Maths GCSE
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Exam board – Edexcel Linear A
50% : Non-calculator paper (paper 1)
50% : Calculator paper (paper 2)
Paper 1 – 26th May (am exam) 1hr 45 mins
Paper 2 – 9th June (am exam) 1 hr 45 mins
Areas covered: Number, algebra, geometry,
handling data and probability
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Scientific calculator
£7.00
Geometry set
£1.00
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Students should be aware of their end of year target grade.
Teacher assessments are given from the work completed in
their books and these are marked every 2 weeks.
Students will sit past papers regularly (PPE) and areas of
development recorded on their books for students to focus
on.
Parents/carers will be contacted straight away if your
son/daughter is not on track to meet their target and needs
to attend maths “making the grade” support sessions.
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Short answer questions – 1,2 or 3 marks
Starred questions – 4+ marks
Break the question down
Use clear and precise working out
How many marks are awarded for the question?
Problem solving skills
Drawing diagrams
Highlighting key words
Check to see if you answered the question
Does your answer look right? (Estimation)
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Thursdays in D20
Supported by Maths department and peer
mentors
Help with topics recently covered in lessons.
Students need to bring along work/particular
questions that they need support with
Moodle:
 Past papers with mark schemes
 Revision lists
 Graded worksheets with mark schemes
Doddlelearn.co.uk
 Institution – varndean
 Login – pupil full name, no spaces, all lower case
 Password – varndean
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GCSE bitesize
Youtube
Hegarty Maths
Student moodle - use school
login and password
Doddlelearn.co.uk
Workbooks
£3
£3
£3
£3
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Look through model answers for each topic area
Learn the formulas, e.g. Pythagoras' theorem,
Trigonometry-SOH CAH TOA, Circle - area and
circumference, area of a parallelogram
Speed/distance/time formula,
Density/mass/volume…
Know the keywords, e.g. for angles; corresponding,
alternate, allied, co-interior.
Learn key terminology e.g. expand, factorise, IQR...
Past papers and workbooks
Basic numeracy skills
Exercise books are their revision guides
Practise, practise, practise…
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Not reading the question through properly
before answering (read through at least twice)
Not checking to see if the answer is realistic
(use estimation)
Not looking to see how many marks are
awarded for each question and show enough
working out to gain all the marks (clearly set
out workings)
Not answering the question once the
calculations have been done
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Use a highlighter to identify the key points in a
question
Set work out neatly and coherently
Use a pencil and ruler for graphs and diagrams
Show working even if using a calculator
Draw diagrams to help with wordy questions and
write all over the diagrams that are given
Complete all the questions you can do first and
then try and tackle the questions you are unsure
of
Check your answers look realistic
Starred questions
5 marks
(3)