Welcome to Year 4! 

In Year 4, the class teacher is Mrs Fuller. Year 4 are supported in their learning by Mrs Weller (LSA). 

If you have any questions, please come and speak to Mrs Fuller. If she is not around at the beginning and end of the day, you can contact the school office and request an appointment. 

Keep referring back to this page for regular updates about the children's learning. 

2025-2026

Welcome to year 4, I am so excited to be teaching you this year.

On this page, I will update you with the learning that is happening in year 4 along with some photos of learning in action. In addition, we will upload your half termly newsletters and homework reminders.

Update - wb Monday 20th October

English

During our English lessons this week, the children have been looking at using direct speech to show when characters are speaking. They have looked at different punctuation for direct speech including: inverted commas, question marks, exclamation marks and others. The children have also been challenged to think about alternative words for 'said' and moving their reporting clause. 

Reading

During our Reading lessons this week, we have finished reading our class novel 'How to train your dragon'. Once we had finished reading the text, we had a 'Book Talk' where we talked about our favourite parts of the story including events and characters. We finished the week writing a book review of the text and why others may wish to read this.

Maths 

This week has continued with an addition and subtraction focus. The children have been using 'Checking Strategies' for their calculations. One strategy that they have used is using the inverse operation to check that an answer is correct. They have used their formal methods of column method and subtraction with numbers up to 10,000. 

Please continue to help your child with these methods at home. 

Science 

In Science this week, the children started by exploring what happened in their teeth investigation. The children set up a range of hard boiled eggs and placed them in a range of liquids including: coca cola, orange squash, milk and water. They observed the changes over time and then thought about reasons for this. They then responded into their Science books by explaining what happened and how this could impact our teeth. They also discussed how to care for their teeth as they get older. 

Update - wb 13th October

WOW! Well done Y4 for another fantastic week here at Chiltern! 

English

The children have continued learning about 'Leon and the place between' by using different writing skills such as prepositions and adverbs for cohesion in their written work. They have then written their final pieces and edited them too. On Friday, the Y4’s shared their written work with the Y3 children. 

Maths

The children have been delving into the idea of 'efficient subtraction'. This is where they need to use what they already know to approach a calculation. They have used both the formal column method and more informal mental methods such as counting on to find the difference. They have been resilient because they have solved many different reasoning problems involving this. 

History

Our topic around Invasion has continued to grab the children's attention. They have discovered about how monasteries were important during Anglo Saxon Britain as well as exploring what everyday life was like for the Anglo Saxons in Britain. They used role play and freeze frames to get a real understanding of this. 

Update - wb 6th October

The children have had a great week at school learning about many different things. 

English

This week, the children have been exploring the key text 'Leon and the place between' where they have been thinking about the best descriptive writing that they can use for the different settings. They have also been writing different sentence types: simple, compound, complex and complex with fronted subordination. 

Maths

The children are currently learning about addition and subtraction using the formal column method. They have been looking at adding up to 4 digits with exchanging. They have also been looking at subtraction with exchanging too. They have been resilient and tried their best - keep it up Y4! 

Music

In the spirit of Autumn, the children have been listening to the song 'Conkers' and have been learning to sing this in class. They have thought about how to keep in time with the music and how to follow the beat carefully.