This was done in response to feedback from teachers regarding the long loading time for some of the games. In order to reduce time spent waiting for the games to load, we have created the Sumdog Warm Up – a series of quick fire questions to get you focused.

While you play the Warm Up, the normal games will continue to load in the background. This cuts down the waiting and loading when you select a subsequent game, thus reducing classroom disruption.

Before the start of the Sumdog Warm Up, you will be able to select which subject you would like to work on. If you have a subscription for all the subjects you will be able to choose between

• Mathematics
• Spelling
• Reading

If you only have a Mathematics subscription or are using the free version, the other subject options will be greyed out.

All of the questions in the Sumdog Warm Up are designed to be quick fire revision questions covering skills you have already completed.

Note: These questions will not count towards your diagnostic test score. They will however show in the skill report under the number of questions answered for a particular skill.

The Sumdog Warm Up will last for about a minute. However, it might be a bit longer depending on the loading times for the games on the device and your internet connection.

During the Sumdog Warm Up you will earn coins for each correct answer, much like in our other games. The more questions you answer correctly the more coins you will earn.

You will get a chance to race Sumdog. The more questions you answer correctly the faster your car will go.

We have also added a little surprise – when you hit a mystery box, your car will change into a hybrid car!

At the end of the Sumdog Warm Up you will see how many coins you have earned.

You cannot currently turn off the Warm Up. This is because it acts as a loading area for other games.