Mathletics Is Athletics For The Brain

Newcastle Herald

Tuesday September 9, 2008

By JESSICA BURG and JESSICA GROSSER

STUDENTS from Mount Kanwary Public School are embracing an online maths program called Mathletics.

Mathletics is a fun and educational maths program on the internet where students can compete against children from around the world.

Mount Kanwary's senior class of students from Years 4, 5 and 6 were lucky enough to have the Parents and Citizens group buy each student a one-year subscription to Mathletics, allowing them to access the program at home and school.

Mathletics aims to inspire better results in students from kindergarten to Year 12 through live maths games.

It also has sections that cover all aspects of mathematics and offers a range of activities catered to individual student needs.

"It's great to see the students so motivated to learn," teacher Mrs Kylie Smith said.

Mathletics has been used by 500,000 students at 2000 schools.

"When I first started using Mathletics I was only getting about 10 questions correct per game, now I'm getting almost 40 correct, it's great," Year 4 student Logan Tewkesbury said.

© 2008 Newcastle Herald

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