Maths
St Edmund's Catholic Academy
Course summary
The teaching is shared between two teachers and students should expect up to two hours work per teacher per week, to be completed outside of the lessons. Tasks may be set to consolidate understanding from the lessons, to provide the opportunity to conduct independent research or to make links between the current subject matter and material covered much earlier in the course. The teacher will formally assess one piece of work per week. This course will build upon GCSE Mathematics knowledge - extending familiar algebraic, spatial and statistical concepts. All students must have at least a high Grade 6 in GCSE Higher Mathematics to start the course but be advised that in order to achieve pass grades you must be able to show competence in the Grade 7/8 GCSE Algebraic techniques. (Evidence of your ability to do this may be sought through the satisfactory completion of a preparatory workbook prior to your acceptance on the course). The mechanics element of the course will benefit students studying Physics and Engineering, whilst the statistics element will benefit those students studying Geography, Economics, Biology, Chemistry, Psychology and Law. Key points: There is no coursework component in this specification, which allows students more time to concentrate on practising their techniques. All units will be examined in the summer. Each module has been broken down into smaller sections which make learning more accessible. Students have to study Mechanics and Statistics as their applied units. Each paper will consist of short (3 or 4 marks) and long questions (up to 16 marks) There are 4 Pure Core units which make up two-thirds of the full A level qualification and provide the techniques in Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry and Calculus that form the fundamental building blocks of the subject.
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Grade 7 GCSE Mathematics
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Assessment
Pure Mathematics Two 2 hour papers, each worth 33.3% Applied Mathematics 33.3% One 2 hour paper, split equally between Statistics and Mechanics Paper 1: Pure Mathematics 1 Paper 2: Pure Mathematics 2 Content overview Topic 1 – Proof Topic 2 – Algebra and functions Topic 3 – Coordinate geometry in the (x, y) plane Topic 4 – Sequences and series Topic 5 – Trigonometry Topic 6 – Exponentials and logarithms Topic 7 – Differentiation Topic 8 – Integration Topic 9 – Numerical methods Topic 10 – Vectors Paper 3: Statistics and Mechanics Content overview Section A: Statistics Topic 1 – Statistical sampling Topic 2 – Data presentation and interpretation Topic 3 – Probability Topic 4 – Statistical distributions Topic 5 – Statistical hypothesis testing Section B: Mechanics Topic 6 – Quantities and units in mechanics Topic 7 – Kinematics Topic 8 – Forces and Newton’s laws Topic 9 – Moments
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