Mathematics
Welcome back to term 4. I hope everyone had a relaxing time with their family and friends. As we return to the classroom, it is important that students set new goals and implement strategies to achieve well in semester 2. It will be a busy term in maths department as most year levels will be doing two pieces of assessment to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the mathematical concepts learnt.
Year 7 students will explore the concepts of Statistics, Probability and Financial Maths. They will begin by learning how to calculate and interpret the mean and median of data sets and to construct data displays. They will demonstrate these skills with an in-class extended response. Then they will learn how to list sample spaces, calculate the probabilities of events and compare the cost of items. They will demonstrate these skills during an exam.
Year 8 students will be learning all about Measurement and Geometry this term as they learn how to calculate perimeter, area and volume of shapes and then moving onto triangle properties and congruency. Year 8 students will demonstrate these skills throughout two exams.
Year 9 students will also be learning about Measurement and Geometry as they calculate the area, surface area and volume of prisms and cylinders. They will then move onto calculations involving triangles as they learn about Pythagoras theorem, trigonometry and scale factor. They will be assessed with two in-class exams.
Year 10 students in General and Extension Mathematics will continue their work on Algebra & Number as they explore the concepts of inequalities, simultaneous equations and quadratic equations. These will be assessment with an exam.
Year 10 students in Foundation Mathematics will be exploring the concept of probability as they explore sample spaces, calculating probabilities, conditional probabilities, as well as, tree diagrams and Venn diagrams.
Short Course in Numeracy students are due to complete their final course work this term on the topic of "The Work Environment" as they explore everyday numeracy skills involving time, percentage, fractions, measurement and shapes. Students completing this course successfully will bank 1 QCE point.
Year 11 students will be starting unit 3 content from this term. Students in all year 11 maths subjects will be completing unit 1 and 2 assessment in week 4. Assessment schedule for week 4 will be communicated to students and parents/carers soon.
General Notices:
- Mathematics tutoring is available every week. Tuesday at 1st break and Thursday at 2nd break in CG01. All students are welcome.
- All students should be prepared for class, every lesson by bringing a scientific calculator, notebook, stationary and a charged laptop. Please support your students to be prepared for learning to ensure we can maximise our teaching & learning time.
Haranoop Singh Goraya
Acting Head of Department - Mathematics - Year 9A to 9D