Middle Phase Documents and Information 2025-2026
Weekly Homework Requirements
- Complete weekly Maths and Grammar/Reading Comprehension CGP homework that will be collected and handed out every Monday.
If your child is struggling with their Maths homework, please find videos below which go through the methods we teach in class.
- Spelling games completed on Spelling Shed each week.
- Online times tables games need to be completed weekly, this can be MTC practice or on Times Tables Rockstars (battle).
- Regular reading.
How you can support your child with reading at home
- Each week, the children will bring home a reading book. This will be one of our Big Cat books (these are either phonetically selected or age based). If your child is still completing the Little Wandle programme, they will bring their reading book home at the end of the week.
- Please can you ensure that you are reading with your child every evening where possible and signing their reading record.
- Your child also has a Reading for Pleasure which they have chosen from the library and wish to read at home.
Learning Times Tables in Years 3 and 4
Starting times tables practice in Year 3 builds strong umber confidence early, giving your child the solid foundation they need to shine in the Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check and beyond.
In Year 3, your child will learn the following times tables:
- 2x, 5x and 10x table- this is revisited from Y2
- 3x, 4x and 8x tables
In Year 4, your child will learn the following times tables:
- 2x, 5x, 10x, 3x, 4x and 8x tables- this is revisited from Y2 and Y3
- 6x, 7x, 9x, 11x and 12x tables
Logging onto Times Tables Rockstars to practise times tables will help your child to learn them in a fun and engaging way! Your child's password to access Times Tables Rockstars can be found at the back of their reading record.
Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check
What is the Y4 Multiplication Tables Check and what is its purpose?
All state-funded maintained schools and academies (including free schools) in England are required to administer an online multiplication tables check (MTC) to Year 4 pupils.
The National Curriculum specifies that pupils should be taught to recall the multiplication tables up to and including 12 × 12 by the end of Year 4.
The purpose of the Multiplication Tables Check is to determine whether pupils can recall their times tables fluently, which is essential for future success in mathematics. It will help us at St Mary’s to identify pupils who have not yet mastered their times tables, so that additional support can be provided.
The MTC is planned to take place this academic year in June 2026
What will the Multiplication Tables Check look like?
The check will be administered online and on-screen using a tablet The check will take approximately five minutes to complete. There will be twenty-five questions, worth one mark each. Pupils will have 6 seconds to enter a response to the question and the 6 seconds start as soon as the question appears.
Once the pupil has input their answer, they can press enter to proceed. Once the question is answered, there will be a 3 second pause before the next question appears.
If the pupil does not answer the question in the 6 seconds given, it will automatically move onto the next question after the 3 second pause.
How can I help my child with practising their times tables at home?
How to add fractions
Short Multiplication
Written Addition
Multiplying by 10 and 100
Short Division
Written Subtraction
Please find below, an example of an expected piece of writing for Year 3 by the end of the year.
Please find below, an example of an expected piece of writing for Year 4 by the end of the year.
Y3/4 Ermin with Mrs Childs
Y3/4 Malmesbury with Mrs Everitt
Y3/4 Stonehenge with Mr Ward
