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

Assessment details

Good luck everyone for the upcoming assessments!

School exam - Thursday 8:45am in the student centre

Algebra assessment - Tuesday 8:45am in the hall.

The last revision session for Algebra is 3:15pm on Monday in P7. However, I am actually free from 10am onwards so if you want to start studying earlier you need to either email me at school or message me here so we can arrange to meet.

Term Three - Week Eight

Rahina: Quadratic patterns - Finding a rule for a quadratic pattern.

Ratu: Applications of quadratics - Applications for both patterns and graphs.

Raapa: Exponential graphs - Drawing a graph by plotting points.

Rapare: Exponential patterns - Finding the rule for an exponential pattern.

 

Ramere: Revision - Practice assessment for Patterns and Graphs

Homework:

• Current homework for graphs Nulake pages 128-142
• Complete Patterns and Graphs assignment
• Older homework for graphs Nulake pages 70-127
• Older homework for geometry Nulake pages 152-173

Revision suggestions:

• Complete practice Patterns & Graphs assessment in Nulake pages 143-152
• Work through suggested pages in Gamma - especially for application problems.
• Come to the maths help room or organise a revision session with me!remem
• Work through any Algebra or Chance and Data stuff in Nulake you didn't finish earlier in the year.
• This page has last years assessments for Algebra, Chance & Data and Patterns & Graphs including exemplars of student work at an Excellence level.
• This page has earlier assessments from before the NCEA realignment. 90147 is old Algebra (where a calculator was allowed), 90148 is old Graphs (no patterns or exponentials, but good practice at Excellence level quadratics) and 90194 is old Probability (do not try simulations questions!).

Term Three - Week Seven

Rahina: TEACHER ONLY DAY

Ratu: Factorsised form - Finding intercepts of a parabola given in factorised form.

Raapa: Assembly

Rapare: Scale factors - Sketching parabolae with non-standard scaling.

 

Ramere: Finding an equation - Using a calculator or algebra to discover an equation.

Homework:

• Current homework for graphs Nulake pages 111-127
• Complete Algebra assignment (again)
• Older homework for graphs Nulake pages 70-107
• Older homework for geometry Nulake pages 152-173

Reminder:  Bring in your yellow forms!

Congratulations: To Gareth, Diana and Louis for placing 5th in the Mathswell competition.

Term Three - Week Six

Rahina: Identifying quadratics - Identification from sequences, points or equations.

Ratu: TEST - Study skills assessment.

Raapa: Plotting points - Substituting into quadratics and plotting points.

Rapare: Translations of parabolas - Translating parabolas horizontally and/or vertically.

Ramere: No school

Homework:

• Current homework for graphs Nulake pages 95-112
• Older homework for graphs Nulake pages 70-94
• Older homework for geometry Nulake pages 152-173

Reminder:  Rahina is a teacher only day

Term Three - Week Five

Rahina: Rules for sequences - Finding the formula for a linear sequence.

Ratu: Revision - Going over geometric reasoning test.

Raapa: Using a formula - Finding unknown terms and unknown positions in a sequence.

Rapare: Sequences as graphs - How to graph patterns.

Ramere: Rates of change - How rates of change relate to graphs.

Homework:

• Current homework for graphs Nulake pages 83-94
• Older homework for graphs Nulake pages 70-82
• Older homework for geometry Nulake pages 152-173

 Reminder: Bring your study notes on Tuesday.

Term Three - Weeks Three and Four

Week Three

Rahina: Similar shapes - Establishing and using similarity.

Ratu: Using algebra - Using algebraic equations in geometric problems.

Raapa: Proofs - How to construct a geometric proof.

Rapare: Revision - Preparation for Geometric Reasoning assessment

Ramere: Test - Geometric Reasoning assessment

Week Four 

TOPIC FIVE - PATTERNS AND GRAPHS

Rahina: Revision - Going over the basics of linear graphs.

Ratu: Standard form - Graphing equations of the form y = mx + c.

Raapa: Alternative form - Graphing equations of the form ax + by = c.

Rapare: Applications - What the gradient and y-intercept often represent in real-life applications.

Ramere: Simultaneous Equations - How simultaneous equations relate to graphs. focus on Greaphics Calculator skills.

Homework:

• Current homework for graphs Nulake pages 77-82
• Older homework for graphs Nulake pages 70-75
• Older homework for geometry Nulake pages 152-173

 Results for Geometric Reasoning:

• 2 Not Achieves
• 7 Achieves
• 19 Merits
• 2 Excellences 

These results are very concerning and indicates further work is needed on this topic. If you want to get some extra practice and have already tried the stuff in Nulake and Gamma then I recommend checking out some old assessments at this page: http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications-standards/qualifications/ncea/subjects/mathematics/expired-standards/. The relevant standard is Level One 90153.  

Term Three - Week Two

Rahina: Circle theorems II - Theorems for cyclic quadrilaterals.

Ratu: Circle theorems III - Using the angles off the same arc rule, also some random definitions chucked in there.

