Parents Guide to MyMaths

www.mymaths.co.uk

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Contents What is MyMaths? __________________________________________________________ 2 Logging on ________________________________________________________________ 3 Home screen ______________________________________________________________ 3 Example lesson

: Adding Fractions __________________________________________ 4

Working at a specific level _______________________________________________________ 4

Student Login ______________________________________________________________ 8 Finding a homework _________________________________________________________ 9 Example homework

: Adding Fractions ______________________________________ 10

Improving a homework ______________________________________________________ 12 Refresh __________________________________________________________________ 12 Results __________________________________________________________________ 13 Getting help with a topic _____________________________________________________ 14 Booster Packs _____________________________________________________________ 15 Games __________________________________________________________________ 16 What your child’s teacher can see _____________________________________________ 16 FAQ ____________________________________________________________________ 17 What if my child forgets their Student login? ________________________________________ 17 Where do I find topics? ________________________________________________________ 17

Maths Clinic ______________________________________________________________ 17

What is MyMaths? St Thomas More Maths Department subscribes to MyMaths.co.uk, an interactive Maths website.    

MyMaths is an internet resource that our students can use within school and at home for revision and learning. Each student has the login details in their exercise book at the start of each school year. MyMaths allows pupils to select the level of work they are doing and choose their own learning pathway through the material. Pupils can work on lessons at home which have been taught in class, and choose appropriate material for their level, thus encouraging independent learning.

There are also 6 Booster Packs on MyMaths; each pack includes lessons and Online Worksheets which pupils can do at home. The packs are intended to help our students cross a key borderline. The packs are:  Four Boosters (for progressing from level 3 to 4)  Six Boosters (for progressing from level 4/5 to 5/6)  GCSE Grade D2C for Foundation Tier  to help students to progress from grade D to grade C  GCSE Grade C2B for Higher Tier  to help students to progress from grade C to grade B  GCSE grade A2A*  to help students to progress from grade A to grade A*.

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Logging on Go to the MyMaths website: www.mymaths.co.uk A screen similar to the following should appear:

In the Login box, type: stthomasmore In the Password box, type the current password (this is in your child’s first maths book each year). (The password changes each year)

Home screen The home screen should now appear: The content is split into 5 main categories: Number This includes: times-tables, fractions, decimals, percentages, ratio, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Algebra

You can search for a topic, using the search bar on the left.

Exploring and using number patterns, using symbols, simple formulae and equations; understanding and using co-ordinates, graphs etc.

Shape (and Measure) 2-D and 3-D shapes, including lengths of sides, perimeters, areas, volumes and angles. Measure includes time and other units of measurement (metric and imperial). Data Statistics – including processing and representing information - diagrams, tables, charts and some graphs; averages and probability. fSkills A series of investigations to practise using maths skills (also called Functional Skills).

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Example lesson

: Adding Fractions

1. Click Number (Fractions are a number topic)

2. From the list that appears, click Fractions.

3. Now click Adding Subtracting Fractions

f indicates that a topic is at foundation level

h denotes higher. You can click a level here so the lessons that show on screen only include that level of difficulty.

Working at a specific level

5. Click Lesson

to learn how to add/subtract fractions 4 OR

Click Online Homework

if you only require practise questions for

What a lesson looks like:

Click to start the first step of the lesson.

Click Next to move steadily through the lesson, following instructions. When you have finished click etc, until you have finished the lesson. You can repeat any part of the lesson by clicking on the relevant number.

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The lesson builds up knowledge a step at a time. Step 2 of the lesson continues like this:

Type answers when requested and click to check them.

MyMaths marks the work and may give an extra question to complete. Again, click check.

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to

Step 3 of this lesson progresses to adding fractions with different denominators (unlike fractions):

This step of the lesson includes working out boxes, which can be used as shown:

Working out for this answer

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Student Login

Students can login whenever they go onto MyMaths by typing: Login number and Password (usually 3-4 letters) in the My Portal section. Your child should know their login and password and it will be on a sticker in their first maths book each year. Please encourage your child to write their login details in their organiser as well.

Click to see all current and uncompleted work set by the class teacher.

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Finding a homework When MyMaths homework has been set by the teacher use student login and click the relevant homework. After clicking

a pupil can see all current and uncompleted work set by their

teacher. Click on the title of the homework to select it. Click OH to launch the homework or L to revise the topic first (this takes you to the lesson for this topic).

Homework can also be completed to check understanding of a topic, use the Library to find a relevant topic; click the homework button

(see above) and login.

Homework’s can be completed without logging in (see below), although the completed homework will not be recorded under the pupil’s name; they can print the results and show them to their teacher.

If not already logged in, type login number and password in the relevant boxes and click . To complete homework without logging on, click here. The homework will state if a calculator is not required for the topic.

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Example homework

: Adding Fractions

Type answers in the relevant boxes it may be necessary to work out answers on paper and then type them in.

When the question is finished click

.

The homework will state if a calculator is not required for the topic.

Questions will be ticked if correct or corrected if necessary.

Click Q2 to move on to the rest of the homework.

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When the question is finished click to see the results, then click . This is essential. Pupils frequently fail to click checkout and this means results are not recorded and it appears that the homework has not been completed.

Remember it is very important to click CHECKOUT – results are not recorded otherwise

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Clicking CHECKOUT shows the results with a red, amber or green face to indicate how well the task was completed. It is really important to try a homework more than once if any result was a red or amber face (and it’s also useful even if the result was a green face)!

Improving a homework Click

to try the homework again.

If only 1 question is wrong you can click for the other question (without answering it). This will give a score of 0 for that question, but MyMaths takes the best score achieved for each question. Refresh

When a task is completed, click to update the task list. The button is accessible from most screens (for example, or

).

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Results

Clicking MyResults will show a list of all tasks attempted on MyMaths.

Clicking here will show more details of the best results for this homework.

Homework can be tried again by clicking here (or click

to open a

revision lesson).

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Getting help with a topic If your child needs help with a homework task they can find the lesson for the topic (

see page 5)

and work through the lesson before attempting the homework again. Another way to find the relevant lesson is to click on the “Bringing Maths Alive” tab

Then clicking

near the bottom of the screen, which will take them to the lesson for that topic.

This way the homework will remain open and can be accessed by clicking the relevant tab. .

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Booster Packs Booster Packs are available to help pupils to move from one grade to the next (see MyMaths explanation below).

Click here to access Booster Packs

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Games Beat the clock, pairs and other games / questions to check understanding.

Click here to access Games

Click on a category to get a list of games in that group.

What your child’s teacher can see Teachers can look at how many students have attempted each task.

In this example, only 3 children attempted the Equations task.

As well as each pupils results for the tasks – including whether they ever attempted it. The teacher can then look in more detail to find results for each pupil (including number of attempts) and a list of anyone who did not even try to do the task!

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FAQ What if my child forgets their Student login? They can still use MyMaths lessons and homework but any homework completed will not be recorded under their name, they could however print the results screen and show them to their teacher.

How do I print a homework? After clicking CHECKOUT to display the marks for a question, right click and select Print… Then print as normal.

Where do I find topics? On the home screen (see page 2) you can use the search facility or click on a category to search manually for the topic you require (topics in each category are listed below). Number

Algebra

Shape

Data

Maths Clinic This is an ideal place for your child to pop in and get help with homework or practise maths topics (using a variety of resources (including computers)). Pupils can do their MyMaths homework here too (if they have difficulty accessing a computer at home). Maths clinic is held every Wednesday in S14 straight after school. Pupils can stay until 4pm.

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