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Maths Curriculum Overview

"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

 
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

 
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

 
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

 
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

 
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

 
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

 
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

 
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