Mathletics: A Parent’s Guide

Mathletics is helping children at Alderton Junior School to enjoy maths and increase their breadth and depth of mathematical understanding. Mathletics has many aspects from quick fire calculations, times-table music videos and interactive tutorials in line with the maths topics covered in the primary curriculum. This page will show you how you can support your child in using Mathletics at home.

All children in Years 3-6 have access to Mathletics through their own username and password. This gives them access to all the mathematical games, resources and activities.

Where do I go to log on?

 The school website has all the links you need to sign in to our online home learning websites.

Using a tablet

There is a function within Mathletics which allows use on tablets. There are downloadable apps available for most devices.

For further details or technical support please go to: http://blog.3plearning.com/tech/mathletics/   To download apps please go to: http://www.3plearning.com/mathletics/apps/

 Tasks and Activities 

Throughout the school, Mathletics activities are set by your child’s teacher for homework. Once logged on, your child will not have access to all the games and activities until the assigned homework activities have been completed. It is important that children do their best in these activities as the scores are stored and can be viewed by the class teacher.

When assigning activities, teachers will use their professional judgement and may select more or less tasks for pupils to provide them with more/less challenge. We will review this and change the number of tasks set as the children’s use of Mathletics develops.

Live Mathletics

In Live Mathletics, your child can challenge other students to real-time races that will boost the speed and accuracy of their own mental mathematical calculations! Children can choose to compete against students from right across the world, or from your child’s own school or class. Points and credits are awarded for correct answers and beating your high score.

 Rewards and Achievements

 By using Mathletics regularly, your child will be rewarded with points that can earn them a weekly certificate. Once your child reaches 1,000 points they will be awarded with a Bronze Certificate. Click the ‘My Awards’ button to view the certificates and even print them off at home! The ‘My Awards’ area can also be used to view the number of daily and weekly points that have been accumulated. Collect 5 bronze certificates and you are awarded a silver certificate. Collect 4 silvers for a gold certificate.

Curriculum Support and Concept Search

The Curriculum Support Area gives a step-by-step explanation of the  activity your child is working on. Where applicable, the difficulty level of the examples can be controlled using the buttons at the bottom of the screen. The Concept Search is a fully interactive and illustrated                 encyclopedia of mathematical words and terms. It is a great way to explore new areas and discover explanations to concepts that your child is working on. To access the Concept Search, simply click on the icon in your Student Console. Use the Search box, or alphabet bar, to search for a particular word or phrase that you would like to explore. To view a more (or less)  complicated explanation select one of the four dogs, bottom - left of the screen. For each mathematical term, there is a word-based explanation as well as an interactive animation to help children understand. Be sure to explore the examples given, for best understanding!

 Where to find further support: There are additional guides and FAQs for parents available under the ‘Help and Support’ page of the Mathletics website: http://www.3plearning.com/uk/mathleticsguides