Two Maths progammes (Standard and Extended) are in place at VSA in the last two years of MYP (year 9 and 10). These are designed to best prepare students for taking Maths in DP. Standard Maths in MYP is designed to prepare students who wish to take SL or SL Studies in DP. Extended Maths in MYP is designed to prepare students who wish to take, SL, HL or HL Further in DP. Generally speaking, the Extended Maths course takes a student deeper and further with a topic, and is taught at quite a high pace. Our credo is that students should be in the group that best suits their mathematical abilities and needs. Thus it may be necessary to move students between groups at appropriate times through the course.
Below is a rough idea of some of the topics that will be covered in year 9 extended and year 10 extended classes:
Year 9 – equations of a line, exponents and factoring, trigonometry, probability, volume, geometric proofs and percentages
Year 10 – transformations and polynomials, statistics, vectors and matrices, arithmetic and geometric progressions, exponential and logarithm, circle proofs and linear programming
You can also find further details of the MYP mathematics syllabus here:
For further details on what is taught on a weekly basis as well as homework and assessment schedules, please look at the calendar below.
Calendar:
Assessment Schedule:
Notices:
13/9/2013 - cover work
HH review set 9A and 9B (p.231-232) - these are to be completed for homework if they are not finished in the lesson. Read the examples in HH9A-9E, make sure you understand how to do these if you struggle with the questions,
An e-version of the textbook is on dropbox if you have't brought it with you.
extension: ex9D problem solving;
hwk: review set 9A and 9B
19/8/2013
Welcome, hope you have had a good summer holiday and are ready for an amazing year ahead! Your first assessment will be on 12th September on criteria B and C, more on this later...
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Two Maths progammes (Standard and Extended) are in place at VSA in the last two years of MYP (year 9 and 10). These are designed to best prepare students for taking Maths in DP. Standard Maths in MYP is designed to prepare students who wish to take SL or SL Studies in DP. Extended Maths in MYP is designed to prepare students who wish to take, SL, HL or HL Further in DP. Generally speaking, the Extended Maths course takes a student deeper and further with a topic, and is taught at quite a high pace. Our credo is that students should be in the group that best suits their mathematical abilities and needs. Thus it may be necessary to move students between groups at appropriate times through the course.Below is a rough idea of some of the topics that will be covered in year 9 extended and year 10 extended classes:
Year 9 – equations of a line, exponents and factoring, trigonometry, probability, volume, geometric proofs and percentages
Year 10 – transformations and polynomials, statistics, vectors and matrices, arithmetic and geometric progressions, exponential and logarithm, circle proofs and linear programming
You can also find further details of the MYP mathematics syllabus here:
For further details on what is taught on a weekly basis as well as homework and assessment schedules, please look at the calendar below.
Calendar:
Assessment Schedule:
Notices:
13/9/2013 - cover workHH review set 9A and 9B (p.231-232) - these are to be completed for homework if they are not finished in the lesson. Read the examples in HH9A-9E, make sure you understand how to do these if you struggle with the questions,
An e-version of the textbook is on dropbox if you have't brought it with you.
extension: ex9D problem solving;
hwk: review set 9A and 9B
19/8/2013
Welcome, hope you have had a good summer holiday and are ready for an amazing year ahead! Your first assessment will be on 12th September on criteria B and C, more on this later...