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Maths Curriculum Intent

“We emphasise the important skills gained through the learning of maths:  communication, logical thinking, reasoning, rationalising, problem solving, financial awareness and team building”

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Maths Curriculum

Our guiding principles are based on growth mindset research (Mathematical mindsets by Jo Bowler). We have seven positive norms that our lessons and students aspire to be;
1. Everyone can learn maths to the highest levels
2. Questions are really important
3. Maths is about connection and communication
4. Maths is about learning, not performing
5. We value depth over speed
6. Mistakes are valuable
7. Maths is about creativity and making sense.

More about The Maths Department

The core of what we do, as a department, is to foster in our students a love of learning.  Students do not learn maths solely for use in future work, as we recognise that not every student will work in a related field.  Instead we emphasise the important skills gained through the learning of maths:  communication, logical thinking, reasoning, rationalising, problem solving, financial awareness and team building, to name a few.

Enrichment

 Revision sessions are available after school for Year 11 in preparation for their GCSE exams. We also recommend the use of Corbett Maths (www.corbettmaths.com) Maths Genie (www.mathsgenie.co.uk), onmaths (www.onmaths.com) and SENECA as revision aids.  

Other regular opportunities for maths enrichment include the UKMT Maths Challenges and the SJD Maths Feast. Our Year 11 students who are interested in studying A level maths are also invited to Further Maths sessions.

Maths Equipment

We recommend a A Casio FX-83GTX or Casio FX-85GTX  calculator and a standard maths set containing a protractor and a compass.

Mathematics Reading List

 

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