Bloomsbury Kids’ Club Weekend Workshop 2011
Itinerary
9.00 Opening Discussion – Why are we here?
9.10 Icebreaker – Names and rhymes; sample verbal reasoning
9.30 Sample Non-Verbal Reasoning paper – exploring some
test papers
test papers
10.00 Break
10.30 English – How to read? Examining questions – what
are they asking? What's a sentence? What's a
paragraph? Some rules of Comprehension;
incomplete sentences; paraphrasing practice
are they asking? What's a sentence? What's a
paragraph? Some rules of Comprehension;
incomplete sentences; paraphrasing practice
11.15 In pairs examining comprehension questions
underlining key words
underlining key words
11.30 Writing answers
12.00 Lunch break
12.30 Introduction; mental maths game
(Multiply by two as high as possible – to infinity)
Maths Glossary – examine the terms used in questions;
Subtraction; timesing
1.00 End. Interview list given to children to think about at
home
home
Sunday
10.00 Interview practice – children to ask/answer
questions supplied on interview list;
questions supplied on interview list;
division into groups A and B.
Group A children to continue work on English
grammar and vocabulary until break
grammar and vocabulary until break
10.15 Group B to sit a maths paper
11.00 Break
11.15 Group A and B sit English Papers (chosen to reflect
children’s various abilities)
12.15 Break (Games)
12.25 Non-verbal reasoning (Flags)
12.55 Final work on English – essay writing
2.00 End. Children take work home (and a surprise)
