Mathematics
‘Building powerful knowledge to grow confident & creative global citizens.’
The overarching aim of the department is to develop cohorts of student that are numerate and appreciate and understand the value and significance of mathematics not only in the mathematics curriculum, but in its widest possible context within student’s everyday lives and as fundamental building block for other subjects such as engineering, science and art, thus improving their life chances by enabling them so see and explore the relevance of Mathematics in a wider context. Another aim of the Mathematics department is to foster a culture of success and ambition, with students encouraged to participate in after school clubs which as well as supporting both the higher and lower ability learners also offer experience to the wider uses of Mathematics and allow students to develop socially within a supportive and caring environment. All students in Yr7-11 follow a curriculum that reflects the national curriculum in Mathematics and give appropriate diligence to the knowledge, skills and understanding that students need to be successful in the curriculum area. There are members of the teaching team who are involved in national assessment of Mathematics and we use their expertise to remind us of those expectations.
Our recovery curriculum supports students' academic progress by acknowledging potential missed learning opportunities, supporting student wellbeing and facilitating enrichment. We continue to develop students resilience and sense of achievement fostering their ambition and celebrating their successes.
Our Curriculum at Lincoln Academy is adapted to ensure that all students are appropriately supported and challenged in their learning.
We are committed to ensuring that pupils with SEND can fulfil their potential and achieve their best. Differentiation is used to ensure that new learning is matched to the pupils needs while allowing all children to be stretched and challenged. The Individual Profiles and EHCP’s for SEND identify specific strategies of support and intervention to support individual learning needs. Planning and teaching is adapted so that the curriculum can meet individual learning needs so that personalised learning can take place.
Students with SEND are supported in their achievement of Mathematics through the use of flexible groupings and high quality scaffolding, to support independence, as these are gradually removed. Maths fluency is taught by explicit instruction through the use of high quality worked examples and guided practise. Modelling and narration of methodologies are commonplace. Probing and process questions support learners to think more deeply about the knowledge and skills they are learning. Learning is chunked into manageable steps and retrieval practise is regular to support our students long term memory. To support metacognition, explicit links are made back and between units of study and worked examples are modelled to enable students to build up to independence. Technology such as Pinpoint and Maths genie help to provide personalised learning and highlight student’s strengths and weaknesses at an individual level. Progress Support Assistants are deployed effectively to support students with identified needs and encourage appropriate levels independence.
Year 7
Module 1
- Place Value
- Ordering Numbers
- Rounding
- Addition and subtraction
- Inverse operations
- Problem solving
Module 2
- Powers of 10
- Division, including decimals
- Primes and factors
- Integer powers
- Problem solving with area
- Calculating the mean
Module 3
- Representing fractions using diagrams
- Identify equivalent fractions
- Compare and order fractions
- Mixed and improper fractions
- Convert fractions to decimals
- Addition and subtraction of fractions in context
Module 4
- The data handling cycle
- Collect and organise data
- Pie charts and line graphs
- Negative numbers
- Problem solving
Module 5
- Form expressions
- Use and interpret algebraic notation
- Simplify and manipulate expressions
- Solve linear equations
- Sequences
Module 6
- Constructing accurate drawings of 2D shapes
- Angles
- Properties of angles
- Parallel lines
- Proofs of sums of angles
- Problem solving
Year 8
Module 1
- Multiplying fractions
- Dividing fractions
- Fractions of amounts
- Fractional increase and decrease
Module 2
- Define percentages
- Interpret percentages as operators
- Interpret percentages as fractions and decimals
- Percentage changes
Module 3
- Substitution into formulae
- Manipulate expressions maintaining equivalence
- Expanding binomials
- Solve equations that need rearranging
- Use inequalities
- Rearrange formulae where the subject appears twice
Module 4
- Convert between different units of area
- Areas of composite shapes
- Circles
Module 5
- Sharing in a ratio
- Change freely between different units
- Use compound units
- Solve problems involving direct and inverse proportion
Module 6
- Statistics
- Geometry and 3D shapes
Year 9
Module 1
- Drawing graphs
- Equations of graphs
- Rearranging more complex equations
- Real life direct and inverse proportion
Module 2
- Use graphs to find solutions of equations
- Recognise and generate geometric sequences
- transformations
Module 3
- scale factors
- Using maps
- Construct and enlarge shapes
- Use standard ruler and compass constructions
Module 4
- Scatter graphs
- Frequency polygons
- Probability
- Venn diagrams
Module 5
- Standard form
- Surds
- Fractional and negative indicies
Module 6
- Pythagoras
- Congruency in triangles
- trigonometry
Year 10 - 11. Edexcel GCSE Mathematics
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Year 12 - 13. Edexcel A Level Mathematics
The mathematics course focusses on 3 main areas of mathematics; Statistics, Mechanics and pure Mathematics.
Throughout the course students learn skills in;
• Manipulating Algebra; Co-ordinate Geometry; Differentiation/Integration; Sequences and Series; Trigonometry; Exponentials and Logarithms.
• Probability; Correlation and Regression; Discrete Random Variables; Discrete Variables and the Normal Distribution.
• Forces, Statics of a Particle, Kinematics of a particle, Moments and Vectors.
The course is assessed with three examinations which are sat at the end of Year 13.