What Junior School notes and topical booklets are
Junior School notes are ready-made written explanations of what a Grade 7, 8 or 9 learner covers in each CBC learning area, and topical booklets gather that content by topic so a learner can study one area at a time. They are the material a learner actually reads to understand and revise – the explanations, worked examples and summaries – as opposed to the scheme of work or lesson plan a teacher plans with.
This page brings together the Junior School notes and topical booklets for Grade 7 to Grade 9 in one place. The notes follow the learning areas lesson by lesson so a learner can study in teaching order, while the topical booklets make it easy to focus on a single topic for revision. Use the grade links below to open what you need, or the button at the bottom for the full Junior School collection.
Notes and topical booklets: how they work together
Junior School is the bridge from primary into more subject-specific learning, and the notes reflect that. The lesson-by-lesson notes give steady coverage across a learning area – useful for keeping up with class and for catching a missed lesson – while a topical booklet pulls one topic together in a single, self-contained booklet a learner can work through on its own. In practice a learner uses the running notes to follow the class and reaches for a topical booklet when they want to master or revise one specific area. Both cover the same CBC content; they just package it for different moments in the year.
Junior School notes by grade
Who these notes are for
- Learners and home users – find your grade above for notes that follow the learning areas in teaching order, plus topical booklets for focused revision.
- Teachers – the notes map to how the Junior School learning areas are delivered, so they work as a teaching companion and as study material to set for a class.
- Parents, and anyone downloading on a learner's behalf (including from a cyber café or business centre) – Junior School notes are specific to grade; confirm the learner's grade (7, 8 or 9) before downloading and match it to the links above.
- Researchers and education-sector readers – these are the CBC Junior School notes and topical booklets, structured by learning area and by topic for Grade 7–9.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between the notes and a topical booklet? The notes run lesson by lesson through a learning area, giving steady coverage in teaching order. A topical booklet gathers one topic into a single self-contained booklet, which suits focused revision. Both cover the same CBC content.
Which grades are covered? Grade 7, Grade 8 and Grade 9 – the full CBC Junior School phase. Use the grade links above to go to the one you need.
Are these aligned to the CBC Junior School curriculum? Yes. The notes and booklets follow the CBC learning areas for Junior School, so they match what learners are taught and assessed on at Grade 7–9.
I've been asked to download these for a learner – what do I check? Confirm the grade first. For a specific revision need, a topical booklet for that topic may be what's wanted rather than the full running notes – check with the learner if you're unsure.
Looking for notes for another level?
This page covers Junior School (Grade 7–9). For primary (Grade 1–6), Senior School (Grade 10) and secondary 8-4-4 (Form 1–4), start from our Class Notes hub, which links to every level.
Download the Junior School notes and topical booklets
The full Junior School notes and topical booklets, for every grade, are in our catalogue organised by grade, learning area and topic. Use the button below for the complete Grade 7–9 collection, or the grade links above to go straight to the grade you need.