Mathematics

Goals

• offer opportunities for our students to think mathematically through questioning, communicating, reasoning and reflecting.
• promote development of 21st-century knowledge, skills, understanding, values and attitudes and provide challenge.
• find connections, think critically and creatively, using appropriate technology to support mathematical activity.
• accommodate teaching approaches that support student diversity, including students with disability, gifted and talented students.
• monitor and modify the level of challenge of a task, and in engaging and supporting a gifted student’s learning in mathematics

Features

• highly experienced staff
• Moodle platform for resources
• wide range of competitions & opportunities
• HotMaths online platform
• lunch time Maths and Munch
• acceleration study streams
• links to University of Newcastle
• numeracy and literacy

Activities

• Australian Mathematics Competitions
• Colin Doyle Competition
• Computational & Algorithmic Thinking comp.
• ICAS UNSW Competition and Reach
• Mathematics Challenge _^MC
• Maths Enrichment _^ME
• Australian Informatics Olympiad ^_AIO
• Aust. Intermediate Mathematics Olympiad _^AIMO
• Pi Day Celebration
• Collaboration with parents and community
• Enrichment Year 7 to 12

Courses

STAGE 4: Y7 & Y8

• Stage 4 Mathematics

STAGE 5: Y9 & Y10    

• Stage 5 Mathematics

STAGE 6: Y11 & Y12

• Mathematics Standard 2 _{^{ATAR CAT A}}
• Mathematics Advanced
• Mathematics Extension 1
• Mathematics Extension 2

Links

Mathematics K-10 syllabus

Mathematics Stage 6 syllabus

MHS Moodle Maths Online

Australian Maths Trust _^AMT

Cambridge HOTmaths

Desmos Let's Learn Together

Khan Academy

Team

• HILL Bruce _{^{HEAD TEACHER}}
• DAGG Sonia 
• DOYLE Ella
• EASTON Melinda 
• GILLESPIE Debbie 
• JENKINS Danielle
• JONES Mitchell _{^{Y8 YEAR ADVISER}}
• MOSSWOOD Rosie
• SCOLLAY Tracy 
• SHARPLES Lachlan
• WENHAM Cassandra