Cambridge Senior Mathematics for Queensland: Essential Mathematics offers a practical interpretation of the syllabus and innovative digital capabilities to encourage students to understand concepts and apply their skills within a real-world context.
Written specifically for the new Queensland syllabus by an experienced team of Queensland educators who have taught at all levels and at all types of schools and have much success with developing resources for Prevocational Mathematics.
Reflects the spirit of the new syllabus with its combination of a practical one-top-per-lesson approach, a strong focus on developing fundamental skills and applying these to real-world scenarios, and clear opportunities to differentiate learning and cater for the various needs of students taking this subject.
Encourages students to solve mathematical problems in contexts that are relevant to their lives and future careers, and will prepare them for their internal assessments.
Exercises have been carefully written to provide plenty of practise at consolidating skills and concepts first taught in previous years. Students can also access complimentary Australian Curriculum course content from Year 10 back to Year 7 with the 'More HOTmaths' feature in the Interactive Textbook.
The Interactive Textbook and Online Teaching Suite, powered by Cambridge HOTmaths, provide a new level of digital support for teaching, learning, assessment and reporting through integrated digital resources and a powerful Learning Management System.
The Online Teaching Suite combines the Interactive Textbook powered by Cambridge HOTmaths and its rich digital resources with a suite of supplementary resources and a powerful Learning Management System.
Additional online support for teachers:
Full access to the Interactive Textbook, powered by Cambridge HOTmaths.
Comprehensive, editable curriculum grids and teaching programs are available in the Online Teaching Suite and on Cambridge GO.
Additional practice exams and problem-solving-and-modelling tasks.
An online test-generator allows for the creation of customised tests from a large bank of questions. Tests can be completed online for automarking or saved as PDFs and printed.
The Online Teaching Suite records student results and reports on individual and class progress when linked to students using the Interactive Textbook. Teachers can see students' working, summaries of self-assessment, completion rate of students' work and questions they have flagged as difficult.
Access to student Workspaces entries allows for efficient and time-saving monitoring of work and provides students with the opportunity to alert teachers to problems they have with specific questions.
An easy-to-use Task Manager allows teachers to assign specific activities to individuals, groups or whole classes, helping to differentiate learning. The Task Manager reports on task completion as well as results.
Digital worked solutions are provided with all student textbooks, and teachers may choose to make these available to their students or restrict them to suit the needs of their class.
Watch our workshop below on implementing the new Essential Mathematics syllabus, presented by Leanne Butler.
Online Teaching Suite
The Online Teaching Suite combines the Interactive Textbook powered by HOTmaths with its rich digital resources, a suite of supplementary resources and a powerful Learning Management System (LMS). It is accessed online through the series portal. Your Cambridge Education Resource Consultant will provide access to the Online Teaching Suite if your school has purchased or booklisted one or more Cambridge courses. The Online Teaching Suite is also available for purchase separately and can be activated using the unique 16-character access code supplied on purchase.
The Online Teaching Suite is available as a calendar-year subscription. A calendar-year subscription is defined as follows: if activation occurs between January and July of this year, subscription concludes on 31 December this year. If activation occurs between August and December of this year, subscription concludes on 31 December the following year.
Cambridge Senior Mathematics for Queensland combines a proven teaching and learning formula with innovative digital capabilities to explicitly support the implementation of the new maths syllabuses and to lead students towards success in their new internal and external assessments.
Watch our workshop below on implementing the new Queensland Senior Maths syllabus, presented by Michael Evans and Abigail Twyman.
Watch our workshop below on implementing the new Essential Mathematics syllabus, presented by Leanne Butler.
Neil Capps is the Head of Mathematics at Glasshouse Christian College and has 29 years' experience in teaching. Neil has also taught in the State and Catholic School Systems as well as in a variety of Christian Schools. Though teaching mainly in Queensland, he taught for four years in Darwin and has also worked as a School Principal in northern New South Wales. Neil is passionate about Mathematics education and has enjoyed the implementation of the new curriculum and encouraging both teachers and students to develop their love of Mathematics.
Leanne Butler
Leanne Butler is Curriculum Leader of Mathematics at Downlands College in Toowoomba. She has 28 years teaching experience across all levels from Years 7 to 12 at various schools across South East Queensland and NSW. She has a keen interest in helping students overcome their apprehension towards Mathematics by exploring how students learn Mathematics and finding real life relevance for simple and complex Mathematical concepts.
Deborah Burton
Deborah Burton has taught across all age groups from Kindergarten, Primary, and Secondary to Adult Education, specialising in Mathematics. She has a passion for teaching Mathematics, with the fruits of her labour being well rewarded with her students performing well academically. She believes that learning is a life-long process for teachers as well as for students.
Cassie McKenzie
Cassie McKenzie has taught mathematics for 12 years in South Australia and Queensland. Cassie initially struggled with maths in high school before the combination of a brilliant teacher and excellent resources meant that she went on to excel in the subject during senior school and university. Cassie is passionate about instilling a love for mathematics by assisting students to gain confidence and find enjoyment through the challenge of mathematics.
