Year 9
Homework
Most homework will mostly be set via the Education Perfect system at www.educationperfect.comOccasionally homework will be on paper, usually in the form of worksheets, or will be revision before a test.
MathsBuddy
In general the EdPerfect system offers strong reinforcement, with immediate feedback, and so is ideal for normal homework.Most exercises will be set to be completed by the following Sunday, although ideally they should be done before that. They remain active for some time afterwards, so boys can catch up on missed exercises. If they have forgotten how to do a topic, they should review the accompanying help material.
The system has a log-in for parents who are interested in following their son's progress.
It is strongly recommended that parents record their son's password somewhere easy to find, as they are often lost.
Alternatives
For parents who want other or extra material, there are some relatively cheap books that give pages of homework exercises (along with quite useful notes and examples):
The Alpha Mathematics Workbook published by Pearson: www.pearsoned.co.nz
The Fast Track 1 from Eton Press is at a higher level, but covers the same basic material and is recommended for more able students: www.eton.co.nz
The Fast Track 1 from Eton Press is at a higher level, but covers the same basic material and is recommended for more able students: www.eton.co.nz
Revision and Support Material
The material on the Year 9 resources page of this site is generally to allow students to revise at the end of a topic or to catch up if they have missed some lessons. Most resources are paper worksheets, with worked answers, for the students to either do directly on the computer or print out.The Year 9 on-line page gives links for students to get routine practice of fundamental skills from suitable websites.
Year Plan
This is a plan only, and times will change somewhat with circumstances.| Term |
Topic |
Content |
Time |
| One |
Number (1) no calculator |
Whole numbers, negatives, decimals,integers Bedmas, multiples, factors, primes Powers, square roots Simple fractions |
6 weeks |
| Number (2) | Fractions, percentages and applications | 5 weeks | |
| Two | Measurement (1) | Time, metric system, scales and rates | 2 weeks |
| Measurement (2) |
Perimeter and area of rectangles, parallelograms, and circles, and shapes made up of parts of those Volumes of prisms, especially cuboids and cylinders |
3 weeks |
|
| Algebra (1) |
Simplifying expressions Solving linear equations |
5 weeks |
|
| Three |
Algebra (2) |
Patterns and relationships Graphs |
3 weeks |
| Geometry |
Angles on lines, triangles and parallel lines Symmetry and isosceles triangles |
4 weeks |
|
| Probability |
Experimental probability Theoretical probability including tree diagrams |
3 weeks |
|
| Four |
Statistics |
Means, medians, quartiles, ranges Statistical graphs Data collection and sampling |
2 weeks |
| Exams (2 hours) | Revision and exams | 2 weeks | |
| Statistics contd. | Practical examples | 1 week | Transformations |
Reflection, rotation and translation Tesselation, 3D representations |
2 weeks |
Activity Week | No classes | 1 week |
Contact
My preferred initial contact is via e-mail: mplant @ stjohns-hamilton.school.nz (no gaps).If you want to talk directly, then a telephone call back or a meeting at school can be arranged.