| Corbett 5 A Day | 10HM2 From 2018-19 |
Monday Lesson:
Review of June 2019 Higher Paper 3
Box Plots - Stem Leaf - Sample Spaces
Box Plots - Stem Leaf - Sample Spaces Questions
Box Plots - Stem Leaf - Sample Spaces Solutions
Thursday Revision Session:
Paper 1 Questions
Monday Lesson:
Quadratic Equations
Tuesday Lesson:
Polygons - Expanding - Factorising
Wednesday Lesson:
Quadratics - Pythagoras - Trig Values
Friday Lesson:
Standard Form
Algebraic Fractions
Tuesday Lesson:
Mock Set 7 Paper 2 Q1 - Q6
Indices and Calculator Use
Wednesday Lesson:
Mock Set 7 Paper 2 Q7 - Q12
Friday Lesson:
Mock Set 7 Paper 2 Q13 - Q16
Transformations
Monday Lesson:
Mock Set 7 Paper 1 Q1 - Q4
Cumulative Frequency Summary
Surds Review
Tuesday Lesson:
Mock Set 7 Paper 1 Q5 - Q9
Trigonometry - Exact Values
Wednesday Lesson:
Mock Set 7 Paper 1 Q10- Q13
Prime Factors - HCFs - LCMs
Area and Volume
Friday Lesson:
Inverse Functions
Monday Lesson:
Work Through Mock Set 6 Paper 1
Tuesday Lesson:
Brackets & Exchange Rates
Exchange Rates
Wednesday Lesson:
Direct and Inverse Proportion
Composite Functions
Friday Lesson:
Indices Revision
Monday Lesson:
Mock Paper 3 Part One
Tuesday Lesson:
Mock Paper 3 Part Two
Wednesday Lesson:
Mock Paper 3 Part 3
Distance Time Graphs
Distance Time Graphs Questions
Distance Time Graphs Solutions
Friday Lesson:
Standard Form - Inequalities - Estimating
Monday and Tuesday Lessons:
Cover Work on Basic Trigonometry
Wednesday and Friday Lessons:
Review of Mock Paper 1
Monday Lesson:
Mock Exam 1
Tuesday Lesson:
Science Mock
Wednesday Lesson:
Mock Exam 2
Friday Lesson:
Review of Mock 2 Exam
Monday Lesson:
Volume and Surface Area 2
Tuesday Lesson:
Solving Quadratic Equations
Wednesday Lesson:
Number of Ways
Iteration
Friday Lesson:
Pre-Mock Cramming Lesson
Monday Lesson:
Algebraic Fractions Intro
Tuesday Lesson:
Algebraic Fractions 2
Wednesday Lesson:
Volume and Surface Area of Prism
Homework - Please complete Q3, Q4 and Q5 and hand in on Friday 4 March
Friday Lesson:
Review of Venn Diagrams
Homework Handout - Please complete Q6 - Q10 and hand in on Monday 7 March.
Monday Lesson:
Elevations
Tuesday Lesson:
Review of Higher Tier Jun 17 Paper 3
Wednesday Lesson:
Inequalities Revision
Prime Factors, HCFs and LCMs Revision
Homework on Prime Factors, /HCFs and LCMs. Complete this exercise and self mark from the solutions provided.
Friday Lesson:
Pythagoras and Basic Trigonometry Revision
Please complete and self mark the following exercises on Pythagoras and Basic Trigonometry. As you complete each question mark it straight away so you can learn from your mistakes.
Pythagoras Exercise and Solutions
Basic Trigonometry Exercises and Solutions
If you need extra help then video lessons on these two topics were posted on the Homework side of this web page on 8 September and 11 September.
