Units taught in Year 7

AUTUMN SPRING SUMMER

Working with

Numbers

Graphs Fractions and

Decimals

Geometry Simplifying numbers Proportion

Probability Interpreting Data Circles

Percentages Algebra Equations and

Formulae

Sequences Congruence and

Scaling

Exam Review

Area of 2D & 3D

shapes

Comparing Data

Main skills developed in Year 7:

• Use positive integer powers and associated real roots

• Apply the four operations with decimal numbers

• Write a quantity as a fraction or percentage of another

• Use multiplicative reasoning to interpret percentage change

• Add, subtract, multiply and divide with fractions and mixed numbers

• Check calculations using approximation, estimation or inverse

operations

• Simplify and manipulate expressions by collecting like terms

• Simplify and manipulate expressions by multiplying a single term over

a bracket

• Substitute numbers into formulae

• Solve linear equations in one unknown

• Understand and use lines parallel to the axes, y = x and y = -x

• Calculate surface area of cubes and cuboids

• Understand and use geometric notation for labelling angles, lengths,

equal lengths and parallel lines

How parents can help to support their son’s/daughter’s

learning:

• Ensure that your child is always equipped with a pen, pencil, ruler

and calculator

• Encourage the need for meeting homework deadlines

• Encourage the need to review their answers to check they are

reasonable

• Encourage the need for revision to consolidate the topics taught

Students will be set weekly homework. This will be in the form of a written task or

computer based task.

The following websites can help your son/daughter’s

learning:

• www.mymaths.co.uk and www.mathswatchvle.co.uk

(your child will have their own logins)

If you have any queries, please contact Mr A Tiernan

Units taught in Year 8

AUTUMN SPRING SUMMER

Percentages Fractions Compound measures

Equations and

formulae

Algebra Right-angled triangles

Polygons Decimal numbers Extra: Circles

Using data Prisms and cylinders Extra: Enlargements

Applications of

graphs

Solving equations

graphically

Exam Review

Pythagoras’ theorem Solving equations

graphically

Extra: Surface area

and volume of 3D

shapes

Main skills developed in Year 8:

• Apply the four operations with negative numbers

• Convert numbers into standard form and vice versa

• Apply the multiplication, division and power laws of indices

• Convert between terminating decimals and fractions

• Find a relevant multiplier when solving problems involving proportion

• Solve problems involving percentage change, including original value

problems

• Factorise an expression by taking out common factors

• Change the subject of a formula when two steps are required

• Find and use the nth term for a linear sequence

• Solve linear equations with unknowns on both sides

• Plot and interpret graphs of linear functions

• Apply the formulae for circumference and area of a circle

• Calculate theoretical probabilities for single events

How parents can help to support their son’s/daughter’s

learning:

• Ensure that your child is always equipped with a pen, pencil, ruler and

calculator

• Encourage the need for meeting homework deadlines

• Encourage the need to review answers to check they are reasonable

• Encourage the need for revision to consolidate the topics taught

Students will be set weekly homework. This will be in the form of a written task or

computer based task.

The following websites can help your son/daughter’s

learning:

• www.mymaths.co.uk and www.mathswatchvle.co.uk

(your child will have their own logins)

If you have any queries, please contact Mr A Tiernan

Units taught in Year 9

AUTUMN SPRING SUMMER

Number: Basic number G&M: Transformations,

constructions and loci

G&M: Similarity

Number: Fractions, ratio

& proportions

Algebra: Algebraic

manipulation

Stats: Exploring and

applying probability

Stats: Statistical

diagrams and averages

G&M: Length, area and

volume

Number: Powers and

standard form

Algebra: Number and

sequences

Algebra: Linear graphs Algebra: Equations and

inequalities

Algebra: Number and

sequences

G&M: Right-angled

triangles

N: Counting, accuracy,

powers & surds

Number: Ratio and

proportion

Algebra: Quadratic

equations

G&M: Angles

G&M: Transformations,

constructions and loci

Main skills developed in Year 9:

• Calculate with roots and integer indices

• Manipulate algebraic expressions by expanding the product of two

binomials

• Manipulate algebraic expressions by factorising a quadratic expression

of the form x² + bx + c

• Understand and use the gradient of a straight line to solve problems

• Solve two linear simultaneous equations algebraically and graphically

• Plot and interpret graphs of quadratic functions

• Change freely between compound units

• Use ruler and compass methods to construct the perpendicular bisector

of a line segment and to bisect an angle

• Solve problems involving similar shapes

• Calculate exactly with multiples of π

• Apply Pythagoras’ Theorem in two dimensions

• Use geometrical reasoning to construct simple proofs

• Use tree diagrams to list outcomes

How parents can help to support their son’s/daughter’s

learning:

