Promoting and Building Mathematical Fluency
at St Nicholas
The 99 Club is a mental-oral strategy at St Nicholas CE First School which 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 clubs relevant to their age and ability 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! 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.
Sheets are available to download below for pupils to practise their level at home. You can support your child by finding out which level they are working at and helping them to practise the relevant times tables. Some especially skilled mathematicians at St Nicholas CE First School are even making it on to the newly-introduced Bronze and Silver Clubs which include over one hundred problems to complete in the five minutes!
Reception
What do we expect?
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Number bonds to 5
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Automatically recall (without reference to rhymes, counting or other aids) number bonds up to 5 (including subtraction facts)
Year 1
What do we expect?
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Know number bonds to 10 including subtraction facts.
Year 2
What do we expect?
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Recall and use addition and subtraction facts to 20
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Recall multiplication facts for the 2, 5 & 10 times table
Year 3 and Year 4 (KS2)
What do we expect?
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By the end of Year 3: Recall multiplication facts for the 3, 4 & 8 times table
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By the end of Year 4: Recall multiplication facts for the 6,7,9,11 & 12 times table (including all previously learnt facts)