St Cuthbert's Catholic High School, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Welcome to the Mathematics Department

Welcome to the Maths Faculty pages of the St Cuthbert’s High School web-site. We hope you find the information and links interesting and useful.

Faculty Mission Statement, see document MathsFacultyAims.doc

Staff

The first seven in the list are maths specialists

Mr. K. Stuart – Head of Faculty

Mr. I. Hudspith – Second in Faculty

Mr. A. Angus – ICT coordinator

Mr. T. Rogers

Mr. J. Stein

Mr. M. Wildish

Mr. C. Shaw

Mr. A. O’Hara

MATHEMATICS AT KEY STAGE 3

On average 85% of students from 2006 – 2008 have achieved level 5+ in SATs

Students receive typically a minimum of 1 hour of homework per week, they have 6 one hour lessons in a 2 week timetable. Years 7, 8 and 9 are streamed on the basis of general ability.

The use of ICT in teaching is considered an important component of the course, with interactive whiteboards in all teaching rooms.

MATHEMATICS AT KEY STAGE 4

On average 70% of students from 2006 – 2008 have achieved grades A* - C in GCSE mathematics.

In Key stage 4, pupils work in sets according to their ability in mathematics rather than their average performance over all subjects. Students in years 10 and 11 alpha sets 1 – 4 study for GCSE following AQA Specification Option 4306H with all other students following AQA Specification Option 4307H/F (modular).

http://www.aqa.org.uk/qual/newgcses/index.php

Students receive typically 2 hours of homework per week, they have 6 one hour lessons in a 2 week timetable.

The use of ICT in teaching is considered an important component of the course, with interactive whiteboards in all teaching rooms and sets of graphical calculators available. Students are encouraged to use the internet at home for revision and extension work using websites such as;

http://nrich.maths.org/public/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/maths/

http://www.gcse.com/maths/index.htm

http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse.html

MATHEMATICS POST 16

85% of students in 2008 achieved grades A - B

A variety of courses are available:

Mathematics

Further Mathematics

GCSE resit course

There are currently approximately 60 students studying mathematics post 16. They have 10 one hour lessons in a 2 week timetable for the A-level course, more for Further Mathematics.

http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/as_alevelgce/mathematics/index.html

ASSESSMENT POLICY AND TEACHING METHODS

See Assessment and Teaching Methods.doc

The faculty is actively investigating other ideas and teaching methods such as collaborative learning, the use of ‘rich tasks’ and problem centred learning.

KS3 Options

See KS3 Options Booklet\Alpha Band.doc

and KS3 Options Booklet\Beta Band.doc

Post 16

See Post 16 Booklets\Maths Entry VI form handbook.doc

and Post 16 Booklets\Further maths entry VI form handbook.doc

Why study maths and further maths? Look at the information here.

http://www.fmnetwork.org.uk/student_area/whystudyfm.php

http://www.mathscareers.org.uk/

Maths Challenge

Each year pupils are entered for the Maths Challenge competitions organised by The United Kingdom Mathematics Trust.

http://www.mathcomp.leeds.ac.uk/