Unit 1 - place value (1)

• Read and write whole numbers in figures and words
• Multiply, and divide, any whole number by 10, 100, 1000, or 10 000
• Round whole numbers to the nearest 1000, 100 or 10

Unit 2 & 3 – Addition and subtraction (2)

• Use mental strategies
• Add and subtract using formal algorithms
• Calculate and work with perimeters
• Model solve word problems

Unit 4 – Addition and subtraction of decimals (2)

• Understand decimal notation and place values
• Read and write decimals in figures and words
• Convert between decimals and fractions where the denominator is a factor of 10 or 100
• Use the number line to display decimals and round decimals to the nearest whole number, to 1 or 2 decimal places
• Use correctly the symbols <, > etc. and the associated language to order a set of decimals
• Multiply and divide decimals by 10, 100, 1000, or 10 000
• Solve word problems involving the addition and subtraction of money in decimal notation
• Use written methods in column format for addition and subtraction of decimals
• Extend existing mental calculation to include decimals
• Calculate the perimeter of rectangles, squares and rectilinear figures

Unit 5, 6, 7 & 8 multiplication and division (5)

• Use multiplication facts to solve mental calculations
• Use the terms ‘product’, ‘multiple’ and ‘LCM’
• Understand and use the column method to multiply integers and decimals
• Divide whole numbers and decimals by whole numbers
• Use the terms ‘quotient’, ‘remainder’, ‘factor’, ‘HCF’
• Represent multiplication word problems using bar models
• Find the area of a rectangle and triangle
• Solve problems involving length, perimeter and area
• Estimate answers in calculations and check that results are reasonable
• Measure time, calculate with time and solve time word problems
• Find the mean average, interpreting average as “total amount ÷ number of items" and solve word problems involving average

Unit 9 – Working with units (1)

• Record and order measurements using decimal notation
• Estimate and/or measure:
• length in kilometres (km) /metres (m)/ centimetres (cm)/ millimetres (mm)
• mass in kilograms (kg) /grams (g)
• volume of liquid in litres (l) / millilitres (ml)

Unit 10 – Angles (1)

• Draw and measure acute and obtuse angles reliably to the nearest degree
• Estimate the size of any given angle
• Recognise acute, right, obtuse and reflex angles
• Know and use the fact that the angles round a point total 360^o, that angles on a straight line total 180^o, and that vertically opposite angles are equal

Unit 11 & 12 – Triangles and quadrilaterals (2)

• Classify triangles and quadrilaterals according to their properties
• Use a ruler and protractor to construct triangles and quadrilaterals from given data
• Know and use the fact that the sum of interior angles of a triangle is 180^o
• know and use the fact that the interior angles of a quadrilateral sum to 360^o
• Solve problems involving coordinates in the first quadrant

Unit 13

Symmetry and tessellation (1)

• Identify lines of symmetry in any shape
• Identify the order of rotational symmetry in any shape
• Create shapes given details of their symmetries
• Investigation and create tessellations

Unit 14 – Understand and use fraction (2)

• Represent fractions using area diagrams, bar models and number lines
• Recognise and name equivalent fractions
• Convert fractions to decimals
• Convert terminating decimals to fractions in their simplest form
• Convert between mixed numbers and improper fractions
• Compare and order numbers
• Convert simple fractions and decimals to percentages
• Express one quantity as a fraction of another

Unit 15 – Fractions of amounts (1)

• Find a fraction of a set of objects or quantity
• Find the whole given a fraction

Unit 16 – Multiplying and dividing decimals (2)

• Multiply a whole number or fraction by a whole number or fraction
• Multiply a mixed number and a whole number
• Divide a whole number or proper fraction by a whole number or proper fraction

Unit 17 – Order of operations (2)

• Carry out combined operations involving all four operations
• Understand and use brackets
• Use simple index notation

Unit 18 – Introduction to algebra (2)

• Recognise and continue sequences
• Represent an unknown number using a letter
• Write and understand simple algebraic expressions
• Substitute numerical values into formulae and expressions
• Collect like terms and simplify expressions
• Multiply out brackets, identify and take out common factors to factorise
• Recognise that different-looking expressions may be identical and prove simple algebraic identities

Unit 20 – Percentages (2)

• Understand percentage as a fractional operator with denominator of 100
• Express a part of a whole as a percentage
• Convert between fractions, decimals and percentages
• Find fractions and percentages of given quantities
• Find the whole given a part and the percentage
• Increasing and decreasing by a percentage

Unit 21 – Handling data (2)

• Understand the difference between types of data
• Construct and interpret
• Tables (including tally and two way)
• Bar charts (including comparative and composite)
• Pictograms
• Line graphs
• Read and interpret pie charts
• Draw pie charts from raw data
• Explore misleading graphical representations

 Term

Year 8 set 1

Year 8 set 2 & 3

Year 8 set 4

Autumn 1

1 Factors and powers

2 Working with powers

1 Number

2 Area and volume

1 Number properties and calculations

2 Shapes and measures in 3D

Autumn 2

3 2D shapes and 3D solids

4 Real-life graphs

3 Expressions and equations

4 Real-life graphs

3 Statistics

4 Expressions and equations

Spring 1

5 Transformations

6 Fractions, decimals and percentages

5 Decimals and ratio

6 Lines and angles

5 Decimal calculations

6 Angles

Spring 2

7 Constructions and loci

7 Calculating with fractions

7 Number properties

Summer 1

8 Probability

9 Scale drawings and measures

8 Straight-line graphs

9 Percentages, decimals and fractions

8 Sequences

9 Fractions and percentages

Summer 2

10 Graphs

10 Statistics, graphs and charts

10 Probability