1. Maths Course Calendar and Personal Learning Checklist
The City of Leicester College

2. Maths (Course Calendar)
Week
Date
Topic
Assessments 1
29-Aug
Calculations 2
05-Sep
12-Sep
19-Sep
Graphs and Sequences
26-Sep
03-Oct
10-Oct
17-Oct
Half Term
24-Oct
Angles
31-Oct
07-Nov
14-Nov
Equations and Formula 
Year 7 Test 1 (units 1 and 2)
21-Nov
28-Nov
05-Dec
 Constructions
12-Dec
19-Dec
Christmas
26-Dec
Holidays
02-Jan
09-Jan
Mensuration 
16-Jan
23-Jan
30-Jan
Indices 
Year 7 Test 2 (units 3, 4 and 5)
06-Feb
13-Feb
20-Feb
27-Feb
Transformations 
06-Mar
13-Mar
20-Mar
Number System 
27-Mar
03-Apr
10-Apr
Easter
17-Apr
24-Apr
Proportion 
01-May
08-May
15-May
Probability 
22-May
29-May
05-Jun
12-Jun
Handling Data 
19-Jun
26-Jun
Catch up and Review
Year 7 Test 3 (units 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10)
03-Jul
10-Jul
Maths Activities
All units of work last roughly 3 weeks, but this is flexible depending on class. This calendar is given to indicate the order of topics, not exact timings.
Assessment dates however are fixed point in the year and those dates are accurate.

3. Maths (PLC) This Year Know how many fractional parts make a whole
Last Year C M
Know how to multiply and divide with integers.
Know how to multiply and divide by powers of 10.
Know how to covert between halves and quarters.
Know how to use equivalence in fractions.
Know how to determine a LCM
Know how to calculate a fraction of a quantity.
Know that % are out of 100
Use and apply multiplication and division skills when solving problems with decimals.
Use and apply knowledge of LCM and equivalence to add and subtract proper fractions.
Convert between mixed numbers and improper fractions.
Add and subtract mixed numbers.
Use and apply knowledge that % are out of 100 to calculate percentages of an amount.
Explain how to and use known facts to determine new ones when multiplying and dividing by decimals.
Solve problems involving the addition and subtraction of fractions and mixed numbers.
Represent the addition and subtraction of fractions using diagrams.
Increase and decrease an amount by a percentage.
Solve problems involving percentages including those with simple interest.
This Year
Know how many fractional parts make a whole
Know how to convert between a mixed number and improper fraction
Know how calculate with positive integers
Know the nature of the different operations
Know how to increase or decrease by a percentage
Know how to convert between a fraction, decimal and percentage
Solve problems involving different operations with mixed numbers
Calculate using the 4 operations with negative integers without a calculator.
Determine a multiplier to enable a given increase or decrease by a percentage.
Express a multiplier in different forms.
Solve multistage problems with mixed numbers and justify choice of method.
Explain the effect of applying each of the 4 operations to a negative integer.
Solve problems using multipliers and percentage increase and decrease including those involving determining an original amount.
Next Year
Know how to calculate a percentage of an amount
Know how to determine a multiplier for a percentage change
Know how to convert between FDP
Know how to convert between a percentage and a decimal
Know how to determine a multiplier
Use and apply knowledge of multipliers to solve problems involving percentage increase/decrease
Use and apply knowledge of percentages to calculate compound interest
Explain the connection between a multiplier which performs a change and one which undoes it
Solve problems involving reverse percentages
Apply knowledge of multipliers to calculate compound interest

4. Maths (PLC) Continued Last Year C M This Year C M Next Year
Recognise and use linear and quadratic sequences.
Know the difference between a term to term and position to term rules.
Know how to plot graphs of linear functions.
Generate a geometric sequence given some terms and a common ratio.
Recognise a geometric sequence.
Recognise and use properties of Fibonacci sequences.
Identify the gradient and y intercept of function from its graph.
Identify the gradient and y intercept of a function from its algebraic form.
Make and use connections between the graph of a geometric sequence and its common ratio.
Deduce the common ratio of a geometric sequence
Use and apply knowledge of gradients and y intercepts to interpret graphs in real contexts. (including distance time and sketches of line graphs)
This Year C M
Know how to distinguish between a term to term and position to term rule with linear sequences.
Know how to substitute into an expression with squared terms.
Know how to plot coordinates.
Know how to substitute any integer into a quadratic expression.
Know how to plot the graph of a linear function including when not in the form y =mx+c.
Know how to solve linear equations.
Use and apply knowledge of linear sequences to identify quadratic ones.
Use and apply knowledge of substitution to generate terms in a quadratic sequence given its nth term.
Plot and recognise the graph of a quadratic function.
Identify and use the maximum/minimum points of a quadratic functions.
Identify the line of symmetry and y intercept of a parabola.
Solve problems involving the graphs of 2 or more linear equations.
Solve problems involving quadratic sequences including those with diagrams.
Solve quadratics (identify roots) using the intersection with the x axis.
Make, explain and use connections between the algebraic and graphical solutions to simultaneous equations.
Next Year
Know how to identify the gradient and y intercept of a line in the form y = mx+c
Know how to plot the graph of a linear functions.
Know how to rearrange a linear function.
Know how to recognise a linear sequence.
Know how what m and c represent in y = mx + c
Know how to plot the graph of a quadratic function.
Identify the turning points, line of symmetry and y intercept of quadratic functions.
Use knowledge of rearranging equations to identify the gradient and y intercept of a linear function.
Compare the features of 2 linear functions using gradient and intercepts.
Use and apply knowledge of gradient and y intercept to determine the equation of a line given 2 points.
Work out or identify the midpoint of a line segment.
Plot the graph of a cubic function and describe its key features.
Plot the graph of a reciprocal function and describe its key features.
Solve problems involving the rearranged form of y = mx+ c
Solve problems involving coordinates of points on a line, including midpoints.
Explain why the linear connection between 2 points is unique.
Recognise, sketch and interpret the graphs of cubic, quadratic and reciprocal functions.
Solve quadratic equations by identifying roots on their graphs.