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"Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas"
Albert Einstein
Mathematics is a creative and highly interconnected discipline and is essential to everyday life, critical to science, technology and engineering, and necessary for financial literacy. It is an essential life skill which opens up pathways for young people and improves their life chances.
At Clarion we ensure that our Mathematics curriculum is challenging, engaging and explores a wealth of topics within the subject, allowing our students to value its importance in their future, whilst encouraging the values of Ambition, Bravery and Respect.
Our structured coherent curriculum supports us to develop all pupils into mathematical thinkers. It is skilfully sequenced from key stage 3 to 4 to enable students to transition into GCSE successfully. To build and develop their knowledge, skills and understanding of fundamental mathematical concepts and processes periodically and systematically through its spiral nature.
For example we begin our KS3 curriculum with algebra as this is key to the KS3 and 4 curriculum and represents a relatively new idea to our pupils. We carefully order the skills – understanding notation, one-step equations, then two-step equations, revisiting the concepts in other areas of the curriculum and making sure that topics are covered so pupils experience variety as well as consolidation.
At the heart of what we do we want all our students at Clarion to develop a passion for mathematics and to be successful learners of the subject regardless of their starting points, enabling them to progress a plethora of opportunities and fulfilling career pathways post 16.
Impact
- Our aim is to produce an ambitious, connected curriculum accessible to all pupils at our school, right through from Year 7 to Year 11. This curriculum will not only cover all the content of the National Curriculum for KS3 and GCSE but also provide students with significant opportunities to develop and grow as mathematicians developing greater mathematical fluency, understanding and problem solving skills.
Implementation
- We use a Concrete, Pictorial and Abstract (CPA) curriculum methodology to support students to understand mathematics well and to enable them to form connections between the various representations.
- Placing significant emphasis on tier two and tier three mathematical vocabulary and questioning ensures pupils are afforded plenty of opportunities to discuss and deepen their understanding of ideas introduced and learnt at all times.
Academic Journey - KS3
Year 7 |
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| Half Term 1 | Half Term 2 |
| Algebraic thinking Sequences Understand and use algebraic notation Equality and equivalence |
Place Value and proportion Place value and ordering integers and decimals Fraction, decimals and percentage equivalence |
| Half Term 3 | Half Term 4 |
| Application of Number Solving problems with addition and subtraction Solving problems with multiplication and division Fractions and percentages of amounts |
Directed Number Operations and equations with directed number Addition and Subtraction of fractions |
| Half Term 5 | Half Term 6 |
| Lines and Angles Constructing measuring and using geometric notation Developing geometric reasoning |
Reasoning with number Developing number sense Sets and probability Prime numbers and proof |
Year 8 |
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| Half Term 1 | Half Term 2 |
| Proportional Reasoning Ratio and scale Multiplicative change |
Representations Working in the Cartesian plane Representing data Tables and probability |
| Half Term 3 | Half Term 4 |
| Algebraic techniques Brackets, equations and inequalities Sequences Indices |
Developing Number Fractions and percentages Standard index form Number sense |
| Half Term 5 | Half Term 6 |
| Developing Geometry Angles in parallel lines and polygons Area of trapezia and circles Line symmetry and reflection |
Reasoning with Data The data handling cycle Measures of location |
Year 9 |
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| Half Term 1 | Half Term 2 |
| Reasoning with Algebra Straight line graphs Forming and solving equations Testing conjectures |
Constructing in 2 and 3 Dimensions Three-dimensional shapes Constructions and congruency |
| Half Term 3 | Half Term 4 |
| Reasoning with Number Numbers Using percentages Maths and Money |
Reasoning with Geometry Deduction Rotation and translation Pythagoras ‘Theorem |
| Half Term 5 | Half Term 6 |
| Reasoning with Proportion Enlargement and similarity Solving ratio and proportion problems Rates |
Representations and Revision Probability Algebraic representation |
Academic Journey - KS4
Year 10 |
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| Half Term 1 | Half Term 2 |
| Similarity Congruence similarity and enlargement Trigonometry |
Developing Algebra Representing solutions of equations and inequalities Simultaneous equations |
| Half Term 3 | Half Term 4 |
| Geometry Angles and bearings Working with circles Vectors |
Proportions and Proportional Change Ratios and fractions Percentages and Interest Probability |
| Half Term 5 | Half Term 6 |
| Delving into data Collecting, representing and interpreting data |
Using number Non-calculator methods Types of number and sequences Indices and Roots |
Year 11 |
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| Half Term 1 | Half Term 2 |
| Gradients & Lines, Non Linear Graphs, using Graphs, expanding and Factorising, Changing the subject | Functions, Multiplicative reasoning, geometric reasoning, algebraic reasoning, transformation and construction |
| Half Term 3 | Half Term 4 |
| Revision and exam practice | Revision and exam practice |
| Half Term 5 | Half Term 6 |
| Revision and exam practice | Drop down sessions x3 for GCSE papers 1, 2 and 3 |
Academic Journey - Sixth Form
Year 12 |
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| Half Term 1 | Half Term 2 |
| Pure: 1. Algebraic Expressions; 2. Quadratics; 3. Equations & Inequalities; Statistics: 1. Data Collection; 2. Measures of location & spread | Pure: 4. Graphs & Transformations; 5. Straight line graphs; 6. Circles; Statistics: 3. Representations of Data; 4. Correlation; 5. Probability |
| Half Term 3 | Half Term 4 |
| Pure: 7. Algebraic Methods; 8. Binomial Expansion; 9. Trig Ratios; Statistics: 6. Statistical Distributions; Hypothesis Testing | Pure: 10. Trig Identities & Equations; 11. Vectors; 12. Differentiation (1); Mechanics: 8. Modelling in Mechanics; 9. Constant Acceleration |
| Half Term 5 | Half Term 6 |
| Pure: 12. Differentiation (2); 13. Integration; 14: Exponentials & Logarithms; Mechanics: 10. Forces & Motion; 11. Variable Acceleration | After end of year exams - start year two work |
Year 13 |
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| Half Term 1 | Half Term 2 |
| Equality and equivalence
2. Functions and graphs |
3. Sequence and series 4. Binomial expansion 5. Radians |
| Half Term 3 | Half Term 4 |
| 6. Trigonometric functions
7. Trigonometry and modelling 8. Parametric equations |
9. Differerentiation
10. Numerical methods 11. Integration |
| Half Term 5 | Half Term 6 |
| 12. Vectors
Revision |
Revision |
Year 13 - Statistics |
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| Half Term 1 | Half Term 2 |
| 1. Correlation and Hypothesis
2. Conditional Probability |
3. Normal Distribution |
| Half Term 3 | Half Term 4 |
| 4. Moments | 5. Forces and Friction
6. Projectiles |
| Half Term 5 | Half Term 6 |
| 7. Applications of Forces
8. Further Kinematics |
Revision |
