Mathematics Print
Written by Mr Amla   
Friday, 23 January 2009 21:44
Teaching Staff
 
Mr Coleman - Head of Faculty
Mr Aftab - Assistant Head of Faculty with responsibility for KS3
Mrs Davies - Numeracy/intervention coordinator and achievement leader
Miss Hunt - Maths co-ordinator of Business & Enterprise College
Mr Amla and Miss Mitchell - Maths teachers with responsibility for External Activities
Other Teachers in the faculty include:-
Miss Lee
Mr Parker (Assistant Headteacher)
Mr Mills (Assistant Headteacher)
Mrs Atkinson (Deputy Headteacher)
Ms A Leech
Mr Halton
Mrs Mahmood
 
 
Facilities
 
The Maths faculty is equipped with interactive whiteboards in every room.  There is a suite of pc's in 1 of the Maths rooms.
 

Recent results - KS3 and KS4

 
The Faculty has made excellent progress over the recent years.
 
 
 
Year 9 % Level 5+ Year 11 % GCSE A*-C
2003 62 2003 21
2004 65 2004 41
2005 60 2005 41
2006 76 2006 42
2007 67 2007 38
2008 63 2008 51
 
As a Core National Curriculum Subject, Mathematics has a high profile at Witton Park, and a syllabus which is highly relevant in today’s world.
 
 
Key Stage 3
 
Years 7,8 and 9 study the popular Collins new maths framework scheme which covers the important curriculum areas of:
 
  • number
  • algebra
  • shape, space and measure
  • data handling
     
as well as allowing pupils to undertake investigations and applying maths to real life situations.
Other texts and a wide range of physical resources are introduced according to the needs of particular children, classes, and topics being studied.
 
Key Stage 4
 
At Key Stage 4 (Years 10 and 11) pupils move on to studying GCSE Mathematics, again with a variety of supporting texts and activities.  Pupils complete 3 modular exams to achieve their GCSE.
 
The Mathematics teaching team has high expectations of all pupils to achieve their best: classwork and homework play an important role in the development of pupils, and in our assessment of their progress and individual needs.  All pupils are also set homework using the website www.mymaths.co.uk
 
Intervention
The mathematics faculty also runs regular KS3 and KS4 revision classes and provides other intervention support strategies for grade C/D borderline pupils. 
 
UKMT
The school regularly participates in junior, intermediate and team maths challenges- in conjunction with UKMT 

 

Enterprise

This year pupils were involved in a rafting project.  In teams of 4/5 they had to build a raft and then float it in the river Blakewater in Witton Park.  This required teamwork skills, problem solving and creativity.

  
Partner Primary Links
Every year the Maths faculty runs a maths activity day for year 6 pupils.  This consists of activities including origami, tetrahedron building and ICT maths games. 
 
The Maths faculty also runs KS2 revision sessions with our partner primaries.
 
In the summer term, the Maths faculty visits our partner primary schools to run mini-maths challenges with year 6 pupils.  Also at the end of term, more fun activities are held during summer school-again for our primary school pupils.
 
Community Links
The maths faculty intends to run an adult personal finance course, further details of this will be announced in due course.
 
 
 
 
 
Helpful website links:
 

 
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