STEP Preparation
This course follows on the Autumn and Spring term Sixth Form Maths Enrichment electives, and continues to prepare students to prepare students for topics relevant to those students looking to prepare for the STEP university entrance exams. This course starts in the second half of the summer term of year 12, finishing at the end of the first half of the summer term. Students should note that these lessons will involve significant preparation outside of the live lessons, with students expected to work on problems to be discussed in the next session to make the most of the following session; in this way, the sessions will be similar to the Oxbridge tutorial system.
Key Information
COURSE SYLLABUS
| Department | Mathematics |
| Course Length | Academic year |
| Live Lessons | One 45-minute lesson per week |
| Homework | Approximately two hours a week |
| Examination | The STEP exams (STEP 2 and STEP 3) take place in June of year 13. |
| Entry Requirements | Pupils must be taking Mathematics or Further Mathematics at AS or A level and have attended the previous Sixth Form Maths Enrichment for Autumn term. Students must be anticipating that they will sit the STEP exams at the end of year 13. |
Course Syllabus
| Summer 2 | Small angle approximations, differentiation, induction; graph sketching involving modulii & differentiation |
| Autumn 1 | The chain rule and coordinate geometry, integration, STEP 2: calculus & curve sketching, equations & inequalities, trigonometry |
| Autumn 2 | STEP 2: Vectors, mechanics, statistics, miscellaneous pure, matrices & complex numbers |
| Spring 1 | STEP 3 Algebra, calculus, complex numbers & coordinate geometry |
| Spring 2 | Differential equations, hyperbolic functions, matrices, statistics & vectors |
| Summer 1 | Timed STEP exam practice |