Welcome to Rowan Class
Top Tips for Year 4 Parents
- Encourage and help your child to become independent through organising themselves for school, sorting out friendship issues on their own and completing homework tasks.
- Help children to develop routines such as when they will read each evening and when they will complete their homework
- Encourage children to read books at the appropriate level for them and complete the Accelerated Reader quiz at school.
- Look for opportunities to rehearse times tables. By the end of Year 4, children should confidently recall all times tables up to 12 x 12 as well as the related division facts.
- Talk as a family about your child's day.
- Talk to children about their use of IT and remember that most social media websites as well as the game Fortnite require children to be at least 12.
Multiplication Tables Checks
In Year 4, children focus on mastering their multiplication tables up to 12x12. This is part of the Multiplication Tables Check (MTC), which is a key stage 2 assessment taken at the end of Year 4 (June). The MTC aims to ensure that students have a solid understanding of their times tables.
Here are some key points about the MTC:
Number of Questions: 25 questions.
Time per Question: 6 seconds to answer each question, with a 3-second pause between questions.
Focus Areas: Questions often focus more on the 6, 7, 8, 9, and 12 times tables (although we ensure we work on all times tables with the children).
For more information about the MTCs, please see the download below.
