Igcse Syllabus

NPS International School
Into Grade 9 Orientation

September 30th, 2022
IGCSE
COURSE INFORMATION BOOKLET
(Batch of 2023-25)
For detailed information on subjects, please visit Cambridge Assessment International

Education (CAIE) website at Cambridge Assessment International Education Official
Website (cambridgeinternational.org)
Our Vision
Inspiring young minds and empowering them to have a positive impact on the
world.
Mission Statement
• Providing a child-centred, holistic and value-based learning experience
• Encouraging creativity, innovation, confidence and critical thinking in a safe
and nurturing environment
• Fostering leadership, empathy and engagement in humanitarian and
environmental service
Motto:
‘REACH OUT, REACH HIGH AND REACH BEYOND’
NPSI/Into Grade 9 Orientation/2022/Version 1.0 1

Name of Subject: First Language English Subject Code: 0500

Main Topics covered through Grades 9 and 10 IGCSE
• Comprehension Task
• Summary Writing
• Writer’s Effect
• Directed Writing
• Discursive/Argumentative/Persuasive Writing
• Descriptive Writing
• Narrative Writing
Examination Board Question Paper Pattern
Paper Duration Marks Weightage
1 - Reading 2 hours 80 50 %
2 - Directed Writing and Composition 2 hours 80 50 %
Name of Subject: Literature in English Subject Code: 0475

Prose:
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Poetry:
• Selected poems from Songs of Ourselves Volume 1 Part 4
Drama:
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare.
• A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Examination Board Question Paper Pattern:

1 - Poetry and Prose 1 hour 30 minutes 50 50 %
2 - Drama 1 hour 30 minutes 50 50 %

Name of Subject: Hindi (Board Examination in October 2024) Subject Code: 0549
1 Reading
• understand public notices and signs (including timetables and advertisements)
• identify and select correct details from simple texts
• select and organize relevant information from a range of texts that are likely to be within
the experience of young people and reflecting the interests of people from varied cultural
backgrounds, such as blogs, brochures, emails, forms, imaginative writing, letters, magazines,
newspapers and webpages
• identify some ideas, opinions and attitudes in a range of texts
• understand what is implied but not directly stated within a text, such as gist, opinion, writer’s
purpose and intention
• identify the important points or themes within an extended piece of writing
• draw conclusions from an extended text and recognize connections between related ideas
within a text
2 Writing
• communicate factual information, ideas and arguments in short and extended writing tasks in
appropriate and accurate Hindi
• respond to a written stimulus and use appropriate register and style/format for the given
purpose and audience, such as a summary, an informal letter/email, an article, a report or
review
• use a range of grammatical structures, punctuation and vocabulary
• express opinions and use appropriate register/style
• select and organise information and ideas into coherent paragraphs and use a range of linking
devices
3 Listening
• understand factual information and ideas from a range of sources, such as a recorded phone
message, news or weather report, travel broadcast, interview, dialogue, memoir or telephone
conversation
• identify relevant information and select correct details from a range of sources
• identify ideas, opinions and attitudes from a range of sources and understand the connections
between them
• show some awareness of what is implied but not directly stated, such as gist, purpose and
intention

Paper 1 2 hours 60 67%
(Reading & Writing)
Paper 2 35-45 minutes 30 33%
(Listening)

Name of Subject: Tamil (O Level) Subject Code: 3226

Reading
- Cultivate the habit and love for reading
- To read blogs, brochures, emails, forms, imaginative writing, letters, magazines,
newspapers and webpages
- Develop oral and silent reading and comprehension skills
- Hone critical thinking skills by analyzing essays
- Recognize implicit meaning and attitude in texts
- Improve vocabulary through exposure to new words and ideas
- Reinforce grammatical structures and usage of words
- Develop the ability to identify and summarise main points in prose
Writing:
- Develop the ability to comprehend texts and translate from English to Tamil and Tamil to
English
- Exposure to various writing styles such as letter writing, speech writing, dialogue writing,
stories and reviews, etc.
- Exposure to formal and informal letter writing
- Write reports based on events occurring in school and articles from newspapers
- Write about favourite personalities, places, ambitions, and own experiences
- Develop the ability to form their own opinions and express their thoughts
- To write argumentative essays
- Learn and understand the use of idioms, proverbs, and metaphors

