Year 9

A simplified overview of the Year 9 Curriculum.

Autumn 1  – COORDINATE GEOMETRY

  • Rearranging formulae
  • Further y = mx + c problems
  • Speed, time graphs
  • Speed Problems
  • Parallel & Perpendicular lines
  • Solving simultaneous linear equations graphically
  • Representing inequalities graphically
  • Solving further linear inequalities
  • Drawing quadratic graphs

Autumn 2CONSTRUCTING IN 2 & 3 DIMENSIONS

  • Plans & Elevations
  • Nets of shapes
  • Surface area
  • Volume of prisms and cylinders
  • Density
  • Rate of flow problems
  • Congruency
  • Loci Problems

Spring 1 – MONEY MATTERS

  • Bank Statements
  • Bills linking to y = mx + c
  • Problem Solving with decimals
  • Percentage profit and lost
  • Repeated percentage change
  • Compound Interest
  • Reverse percentages
  • Best Buy problems
  • Conversion Graphs
  • Exchange rates
  • Direct and Inverse proportion

Spring 2 – FURTHER ANGLES & TRANSFORMATIONS

  • Angles in parallel lines
  • Bearings
  • Rotation
  • Translation
  • Vector arithmetic
  • Similar Shapes
  • Enlargement
  • Exploring ratios in right angled triangles

Summer 1 – PYTHAGORAS & SURDS

  • Finding the hypotenuse
  • Finding a shorted side
  • Pythagoras Problems
  • Introducing Surds
  • Simplifying Surds
  • Manipulating Surds
  • Expanding Expressions involving Surds
  • Rationalising Surds
  • 3D Pythagoras
  • Surface Area of Pyramids

Summer 2 – PROBABILITY & VENN DIAGRAMS 

  • Expected frequency
  • Frequency Trees
  • Tree Diagrams
  • Finding probabilities from a Venn Diagrams

Updated Feb 2024