Year 4 – Summer 1 - Maths Skills – Crime and Punishment

Number and Place Value
(2 weeks)
Revision opportunities.
Statistics
(2 weeks)
  • solve comparison, sum and difference problems using information presented in bar charts, pictograms, tables and other graphs
interpret and present discrete and continuous data using appropriate graphical methods, including bar charts and time graphs / Shape
(2 weeks)
  • compare and classify geometric shapes, including quadrilaterals and triangles, based on their properties and sizes
  • identify acute and obtuse angles and compare and order angles up to two right angles by size
  • identify lines of symmetry in 2-D shapes presented in different orientations
  • complete a simple symmetric figure with respect to a specific line of symmetry

Mental Maths
(throughout year)
  • count in multiples of 6, 7, 9, 25 and 1000
  • find 1000 more or less than a given number
  • count backwards 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
  • round any number to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000- read Roman numerals to 100 (I to C)
  • 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
  • count up and down in hundredths; recognise that hundredths arise when dividing an object by one hundred and dividing tenths by ten
  • recognise and write decimal equivalents of any number of tenths or hundredths

Maths TOPIC – Year 4 - Summer 1 (Friday)

Crime and Punishment / Number Challenges
How many police forces are there in England and Wales? Which is the largest police force? Smallest police force?
Shepton Mallet Prison was one of the oldest prisons in the UK. It opened in 1625, so how old is this prison when it closed in 2013? In what year would it have been 600 years old? / Calculation Challenges
The ‘White Tower’ of the ‘Tower of London’ was built in 1078. How old is the White Tower?
The Star Chamber located in the Palaces of Westminster witnessed trials between 1487 and 1641. How long is this?
Movement and Position Challenges
Plot on a coordinate map infamous places of Tudor Punishments e.g. ‘Pillory’, ‘Stocks’, ‘Scold’s Bridle’, ‘The Docking Stool’. Challenge the children to reflect coordinates in x and y axis. / Measurement Challenges
The Peak of the White Tower at the Tower of London is 27 metres. How many feet is this?
To be a Yeoman Warder the Tower of London, you need to have served in the forces for 22 years. How many months service is this?
Fraction Challenges
It is estimated that 70 000 people were executed during the reign of Henry. What is 1/5 of this number? 2/5 of this number? etc. / Data Challenges
It is estimated that during Henry VIII reign, 70000 people were executed. Henry reigned for around 38 years. On average, how many people were executed each year? / Shape Challenges
Display an image of a Tudor ‘pillory’. Challenge the children to identify right angles within the image.
Investigate images of ‘The Star Chamber’ –a famous court from history. Challenge the children to identify symmetry in the patterns within the images.