Courses

Grade 7 ~ Grade 8 ~ Grade 9

Grade 10 ~ Grade 11 ~ Grade 12

A-Level ~ SAT II ~ AP Calculus

Staff

Kadian Hanson-Wells - Department Head

Stuart Reid

Tameka O'Connor

John Mayers

Vernal Brathwaite (Grade 11)

Janice Barclay

The present make up of the Queen's College Mathematic Programme is as follows:

Grade 7  (4 periods per week)

There are four classes set in mixed-ability groups based upon Form Room assignments. Grade 7 students follow the national B.J.C. Mathematics syllabus in this two-year course that will end will the students sitting the BJC Mathematics Examination in June 2005.

Textbook requirements:

STP Mathematics 1A

GCSE Mathematics Workbook and The Revision Guide - Foundation Level

Grade 8 (6 periods per week)

There are 5 groups of Math students in this year. One group took the BJC exam in Grade 7 in June 2003. Students who received an 'A' the BJC are presently following the BCGSE Mathematics syllabus and will sit the Core exam in May 2004 and antipated to sit the Extended exam in May 2005 in Grade 9.  The other four groups in Grade 8 will continue with the BJC syllabus and sit the exam in June 2004.

Textbook requirements:

STP Mathematics 2A

GCSE Mathematics Workbook and The Revision Guide - Foundation Level

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Grade 9 (6 periods per week)

There are four Math groups in Grade 9. These groups comprise of two class-sets that are reviewing the BJC syllabus to re-sit the exam in June 2004 in order to improve on the grade that they received in their BJC exam in Grade 8.  The other two class-sets are students who received favourable passes in the BJC exam,  are now following the BCGSE syllabus and will take the Core BCGSE exam in May 2004.

Textbook requirements (BJC Retake):

STP Mathematics 1A and 2A

GCSE Mathematics Workbook and The Revision Guide - Foundation Level

Textbook requirements (BGCSE Core):

GCSE Edexcel Mathematics

GCSE Mathematics Workbook and The Revision Guide - Intermediate Level

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Grade 10 (6 periods per week)

All students in Grade 10 are presently following the BCGSE syllabus. Two groups already took the Core level exam in Grade 9 and are therefore presently following the BGCSE Extended programme. The other two groups are following the BGCSE Core programme.

Textbook requirements (BGCSE Core):

GCSE Edexcel Mathematics

GCSE Mathematics Workbook and The Revision Guide - Higher Level

Textbook requirements (BGCSE Extended):

General Mathematics: Revision and Practice

GCSE Mathematics Workbook and The Revision Guide - Higher Level

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Grade 11 (6 periods per week)

Within this year group there is one Math class made up of students who took the Extended BGCSE Math exam in Grade 10 and received favourable passes. These students are now following the AS-level Pure Mathematics programme with the anticipation of receiving a full A-level certificate in Math at the end of Grade 12. These students will also sit the Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus and SAT 2 examinations in Grade 12.

Another who sat the BGCSE Core level examination and received favourable passes are following the Extended programme and will sit the exam in June 2004, while the two remaining groups are following the Core level programme and will sit the Core Math exam in June 2004.

Textbook requirements (BGCSE Core):

GCSE Edexcel Mathematics

GCSE Mathematics Workbook and The Revision Guide - Higher Level

Textbook requirements (BGCSE Extended):

General Mathematics: Revision and Practice

GCSE Mathematics Workbook and The Revision Guide - Higher Level

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Grade 12 (6 periods per week)

This year group is made up of a mixture of class sets that are either retaking the Core or Extended level examinations this year. Students within this year group who have already taken the Extended Math exam are being prepared to sit the SAT 2 exam this year.

Text requirements (Core & Extended are same as Grade 11)

Text requirement (SAT2)

Barron SAT II Math Level 1C

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