The Maths Factor Webinar: live with Carol Vorderman Start Time: 4:30pm Welcome!

The Maths Factor Webinar: live with Carol Vorderman

Start Time: 4:30pm

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Welcome! The presenters:

Carol Vorderman Laura White

What we will cover today: • Overview of The Maths Factor • Tour of the site• Questions

Who’s attending: • Long-term subscribers to The Maths Factor• New subscribers• Prospective subscribers

Got a question?• Intervals for questions• Questions at the end • If you want to write a question during the presentation, we’ll

answer it in the question break

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Preferably: ‘All Participants’

What we will cover: • Overview of The Maths Factor • Tour of the site• Questions

What is The Maths Factor?• I created The Maths Factor in 2010• Mission: to unlock every child’s confidence in maths• Matched to 2014 national curriculum in England

The main Maths Factor Course: • Short sessions designed for daily use• ‘Session’ = one of my lively video lessons,

fun warm-up, practice• Over 1,000 sessions• 32 topics

Changes we made last October: Why we made the changes: your feedback!

• iPad ready!• National curriculum ready• Games Centre- more fun!• One subscription = all TMF products• Subscriptions are 33% cheaper!

2015 on The Maths Factor…

January: Times Tables Catch-up releasedFebruary: Progress emails switched on

Upcoming:April: Adding new avatarsMay: 30 day challengeJune: Games Centre leaderboardsJuly: Summer ClubsDecember: Winter Clubs

The Maths Factor is suitable for differentlearning styles

• The main Maths Factor Course

• In sequence with new national curriculum

• Clear progression

• Times Tables Catch-up• Revision Clubs• Mighty Algebra School• Winter and Summer

Clubs

‘Structured’ ‘Dippers’

What we will cover: • Overview of The Maths Factor• Tour of the site• Questions

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Session: video lessons, warm-up and practice


• 12-24 questions, depending on age• No timer

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Course topics: the topic tree

• Like on a computer game, you can view all progress and rewards from this one page.• You can also navigate the course via this page. However, if you trust the course design, you

don’t have to- your child can just progress through topic by topic.

White, Laura

Make more clear that we deliberately don't tell children what year/KS children are working in, but we do tell their parents

Course topics: the topic tree

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Course topics: topic tree

Course topics: modules

Course topics: modules, sessions

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Course topics: topic tree

Ready for the new national curriculumCourse topics arranged to support your child in meeting these new expectations in maths• Times Tables• Before: 10 x 10 by the end of Year 5; 11 and 12 times

tables not required • Now: all times tables, up to 12 x 12, by end of Year 4

Ready for the new national curriculum

Downloadable:

• Curriculum update• Topic guide

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