Izak9

Izak9 is a unique, radical and innovative maths resource from Qubizm, a company with more than 25 years experience in the teaching and learning of mathematics. It is an immersive, multi-media rich, active learning device designed for use by children in Primary and Post Primary schools and for the delivery of teachers’ personal and professional development training.

We believe that the key to a child’s learning is engagement and that every child, irrespective of ability, preferred learning style or socio-economic background deserves to be seen, heard and recognized. Our particular focus is on mathematics and by liaising with schools, parents, universities, education boards, curriculum authorities and the schools inspectorate, we identify specific areas of need in the teaching and learning of maths. We then work closely with the Creative Industries sector to design and create radical and innovative methods by which to engage all pupils, teachers and parents with this magnificent and most vital of subject areas.

If mathematics is the ability to think, then to encourage children to think mathematically we must open them up to a multifarious world of learning opportunities. Children, in their formative years of Primary School, love learning through play. The learning here is rich, shared, open ended, investigative and most importantly, fun. So why, when children reach upper Primary and then into Secondary level, is the learning of mathematics in relative comparison, much less stimulating for them?

Pupils will be challenged and engaged and teachers will have significantly more options for formative assessment (assessment for learning), effective questioning, positive intervention, group work management, inclusivity and much more. Planning for the use of Izak9 is very easy as there are no rules - you know your own pupils best - so it can be used: every day; 2/3 times a week; once a week for an hour; once a fortnight for an afternoon ... any way your school prefers according to your own school’s planning and depending on the needs of your particular group of kids.

Izak9 can support the needs of pupils of all abilities and preferred learning styles as there is content available at all levels, as well as there being the facility for pupils to develop content of their own - elevating thinking skills and building confidence and self-esteem.