We continued the Finance Project looking at the cost of a loan before planning/costing a holiday, buying a car and value for money (all of which has some bearing on the class project and the finances that each group is investigating).
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1W2 – week ending 9th May
This week the class carried on with the topic Equations & Expressions mainly with substituting values into an equation. Then we moved onto Measurement in particular converting the units of lengths, volumes or weights.
Next week the class with be doing an end of year test, with all the topics being tested. The topics are – Whole Numbers, Symmetry, Angles, Problem Solving, Decimals, Fractions & Percentages, Equations & Expressions, Perimeter, Area & Volume, Scale Drawing, 2D & 3D Shapes and related properties such as Nets, Surface Area, Time, Timetables & Temperature, Measurement as well as C0-ordinates.
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3A6 – week ending 2nd May
We had another period of revision of non-calculator work prior to the class sitting their S3 exams, which would include a Non-Calculator paper as well as a Calculator paper. We finished the week off with a recap of enlarging shapes.
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2B1 – week ending 2nd May
We continued the Finance Project this time looking at the cost of a loan and mortgages before planning/costing a holiday. We then had a period preparing for the project presentations next week.
The class were given clear guidelines on what is required from each group for their presentations, and each group given feedback on what they still need to achieve to ensure their presentation is at the required standard.
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2A1 – week ending 2nd May
We continued the Finance Project this time looking at the cost of a loan and mortgages.
The class were given clear guidelines on what is required from each group for their presentations, and each group given feedback on what they still need to achieve to ensure their presentation is at the required standard.
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1W2 – week ending 2nd May
This week the class started the topic Equations & Expressions mainly with substituting values into an equation, before going onto revising solving equations. This can be found on the MyMaths website under Library – Algebra – Equations (Linear) – Solving Equations, and also Algebra – Expressions & Formulae – Substitution 1 & 2.
When we did work on equations previously, we had used the following website as well (National Library of Virtual Manipulatives) and navigate to Algebra 9-12, followed by Algebra Balance Scales – http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_201_g_4_t_2.html?open=instructions&from=category_g_4_t_2.html
The class had a homework on the MyMaths website (Time & Timetables) with a deadline of Tuesday 29th April for completion.
In two weeks the class will be doing an end of year test on all the topics covered through the course of the year, including the work as part of the Café Project. The topics are – Whole Numbers, Symmetry, Angles, Problem Solving, Decimals, Fractions & Percentages, Equations & Expressions, Perimeter, Area & Volume, Scale Drawing, 2D & 3D Shapes and related properties such as Nets, Surface Area, Time, Timetables & Temperature, Measurement as well as C0-ordinates.
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5C2 – week ending 25th April
Having completed all 3 Units of the Higher course we now had time to revise any particular topics that were identified as being particularly challenging in order to consolidate these topics. We were also able to spend time targeting these topics and getting practice with the exam style question typical of these topics. My recommendation is for individuals to spend 7 to 8 hours and upwards revising and doing past papers if they want to achieve a good grade.
This would be the last week for revision, and so we also spent time on practicing the objective questions and tackling past papers as a whole, especially with regard to completing them in the allocated time.
The class were reminded that I would be available if help is required at the usual timetabled lessons, as well as from 7.40am onwards all week , from 1 – 1.25pm Monday to Thursday, and also at other times in the day when I would be scheduled for preparation time for classes.
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4B4 – week ending 25th April
We continued the National 5 work with the first unit – Applications, with the topic Vectors. We had an introduction to the topic, looking at what a vector is, how to draw one, and then the mathematical processes that can be applied to vectors, i.e. multiplication by a scalar quantity followed by adding & subtracting vectors. This is on the MyMaths website under Library – Shape – Vectors – Vectors 1.
The class were reminded that when they start the National 5 course properly then the pace of the work would pick up significantly and that this was we had started with one of the easiest topics (Trigonometry) as a few people in the class found the concept of Vectors more challenging to get to grips with and that the rest of the course is a lot harder.
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3A6 – week ending 25th April
We continued the Money & Finance topic with a look at foreign exchange.
We then spent one period on revision of the work covered throughout the year followed by a period of non-calculator revision. The class were reminded that next week they would be sitting their S3 exams, which would include a Non-Calculator paper as well as a Calculator paper. Any of the work covered in S1, S2 and S3 to date could appear in the test. The class were informed of the topics that they could expect to encounter as they are almost certain to occur in an exam – Pythagoras; Trigonometry; Rounding; Scientific Notation; Area/Volume; Brackets & Equations; Percentages; Speed / Distance / Time; Statistics and also Straight Line.
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2B1 – week ending 25th April
We continued the Finance Project with a reminder that they would need to be giving their presentations the week beginning 5th May and the class were given a reminder also on what they are expected to produce when they give their presentation.
In continuing with the Finance Project we looked at loans, whether or not people could really afford to take out a loan given specific circumstances. This led onto looking at borrowing money as a mortgage and the details of what sorts of questions banks will be asking before agreeing to provide a mortgage.
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