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Welcome to

St Albans Girls' School

Mathematics

We aim to deliver high quality lessons which inspire, instil confidence and motivate all learners to achieve their best. All our enthusiastic students are able to apply Mathematics in real life situations without limitations or stereotypes.

The Department

Curriculum Leader: Mr J Hughes
Deputy Curriculum Leader: Miss B Soler
KS4 Coordinator: Mrs H Rock                                                                                                            

KS3

What will be studied?

Our Year 7 and Year 8 Schemes of Learning focus on building students’ key skills in specific areas and applying these to solve a range of related problems. The level of challenge is high and learning is modelled using a concrete/pictorial/abstract approach to help students develop understanding. Students are organised into broad bands based on prior attainment and teacher assessment. The Year 9 scheme of learning builds on the Year 7-8 content and students will consolidate and extend this understanding as well as encountering some new concepts and topics. 

 YEAR 7

AUTUMN SPRING SUMMER

Sequences

Developing understanding of calculations

Geometric Reasoning

 

Algebraic Notation Fractions and Percentages of amounts Developing Number sense
Equations Directed Numbers Sets and Probability
Fractions, Decimals & Percentages Adding and Subtracting Fractions Prime Numbers and Proof
  Geometric Construction Ratio and Scale
    Multiplicative Change

 YEAR 8

AUTUMN SPRING SUMMER

Ratio

Equations & Inequalities

Angles in parallel lines

Multiplicative Reasoning Sequences Areas of circles and trapezia
The Cartesian Plane Indices Line Symmetry and Reflection
Representing Data Fractions & Percentages Data Handling
Probability Tables Standard Index Form Measures of Location

 YEAR 9

AUTUMN SPRING SUMMER

Straight Line Graphs

Using Percentages

Ratio and Proportion

Forming and Solving Equations Maths and Money Rates
Testing Conjectures

Deduction

Probability
3D Shapes Rotation and Translation Consolidation and Extension
Constructions and Congruency  Pythagoras' Theorem  
Numbers Enlargement and Similarity  

St Albans Girls' School regularly enters teams into the UKMT Maths Challenges which allow students to test their problem-solving skills in a national competition. Our students regularly receive Gold awards and in recent years we have had students qualify for Olympiads as a result of exceptional performance in these challenges.

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