Helping your daughter

help herselfIndependent Learning at home

Key Stage 3 so far

Year 9 have been following a syllabus based on a 5 year GCSE approach

This has been complemented with the use of Numeracy Ninjas and Learning Lighthouses for their basic skills

So far we have had three, equal bands, of four sets

In Year 10 we move to two, equal bands, of seven sets

Numeracy Ninjas

Times tables and basic arithmetic MASTERY are VERY important

All classes have a 5 minute Ninja test every week in maths

All tutor groups have a 5 minute Ninja every two weeks

NUMERACY

NINJAS

Home help with the basics

Times Tables Rockstars: all students have a user ID (parents can have an ID if

they request one too)

Ninja Tests are on the moodle and FROG and can be also found at

www.numeracyninjas.org

https://ttrockstars.com/

Moodle link for Ninjas

http://learning.millais.org.uk/course/view.php?id=8344

(student login required)

Home help with the basics

One of our students on TTR

https://youtu.be/EQOgFsBYQcI

World Record TTR Student

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EeLwL7mbGQ

The better a student is with basic arithmetic the more WORKING MEMORY

they have to focus on new concepts or more complex problems

The faster a student is with mental arithmetic the more time they create

for themselves in ANY assessment/exam

Back to basics

Learning Lighthouses

Half termly test but the students know

the questions and topics: the only

thing that changes are the numbers.

www.learninglighthouses.webs.com

Back to basics

Learning Lighthouses

Students progress up through this hierarchical system

We start at LL2 and progression takes students to LL9

These use skills appropriate for the equivalent grade in GCSE

Schemes of Work

Module outlines will be on the new VLE

Students are given a module outline at the

start of each module

They are given a feedback slip after each

assessment (usually based on two modules)

All

Pre module

Post assessment

Getting help at home with class content

All students are issued with accounts on:

Hegarty Maths https://hegartymaths.com/

My Maths https://www.mymaths.co.uk/

They are also encouraged to make use free sites such as Corbett Maths & Diagnostic Questions

https://corbettmaths.com/

https://diagnosticquestions.com/

Hegarty Maths

Hegarty Maths

Hegarty Maths

Hegarty Maths

Independent Review

Revisit a problem and show evidence that they have moved forward.

Possible sources:

Corbett Maths https://corbettmaths.com/

Hegarty Maths https://hegartymaths.com/

Just Maths Online http://online.justmaths.co.uk/

My Maths https://www.mymaths.co.uk/

Diagnostic Questions https://diagnosticquestions.com/

Using Corbett: watch, do, mark

https://corbettmaths.com/2013/02/06/factorising-quadratics-1/

https://corbettmaths.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/factorising-

quadratics.pdf

https://corbettmaths.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/factorising-quadratics-

pdf2.pdf

Answers

https://corbettmaths.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/factorisation1.pdf

Encourage, encourage, encourage

Try the problem

Use your class notes

Look online

Then ask for help

Don’t say you….

Don’t practise until

you get it right,

practise until you

cannot get it wrong.

Where this leads to in Year 11

GCSE Edexcel 1MA1

3 papers, 90 minutes each

Paper 1 is non-calculator

Papers 2 & 3 are calculator papers

GCSE Edexcel 1MA1

Two tiers of entry

Higher 9 – 4 (allowable 3)

Foundation 5 - 1

GCSE Edexcel 1MA1

Options Choices: Statistics THE most

important option in the modern world

Be able to understand sources and what is

“Fake News”

Understand bias in all walks of life

Never be fooled by spurious statistics

Never be fooled by marketing

Ensure your views are listened to and are

backed up by appropriate analysis

Options Choices

GCSE Statistics with FSMQ (Level 3) Additional Mathematics

EDEXCEL GCSE Statistics specification

OCR FSMQ Additional Mathematics specification (This qualification carries, up to, 10 UCAS points)

This course is aimed at current Set 1 students.

An extra 5 or 6 lessons of maths a fortnight

Options Choices

GCSE Statistics with GCSE Further Mathematics

EDEXCEL GCSE Statistics specification

AQA Further Mathematics specification (New specification out soon)

This course is aimed at current Set 1 and strong Set 2 students.

An extra 5 or 6 lessons of maths a fortnight

Thanks for coming

Please take time to fill in the review

sheet

Don’t forget that you can contact your

daughter’s maths teacher through

their school e-mail (this is your first

port of call)

Appendices – all Lighthouse Objectives

Appendices – all Lighthouse Objectives

Appendices – all Lighthouse Objectives

Appendices – all Lighthouse Objectives

Appendices – all Lighthouse Objectives