2 units for each of Preliminary and HSC 

Board Developed Course                                            Exclusions:

Course Description:

The Stage 6 Mathematics Life Skills course focuses on the development of students’ ability to apply mathematics in a variety of contexts in order to enhance and encourage their participation in post-school life.

The course emphasises the application of mathematical operations to practical situations and the development of problem solving in real-life situations. Students have the opportunity to develop their practical skills in operations and calculations with money as well as the management of their personal finances. They can develop the capacity to manage personal time and schedule activities. The course also provides students with the opportunity to develop skills in the use of measurement tools and units in a range of situations.

Study in the Stage 6 Mathematics Life Skills course should enhance students’ access to community living, further education, training and employment.

Main Topics Covered:

The structure of the Mathematics Life Skills course allows teachers to provide a broad and balanced program that reflects the needs of individual students within the context of the transition-planning process. Students may engage in study in selected modules or may study all six modules.

The modules are:

·         Numeration                                  

·         Operations

·         Time

·         Space

·         Money

·         Measurement

Within a module teachers will design a program that includes the outcomes and content that are most appropriate to the students participation in many aspects of daily living.

Particular Course Requirements:

The completion of a transition-planning process for each student is a condition of access to the Mathematics Life Skills course.

Assessment

As the student demonstrates achievement of a learning outcome, the class teacher notates the relevant section of the Profile of Student Achievement.