Coverage of National Curriculum Maths Year 3/Year 4

Coverage of National Curriculum Maths Year 3/Year 4

Number: Pink = Taught and well covered, Yellow = In teaching and covered a bit, Blue = mentioned and covered in activities but not in teaching

Nat Curriculum Objective / YEAR 3 Number:
Number and Place Value / YEAR 4 Number:
Number and Place Value
Count from 0 in multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 100; find 10 or 100 more or less than a given number / Recognise the place value of each digit in a 3-digit number (100s, 10s, 1s) / Compare and order numbers up to 1000 / Identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations / Read and write numbers up to 1000 in numerals and in words / Solve number problems and practical problems involving these ideas / Count in multiples of 6, 7, 9, 25 and 1000 / Find 1000 more or less than a given number / Count backward through zero to include negative numbers / Recognise the place value of each digit in a four-digit number (thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones) / Order and compare numbers beyond 1000 / Identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations / Round any number to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000 / Solve number and practical problems that involve all of the above and with increasingly large positive numbers / Read Roman numerals to 100 (I to C) and know that over time, the numeral system changed to include the concept of zero and place value
Autumn
AUTUMN Week 1 / Day 3 / Day 3 / Day 2 / Days 1-3 numerals / Day 3 / Days 1-3 / Days 3 and 5 / Days 1-5 / Day 1
AUTUMN Week 6 / Days 4 & 5 +/- 1, 10, 100 / Days 1 & 2 PV + and - / Day 3 / Days 1-5 / Days 3, 4, 5 / Day 2
AUTUMN Week 10 / Day 2
Count in 4s
Spring
SPRING Week 1 / Days 3 & 5 / Days 3 & 4 / Days 1, 2 & 4 / Days 1-5 numerals / Day 5
SPRING Week 6 / Days 2-4
× /÷ 10,100 / Days 4,5
SPRING Week 7 / Days 3-5
+/- 10s, 100s, 1000s
SPRING Week 10 / 8 × table / Days 1 and 2 Count in 7s and 9s
Summer
SUMMER
Week 1 / Days 4 & 5 Count in steps of 4, 8, 50 and 100 / Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 1-3 / Day 3 / Day 4 Count in 25s and 1000s / Day 4 / Day 1 / Days 2 and 3 / Days 4 & 5 / Day 5
SUMMER Week 6 / Day 2 PV in nos between 1000 and 2000 / Days 1 & 2 Nos between 1000 and 2000

Number: Pink = Taught and well covered, Yellow = In teaching and covered a bit, Blue = mentioned and covered in activities but not in teaching

Nat Curriculum Objective / YEAR 3 Number:
Addition and Subtraction / YEAR 4 Number:
Addition and Subtraction
Add and subtract numbers mentally, including a 3-digit number and ones; a 3-digit number and tens and a 3-digit number and hundreds / Add and subtract nos with up to 3 digits, using formal written methods of columnar addition and subtraction / Estimate the answer to a calculation and use inverse operations to check answers / Solve problems, including missing number problems, using number facts, place value, and more complex addition and subtraction / Add and subtract numbers with up to 4 digits using the formal written methods of columnar addition and subtraction where appropriate / Estimate and use inverse operations to check answers to a calculation / Solve addition and subtraction two-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why
Autumn
AUTUMN Week 2 / Days 1 to 5
+/− of 1-d & 2-d nos / Days 1 and 2 / Days 1-5 Mental calculations 2-d & 3-d nos
AUTUMN Week 3 / Days 1 to 5
+/− of 2-d numbers / Day 3 Plenary / Day 2 / Days 1-5
Column addition & count up to subtract 3-digit nos / Day 4
AUTUMN Week 6 / Days 3-5 Mental calculations 4-d nos +/-1, 10, 100, 1000 / Day 4 Inverses used in plenary on missing numbers
AUTUMN Week 7 / Days 1 and 2
3-d nos +/− 1s, 10s, 100s Days 3-5 +/- near multiples / Day 3
Plenary / Days 1-5
Mental calculations 3-digit and 4-digit nos / Days 4 and 5
Money problems
AUTUMN Week 8 / Days 1 & 2
Pairs to 100, 3-d nos – 2-d nos / Days 1-5 Decomposition of 3-digit nos / Day 1 Check – with +
Spring
SPRING Week 2 / Days 1-5
+/− 2-d numbers / Day 2 / Days 1 – 5 Column + of several 2-digit nos, count up to subtract, inc money
SPRING Week 3 / Days 4, 5
3-d nos −2-d nos / Days 1-3
Column addition / Day 4 Plenary / Day 5 investigation / Days 1-5 column + & - 3-digit nos, inc money / Day 3 Check – with + / Days 4 & 5
SPRING Week 7 / Days 1-5
3-d nos +/− 1s, 10s, 100s / Day 5
Word problems / Days 1-5 Mental + and - / Day 5 + & −
SPRING Week 8 / Days 3 & 4 Subtract pairs of 3-d nos / Days 1 & 2
Column addition / Day 5
Word problems / Days 1-5 Column + & −
Summer
SUMMER
Week 2 / Days 4 & 5 Subtract 2-digit and 3-digit nos from 3-digit nos / Days 1-3 Column addition / Day 2 Estimating
Day 4 Plenary check – with + / Days 3 & 5
Investigations / Days 1-5 Column and mental – of 3-digit and 4-digit nos / Days 2 & 4 Check – with +
SUMMER Week 3 / Days 1-3 Column addition of several 2-digit nos / Day 2 Estimating / Day 3 Investigation / Days 1-5 Inc column + 4-digit nos / Day 5 Choose operation, 1-step
SUMMER Week 6 / Days 2-5 Column addition of three/four 2-digit nos, three 3-digit nos and money
SUMMER Week 11 / Days 1 & 2
Mental +/- of 3-digit nos / Day 4 / Day 5 Multi-step problems

