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Grade: IX IGCSE
Semester 1 Semester 2
Syllabus for Unit Test 1 Syllabus for Unit Test 2
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Syllabus for Unit Test 1 Syllabus for Unit Test 2
• Poetry: Ozymandias, Away, Melancholy, The • Poetry: The Man with Night Sweats, A
City Planners, The Planners
Consumer’s Report
• Drama: A Midsummer Night’s Dream • Drama: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Prose: To Kill A Mockingbird
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Grade: IX IGCSE Hindi Second Language 2023-2024
Semester 1 Semester 2
Syllabus for Unit Test 1 Syllabus for Unit Test 2
• अपठित गद्यांश,बहुविकल्पी् प्रश्न • नोट लेनय
• लेखन कय्य - औपचयरिक ई-मेल, अनौपचयरिक • लेखन कय्य – फिल्म समीक्षय, डय्िी, भयषण,
ई-मेल, लेख, ियद-विियद लेख, अनौपचयरिक पत्र, रिपोटय , अनौपचयरिक
ई-मेल, ियद-विियद
Syllabus for Assessment 1 Syllabus for Assessment 2
• अपठित गद्यांश
• अपठित गद्यांश
• बहुविकल्पी् प्रश्न
• बहुविकल्पी् प्रश्न
• नोट लेनय
• नोट लेनय
• सयियांश लेखन
• सयियांश लेखन
• लेखन कय्य - सूचनय लेखन, औपचयरिक ई-
• लेखन कय्य - फिल्म समीक्षय, ब्लॉग, लेख,
मेल, अनौपचयरिक ई-मेल, औपचयरिक पत्र, रिपोटय , डय्िी, भयषण, औपचयरिक पत्र,
अनौपचयरिक पत्र, ियद-विियद, ब्लॉग, लेख, अनौपचयरिक पत्र, औपचयरिक ई-मेल,
भयषण, ननबांध अनौपचयरिक ई-मेल, ननबांध, ियद-विियद,
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Grade: IX IGCSE Spanish – Second Language 2023-2024
Semester 1 Semester 2
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Grade IX IGCSE Tamil Second Language 2023-2024
Semester 1 Semester 2
• கடிதம் • ெழமமொழிக்கட்டுரை
• மெய் தி அறிக்ரக • உரையொடல்
• உரையொடல் • கருத்தறிதல்
• விளக்கக் கட்டுரை • கடிதம்
• மமொழிமெயை்ெ்பு • மெய் தி அறிக்ரக
• விவொதக் கட்டுரை • விளக்கக் கட்டுரை
• கருத்தறிதல் • விவொதக் கட்டுரை
• கருத்துக் கட்டுரை • கருத்துக் கட்டுரை
• சிற் றுரை,
• வருரைக்கட்டுரை
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Grade: IX IGCSE Additional Mathematics 2023-2024
Semester 1 Semester 2
Syllabus for Unit Test 1 Syllabus for Unit Test 2
• Factors of polynomials • Circular measure
• Simultaneous equations • Trigonometry
• Quadratic functions
• Indices and surds *
Syllabus for Assessment 2 ( Extended Mathematics)
Syllabus for Assessment 1 • Number
• Factors of polynomials • Algebra and Graph
• Simultaneous equations • Coordinate Geometry
• Equations • Geometry
• Functions • Mensuration
• Quadratic functions • Trigonometry
• Inequalities and Graphs • Vectors and Transformations
• Probability
• Statistics
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Number Mensuration
Logarithms * Mensuration
Trigonometry
Factors of Polynomials *
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Grade IX IGCSE Geography 2023-2024
Semester 1 Semester 2
Syllabus for Unit Test 1 Syllabus for Unit Test 2
Population and Population Structure. Plate Tectonics
· Reasons for rapid increase in the world’s • Types of plate movements
population • Types and features of volcanoes
· Over population and Under population • Distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes
· Causes of a change in population size • Causes of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions and
· Reasons for contrasting rates of natural population their effect on the people and the environment
change • Hazards and opportunities offered by the volcanoes
· Population policies- pro natalist and anti-natalist • How to reduce the impact of earthquakes and
· Age/Sex pyramids of countries at different levels of volcanic eruptions
economic development
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Grade: IX IGCSE History 2023-2024
Semester 1 Semester 2
Syllabus for Unit Test 1 Syllabus for Unit Test 2
The peace treaties of 1919–23 (Core Content) The Weimar Republic (Depth Study)
• Motives and aims of the Big Three at Versailles • The impact of the Treaty of Versailles on
• The roles of individuals such as Wilson, Clemenceau the Weimar Republic
and Lloyd George in the peace-making • The achievements of the Weimar period
• The impact of the treaties on the defeated countries • The Weimar Constitution
• Justification of the Treaties • Life during the Great Inflation
• Contemporary opinions about the treaties • The Weimar Republic -1924 to 1929
• Weimar Germany and its culture
Syllabus for Unit Test 2 Syllabus for Assessment 2
The League of Nations – Success and Failure (Core Hitler dominated Germany by 1934(Depth
Content) Study)
• League in the 1920s • The Nazi Party the 1920s
• League Successes and failures • Hitler becomes leader of the Nazis
• The impact of the World Depression • The Munich Putsch: Success and Failure
• The League in the 1930s • The Nazis change their tactics between 1924
• The failures of the League in the 1930s, including and 1929
Manchuria and Abyssinia • Nazi messages and Nazi methods
• Case Study: The rise of the Nazis in
Syllabus for Assessment 1 Northeim
The League of Nations – Success and Failure (Core • Hitler becomes Chancellor
Content) • Hitler consolidates his power - 1933–34
• League in the 1920s • Reichstag fire
