Welcome to the Year 3 & 4 Home Learning Page 

Please look at the MJS Year 3 & 4 Home Learning Spring 2024-25 activities that you can try out (stuck in the Y34 Home Learning Book).

Please look at the activities and complete as many as you can - write in your home learning book when you practise.

Please tick the sheet every time you complete an activity  

ALL Home Learning books need to be handed in during the last week of term.

Remember to write all your home learning activities in your Home Learning Book.

CORE MATHS KNOWLEDGE

Number Bonds

Knowledge of number bonds is essential when it comes to harder calculations involving addition and subtraction (for example, children learn to use the bridging through 10 method to help them add numbers mentally), so it is vital children get a firm grounding in this to support further calculations.

Ideas for practising number bonds:

• Give your child ten counters (Lego bricks, pasta shapes, buttons, sweets etc) and ask them questions such as: What do you add to 3 to make 10? What do you add to 2 to make 10? Encourage them to use the counters to work it out
• Print out or make some number cards (0-10 / 0-20 etc) and ask your child to match them up into number pairs or number bonds (this can be done as a game of Snap)
• Write a list of ten numbers then time your child to see how long it takes them to write down the other number that makes up each pair (2 and 18; 5 and 15; 4 and 16)

TIMESTABLES

When children know their times tables, mental arithmetic becomes easier. Practising times tables also helps children to understand number and number relationships, and to see patterns in numbers. These skills will help them to master key concepts and move quickly through more complex maths problems with confidence.

A thorough knowledge of multiplication and division facts will help children succeed in their tests at the end of primary school and set them up for success at secondary school. As they grow older, knowing the times tables will help them with everyday activities like shopping, budgeting and cooking.

Ideas for practising timestables:

1. Practice tables as a time-filler

When you’re sitting at traffic lights or waiting in the dentist’s it is the perfect opportunity for a bit of times table practice! It’s always better (for both your child and you!) to just spend a few minutes reciting or testing times tables rather than going into overdrive and spending too long practising them.

2. Help them with the ones they find tricky

There are usually one or two multiplication facts in each times table that are more difficult. When you notice that your child is stumbling over the same fact each time, try to give them extra practice. You could even get your child to write the fact out in a fun way on a piece of card and then stick it somewhere prominent (like on the fridge) so that they have an extra reminder!

3. Use a number grid

Printing off a simple number grid can be a great way to demonstrate how times tables relate to number sequences. You can get your child to colour in multiples of different numbers on different number squares so that they can clearly see the number patterns.

4. Make it real

The danger with too much rote learning of times tables is that children can fail to see the use of times tables in real life. Try to take opportunities to get your child to use multiplication in problem solving, for example working out quantities for scaling up a recipe, or calculating the price of more than one item of shopping.

5. Create a challenge

Make it fun by turning times table practice into a competition or challenge for your child, by timing them and keeping a record of their scores. You could even join in yourself and set a challenge to learn a more difficult times table, such as the 13 times table and get your child to test you at the end of the week in exchange for testing them…

Useful websites:

• Hit the Button: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
• BBC Bitesize KS2: KS2 SATs bitesize revision English, Maths, Science
• Timestables.co.uk: Times tables games - Learn them all here!
• Maths is Fun: Math is Fun (mathsisfun.com)
• NRICH - Maths games and probem solving: Primary Students (maths.org)
• Primary Homework Help: Primary Homework Help for Kids

Mundy CofE Junior School subscription websites:

• Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS): Times Tables Rock Stars (ttrockstars.com)
• Activelearn: ActiveLearn: Login (activelearnprimary.co.uk)