1. Key Objectives: Year 3 & 4 Reading

2. How can you support learning: Year 3 & 4 Reading Read a wide range of fiction and non fiction literary books. Use dictionaries to find the meaning of words. Ask them questions about what they have read. Draw simple inferences about events of the story e.g. how a character might be feeling. Make predictions about what might happen next. Summarise ideas from several paragraphs. Take part in discussions about reading and books.

3. Key Objectives: Year 3 & 4 Writing

4. How can you support learning: Year 3 & 4 Writing Discuss choices of vocabulary e.g. ‘went’ and ‘said’ can be replaced with more interesting words such ‘raced’ or ‘yelled’. Take opportunities to discuss these words when they appear in reading books. Consider how the choice of word affects the understanding of the story. Encourage the use of a dictionary to support their spelling and understanding. Review their own work to make improvements including editing for spelling errors. Read aloud work that has been written. Extend sentences using a range of strategies e.g. connectives. Read regularly and a wide range of books to help generate ideas.

5. Key Objectives: Year 3 Mathematics

6. Key Objectives: Year 4 Mathematics

7. How can you support learning: Year 3 & 4 Mathematics Using and applying – calculating prices in the shop, calculating change, telling the time, measuring (weight, distance, capacity). Mental calculations – bonds, times tables (12 x 12), inverses Problem solving – any opportunity to ask maths based questions e.g. if you start playing mine craft at 7 o’clock and you need to get ready for bed at half 7, how long do you have to play? Some useful websites on our school website.