Parents' guides for Year 4
Year 4Year 4: a family guide to the times tables year
The Multiplication Tables Check, why fluency has two halves, how reading and writing change in Year 4 and how to practise at home.
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Year 4The Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check (MTC): a guide for parents
What the Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check is, when it happens, what it means for your child and how to help at home.
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Years 1–6Times tables practice: ten quick questions and a map
Ten questions on a number pad, five seconds each (eight in Years 1 and 2), and a map of every fact from 1 × 1 to 12 × 12. How it prepares for the Year 4 check.
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Years 4–6The grid method and long multiplication: a guide for parents
How the grid method splits a multiplication into easy parts, how it leads to short and long multiplication, the years they appear in and how to practise at home.
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Years 1–9Beat the clock: quick-fire practice with a record to beat
One, two or three minutes to answer as many questions as possible, where only right answers count and your best score is kept. How to use it without stress.
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Years R–9Reading at home: book ideas for every age
Book ideas from Reception to Year 9, including books that Oak's English lessons use, with simple ways to make reading at home a habit.
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