In partnership with Imperial College London, we're introducing cZeus School-League Competitions.


We have listened to Teachers' feedback and have released a separate App called cZeus School League on iOS, Android, Windows or macOS platforms. This school friendly app will not have any advertisements, in-app purchases or any social media functionality. We are offering this app free for our first series of cZeus League competitions.


Teachers - Please click here to Register



The first series of these competitions will be for School Years 7 to 9, Key Stage 3, and will have three phases, with the live final taking place at Imperial College London.


Phase I - Training

In this phase, schools will be supported in practising cZeus School League and will help to select their team. For a limited time, we will provide free training sessions at your school or online. If interested, please send a request email to [email protected]

Prizes: Certificates for participating students and extra kudos for the students who assist teachers in preparing their CSV file for enrolment.

Phase II - Get qualified for Phase III

All the school teams formed in Phase-I will be invited to enrol for the UK Inter-school competition. The top nine schools will be chosen to go through to the final with their top three students as their lead players.

Enrolment Deadline:

15th April 2020 (Note the deadline is extended)

Competition duration:

17th -30th April 2020

Prizes:

Certificates and kudos for qualifying teams

Phase III Live Final – taking place at Imperial College London

Live Final Date:

29th June 2020

Qualifying schools will be invited to compete at a live final taking place at Imperial College London. These schools will be divided into three groups, and each group will compete in a knockout tournament with one school going through to the final. The three remaining schools will compete for the winner title.

The final will be streamed live on streaming platforms such as YouTube.

Prizes:

Cash rewards to schools, a day out at ICL for the winning teams, certificates and Kudos.

How can cZeus benefit developing mathematical skills?

  • Ignite and accelerate math enthusiasm through games

  • Enhances the current maths curriculum

  • Effectively exercises logic, mental arithmetic, mathematical fluency and problem-solving skills.


By solving cZeus puzzles, students will be learning algebraic logic, without even knowing about algebra.

cZeus facilitates the traditional teaching of handling non-linear equations.

Easy cZeus grids are great for practising times tables at various ranges (9 Times Table), and can also be played on paper.

cZeus Alignment with UK Maths Curriculum Goals

The national curriculum for mathematics aims to ensure that all pupils: **

cZeus Puzzles useful for :
  • Become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, including through varied and frequent practice with increasingly complex problems over time, so that pupils develop conceptual understanding and the ability to recall and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately.
  • Reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry, conjecturing relationships and generalisations, and developing an argument, justification or proof using mathematical language.
  • Can solve problems by applying their mathematics to a variety of routine and non routine problems with increasing sophistication, including breaking down problems into a series of simpler steps and persevering in seeking solutions.




cZeus & UK Maths Curriculum

cZeus puzzles directly exercise the yellow subjects below and also build a foundation for the topics in light yellow.

Key Stages

School Year

Numbers
KS2 upper level 5 and 6
(age 9 - 11) 		Decimals, percentages, ratios/proportions, basic algebra, square and cube numbers, factors, primes, fractions, negative numbers
KS3 7, 8 and 9
(age 11-14) 		Large decimals, inequalities, common factors/multiples, prime factorisation, priority of operations, approximation/estimation, simplify algebraic expressions, solve equations, sequences
KS4 10 and 11
(age 14-16) 		Standard form arithmetic, limits of accuracy, factorisation of quadratic equations, inverse functions, composite functions, graphs of linear/quadratic/cubic/reciprocal functions, roots/intercepts/turning point of functions, simplify algebraic expressions, solve quadratic, simultaneous equations, logical deduction

