Maths curriculum in year 3/year 4 in most academic prep school

[Lolakath19]

Hi all, could someone tell me what children would learn in maths in year 3 and 4 in the most academic prep school please (boys and girls appreciated)?

THanks a lot

In academic prep school they might well be learning a year or two ahead of the national curriculum. They would also be doing more in depth learning. Look at the mastery curriculum.

See here for example.

Unlikely to be doing a mastery curriculum. Our Yr 3/4 children are generally working on Yr 4/5/6 old National curriculum topics dependent on which stream they are in. By the middle of year 5 they can score 70%+ on ISEB 11+ CE papers as a general rule of thumb. If not 90%+ for the very capable pupils.

Thanks for your answers. I am looking for something more concrete if possible for example, what do they do on fraction (sum of fraction like 2/3 + 5/6 = .., geometry (area/perimeter of triangles, rectangle, other shapes made of both, angles in a triangle), algebra? division by 2 digits numbers, time by minute etc?

Sorry I am not familiar at all with the UK curriculum

Have a look here for specific details about the national curriculum. At a selective prep school it might well be that the students are learning at least a year or two above the national curriculum.

My eldest is in Y2 and could add fractions (e.g. 2/7 + 1/5), understand perimeters and areas, trigonometry involving triangles and quads. but I think he's unusual and it's not normally taught until Y6.

sum of fraction like 2/3 + 5/6 = .., geometry (area/perimeter of triangles, rectangle, other shapes made of both, angles in a triangle), algebra? division by 2 digits numbers, time by minute etc?

My pretty average August born Y4 DS can do all of these things. He goes to a completely non-selective prep.

Have a look at the Y6 maths SATS papers. I'd expect an able mathematician to be able to do them in Y4. I've attached a couple of questions from this year's paper.

Looking at the questions @reefedsail posted I would expect a very able Y2/Y3 to be able to answer them and definitely a Y4/Y5 at an academic prep. An academic prep school will not only accelerate the curriculum by a year or so but should be learning in greater depth with an emphasis on problem solving. It would be fairly easy to teach an average student to add fractions and to learn the words "parameter" or "area" and how to calculate them but they should be learning to solve non standard questions and genuinely understanding the concepts and applying them in unfamiliar situations. Accelerating without this would serve no purpose for the child.