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Maths resources - Fun help online

Teachers and parents of a certain age will fondly recall Johnny Ball, whose inventive television programmes like Think of a Number made maths approachable and intriguing. The same spirit of serious fun is found in mathsWhizz, a personal online maths tutor rogramme warmly endorsed by Ball.

It has grown out of the MathsWhizz interactive CDs, familiar to many primary schools, and is available through subscription. Progress through the scheme evolves in response to the child’s performance as their understanding grows. While a daily lesson lasts about 45 minutes, participants can access more than 1,000 hours of activities from their virtual “bedroom”. (more…)

Maths website puts fun back in the equation Former Highgate pupil helps found online tutor A former Highgate School pupil is one of the brains behind a new online home tutor for primary school children. Ben Keogh is one of the founders of Maths-Whizz. com, a web-based programme for children aged five to 11.

The 28yearold Oxford graduate, from Cholmley Park, said Maths-Whizz puts the fun back into learning. He said it also covers the entire national curriculum. He said: “We feel we have a really good service which genuinely helps children with their maths. Many children get it into their heads that they cannot do maths and they stop trying. A survey last year found that one in four state school pupils get private tuition and one in eight is for maths. A monthly subscription costs the same as a standard hour of private tuition”. (more…)