Early Introduction to Basic GCSE Maths Topics for Age 12 - 16.
In this Ongoing course we will follow the British Mathematics Curriculum for years 9, 10 & 11
Mr Lloyd
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What's included
2 live meetings
1 hrs 50 mins in-class hours per weekMastery Evaluation
1 hour per week. Online programme (Learning By Questions) providing immediate feedback and marking.Grading
No specific grading will be given due to online feedback being returned to students/parents and not myself.Class Experience
US Grade 8 - 10
Intermediate Level
This is an ongoing course that will study the British Curriculum for Year 9 - approx. age 13 (Transition year from Key Stage 3 into Key Stage 4), and continue through the GCSE Key Stage 4 course. It is a loop course to help prepare for the GCSE examinations. This class will be taught as a mini-classroom environment where the material will be taught by PowerPoint. There will be plenty of explained examples, and time for pupils to ask quick questions for clarification and to aid understanding as we go through. Each week, the new topics will be introduced and developed starting from basics, but allowing extension where possible. Online platforms will be used to monitor and assess progress in real-time, so that support can be given. Any work submitted will be marked online and feedback can be given. Some online resources will also give immediate feedback. As lessons are recorded, pupils can re-watch the recordings in case they missed copying down examples, or wish to revisit the topic at a later date. If any pupils require additional support on a 1-to-1 basis, this can be arranged separately on request. Week Commencing 02.09.2024 - Prime factors, HCF & LCM (inc. Venn diagrams), BIDMAS/PEMDAS (integers) Week Commencing 09.09.2024 - Directed numbers (Negatives), Indices/Powers/exponents and Standard Form Week Commencing 16.09.2024 - Rounding to decimal places, significant figures, estimating (intro into error) Week Commencing 23.09.2024 - Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying and Dividing decimals & BIDMAS/PEMDAS Week Commencing 30.09.2024 - Algebra: Collecting like terms, Expanding single brackets, Factorising into single brackets Week Commencing 07.10.2024 - Algebra basics continued Week Commencing 14.10.2024 - Algebra expanding double brackets, substitution and Pythagoras' Theorem Mid-TERM 1 Break (2 weeks) Week Commencing 04.11.2024 - Statistics: Collecting and Representing Data (inc. Pie Charts & Stem and Leaf Diagrams) Week Commencing 11.11.2024 - Statistics: Types of data, Central tendencies (mean, mode, median), LQ, UQ, IQR, Frequency tables, averages from grouped data Week Commencing 18.11.2024 - Using formulae, rearranging formulae, making subject of a formula (inc. factorisation) Week Commencing 25.11.2024 - Statistics: Types of data, Central tendencies (mean, mode, median), LQ, UQ, IQR, Frequency tables, averages from grouped data Week Commencing 02.12.2024 - Trigonometry: Trig ratios, using Sin/Cos/Tan to find lengths and angles Week Commencing 09.12.2024 - Sequences: Identifying different types of sequences, arithmetic, geometric progressions, term-to-term and position-to-term formulae for linear sequences To be added if possible Algebra: Solving linear equations, with brackets, and unknowns on both sides END OF TERM 1 break (3 weeks) Week Commencing 06.01.2025 - Sequences: Identifying different types of sequences, arithmetic, geometric progressions, term-to-term and position-to-term formulae for linear sequences Week Commencing 13.01.2025 - Ratio and proportion: Using ratios, simplifying ratios, dividing quantities into a ratio, 1:n and n:1, map ratios and scale drawings Week Commencing 20.01.2025 - Metric conversions, Imperial measurements, I+M conversions, reading scales and dials, converting between lengths, areas and volumes, possible introduction to similarity. Week Commencing 27.01.2025 - Statistics: Frequency diagrams, Frequency polygons, Scatter diagrams and Lines of best fit, Correlation Week Commencing 03.02.2025 - Angle properties around straight lines, parallel line and around polygons. Week Commencing 10.02.2025 - Comparing fractions, addition and subtraction of fractions, including mixed numbers Mid Term 2 Break (1 week) Week Commencing 24.02.2025 - Multiplication and division of fractions, fractions of quantities, converting fractions to percentages and decimals Week Commencing 24.02.2025 - Percentage introduction, percentage change, percentage of an amount, percentage increase and decrease, converting percentages to fractions and decimals Week Commencing 03.03.2025 - Transformations: reflection, rotation, translation Week Commencing 10.03.2025 - Transformations: enlargement with both positive integer scale factors, fractional and negative. Use both the ray method and vector method Week Commencing 17.03.2025 - Drawing straight-line graphs, finding gradient, finding equation. Week Commencing 24.03.2025 - Solving linear inequalities, using inequality number lines, sketching linear inequalities with shading END OF TERM 2 break (3 weeks) Week Commencing 21.04.2025 - Perimeter and area of 2D shapes, including compound shapes and circles. Week Commencing 28.04.2025 - Circumference and area of circles including compound shapes, arc lengths and areas of sectors, tessellations and rotational symmetry Week Commencing 05.05.2025 - Fractions Decimals and Percentage problems Week Commencing 12.05.2025 - Solving simultaneous equations using elimination method Week Commencing 19.05.2025 - Solving simultaneous equations using substitution method. Introduction to solving simultaneous equations graphically Mid-TERM 3 break (1 week) Week Commencing 02.06.2025 - Simple probability, venn diagrams and sets Week Commencing 09.06.2025 - Simple probability, listing outcomes, sample space diagrams, tree diagrams Week Commencing 16.06.2025 - Advanced probability, two way tables, independent and dependent events, conditional probability Week Commencing 23.06.2025 - Volumes of prisms and pyramids, Surface areas of 3D solids Week Commencing 30.06.2025 - Introduction into vectors Week Commencing 07.07.2025 - Graphs: Linear, Quadratic, Cubic, Exponential, Reciprocal, Trigonometric END OF TERM 3 - break for SUMMER Week Commencing 03.09.2025 - Introduction into functions and composite functions Week Commencing 10.09.2025 - Introduction into circle theorems Topics for the rest of the year include (and will be updated - as we progress through the year): Planning collecting, sampling and statistical calculations (inc. grouped data) Rearranging Formulae Trigonometry Converting Metric units with Metric & Imperial units Linear sequences (nth term) Representing and Interpreting data Ratio and proportion Angles around parallel lines Angles around polygons (interior and exterior) Fractions Percentages Decimals Transformations Linear Graphs Inequalities Shape - Perimeter, Area, Volume, Compound shapes, Tessellations, Prisms Simultaneous Equations Scatter Diagrams (Bivariate Data) Probability Bearings and scale drawings
Learning Goals
Students will learn to meet the objectives of the British School Curriculum for Year 9 (age 13) and prepare for GCSE/IGCSE examinations.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
Some of the educational mathematical resources I use, and are available for pupils to use, are extremely common in UK teaching, however they may not be well known outside the UK or International British Schools network. Therefore if parents wish to check out the websites prior to their children accessing these resources, then they may feel more comfortable as to their content.
The key resources I use are:
www.lbq.org/task - The login for this belongs to myself (paid for). The tasks I set on this platform allow pupils to only access the question set that I create for the day. No other part of this website can be accessed by the pupils. Be aware that when pupils enter a name for the task, this data is stored for my viewing, so pupils way wish to use a non-recognisable name if they wish to appear anonymous.
www.drfrostmaths.com - This will be used for resources to create powerpoints. There is also an online quiz, similar to Kahoot! No login required for pupils to access the quiz.
www.Kahoot.it - Online quiz. No login required. A private licence has been paid for privately.
Supply List
Paper/exercise book/notebook to write on and make notes. A calculator. (Scientific preferred) Maths equipment: Protractor, Compasses, Ruler
Language of Instruction
English
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Sources
We will be using online resources to support learning and provide material to use.
Teacher expertise and credentials
I am a qualified mathematics teacher with 20 years’ experience. I have taught across the age range from 7 – 18 in a mixture of state and private/independent day and boarding schools and up until teaching online this last year, was employed full-time in an English International boarding school with responsibilities for teaching Maths across the curriculum in addition to teaching Cadets outdoor skills.
*My engaging and challenging lessons with Key Stage 2 were used to boost SAT preparation, selective secondary school entrance examinations, UKMT Maths Challenges and Private school taster days.
*I teach across Key Stage 3 and 4 preparing pupils for GCSE Higher and Foundation, as well as being responsible for the ‘Top Set’ and their progression onto AQA Further Maths and OCR Additional Maths Qualifications.
*At the senior age range (17/18), I teach the OCR MEI A Level syllabus throughout, including all Pure, Statistics and Mechanics. Working within an International Baccalaureate School, I teach the Diploma Programme of Maths, originally at the Maths Studies and Standard Level, however with the change, I am now wholly responsible for the teaching of the Applications & Interpretations Diploma course at both Standard and Higher Level.
I love the variety of subjects within maths that I teach and how they all can be applied outside the classroom for enjoyment and understanding, rather than for ‘exams’ sake. Teaching a broad array of ages, abilities, pupils with disabilities (visual and non-visual) makes every lesson unique and unpredictably enjoyable.
In addition to teaching mathematics, my love of outdoor pursuits had led be to become commissioned as an Officer of Cadets in the British Army. Over the last 15 years I have been promoted to the rank of Captain within our Infantry Unit, and hold numerable qualifications from Outdoor First Aid, Skill at Arms Instructor, through to Exercise Conducting Officer and Fieldcraft Educator. Within my timetable, I teach cadets weekly from the age of 14 – 18 through a variety of training programmes that include Fieldcraft, Map and Compass, Military tactics and other Cadet skills that help link together with our Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme.
Outside of my teaching career, I am a father of nine home-schooled children. I provide support to my wife (who is an early years specialist teacher), with all of our children from the age of 2 to 17. As I have a more scientific education, I often take over with the KS2 topics of Science, Maths and Geography, as well as squeezing in outdoor skills and knowledge to fuel their thirst for adventure and excitement!
Whilst studying at University, I became heavily involved with Educational Summer Schools, in particular with NAGTY (National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth), in addition to the promotion of Further Education for those children from disadvantaged backgrounds. I also took my love for cycling one stage further by gaining a City and Guilds Diploma in cycle maintenance, which I used as a mechanic and still do to this day.Reviews
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$26
weekly ($13 per class)2x per week
55 min
Completed by 44 learners
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Ages: 12-16
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