Mathletics Achievement

We've just had our first report on our usage of Mathletics. I must say, it is simply stunning to see the difference this online tool is making for our senior mathematicians. 

Below is a table summarising the usage and the amount of 'points' students are collecting as a whole when they get answers correct in the system. The star improvers is an interesting statistic, as it shows where students improved their results from trying things more than once.

Well done to the students and Linda, Kelly and Nathan for their great work with Mathletics.

Good example of our school value ACHIEVE - ANGITU in my view!

Term One 2011
School Curriculum Points	34493
Total School Certificates	193
Star Improvers*	617
Curriculum Summary
School Average First Score	70%
School Average High Score	94%
School Average Improvement	34%
Top Students in School - congratulations lads!!
First	Harley
Second	Carlito
Third	Kalani

*  Where a student has repeated a curriculum activity (answering a different set of questions) and improved their score

Mathletics Update

Our senior students are very excited about their new mathletics accounts. Students are coming in before school to play against each other, practise skills and improve. Many students are gaining certificates already.

Parents - did you know you can get a weekly update of your child's work from Mathletics? Follow these steps:

1. Go to: www.mathletics.co.nz/parent
2. Enter your child's username and password (if you don't have this email your class teacher to find out).
3. Enter your email address (parent email).
4. An activation email will be sent to you, follow the instructions in this email to set up weekly alert

Here are some  quotes from a recent newsletter about Mathletics:

"Mathletics is fun because I get lots of gold bars!" CJ 

"Mathletics is awesome because you learn heaps!" Tiaan

"Mathletics is a fun way to learn maths!" Sophie

"It inspires kids to have fun while doing maths!" Alexander

"You don't have to be Albert Einstein to play mathletics!" Jade

"Because you can verse other people and it's competitive." Ruby-Jay

"It warms up your brain for maths!" Rebekah

"Mathletics is as fun as playing sport, and that is fun!" Trinity

Mathletics hits Burnham School

During 2010 the senior team trialled an online learning tool called 'Mathletics'. This tool is the foremost online learning tool in use across Australasia and is used by tens of thousands of children around the world. In New Zealand alone there are more than 500 schools using this system. Mathletics is used to help children learn maths and spelling, through a range of exciting and motivating online tools.

There are all sorts of possibilities with this system, including:

• students can compete against one another and others across the world
• parents can be emailed reports on their child's progress
• there are games, drills and tests which students can use
• the system ties directly into the New Zealand curriculum, which is helpful for parents and brilliant for teachers
• the system provides certificates as students progress
• teachers can personalise the system to their class by altering what students can use at any time
• teachers can set homework for students using this system, which auto-marks

This system costs $100 per child if you bought it for an individual at home. Because we have signed up for our senior school we get it for $30 per student.

We know that costs are always a concern for parents and so for the first year we've also decided to subsidise this cost by contributing $10 for each student towards this cost, thus lowering the cost to parents. We really believe this system will help us continue to make a huge difference to learning for our children.

What happens next?
All parents of senior school students will receive a notice at Meet The Teacher tomorrow evening with their child's username and password, along with instructions for setting up parent notifications. Teachers and students will also talk about this exciting development during the evening.