Livingstone Newsletter
March Week 1
World Book Day - 2025
Friday 7th March
Every year, we strive to make Book Week a highlight, and this year was no different. We organised a Mystery Book Swap, Buddy Reading, Performance Poetry recitals, and dressing up. On Thursday, everyone came in costume, and at the assembly, we not only admired the amazing outfits but also enjoyed poems performed by Nursery, Reception, Y1, and Yr2.
At the end of the day, pupils voted for the best costume, and today, the winners were announced to everyone:
First prize went to:
KF1 Finley - The Gingerbread Man
KF2 Daniel - Postman Pat
Rec Jessie - Bus
Y1 Ben - Doughnut
Y2 Bobby - Pink Flamingo
Y3 Billy- Pyramid and Mummy
Y4 Ellis - Fing Book
Y5 Scarlett - Hansel and Gretal House / Elsie & Daniella - Boy in the Girls Bathroom
Y6 Elia - Mythical Dragon
Every pupil received a £1 book token, a certificate, and a bookmark for their efforts, with the winners getting an additional book token.
A big thank you to Mrs. Cockburn and Mrs. Segal for organising the event, and a special shoutout to our Top Librarian, Mrs. Armstrong, who responded to the school council's requests for more books by purchasing the latest Wimpy Kid and Tom Gates books.
At Livingstone, we love reading so much that we have more events planned, including a visit to Pickled Pepper Book Shop and a visit from the world-famous MC Grammar.
Finally, the poetry performance was so brilliant that next week, the Key Stage 2 classes will get to showcase their recitals.
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Red Nose Day Friday 21st March
It's that time of year again, and this time we are raising money for Red Nose Day by having a sponsored Spelling Bee.
Each class will be given an adapted list of words to spell. Pupils who want to take part can learn the words and attempt to spell some or all of them in a mini spelling test.
If your child is not a natural speller and they would like to take part in a different way, they can copy the words in their best handwriting.
Another way of taking part in this event is to wear the colour red or any Red Nose merchandise and make a donation.
A letter like this one will be sent home on Monday. Parents/ Carers, if you would like to sponsor the number of words please do. The pupils have two weeks to practise, then we will see what happens on the day!
The children should bring their sponsorship forms before the day and results will be sent home on Red Nose Day. Any money that is raised needs to come in before Friday 4th April.
This letter is from Year 6 - Can Mr Boucon spell the 'On Fire' words???
In fact, can anybody even say the words???
Ex-Pupil goes to Buckingham Palace
One of our ex-pupils, took part in a Carpet Guard with the Sea Cadets this week in Buckingham Palace. The event was a fundraising event for T.S Royalist, a Sea Cadet Vessel. HRH The Princess Royal was in attendance as Patron of the Sea Cadet Corps, and Jaydon met and spoke with her.
Nursery & Kingfisher Nursery
What an exciting week we have had! Learning all about firefighters including a visit from a real fire engine and firefighters and World Book Day, wow we will need to rest this weekend!
We learned all about what a firefighter does, the equipment they wear and use, and the vehicles they drive. Some of us were lucky enough to sit in side the fire engine and to operate the hose.
We were brilliant at learning the signs for our Makaton song of the week: 5 little firefighters click on the link to watch and learn at home https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=x_I2ysM0w0g
We absolutely loved seeing all your fabulous costumes the book swap and buddy reading were also great fun.
Reception
A brilliantly busy week in Reception class all about books! We started reading our new key story 'Farmer Duck' by Martin Waddell and enjoyed discussing the characters in the story, we particularly liked when the animals chased the lazy old farmer!
We continued to discuss people who help us including dentists, farmers and fire-fighters and extremely enjoyed a visit from the fire truck!
World Book Day Thursday was a jam-packed day, we loved seeing all of the fantastic costumes and the children even performed a poem to the rest of the school called 'Brush your Teeth' Watch it here and see if they can sing it for you at home!
Year 1
This week Year 1 created their own levers and sliders based on their designs.
Then we started our new Computing topic on using ICT to share information. The pupils are learning how to login to Purple Mash and explore 2paint. Their logins are on the back of their reading diaries, so please feel free to have a go at home.
We were so excited to perform our poem, Alligator Pie, in front of the whole school and published our own poems in English. It was a great treat to have Year 5 read with us on World Book Day.
We continue to explore place value of numbers to 50 in maths and can use hundreds squares and number lines to help us find one more and one less than a number. The children continue to work hard during our daily phonics lessons.
Our achievement awards go to Roman and Isabelle for their enthusiastic performance of Alligator Pie! Well done you two!
Year 2
In Maths, we have found one quarter, two-quarters and three-quarters of shapes, objects and quantities. We have also recognised, named and found one-third of objects and quantities.
In English, children wrote in role to write a diary entry linked to 'Mrs Armitage on Wheels'. It was lovely to see their creative writing and informal language. We have finished learning about Animals including Humans in Science. We are now starting History where we learning about how transport has changed over time in our local area.
Also, Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed World Book Day. We got to perform a poem to the whole school and we had fun reading with Year 4 and 6. It goes without saying that Year 2 looked fabulous!
Homework
Maths-90 and 91. 92 is optional.
Reading- pages 58-61. See how many challenges you can get through.
Kai and George for their brilliant diary entries showing creative flair and character expression. Well done boy!
Kingfisher 1
This week in maths we were counting across 20, estimating and learning about one more and one less. The children participated in practical activities involving objects and number lines.
