The Core Premium Option aims to develop fluency in mental numeracy skills as well as increase knowledge and understanding of fundamental mathematical methods and concepts. This option will run alongside the GCSE Maths Edexcel course, which will enable students to access more of the GCSE curriculum.
Learning Objective:
-Make mental calculations & calculations without the aid of a calculator
-Make Estimates
-Understand 3-D shape
-Collect data
-Answer questions that span more than one topic area of the curriculum
4 Stages:
Stage 1- Year 9
Stage 2 - Year 9 & 10
Stage 3 - Year 10
Stage 4 - Year 11
Each stage includes:
-Number
-Measure and Statistics
-Algebra
-Geometry
-Probability
At the start of each lesson, please spend 5-10 mins allowing the students to independently work through the weekly skills check. Please log their scores each week. To access these, please log into Mathsbox. Username: Wyv3 Password: three3
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Topic
Reading and writing numbers expressed in figures or words
Understanding place value
Ordering Numbers
Use the common properties of numbers including odd, even, multiples & factors
Addition of a list of single digit numbers
Addition of two numbers with up to 2 digits
REVISION
Details
Up to 1000.
10, 100, 1000 only.
Up to 1000.
2, 5 and 10 times tables only.
To involve pairing to make 10.
Questions will be set such that the answer will always be less than 100.
Half term
Subtraction of two numbers with up to 2 digits
Solve whole number problems involving addition & subtraction
Multiplication (gelosia)
Division (bus-stop)
Solve whole number problems involving multiplication & division
Identifying & calculating halves
REVISION
Questions will be set such that the answer will always be less than 100.
Questions will require the use of only one operation: e.g. the cost of 3 books costing £5 each.
2, 5 and 10 times tables only.
2, 5 and 10 times tables only.
Division questions will not involve remainders.
2, 5 and 10 times tables only. Questions will require the use of only one operation: e.g. the cost of 3 books costing £5 each.
Division questions will not involve remainders.
May be asked: If half price was £5, what was the full price?
Christmas Holidays
The use of a symbol to stand for an unknown number e.g. ◊ + 3 = 8
Inputs to and outputs from a single number machine
Name of common 2D shapes (Identify right angles)
Name of common 3D shapes
Everyday language to describe position
REVISION
Unknown will appear only once. Operation to be + and – only.
Square, rectangle, triangle, circle, pentagon, hexagon.
Cube, cuboid, cylinder, cone, sphere.
Above, under, next to, left, right.
Weekly Skills Check (ignore question 6)
Weekly Skills Check (ignore question 6)
Weekly Skills Check (ignore question 6)
Weekly Skills Check (ignore question 6)
Weekly Skills Check (ignore question 6)
Weekly Skills Check (ignore question 6)
Half term
Angles as a measure of turn
Use the 4 points of the compass to show direction
Collecting and recording results in a tally chart
Extracting data from tables and lists
Drawing and interpreting bar charts
REVISION
Clockwise / anticlockwise turn, right / left turn.
No more than 20 pieces of data.
Weekly Skills Check (ignore question 8)
Weekly Skills Check (ignore question 8)
Weekly Skills Check (ignore question 8)
Weekly Skills Check (ignore question 8)
Weekly Skills Check (ignore question 8)
Weekly Skills Check (ignore question 8)
Easter Holidays
Rounding whole numbers to the nearest 10, 100, 1000
Identify and make different amounts of money, using a combination of coins
Calculating change from £10
Calculating change from £1
Rounding prices to the nearest £ to estimate the total cost
REVISION
Whole numbers may be up to 100,000, e.g. 74 382.
Amount will always be less than £5. Questions may require the same amount to be made using different coins.
One item bought for any amount less than £1.
One item bought costing a multiple of 10p, e.g. £7.20.
Prices will always be over ‘75p’ or less than ‘25p’, e.g. £9.85, £6.10.
Weekly Skills Check (ignore question 7)
Weekly Skills Check (ignore question 7)
Weekly Skills Check (ignore question 7)
Weekly Skills Check (ignore question 7)
Weekly Skills Check (ignore question 7)
Weekly Skills Check (ignore question 7)
Half term
Use the common properties of numbers, including odd, even, multiples, factors
Addition of two numbers with up to 3 digits
Subtraction of two numbers with up to 3 digits
Solve whole number problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication & division
Identifying and calculating simple fractions
REVISION
REVISION
2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times tables only.
Questions will be set such that the answer will always be less than 1000.
Questions will be set such that the answer will always be less than 1000.
2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 times tables. Questions may require the use more than one operation: e.g. the cost of 3 books costing £5 each and 4 pens costing £2 each. Division questions will not involve remainders.
Numerator of 1, denominator of 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10.