Year 4 — around age 9

686 skills are in play around age 9 (year 4) — you’re not meant to track them all. They span 8 subjects, from English to Learning to Learn, and every one links to what it builds on, so you can always step back a rung.

686 skills

Ages are typical, not deadlines. A skill appears here when age 9 falls inside its typical range.

If something feels off…

Questions parents often ask around this age

“My child can’t tell the time.”Clock-reading starts with numbers, not clocks “My child doesn’t know their times tables.”Times tables grow out of counting “My child is behind in maths.”It’s usually one missing step, not the whole subject “My child won’t write.”Writing is three jobs at once “My child can’t spell.”Spelling is sound work before it’s memory work

Nothing here is a checklist — these are just the questions that come up most at this age, each with what’s usually going on underneath.

Start with these

Literacy and numeracy hinges for this age — each one links to its signs.

12-hour and 24-hour timeMeasurementages 8–9 All times tables to 12×12Multiplication & Divisionages 8–9 Planning Ideas Before WritingWriting Compositionages 6–10 HomophonesSpelling & Word Studyages 7–9 Listening and respondingSpeaking & Listeningages 4–11 Fraction NotationFractionsages 6–9

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686 skills are in play around this age — you’re not meant to scan them all. Search for the one you mean, or start from a stuck question.

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The full list isn’t in this page — search above, or pick a subject. Every skill still has its own page.

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