{"id":134,"date":"2022-10-04T23:52:40","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T23:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=134"},"modified":"2026-08-14T13:09:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T03:39:01","slug":"year-10-mathematics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=134","title":{"rendered":"Year 10 &#8211; Mathematics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Length:&nbsp;<\/strong>Full Year&nbsp;<br><strong>Contact:&nbsp;<\/strong>Maths Leader&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Recommended Background:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>Satisfactory completion of Year 9 Mathematics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Course Description<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Year 10 Mathematics is delivered&nbsp;in&nbsp;accordance with&nbsp;version 9 Australian Curriculum and builds upon the skills and understandings developed in Year 9. Learning in Mathematics is cumulative, with concepts, skills, and processes revisited and strengthened as needed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Year&nbsp;10&nbsp;Mathematics course students will work independently and collaboratively to develop mathematical skills and understandings in the&nbsp;topics:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Number&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Algebra&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Measurement&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Space&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Statistics&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Probability&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learning in each of these&nbsp;topics&nbsp;is designed to support and challenge students to develop strength in the mathematical&nbsp;proficiencies&nbsp;of&nbsp;understanding, fluency, problem&nbsp;solving&nbsp;and reasoning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Subject Requirement<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>All students must&nbsp;purchase&nbsp;a Scientific Calculator to support their engagement with this course.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Year-7-12-Calculator-Requirements-Updated.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Years 7-12 Calculator Requirements<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Assessment<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Year&nbsp;10&nbsp;Students are assessed&nbsp;according to the&nbsp;Australian Curriculum Achievement Standards, with A-E&nbsp;grades used for reporting.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assessment types include tests, skills and applications tasks&nbsp;and&nbsp;investigations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Leads To<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Stage 1 Mathematics&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Length:&nbsp;Full Year&nbsp;Contact:&nbsp;Maths Leader&nbsp; Recommended Background:&nbsp;Satisfactory completion of Year 9 Mathematics.&nbsp; Course Description&nbsp;Year 10 Mathematics is delivered&nbsp;in&nbsp;accordance with&nbsp;version 9 Australian Curriculum and builds upon the skills and understandings developed in Year 9. Learning in Mathematics is cumulative, with concepts, skills, and processes revisited and strengthened as needed.&nbsp; In the Year&nbsp;10&nbsp;Mathematics course students will work independently and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":42,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-134","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1774,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134\/revisions\/1774"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}