Year 4 homework focuses on reinforcing key literacy and numeracy skills. Mathletics provides interactive activities to support maths learning, while home reading helps build comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency. Regular practice in both areas strengthen foundational skills and fosters independent learning.
Additionally, throughout the year, students will complete projects designed to enhance a key learning area, allowing them to explore concepts in greater depth and develop important research and problem-solving skills.
Year 4 Homework Requirements
Daily Home Reading (compulsory)
Mathletics (compulsory)
Reading - Decodable Readers, Class Library and School Library
A regular routine with daily reading where possible is proven to greatly benefit children’s reading progress. In Years 2-6, as they become more independent, students should read silently or aloud for a minimum of 20 minutes each day.
Students will borrow and return 2-3 readers for the week every week. In addition, students should also borrow different types of books from the school library.
Decodable Readers
Decodable texts are texts specifically written for beginning readers as they are developing their blending and segmenting skills and their knowledge of the alphabetic code. Decodable texts contain a very large percentage of words that incorporate the letter-sound relationships that students are being explicitly taught in class. They increase with complexity as the student learns more of the phonetic code.
Some students in Years 3-6 may also take home some decodable readers, if an assessment has determined there are gaps in their phonic knowledge.
If your child brings home any decodable texts, please encourage them to read their decodable texts several times and work with them to complete any suggested activities that are recommended in the book.
Class library
Each week, your child will select a book of interest from the class library to take home. These books are not levelled, as the goal is to provide students with the opportunity to engage with a variety of texts on different topics, fostering a love for reading.
Exposure to a diverse range of texts enhances a child's background knowledge of the world and contributes significantly to vocabulary development, both of which are essential for strong reading comprehension.
Premiers Reading Challenge (PRC)
This is compulsory for all students. Students are expected to borrow PRC books from the library and record the books they have read online. Students need to have read 20 books by Term 3, 10 PRC approved books from the school library and 10 books of the student’s choice.
Mathletics
Tasks are assigned weekly and reinforce the content taught in class.