How can Eclipse help?

Section 1

Welcome to Learn With Eclipse

Learn With Eclipse is a free maths practice website for primary school children. It covers the National Curriculum for England from Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) to Key Stage 2 (Years 3 to 6), including practice for the Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check and the Year 6 SATs.

There are 58 activities with 275 levels between them. Every question is made up fresh, so you can play a level as many times as you like and never run out of questions.

Meet Eclipse

Eclipse is your friendly guide. Eclipse asks the questions, gives hints when you're stuck, cheers when you get one right and shows you how to solve the tricky ones. Eclipse never says "wrong"! Mistakes are part of learning, so Eclipse saves them for you to try again later.

Hello!

Hints

Have another go

Let's learn it

Well done!

What you need

• A computer, tablet or phone with an up-to-date web browser, such as Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox.
• An internet connection. The website works while you are online.
• That's all. There's nothing to install, no account and no sign-in.

Who this guide is for

This guide is written for everyone who uses Learn With Eclipse: children practising on their own, parents and carers helping at home, and teachers using it in class or printing worksheets. Parts that are mainly for grown-ups are marked with a note.

You can open this guide from the Help link at the top of every page on the website, and download it as a PDF.

Section 2

Getting started

Open your web browser and go to LearnWithEclipse.com. You'll see the home page straight away. There's nothing to sign up for.

Finding an activity

Scroll down the home page to see all the activities. They are grouped into sections, so it's easy to find the right ones for your year group:

Each activity card shows:

• the activity's name and symbol,
• a short line about what you'll practise,
• the school years it's for, such as Years 1–2,
• how many levels it has, and
• once you've played it, a ★ passed badge counting the levels where you scored 2 stars or more.

Click or tap a card to open that activity.

Choosing your year group

There are lots of activities, so the home page has a row of year buttons under the welcome box. Press your year group to see only the activities for that year.

• All years shows every activity. This is how the home page starts.
• Press a Year button to pick it. Press it again to turn it off.
• You can pick more than one year. For example, pick Year 3 and Year 4 to see everything for both.
• Eclipse remembers your choice on this device, so it's still set next time you visit.

Each activity card also shows the years it's for, such as Years 3–5. Activities often cover more than one year, with the easier levels for the younger years.

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Choosing a level

Each activity has between 3 and 8 levels. They get harder as the numbers go up, so start at Level 1 and work your way through.

Each level card shows:

• the level number and name, with a short description of the questions,
• the year group the level is for, such as Year 4,
• your best score and stars for that level (once you've played it), and
• a 🖨 Printable worksheet button (see Printable worksheets).

Click or tap anywhere else on the card to start practising. To go back to the home page, use the ← All activities button at the top.

Levels for your year group

If you picked year groups on the home page, an activity only shows the levels for those years. A line above the levels says how many more there are for other years.

Press Show all levels to see every level in the activity, or Just Years 1 and 2 to hide the others again. If none of an activity's levels are for the years you picked, all of them are shown.

Section 4

Practising: answering questions

A practice round has 10 questions. The question appears in a big white card, with Eclipse beside it (or above it on a phone).

How to answer

1. Read the question. Some questions have a picture, such as a clock, a shape or a chart.
2. Type your answer in the box. The grey text in the box shows the kind of answer that's expected, such as e.g. 3/4 or e.g. 12 r 3.
3. Press Check, or press the Enter key.
4. Eclipse tells you how you did. Press Next question → to move on.

The progress bar

The bar at the top of the page has one segment for each question:

Two tries for every question

If your first answer isn't right, Eclipse says so kindly and you get a second try. A small Second try label appears next to the question number.

If the second try isn't right either, Eclipse shows the answer and a step-by-step How to solve it explanation. Read it carefully: it shows you the method, so you'll know how to do the next one. Eclipse also saves the question so you can try it again later.

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Getting help from Eclipse

Stuck? Press the yellow 💡 I need a hint button under the answer box. Every question has three hints, and each one gives a little more help than the last:

• Hint 1 reminds you what the question is asking.
• Hint 2 suggests a method or a fact you might already know.
• Hint 3 walks you most of the way to the answer.

After the first hint, the button changes to 💡 Another hint (2 of 3). The hints stay on screen, numbered, until you move to the next question.

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How to type your answers

Eclipse is good at understanding answers written in different ways. Here's how to type each kind of answer:

Friendly reminders that don't cost a try

Sometimes your answer is nearly right but written in a way Eclipse can't mark yet. Eclipse gives you a reminder and you don't lose a try:

• Not in its simplest form: for example, 4/8 when the answer is 1/2. Eclipse says it's the right amount and asks you to simplify it.
• Not in the right format: for example, typing letters when a number is needed. Eclipse explains how to type that kind of answer.

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Finishing a round

After the last question, press See my results. Eclipse holds up a sign with your score and your stars.

How stars work

Your best score for each level is remembered and shown on the levels page. A level counts as passed on the home page when your best score earns 2 stars or more.

What next?

• Play again starts a new round of the same level, with new questions.
• ↻ Try the ones I missed plays the questions you needed help with (shown when you missed any).
• The last button takes you back to the activity's levels.

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Trying tricky questions again

Whenever Eclipse shows you how to solve a question, it's saved. Trying those questions again a little later is one of the best ways to learn.

There are three ways to try saved questions:

• From the home page: press Try them again on the yellow card. This mixes saved questions from every activity.
• From an activity's levels page: press Go on the yellow card to try only that activity's saved questions.
• From the results screen: press ↻ Try the ones I missed.

