Citron

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

We have had a very busy half term in year 4!

As Historians, we have enjoyed learning lots about the Ancient Egyptians! We have learnt when this ancient civilization began and where they chose to settle. We have used a range of sources, including artefacts and artist pictures, to discover more about the Ancient Egyptians and build a picture of what day-to-day life may have been like for this fascinating group of people. We have spoken about some of the Ancient Egyptians’ major achievements and why they are important including mummification and the pyramids. Did you know they invented wigs, make up, the police and two different types of clock?! Finally, we have looked at the ancient process of mummification and even used oranges to explore the process of mummification for ourselves!

In Design Technology, we have been making our own nightlights. We started the topic by investigating a range of different types of battery-operated lights. We really enjoyed looking at the different designs and exploring how they work, including the different ways to turn them on and off. We then designed and made our own, using the ancient Egyptians for inspiration, and evaluated them against our initial design criteria. We really enjoyed using tissue paper and PVA glue to create our lights, then adding detail with Egyptian images. After this, we were able to apply our science knowledge from this half term’s Science topic of ‘Electricity’, to create an electrical circuit with a switch to light up our night lights!

Our DT topic has linked very well with our science topic this half term. As scientists, we have been learning all about electricity. We have looked at how electricity works, different conductors and insulators and investigated the way in which circuits work. We really enjoyed using the electrical equipment such as wires, batteries and bulbs to create our own circuits! We have experimented with different materials, and included a switch into our circuits as well. It was so exciting seeing our lightbulbs light up when our circuits were complete!

In Computing, we have really enjoyed working with the programme ‘Logo’ and learning to use a range of commands to create different shapes on our computer grids. We have mastered squares, hexagons, decagons and have also coded letters of the alphabet including the initials of our own names!

Next half term, we have lots to look forward to! In Science, we will be starting a brand new topic called ‘Animals Including Humans’ where we will look at teeth and other parts of the digestive system. In History and Geography we will be continuing to explore the Ancient Egyptians and for DT, we can’t wait to get baking with Ms Pyke and have a go at making our own Egyptian sweet rolls!

Have a lovely half term everyone!