Number: Pink = Taught and well covered, Yellow = In teaching and covered a bit, Blue = mentioned and covered in activities but not in teaching

Nat Curriculum Objective / YEAR 3 Number:
Multiplication and Division / YEAR 4 Number:
Multiplication and Division
Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 multiplication tables / Write and calculate mathematical statements for × and ÷ using the multiplication tables that they know, including for 2-digit numbers times 1-digit numbers, using mental and progressing to formal written methods / Solve problems, including missing number problems, involving × and ÷, including positive integer scaling problems and correspondence problems in which n objects are connected to m objects. / Recall multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12 × 12 / Use place value, known and derived facts to multiply and divide mentally, including: multiplying by 0 and 1; dividing by 1; multiplying together three numbers / Recognise and use factor pairs and commutativity in mental calculations / Multiply 2-digit and 3-digit numbers by a one-digit number using formal written layout / Solve problems involving multiplying & adding, including using the distributive law to multiply 2-digit numbers by 1 digit, integer scaling problems and harder correspondence problems such as n objects are connected to m objects.
Autumn
AUTUMN Week 5 / Days 1 & 2 Double and halve 2-digit nos, Days 3–5
2, 5, 10 × tables / Days 3-5
3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 8x tables / Days 1 and 2
Doubling/halving
2-d and 3-d nos / Day 3 Commutativity / Days 1, 2 and 5
Double/halve 2-d and 3-d nos; function machines
AUTUMN Week 10 / Days 1 &2 – 3 & 4 × / Days 4 and 5 - division / Days 3 and 4 / Days 1-5 / Days 1-3 Grid ×
Days 4 & 5 ÷ / Days 1-3 grid × / Days 1-3 Grid ×, day 3 investigation
AUTUMN Week 11 / Days 2, 3, 4
Halving and doubling / Day 3 / Days 1 & 2 Division
Spring
SPRING Week 6 / Days 2-4
× /÷ 10,100 / Day 5 Function machines
SPRING Week 10 / Days 1-4
8 × table and other tables / Days 2-4 / Day 5 Word problems / Days 1-3
7 & 9 × table, then all tables to 12 × 10 / Day 5 / Days 2-4 / Day 4 Investigation
SPRING Week 11 / Days 1 and 2
×/÷ using halving and doubling / Day 4 11 and 12 × tables / Day 5 / Days 1-3
Summer
SUMMER
Week 5 / Day 3 1-5, 8 and 10 × tables / Days 1-3
Doubling , halving, tables incl division
Days 4 & 5 Grid method / Days 2 and 5 Investigations
SUMMER Week 7 / Days 1 & 2 ×/÷ by 4 and 10
Days 4 & 5 Division / Days 1 & 2 Scaling problems
Day 3 correspondence problems
Day 4 ÷ investigation / Day 1 / Day 2 Multiply 3 nos together
Days 4 & 5 Division / Day 3 / Days 2 & 3 Scaling and correspondence problems
Days 4 and 5 division investigations.
SUMMER Week 9 / Days 2 and 3 use tables facts / Days 1 & 2 / Day 1 Factors
Day 2 Division
SUMMER Week 11 / Days 3 & 4 Grid method and ÷ / Day 5 Word problems / Day 4 / Days 1 & 2 Ladder method / Days 3 & 5 Multi-step problems involving × and +

Number: Pink = Taught and well covered, Yellow = In teaching and covered a bit, Blue = mentioned and covered in activities but not in teaching

