Livingstone Primary & Nursery School WK1 DEC 2023

Christmas Party and Fair

Friday 1^st December

Christmas has officially begun at Livingstone this week!

All the children have had a wonderful time bouncing away on the Disco Dome, decorating Gingerbread and visiting all the lovely festive stalls at the Kids Christmas Party.

Wow, The Christmas Fair was busy! It was fantastic to see so many of our families come along. As well as the activities mentioned above, our school choir sang beautifully to everyone, we also had our popular German Sausage BBQ, Tombola and Raffle to name a few.

Thank you to Mrs Cavozzi and Diane for making sure today was fun, organised and smooth running. Also, thank you to the parent/carer volunteers who gave up some of their time to help set up/clear up and work on the stalls. Not forgetting all our families, thank you for the generous donations and contributions.

More photos and information on how much we raised will be included in next week's newsletter.

We have lots more to look forward to this month - Santa is flying in on his sleigh on Tuesday 12th December. In the last week of term Year 3 and KS1 will perform their Christmas show and we can all wear our favourite Christmas jumper for Christmas lunch!

Thank you to all our families who attended the Years 3, 4 and 5 Reading workshops this week. We had over 20 families in each session and in Year 3's session we had 26 adults working with their children. We realise that many parents have taken the time off work, so thank you for attending.

Next week, we look forward to our Reception, Years 1, 2 and 6 families coming in to support us and their child/children to see how the school teaches reading.

It is important that someone from your family attends as it boosts your child’s confidence and reinforces a positive attitude towards learning. It can be Mum, Dad, Carers, a Grandparent, an Auntie or Uncle, older brother or sister... but someone please!

If you haven't already, click the date for your child's class and respond to the form, stating who will be attending to support your child.

Rec - Wednesday 6th December at 9:00am - 9:45am

Yr1 - Monday 4th December at 9:00am - 9.45am

Yr2 - Tuesday 5th December at 9:00am- 9.45am

Yr6 - Friday 8th December at 9:00am- 9.45am

Thank you for your continuous support and we look forward to seeing you there!

The whole school and our Parent Champions would like to congratulate Rosa Attille and her team for winning the North- West Royal Television Society award for Best Pre-school Childrens Programme - JoJo and Gran Gran Special, It's Time to Visit St. Lucia.

Rosa has been one of our guest speakers at our Parent Champion meetings and we look forward to seeing her again soon.

To find out more about our Parent Champions meetings, come along to one of the meetings. Meetings are held every second Friday of the month. Our next meeting will be on Friday 8th December 2023 at 9am in The Cabin.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Here's a clip of the wonderful JoJo and Gran Gran Special!

We are holding a Parent Governor election. The following might help you decide if this role would interest you. Becoming a governor is a very rewarding and worthwhile experience. Effective governors do not need educational expertise but do need to be committed to the school, willing to ask questions and offer appropriate challenge and support.

• Governors are elected for a four-year term. They attend four Governing Body meetings a year, which are held in the evening, as well as termly committee meetings. The Governing Body makes decisions collectively.
• The prime focus of the Governing Body is to develop the strategic direction of the school, be accountable to stakeholders and ensure that financial resources are spent appropriately. Governors need to work as an enthusiastic member of the team with the aim of raising and maintaining high educational standards for all children. Governors are asked to act always with integrity, honesty and objectivity in the best interests of the School.
• All Governors are expected to read and understand straight forward budget reports and data information.
• Training is available to develop and enhance knowledge and skills.
• It is important to note that once elected, Parent Governors are a representative parent but not a delegate. This means they are not expected to report back to parents on any matters relating to the School or Governing Body without prior consent from the Governing Body.

If you would like to put yourself forward as an elected Parent Governor, please collect a nomination form from the school Office. This form should be completed, with AN accompanying personal statement of no more than 150 words and returned to the Headteacher no later than 12 NOON on Friday 8th December. The personal statement will only be used if more than two parents wish to be considered for nomination; in which case, a ballot will be held.

Mrs G Phelan

HEADTEACHER

Barnet Council’s Parking team has arranged free Dr Bike sessions run by qualified bicycle mechanics in December.

Members of the public can take along their bicycles to have a free, full safety check, which includes the condition of tyres, rims, gears, brake function and tyre pressure and adjustments can be made if required.

The sessions will take place on the following dates between 9am and 3pm.

Lodge Lane Car Park, North Finchley, N12 - 02/12/2023

Watling Avenue Car Park, Burnt Oak, HA8 - 03/12/2023

Stapylton Car Park, Barnet, EN5 - 09/12/2023

Marsh Drive Car Park, West Hendon, NW7 - 10/12/2023

Watling Avenue Car Park, Burnt Oak, HA8 - 16/12/2023

Lodge Lane Car Park, North Finchley, N12 - 17/12/2023

Marsh Drive Car Park, West Hendon, NW7 - 23/12/2023

Stapylton Car Park, Barnet, EN5 - 30/12/2023

Both adult and child bicycles can have the free safety check.