1 – Composition 1 hour 30 minutes 45 45%
2 – Translation and Reading 1 hour 30 minutes 55 55 %
Comprehension

Name of Subject: French Subject Code: 0520

Grade 9 IGCSE Grade 10 IGCSE
Personal and social life Personal and social life

• Self, family and personal relationships • Personal relationships
• Holidays and special occasions Everyday activities
Everyday activities
• Food, health and fitness
• Home life and school The world of work
• Food, health and fitness
• Continuing education
The world around us
• Careers and employment
• Home town and local area • Language and communication in the
• People, places and customs workplace
The world around us
• Natural and man made environment
The international world
• Tourism at home and abroad
• Life in other countries and communities
• World events and issues

1 – Listening 45 minutes 40 25%
2 – Reading 60 minutes 45 25%
3 – Speaking 10 minutes 40 25%
4 – Writing 60 minutes 45 25%
IB French B HL/SL or IB
Spanish Ab Initio

Name of Subject: Spanish Subject Code: 0530

Personal and social life Everyday activities

• Self, family and personal • Food, health and fitness
relationships
The world of work
• Holidays and special occasions
• Continuing education
Everyday activities
• Careers and employment
• Home life and school • Language and communication in the work
The world around us place
The international world
• Home town and local area
• Natural and made environment • Tourism at home and abroad
• People, places and customs • Life in other countries and communities
• World events and issues

1 – Listening 45 minutes 40 25%
2 – Reading 60 minutes 45 25%
3 – Speaking 10 minutes 40 25%
4 – Writing 60 minutes 45 25%
IB Spanish B SL

Name of Subject: Additional Mathematics Subject Code: 0606
• Factors of Polynomials • Logarithmic and Exponential Functions

• Simultaneous Equations • Straight line Graphs
• Quadratic Functions • Permutations and Combinations
• Functions • Series (AP, GP & Binomial)
• Equations, Inequalities and Graphs • Coordinate geometry of the circle
• Trigonometry • Vectors in 2 dimensions
• Circular Measure • Differentiation and Integration
• Introduction to differentiation -
Polynomials

1 2 hours (Non-calculator) 80 50%
2 2 hours (Calculator) 80 50%
Name of Subject: Extended Mathematics Subject Code: 0580

• Numbers • Coordinate Geometry
• Algebra • Graphs
• Mensuration • Sets
• Geometry • Functions
• Trigonometry • Vectors and Transformations
• Probability
• Statistics
• Introduction to Differentiation

2 2 hours (Non-calculator) 100 50%
4 2 hours (Calculator) 100 50%

Grade 8 Mathematics
Grade 9 and 10 IGCSE Grade 9 and 10 IGCSE

Mathematics Mathematics Grade 9 and 10 CBSE
Additional Mathematics Extended Mathematics Mathematics
(80% and above in SA2) (Below 80% in SA2)
IB Mathematics- Analysis IB Mathematics- Analysis

and Approaches-HL and Approaches-SL
IB Mathematics- IB Mathematics- Grade 11 and 12 CBSE
Applications and Applications and Mathematics
Interpretations-HL Interpretations-SL

Name of Subject: Physics Subject Code: 0625

• General physics • Electricity and magnetism
• Thermal physics • Atomic physics
• Properties of waves including light and sound • Space physics part 2
• Space physics part 1
2 Multiple Choice 45 minutes 40 30%

4 Theory 1 hour 15 minutes 80 50%
6 Alternative to Practical 1 hour 40 20%
Grade 8 Physics
Grade 9 and 10 IGCSE Grade 9 and 10 CBSE

Physics Physics
A*/A in IGCSE B or below in IGCSE Grade 11 and 12 CBSE

Physics Physics Physics
IB Physics HL/SL IB Environmental Systems and

IB Physics SL
Societies SL

Name of Subject: Chemistry Subject Code: 0620

• States of matter • Chemical energetics
• Experimental Techniques and Chemical • Chemical reactions
Analysis • Electrochemistry
• Atoms elements and compounds • Chemistry of the environment
• Stoichiometry • Organic chemistry
• Acids, Bases and Salts
• The Periodic Table
• Metals

