The Whizz

Welcome to Maths-Whizz News, the free quarterly newsletter for subscribers to the exclusive Maths-Whizz service. Maths-Whizz News will keep you up to date with new developments in both the Maths-Whizz service and the accompanying www.whizz.com website.

Make Maths a resolution for the New Year!

We hope that you’ve all had a refreshing and fun holiday period and are feeling ready for the year ahead. A great way for you to start your student’s year would be to get them into regular habits of using Maths-Whizz. Many students will have had a break from learning over the holidays, so now is an important time to get them back into their study habits before they forget everything they’ve learned! (more…)

Richard Marett, Managing Director of Whizz Education, shares his travelling experiences around the world, sourcing new programmes and updating its current services for Maths-Whizz.

Recent visits include Asia and the US. To find out more about Richard’s time away and dodging traffic in Vietnam, visit the times online.

Shocking news just in from the BBC website:

Five hundred secondary schools in England did not meet the government’s minimum target for GCSE attainment, the annual performance tables show.

This article really highlights the challenge parents are now facing in the hunt for the best education for their children.

If you are worried about under performing schools or where best to send your child, then visit the BBC league tables for more information.

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Publisher: Whizz Education
CD-roms for school PCs with online resources for home use.
Price: schools (reception and key stage 1) - £750 (initial cost plus site licence), with annual renewal of £150; home: £27.50 per month, £269 per year
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This online maths subscription program lets children enter with their own password and then welcomes them with a huge singing hippo. Maths-Whizz rewards young mathematicians’ hard work by letting them decorate their virtual bedroom. The more problems they solve, the more stuff they can choose - a hamster that needs regular feeding, a lizard that plays the piano, snakes in a basket. (more…)