This course is for students not wishing to attend University but would like to continue with Maths in the senior years or need it to access a trade/traineeship. This course is about using Mathematics in the real world.
Numeracy Stage 6 Content Endorsed Course
What students learn
The study of Numeracy in Stage 6 enables students to build on existing numeracy skills and to develop and improve their capability to:
interpret and use numerical information
solve problems using visual, spatial, financial and statistical literacy skills
think mathematically in practical situations
represent and communicate information
use the context to determine the reasonableness of solutions
in order to manage situations and solve problems relating to their present and future needs.
Year 11 course
The Numeracy Year 11 course content comprises 2 modules. The modules are divided into content areas.
Module 1:
1: Whole numbers
2: Operations with whole numbers
3: Distance, area and volume
4: Time
5: Data, graphs and tables
Module 2:
1: Fractions and decimals
2: Operations with fractions and decimals
3: Metric relationships
4: Length, mass and capacity
5: Chance
Industries related to Mathematics CEC
The knowledge and skills developed in this course can be applied across a range of career pathways.
Industries related to this course include, but are not limited to, the following outlined on the Your Career website:
School-based assessment requirements Year 11 NESA requires schools to submit a grade based on student achievement for each Year 11 candidate in a course.
The components and weightings for Year 11 are mandatory.
Component Weighting
Knowledge and understanding 50%
Skills 50%
The Year 11 formal school-based assessment program is to reflect the following requirements:
three assessment tasks
the minimum weighting for an individual task is 20%
the maximum weighting for an individual task is 40%
one task must be an assignment or investigation-style task.
Some students with disability may require adjustments in order to access assessment opportunities and demonstrate achievement of outcomes.
Schools will use the Achievement Level Descriptions for Numeracy Stage 6 to award grades for school-based assessment. NESA monitors the grades awarded by all schools and conducts work sample reviews to ensure the grades reported on NESA credentials are comparable. Information on retaining and submitting student work samples is available under Awarding grades.
All students studying the Numeracy Stage 6 CEC for the HSC will have their school-based assessment reported on NESA credentials as a grade (A to E).
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Faculty: Mathematics
Contact: Mr Dean Lappas- Head Teacher