• League Successes and failures • The Enabling Act
• The impact of the World Depression • The SA and the army
• The League in the 1930s • Hitler becomes the President
• The failures of the League in the 1930s, including The Nazi regime (Depth Study)
Manchuria and Abyssinia • Opposition to the Nazi regime
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• The Nazis culture and the mass media
The peace treaties of 1919–23 (Core Content) • The Nazis persecute many groups in
German society
Collapse of International Peace by 1939(Core • Nazi propaganda
Content)
• The long-term consequences of the peace treaties of The peace treaties of 1919–23 (Core Content)
1919–23 The League of Nations – Success and Failure
• The consequences of the failures of the League in (Core Content)
the 1930s Collapse of International Peace by 1939(Core
• Hitler’s foreign policy Content)
• Remilitarisation of the Rhineland The Weimar Republic (Depth Study)
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Semester 1 Semester 2
Syllabus for Unit Test 1 Syllabus for Unit Test 2
Demographic change Employment
• Research information • Research information
• Reflect and Plan • Question
• Analysis, Evaluation and Presentation • Reflect and Plan
• Analysis, Evaluation and Presentation
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Allocation of resources in the economy and market Allocation of resources in the economy and
failure market failure
• Role of markets
• Demand Microeconomic decision makers
• Money and banking
• Supply • Households
• Price determination • Workers
• Price changes • Trade Unions
• Price elasticity of Demand and Supply • Firms
• Firms and production
• Market economic system
• Firms’ costs, revenues and objectives
• Market failure
• Market structures
• Mixed economic system
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Grade: IX IGCSE Art and Design 2023-2024
Semester 1 Semester 2
Individual Individual
• 2nd Monologue recording
• 1st Monologue Recording
Syllabus for Assessment 2
Syllabus for Assessment 1 • PASTO & Aristotle
• Technical theatre (lights, sound, costume props,
• Laban Movement make-up)
• Commedia Del’ Arte • Stage craft (use of props and set)
• Theatre of The Oppressed • Improvisation
• Devising • Voice Work
• Voice Work • Physicality
• Physicality
Group
Group • Devised piece based on stimulus.
• (Answering questions based on an extract from
• Group performance (based on given scripts) a director and designers point of view).
(Answering questions based on an extract). • (Answering questions based on devised work).
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• Software
• The internet and its uses
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TABLE OF ASSESSMENT
Grade IX IGCSE: 2023-2024
Semester 1 Semester 2
Assessment UT1 AA1 AA2 SA1 UT2 AA1 AA2 SA2
See table See table
Marks 20 20 20 20 20 20
below below
20% 10% 10% 60% 20% 10% 10% 60%
Weighting
100% 100%
(1) AA = Alternative Assessment, UT = Unit Test, SA = Summative Assessment
(2) For Unit Test 20 marks and 45 minutes for all languages.
(3) For Unit Test 20 marks and 30 mins for the rest of the subjects.
(4) For Summative Assessment, refer to the table below for max. marks and duration.
There are 4 Academic Reports:
• UT1
• SA1: Consolidated Report for Semester 1
• UT2
• SA2: Consolidated Report for Semester 2
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Board Examination X IGCSE - TABLE OF ASSESSMENT 2024-2025
Sr. No. Subject Paper Duration Marks Weightage
Extended Mathematics Paper 2 2 Hr 100 50%
1
(0580) Paper 4 2 Hr 100 50%
Additional Mathematics Paper 1 2 Hr 80 50%
2
(0606) Paper 2 2 Hr 80 50%
Paper 1 2 Hr 80 50%
3 English Language (0500)
Paper 2 2 Hr 80 50%
Paper 1 1 Hr 30 Min 50 50%
4 English Literature (0475)
Paper 2 1 Hr 30 Min 50 50%
Paper 1 2 Hr 60 67%
5 Hindi (0549)
Paper 2 35-45 Min 30 33%
Paper 1 45 Min 40 25%
Paper 2 1 Hr 45 25%
6 French (0520)
Paper 3 15 Min 40 25%
Paper 4 1 Hr 45 25%
Paper 1 45 Min 40 25%
Paper 2 1 Hr 45 25%
7 Spanish (0530)
Paper 3 15 Min 40 25%
Paper 4 1 Hr 45 25%
Paper 1 1 Hr 30 Min 45 45%
8 Tamil (3226)
Paper 2 1 Hr 30 Min 55 55%
Paper 2 45 Min 40 30%
9 Physics (0625) Paper 4 1 Hr 15 Min 80 50%
Paper 6 1 Hr 40 20%
Paper 2 45 Min 40 30%
10 Chemistry (0620) Paper 4 1 Hr 15 Min 80 50%
Paper 6 1 Hr 40 20%
Paper 2 45 Min 40 30%
11 Biology (0610) Paper 4 1 Hr 15 Min 80 50%
Paper 6 1 Hr 40 20%
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Sr. Paper Duration Marks Weightage
Subject
No.
Paper 1 1 Hr 45 Min 75 45%
12 Geography (0460) Paper 2 1 Hr 30 Min 60 27.5%
Paper 4 1 Hr 30 Min 60 27.5%
Paper 1 2 Hr 60 40%
13 History (0470) Paper 2 2 Hr 50 33%
Paper 4 1 Hr 40 27%
Component 35%
1 Hr 15 Min 70
1
Global Perspectives In a course of 30%
14 Component 2 60
(0457) two years
In a course of 35%
Component 3 70
two years
Paper 1 45 Min 30 30%
15 Economics (0455)
Paper 2 2 Hr 15 Min 90 70%
Paper 1 1 Hr 30 Min 80 50%
16 Business Studies (0450) 50%
Paper 2 1 Hr 30 Min 80
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