Essential Numeracy for Y12 and Y13

This course is for those Year 12 and 13 students who have yet to achieve their Numeracy. The aim is to attain Numeracy in a learning setting where you feel socially comfortable. In this course you will prepare for sitting the new Numeracy digital external that is offered in week 9 of Term 2 and possibly again in Term 4. The learning will be initially skills based, then will focus heavily on your ability to understand and interpret problems that are presented in the assessment. Once obtained, these 10 credits will enable you to receive your NCEA certificates at all levels. If you pass the Numeracy assessment at the end of Term 2, these results will not be known until August, after which time we would offer additional learning on a case by case basis. Learning will cover both the Content Ideas and Process Ideas. These are operations on numbers, mathematical relationships (graphs), spatial properties and representations (2D & 3D), location and navigation, measurement, statistics and data, elements of chance. The Process Ideas are to formulate, use and explain reasonableness.