GCSE Maths Exam Board EDEXCEL Langley Park School

GCSE Maths Exam Board EDEXCEL Langley Park School for Girls - Unlocking potential through empowerment

All Year 9 students have begun studying the GCSE syllabus ready for entry in 2022. The aims of Maths GCSE are to enable students to: Maths Develop fluent knowledge, skills and understanding of mathematical methods and concepts Acquire, select and apply mathematical techniques to solve problems Reason mathematically, make deductions and inferences, and draw conclusions Comprehend, interpret and communicate mathematical information in a variety of forms appropriate to the information and context. Langley Park School for Girls - Unlocking potential through empowerment

GCSE Maths has two tiers of entry Maths HIGHER tier covers grades 9 to 4 FOUNDATION tier covers grades 5 to 1 There is an overlap of content in the Higher and Foundation tier enabling final decisions about tier of entry to be made after the trial examinations in Year 11. Langley Park School for Girls - Unlocking potential through empowerment

The course structure: In each term throughout the GCSE course, students will cover progressively more challenging elements of each of: Maths 1. Number 2. Algebra 3. Ratio, proportion and rates of change 4. Geometry and measures 5. Probability 6. Statistics Langley Park School for Girls - Unlocking potential through empowerment

There are three final exams for maths GCSE Paper 1 1 hour 30 minutes 80 marks Non – calculator Maths Paper 2 1 hour 30 minutes 80 marks Calculator Paper 3 1 hour 30 minutes 80 marks Calculator Langley Park School for Girls - Unlocking potential through empowerment

Student resources: We follow the Pearson scheme of work and students use the practice, problem solving and reasoning book for class and homework. All students have a copy of this for either Higher or Foundation tier Maths Langley Park School for Girls - Unlocking potential through empowerment

In addition to the textbooks all students have access to Maths Watch which has video tutorials and extra questions on all topics vle. mathswatch. co. uk Maths Langley Park School for Girls - Unlocking potential through empowerment

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