This course offers year 11 students a programme of weekly GCSE Maths online classes, covering topics that students often find most challenging. Importantly, all of these topics are examined across all GCSE & IGCSE exam boards. Mastering these topics will be critical for students aiming for the highest grades, and as such these sessions are aimed at students who are predicted a grade 8 or 9 at GCSE.
The course takes place on Mondays from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm (UK Time) during term time throughout the academic year. We offer our courses at a rate of £24 per hour and £36 per session, each session lasting 1.5 hours.
Video Introduction:
This course runs on Mondays 4.30pm - 6pm (UK Time) during term time.
Term 1 - Sessions 1 to 12
(Monday 18th September - Monday 18th December 2023)
1. Standard form, rounding and estimation
2. Fractions, decimals and percentages
3. Further fractions, decimals and percentage
4. Indices
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5. Algebra basics - constructing and rearranging equations.
6. Algebra linear equations
7. Algebra - quadratic
8. Algebraic fractions
9. Interactive functions
10. Inequalities
11. Surds
12. Surds - rationalising
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Term 2 - Sessions 13 to 22
(Monday 8th January - Monday 18th March 2024)
13. Sequences - arithmetic
14. Quadratic sequences
15. Ratio and proportion
16. Percentage change and compound interest
17. Similarity and Congruence
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18. Angles rules
19. SOHCAHTOA and Pythagoras
20. Sine and Cosine rules
21. Probability - Venn diagrams
22. Probability AND/OR and Tree diagrams
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Term 3 - Sessions 23 to 29
(Monday 15th April - Monday 27th May 2024)
23. Differentiation
24. Vectors
25. Straight line graphs
26. Exam Technique (on a range of focus areas)
27. Exam Technique (on a range of focus areas)
28. Exam Technique (on a range of focus areas)
29. Exam Technique (on a range of focus areas)
This course will be run by one of our professional tutors, Jon. Jon is a former Head of Science with over 20 years' teaching experience. With a specialised focus on GCSE and A-level Science, alongside his expertise in university admissions, Jon brings a wealth of knowledge to each lesson. He joined Keystone in 2012 and has helped 270 Keystone families over this period, teaching more than 10,400 hours.
- Target Student: Students in Year 11 with a predicted grade of an 8 or 9.
- Programme Structure: Every 4th session will be an assessment session allowing the course tutor to review each student’s understanding of the topics covered in the previous 3 sessions. During this session students will receive some 1-to-1 support and feedback from the course tutor.
- Session Length: Every lesson will be 1.5 hours long.
- Focus Areas: Topics typically covered in Year 10 that transcend the GCSE & IGCSE exam boards. Each session will be discreet and standalone allowing students to join the cohort at any point.
- Assessment: Course tutors will use a variety of different means to measure student progress throughout each session; assessment methods included group discussions, individual questioning, worked examples, peer review and past paper questions.
- Homework: After each session students will be set homework to complete on the focus area covered in the previous lesson. This will comprise of past paper questions and can be completed online.
- Platform: Lessons will take place on Zoom, which is free and straightforward for students to use. A link will be sent out ahead of the course start date. Take a look at this video to see our online teaching in action.
- Maximum Class Size: We teach in groups of no more than 10 with the average class size being smaller.
- Contact Details: Should you have any questions, please feel free to reach out via email at courses@keystonetutors.com or call +44 (0)207 602 5310.
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