Sparx Maths

Dear Parents / Carers,

The Maths Department are launching a fantastic new platform which will change the way we set your child’s homework for both the remainder of this term and also for the new academic year in September 2023.

Sparx Maths delivers personalised homework tailored to both students’ current and prior learning, and is an improved version of Hegarty Maths that we currently use. It has been proven to boost both active participation and also examination grades. We have already been trialling this with a Year 7 class where student engagement has been outstanding and their feedback has reflected this.

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 Thursday with a deadline of the following Thursday.

· 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 Thursday 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 homework club every Tuesday at the end of the Academy day, with Miss Peace, 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