Our Key Stage 3 curriculum affords our students the opportunity to explore the key concepts Numbers and their Relations, Algebra, Shape and Space, Representing and Interpreting Data, Geometry and Measures and Ratio and Proportion through varied activities to instil the love of mathematics alongside building students confidence in their own ability. The aim is to enable students to master their prior knowledge acquired from Key Stage 2, allowing students to develop their mental and written arithmetic skills. If you wish to find out more about Mathematics at St George’s please feel free to contact Ms C Murden at Key Stage 3 Through our curriculum we aim for our students to link and master the different components to contextual real world problems, allowing students to appreciate the importance and power of mathematics in their everyday lives Staff This is achieved through teaching these mathematical concepts from a first principle basis to develop a deeper understanding and becoming fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics by developing their problem solving skills. The Mathematics curriculum aims to offer our students the opportunity to develop a solid foundation in the key mathematical components: proportional reasoning, geometrical reasoning and graphical representations. Students displaying strong mathematical knowledge at GCSE will be given the opportunity to take part in the mentoring scheme in year 12 where they mentor a year 11 student throughout the year.Every spring, our most able students take part in the UKMT Maths Challenge where they need to put their problem solving skills to the test and we are proud of the number of bronze, silver and gold certificates that pupils receive.Pupils across the year groups 7 and 8 are invited to Maths Puzzle Club, which takes place each week.After school and Saturday revision sessions for exam classes.Revision sessions during holidays for exam classes.Reward trips for those who show dedication and progress in the subject.Here at St George’s Mathematics Department we always go the extra mile for your child: Our students achieve outstandingly well at all Key Stages and our results are significantly above the National Average year on year. It is essential for everyday life, critical to science, technology and engineering and necessary for financial literacy and most forms of employment.Ī high quality mathematical education therefore provides a foundation for understanding the world, the ability to reason mathematically and an appreciation of mathematics. Mathematics is a creative and highly inter-connected discipline that has been developed over centuries. I can assure you mine are still greater.” Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics.
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