How this course is organised
Stage 4 spans Years 7 and 8. Every lesson is mapped to one or more syllabus outcomes, with Working mathematically embedded across all lessons. The Year 7 and Year 8 “learning sequences” group lessons for navigation; they are not NESA modules or substitutes for the focus areas below.
Computation with integers
Year 7 Sequence 1
Core mapped MA4-FRC-C-01Fractions, decimals and percentages
Year 7 Sequence 1 and Year 8 Sequence 1
Core mapped MA4-RAT-C-01Ratios and rates
Year 7 Sequence 1 and Year 8 Sequence 1
Core mapped MA4-IND-C-01Indices
Year 7 Sequence 1, Lessons 16–20
Core mapped MA4-ALG-C-01Algebraic techniques
Year 7 Sequence 2
Core mapped MA4-EQU-C-01Equations
Year 7 Sequence 2 and Year 8 review
Core mapped MA4-LIN-C-01Linear relationships
Year 7 Sequence 2 and early Year 8 Sequence 2
Core mappedPythagoras’ theorem
Year 8 Sequence 3
Core mapped MA4-LEN-C-01Length
Year 8 Sequence 3
Core mapped MA4-ARE-C-01Area
Year 8 Sequence 3
Core mapped MA4-VOL-C-01Volume
Year 8 Sequence 3
Core mapped MA4-ANG-C-01Angle relationships
Year 7 Sequence 3 and Year 8 Sequence 3
Core mapped MA4-GEO-C-01Geometrical properties and figures
Year 7 Sequence 3 and Year 8 Sequence 3
Core mappedData classification and visualisation
Year 7 and Year 8 Sequence 4
Core mapped MA4-DAT-C-02Data analysis
Year 7 and Year 8 Sequence 4
Core mapped MA4-PRO-C-01Probability
Year 7 and Year 8 Sequence 4
Core mappedStage 5 extension inside Year 8
Fifteen lessons are retained as clearly labelled extension rather than counted as Stage 4 Core: gradient and gradient-intercept work, simultaneous equations, and surface area of right prisms and cylinders. These lessons map to their Stage 5 Core or Path outcomes.
MA5-LIN-C-01 and MA5-LIN-C-02.MA5-EQU-P-02, not Stage 4 Linear relationships.MA5-ARE-C-01.Curriculum reference: NSW Mathematics K–10 Syllabus (2022) overview. This map describes HSCScience coverage; it does not imply NESA endorsement.