY

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YEAR GROUP: 10
TEACHER: ROSHIDAH HUSSIAN

TOPICS: Visual Art  

 Past Year paper practice 
 Research methodologies (AO1) 
 Media exploration (AO2) 
 Pre final layout 
  Sculpture 

LEARNING Visual Art  

OBJECTIVES: 1. An ability to record from direct observation and personal experience  
2. An ability to identify and solve problems in visual and/or other forms   
3. To develop creativity, visual awareness, critical and cultural understanding.  
4. To be confidence, enthusiasm and a sense of achievement in the practice of art
and design.  
5. Growing independence in the refinement and development of ideas and personal
outcomes.  
6. Engagement and experimentation with a range of media, materials and
techniques, including new media and technologies, where appropriate.  
7.  Experience of working in relevant frameworks and exploration of manipulative
skills necessary to form, compose and communicate in two and/or three
dimensions.  
8. A working vocabulary relevant to the subject and an interest in, and a critical
awareness of, other practitioners, environments and cultures.  
a. Investigative, analytical, experimental, interpretative, practical, technical
and expressive skills which aid effective and independent learning.  

YOU CAN HELP  Best of art is by exploring, understanding and demonstrate the art without
YOUR CHILD BY judging the value. Visual arts are art forms such as ceramics, drawing, painting,
sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, photography, video, filmmaking, and
architecture.  
 Visits – museum, traditional architecture, historical places, etc  
o should be encouraged to demonstrate the communication of visual
and/or other meaning through images.  

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MATHEMATICS

YEAR GROUP:10 (SET 1) 

TEACHER: RICARDO BRAGANZA

TOPICS:
 Revision and examination preparation

Targeting areas of weakness across the syllabus in preparation for IGCSE exams
SCOPE:
Number Algebra Shape and space Probability and
statistics

Number Algebra and Geometry Probability

graphs
Coordinate Mensuration Statistics
geometry

Trigonometry

Vectors and
transformations

 Reviewing knowledge in the summary at the end of each topic in the

YOU CAN HELP
textbook to check understanding.  
YOUR CHILD
 Reminding your child to produce quality work and attempting homework
BY… given by teacher promptly.  
 Ensuring that your child has a scientific calculator, ruler, compass,
protractor as well as a pen and pencil in every lesson. 
 Asking your child if they have completed their work and checking on the
various mathematics websites we are using such as Dr Frost Maths (DFM)
and Sparx etc

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MATHEMATICS

YEAR GROUP:10 (SET 2) 

TEACHER: CHUA BOON HUAN

TOPICS:

 Scatter graphs and correlations 

 Symmetry
 Histograms and frequency distribution diagrams
 Ratio, rate and proportion

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 Introduction to bivariate data
SCOPE:
 Symmetry in 2 and 3 dimensions, symmetry properties of circles, angle
relationships in circles
 Histograms and cumulative frequency graphs
 Working with ratio and scale, rates, kinematic graphs and proportion. Direct and
inverse proportion and increasing and decreasing amounts by a given ratio.

 Reviewing knowledge in the summary at the end of each topic in the textbook to
YOU CAN HELP
check understanding.  
YOUR CHILD BY…
 Reminding your child to produce quality work and attempting homework given by
teacher promptly.  
 Ensuring that your child has a scientific calculator, ruler, compass, protractor as
well as a pen and pencil in every lesson. 
 Asking your child if they have completed their work and checking on the various
mathematics websites we are using such as Dr Frost Maths (DFM) and Sparx etc

  MATHEMATICS 

YEAR GROUP:1 (SET 3 & 4) 

TEACHER: AISAH SHAMSUDIN / MEY CHEA KHOR 

TOPICS: 
 Scatter diagrams and correlations
 Managing money 
 Curved graphs 
 Symmetry

