GCSE (FOUNDATION) SUMMER SCHOOL 2020 (3rd-6th Aug)

GCSE (FOUNDATION) SUMMER SCHOOL 2020 (3rd-6th Aug)

    Description

    ***BOOKINGS HAVE NOW CLOSED FOR THIS SUMMER SCHOOL***

    This course is designed for students who are preparing for the GCSE Foundation Exam next summer (2021) and is delivered by an experienced maths teacher with a successful track record spanning over 30 years. Many students and parents are feeling anxious about the amount of teaching time that students missed due to the lockdown since March. There is still uncertainty about how this will all be managed in September. This live online course will help to reduce some of this anxiety by providing 12 hours of instruction and practice spread over 4 days from 3rd to 6th August. Students will cover many of the key topics that are typically taught in Year 10 and will be set assignments to complete after the course with written solutions provided a week later so they can check how they did. An online education platform will also be available for student on the course to join and ask questions, discuss the topics, assignments, challenges and so on. By the end, students should feel more confident about the Year 10 content and ready to step up to the year 11 work in September.

    The structure is 4 morning sessions from 9.45am to 1pm with a 15 minute comfort break in the middle. The live sessions will be provided via Zoom, so a good internet connection is essential for a high quality experience. Students will also need to create an Edmodo account and join the class with a code they will get from me. This is where they will find all the materials provided and where they can connect with other students and ask questions.

    Course content:

    • Perimeter and Area of standard and composite 2D shapes, including rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, trapezia, circles
    • Surface Area and Volume of standard 3D shapes, including prisms, cylinders, cones, pyramids and spheres.
    • Algebra 1 – Expressions, formulae and factorising (including quadratics).
    • Algebra 2 – Equations, inequalities and sequences.
    • Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
    • Probability 1 – includes theoretical probability, listing outcomes, frequency tables, two-way tables, mutually exclusive outcomes.
    • Probability 2 – relative frequency, experimental probability, sample space, Venn diagrams, successive events, tree diagrams, dependence.
    • Right-Angled Triangles – Pythagoras’ theorem in 2D to find missing lengths, including it’s application to coordinates; Trigonometry to find angles and lengths, including angles of depression and angles of elevation.

    If you have any further questions then please contact me by clicking the sign up button below. It does not commit you to anything, it only registers an interest and opens up email communication between us.

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    Platform: This course will be delivered via Zoom and through the Edmodo platform and as soon as payment is received you will be sent a code to join the class and access the course content and assignments. If you have not used Edmodo before, here are the instructions for setting up your free account:

    Price

    £60

    Length of Course

    12 hours over 4 days

    Categories
    • Courses
    Tags
    • Catch-Up
    • GCSE
    • MATHS
    • Summer School
    • Virtual Maths