Cambridge Lower Secondary → Upper Secondary, covering Class 8 → Class 10. This completes the pathway from Playgroup → O Level/IGCSE.

🎓 Cambridge Lower Secondary — Class 8 (Year 8, Age 13+)

Class 8 is the final year of Cambridge Lower Secondary (Stage 9).

It prepares students for Cambridge Checkpoint exams in English, Mathematics, and Science.

1. English (Stage 9)

• Reading comprehension: longer texts, non-fiction, fiction, poetry.
• Writing:
• Paragraphs & short essays (10–12 sentences).
• Story writing, letters, diary entries, instructions.
• Grammar:
• Parts of speech (advanced).
• Tenses: all forms, including perfect & continuous.
• Sentence types & punctuation.
• Conjunctions, prepositions, direct/indirect speech.
• Vocabulary: idioms, phrases, synonyms & antonyms.
• Speaking & listening: roleplay, discussion, short presentations.

2. Mathematics (Stage 9)

• Numbers: up to millions, rounding, factors & multiples.
• Fractions, decimals, percentages.
• Ratio & proportion.
• Geometry: angles, triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, circles.
• Measurement: area, perimeter, volume, mass, time.
• Algebra: simple equations, expressions.
• Data handling: bar charts, line graphs, probability.
• Word problems & applied questions.

3. Science (Stage 9)

• Living things: classification, adaptation, life cycles.
• Human body: all major systems (digestive, circulatory, respiratory, nervous, skeletal, muscular).
• Materials: properties, changes, mixtures & solutions.
• Forces & energy: gravity, friction, magnets, electricity.
• Light, sound, heat.
• Earth & Space: solar system, Earth’s rotation/revolution, weather.
• Environment: ecosystems, food chains/webs, pollution.

4. ICT / Computer Studies

• Word, Excel, PowerPoint: formatting, charts, formulas, slides.
• Internet research & safety.
• Email, digital communication.
• Basic coding: Scratch or block coding.

5. Bangla (Optional)

• Essay writing (10–12 sentences).
• Reading comprehension & analysis.
• Grammar: tenses, sentence structure, idioms, proverbs.
• Letter writing (formal & informal).

6. Art / Creative

• Drawing, shading, painting.
• Paper crafts, clay modelling, origami.
• Design, patterns, creative projects.

7. Global Perspectives

• Rights & responsibilities.
• Environment, pollution, conservation.
• Communities, diversity, problem solving, teamwork.

📚 Class 8 Book List

English

• Cambridge Lower Secondary English Learner’s Book 8
• Activity Book 8
• Nelson Grammar Stage 9
• Oxford Reading Tree Stage 13–14

Mathematics

• Cambridge Lower Secondary Mathematics Learner’s Book 8
• Workbook 8
• Collins Mental Maths Book 8

Science

• Cambridge Lower Secondary Science Learner’s Book 8
• Activity Book 8

ICT

• Cambridge ICT Lower Secondary Stage 8–9

Bangla

• বাংলা পাঠ্যপুস্তক (শ্রেণি ৮)

Art

• My Art & Craft Book – Class 8