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Year 10 GCSE Mathematics Information Evening

Year 10 Mathematics Curriculum Evening  Power of positivity  Tiers of entry  Change of syllabus ◦ New foundation content  Exam questions and how to help your child to mark them  What you can do at home to help  Questions

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GCSE specification is AQA 8300 AQA website: www.aqa.org.uk

New GCSEs Maths (with English) was the first subject to move to the new GCSE. All subjects are now on these. • Graded from 9 (highest) down to 1 • Higher tier exam leads to grades 4-9 • Foundation tier exam leads to grades 1-5 The benchmarks are (DfE announcement 28/3/17) • Grade 4 is a ‘standard pass’ • Grade 5 is a ‘strong pass’

Change from a C to a 5 • Foundation: Grades 1 2 3 4 5 • Higher: 4 5 6 7 8 9 • The final choice of entry for GCSE is made after the year 11 mocks. • We will base the decision on which gives the best chance of achieving the highest possible outcome. • This depends on the child: there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach.

What is examined at GCSE maths? Doing calculations in number / algebra / shape / data handling and obtaining the • correct answer but MUCH more too… • Written mathematical communication • Explaining reasoning • Proof: forming a logical argument • Problem-solving (not being told where to start) • Application to ‘real-life’ contexts When we move into classrooms we will look at some recent past GCSE questions.

Assessment Objective 1 Assessment Objective 2 Assessment Objective 3 (AO1) (AO2) (AO3) “How much of the course “How much of the course “How much of the course is this objective assessed?” is this objective assessed?” is this objective assessed?” Higher: 30% Foundation: 25% Higher: 30% Foundation: 25% Higher: 40% Foundation: 50% Solve problems in Recall information Communicate mathematically • • • different contexts Interpret mathematical notation Interpret information • • Use different parts of Carry out routine procedures • • Construct chains of reasoning mathematics Taking the steps required • • Present arguments and proof Evaluate methods used and • • results obtained Examples

Useful Websites http://www.mymaths.co.uk/ Username: Arden Password: Square Contains lessons and practice questions (homework) on every topic in the GCSE http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/ Lots of revision resources including videos, worksheets, exam questions https://corbettmaths.com/ Videos and practice questions on 392 different topics, all indexed

Useful Websites http://mathswebsite.com/ This is the new address for Hegarty Maths, plenty of revision resources for the GCSE course. https://mathsmadeeasy.co.uk/gcse-maths-revision/ https://uk.ixl.com/math/ IXL maths, has lots of practice questions with instant feedback https://www.bbc.com/education/examspecs/z8sg6fr BBC Bitesize pages for the AQA GCSE syllabus