Grade 8 Chemistry

Chemistry Chemistry

Chemistry Chemistry Chemistry
IB Chemistry IB Environmental Systems and

HL/SL IB Chemistry SL
Societies SL

Name of Subject: Biology Subject Code: 0610

• Reproduction
• Characteristics of organisms, Drawing &
magnification • Inheritance
• Organization in the organism • Variation & selection
• Movement in and out of cells • Organisms and their environment
• Biological molecules • Biotechnology & Genetic
Engineering
• Enzymes
• Human influence on ecosystems.
• Plant Nutrition
• Human nutrition
• Transport in Humans
• Diseases, Immunity and Drugs
• Transport in Plants
• Gas exchange in Humans
• Respiration
• Excretion in Humans
• Co-ordination and response
• Hormones, Homeostasis, and tropic response

Grade 8 Biology

Biology Biology

Biology Biology Biology
IB Biology HL/SL IB Environmental Systems and

IB Biology SL
Societies SL

Name of Subject: History Subject Code: 0470

Core Core
• Peace treaties of 1919-23 • Beginning of the Cold War
• The League of Nations • USA’s policy of containment of
• Collapse of international peace by 1939 Communism
• Depth study: Germany -1918-1945 • USSR’s control over Eastern Europe -
• Weimar Republic 1948-1989.
• Rise of Hitler • Events in the Gulf- 1970-2000
• The Nazi Regime
1 – Core and depth(study) 2 hours 60 40%
2 – League of Nations 2 hours 50 33%
4 – Alternative to Course 1 hour 40 27%

work- Depth Study (Germany)
Grade 8 History
Grade 9 and 10
Grade 9 and 10 IGCSE IGCSE Geography Grade 9 and 10 CBSE Social
Economics OR Art and Design OR History OR Sciences ( History,
OR Business studies OR Drama Global Geography, Democratic
OR Design and Technology Perspectives Politics and Economics)
IB Visual Arts IB Geography (HL/SL)

(HL/SL) OR IB
Design OR History (HL/SL)
Technology OR Economics (HL/SL)
HL/SL OR Psychology (HL/SL)
OR Business Management (HL/SL)
OR Environmental Systems and Societies (SL)

Name of Subject: Geography Subject Code: 0460

Theme 1 Theme 3
• Population and Migration • Food production
• Settlement • Industry
Themes 2 • Tourism
• Earthquakes and Volcanoes • Energy and Water resources
• Rivers • Development
• Coasts • Environmental risks of economic
• Weather development
• Climate and natural vegetation

1 Geographical 1 hour 45 minutes 75 45%
Themes
2 – Geographical 1 hour 30 minutes 60 27.5%
Skills
4 – Alternative to 1 hour 30 minutes 60 27.5%
course work
Grade 8 Geography
Grade 9 and 10
Grade 9 and 10 IGCSE IGCSE Geography Grade 9 and 10 CBSE Social
Economics OR Art and Design OR History OR Sciences ( History,
OR Business studies OR Drama Global Geography, Democratic
OR Design and Technology Perspectives Politics and Economics)
IB Visual Arts IB Geography (HL/SL)

(HL/SL) OR IB
Design OR History (HL/SL)
Technology OR Economics (HL/SL)
HL/SL OR Psychology (HL/SL)
OR Business Management (HL/SL)
OR Environmental Systems and Societies (SL)