Raapa: Proving concylic-ness - Converses of the two cyclic quadrilater rules, and the angles off the same arc rule.

Rapare: Circle theorems IV - Theorems involving tangents to a circle.

Ramere: Tessellation - How to show a shape does or does not tessellate. Also Mathswell try outs.


Homework:  

• Nulake pages 161-166. Please pass this on to others as I forgot to mention in class.
• Older homework: Nulake pages 70-75 and 152-158.
• Check out this site for more info on tessellation. 

Reminder: Log onto the NZQA website and check your internal grades and external entries are correct.

Term Three - Week One

Rahina: Polygon rules - Rules for finding the interior and exterior angles of regular and irregular polygons.

Ratu: Properties of quadrilaterals - Angle and line properties of various 4-sided figures.

Raapa: Proving lines are parallel - Converses of the parallel rules.

Rapare: Showing working - Structure of working for a geometry question.

Ramere: Circle theorems I - Names for parts of a circle and the first two circle theorems.


Homework: Nulake pages 152-154. Older homework was 156-158 and 70-75.


Reminder: Log onto the NZQA website and check your internal grades and external entries are correct.

Term Two - Weeks Nine and Ten

Week Nine

Rahina: Revision - Completing practice assessment in Nulake

Ratu: Revision - Completing NZQA practice assessment.

Raapa: Revision - Going over the practice assessments.

Rapare: TEST - Chance and data assessment

Ramere: Linear relationships - Identifying a linear relationship from co-ordinates, a table or an equation.

Week Ten
 

Rahina: Plotting points - Substituting into formulae to get points for graphs.

Ratu: Features of graphs - Finding intercepts and gradient of a graph.

TOPIC FOUR - GEOMETRIC REASONING

 
Raapa: Angles rules I - Rules for triangles and intersecting lines, as well as key terms.

Rapare: Angle rules II - Rules for parallel lines.

Ramere: Revision - Going over Chance and Data test.

Homework: Nulake pages 70-71, 74-75 and 156-158 (I think!)

Term Two - Week Eight

Rahina: Interpreting graphs - Looking at evidence to answer questions about graphs.

Ratu - Misleading graphs - Examining ways graphs misrepresent data.

Raapa: Comparing data - Forming recommendations using two sets of data.

Rapare: Evaluating reports and graphs - Considering the relevance and accuracy of another persons analysis of data.

Ramere: Tots and Toddlers

 

Homework: Nulake page 251-262

 

Test:  Will be Thursday 21st June

Term Two - Week Seven

Rahina: NO SCHOOL

Ratu: Time series - Looking at key features: long term trend, seasonal cycles and extreme values.

Raapa: Scatter graphs I - Drawing a scatter graph and using it to describe the relationship between variables.

Rapare: Scatter graphs II - Determining the strength of a relationship.

Ramere: Tots and Toddlers

 

Homework:

• Overdue: probability sheet and Nulake pages 236-237
  
• Complusory: Nulake pages 241-243
• Optional: Nulake page 240 and 245-248
• Tots and toddlers: Finish all of assessment task one with detailed answers using your blue book and white sheet to support you.
  

Term Two - Weeks Five and Six

Week Five

Rahina: Long term relative frequency - Forming connections between experimental and theoretical interpretations of probability.

Ratu: Interpreting probability situations - Looking at various probability puzzles, and discussing probability in words.

Raapa: Probability trees I - Constructing and using simple probability trees.

Rapare: Assembly

Ramere: Tots and Toddlers

Week six

Rahina: Probability trees II - Looking at more complex trees.

Ratu: Bar graphs and histograms - Distinguishing between these graphs and using them properly.

Raapa: Pie graphs - How to find the correct angles for these graphs.

Rapare: Line graphs - Drawing a correct line graph, and basic intepretation.

Ramere: NO SCHOOL.

Homework:

• Finish probability sheet (on the sheet)
• Compulsory: complete Nulake pages 217-222 and 236-237
• Optional: complete Nulake pages 240 and 245-248

Term Two - Weeks Three and Four

Due to being unwell I have been slightly slack updating the blog. Here are weeks 3 and 4 combined.

Week Three

Rahina: Revision - Full practice assessment and summary notes.

Ratu: Revision - Writing implications and going over practice assessment.

Raapa: Assessment part I - Question, statistics, and reading background info.

Rapare: Assessment part II - Graphs and write up

Ramere: Tots and Toddlers

Week Four

Topic Three - Chance and Data

Rahina: Intro to probability - Key terms and basic calculations

Ratu: Experimental probability - Finding probabilities from tables, including basic conditional probability.

Raapa: Combining events - Finding the probability of A and B & A or B.

Rapare: Expected values - Finding the expected number of outcomes in a fixed number of trials.

Ramere: Tots and Toddlers 

Homework: Nulake pages 210-215
 
Reminder:You need to finish three scenarios for Tots and Toddlers - shelter, nurture and clothing.