The Year 7 programme is based on the content in the Australian Curriculum. The programme is designed to strengthen the students in Number and Measurement, and to introduce basic Algebra concepts as well as develop their Spatial Awareness and Data Analysis skills.

The Australian Mathematics Curriculum is organised around three content strands and four proficiency strands.

The content strands are:

• Number and algebra
• Measurement and geometry
• Statistics and probability

The proficiency strands describe the actions in which students can engage when learning and using the content. The proficiencies are incorporated into the content descriptions of the three strands.

The proficiencies are:

• Understanding
• Fluency
• Problem solving
• Reasoning

The main resource used in the course is the online program Mathematics Pathway. This program helps identify students’ prior knowledge and then develop individual learning plans.

Mathematics Courses
The Year 7 students are not streamed, however, work is adjusted to meet the needs of the students.

Assessment
The assessments for Year 7 Mathematics consist of End of Cycles Topic Tests and Investigations. An Investigation requires students to plan, research, conduct and communicate the findings of a given problem or mathematical concept. Students may also be given informal assessments such as quizzes to gauge their understanding, however, these will not contribute to the student’s final mark.

Progress of Subjects
The Mathematics subjects are organised to give every student the opportunity to work at their highest mathematical capability, whilst also giving them the opportunity to soundly understand one level of mathematics before proceeding to the next level. Movement across streams is possible however this is only done when a student has demonstrated a need to be moved over an extended period of time, usually a semester. Those students who need to develop basic mathematics skills and require a small group environment in which to learn are placed in the Mathematics Focus or Functional group where they can receive extra help while working on their individual learning plan.

At the end of Year 8 students are streamed into groups according to their ability for the commencement of Year 9 and likewise in Year 10. Students are streamed into courses based upon the results they achieved in the previous year. These streams in Years 9 and 10 are known as:

• Mathematics Extension
• Mathematics Advanced
• Mathematics Mainstream
• Mathematics Focus