In key stage 3, pupil s build on the work that they have done at Primary School, both broadening and deepening their understanding of Mathematics. Pupils begin by consolidating their understanding of basic skills in arithmetic, data handling and geometry, and then build on this through years 7 to 9 to bring in more advanced techniques such as algebra and trigonometry. There is an emphasis on problem-solving and ‘having a go,’ and pupils are encouraged to try and use different methods.
Topics covered in Year 7
Autumn Term | Spring Term | Summer Term |
- Working with numbers
- Understanding measures
- Angle basics
- Recording data
- Primes, factors and roots
- Symmetry
| - Introduction to algebra
- Understanding angles and parallel lines
- Coordinates and graphs
- Transformations
- Scale drawing
| - Working with fractions
- Pie charts
- Understanding averages
- Percentages
- Probability
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Topics covered in Year 8
Autumn Term | Spring Term | Summer Term |
- Percentages consolidation
- Sequences
- Forming and solving equations
- Straight line graphs
- Area and Perimeter
- Frequency tables
| - Advanced percentages
- Ratio and proportion
- Circles
- 3D shapes
- Pythagoras’ theorem
- Rounding and approximation
| - Inequalities
- Sets and Venn diagrams
- Rules of indices
- Similar shapes
- Recurring Decimals
- Using HCF and LCM using prime factors.
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Topics covered in Year 9
Autumn Term | Spring Term | Summer Term |
- Expanding brackets
- Fractional and negative powers
- Working with formulae
- Simultaneous Equations
- Factorising quadratics
- Algebraic fractions
| - Tree diagrams
- Solving quadratics
- Pythagoras in 3D
- Further sequences
- Travel graphs
- Introducing trigonometry
| - Constructions
- Angles in polygons
- Bounds of measures
- Straight line graphs
- Cumulative frequency
- Circle Theorems
- Arcs and Sectors
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