ÿþ<html> <head> <title>Untitled Document</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../cssstylefolder/king.css" type="text/css"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <table> <tr> <td><img src="../images/departments/maths.gif" width="120" height="70"></td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td><h1 align="center"><a name="top"></a>Maths</h1></td> </tr> </table> <table class="diary" border="5" bordercolor="blue"> <tr> <td><b>Some of the aims of the Maths Syllabus are:</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td>to ensure a firm understanding of mathematical concepts and relationships and to develop confidence and competence in basic skills as well as the ability to formulate and solve problems.</td></tr> <tr> <td>to reinforce and further develop in the young person the knowledge, understanding, skills and competencies acquired at primary level;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>develop the young person s personal and social confidence, initiative and competence through a broad, well-balanced general education;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>to develop an appreciation of the power and beauty of mathematics and of the manner in which it provides a useful and efficient system for the formulation and solution of problems.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>prepare the young person for the requirements of further programmes of study, of employment or of life outside full-time education;</td> </tr> </table> <table class="diary" border="1" bordercolor="blue"> <tr> <td bgcolor="yellow"><b>Head of Department:</b></td> <td>Mrs Cait Watkins</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="yellow"><b>Teachers:</b></td> <td>Sheila Brosnan, Sr. Norma Brosnan, Cait Watkins, Frances Doyle, Jill Bradley, Frances Hurley, Aoife O'Brien, Eileen O'Connor, Gillian Mulcahy, Laura McNamara, Catherine Duggan, Anita Maher, </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="yellow" width="50%"><b>Course Outline</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="yellow" width="50%"><b>Junior Cycle</b></td><td bgcolor="yellow"><b>Senior Cycle</b></td> </tr> <tr><td>Maths is compulsory at Junior and Senior Cycle.<br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Students study a broad course covering a range of topics including: <br />Sets <br />Number Systems <br />Applied Arithmetic <br />Algebra <br />Statistics <br />Geometry <br />Trigonometry <br />Functions and Graphs </td> <td>Students study a broad course covering a range of topics including: <br />Algebra <br />Geometry <br />Trigonometry <br />Statistics <br />Probability <br />Vectors <br />Complex Numbers <br />Matrices <br />Calculus <br />Integration <br />Sequences and Series </td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> </table> <br><br> <table class="diary" border="1" bordercolor="blue"> <tr> <td bgcolor="yellow"><b>Useful Student Links</b></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>