Additional Home Learning
This page provides additional resources and information to support home learning, should you wish to do further work at home.
Spellings
By the end of Year 4, we would like your child to know how to spell all the words below, understand what they mean, and be able to use them correctly in context.
Times Tables
By January, we would like your child to confidently recall their times-table facts so that they can apply them accurately in lessons and be well prepared for the Multiplication Tables Check (MTC), which takes place in June. Below are useful websites to aid this.
Year 4, Key Stage 2, Practice Times Tables Tests (Multiplication Tables Check)
Times tables games - Learn them all here!
Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds
English
In English, we have been learning how to create strong sentences for our warning stories by using expanded noun phrases, fronted adverbials, inverted commas for dialogue, actions that show feelings (‘show, not tell’), powerful verbs and similes.
What is an expanded noun phrase? - KS2 English - BBC Bitesize
What is a fronted adverbial? - KS2 English - BBC Bitesize
How to use inverted commas - KS2 English - BBC Bitesize
Actions that show feelings (‘show, not tell’)– We can show how a character is feeling without simply telling the reader. For example, instead of saying that a character is nervous, we could write, ‘His palms were sweaty’ or ‘Her hands trembled as she reached for the door handle.’
Powerful verbs – We can choose more precise and interesting verbs to show how a character moves or behaves. For example, instead of using the word ‘walked’, we could use ‘crept’ if the character was frightened, or ‘stormed’ if the character was angry.
What are metaphors and similes? - BBC Bitesize
Maths
In Maths, we have been learning about place value, comparing numbers, rounding, and column addition and subtraction. We have been developing our understanding of the value of each digit in a number and using formal written methods to solve addition and subtraction calculations accurately.
What is place value? - KS2 Maths resources for Year 3 - BBC Bitesize
Comparing numbers with four digits - Maths - Learning with BBC Bitesize
Rounding numbers - KS2 Maths resources for Year 4 - BBC Bitesize
Add numbers with up to 4-digits together - Maths - Learning with BBC Bitesize
Subtract up to 4-digit numbers - Maths - Learning with BBC Bitesize