Saved-question rounds work like normal rounds, with hints and two tries, and up to 10 questions at a time. When you answer a saved question correctly, it's cleared. If you have more than 10 saved, press Keep going at the end for the next batch.

Section 9

Questions with pictures

Lots of questions come with a picture to read before you answer. All of them are drawn on screen and print clearly on worksheets.

Section 10

Timed checks

Some levels are timed, to help you get quick at number facts and to practise for real tests like the Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check. Timed levels work differently from normal practice:

• Each question has a countdown bar. When it runs out, Eclipse moves on to the next question.
• You get one try per question, and there are no hints.
• Type your answer and press Enter (or Next →) to move on straight away.
• You see all the answers at the end, including the ones you missed.

At the end you see your score and stars, plus a Ones to practise list showing each missed question, the right answer and what you wrote. Missed questions are saved, so ↻ Practise the ones I missed lets you try them again as a normal round, with hints and no clock.

Extra time for typing

Typing an answer takes time, especially on a tablet or for anyone who finds typing harder. Before a timed check starts, you can add extra time for typing to every question:

• Press − or +, or type a number in the box. You can add 0 to 10 seconds, in whole seconds.
• Eclipse shows the new time for each question, such as 6 + 3 = 9 seconds, and the countdown bar runs for that long.
• It starts at 0, so timed checks work just like the real tests until you change it.
• Eclipse remembers your choice on this device and uses it for every timed level.

Which levels are timed?

The times below don't include any extra time for typing.

Section 11 For grown-ups

Printable worksheets

Every level has a printable worksheet, made for teachers, tutors and parents who want paper practice. Open one with the 🖨 Printable worksheet button on any level card.

Each worksheet has 20 questions on two A4 pages, with spaces for the child's name, the date and the score. Every sheet is different, so you can print a fresh one for each child or group.

Worksheet controls

Printing tips

• Print the questions first, then press 🖨 Print with answers for a matching answer sheet. Pressing ↻ New questions in between would give you a different sheet.
• In the print window, choose A4 paper and portrait. The sheet is already sized to fit.
• The coloured headings and question numbers should print automatically. If they come out blank, turn on Background graphics in the print window's extra settings.
• To save a sheet as a file, choose Save as PDF (or Microsoft Print to PDF) as the printer.

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Using a phone or tablet

Learn With Eclipse works on phones and tablets as well as computers. The page rearranges itself to fit the screen: on a phone, Eclipse appears above the question and the activity cards stack in one column.

On phones and tablets the right keyboard opens for each question, so number answers show the number keypad.

Add Eclipse to your home screen

You can add Learn With Eclipse to your home screen so it opens like an app, with its own icon:

• iPhone and iPad (Safari): tap the Share button, then Add to Home Screen.
• Android (Chrome): tap the ⋮ menu, then Add to Home screen or Install app.
• Computer (Chrome or Edge): click the install icon at the right of the address bar, or open the browser menu and choose Install Learn With Eclipse.

Section 13 For grown-ups

Your progress and privacy

Learn With Eclipse has no accounts. It never asks for a child's name, email address, date of birth or any other personal details.

Where progress is kept

Best scores and saved questions are stored in the web browser on the device you're using, not on our servers. This means:

• Progress stays on that device and in that browser. If you switch from a tablet to a laptop, or from Chrome to Safari, you start fresh there.
• On a shared computer, everyone using the same browser shares the same progress and saved questions.
• Private or incognito windows don't keep progress after the window is closed.
• Clearing your browser's history, cookies or site data deletes the progress.

Starting again

To clear all progress on a device, for example before passing a device to another child, clear the browsing data for the Learn With Eclipse website in your browser's settings. Look for Cookies and site data (Chrome and Edge) or Website data (Safari).

Safe for children

• No chat, messaging, public profiles or leaderboards.
• No adverts and no in-app purchases.
• No uploads or photos.
• Every question comes from a fixed, curriculum-based set of rules written by people, not open-ended AI.

Section 14 For grown-ups

Tips for parents and teachers

At home

• Little and often works best. One or two rounds a day (about 5 to 10 minutes) helps more than a long session once a week.
• Start easy. Begin at Level 1 of an activity, even if it seems simple. Early success builds confidence, and stars are motivating.
• Celebrate the saved questions. When the yellow card appears on the home page, treat it as a challenge: "Can you clear them all?"
• Read the worked solutions together. The "How to solve it" steps use the same methods taught in school, such as partitioning, column methods and the bus stop method.
• Encourage hints. Hints don't affect the score, so children shouldn't feel they are cheating by using them.

In the classroom

• Starters and plenaries: put a level on the board and answer questions as a class, using the hints to talk through methods.
• Worksheets: print a fresh sheet per group so neighbours have different questions, and print the matching answer sheet for marking.
• Test practice: use the Times Tables Check in Year 4 and the SATs Practice activity in Year 6 to build familiarity with the real formats.
• Shared devices: progress is per browser, so on class devices treat scores as a session record rather than a child's long-term history.

Matching activities to year groups

The quickest way is to press a year button on the home page (see Choosing your year group). It shows the activities for that year and hides the levels meant for other years. If you'd rather browse, these are good places to start:

Appendix A

All activities and levels

Learn With Eclipse has 58 activities and 275 levels. Open a section to see its activities. Timed levels show ⏱ and the seconds per question. Each level shows the year group it's for.