CAMBRIDGE LOWER
SECONDARY
SCIENCE 1113
Y7 INTRODUCTORY BRIEFING
CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY SCIENCE
CURRICULUM
Scientific
Inquiry
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
STUDY CONTENTS
(YEAR 7 TO YEAR 9)
YEAR 7 STUDY CONTENT TERM
BREAKDWON
CAMBRIDGE CHECKPOINT
• Cambridge Checkpoint tests are taken at stage 9
• Cambridge Checkpoint tests skills and knowledge from stages 7 to 9
• Results are given as Cambridge Checkpoint scores. These scores are between 0.0 and
6.0, from the weakest performance to the best performance
• Cambridge Checkpoint tests have two question papers for each subject
• Each paper takes approximately one hour to complete
CAMBRIDGE
CHECKPOINT
REPORT (EXAMPLE)
CAMBRIDGE CHECKPOINT
STATEMENT OF ACHIEVEMENT (EXAMPLE)
CAMBRIDGE
CHECKPOINT
PAPER 1 (EXAMPLE)
Question Format:
• Structured
• Fill-in-the-blank
• Diagram sketching
• Complete the sentence
• Select the answer
• Match description
• Calculation
CAMBRIDGE
CHECKPOINT
PAPER 2 (EXAMPLE)
Question Format:
• Structured
• Fill-in-the-blank
• Diagram sketching
• Complete the sentence
• Select the answer
• Match description
• Calculation