Mathematics Department

The Royal Elite School Department of Mathematics is tasked with coordinating the teaching of math in line with the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training curriculum requirements. The department also devices tailored approaches to mathematics teaching in order to overcome any challenges that pupils face in the course of learning math. Experience has shown that one of the main challenges of teaching basic math is addressing the questions: What do pupils recognize as mathematics in real-world (that is, out-of-classroom) situations? And, how are they able to make connections between what is taught in the classroom and real-world uses of mathematics? We therefore strive to provide real-world situations and contexts for pupils to make sense of mathematical ideas and help them to recognize the mathematical connections to their lives. In so doing, besides ensuring that our pupils have good knowledge of add-subtract-multiply-divide applications from the time they become aware of numbers, we focus on teaching the following four basic math skills:

Problem Solving

Problem solving is a math skill that allows pupils to analyze situations more before acting on them.

Applied Mathematics

Every day pupils are presented with different mathematics situations and they should be able to handle them with confidence. This skill also helps pupils appreciate the importance of math even more as they can relate it to their everyday life.

Estimation and Approximation

We teach techniques on estimating and approximating length, distance, quantity, weight, and many others that our pupils use every day.

Computational Skills

Everyday situations require that everybody is knowledgeable in computations of whole numbers or fractions, decimals and this should be done without any calculator. We therefore teach basic mental computation in order that our pupils are capable of solving daily computational problems without any hassles. Consequently, we have succeeded in completely dispelling the false notion that mathematics is a difficult subject among our pupils as evidenced by our school’s performance in math in the past national examinations (NECTA) for grades VII and IV. The average score in math exams was an A for 99% of our Grade VII pupils and 97% of Grade IV pupils respectively.