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IGCSE & GCSE Chemistry are originated from the UK designed for Year 11 students serving for three main purposes:

1. Hands-on experience on public exam preparation before their upcoming final GCE A-Level or IBDP Chemistry curriculum
2. Assessing their understanding on the Chemistry and thus to decide if they are capable of taking the subject in higher form.
3. Publicly-recognized exam certificate for high school and possibly university admission

GCSE Chemistry is designed for local UK students where IGCSE Chemistry is designed for international students including from Hong Kong. Both shares the majority of the curriculum in common whereas in examination GCSE is marginally easier. The curriculum consists of 4 main sections - Principle of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, whether you are sitting for the CIE, Edexcel, AQA or OCR examination board. Concepts involved in each chapter are in general straight forward. But be able to master ALL of the topics is the key to secure a Grade "9". If you are considering taking IBDP or GCE A-level Chemistry in higher form, or planning to apply for Medical related programs in University, you shall sit for the triple awards science (Edexcel/AQA) or the Extension (CIE) Chemistry in order to develop a further understanding and solid foundation on the subject.

The recent reformed GCSE & IGCSE curriculum has a more defined grading system in which A*, A, B, C, D, E, F is now transformed to Grade 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 respectively. Candidates's performance in the exam will be further assessed and categorized with the new grading system. In other words, students that achieved an A* range will now be further sub-categorized into Grade 8 or 9, meaning only a smaller percentage of candidates will receive a top grade more difficult than before. A few more chapters are also incorporated into the new Chemistry curriculum bringing a wider perspective for students on their concept in this subject.

As aforementioned, concepts in IGCSE / GCSE Chemistry are in general straight forward. But be able to master ALL of the topics is the key to secure a Grade "9". Our Chemistry specialist will first focus on covering the topics students might not be familiar with. Then afterwards we will be moving on learning the upcoming chapters together with selected past exam questions. We emphasize on understanding the exam questions, knowing what they want to assess, applying the concept, and writing the right answer, to get familiarized with the approach. Hence in this way, we will be able to solve any forms of questions on a given topic and no further from securing a Grade "9" in IGCSE / GCSE Chemistry.

After having the first session with our student, it allows us to have a much clearer picture on their current level and performance. We will first clear the concepts they might be not familiar with or showing lack of thorough understanding. Afterwards, we will teach and cover upcoming topics in the school and hence we will be ahead of the school progress leaving us adequate time for paper drilling and exam preparation. Selected by-topic past exam papers taken from IGCSE / GCSE will be regularly assigned to our students to make sure they get used to the question approach on a given topic. We will mark the papers and explain those that they had made mistakes on to ensure they full understand and master the topic. Each session will last around 2 hours including both concept coverage and question analysis.