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PARTNER CONTENT www.teachwire.net | 35 Claire Mullen from the MyMaths team discusses how it can support teaching and learning at school and home MyMaths SELF-MARKING HOMEWORK MyMaths contains hundreds of online homework activities, which are aligned to UK curriculum objectives. These are ideal for consolidating learning. All homework activities are self-marking and results are automatically recorded; saving you time as a teacher. You can assign activities to pupils as a class, or you can assign different tasks to individuals. This is done in the Assessment Manager area of the platform. Pupils can attempt activities as many times as they like – questions are regenerated each time to avoid duplication. TRACK PUPIL PROGRESS Whether you’re in school or at home, you can track your pupils’ progress in real time using the Assessment Manager. The traffic light colour-coding of your class’s results table helps you see at a glance how each pupil is performing in individual tasks, so you can quickly identify areas for targeted intervention. You can also use the Assessment Manager to download results as reports, leave feedback for your pupils, and generate letters to parents and carers. READY-MADE LESSONS Each homework activity has a matching interactive lesson. These are clearly arranged by curriculum area. You can use these rich resources as front-of-class tools on an interactive whiteboard. Your pupils (and caregivers) can also access lessons at home to refresh their knowledge or explore new topics, where appropriate. They use simple language and clear animations to explain mathematical concepts in an accessible way. These ready-made lessons are also great for TAs to use with smaller groups of pupils at their own pace. REASONS TO TRY… SUPPORTIVE ‘BOOSTERS’ MyMaths contains ‘Booster Packs’ to support targeted learning of key areas. These resources offer almost limitless practice to build pupils’ confidence and fluency. You may find the year group boosters particularly helpful for supporting your pupils when they return to school following the current closures. You can assign booster packs to individuals or groups to work through at their own pace. In the words of Old Town Primary teacher Sally Smith, “It’s almost like having another teacher in the classroom.” HOME-SCHOOL LINK Particularly relevant to current times, MyMaths strengthens the home-school link. Our support site includes pages aimed at caregivers, and the pupil view of the platform contains a video walkthrough of using MyMaths at home. The Pupil Portal also links to Oxford OWL, where caregivers can access free printable MyMaths worksheets for the summer term, and additional help for supporting maths learning at home. Parents and carers can also refer to MyMaths lessons to bring them up-to-date with current maths teaching methods. KEY POINTS Contact: 01536 452970 mail@mymaths.co.uk To support schools in these unprecedented times, we have extended our usual 30-day free trial period. Gain free access for every child and teacher in your school until September 2020 by signing up at mymaths. co.uk/subscribe.html 5 1 2 3 4 5 You can use MyMaths flexibly alongside your existing resources and programmes. To support this, we have matched our content to popular schemes and curricula. MyMaths has recently undergone a huge update to refresh our content, improve the platform and make all our homework activities and lessons tablet-compatible. We’re here to help you set up MyMaths with a dedicated support site, how-to webinars, and personal help from Oxford University Press’s educational consultants. Your whole school can access MyMaths for free until September 2020, when it returns to its usual fantastic value of £339+VAT per annum. 30 SECOND BRIEFING MyMaths is an online subscription for teaching and learning maths. It's an invaluable tool for working both remotely and in the classroom. Subscribe to gain access to hundreds of mathematically rich activities with automated marking and results tracking.