Mathematics
Welcome back to the start of Term 2! I hope that you and your family had a restful and enjoyable Easter break. Reflecting on Term 1, I want to reiterate how proud we are as a College of all of our students. Term 1 had so many unforeseen interruptions and all of our students took it in their stride and still managed to engage with learning. The majority of Term 1 mathematics results should now be live on Daymap for you to view as teachers have now had time to mark and moderate all assessments. We encourage you to review these results with your child and set some goals for their academic achievements as they head into Term 2.
Term 2 will be a busy one for our students in mathematics as they have two pieces of assessment to complete across the term. I have included a table below with a brief overview of these tasks and the expected due date. We have designed our assessments this way to give them more opportunities to demonstrate their level of understanding ahead of the semester report card and to reduce the amount of content they must demonstrate in each assessment.
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TERM 2 ASSESSMENTS |
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Year 7 Measurement & Number |
Measurement Assignment Due Date – Monday, Week 5 (16/05/22) Students will create and justify a garden bed design and calculate perimeter, area and volume.
Number Exam Due Date – Beginning of Week 9 (Week of 13th June 2022) Topics include: integers, fractions, percentages and decimals. |
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Year 8 Statistics & Probability |
Statistics Assignment Due Date – Tuesday, Week 5 (17/05/22) Students will respond to multiple short response questions and will plan for effective data collection methods.
Statistics & Probability Exam Due Date – Beginning of Week 9 (Week of 13th June 2022) Topics include: two-way tables and Venn diagrams, complementary events and appropriate probability language. |
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Year 9 Statistics & Probability |
Statistics Assignment Due Date – Monday Week 6 (23/05/22) Students will compare rainfall data of a time period, display data and draw conclusions on data sets.
Statistics & Probability Exam Due Date – Beginning of Week 9 (Week of 13th June 2022) Topics include: relative frequencies to estimate probabilities. Constructing histograms and stem-and-leaf plots. |
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Year 10 Statistics |
General and Extension Mathematics Statistical Report Evaluation (Due 1st lesson, Week 6) Students will investigate a statistical report and draw conclusions on the evidence presented. They will describe the relationship between bivariate data and evaluate statistical reports. Exam – Week 9 (During Senior Exam Block) Topics include: assign probabilities for these multi-step chance experiments. They calculate quartiles and interquartile ranges.
Foundation Mathematics Statistics Assignment – Due Tuesday, Week 5 (17/05/22) Students will compare data sets by referring to the shapes of the data displays. They will describe the relationship between two variables and will evaluate statistical reports. Statistics Exam – Week 9 (During Senior Exam Block) Students will interpret and display data. They will summarise and compare data sets. |
Tess Reeves
HoD Mathematics