Sparx Maths (Year 9 Only)
Dear Parents / Carers,
The Maths Department are launching a fantastic new platform which will change the way we set your child’s homework for the remaining academic year.
Sparx Maths delivers personalised homework tailored to both students’ current and prior learning, and is an improved version of Hegarty Maths that we have used previously. It has been proven to boost both active participation and also examination grades. We have already been utilising this with a Years 7 and 8, where student engagement has been outstanding, ranking us inside the top 50 of 2000 schools nationwide.
What Do You Need To Know?
- The website is https://www.sparxmaths.uk/ and students will be having a trial next week during a Maths lesson. The following link will give you a clearer insight – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQUMypfwHnU
- Homework will go ‘live’ every Wednesday with a deadline of the following Wednesday (this is no change from the current Maths homework offer).
- Each homework should take approximately 40 minutes to complete. This may vary slightly initially while the system adjusts to each student.
- Homework will continue to focus around the work recently covered in class (60%) with some questions based on prior learning making up the other 40%.
- Homework is only complete when they have achieved 100% completion on the compulsory task. Videos for every question they attempt are provided to aid their learning and ensure homework is fully complete.
- No detentions will be given in the first week for incomplete /non-completion to allow any issues to be addressed.
How Can You Best Support Your Child to Complete Their Homework?
- You will receive a weekly email from Sparx updating you on the homework progress of your child. Please encourage and remind them to complete it before the Wednesday deadline each week.
- If they are struggling with a particular question, there is a help video for every problem – please actively promote them to use this if it is needed!
- Encourage your child to attend Sparx Catch up every Monday from 3:00pm or any lunchtime, if they need additional support or just a quiet space to complete the homework.
We will be running weekly competitions both within each Maths class and across the Year Group, with prizes available to students who achieve the most points!
If you have any queries or require any further clarification on the above, please do not hesitate to email me at anytime at [email protected].
Yours sincerely
Josh Hocking | Curriculum Lead for Maths
