May 7th, 2009
Some months ago we introduced the Maths-Whizz student leaderboards. Whizzers have since been able to compare themselves to buddies, schoolmates and every other Maths-Whizz student, based on the points they’ve accrued in Tutor and Replay modes.
The Whizz leaderboard has proved so popular we’ve even fielded complaints from parents whose students were denied crucial extra points that would help them reach the top ten. But getting to the top is tough – the leaders have amassed thousands of points and upstarts have to work hard to beat them.
In response to the extraordinary popularity of the Whizz leaderboard, The God of Whizz (or ‘Duncan’, as his mother calls him) has decided to recognise top Whizzers on the Maths-Whizz ticker. Every Wednesday I’ll post the Top Ten Whizzers on the homepage.
This week students from the US, UK, UAE and India have made it to this most illustrious of lists, but lesser mortals will have the opportunity to shine with some new features that we’re releasing later this month. PLUS – a certain land-dwelling member of the family Testudinidae might make an appearance in the Whizz Shop.
All will be revealed…
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September 26th, 2008
A Learning and Teaching Scotland report has shown regular use of Nintendo brain-training games improves test scores.
This is, of course, great news for Nintendo, exciting news for primary school kids everywhere, and good news for us, too.
Scottish students with their daily dose of brain-training
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September 16th, 2008
Maths-Whizz Challenge… well!
Since bringing home the new Whizz CD, Kimberley, Richard and my husband Alan now have a 3 way challenge going on the p.c. in Richard’s bedroom – in fact it really got quite competitive last night!
Their activities even got my older boys very curious so they also want to get involved in ‘helping’ Kimberley and Richard with their maths to make it a five-way challenge (secretly though I think they’ve got something to prove to themselves mathematically, which is wonderful).
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September 2nd, 2008
If ‘a spoonful of sugar’ helps the medicine go down, then we’re throwing a box of chocolates at students with our newest product. We’ve long found that by introducing an element of fun and healthy competition, kids can not only progress quicker in maths, but they can also really enjoy the subject – so we devised Maths-Whizz Challenge.
Maths-Whizz Challenge is a game for PCs and Macs that helps children aged 7 to 12 with core maths skills in a fun series of challenges and games, and we are very excited to announce that it will be available on Friday 5th September at GAME stores across the UK.
With Maths-Whizz Challenge kids can pit their Maths ability against their friends and parents and flex their maths muscles over a series of 55 challenges. The interactive animated activities cover a wide range of topics, from Number to Problem-Solving, offering a manageable and stimulating tool for children of all abilities aged 7 to 12.
As with Maths-Whizz Tutoring we will send regular email reports to monitor progress, whilst players unlock more and more possibilities as they successfully complete activities. Players are awarded credits according to their performance on activities, which can be directly transferred to their virtual bedrooms online (but only if they then subscribe to Maths-Whizz Tutoring).
Maths-Whizz Challenge is not a replacement to Maths-Whizz Tutoring or our award-winning Maths-Whizz Teachers’ Resource. With 55 activities, and no exam-style tests or dictionary, it offers just a sliver of the wealth of learning material available online. Maths-Whizz Challenge will give kids of any age a fun boost in the maths basics, but only Maths-Whizz Tutoring will assess, teach and test across the curriculum.
For this reason, we’re offering free Maths-Whizz Tutoring trials to Maths-Whizz Challenge customers. If you’re an existing subscriber with other children not yet on our Tutoring service, you might want to try Maths-Whizz Challenge.
Maths-Whizz Challenge is available at GAME stores and at www.game.co.uk, priced £14.99.
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