Weekly Online Group Class
GCSE Maths Year 11 Higher Paper
Target Grade: Grades 7-9
Year of Study: Y11
Course Overview
The Maths GCSE Higher Course focuses on advanced variations and applications of Foundation questions, as well as on questions relating to further topics not found in the Foundation Course. All of this fosters a deeper comprehension and broader application of mathematical concepts.
Course Structure
- Start Date: 2nd Oct, Thursdays, 6–7 pm
- Target Audience: Students aged 14-16 years old
- Entry Requirement: Knowledge of the Year 10 GCSE Higher Course
- Class Size: no more than 9, average less than 5 students.
- Number of Sessions: 48 sessions
- Course Structure: 2 sessions per week (1 hour per session)
- Topic of the Month: This month's topics include the sum of interior angles in polygons, properties of quadrilaterals and triangles, congruence criteria, and applying angle facts and triangle congruence for deriving results about angles and sides.
Why this Course?
- Learn with our expert examiner.
Hussain, an experienced GCSE/A-Level ex-examiner, has a PhD, MA and PGCE, and this course draws on his 20+ years of teaching, management and examination experience, which includes 4 years of online teaching through many different educational establishments, to over a thousand students. - Exam practice in every session.
Past paper questions and exam practice are integral to this course. Students will practice their exam skills in every single session. Following up with weekly exam practice for homework and personalised learning assignments. - Small groups.
Students can benefit from a collaborative learning environment, while still gaining plenty of personalised learning and individual attention and focus from our expert examiner.
Ongoing Classes
October
Week 1: (Congruent Triangles )
Use the basic congruence criteria for triangles (SSS, SAS, ASA, RHS).
Week 2: (Angles and Lengths in Quadrilaterals & Triangles )
Apply angle facts, triangle congruence, similarity and properties of quadrilaterals to conjecture, and derive results about angles and sides, including Pythagoras’ theorem and the fact that the base angles of an isosceles triangle are equal, and use known results to obtain simple proofs.
Week 3: (Rotation, Reflection, Translation, Enlargement )
Identify, describe and construct congruent and similar shapes, including on coordinate axes, by considering rotation, reflection, translation and enlargement (including fractional scale factors).
Week 4: (Definitions & Properties of Circles and 3D Shapes)
Identify properties, including: centre, radius, chord, diameter, circumference, tangent, arc, sector and segment. Identify properties of the faces, surfaces, edges and vertices of cubes, cuboids, prisms, cylinders, pyramids, cones and spheres.
Upcoming Classes
November
Lessons cover Plans, Elevations, Scale, Area, Volume, Perimeter. Topics include Plans and Elevations of 3D Shapes; Maps, Scale Drawings, Bearings; Area & Volume; Area & Perimeter of Composite Shapes.
