Learning Areas
Word Workshop
Word workshop is the programme that Lyons Hall teachers have developed to teach reading, spelling and writing. It teaches the children phonological and alphabetical knowledge so they can recognise the different phonemes (sounds and words) in order to become confident and fluent readers and writers.
Reading in KS1
Reading and writing are taught to meet the needs of the children in a wide range of creative, analytic and dynamic ways using current music and interactive learning. For more information on phonics please visit www.oxfordowl.co.uk
Guided Reading
Alongside the daily phonics session (word workshop) the children develop their breadth and pleasure of reading, what reading is good for and a knowledge of how books work in a guided reading session. Extending their thinking, questioning, comprehension and inspiration to read is also the purpose of these sessions in both key stages.
Code Breakers
When children need further support to become a fluent reader they succeed through code breakers. As popular in our school as Richard and Judy’s book club was for summer reads but with teaching of highest quality, together with effective assessment and tracking for those who encounter difficulty in reading.
Maths
99 Club
The 99 Club is a weekly club for Years 3 and 4 (though if you fancy a try and you are in a different year group, give it a go!) It aims to raise standards in maths through encouraging pupils to improve their mental calculations when attempting quick-fire multiplication and division problems.
The idea is that with repeated practice, the scheme should result in increased speed and confidence when tackling mental maths problems without relying on written workings and methods.
All pupils will begin at the 11 Club and work their way up, having one opportunity per week during the start of one of their maths lessons to answer all calculations at their current level unaided and within the allotted time of five minutes.
If all of the calculations are answered correctly twice in a row, the child moves up to the next level!
The initial 11 Club involves eleven problems which involve doubling numbers up to ten i.e. 5+5, 8+8. The 22 Club then adds eleven further questions involving repeated addition for numbers from one to ten i.e. 3+3+3+3, 5+5+5+5+5, while the 33 Club begins to introduce times tables.
Division facts are added by the time a pupil reaches the 77 Club, and in the 88 Club and 99 Club, pupils will be tackling a range of mixed multiplication and division problems.
The full breakdown of The 99 Club levels is as follows:
11_Club – 11 questions involving doubling numbers from one to ten
22_Club – 22 questions involving repeated addition of numbers from one to ten
33_Club – 33 questions introducing the 2x, 3x, 5x and 10x tables
44_Club – 44 questions adding the 1x, 4x and 6x tables
55_Club – 55 questions adding the 7x and 8x tables
66_Club – 66 questions adding the 9x, 11x and 12x tables
77_Club – 77 questions consisting of inverse division facts
88_Club – 88 questions of mixed multiplication and division facts
99_Club – 99 questions of mixed multiplication and division facts
The ultimate challenge is to complete all 99 questions of the 99 Club unaided, with no errors and within five minutes!
Sheets are available to download below for pupils to practice their level at home. You can support your child by finding out which level they are working at and helping them to practice the relevant times tables.
Staff and parents are of course welcome to have a go too! Can you beat Mr. Darling’s 99 Club time of one minute and 30 seconds…?
Answers
11 Club – 11_Club Answers
22 Club – 22_Club Answers
33 Club – 33_Club Answers
44 Club – 44_Club Answers
55 Club – 55_Club Answers
66 Club – 66_Club Answers
77 Club – 77_Club Answers
88 Club – 88_Club Answers
99 Club – 99_Club Answers
Every Child a Reader
Further interventions to empower child to read using phonics alongside the other skills necessary to be a committed reader include “Every Child a Reader” which uses one to one tuition based on the reading recovery approach.
Maths
Please find below links on how we teach Maths at Lyons Hall Primary School
How we teach Maths at Lyons Hall
Subtraction guidance for parents