Monday Lesson:
Review of Higher Tier Jun 17 Paper 2
Graphs of Sine, Cosine and Tangent
Tuesday Lesson:
Review of Higher Tier Jun 17 Paper 2
Wednesday Lesson:
Long Multiplication & Division
Recurring Decimals to Fractions
Friday Lesson:
Higher Tier May 2017 Paper 3
Monday Lesson:
Review of Higher Tier May 17 Paper 1
Tuesday Lesson:
Rearranging Formulae
Video Lesson (23 Min)
Wednesday Lesson:
Expanding Brackets and Trinomials
Review of Indices
Equations of Parallel Lines
Friday Lesson:
Higher Tier May 2017 Paper 2
Monday Lesson:
Ratio and Recipes
Video Lesson (18 min)
Tuesday Lesson:
Proportion - Direct and Inverse
Wednesday Lesson:
Combining Ratios
Lesson Notes and Homework (Finish Worksheet)
Factorising Quadratic Expressions Revision
Friday Lesson:
Higher Tier May 2017 Paper 1
Monday Lesson:
Bounds Problems
Tuesday Lesson:
Angles and Polygons
Exterior Angles of Regular Polygons Fact Sheet
Triangles, Quadrilaterals and Parallel Lines
Parallel Lines Online Software
Wednesday Lesson:
Geometric Reasoning
Friday Lesson:
Polygon Problems
Exam Questions Solutions
Monday Lesson:
Compound Measures Intro
Speed, Density, Pressure
Tuesday Lesson:
Compound Measures Exercise 22.1S
Wednesday Lesson:
Compound Measures Exercise 22.1A
Friday Lesson:
Rounding and Bounds
Tuesday Lesson:
Half lesson due to LFT
Percentages Recap
Wednesday Lesson:
Simple Interest
Compound Interest / Depreciation
Video Lesson (21 min)
Friday Lesson:
Multipliers
Monday Lesson:
Similar 3D Figures
Tuesday Lesson:
Capture - Recapture
Wednesday Lesson:
Long Multiplication
Friday Lesson:
Long Division
Monday Lesson:
Vectors in Geometry
Tuesday Lesson:
GCSE Vector Problems
All Vectors Questions Q1 - Q10
Wednesday Lesson:
Similar Triangles
Friday Lesson:
Congruent Triangles
How do they compare?
| New Grades | Old Grades |
| 9 | A* |
| 9 | |
| 8 | |
| 8 | A |
| 7 | |
| 7 | |
| 6 | B |
| 6 | |
| 5 | |
| 5 | C |
| 4 | |
| 4 | |
| 3 | D |
| 3 | |
| 3 |
Higher Tier Grade Boundaries (out of 240 possible marks):
| Sitting | Grade 9 | Grade 8 | Grade 7 | Grade 6 | Grade 5 | Grade 4 | Grade 3 |
| Jun 2017 | 190 | 157 | 124 | 96 | 68 | 41 | 27 |
| Nov 2017 | 189 | 150 | 112 | 85 | 58 | 32 | 19 |
| Jun 2018 | 202 | 170 | 139 | 109 | 79 | 50 | 35 |
| Nov 2018 | 194 | 159 | 125 | 95 | 66 | 37 | 22 |
| Jun 2019 | 198 | 167 | 137 | 108 | 80 | 52 | 38 |
| Nov 2019 | 197 | 165 | 133 | 103 | 73 | 43 | 28 |
| Nov 2020 | 189 | 157 | 126 | 96 | 66 | 37 | 22 |
| Average % | 81% | 67% | 53% | 41% | 29% | 17% | 11% |
These are the higher tier grade boundaries for all past sittings of the new Edexcel GCSE Maths. The first two sets of exams were not at all popular with students but the June 2018 exams were viewed as more reasonable. The grade boundaries were higher but students felt they had more opportunity to demonstrate their skills and knowledge. Grade boundaries for November exams are not as reliable as boundaries for June exams because there are far fewer students taking what essentially are re-sit exams.
All except the November 2020 exams were taken before the pandemic but give an indication of what you can expect both when completing past papers and when sitting your actual GCSE exams in May/June 2022.
Monday Lesson:
Sine and Cosine Rules 2
Tuesday Lesson:
Sine and Cosine Rules 3
Wednesday Lesson:
Area of a Triangle by Trigonometry
Friday Lesson:
Intro to Vectors
Monday Lesson:
Quadratic Formula
Video Lesson (16 min)
Friday Lesson:
Intro to Sine & Cosine Rules
Monday Lesson:
Box Whisker Exam Question Examples
Review of Surds
Tuesday Lesson:
Cancelled - Science Mock
Wednesday Lesson:
Cancelled - Various Mocks
Friday Lesson:
Intro to Circle Theorems
Use the online software to deduce the properties of a circle and the circle theorems.