**Reference: Department of Education- Mathematics programmes of study: National curriculum in England
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-mathematics-programmes-of-study

cZeus Classes suitable for school age groups

Key Stages

School Year

cZeus Classes

Benefits of cZeus
KS2 upper level 5 and 6
(age 9 - 11) 		Light, Mortal, Hero Numbers, Arithmetic, Multiplication tables, Common factors, Algebraic equations and simple equations
KS3 7, 8 and 9
(age 11-14) 		Mortal, Hero, DemiGod Above + Concepts such as substitution, factoring, elimination of impossible answers
KS4 10 and 11
(age 14-16) 		Mortal, Hero, DemiGod, Olympian Above + Mathematical reasoning and logical deduction to solve algebraic equations
A levels and above 16+age, adults & older players Mortal, Hero, DemiGod, Olympian, Titan All above

Register your School

The cZeus School League Competition in partnership with Imperial College London is Live now! Register your school as soon as possible, prepare your pupils, and be on your way to the finals at ICL in London!

We will confirm your registration within 24 hours. However, we endeavour to come back to you within a few hours.


Your password must be at least 6 characters as well as contain at least one uppercase, one lowercase, and one number.
Your password must be at least 6 characters as well as contain at least one uppercase, one lowercase, and one number.


Please note: This registration is only for schools and cZeus School League app. If you are not representing a school, please refer to our cZeus Maths Challenger app.

Teachers Guidelines


Download Teachers Guidelines in PDF

  1. Register yourself and your students:

  2. Prepare your students:

    Ask your students to:
    • Download the cZeus School League app on iOS, Android, Windows or macOS devices.
    • Login with an email address and password that is given to you.
    • Practise in the ‘Training Camp’ section of the app, where you can select between Light, Mortal and Hero classes of difficulty.
    • Practise in these classes for at least 1-3 weeks.
    • See the student guidelines
    • The same device can be used by several students as long as each student logs in with their unique email address (i.e. no two students can use the same email address).

  3. Create a competition for your students:

  4. Enrol your students:

    Option 1: Option 2:
    • Give your ‘competition’s name’ to your students
    • Ask your students to:
      • open the cZeus app
      • select cZeus Community
      • select Tournaments tab
      • Press the search button
      • enter the competition’s unique name and search
      • request to join the competition
    • You need to accept all these requests on the website

  5. Access your students’ performance and select members of your school team:

  6. Create your school team:

    • You can have up to 50 students in your team. However, our software calculates your team’s score from the average of your top three players.
    • The name of the team should be below 20 characters and must be identifiable by the school and teacher’s name
    • Create your team via this link
      https://czeuspuzzles.com/schools/#/profile/manage/create-team
    • The Team’s name and password could be emailed to your students via the website or announce it in the classroom.
    • Ask your students to click on Profile Profile in the app. In the profile page, select “Join a team”, and enter the school’s team password to join.


Download Teachers Guidelines in PDF



Students Guidelines

Download Student Guidelines in PDF

Students can prepare successfully for the competitions by taking the following steps:

  1. Open cZeus School League app and login with your email and password.
  2. Select the “Light Class” path; complete its 14 levels and learn the puzzle Rules.
  3. On the main menu, select “Play” to go to the “Training Camp”.
  4. You can revise the Four Rules by pressing the Rules Rules
  5. For the purpose of this competition, you only need to train for Mortal and Hero Classes.
  6. Start training Mortal class and then Hero class, both in the “Sprint” play-mode.

How to enrol in your school competition?

Your teacher should provide the name and password of your school’s competition.

  • open the app
  • select cZeus Community Community
  • select Tournaments tab
  • press the search button
  • enter the competition’s unique name and search
  • request to join the competition

How to enrol in your school team?

Your teacher should provide the name and password of your school’s team.

  • open the app
  • on the main menu, go to profile page by clicking on Profile Profile
  • select “Join a team”
  • enter your school’s team password

Participate in Weekly challenges to train for competitions.

  • On the main menu, select “Tournament Hall” to see the available competitions.
  • In this page, you can select to play in “Individual” or “Team” competitions.
  • Take part in “Weekly Challenges” for both “individuals” and “teams”, but only play the Mortal and Hero Classes.


Download Student Guidelines in PDF
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