Nat Curriculum Objective / YEAR 3 Number: Fractions / YEAR 4 Number: Fractions and Decimals
Count up & down in tenths; recognise that tenths arise from dividing an object into 10 equal parts and in dividing 1-digit numbers or quantities by 10 / Recognise, find & write fractions of a discrete set of objects: unit fractions & non-unit fractions with small denominators / Recognise and use fractions as numbers: unit fractions and non-unit fractions with small denominators / Recognise and show, using diagrams, equivalent fractions with small denominators / Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator within one whole [for example, 5/7 + 1/7 = 6/7 ] / Compare and order unit fractions, and fractions with the same denominators / Solve problems that involve all of the above / Recognise and show, using diagrams, families of common equivalent fractions / Count up and down in hundredths; recognise that hundredths arise when dividing an object by one hundred and dividing tenths by ten / Solve problems involving increasingly harder fractions to calculate quantities, and fractions to divide quantities, including non-unit fractions where the ans is a whole number. / Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator / Recognise and write decimal equivalents of any number of tenths or hundredths / Recognise and write decimal equivalents to ¼ ½ ¾ / Find effect of dividing a one- or two-digit no. by 10 and 100, identifying the value of the digits in the answer as ones, tenths and hundredths / Round decimals with one decimal place to the nearest whole number / Compare numbers with the same number of decimal places up to two decimal places / Solve simple measure and money problems involving fractions and decimals to two decimal places
Autumn
AUTUMN Week 7 / Days 4 and 5 Money
AUTUMN Week 11 / Days 1-5 / Day 3 Counting / Days 4 and 5 / Day 5 Fractions
Spring
SPRING Week 1 / Days 2-4 Tenths / Day 1 ÷ by 10 to give 0.1s / Day 5 1dp
SPRING Week 2 / Days 4, 5 Money
SPRING Week 4 / Day 1 2dp in metres
SPRING Week 5 / Days 2 & 3 / Days 1, 4, 5 / Days 1 & 4 / Day 5
Fractions that total 1 / Day 4 / Days 1-4 / Day 5 / Day 4
Tenths
SPRING Week 6 / Day 1 ÷ by 10 to give 0.1s
SPRING Week 11 / Days 3-5 / Day 5 Word problems
Summer
SUMMER
Week 5 / Days 2-4 ×/÷ 10,100 to give hundredths / Day 4 / Days 2-4 / Day 1
SUMMER
Week 6 / Days 3 & 4 Count in steps of 0.01 / Day 1 / Day 5
SUMMER
Week 9 / Day 1 / Days 1-3 / Day 1 / Day 4 / Day 5 / Day 2 / Day 4 / Days 3 and 5 / Day 4 / Day 4

Measurement Pink = Taught and well covered, Yellow = In teaching and covered a bit, Blue = mentioned and covered in activities but not in teaching

Nat Curriculum Objective / YEAR 3 Measurement / YEAR 4 Measurement
Measure, compare, add and subtract: lengths (m/cm/mm); mass (kg/g); volume/capacity (l/ml) / Measure the perimeter of simple 2-D shapes / Add and subtract amounts of money to give change, using both £ and p in practical contexts / Tell and write the time from an analogue clock, including using Roman numerals from I to XII, and 12-hour and 24-hour clocks / Estimate and read time with increasing accuracy to the nearest minute; record and compare time in terms of seconds, minutes and hours; use vocabulary such as o’clock, a.m./p.m., morning, afternoon, noon and midnight / Know the number of seconds in a minute and the number of days in each month, year and leap year / Compare durations of events [for example to calculate the time taken by particular events or tasks]. / Convert between different units of measure [for example, kilometre to metre; hour to minute] / measure and calculate the perimeter of a rectilinear figure (including squares) in centimetres and metres / find the area of rectilinear shapes by counting squares / estimate, compare and calculate different measures, including money in pounds and pence / read, write and convert time between analogue and digital 12- and 24-hour clocks / solve problems involving converting from hours to minutes; minutes to seconds; years to months; weeks to days
Autumn
AUTUMN Week 3 / Day 5 Find change from £1
AUTUMN Week 6 / Day 3 + and – using place value
AUTUMN Week 7 / Days 4 & 5 Money
AUTUMN Week 9 / Days 1-3
Time to 5 mins, am & pm, Roman numerals in plenary / Days 1-3
Times to 5 mins, am & pm / Day 4
Seconds in minute / Day 4
Time events / Days 1-3 (12-hr only) / Day 4 minutes and seconds
Spring
SPRING Week 1 / Day 4 cm to mm
SPRING Week 2 / Day 3 / Days 4 & 5 Money
SPRING Week 3 / Days 1, 2, Money
SPRING Week 4 / Days 1-5
Length and weight / Days 1-3 convert mm, cm, m, g, kg / Days 4, 5 Estimate measures
SPRING Week 6 / Day 1 + and – using place value
SPRING Week 9 / Days 1 and 2, time to the nearest min, 12-hr / Days 1 and 2, time to the nearest min, 12-hr / Days 3 & 4
Calculate time intervals / Days 1-3
Summer
SUMMER
Week 3 / Day 5 + and – using place value
SUMMER Week 4 / Days 1-3 Capacity and length / Day 3 / Days 4 & 5
Find change differences / Days 2-4 / Day 5
SUMMER Week 10 / Days 4 & 5
Find change / Days 1 & 2 / Days 1 & 2
Time to the nearest min, am, pm / Day 3 / Day 2 Compare time durations / Day 5

Shape Pink = Taught and well covered, Yellow = In teaching and covered a bit, Blue = mentioned and covered in activities but not in teaching