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SCOPE:   Introduction to bivariate data
 Earning money, Borrowing money and investing money, Buying and selling 
 Drawing quadratic graphs, Drawing reciprocal graphs, Using graphs to solve
quadratic equations, Using graphs to solve simultaneous linear and non-linear
equations, Other non-linear graphs, finding the gradient of a curve, Derived
functions 
 Symmetry in 2 and 3 dimensions, symmetry properties of circles, angle relationships
in circles

YOU CAN HELP  Reviewing knowledge in the summary at the end of each topic in the textbook to
YOUR CHILD BY…  check understanding.  
 Reminding your child to produce quality work and attempting homework given by
teacher promptly.  
 Ensuring that your child has a scientific calculator, ruler, compass, protractor as well
as a pen and pencil in every lesson. 
 Asking your child if they have completed their work and checking on the various
mathematics websites we are using such as Dr Frost Maths (DFM) and Sparx etc

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PHYSICS 

YEAR GROUP:10 
TEACHER: DR KHOR MEY CHEA 
TOPICS:  • Centre of Mass and Stability
• Forces and Momentum
• Pressure
• Thermal Physics

SCOPE:  Students are going to learn about centre of mass, the effects of forces on motion, and
turning effect of force before moving on to the topic of pressure. They will learn about
how to measure pressure using barometer and manometer, the units of pressure,
calculation of pressure using formula, explain air pressure using kinetic molecular theory
and describe the relationship between pressure, volume and temperature. In thermal
physics, kinetic molecular model will be taught first and followed by evaporation and
thermal expansion. The relationship between temperature and pressure will be included
in this topic. Students will learn about thermal processes which includes conduction,
convection and radiation at the end of this unit.

YOU CAN HELP • Ensure that your child reads the relevant chapters as we study them in class and can
YOUR CHILD BY…  explain the main concepts to you using the correct vocabulary.

• Useful online resources:

1 https://youtu.be/3nBtY6LR030 (Unit 2)

2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zng4d2p

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  ENGLISH 

YEAR GROUP:10 
TEACHER: SHARMEELA M. RAJA 

TOPICS:  Revision: 
Writer’s Effect 
Reading Comprehension 
Summary 

SCOPE:  Students will be able to adopt an appropriate voice in which to express 

a response to a text. Students will be able to recognise, paraphrase and respond to linguistic
devices, figurative language and imagery. They will be able to identify explicit and implicit
meanings from a range of texts. 
 

YOU CAN HELP YOUR  Encourage your child to explore a wide range of reading throughout the term. This
CHILD BY…  can include novels, poetry or other nonfiction texts that might be of interest. 

 Encourage your child to explore different effects in their own writing. Challenge them
to write a poem that symbolizes their feelings about an activity or family event.  

 Encourage your child to use the skills practiced in class in everyday activities such as
watching a movie.  

 Always encourage them to voice their opinions and compliment them for trying. 

 
BUSINESS STUDIES  

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YEAR GROUP:10 
TEACHER: ARUMUGAM MANICKAM 

TOPICS:   Motivating employees 

 Organisation and management 
 Recruitments, selection and training of employees. 
 Internal and external communication 
 Marketing, competition and the customer. 
 Market research 
 Marketing mix: product, price, promotion and place. 
 Technology and marketing mix 
 Marketing strategy 

SCOPE:   Describe what is motivation and how it impact into labour satisfaction 
 Explain the organisation chart and how the chain of command influence labour
management. 
 Understand and describe the process of recruitment and selection of
employees. 
 The methods and benefits of internal and external communication. 
 Explain the role of marketing to satisfy customer needs. 
 Describe and evaluate different type of market research and their advantages
and disadvantages. 
 Describe the marketing mix and it’s important in promoting. 
 Explain how the usage of technology enhance and improve the marketing. 

YOU CAN HELP YOUR  Conduct research on marketing mix 

CHILD BY…   use mind map to relate all types of theories  
 complete all the case to help gain more ideas  
 Guide on homework completion and case study to guide you finding answer and
ideas. 
 Research the internet to find different ways business operate and different type
of business organisation.   
 Show them variety of business and how it grow over the time. 

