Question 1

Siyavula Platform Product Changelog

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August EdTech Content Update

Q: HeadSTARt Terms and Conditions

<h1 id="rulesfortheheadstartcampaign">Rules for the HeadSTARt campaign</h1> || General rules <ul> <li>The campaign will start on Monday 12 February 2024, and end on Thursday 14 March 2024.</li> <li>Learners and teachers will have to opt in to HeadSTARt, to be eligible for prizes.</li> <li>If a learner has already opted in to be part of our national leaderboards, they will automatically be opted in to HeadSTARt.</li> <li>The competition will reward both Maths and Science practice.</li> <li>To be eligible for a prize, learners must be registered in their correct grade.</li> <li>Learners must be at school in Grades 8 - 12, to be eligible to enter HeadSTARt.</li> <li>To be eligible for a prize, a learner’s registered school, grade and contact details must be up-to-date and correct.</li> <li>If a learner can’t be reached using the contact details provided, we will attempt to contact the school. If unsuccessful, the learner will forfeit the prize.</li> <li>Voucher prizes will be delivered directly to winners via their email or mobile phone number.</li> <li>Physical prizes will be delivered directly to the school.</li> <li>Siyavula will not liaise or communicate with parents under any circumstances, with regard to learner prizes.</li> </ul> || Weekly draw for learners <ul> <li>Any high school Mathematics or Physical Sciences learner at a school in South Africa is eligible to enter.</li> <li>To be eligible for a prize, learners must be in their correct grade.</li> <li>For the duration of the campaign, any learner who achieves their weekly goal, for one or more subjects, set using the goals widget on Siyavula will</li> </ul>

Mathematics Question Items Released

Grade 8

13. Decimals - 1. Ordering & comparing decimals

Converting simplified fractions into decimals

19. Transformation geometry - 3. Rotations & enlargements

Grade 9

14. Algebraic expressions (Part 2): factorisation - 3. Simplifying algebraic fractions

18. Transformation geometry- 1. Translations

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Question 2

Siyavula's baseline assessments for Grade 8, 9 and 10 learners

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Siyavula's Mathematics baseline assessment for Grades 8, 9 and 10

What is a baseline assessment?

The CAPS statement describes a Baseline assessment as a type of assessment alongside Diagnostic assessments, Formative assessments and Summative assessments.

"Mathematics teachers who might want to establish whether their learners meet the basic skills and knowledge levels required to learn a specific Mathematics topic will use baseline assessment. Knowing learners' level of proficiency in a particular Mathematics topic enables the teacher to plan her/his Mathematics lesson appropriately and to pitch it at the appropriate level. Baseline assessment, as the name suggests, should therefore be administered prior to teaching a particular Mathematics topic. The results of the baseline assessment should not be used for promotion purposes."

The Siyavula baseline assessment

Siyavula has created baseline assessments for Grade 8, Grade 9 and Grade 10 Mathematics learners, so that teachers can assess their learners' knowledge and skills at the beginning of high school, or at the start of the FET phase.

Baseline question

The baseline instrument comprises:

50 questions selected from the Siyavula online question bank
Students' answers will be immediately and automatically marked.
Every student will see a unique but equivalent instance of the questions, making copying meanin

Question 3

How the #1MillionMaths campaign works

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Siyavula's annual #1MillionMaths campaign runs towards the end of the school year and aims to encourage learners to prepare for their end-of-year exams. Practice is essential for learning, especially in Mathematics and Physical Sciences. This campaign motivates learners to adopt a goal-directed, mastery-focused approach to their studies. During the month the campaign is run, learners and schools who opt in can earn prizes for their hard work on our platform.

Prizes for #1MillionMaths

Learners earn an entry into the daily draw for every mastery star they achieve in a day. They stand a chance to win a voucher.
We will award schools a prize at the end of the month, for the work that learners did during the campaign.
At the end of the campaign month, learners in our Platinum and Gold Leagues will be invited to join a final showdown, to pit their skills against learners across the country.

How to make sure you're eligible to win

To be eligible for prizes, learners must opt in to the #1MillionMaths campaign. Once they have opted in, their names will appear on our public leaderboards.
Learners must make sure that they are in the correct grade. Prizes will only be awarded to learners who practice in their own grade.
Teachers need to enter their schools into #1MillionMaths to be eligible for prizes. Once they have opted in, the teacher and school's names will appear on our public leaderboards.

||| Even if your grade or school is opted in to #1MillionMaths, this

Question 4

How to sign up as a learner

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How to sign up as a learner

It’s easy to sign up to Siyavula.

Visit our Siyavula website at https://www.siyavula.com
Click on Sign up for a free account under Siyavula for learners

On the Let's get started page, select that you are signing up as a learner.
You can sign-up using any of the extensions listed (Facebook, Snapplify, Clever, Microsoft or Google) or you can select either your email address or Phone number.

Enter your personal details:
Name
Surname
Password (create a new password)
email address or Mobile number or both.
Click on **continue **

Select your correct Grade
Select your Subject(s)
Start typing in the name of your school and select it from the list when it appears.
Set your date of birth
Select your Language of learning.

||| NB: If your teacher wants to link you to a class, tick the box that says I have a voucher or access code

Click on Save details

|| You will only need an access

Question 5

HeadSTARt Terms and Conditions

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Rules for the HeadSTARt campaign

|| General rules

The campaign will start on Monday 12 February 2024, and end on Thursday 14 March 2024.
Learners and teachers will have to opt in to HeadSTARt, to be eligible for prizes.
If a learner has already opted in to be part of our national leaderboards, they will automatically be opted in to HeadSTARt.
The competition will reward both Maths and Science practice.
To be eligible for a prize, learners must be registered in their correct grade.
Learners must be at school in Grades 8 - 12, to be eligible to enter HeadSTARt.
To be eligible for a prize, a learner’s registered school, grade and contact details must be up-to-date and correct.
If a learner can’t be reached using the contact details provided, we will attempt to contact the school. If unsuccessful, the learner will forfeit the prize.
Voucher prizes will be delivered directly to winners via their email or mobile phone number.
Physical prizes will be delivered directly to the school.
Siyavula will not liaise or communicate with parents under any circumstances, with regard to learner prizes.

|| Weekly draw for learners

Any high school Mathematics or Physical Sciences learner at a school in South Africa is eligible to enter.
To be eligible for a prize, learners must be in their correct grade.
For the duration of the campaign, any learner who achieves their weekly goal, for one or more subjects, set using the goals widget on Siyavula will

Question 6

Wits Pre-University Online Courses 2024

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University of Witwatersrand Pre-University Online Courses for Mathematics and Chemistry

Many students struggle with their first year Mathematics and Chemistry modules, even when they have passed well in grade 12. To help you succeed in your first year Mathematics and Chemistry courses, Wits is running the pre-university online courses in Mathematics and Chemistry through the Siyavula online platform. These courses are carefully designed by Wits lecturers, and they will help you make a strong start to the academic year. The duration of the pre-university course is ** 11 to 28 January 2024**.

||| The pre-university Mathematics and Chemistry courses are free, voluntary, and completing them will not affect whether you are admitted to Wits in 2024.

All you need to complete this course is a simple feature phone, smart phone, tablet or computer that is connected to the internet. The Siyavula website is Zero-rated on Vodacom, MTN and Telkom. Click here to learn more about the Zero-rating.

4 steps to complete the Pre-University Online Course

STEP 1. Sign up on Siyavula

||| ${color}[#ec0909](NB: Even if you have an existing Siyavula account, for this course you are requested to create a new account). If you try to create an account using an email or phone number that already exist you will not be able to continue. Change your email or phone number to a new one then

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