Record your findings on your student conjecture sheet.
Compare your findings with the Circle Theorems Summary.
Monday Lesson:
Histograms
Recurring Decimals to Fractions
Tuesday Lesson:
Iteration
Approximate Solutions to Equations
Wednesday Lesson:
Iteration to Solve Equations
Lesson Notes
Frequency Polygons
Estimating the Mean
Video Lesson (16 min)
Friday Lesson:
Cumulative Frequency Graphs
Probability Trees
Video Lesson (24 min)
Monday Lesson:
Trapezium Rule
For finding area under curve.
Note that the area under a velocity time graph represents the distance travelled.
Tuesday Lesson:
Gradient At A Point On A Curve
Note that the gradient of a distance - time graph represents velocity.
Note that the gradient of a velocity - time graph represents acceleration.
Two-Way Tables Revision
Wednesday Lesson:
Straight Lines
Finding Equations of Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Exercise to Identify Equations of Straight Lines
Friday Lesson:
Composite Functions
Monday Lesson:
Indices Exercises
Tuesday Lesson:
Standard Form
Wednesday Lesson:
Pinpoint Data Entry in Room G24
Monday Lesson:
Direct and Inverse Proportion
Tuesday Lesson:
Inverse Proportion
Wednesday Lesson:
Rules of Indices
Video Lesson (25 Mins)
Video Lesson Exercise and Solutions
Friday Lesson:
Higher Tier June 2018 Paper 2
Monday Lesson:
Plotting Graphs
Tuesday Lesson:
Plotting Graphs Exam Questions
Wednesday Lesson:
Direct Proportion
Exam Question Video Lesson (2 Min)
Two exam questions with solutions
Friday Lesson:
May 2018 Higher Tier Paper 1
Monday Lesson:
Graphical Inequalities
Tuesday Lesson:
Sequences
Linear and Quadratic
Wednesday Lesson:
Sequences 2
Quadratic, Fibonacci and Geometric
Friday Lesson:
May 2017 Foundation Tier Paper 3
Grade 5 - 53/80. Grade 4 - 41/80. Grade 3 - 30/80.
Monday Lesson:
Linear Equations
Tuesday Lesson:
Linear Equations Word Problems
Wednesday Lesson:
Inequalities
Monday Lesson:
Trig Finding Angles & Difference of Two Squares
Homework for Wednesday 15 September.
Complete and self mark from the solutions provided:
Trigonometry Exercise and Solutions
Tuesday Lesson:
Simultaneous Linear Equations 1
Homework for Monday 20 September.
Print off your notes Graphical Solution to Simultaneous Equations
Use the online software to solve the 5 questions on fact sheet.
Wednesday Lesson:
Simultaneous Equations 2
IT failure so no lesson notes. However, video lesson and notes available:
Video (18 mins)
Simultaneous Equations Lesson Notes Transcript
Friday Lesson:
May 2017 Foundation Tier Paper 1
Grade 5 - 53/80. Grade 4 - 41/80. Grade 3 - 30/80.
Monday Lesson:
Factorising Quadratic Expressions
IT failure so no lesson notes for this lesson
Tuesday Lesson:
Solving Quadratic Equations by Factorising
IT failure so no lesson notes for this lesson
Substitute lesson notes same as above
Wednesday Lesson:
Solving Quadratics With Multiple X2 Term
Friday Lesson:
Basic Trigonometry
Edexcel have now published revision lists for each paper in the Summer exams. These lists tell you exactly which topics are on which paper.
Higher Paper 1 (Non-Calculator)
Here is the revision list for the Mock Exams in early March.
Please complete this Percentages and Ratios Worksheet and hand in on Monday 7 February.
Please complete in small exercise books and hand in Monday 10 January
Compound Interest Homework Solutions
Please complete the following questions and hand in on Wednesday 15 December.
Please complete the homework below and hand in on Wednesday 8 December.
Over the coming months I will be developing a new web site at chsmathsgcse.bravesites.com to provide you with practice on exam questions across the syllabus.
Homework for Friday 10 September.
Please watch the Pythagoras video lesson, print off the lesson notes and complete the associated exercise.
Video Lesson (13 mins)