Mathematics

Introduction

The mathematics department strives to provide appropriate and innovative education for year 7 - 13 students by carefully designed courses at each year level. These include four courses for year 7 - 10 students that cover the curriculum over a two year period - each with topics appropriate to the age and stage of the students. In the senior school, four NCEA courses provide students with an opportunity to sit level 1-3 Achievement Standards.

Our department seeks to improve our performance and that of the students through constantly reviewing our teaching and assessment practices. Asttle and standards based assessments are used to provide feedback to staff and students on progress throughout the academic year.

The use of It is encouraged at Aparima College , the department has a data projector and computer in the main classroom as well as good access to the school computer suites.

Junior Mathematics

Mathematics is covered from Year 7 onwards at Aparima College

Mathematics 1

This course has been carefully designed to deliver the required mathematics to support other subjects and encourage students to develop practical mathematical skills.

Although the course has been reduced to 18 credits, 3 credits are at level 2 and another 3 credits are at Level 3. The course comprises of 4 internal assessment activities and a shorter exam at the end of the year.

This course has been designed to encourage students to focus on achieving at Merit and Excellence as well as attaining at higher levels.

Please Note:

The mathematics department is offering four courses designed to provide all students with options in mathematics that meet their individual need to succeed and make progress in the subject. By creating these varied and interesting courses we endeavour to deliver the curriculum to all students at the level at which they are capable. I encourage all parents and prospective participants to set high attainment goals and encourage able students to investigate the possibility of trying the higher option at each level as a major reason for under achievement in mathematics is more often through lack of challenge rather than inability.

Mathematics 2

This is not the course offered in 2005 and would be suited to students who wished to do some maths but have already taken mathematics 1 or 2 before.

This is a hybrid course covering Level 1 to Level 3 Achievement Standards and Unit Standards.

This course has been designed to encourage students to focus on achieving at Merit and Excellence as well as attaining at higher levels.

Mathematics 3

This is a hybrid Achievement Standards course covering Level 2 Geometry and Level 3 Statistics. Students with aspirations in the fields of technology and commerce should find this course beneficial and relevant. A course ideally suited to very able Year 12 students and those in Year 13 wanting to continue in maths, design, technology, commerce or business. The course includes two papers which are optional, the first a management Unit Standard and the second a technology Achievement Standard; these are offered to show the significance of mathematics in these areas.

This course has been designed to encourage students to focus on achieving at Merit and Excellence as well as attaining at higher levels.

Mathematics 4

This is an Achievement Standards course covering Level 3 Calculus. An added advantage of this course is a Level 3 Computing Unit Standard which fits in with other units of work in the course. A course ideally suited to very able Year 12 students and those in Year 13 wanting to continue in maths, commerce, computing, sciences, surveying, architecture and engineering. This course has been designed to encourage students to focus on achieving at Merit and Excellence as well as attaining at higher levels.