1. Steph Scott – Maths Leader and Year 4 Teacher
LKS2 Maths Workshop
Steph Scott – Maths Leader and Year 4 Teacher

2. Connective Model
Symbols
Vocabulary
Pictures
Apparatus

3. Resources Place value grids Beadstrings Base 10 Cubes Numberlines
100 squares and multiplication squares
Place value arrow cards
Place value counters
Numicon

4. Addition in Years 3 and 4
Learning column addition – this starts in a place value grid with counters.

5. Addition in Years 3 and 4
Learning column addition – expanded method

6. Addition in Years 3 and 4
Learning column addition – formal method

7. Subtraction in Years 3 and 4
Taking away
Counting back – for when the amount you are taking away is very small. E.g
Finding the difference
Counting on – for when the amount you are taking away is only slightly smaller than the amount you started with. E.g

8. Subtraction in Years 3 and 4
Subtracting using base 10 or counters as pictorial representations

9. Subtraction in Years 3 and 4
Subtracting using expanded column method
Exchanging – not borrowing.

10. Subtraction in Years 3 and 4
Subtracting using column method
Exchanging – not borrowing.

11. Multiplication in Years 3 and 4
By the end of Year 4 – must know all times tables up to 12 x 12
Must know that multiplication is commutative (12 x 4 is the same as 4 x 12)
Must understand distributive law
-15 x 3 can be made easier:
– 10 x 3 and 5 x 3

12. Multiplication in Years 3 and 4
In KS1 children record in an array
4 x 5

13. Multiplication in Years 3 and 4
Children begin to learn that numbers can be partitioned in order to multiply easily.
Children show this using arrays and base 10.
E.g. 20 x 5 is the same as 10 x x 5
10 x 5
10 x 5

14. Area method/grid method
The use of partitioned arrays leads to grid method

15. Short multiplication

16. Division in Years 3 and 4
Division on a number line

17. ‘Bus stop’ division
By the end of year 4, children are expected to be able to
divide using short division giving exact answers (not remainders)

18. Multi-symbol questions
5 x 4 x 3 =
7 x =
13 x 4 – 7 =
> ___
12 x 4 = __ x 6

19. Fractions Fractions are taught in lots of different contexts:
Fractions of numbers
Fractions of shapes
Fractions of objects e.g. A length of ribbon
Fractions of sets of objects e.g. Pencils
Fractions of distances
Fractions on a number line
While children are still grasping the concept, lessons are very practical.

21. Decimals
Children introduced to decimals through the context of measures (e.g. 3.5cm) during year 3
In year 4, children taught about tenths and hundredths.

23. KIRFs
One per half term
Practise daily to improve fluency and number facts

24. FAST Maths
Every day
3 minutes to complete. Must be errorless

25. What you can do at home
Discuss prices when you’re out shopping. Ask your child to keep a running estimate for the total of your bill.
Find examples of fractions in every day life, such as in the newspaper.
Work out how much time you spend doing different things each day. Make a timetable.
Look at different temperatures when watching the weather, and discuss where is the coldest/hottest.
Talk about supermarket offers e.g. 3 for 2 or buy one get one half price. Work out what the best deals would be.
Small conversations, games, puzzles and patterns can make a big difference. They make maths relevant to the children.