Congratulations

Your marks are out and I wanted to congratulate all of you on your hard work last year and the resulting successes you have enjoyed.  Hopefully many of you will be further celebrated at the whole school assembly easly in the year which recognises usually the top 40 or 50 students in the year group.

In case you were interested I thought I'd post the break down of grades for the class so you can compare yourselves to your peers (if desired).

Algebra

• 0 Not Achieves
• 0 Achieves
• 12 Merits
• 20 Excellences

Patterns and Graphs

•  0 Not Achieves
• 1 Achieve
• 12 Merits
• 19 Excellences

 Geometry

• 0 Not Achieves
• 2 Achieves
• 14 Merits
• 16 Excellences

Chance and Data

• 0 Not Achieves
• 0 Achieves
• 19 Merits
• 13 Excellences

Particular congratulations to the following people who got Excellence in all four standards: Brandon, Diana, Oliver P, David and Jessie.

Hopefully I will see you all on Course confirmation day (Tuesday 29th Jan 11-12:30). If you want to change a course you will need to organise a meeting at this time, otherwise, you will simply be signed off as I am sure all of you have met the entry requirements for your chosen subjects :)
 

Change to revision times

Hey guys,

I am now only available from 10:40 till 3:30 tomorrow. Look forward to seeing some of you then!


Summary of trig results:

• 0 Not Achieves
• 3 Achieves
• 14 Merits
• 15 Excellences

Revision Sessions

Thank-you to all of those who attended the revision session on Friday, really awesome to see so many of you there!

Last sessions are:
Monday: 3:15-4:30 in B23
Tuesday: 10am onwards in B23

Results for Trig will be available at these sessions if you don't have them already.

I highly recommend you try out some of the past papers on the NZQA site before these sessions. Each one should also include a marking schedule.

Papers for current standards are here. You should work through all six (two per topic) of these.

Papers for the old standards are here.

• 90147 is Algebra which includes some patterns questions (do not complete all of the papers).
• 90148 is Graphs (no patterns included and no exponentials, but good practice for parabolas).
• 90152 is Trig (includes bearing practice).
• 90153 is Geometric Reasoning (very useful practice - do as many as possible).
• 90154 is Probability (skip any question saying simulation)

Good luck for the last of your study and the first of your exams.

Revision for Exams

Details of the exam:

• The maths exam is on the 14th November at 9:30am. 
• Exam rooms will be posted near B/P block. Arrive early to check your room.
• Bring a ruler, graphics calculator, black/blue pens and pencil/eraser.

Topics Covered:

• 1.3 Patterns and Graphs - Covering linear, quadratic and exponential patterns and graphs.
• 1.6 Geometric Reasoning - Covering Pythagoras, trigonometry, angle rules, similar shapes and bearings.
• 1.12 Chance and Data - Covering interpreting statistics and graphs and calculating and interpreting probabilities.

How to study:

• Read through all of your notes - check if you are missing any!
• Try practice assessments to work out where your gaps are.
• Practice Achieve questions only if you are slow or struggling with a particular skill.
• Practice Merit questions to ensure you have a solid grounding in these skills.
• Look for as many different Excellence questions as you can to try different types.
• Bring any questions to a revision session - Monday after prize giving in B23, Wednesday after school in P7, Friday all day in the seminar room.

What to study:

• Finish page 70-271 in Nulake. Retry any questions that you found difficult first time around.
• Good pages in Gamma: 144-146 (quadratic patterns), 149-151 (exponential patterns), 190-191 (finding equations), 193-194 (exponential graphs), 224-228 (linear graphs), 229-233 (quadratic graphs), 242-247 (parallel lines), 250-252 (polygons and tessellation), 261-263 (similar shapes), 285-298 (circle rules), 301-303 (geometric proofs), 349-351 (multivariate data), 363-365 (bivariate data), 394-397 (comparing data), 400-401(time series), 409-417 (interpreting data) 409-417, 428-431 (tree diagrams), 433-435 (expected values).
• Complete or revise all practice tests issued during the year.
• Look on the NZQA web page for tests from previous years.

Other info:

• Bring food for a shared lunch on Monday spell one. Drinks provided.
• Make sure you have correct uniform for Monday for the prize-giving.
• Internal results will be available when you come in for your exam.

Term Four - Week One

Rahina: 3D Pythagoras - Finding lengths using Pythagoars in cuboids and pyramids.

Ratu: 3D Trigonometry - Finding angles in 3D situations.

Raapa: 3D Co-ordinates - Using x, y and z axes and finding the distance of a point from the origin.

Rapare: Finding a height - Taking measurements to find the height of an object.

 

Ramere: Bearings - Finding a bearing and using these to solve problems (external only, not in internal).

 

Homework: 

• Ensure you have finished all earlier trig work - pages 175-186
• Continue working through 3D questions in your Gamma book.
• Check out these links which have two sample Trig assessments (1.7A and 1.7B) along with exemplars for different grades for the B assessment.
•  If you have a smart phone continue trying to download the clinometer app.

Internal: This will take place during class spells on Monday 29th (measuring) and Tuesday 30th October.

 

Holiday Session

Hi everyone,

Just a reminder that we are having a holiday revision session for anyone who wants extra help with homework or assignments.

This will take place on Wednesday 10th October from 11am. It will go for as long as people are still interested. You are welcome to turn up late or leave early if you need to.

Hope to see some of you there :)

Term Three - Weeks Nine, Ten and Eleven

Week Nine:

Rahina: Revision - Two practice algebra assessments

Ratu: Revision - Further practice for Algebra

Raapa: School exams began

Rapare: School exams

 

Ramere: School exams

Week Ten:

Rahina: School exams

Ratu: School exams

Raapa: School exams

Rapare: School exams ended

TOPIC SIX: RIGHT ANGLED TRIANGLES

 

Ramere: Pythagoras - Using Pythagoras's Theorem

 

Week Eleven:

Rahina: Intro to trigonometry - Using SOHCAHTOA to find an unknown side.

Ratu: Revision - Going over Chance and Data exam

 
Raapa: Revision - Going over Patterns and Graphs exam

Rapare: Trignometry - Finding an unknown angle using SOHCAHTOA.

 

Ramere: Converse of Pythagoras - Showing a triangle is right angled.

Homework:

• Graphs homework pages 70-142
• Geometry homework pages 152-173
• Trigonometry homework pages 175-186

Results:
Patterns and Graphs exam:

• 0 Not Achieves
• 0 Achieves
• 5 Merits
• 27 Excellences

 Chance and Data exam:

• 1 Not Achieve
• 1 Achieve
• 17 Merits
• 13 Achieves