  IGCSE ECONOMICS 
YEAR GROUP:10 
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TEACHER: MR. ARUMUGAM MANICKAM/MS.SANTHAPRIYA 

TOPICS:   Topic 3: Microeconomics Decision makers
 Money and Banking
 Households
 Workers
 Trade unions
 Firms, production cost and revenue
 Market structure

SCOPE:   Understand the forms, functions and characteristic of money

 Explain the role of central bank and commercial banks
 Understand the factors that influence household spending, savings and
borrowing
 Discuss the reason difference in earning and wage determination
 Able to explain and define the role of trade union and its functions.
 Able to explain types of firms and its advantages and disadvantages
 Define and calculate the firm’s cost and revenue.

YOU CAN HELP  Students complete short notes and mind map. 
YOUR CHILD BY…   Check students work in progress and practicing past papers 
 Read more journal and economics.com websites for latest updates. 
 Spend at least an hour a week for revising the topics has been learnt. 
Check the syllabus and highlight the area of concern and consult with teacher
for child progress.  

 
CHEMISTRY 

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YEAR GROUP: 10 -TERM -2 (2020-2021) 

TEACHER: Mr.Srini 

TOPICS:   The Periodic Table 

(Periodic trends, Groups and periods Group1, Group VII, Transition metals,
Noble gases) 
 Metals 
(Physical and chemical properties of metals, Alloys, The reactivity series) 
 Acids, Bases and Salts 
(Properties & Characteristics of acids and bases, pH and neutrality, oxides,
Definition of acids and bases in terms of proton transfer, Weak and strong acids
and bases, Preparation of Salts) 
 Organic Chemistry 
(Fuels, Homologous series, Alkanes, Alkenes, Alcohols, Carboxylic acids, Esters) 

SCOPE:   
YOU CAN HELP Make sure that your child has a quiet and distraction-free place to study at home.  
YOUR CHILD BY…  Help your child to stick to a homework and study schedule. Regularly talk to your child
about their class loads and make sure they are well balanced. Encourage your child to
ask for help from the teacher whenever it is needed. I will be available for extra help. 
 
You may use these websites for revision at home 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zs6hvcw 
https://www.khanacademy.org/ 
http://www.gcsescience.com/ 
https://www.s-cool.co.uk/ 
*Take note that some content of these online resources may not reflect the IGCSE
syllabus coverage. Students may check with the subject teacher when in doubt. 

 
ACCOUNTING  

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YEAR GROUP:10
TEACHER: ARUMUGAM MANICKAM 

TOPICS:   Trial Balance 

 Correction of errors 
 Bank reconciliation 
 Control account 
 Capital and revenue expenditure and receipts. 
 Accounting for depreciation 
 Other payables and receivables 
SCOPE:   understand that a trial balance is a statement of ledger balances on a
particular date 
 outline the uses and limitations of a trial balance 
 prepare a trial balance from a given list of balances and amend a trial balance  
 correct errors by means of journal entries 
 explain the use of a suspense account as a temporary measure to balance the
trial balance 
 correct errors by means of suspense accounts 
 adjust a profit or loss for an accounting period after the correction of errors 
 update the cash book for bank charges, bank interest paid and received, correction
of errors, credit transfers, direct debits, dividends, and standing orders 
 understand the purpose of and prepare a bank reconciliation statement to include
bank errors, uncredited deposits and unpresented cheques 
 prepare purchases ledger and sales ledger control accounts to include credit
purchases and sales, receipts and payments, cash discounts, returns, irrecoverable
debts, dishonoured cheques, interest on overdue 
accounts, contra entries, refunds, opening and closing balances (debit and credit
within each account). 
 calculate and comment on the effect on profit of incorrect treatment 
 calculate and comment on the effect on asset valuations of incorrect treatment. 
 prepare ledger accounts and journal entries for the provision of depreciation 
 prepare ledger accounts and journal entries to record the sale of non-current
assets, including the use of disposal accounts. 
 Explore the ability of student’s answers and improve the method and style of
answering based on IGCSE exam requirements. 
YOU CAN HELP YOUR  Identify accounting ratios and policies into the calculation about business profit
CHILD BY…  and loss. 
 Check students work in progress and practicing past papers 
 Read more journal and economics.com websites for latest updates. 
 Spend at least an hour a week for revising the topics has been learnt. 
Check the syllabus and highlight the area of concern and consult with teacher for
child progress.  