In English we continued our stories from other cultures. The children enjoyed finding information about African animals following Handa's noisy night. We researched information about bush babies and pangolins.
The children enjoyed world book day and they beautifully recited their Popcorn poem in assembly.
We also had a special treat, and we went to see a fire engine in our school fields
This weeks award goes to King for his great participation in assembly and great reading.
Year 3
Year 3 have been busy this week in Maths converting mm into cm and cm into m, to help with adding and subtracting lengths. In arithmetic we are relearning, repeating and recapping over methods previously learned to help us be more confident calculators.
In Science, we discovered what fossils are. Did you know that fossils are almost always found in sedimentary rocks? We even had the the opportunity to make our own cast fossils of dinosaurs!
In gymnastcis we wre learning to perform jumps safely off a range of
Finally in English, we used role play and talk for writing to generate vocabulary with a focus on adverbs to enhance and add clarity to instructions.
Homework
Maths: TTRS 15 minutes per day (No book this week)
Reading: pages 28 - 29
Our achievements this week go to Nirvani and Ethan B for showing excellent learning behaviours and challenging themselves in the Science investigations.
Year 4
Year 4 have had another good week. They have finished fractions and are moving onto decimals, next week. In English, the children have been practising using expanded noun phrases and their senses in preparation for their extended piece of writing.
In Art, the children have been developing their techniques in using shade and tone with paint to enable them to create a 3D picture at the end of the unit.
Homework pages
English - punctuation: pages 30 and 31
Maths: pages 68 and 69
This week's achievement award go to Yvette for her careful work in Art exploring tone and shade, and Ethan for his expanded noun phrases in English. Well done to you both!
Year 5
In Maths, the children learned about perimeter and calculated the perimeter of various 2D polygons.
In English, they learned about the perfect tense, main and subordinate clauses and subordinating conjunctions.
In DT, they have been tasked with creating a motorised car for an adult in the school to win the teachers' race! They were randomly given an adult to interview and design a car for. They planned them, ready to build next week.
Homework due by Weds 12th March
Maths: pages 72 and 73 (perimeter)
Punctuation (on paper): pages 10 and 12 (commas)
This week's awards go to Ryann for using Y5/6 punctuation more independently, and to Sufyan for pushing himself to make his writing more interesting - well done!
Year 6
In maths, we have been investigating angles in different polygons, deepening our understanding of circles, and exploring the properties of 3D shapes. In English, we have been focusing on how the passive voice and semi-colons can enhance our letters and improve the impact of our writing. In science, we have continued our exploration of evolution, studying Darwin’s finches and how they adapted to their environments.
Homework
Maths – Circles (pages 68 & 69)
SPaG – Subject and Object (pages 22 & 23)
Reminder – Dance Festival
The Dance Festival will take place on Wednesday 12th March. Children will need a packed lunch as we will be leaving at 11:30am to travel to the Arts Depot, where they will remain until the end of the evening performance. The evening performance begins at 7:00pm, and children need to be collected at 8:30pm from the Arts Depot.
This week's achievement awards go to Sheena for her excellent work on calculating interior angles of polygons, and to Lewis for his great use of the passive voice in English. Well done!
Kingfisher 2
This week in Maths we have continued our learning of place value. We have been estimating on number lines and using our knowledge to problem solve.
In English, we have written some excellent animal riddles based on the Julia Donaldson story 'Monkey Puzzle.' We really enjoyed guessing each other's animals.
We had a fabulous time dressing up on world book day and enjoyed being in role as our characters.
This week's award goes to Daniel for excellent animal riddles. Well done Daniel!
Years 3 and 4 Football Competition
Some Year 3 and 4 children took part in a football competition on Monday, showing fantastic skills and teamwork throughout the event. Everyone had positive attitude and positive mindset going into this competition making us all very proud. The team won some matches, drew others, and also experienced a few losses, but they never gave up. Most importantly, the children had a wonderful time and thoroughly enjoyed representing the school. Well done to Gino, Toby, Zachariah, Eli, Sienna Madle, Milo, Zachary, Lola and Ellis.
Maths Impact Meetings for Parents/Carers
We would like to invite you to our Maths Impact Sessions, where you will have opportunity to take part in activities with your child and their class teacher. The sessions start at 9:00am and end at 10:00am.
We highly recommend that you join us for this session so you can:
- see the variety of resources we use to support maths learning in school
- experience maths activities that your child completes
- work with your child
- get ideas on how to support and encourage your child’s maths learning at home
Please see below for the date of your child's class....
Reception -Wednesday 26th March
- Year 1 -Monday 31st March
- Year 2 -Tuesday 25th March
- Year 3 -Friday 28th March
- Year 4 -Thursday 27th March
- Year 5 - Monday 24th March
- Year 6 -Tuesday 1st April
If you are not able to attend, please encourage another family member to come and join us instead.
We look forward to seeing you all then.
MARCH 2025
Monday 10th:
- Science Week
- Deadline for Y5 PGL consent forms to be handed in
Wednesday 12th:
- Year 6 Dance Festival at the Arts Depot
- Year 5 France Trip Meeting for Parents/Carers, 3:15pm in Y5 classroom
Friday 14th:
- Parent Champion Coffee Morning, 9am in the Cabin
Wednesday 19th:
- Year 5/6 Rugby Union Festival, 12-3pm (pupils TBC)
Friday 21st:
- KF1 and KF2 Bowling Trip
Use this link to visit our School Calendar 24/25 for further dates next term.