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Helping your daughter
          help herself
        Independent Learning at home

Key Stage 3 so far

   Year 9 have been following a syllabus based on a 5 year
    GCSE approach

   This has been complemented with the use of Numeracy
    Ninjas and Learning Lighthouses for their basic skills

   So far we have had three, equal bands, of four sets

   In Year 10 we move to two, equal bands, of seven sets

Numeracy Ninjas
   Times tables and basic arithmetic MASTERY are VERY important
   All classes have a 5 minute Ninja test every week in maths
   All tutor groups have a 5 minute Ninja every two weeks

NUMERACY
NINJAS

Home help with the basics

     Times Tables Rockstars: all students have a user ID (parents can have an ID if
      they request one too)
     Ninja Tests are on the moodle and FROG and can be also found at
     www.numeracyninjas.org
     https://ttrockstars.com/

     Moodle link for Ninjas
     http://learning.millais.org.uk/course/view.php?id=8344
     (student login required)

Home help with the basics

     One of our students on TTR
     https://youtu.be/EQOgFsBYQcI
     World Record TTR Student
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EeLwL7mbGQ

     The better a student is with basic arithmetic the more WORKING MEMORY
      they have to focus on new concepts or more complex problems
     The faster a student is with mental arithmetic the more time they create
      for themselves in ANY assessment/exam

Back to basics

 Learning Lighthouses
 Half termly test but the students know
  the questions and topics: the only
  thing that changes are the numbers.
 www.learninglighthouses.webs.com

Back to basics

 Learning Lighthouses
 Students progress up through this
  hierarchical system
 We start at LL2 and progression takes
  students to LL9
 These use skills appropriate for the
  equivalent grade in GCSE

Schemes of Work

 Module   outlines will be on the new VLE
 Students  are given a module outline at the
  start of each module
 They are given a feedback slip after each
  assessment (usually based on two modules)
 All

Pre module

Post assessment

Getting help at home with class content

 Allstudents are issued with accounts on:
 Hegarty Maths https://hegartymaths.com/
 My Maths https://www.mymaths.co.uk/
 They are also encouraged to make use
  free sites such as Corbett Maths &
  Diagnostic Questions
    https://corbettmaths.com/
   https://diagnosticquestions.com/

Hegarty Maths

Hegarty Maths

Hegarty Maths

Hegarty Maths

Independent Review

   Revisit a problem and show evidence that they have moved forward.
   Possible sources:
   Corbett Maths             https://corbettmaths.com/
   Hegarty Maths             https://hegartymaths.com/
   Just Maths Online         http://online.justmaths.co.uk/
   My Maths                  https://www.mymaths.co.uk/
   Diagnostic Questions      https://diagnosticquestions.com/

Using Corbett: watch, do, mark

   https://corbettmaths.com/2013/02/06/factorising-quadratics-1/

   https://corbettmaths.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/factorising-
    quadratics.pdf

   https://corbettmaths.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/factorising-quadratics-
    pdf2.pdf
   Answers
   https://corbettmaths.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/factorisation1.pdf

Encourage, encourage, encourage

 Trythe problem
 Use your class notes
 Look online
 Then ask for help
 Don’t say you….

Don’t practise until
  you get it right,
 practise until you
cannot get it wrong.

Where this leads to in Year 11

GCSE   Edexcel 1MA1

3  papers, 90 minutes each
 Paper 1 is non-calculator
 Papers 2 & 3 are calculator papers

GCSE Edexcel 1MA1

 Two tiers of entry
 Higher 9 – 4 (allowable 3)
 Foundation 5 - 1

GCSE Edexcel 1MA1

Options Choices: Statistics THE most
important option in the modern world

   Be able to understand sources and what is
    “Fake News”
   Understand bias in all walks of life
   Never be fooled by spurious statistics
   Never be fooled by marketing
   Ensure your views are listened to and are
    backed up by appropriate analysis

Options Choices

   GCSE Statistics with FSMQ (Level 3) Additional Mathematics

   EDEXCEL GCSE Statistics specification

   OCR FSMQ Additional Mathematics specification (This qualification carries, up to, 10 UCAS points)

   This course is aimed at current Set 1 students.

   An extra 5 or 6 lessons of maths a fortnight

Options Choices

   GCSE Statistics with GCSE Further Mathematics

   EDEXCEL GCSE Statistics specification

   AQA Further Mathematics specification (New specification out soon)

   This course is aimed at current Set 1 and strong Set 2 students.

   An extra 5 or 6 lessons of maths a fortnight

Thanks for coming

 Please   take time to fill in the review
  sheet
 Don’t forget that you can contact your
  daughter’s maths teacher through
  their school e-mail (this is your first
  port of call)

Appendices – all Lighthouse Objectives

Appendices – all Lighthouse Objectives

Appendices – all Lighthouse Objectives

Appendices – all Lighthouse Objectives

Appendices – all Lighthouse Objectives