Name of Subject: Global Perspectives Subject Code: 0457

Component 1 Component 1
• Demographic Change • Globalization
• Education for all • Law and Criminality
• Employment • Migration
• Fuel and Energy • Transport Systems
Students choose any one of the 8 given topics in Students choose any one of the 8 given topics in
the syllabus the syllabus
• Belief systems • Belief systems
• Biodiversity and ecosystem loss • Biodiversity and ecosystem loss
• Changing communities • Changing communities
• Digital world • Digital world
• Family • Family
• Humans and other species • Humans and other species
• Sustainable living • Sustainable living
• Trade and aid • Trade and aid
Students choose any one of the 8 given topics in Students choose any one of the 8 given topics in
the syllabus the syllabus
• Conflict and Peace • Conflict and Peace
• Disease and Health • Disease and Health
• Human Rights • Human Rights
• Language and Communication • Language and Communication
• Poverty and Inequality • Poverty and Inequality
• Sport and Recreation • Sport and Recreation
• Tradition, Culture and Identity • Tradition, Culture and Identity
• Water, Food and Agriculture • Water, Food and Agriculture

Component 1Written 1 hour 15 minutes 70 35%
Examination
Component 2 Individual Candidates write an Individual Report on one 60 30%
Report global topic.
Component 3 Team Candidates devise and develop a collaborative
Project project on one topic from a choice of eight. 70
35%

IB Geography (HL/SL)
or History (HL/SL)
or Economics (HL/SL)
or Business Management (HL/SL)
or Psychology (HL/SL)
or Environmental Systems and Societies (SL)
Name of Subject: Economics Subject Code: 0455

• Basic Economic Problems • Government and the macroeconomy

• Allocation of resources • Economic development
• Microeconomic decision makers • International trade and globalization

1 Multiple Choice Questions 45 minutes 30 30%

2 Structured Questions 2 hours 15 minutes 90 70%
Grade 9 and 10 IGCSE Economics
or History (HL/SL)

Name of Subject: Art and Design Subject Code: 0400

• Observational drawing and painting • Topic/Thematic Artwork 1

• Thematic Artwork (Painting and • Topic/Thematic Artwork 2
related media)
• Design art-Fashion / Textile design

Component 1 Art Portfolio and Artwork Over the 100 50%
Exploration, development and production of an course of a
artwork based on a chosen theme year
Component 2 Topic/Thematic Artwork based on 8 hours 100 50%
pre-released material
or History (HL/SL)

Name of Subject: Drama Subject Code: 0411
• Dramatic and theatrical terms (will be • From Script to Performance

taught throughout the course) • Staging, Direction and Design
• Physical theatre • Individual/Solo performance
• Voice work • Component 2 coursework
• Devising and original Drama • Writing about drama
• Text analysis

1 (Written Examination) 2 hours 30 minutes 80 40%
2 (Coursework) NA 120 60%
Grade 9 and 10 IGCSE Drama
Drama (HL/SL) IB Geography (HL/SL)

or History (HL/SL)

Name of Subject: Business Studies Subject Code: 0450
• Understanding business activity • Marketing

• People in business • Operations Management
• External influences on business activity • Financial information and decisions

1 Short Answer and Data Response 1 hour 30 minutes 80 50%
2 Case Study 1 hour 30 minutes 80 50%
Grade Grade
9 and 109 IGCSE
and 10 Business
IGCSE Global
Studies
Perspectives
or History (HL/SL)
VisualorArts (HL/SL)
Economics (HL/SL)
or Business Management (HL/SL) or History (HL/SL)
or Psychology (HL/SL) or Economics (HL/SL)
or Environmental Systems and
orSocieties
Business(SL)
and Management (HL/SL)

Name of Subject: Design and Technology Subject Code: 0445

Product Design • The Project-Graphic Products
• Design Ideas & techniques • Identifying a need & establish a design
• Making brief
• Evaluation • Researching the design brief & developing
• Health & safety a specification
• Use of technology • Generating & exploring design ideas
• Product Design application • Developing a proposed solution
• Environment & Sustainability • Planning for production
• Design & technology in Society • Product realisation
• Testing & evaluation
Graphic Products
• Drawing basic shapes

• Formal drawing techniques
• Sectional view
• Expanded and assembly view
• Enlarging and Reducing
• Presentations
• Reprographics
• Projections, Orthographic View and
Developments
• Data Graphics and ICT
• Materials and modelling
• Manufacture of graphic products
Duration Marks Weightage

