What to expect:
Two homework tasks each week; the department uses Google Classroom to communicate and record the tasks. Students will be given different types of homework – eg. Textbook exercises, puzzles, online questions, revision. Each half term there will be two pieces of teacher assessed work and a test.
Resources:
Textbooks are available via for individual study away from the classroom. Students could also use for online interactive revision.
Programme of Study
The schemes are designed to cover the over 5 years of study. Opportunities for problem solving, mathematical reasoning and use of technology are incorporated. Below are very brief outlines, highlighting a few topics.
Year 7 (8 lessons per fortnight)
Textbook STP Mathematics 7.
Number
- Directed numbers, prime factors, HCF, LCM
- Properties of numbers (prime numbers, square, triangle, index form)
Algebra
- Rules of algebra, collecting like terms, brackets.
- Solving linear equations by balancing
- Nth term of linear sequences
Geometry and Measures
- Formal geometry of angles, parallel lines, triangles
Data and Probability
- Collecting data, tally chats, pictograms, bar charts
- Mean, median, mode and range
- Probability.
Year 8 (8 lessons per fortnight)
Textbook STP Mathematics 8
Number
- Standard form, estimating, calculator work
Algebra
- Factorising
- Equation of straight line y=mx+c and curved graphs.
Geometry
- Circumference and area of a circle
- Transformations
- Pythagoras
Data and Probability
- Probability – sample spaces
- Scatter diagrams and correlation
Year 9 (7 lessons per fortnight)
Textbook STP Mathematics 9
Number
- Recurring decimals, percentages
Algebra
- Quadratics
- Simultaneous equations
Ratio, proportion and rates of change
- Travel graphs, compound measures
- Direct and inverse proportion
Geometry and Measures
- Trigonometry
Probability
- Tree diagrams
Statistics
- Cumulative frequency
Year 10 & 11 (7 or 8 lessons per fortnight)
Textbook Higher GCSE Revision and Practice (Rayner)
The scheme builds on the work done in years 7 – 9 to cover the content of the GCSE (9 – 1) Higher Specification.
Some students will also be taught the content of Further Mathematics GCSE in preparation for A Level.
Exam Details
- Final decisions on the exact entries for this qualification will be made in the Spring Term of year 11.
For A Level Mathematics and Further Mathematics see the .
UKMT Junior Mathematics Challenge 2018
