Curriculum Allocation

Maths is taught for five 100 minute lessons per fortnight.

Curriculum Period 1:

Curriculum 

TopicSmall Steps (Sparx Reference)
Percentages of Amounts
  • Finding percentages of amounts without a calculator(M437)
  • Finding percentages of amounts with a calculator(M905)
Percentage Change
  • Percentage change without a calculator(M476)
  • Percentage change with a calculator(M533)
Money
  • Value for money(M681)
Index Laws
  • Index rules with positive indices(M608)
  • Index rules with negative indices(M150)
  • Simplifying expressions using index laws(M120)
  • Simplifying algebraic fractions by cancelling common factors(M568)
Solving Equations
  • Solving equations of the form (x+a)/b=c(M401)
  • Solving linear equations involving brackets(M902)
  • Solving equations with the unknown in the denominator (M387)
  • Solving equations with the unknown on both sides (M554)
  • Constructing and solving equations(M957)
Term to Term Rules
  • Using number lines(M763)
  • Adding and subtracting with negative numbers(M106)
  • Multiplying and dividing with negative numbers(M288)
Position to Term Rules
  • Substituting into position-to-term rules(M166)
  • Position-to-term rules for arithmetic sequences(M991)
  • Position-to-term rules for sequences of patterns(M866)
Ratio
  • Writing and simplifying ratios(M885)
  • Writing ratios in the form 1:n(M543)
  • Converting between ratios, fractions and percentages(M267)
  • Using equivalent ratios to find unknown amounts(M801)
  • Sharing amounts in a given ratio(M525)
Scale Diagrams
  • Drawing and interpreting scale diagrams(M112)


Assessment

Students have an assessment that lasts for 60 minutes. This exam comprises of 80% content from curriculum period 1 and 20% recap.

    Curriculum Period 2:

    Curriculum 

    TopicSmall Steps (Sparx Reference)
    Significant Figures
    • Rounding integers using significant figures(M994)
    • Rounding decimals using significant figures(M131)
    • Estimating calculations(M878)
    Co-ordinates & Midpoints
    • Calculating midpoints(M622)
    • Mixed problems: Coordinates and midpoints(M311)
    Area & Units
    • Finding the area of parallelograms(M291)
    • Finding the area of trapeziums(M705)
    • Converting units of area(M728)
    Area & Circumference
    • Identifying parts of circles(M595)
    • Finding the circumference of circles(M169)
    • Finding the area of circles(M231)
    Standard Form
    • Using standard form with positive indices(M719)
    • Using standard form with negative indices(M678)
    Venn Diagrams
    • Venn diagrams(M829)
    • Probabilities from Venn diagrams(M419)
    Factors, Multiple & Primes
    • Finding the HCF and LCM using prime factor decomposition(M365)
    Nets
    • Properties of 3D shapes(M767)
    • Nets of 3D shapes(M518)
    Surface Area
    • Finding the surface area from a net(M884)
    • Finding the surface area of cubes and cuboids(M534)
    • Finding the surface area of prisms(M661)
    Volume
    • Finding the volume of cubes and cuboids(M765)
    • Finding the volume of prisms(M722)
    • Converting units of volume(M465)


    Assessment

    Students have an assessment that lasts for 60 minutes. This exam comprises of 80% content from curriculum period 2 and 20% recap.

      Curriculum Period 3:

      Curriculum content

      TopicSmall Steps (Sparx Reference) 


      Linear Graphs
      • Plotting horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines(M797)
      • Plotting straight line graphs(M932)
      • Finding equations of straight line graphs(M544)

      Transforming Shapes
      • Translation(M139)
      • Reflection(M290)

      Finding Unknown Angles
      • Angles in quadrilaterals(M679)
      • Combining angle facts(M319)
      • Angles on parallel lines(M606)
      • Using quadrilateral properties to find angles(M393)
      • Angles in polygons(M653)

      Statistical Diagrams
      • Drawing pie charts(M574)
      • Interpreting pie charts(M165)
      • Drawing line graphs(M140)
      • Interpreting line graphs(M183)
      • Drawing stem-and-leaf diagrams(M648)
      • Interpreting stem-and-leaf diagrams(M210)
      • Finding averages from diagrams(U854)

      Linear Inequalities
      • Reading and drawing linear inequalities on number lines(M384)
      • Solving single inequalities(M118)

      Double Brackets
      • Expanding double brackets(M960)

      Fractions Review
      • Calculating with fractions(M645)
      • Calculating with mixed numbers(M619)

      Algebraic Fractions
      • Simplifying algebraic fractions by factorising(M754)
      • Adding and subtracting algebraic fractions(M336)

      Fractions & Recurring Decimals
      • Using recurring decimal notation(M701)
      • Converting fractions to recurring decimals(M922)



        Revision resources

        The revision folders on Showbie.

        Other useful revision resources can be found on Sparx Maths

        and corbettmaths.com/

         

        Subject advice and guidance

        If you need any further guidance then please contact your child’s teacher via email:

        claire.plant@endon.set.org

        vicki.moston@endon.set.org

        david.tagell@endon.set.org

        adrian.arnold@endon.set.org

        randeep.bahia@endon.set.org

        tracey.hill@endon.set.org