Paper
1. Product Design 1 hour 15 minutes 50 25%
5. Graphic Products 1 hour 50 25%
Component 2. Project (School-based

assessment Internally assessed and externally 2 terms (10 IGCSE) 100 50%
moderated)
Grade 9 and 10 IGCSE Design and Technology
IB Design Technology (HL/SL)

Name of Subject: Computer Science Subject Code: 0478

• Data representation • Automated and emerging technologies

• Data transmission • Programming
• Hardware • Boolean logic
• Algorithm design and problem-solving • Databases
• Software
• The Internet and its uses

1 Computer systems 1 hour 45 minutes 75 50%
2 Algorithms, Programming and Logic 1 hour 45 minutes 75 50%

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NPS International School

Into Grade 9 Orientation

For detailed information on subjects, please visit Cambridge Assessment International

NPS International School

NPSI/Into Grade 9 Orientation/2022/Version 1.0 1

Name of Subject: First Language English Subject Code: 0500

Name of Subject: Literature in English Subject Code: 0475

Examination Board Question Paper Pattern:

1 - Poetry and Prose 1 hour 30 minutes 50 50 %

2 - Drama 1 hour 30 minutes 50 50 %

NPSI/Into Grade 9 Orientation/2022/Version 1.0 2

Examination Board Question Paper Pattern:

NPSI/Into Grade 9 Orientation/2022/Version 1.0 3

Name of Subject: Tamil (O Level) Subject Code: 3226

Examination Board Question Paper Pattern:

NPSI/Into Grade 9 Orientation/2022/Version 1.0 4

Name of Subject: French Subject Code: 0520

Personal and social life Personal and social life

Examination Board Question Paper Pattern:

3 – Speaking 10 minutes 40 25%

4 – Writing 60 minutes 45 25%

NPSI/Into Grade 9 Orientation/2022/Version 1.0 5

Name of Subject: Spanish Subject Code: 0530

Personal and social life Everyday activities

Examination Board Question Paper Pattern:

1 – Listening 45 minutes 40 25%

2 – Reading 60 minutes 45 25%

3 – Speaking 10 minutes 40 25%

4 – Writing 60 minutes 45 25%

NPSI/Into Grade 9 Orientation/2022/Version 1.0 6

Grade 9 IGCSE Grade 10 IGCSE

• Factors of Polynomials • Logarithmic and Exponential Functions

Examination Board Question Paper Pattern:

Name of Subject: Extended Mathematics Subject Code: 0580

Examination Board Question Paper Pattern:

2 2 hours (Non-calculator) 100 50%

4 2 hours (Calculator) 100 50%

NPSI/Into Grade 9 Orientation/2022/Version 1.0 7

Grade 9 and 10 IGCSE Grade 9 and 10 IGCSE

IB Mathematics- Analysis IB Mathematics- Analysis

NPSI/Into Grade 9 Orientation/2022/Version 1.0 8

Name of Subject: Physics Subject Code: 0625

Grade 9 IGCSE Grade 10 IGCSE

Examination Board Question Paper Pattern:

Paper Duration Marks Weightage

2 Multiple Choice 45 minutes 40 30%

Grade 9 and 10 IGCSE Grade 9 and 10 CBSE

A*/A in IGCSE B or below in IGCSE Grade 11 and 12 CBSE

IB Physics HL/SL IB Environmental Systems and

NPSI/Into Grade 9 Orientation/2022/Version 1.0 9

Name of Subject: Chemistry Subject Code: 0620

Grade 9 IGCSE Grade 10 IGCSE

Examination Board Question Paper Pattern:

Paper Duration Marks Weightage

2 Multiple Choice 45 minutes 40 30%

Grade 9 and 10 IGCSE Grade 9 and 10 CBSE

A*/A in IGCSE B or below in IGCSE Grade 11 and 12 CBSE

IB Chemistry IB Environmental Systems and

NPSI/Into Grade 9 Orientation/2022/Version 1.0 10

Name of Subject: Biology Subject Code: 0610

Grade 9 IGCSE Grade 10 IGCSE

Examination Board Question Paper Pattern:

Paper Duration Marks Weightage