Strong focus on mathematics skills
Mathematics are essential for understanding and living in an information society, both now and in the future.Students learn to develop their intellectual capabilities, critical approaches and thinking, and to discern between what is peripheral and what is essential.
In kindergarten they discover that mathematics is everywhere in the day to day. We base our teaching on their knowledge and experiences to achieve meaningful learning. We want to get to a point where mathematical language comes to them naturally.
During primary they learn to express their mathematical reasoning, to argue logically and to use technology with good judgement.
Students apply mathematics to situations in their environment using calculations, problem solving, measurements and geometry. This is how they discover that errors are normal and it stimulates them to ask more questions and acquire knowledge.
In secondary, students start to make their own assumptions and formal demonstrations. Day-to-day work is based on problem solving and reasoning.
Students learn to make connections with other subjects, especially IT and science.
Baccalaureate offers three options for learning mathematics depending on the type of baccalaureate chosen.
- Mathematical Studies: a deeper study of the mathematics necessary to understand the world.
- Mathematics Standard Level: combines the formal study of mathematics with an applied study in experimental sciences and social sciences.
- Mathematics Higher Level: a deeper examination of the most abstract aspects of mathematics and the study of the fundamental theorems and their application.
