During your trial we want you to witness every pupil achieving the “triple win” of understanding, recall and fluency in mental addition and subtraction, so that they move from counting to calculating.
Whether you’re using your trial to support maths intervention or to integrate a teaching for mastery approach to maths in your school – we hope you have an incredible trial experience!
Follow these 3 easy steps to get you, your staff and your pupils ready to start on NumBots.
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Click the link in the email we sent to set your password. Then log in to manage.numbots.com using your email address and password.
If you already use TTRS, you can also manage NumBots when logged in to your TTRS admin area.
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Go to Account > Teachers. Click the ‘Add Teacher’ button and populate for each teacher. They will receive login details by a separate email. If your colleagues already have TTRS accounts, they can log in using the same details.
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Go to Account > Classes and click the ‘Add Student’ button. You can upload pupils via spreadsheet or individually, one at a time. If your pupils already have TTRS accounts, they can log in using the same details.
Pupils can access NumBots via our mobile app which is free to download on all devices. This means they can play at home, at school, and on-the-go!
NumBots can also be played on a computer, via the web browser. Bookmark play.numbots.com on your school’s devices for super quick access.
Watch our intro video for teachers, to familiarise yourself with the NumBots platform. Share it with any colleagues who also want in on the NumBots action.
Give it a go for yourself…
Log in to your teacher account, via manage.numbots.com. Then click the play button in the header bar, above the dashboard.
The first time you play you’ll be asked to choose a robot avatar and player name for yourself. Then you’ll be free to explore to game!
As a teacher you’ll find all levels in Story Mode unlocked from the start, whereas children will work through them from the beginning, unlocking one level at a time.
Watch our intro video for teachers, to familiarise yourself with the NumBots platform. Share it with any colleagues who also want in on the NumBots action.
Give it a go for yourself…
Log in to your teacher account, via manage.numbots.com. Then click the play button in the header bar, above the dashboard.
The first time you play you’ll be asked to choose a robot avatar and player name for yourself. Then you’ll be free to explore to game!
As a teacher you’ll find all levels in Story Mode unlocked from the start, whereas children will work through them from the beginning, unlocking one level at a time.
Before you launch NumBots with your class, make sure you:
1. Download username labels containing your pupils’ log in details. Print them out and cut them up, ready to hand out during the lesson.
2. Download the NumBots app onto school tablets, or bookmark play.numbots.com on computers or laptops.
3. Download bespoke letters for parents/carers containing each pupil’s login details, so they can continue playing at home.
Now you’re ready for launch day! The lesson will involve:
Get the most out of NumBots for your class and adapt it to your pupils’ specific needs using these top tips.
Pro Tip 1
We recommend children play NumBots for 3 minutes a day, 5 days a week.
If your pupils use NumBots outside the classroom, you’ll want to know how much they are playing. Use Activity Goals to set the number of minutes you expect your pupils to play each week. Once set, your pupils will see how many minutes they have remaining each week and you can easily identify which pupils have met their targets.
Pro Tip 3
There will be individual pupils for whom the time constraints required to pass a Story level are demonstrably too tough. In these cases, you can simply relax the time constraints.
Learn how to give pupils up to 3x longer to complete a level.
Pro Tip 2
We think it’s best for all pupils to start at the very beginning of Story Mode – on Rust Level 1. This way, pupils reaffirm the foundations of maths, make connections between easier and more difficult questions, and are more motivated by the in-game rewards. However, if your pupils are already fluent at the early skills, you can let them skip the first topics in Story Mode.
Learn how to customise the Story Controls.
Pro Tip 4
We know that some pupils may require adjustments to NumBots in order for them to get the most out of it.
There are a choice of different colour schemes, including high contrast colour settings, the option to have questions read aloud, and support for screenreaders.
Learn more about our accessibility features.
Quickly identify which of your pupils are acing NumBots, who has been underplaying, and whether anyone is stuck on their current level, using our teacher reports.
Head to your Stats Dashboard for concise yet powerful formative analysis at whole school, year group, class, and pupil level. NumBots’ Stats have been designed for busy teachers, so you only need to dip in for 5-10 minutes per week to inform and transform your planning and resourcing.
NumBots’ Certificate Hub is an incredibly versatile resource which enables you to celebrate a range of pupil achievements. Create a fully customised pack of certificates – then return each week, month or term to download the up-to-date certificates, auto-populated with the winning pupils’ names, in just one click! Whether you want to recognise pupils’ progress, effort or mathematical fluency, and award certificates for high scores or most improved – that’s up to you!
While you’re handing the certificates out, play the accompanying ‘Awards Ceremony’ presentation. Personalised with the winning pupils’ names, it makes an exciting addition to school award assemblies.
NumBots’ Certificate Hub is an incredibly versatile resource which enables you to celebrate a range of pupil achievements. Create a fully customised pack of certificates – then return each week, month or term to download the up-to-date certificates, auto-populated with the winning pupils’ names, in just one click! Whether you want to recognise pupils’ progress, effort or mathematical fluency, and award certificates for high scores or most improved – that’s up to you!
While you’re handing the certificates out, play the accompanying ‘Awards Ceremony’ presentation. Personalised with the winning pupils’ names, it makes an exciting addition to school award assemblies.
Discover all the free resources available to you on the Downloads page.
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WORKSHEETS AND
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INFORMATION AND
HELP GUIDES
STAFF TRAINING
MATERIALS
£105.85**
If your school has an active Times Tables Rock Stars subscription, you're eligible for a discount! Please answer YES or NO to the previous question.
If you’ve enjoyed experiencing NumBots, your journey doesn’t have to end here! Purchasing a NumBots subscription is quick and easy. You can pay by card or invoice for unlimited pupils and teachers across all year groups. Click the button above and follow the purchase steps to activate your subscription which will begin immediately following the expiry of your trial.
No, there is no limit to the number of pupils (or teachers) who can use NumBots during a trial or school subscription.
Click on the ‘Purchase Now’ button, above, and follow the instructions. You will have the option to pay by credit card or to request an invoice for payment within 30 days.
If you purchase a subscription before the end of your trial, the subscription will begin as soon as the trial ends, so access will be uninterrupted.
If you purchase a subscription after your trial, the subscription will begin immediately and access will resume. (Pupils’ data is deleted 90 days after an expired trial, so don’t wait too long to subscribe!)
At the end of your trial, if you haven’t purchased a subscription, your access to NumBots will simply terminate and you will not be charged. All pupil data will automatically be deleted 90 days following the expiry of your trial, if the school does not choose to subscribe during that period.
Should you choose to subscribe within 90 days of your trial expiring, no data or pupil progress will be lost and you and your pupils can carry on accessing NumBots using the same login details.
No, as long as the school subscribes within 90 days of the trial expiring. If your trial expired over 90 days ago, pupil data will have been deleted so you will have to re-upload them.
Yes, on the billing form you’ll have the choice between credit card and invoice.
Yes, if you wish, but it’s not mandatory. If you opt to pay by invoice, there is space on the billing form for you to enter the PO number, if you want to.
No problem. Please aim to pay the invoice by the due date even if that’s after the trial has ended and the subscription has begun.
Yes, on the purchase page, once you’ve selected your school, we will be able to calculate the pro-rated cost for NumBots for you.
Yes, of course. We have hundreds of schools around the world using our platform. Basic maths, after all, is important to every learner no matter where you live.
Yes, you can download our Staff Training Meeting notes and presentation, along with our NumBots Challenge Sheet for teachers, from the Downloads page, in order to run your own staff training meeting.