 
GLOBAL PERPECTIVES TERM 2

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YEAR GROUP: YEAR 10  

TEACHER: THERESA LEAHY  

TOPICS:  TEAM PROJECT: POVERTY AND INEQUALITY  SKILLS:

Information Skills
PRESENTATION Critical thinking Skills
INTERVIEWING Independent learning Skills
CREATING SURVEYS Collaboration Skills
SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS  Communication Skills
Writing Skills
THE WRITTEN EXAM: Organizational Skills

DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE  
EDUCATION
EMPLOYMENT
FUEL AND ENERGY
GLOBALIZATION
LAW AND CRIMINALITY
MIGRATION
TRANSPORT SYSTEMS

SCOPE:   
This is a skills-based rather than content-based course, students develop skills leading up to
the Individual Report a Team Project and Written Examination. 
In the second term the students will complete their Team Project outcome and write their
Individual Reflection.
They will study all the written examination topics and will practice the exam to hone their
exam technique.   
 

   
YOU CAN HELP Watch the news together and discuss current affairs. 
YOUR CHILD BY…   
Discuss your own work or business and how it is/ not impacted by global events. 
 
Tune In App. A Radio App that allows you listen to live radio all over the world. 
BBC / CNN App.  

Reminding your child to keep a journal. Being able to write their thoughts and opinions is
an extremely important part of Global Perspectives.
 
 
 
  PSHE 

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YEAR GROUP: 10 
 TEACHER: THERESA LEAHY  

TOPICS: 
 
First & Lasting Impressions 
 Tattoos 
 Cosmetic Surgery 
 Careers 
 
Drug Awareness 
 Categories of Drugs 
 Addiction 
 
SCOPE  PSHE education in secondary schools are planned programs of learning opportunities
and experiences that help young people to develop as individuals and members of
families and communities (PSHE Subject Association 2007). The programs aim to
promote emotional and social development and health and wellbeing so that young
people have the knowledge and practical skills for a healthy, safe, fulfilled, and
responsible life. Health literacy – the attainment of a level of knowledge, personal skills
and confidence that allows improvements to personal and community health – is
central to PSHE education( WHO 1998) 
YOU CAN HELP  
YOUR CHILD BY…   Watch & read the news together and discuss current affairs. 
 Monitor & ask your child about their online activities. 
 Promote the values of the 5Cs (Courage, Caring, Commitment, Competence,
Confidence). 
 Encourage them to explore the options of volunteering, charity work, politics,
and social justice group. 
 Seek out books and documentaries in their topics of interest 

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

 
YEAR GROUP: 10 
   TEACHER: MR. JOE, MR. KALAI, MR. THARMA 

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TOPICS:  1) Basketball
2) Athletics
3) Netball
SCOPE  1)
 Develop and improve shooting technique (using B.E.E.F – Balance, Eyes,
Elbow, Follow-through).

 Improve ball handling skills.

 Develop lay-up technique using both hands.

2)

 Develop sprint start using starting blocks.

 Develop throwing technique using a range of equipment.
 Improve ability to be able to pace oneself during a longer run.

3)

 Develop passing and catching technique.

 To use the correct technique when shooting.
 To understand how to use the pivot effectively.

YOU CAN HELP 1)

YOUR CHILD BY… 
 Ask your child to show and explain B.E.E.F to you.
 Watch professional basketball with them and look at the ball handling of
professional players.
 Ask your child to practise dribbling and moving a ball around their body.

2)

 Ask your child to explain the key teaching points within from the lessons.
 Go with your child on a longer run and try to pace yourself throughout.

 
3)
 To practise the bounce, chest and overhead pass with your child. Allowing
them to explain the technique to you.
 

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