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Mathematics at KS3. Information evening Chesterton community college. At Chesterton we…. Have high e xpectations of all students Expect all students to work hard Expect all students to be resilient Expect all students to maintain a positive attitude Have excellent results:
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Mathematics at KS3 Information evening Chesterton community college
At Chesterton we… • Have high expectations of all students • Expect all students to work hard • Expect all students to be resilient • Expect all students to maintain a positive attitude • Have excellent results: • 39%A*A; 85% A*-C
It is not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It is because we dare not venture that they are difficult.Seneca
New Maths GCSE from 2017 • Higher-grades 4 to 9 ( C to A**) • Note 9 is a competitive grade- top 3%. Currently 6% nationally get A* (Chesterton had 23% A*) • Foundation- grades 1 to 5 (G to low B)
Year 7 Year 7 sets, teachers and curriculum and contact
Year 9 sets, teachers and curriculum • No early entry GCSE
Mastery • Mastery is something that we want pupils to acquire. All pupils. • So a ‘mastery maths curriculum’, or ‘mastery approaches’ to teaching maths, or ‘mastery teaching’ in maths lessons all have the same aim—to help pupils, over time, acquire mastery of the subject. • And mastery of maths means a deep, long-term, secure and adaptable understanding of the subject. Among the by-products of developing mastery, and to a degree part of the process, are a number of elements: • fluency (rapid and accurate recall and application of facts and concepts) • a growing confidence to reason mathematically • the ability to apply maths to solve problems, to conjecture and to test hypotheses. • Mastery of maths, which should build gradually as a child goes through school, is a tool for life, and immeasurably more valuable than the short term ability to answer questions in tests or exams.
Resources • The teacher • Intervention and support staff • Text books • Mymaths • Mathswatch
The curriculum • http://chestertoncurriculum.org.uk/maths/
What you can do to support your child • Talk about what they have learned • Always be positive about maths • Sensible support with homework • Mental maths and problem solving • Assessment dates are on the website
I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. Picasso