• Ensure that your child is always equipped with a pen, pencil, ruler and

calculator

• Encourage the need for meeting homework deadlines

• Encourage the need to review answers to check they are reasonable

• Encourage the need for revision to consolidate the topics taught

• Students will be set weekly homework. This will be in the form of a written

task or computer based task.

Students will be set weekly homework. This will be in the form of a written task or

computer based task.

The following websites can help your son/daughter’s

learning:

• www.mymaths.co.uk and www.mathswatchvle.co.uk

(your child will have their own logins)

If you have any queries, please contact Mr A Tiernan

Units taught in Year 10

AUTUMN SPRING SUMMER

Number: Basic number G&M: Transformations,

constructions and loci

G&M: Similarity

Number: Fractions, ratio

& proportions

Algebra: Algebraic

manipulation

Stats: Exploring and

applying probability

Algebra: Number and

sequences

G&M: Length, area and

volume

Number: Powers and

standard form

Assessment week Assessment week Algebra: Equations and

inequalities

Algebra: Number and

sequences

Algebra: Linear graphs Assessment week

Number: Ratio and

proportion

G&M: Right-angled

triangles

N: Counting, accuracy,

powers & surds

G&M: Angles Assessment week Algebra: Quadratic

equations

G&M: Transformations,

constructions and loci

Assessment week

Main skills developed in Year 10:

Students will become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, including

through varied and frequent practice with increasingly complex problems over

time, so that pupils develop conceptual understanding and the ability to recall

and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately. They will reason mathematically

by following a line of enquiry, conjecturing relationships and generalisations, and

developing an argument, justification or proof using mathematical language

Students will be given opportunities to show they can solve problems by applying

their mathematics to a variety of routine and non-routine problems with

increasing sophistication, including breaking down problems into a series of

simpler steps and persevering in seeking solutions

SMSC and British Values:

Mathematics is a creative and highly inter-connected discipline that has been

developed over centuries, providing the solution to some of history’s most intriguing

problems. It is essential to everyday life, critical to science, technology and

engineering, and necessary for financial literacy and most forms of employment.

Mathematics therefore provides a foundation for understanding the world, the ability

to reason mathematically, an appreciation of the beauty and power of mathematics,

and a sense of enjoyment and curiosity about the subject.

The following websites can help your son/daughter’s

learning:

• www.mymaths.co.uk and www.mathswatchvle.co.uk

(your child will have their own logins)

If you have any queries, please contact Mr A Tiernan

Units taught in Year 11

AUTUMN SPRING SUMMER

Topics identified from

Yr10 mock exam

Topics identified from

Nov mock exam

GCSE Exam Revision

Topics identified from

Yr10 mock exam

Revision for 2nd Mock GCSE Exam Revision

Revision for 1st Mock 2nd Mock GCSE GCSE EXAM

1st Mock GCSE

Main skills developed in Year 11:

Students will become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, including

through varied and frequent practice with increasingly complex problems over

time, so that pupils develop conceptual understanding and the ability to recall

and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately. They will reason mathematically

by following a line of enquiry, conjecturing relationships and generalisations, and

developing an argument, justification or proof using mathematical language

Students will be given opportunities to show they can solve problems by applying

their mathematics to a variety of routine and non-routine problems with

increasing sophistication, including breaking down problems into a series of

simpler steps and persevering in seeking solutions.

SMSC and British Values:

Mathematics is a creative and highly inter-connected discipline that has been

developed over centuries, providing the solution to some of history’s most intriguing

problems. It is essential to everyday life, critical to science, technology and

engineering, and necessary for financial literacy and most forms of employment.

Mathematics therefore provides a foundation for understanding the world, the ability

to reason mathematically, an appreciation of the beauty and power of mathematics,

and a sense of enjoyment and curiosity about the subject.

The following websites can help your son/daughter’s

learning:

• www.mymaths.co.uk and www.mathswatchvle.co.uk

(your child will have their own logins)

If you have any queries, please contact Mr A Tiernan