We will be following the Cambridge Assessment Combined Science iGCSE syllabus adding to our knowledge every week, starting with the Organisms and their environment topic (week starting 8th Jan 2024), then moving through the topics in the following order; 
Human influences on ecosystems (week starting 29th Jan)
Chemistry of the environment (week starting 12th Feb)
Space physics (starting 27th Feb). This will mean that by the time we have finished all of the topics, the entire iGCSE course will be fully taught. It is expected that this will take around 2 years to teach all of the content, and new sections will start periodically (please get in touch for future start dates). 

Dates for Organisms and their environment lessons (B15):
1. 9th and 11th Jan- Intro to topic and Energy Flow 
2. 16th and 18th Jan- Food chains and webs
3. 23rd and 25th Jan- Biomass and Carbon cycle

Dates for human influences on ecosystems (B16):
1. 30th Jan and 1st Feb -  Biodiversity and deforestation
2. 6th and 8th Feb - Maintaining biodiversity and Extinction

Dates for chemistry of the environment (C10):
1. 13th and 15th Feb- Air composition and Greenhouse effect
2. 20th and 22nd Feb- Climate change and effects of pollutants

Dates for Space physics (P5):
1. 27th and 29th Feb- Rearranging formula and the night sky
2. 5th and 7th Mar- Light year and life cycle of stars

Dates for Characteristics of living organisms and Cells (B1 +B2):
1. 12th and 14th Mar- Magnification and animal and plant cells
2. 19th and 21st Mar- Bacterial cells and specialised cells
3. 26th and 28th Mar- Stem cells and Organisation

!!Easter break 2nd Apr- 11th Apr 2024!!

Dates for states of matter (C1):
1. 16th and 18th Apr- Solids, liquids and gases and changes of states
2. 23rd Apr- Volumes in gases

Dates for Atoms, elements and molecules (C2):
1. 25th Apr- Elements, compounds and mixtures
2. 30th Apr and 2nd May- Structure of an atom and Electron configuration
3. 7th and 9th May- Ionic bonding and properties
4. 14th and 16th May- Covalent bonding and properties

Dates for Movement into and out of cells (B3):
1. 21st and 23rd May- Diffusion and Osmosis
2. 28th May- Active transport

Dates for Biological molecules and Enzymes (B4 & B5):
1. 30th May- Carbohydrates, fats and proteins
2. 4th and 6th Jun- Food tests and Enzymes
3. 11th and 13th Jun- Active site and denaturation of enzymes

Dates for Periodic table (C8):
1. 18th and 20th Jun- periodic table and group 1
2. 25th and 27th Jun- Group 7 and Group 8 
3. 2nd Jul- Transition elements

Dates for Experimental techniques and chemical analysis (C12):
1. 4th Jul- Chemical apparatus
2. 9th and 11th Jul- Solvents, solutes and Chromatography
3. 16th and 18th Jul- Filtration and distillation
4. 23rd and 25th Jul- identification of gases and ions

!!Summer break 30th Jul- 29th Aug!!

Dates for Motion, forces and energy (P1):
1. 3rd and 5th Sep- Balanced forces and Newtons Laws
2. 17th and 19th Sep- Speed and distance-time graphs
3. 24th and 26th Sep- Speed-time graphs; acceleration and terminal velocity
4. 1st and 3rd Oct- Mass and weight; Density
5. 8th and 10th Oct- Energy; renewable and non-renewable
6. 15th and 17th Oct- Energy efficiency; kinetic energy and GPE
7. 22nd and 24th Oct- Work done and Power
8. 29th Oct- Pressure

Dates for Plants nutrition (B6)
1. 31st Oct- Photosynthesis
2. 5th and 7th Nov- Uses of glucose and light intensity; Leaf structure

Dates for Transport in plants (B8) 
1. 12th and 14th Nov- Xylem and phloem; water uptake
2. 19th Nov- Transpiration

Dates for sexual reproduction in plants (B14)
1. 21st Nov- Pollination
2. 26th and 28th Nov- Fertilisation and Germination

Dates for Stoichiometry (C3)
1. 3rd and 5th Dec- Word equations and Molecular formula
2. 10th and 12th Dec- Empirical formula and balancing equations
3. 17th and 19th Dec- Christmas fun week! 

!! Christmas break 20th Dec- 5th Jan!! 

Most topics will have a mini practical/ model building task for a more relaxed and fun lesson, this information will be provided at the start of the topic. Students who start later than the topic start date should be able to catch up as we frequently recap previous content as the start of each lesson, if the student is struggling to catch up from this, please let me know and I can direct you to some revision style resources. Knowledge builds up throughout the topic, however students should be able to start a new topic with no prior knowledge. 
Lessons are fairly structured and will include a mixture of individual tasks, group activities for collaborative learning by following a PowerPoint and working through various worksheets. We often use quizzes, interactive whiteboards and games. It is useful for students to have a general knowledge of science but this is not entirely necessary, as I can adapt lessons as we go along for the group!