Maths Medium Term plan – Spring 2
Driver: Science
Year 3/4
Main learning Challenge: How will Peter hear the wolf?
Who is Peter Pan?
Maths Learning
Challenge
Addition and subtraction
Fractions
Y3 - Can you add 3d
numbers using informal
methods?
Can you solve problems
related to + and -?
Y3 - Can you recognise,
find and write fractions
of a discrete set of
objects/numbers: unit
fractions and non-unit
fractions with small
denominators?
Y4 - Can you solve
addition and subtraction
two-step problems in
contexts, deciding
which operations and
methods to use and
why?
Y4 - Can you solve
simple measure and
money problems
involving fractions and
decimals to two decimal
places?
How could Hook cast a shadow?
Time
Y3 - Can you recognise
Roman numerals from I
to XII?
Y4 – Can you 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?
(Crocodile’s clock)
Multiplication and
division
Y3 – Can you multiply
2d x 1d using formal
methods
(multiplication
grids)?
Can you solve 1 step
problems selecting
the correct
calculation (+/ - or
x/ ÷), including
positive integer
scaling problems?
Y4 - Can you
estimate and use
inverse operations
to check answers to
a calculation?
Can you multiply
three-digit numbers
by a one-digit
number using formal
written layout?
How could
Tinkerbelle help
Laszlo
understand
light?
Shape
Y3 – Can you
identify horizontal
and vertical lines
and pairs of
perpendicular and
parallel lines?
Y4 –Can you
identify lines of
symmetry in 2-D
shapes presented
in different
orientations?
Can you complete a
simple symmetric
figure with
respect to a
specific line of
symmetry?
Poetry Focus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=-3m_V1XNPxA
Addition,
subtraction,
multiplication and
division.
Y3 - Can you solve
1 step problems
selecting the
correct
calculation?
Y4 - Can you
estimate and use
inverse operations
to check answers
to a calculation?
Time
Y3 - Can you read the
12-hour and 24-hour
clocks?
Do you know the
number of days in
each month, year and
leap year?
Y4 - Can you read,
write and convert
time between analogue
and digital 12- and 24hour clocks?
Can you solve
problems involving
converting from hours
to minutes; minutes to
seconds; years to
months; weeks to
days?
Maths Medium Term plan – Spring 2
Basic Skills Focus
y3
Basic skill y4
Number
Year 3/4
Y3- 8 x tables
Y3- 8 x tables
Y3 – 8 x tables
Y3- 3 and 4 x table
Y3- 3 and 4 x table
Y3- 3 and 4 x table
y3- 3, 4, 8 x tables
Multiples of 8
Inverse calculations
find 10 more
find 10 less
add/subtract vocab
formal method for
addition
problem solving vocab
Multiples of 8
Order fractions
Discrete data
Fraction vocab
Comparing fractions
Guided fraction
problems
Multiples of 5
X10, 100
Inverse skills
Multiples and factors
Roman numerals up to 12
Multiples of 3 and 4
÷ 10, 100
formal written
methods for
multiplication and
division
problem solving
vocab
Integer scaling
Recall and use ÷ 3
Inverse facts
Multiples and
factors
Shape vocab –
parallel lines and
perpendicular lines
Recall and use ÷ 4
Multiples of 3 and
4
Worded problems
linked to different
operations
Problem solving
vocab
÷10, 100
Finding the inverse
Comparing multiples of
3, 4, 8
12 and 24 hour clock
vocab
Days, months, year
vocab
Y4
Y4
Y4
Y4
Y4
Y4
Y4
6x
Formal methods of
addition and subtraction
Problem solving vocab
Choosing right methods
Worded problems
7x
0.7 x table
Fraction vocab
Problem solving vocab
Problems related to
measure and money
8x
Recall of roman
numerals up to 100
Vocabulary relating to
roman numerals
Zero and place value
How the system has
changed
9x
Estimation skills
Inverse facts
Revision of
multiplication and
division methods
Venn diagram
HCF, LCF, product
12x
Vocabulary –
symmetry,
horizontal,
vertical, parallel
Different
orientations of
shape
All
Multiples of 6, 7,
8, 9, 12
Inverse facts
Square numbers
Operation methods
Problem solving
vocab
all
analogue and digital
vocab
comparing units of
time
converting time (hours
to minutes etc)
y3- Multiples of
Y3- multiples of 3,
4 and 8
Y3 Multiples of 8, 50
x4,
Y3- Multiples of
8, 50
x4,
y4- rounding to nearest
10 and 100
Y3- compare and order
numbers to 100
count in multiples of 50
y4-
Estimate and use
inverse operations to
check answers to a
calculation
Y3- Multiples of
8, 50
x4,
Y4 - Order and compare
numbers beyond 1000
Y3- count in
multiples of 100
Y4 - Estimate and
use inverse
operations to check
answers to a
calculation
8, 50
x4,
Y4 - recall
multiplication and
division facts for
multiplication
tables up to 12 × 12
Y4 - Estimate and
use inverse
operations to
check answers to a
calculation
Maths Medium Term plan – Spring 2
Calculation
Shape and
Measure
Problem solving
Generalising
Reasoning
Addition
subtraction
Year 3/4
Mental division for
fractions
Mental
Addition/Subtraction
Multiplication and
division
Money
Time
rising star example questions
nctem
venn diagrams
always/sometimes/ never
challenge cards
NRICH
reasoning books
Multiplication and
Division
shape
rising stars problem solving/ reasoning
books
Mastery documents
Key Vocabulary
Sum, total, add, more,
plus, make altogether,
equal to, double, units,
partition
Denominator,
numerator, tenths,
equivalent,
Numerals
Vxlc
Wider curriculum
opportunities/lin
ks
Write a shopping list for
the lost boys and add
the total
What fraction of our
class is scared of Hook?
Create a Roman
Numeral clock for the
crocodile
Pre teaching
Pre teach addition and fractions
All operations
complete the sequence
Multiple, product
Share, equally, each,
divide, into, grouping,
inverse, multiple
remainder, product
Share out the pirates
treasure
Roman numerals multiplying
Using mirrors to
complete the other
side of the shape
picture
reflections
Create a poster to
show when you use all
four operations in real
life
Write a time poem