Mangahigh News

Maidstone Intermediate School in New Zealand wins the August League

We are pleased to announce that Maidstone Intermediate School from Wellington, NZ has won the Mangahigh.com Maths Games League for August 2010. Well done to all the students, who’ve worked very hard to amass over 6000 points to earn this impressive victory. While all students have contributed to this win, a special mention goes to the following 10 individuals for their outstanding performance on our Maths games:

Top students and top classes received gold medals and certificates signed by Dr Marcus du Sautoy OBE in the morning assembly, where the atmosphere was reportedly electric.

This victory isn’t complete, without a special mention to the Maths teacher, Grant Reid, who has been the center of influence in bringing about the Mangahigh revolution in the school. Grant calls Mangahigh an outstanding innovation and has shared his experience with us:

“Our experience with mangahigh.com so far has been fantastic. The kids are hugely motivated to outdo each other on an individual, class, syndicate, and international level. The maths learning is intense. It is especially rewarding for those students who are high achievers in mathematics, yet suitable for all levels. Students complete a large number of mental calculations across all strands with every game or ‘lesson’ they play. Mental strategies are reinforced, mathematical rules learned, and relationships between different areas of mathematics highlighted. A high proportion of students are actively engaged both at home and during school time. We now have all 22 classes loaded with about half of this number now active on a daily basis (homework and/or group rotations etc.) Teachers are reporting high levels of enthusiasm on the part of students. I thoroughly recommend Mangahigh“

Back to School: Automatic Student Roster Updating is Here!

You asked – we listened, and now we bring you a new automatic student update tool.  No more manual updating of class membership for hundreds of student records:  Simply go to the Admin page, and select Import Student List.  Our whizzy new tool will guide you through the process of importing a new file, and synchronising that file with pre-existing records so that all student data is safely preserved, but class membership is updated.  We actually think you might enjoy updating student lists from now on.

Mangahigh in Australia & New Zealand

G’day Everyone! We’ve just opened a pop-up office in Sydney, Australia for the winter, and are enjoying a warm welcome from both teachers and students.

To celebrate, we are running some exciting promotions for Australia/NZ in the month of August. To get a FREE trial and/or a quote for your school, please get in touch with Mohit Midha (Email mohit.midha@mangahigh.com, Mobile +61 405 460 210) or fill out the form here

More information:
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July League Results: Chapel-en-le-Frith High School Cruises to Victory

We didn’t really know what to expect from the Maths Games League in July, and we knew that many schools would be winding down for the summer.  So Chapel-en-le-Frith’s *total* commitment to winning the July League was an inspiration to us!

With 6664 points for July, Chapel-en-le-Frith dominated the July League with a 1700+ lead over Richard Challoner School at #2.  Chapel-en-le-Frith were propelled to victory by broad involvement from across school, but Amy W. stood out with her ferocious commitment to games including Pyramid Panic and Ice Ice Maybe.  Honourable mention goes to Connor R., master of Pyramid Panic, and Jonathan H. with a terrific 1,055,500 score on Transtar.  We salute you Chapel-en-le-Frith!



Big Improvements Coming Soon!

Dear All,

School holidays may be starting soon, but it’s all go here at Mangahigh.com!  We are doing our best to bring you some terrific improvements for August, ready for next term:

Games 2.0
Thought the games couldn’t get better?  Wrong.  We have been re-engineering our incredible maths games since January, and we think you are going to love the changes.

Prodigi 2.0
Prodigi will be so much more powerful from August with surprising new functionality.

Class Update Wizard
We know you want to update your student records for the new academic year.  With our new Admin section, it’s going to be a breeze.

Updated Class Management
You are going to love this great new system for managing your classes.

Updated User Authentication
No more ‘I forgot my login’.

Keep checking back and we will keep you informed.

From Your Mangahigh.com Team

June League Results: Kingswood Bath is #1

June Maths Games League: Kingswood Bath is #1, with 6,108 points. Enthusiastic and excellent mathematicians at Kingswood included Gabriel P and Chris J. The runner-up was Bacon’s college, who had previously won the May league and came very close this month, with 5936 points. Zakaria Z from Bacon’s college deserves a special mention for his incredible effort.

June results in full:

Marcus du Sautoy OBE visits Bacon’s College

What an incredible morning!  Marcus arrived at 08:30 sharp on 28th June, and addressed an audience of 60 Gifted & Talented students from Bacon’s College (Rotherhithe), the winner of the May Mathematics Games League.  After presenting medals and certificates to some enthusiastic mathematicians, Marcus gave a fascinating talk about prime numbers, involving the students in a game of ‘Prime Number Hopscotch’ among other activities.  Students finished the morning with lots of new ideas, and the ability to communicate with aliens!  Thanks to Carl & Ian and everyone from Bacon’s for arranging this great event.

Mangahigh reviewed on Schoolgate Blog

Sarah Ebner from The Times’ Schoolgate blog visited Jenny Laurie’s maths class at Marylebone High School and watched some enthusiastic girls playing Mangahigh.  She wrote this review

Stop Press: Marcus du Sautoy will visit Bacon’s College on 28th June

Marcus du Sautoy OBE will visit Bacon’s College, the winner of the May Games League, on 28th June to present medals to outstanding students. Will he also do his famous ‘Dance of the Hexagon’? Will he talk about prime numbers? We will send along our MH reporter to find out.

May League Results: Bacon’s College is #1

This month, we are awed by a commanding victory from Bacon’s College (UK).  Overwhelming all opposition, Bacon’s College scored an astounding 7,751 points during the month of May, showing not only mathematical skill but also incredible persistence and gaming prowess.  Carre’s Grammar School (UK) was a notable runner-up, scoring 5,206 points, which would have been enough to win in April, and Windy Ridge K8 School (FL, US) was an intriguing entrant at #3.

Marcus du Sautoy will visit Bacon’s College and present medals to outstanding student contributors to the win, more news as it happens.

May Results in full: