Maths

Subject Overview

This course is about developing your numeracy, problem solving and analytical skills and applying these in everyday life. It will teach you how to break problems down into small steps, spot patterns and analyse data.

Our Mission: To realise and engage the Mathematician inside all of us – everything involves Maths; to see the connections, is to see the world we live in.

Our Values: With our staff, students, parents and community at the heart of what we do, we embrace these values:

• Creating an open, honest and kind atmosphere, where anyone can take part and everyone is included

• Providing an engaging curriculum, where perseverance, independent discovery and a growth mind set are synonymous with success

• Understanding that mistakes happen and that learning from them is an essential part of being a Mathematician

• Working together, taking collective responsibility for our achievements and results

Teaching and Learning

Students are taught in ability groups from year 7. These are based on their KS2 SAT result and their CAT scores, which they sit at the start of year 7. They follow the National Curriculum which covers Number, Algebra, Shape, Space and Measures and Handling Data. Years 7-9 will follow the 2015 Edexcel Specification (1-9).

Year 7

Terms 1 and 2

Place Value (inc decimals)

Add and Subtract (inc decimals)

Use of brackets

Estimation and rounding (decimal places and significant figures)

Perimeter

Word Problems

Factors HCF, Roots

Multiply and Divide (inc decimals)

Order of operations (4 operations and brackets)

Area of rectangle and triangle, length of side

Calculate the mean

Terms 3 and 4

Draw, measure and name acute and obtuse angles

Draw various polygons

Find unknown angles (straight lines, at a point, vertically opposite)

Properties of triangles and quadrilaterals

Area of parallelogram and trapezium

Multiples LCM

Equivalent fractions

Compare and order fractions and decimals

Change mixed numbers to improper fractions and vice versa

Adding and subtracting fractions

Terms 5 and 6

Substitution

Simplify algebraic expressions

Solve word problems with expressions

Sequences (term to term, not nth term)

Construct and interpret statistical diagrams including pie charts

Convert between percentages, vulgar fractions and decimals

Fraction of a quantity

Multiply and divide fractions

Percentage of a quantity

Find the whole given the part and the percentage

Year 8

Terms 1 and 2

Primes, indices and roots

Prime factorisation to find LCM, HCF

Order of operations

Venn diagrams

Enumerating sets

Add and Subtract fractions

Negative numbers and inequality statements

Formulate and evaluate expressions

Linear equations

Expressions and equations from real world situations

Linear sequences: nth term

Terms 3 and 4

Draw accurate triangles and quads (ruler, protractor, pairs of compass)

Find unknown angles (including parallel lines)

Conversion between length units and between area units

Areas and perimeters of composite figures

Convert between percentages, vulgar fractions and decimals

Percentage inc and dec, finding the whole given the part & the %

Ratio (equivalent, of a quantity) and rate

Speed, distance, time

Terms 5 and 6

Rounding, significant figures and estimation

Circumference and area of a circle

Visualise and identify 3D shapes and their nets

Volume of a cuboid, prism, cylinder, composite solids

Collect and organise data

Interpret and compare statistical representations

Mean, median and mode averages

The range and outliers

Y9-11

Y9-11 will follow the 2015 Edexcel Specification (1-9). This is 100% examination, which consists of three 1.5 hour long exams at the end of year 11. Pupils will either follow the foundation or higher scheme of work. The topics covered are:-

Year 9	Year 10	Year 11
Autumn 1 - 7 Weeks Ch 1 Calculations (4 weeks) Ch 2 Expressions (3 weeks) Autumn 2 - 7 Weeks Ch 2 Expressions ( 1 week) Ch 3 Angles and polygons (6 weeks) Spring 1 - 6 Weeks Ch 4 Handling data 1 (6 weeks) Spring 2 - 6 Weeks Ch 5 FDP (6 weeks) Summer 1 - 6 Weeks Ch 6 Formulae and functions (4 weeks) Ch 7 Working in 2D (2 weeks) Summer 2 - 7 Weeks Ch 7 Working in 2D (2 weeks) Ch 8 Probability (4 weeks)	Autumn 1 - 7 Weeks Ch 9 Measures and accuracy (4 weeks) Ch 10 Equations and inequalities (3 weeks) Autumn 2 - 7 Weeks Ch 10 Equations and inequalities (3 week) Ch 11 Circles and constructions (4 weeks) Spring 1 - 6 Weeks Ch 12 Ratio and proportion (4 weeks) Ch 13 Factors, powers and roots (2 weeks) Spring 2 - 6 Weeks Ch 13 Factors, powers and roots (2 weeks) Ch 14 Graphs 1 (4 weeks) Summer 1 - 6 Weeks Ch 15 Working in 3D (4 weeks) Ch 16 Handling data 2 (2 weeks) Summer 2 - 7 Weeks Ch 16 Handling data 2 (2 weeks) Ch 17 Calculations (4 weeks)	Autumn 1 - 7 Weeks Ch 10 Equations and inequalities (2 weeks) Ch 11 Circles and constructions (2 weeks) Ch 12 Ratio and proportion (2 weeks) Ch 13 Factors, powers and roots (1 week) Autumn 2 - 7 Weeks Ch 13 Factors, powers and roots (1 week) Ch 14 Graphs 1 (2 weeks) Ch 15 Working in 3D (3 weeks) Ch 16 Handling data (1 week) Spring 1 - 6 Weeks Ch 16 Handling data 2 (2 weeks) Ch 17 Calculations 2 (1 week) Ch 18 Graphs 2 (2 weeks) Ch 19 Pythagoras and trigonometry (1 week) Spring 2 - 6 Weeks Ch 19 Pythagoras and trigonometry (1 week) Ch 20 Combined events (2 weeks) Ch 21 Sequences (1 week) Ch 22 Units and proportionality (2 weeks) Summer Revision

Assessment

At KS3 and KS4 students complete assessments during each unit throughout the year and sit an end of year exam in the summer term.

In year 11 students sit additional mock exams in November and February. Each of these are three 1.5 hour long papers.

Homework

Homework is set 2-times per week in accordance with the homework timetable. Examples of homework tasks set are mymaths online homeworks and booster packs, research or revision homeworks, investigation activities or consolidation tasks.

Homework is easily accessible to students through Show my Homework: https://peacehaven.showmyhomework.co.uk