Year 7 start the new syllabus in 2014, K-6 is not mandatory until 2015. This means some students may be required to have certain understandings of concepts in Year 7 that they have not learned in Year 6. There may be gaps in their understanding.
If you're teaching Stage 3 this year, you may want to explore some of the new topics next year as an extension of current content to assist in this area.
• Whole Number: HCF, LCM, integers
• Multiplication and Division: order of operations
• Fractions and Decimals: x and ÷ decimals
• Patterns and Algebra: number (Cartesian) plane
• Data: categorical and numerical data, dot plots
Think about making time to meet with feeder secondary school mathematics teachers for support.
If you're teaching Stage 3 this year, you may want to explore some of the new topics next year as an extension of current content to assist in this area.
• Whole Number: HCF, LCM, integers
• Multiplication and Division: order of operations
• Fractions and Decimals: x and ÷ decimals
• Patterns and Algebra: number (Cartesian) plane
• Data: categorical and numerical data, dot plots
Think about making time to meet with feeder secondary school mathematics teachers for support.