Livingstone Primary & Nursery School WK1 JUNE 2024

We had a fantastic first week full of enthusiasm and great learning! Our core book this week has been ‘The train ride’, so the children have been role playing getting on and off the train, travelling to the seaside and even Spain and Greece by different modes of transport. We have also been exploring different forces ; magnetic, pushing, pulling and rolling due to gravity. The lovely warm weather has allowed the children to spend time in the outdoor area doing shadow drawing and exploring colour mixing using trains.

Phonics: This week we have been learning the sounds /e/ (like elephant) and /f/ (like flower).

Welcome back to our last term in Year 1! We began studying The Gingerbread Man in our English lessons. The children acted out the story with excellent expression and remembered the repeated refrains. We started to write the beginning of the story using our story maps, and Mrs. Hunter and I were really impressed with their progress!

In Maths, we are comparing 2-digit numbers as well as finding one more and one less than a given number. Our afternoon sessions were very busy with Computing. The children used Purple Mash to create their own stories using animation, sound recording and drawing tools. Have a look at their saved work on Purple Mash under the Year 1 file.

Next week is our Phonics Screening Check, so please make sure you continue to practise your Set 2 and 3 sounds and read your Read Write Inc books for at least 10 minutes everyday.

Achievement awards this week go to Tameem and Arshin for their incredible animated Gingerbread Man story. Well done you two!

We have had a very busy first week in KF1. It was lovely hearing all the children's half term news. In Maths we have been working on addition including one more and one less.

In English we have been reading The Tiger who Came to Tea. The children loved this story. We used colourful semantics and sequencing pictures to retell the story. We even had our very own tea party and had a tiger come to tea!

We had a Chicken shed workshop this week where the children engaged in numerous activities encouraging them to have their own voice and understand different emotions. We are looking forward to next week's session.

What fun we had on our trip to Aldenham country park. The children got to explore the farm and had great time in the adventure playground.

The achievement award goes to all of KF1 for working so hard this week and their brilliant behaviour on our trip.

Well done KF1

This week in Maths, we have been looking at how to convert from analogue to 12-hour and 24-hour digital times. In English, we have started exploring persuasive adverts through role play. Turns out the children can be very persuasive! In D&T, we have finally created our dips which the children absolutely loved. We definitely have some talented chefs in year 4, I hope you enjoyed them as much as we did.

Homework:

Recap all times tables on TTRS

Maths: Time - pages 104 and 105

Reading: The Suitcase Kid - Question set 2 - pages 50 and 51

This week, Year 6 have been designing a theme park and carefully using their budget to make it cost effective in Maths. The children have also begun to think about their transition to Year 7, in regards to setting themselves targets that they’d like to achieve and reflecting on their time at Livingstone. They have also begun to learn the songs and dances for our show ‘The Lion King’. Auditions will begin on Wednesday so the children have parts of the script to rehearse in preparation for this.

In Science, they have been looking at the heart and how a healthy diet and exercise will help them live longer and healthier lives.

This afternoon, Year 6 took part in a Barnet sports transition festival with Monkfrith where they represented Livingstone with their usual positive attitudes.

Swimming begins on Monday 17th June for 2 weeks. There are still some permissions outstanding. The children need a swimming hat and googles - it is a requirement of the leisure centre.

Next week, Year 6 have two trips:

Tuesday 11th June – The Neasden Mandir – please send in your child with a packed lunch and drinks. They can also bring £5 spending money. Full school uniform to be worn. Not PE kits.

Friday 14th June– Chessington – please ensure your child is in school by 7:45am as we are leaving at 8am and aim to be back for 4:30pm. Your child can wear their own clothes with appropriate footwear but need their school jumper or fleece. They will need a packed lunch and plenty of drinks. Please look at the weather forecast and send in the appropriate clothes i.e. raincoat or sunhat and sun cream. Spending money is also allowed.

Please ensure you have given permission and made payments for these trips on School Money.

This week’s achievement awards go to George for his Science work on the heart, and Grace for being a good role model and always working hard. Well done to you both!