Year 4 homework help
Guides for parents to what your child learns in Year 4, how it's taught at school, and how to help at home.
Maths
- Maths · Years 3–4
Column subtraction explained for parents
How column subtraction with exchanging is taught in Years 3 and 4, worked step by step, with the common slips and quick ways to practise at home. - Maths · Years 2–4
How to help your child learn their times tables
Which times tables your child learns in Years 2, 3 and 4, how schools teach them, and short, calm ways to practise times tables at home. - Maths · Year 4
The Year 4 multiplication tables check explained
What happens in the Year 4 multiplication tables check, what it covers, how times tables are taught, and calm ways to practise at home.
English
- English · Years 3–4
Homophones explained for parents
What homophones are, which ones children learn in Years 3 and 4, the mix-ups that catch lots of children out, and quick ways to practise at home. - English · Years 3–4
Possessive apostrophes explained for parents
Where the apostrophe goes to show belonging, for one owner and for more than one, how it is taught in Years 2 to 4, and quick ways to practise at home. - English · Year 4
What is a fronted adverbial? A guide for parents
What a fronted adverbial is, why it is followed by a comma, how Year 4 children learn about it at school, and quick ways to practise at home.
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Science
- Science · Year 4
Electrical circuits: Year 4 science for parents
What Year 4 children learn about simple circuits, switches, conductors and insulators, plus safe ways to explore electricity at home. - Science · Year 4
Solids, liquids and gases: Year 4 science
What Year 4 children learn about solids, liquids and gases, melting, freezing, evaporation and condensation, and simple kitchen activities to try.