Citron 2025-2026

Welcome to Year 4 and Team Citron

Your teacher is Miss Palmer

Your teaching assistants are Miss Routledge, Mrs O'Shea, Mr Dakin and Mrs Elson

In English this week, we began reading the story of ‘Hermelin’ by Mini Grey. We explored the story and shared our thoughts before taking on the roles of the characters, and writing letters. We focussed on the use of conjunctions and layout features. Next week, we will continue with the story. We will take part in a freeze frame to show how Hermelin feels in the story and write a diary entry about what he saw, focussing on using adjectives to describe his feelings. We will then plan and write our own short stories using the same structure as… ‘The Dramatic Rescue of Baby McMumbo.’

This week in Maths, we have been learning a new times table – the threes! We have practiced counting in 3s and linked this to the three times tables. We have also used our three times tables to help us solve a range of worded problems and used the distributive law to help us solve unknown times tables facts from the three times tables. As an example, we learnt that 3 x 6 is the same as saying 3 x 5 + 3, so if you know 3 x 5, then you can work out 3 x 6 by adding one more group of 3! We have also consolidated our new learning by doing some rockin’, focusing particularly on the 3x tables. Next week, we will be moving on to learning about the 6x table. 

In DT, we enjoyed designing our Christmas decoration using annotated sketches. We thought about the purpose of our product and the colours, shapes and embellishments we would like to use, while thinking about the intended user.

In PSHE, we talked about, and questioned how and why we can make assumptions based on what people look like and what influences us to do this. We also talked about how first impressions of someone can change when we get to know them, and accept people for who they are. Finally, we reflected on how it is best to try and not make assumptions about people and why this is.

In French, we learnt to describe what someone is wearing, (using il or elle accurately) and practised knowing whether adjectives need to go before or after the noun.

Bon weekend, everyone!

PE days for year 4 will be on Mondays and Thursdays

Please bring in library books on a Friday

Well done to our Weekly Award Winners

Harry Nelson

Connie Ansh

Eoghan Yasmine

Darcy Samuel

Jessica Avneet Reece Harry

Celebrating Home Learning - Well Done to our weekly Rockers 

Rock Stars 6 times: Jessica Patrick Alisa

Rock Stars 7 times: William

Top 10 Ranveer Joshua Jessica Patrick William Erin Isabella Darcy Ansh Grace

Celebrating Home Learning - Well Done to our weekly Readers

At Least 5 Times Every Week: Kai Alisa	At Least 7 Times Every Week: Patrick Isabella Jessica Erin Harry William

Web links that you may find helpful

• www.bbc.co.uk/history
• BBC Bitesize - KS2 Science
• BBC Bitesize - Dance Mat Typing Build speed of typing in a fun and challenging way
• CBBC - Newsround An engaging news based website.
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z82hsbk/year/zmyxxycBBC
• Books To Make You Feel Better..pdf

Documents you may find useful

• key-word-spelling-lists.docx
• Spelling Lists - All Year Groups.pdf
• Grammatical Terminology Prompt.pdf

 

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