Mathematics Department
The Mathematics Department aims to encourage students to take pleasure
in mathematics and to appreciate the importance of mathematics, its relevance
to other aspects of the curriculum and to life beyond school. We believe that
it is essential that students have the best mathematical qualifications that
their potential allows, in order to be fully equipped for the work place and
their future lives.
Throughout the school mathematics curriculum, students are taught the six main
strands of maths and how they might possibly interlink with each other. For
example, being able to rearrange equations taught in the algebra strand is
integral to being able to solve problems involving area, volume and
trigonometry in the geometry and measures strand.
The six strands are: number; algebra; ratio, proportion and rates of change;
geometry and measures; probability and statistics. These units are taught for
approximately three weeks up to year 11 but are re-visited regularly. Fluency
is developed by constant repetition and skills are revisited regularly.
» Click here to download the Mathematics curriculum.
