Livingstone Newsletter
May Week 1
Friday 5th May
Today the pupils will be bringing home their wonderful, decorated pots. In honour of King Charles's love of gardening and the environment, the pupils have planted seeds, which we hope will grow over the spring and summer as a reminder of this very special occasion.
After singing God Save the King so beautifully, everyone had a lovely afternoon at the street party themed lunch and enjoyed eating the fantastic buffet made by Tracy and Ellie in the Kitchen, followed by lots of dancing, singing and games.
We hope all our families celebrating have a wonderful weekend.
Congratulations to His Majesty!
Bikes & Scooters
Please make sure all bikes and scooters are taken home at the end of the school day and not left overnight or in the holidays. Bikes and scooters left on the premises could lead to trespassers and theft. The school can not be held responsible If they are left on the premises.
Please Park Sensibly and Safely
Reminder- Please do not park on the double yellow or zigzag lines outside our school. We need to keep our children safe!
Nursery and Kingfisher Nursery
This week in the Nursery we have been learning all about the upcoming coronation of King Charles III. We have been making Union Jack flags and crowns, creating pictures of His Majesty in collage as well as planting wildflower seeds in our memorabilia plant pots.
Reception
Reception class have been learning all about our new monarch, King Charles III. We have been learning about what a coronation is and some of the things that might happen over the upcoming weekend. We have been imagining ourselves as Kings and Queens and celebrating by making decorations and having tea parties!
Achievement Awards!
Sienna - for her lovely writing.
Mikey - for making Westminster Abbey
Year 1
Year 1 have been inspired by Vincent Van Gogh this week in our art lessons. We've created our own drawings and paintings by looking closely at a variety of flowers and plants and really thinking about the shapes we could see, the thick layers of colours as well as the mood we wanted to create. Have a look at some of our pieces.
In Maths, we focused on doubling and are working very hard reviewing all of the Set 3 sounds in phonics in preparation for our screening test next month. Enjoy your long weekend!
The first achievement award this week goes to Sami for his enthusiasm and progress in phonics. The second achievement award goes to Daniel for his brilliant Vincent Van Gogh inspired sunflower picture.
Year 2
In honour of King Charles' Coronation, we decided to write King Charles a letter in our English lessons to congratulate him. The children had lots of interesting questions to ask him and as the letters are so thoughtful, we decided to share them and send them off to the Palace. Hopefully, we will get a response!
In Maths, we have been practising our arithmetic skills and answering word problems.
The children have let their creativity flow this week as we created our plant inspired art. They are truly stunning!
Homework
Reasoning- pages 44,45 and 46
Achievement Awards!
This week's achievements go to Andreas for his beautiful art creating a flower and Sienna Maloney for her brilliant arithmetic and improving each time.
Kingfisher 1
We have had a lovely week in KF1. In Maths we have continued learning about weighing. The children used nonstandard and standard measuring methods using cubes and grams to weigh different object.
In English we are still working on The Bad Tempered Ladybird, expressing different emotions.
The children had great fun making a poster in our workshop with Chickenshed. They made a poster based on the book Say Something, encouraging them to use their voice and their emotions.
The achievement award this week goes to Stylianos for participating in all activities and following instructions. Well done!
Year 3
This week in Year 3, we have been learning to add and subtract fractions with the same denominators in Maths.
In English, we have started our new text, The Day the Crayons Quit. We have also really enjoyed getting ready for the King's Coronation by decorating plant pots.
Times tables focus: 8x table
CGP Pages:
English - Pages 64, 65 and 66 (paragraphs).
Maths - Pages 36 and 37 (adding and subtracting fractions)
The first achievement award goes to Evie, for her excellent work in maths on fractions.
The second achievement award goes to Elsie for her fantastic problem solving with fractions in maths.
Year 4
This week in Year 4, we have started reading The Firework- Maker's Daughter by Phillip Pullman which has been a fascinating and intriguing read so far.
In Maths, we have converted pounds to pence and ordering money.
In English we have looked at direct speech for our myths.
CGP:
Maths - Learn how to read analogue and digital clocks - practise at home as this will be coming up soon :)
SPaG - Plurals and apostrophes (Page 94 and 95)
TTRS: 6s, 7s, 8s, 9s, and 12s
This week's achievement awards go to Elon for helping others in history and to Albeiro for his work on direct speech.
Year 5
This week in Maths, Year 5 have been identifying, ordering and measuring angles. The children should remember key information about acute, right, obtuse and reflex angles - as well as full turns.
In English, they drafted, edited and published their romantic love letters from characters in The Highwayman. They did a wonderful job and are beginning to use Y5 punctuation more independently, which is fantastic!
In D&T, they designed and baked their own loaves of bread, and then evaluated them with a taste test. They absolutely loved this activity!
CGP Books
Maths: pages 66 - 67 (angles)
English: page 23 (conjunctions for cohesion)
This week's awards to Ruby for her work with protractors, and to Mya for challenging herself to use higher-level punctuation like dashes - well done, girls!
Year 6
Year 6 have continued to impress us this week as they have revised and prepped for next week.
Please take advantage of free Breakfast Club from Tuesday- Friday and Morning Yoga from Tuesday-Thursday next week, if possible. We have found in previous years that it helps the children begin the day in a calm, positive and focussed manner. Year 6's Breakfast Club will be in Bluebirds which they can access through the Kingfisher playground from 8am. If your child isn't attending breakfast, they can still come to Yoga at 8:30am in the Main Hall. Please ensure your child is in school by 8:45am, at the latest, for the week as the tests will begin at 9am.
On Friday (12th May), we will be going to Trent Park for the day once the last test has been completed (hooray). Please, ensure your child has suitable clothing and footwear as we will be walking and a packed lunch with drinks.
CGP Homework Pages
Maths: pages 84, 85, 86 and 87
English: pages 96, 97 and 98
This week's achievement award goes to Matteo for his singing and dancing in preparation for our show and Zuhaib for his concentration during this week of revision.
Kingfisher 2
This week in English, we have been looking at fronted adverbials and time prepositions, while in Maths the boys have been practising different methods of division and completing missing number problems for division and multiplication.
We also had our last Chickenshed workshop this week with Tom, Jenny and the team. The boys have enjoyed being part of discussions and activities about teamwork, the importance of speaking up, listening and being listened to.
Well done to Jack, for speaking confidently and demonstrating a good understanding of world issues during his Speech and Language session and George for acting with maturity and successfully participating in the bread making sessions with Year 5.
Tag Rugby Fixture
On Thursday, we played our first and last match in the Tag Rugby Fixture League. We were in a small pool this year with just two teams but sadly Underhill were not able to participate so we had just one game against St. Johns N11.
The children have been practising all year with Mr Boucon and they were eager to get out on the field and play. All of their hard efforts paid off as we won 10-4!
We progress straight into the Barnet Borough Final!
Well don to Geethesri, Zachary, Albion, Alex, Qamazarda, Lois, Catherine, Hattie and Matteo.
Mr Sudbury Does It Again!
The amazing Mr Sudbury has beaten our Health and Safety score at the last SHAW audit by achieving a top score of 97% with the support of Mrs Phelan and Mr Madle.
We have a small list of tasks to complete, and the rest of the changes are out of our hands and with the Local Authority to improve upon.
Thank you for a brilliant job, top marks and 9.999999 out 10!
Parent Champions Coffee Morning - Friday 12th May
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MAY 2023
Monday 8th:
- Bank holiday for King's Coronation - school closed
Tuesday 9th:
- Year 6 SATs (free Breakfast Club and Morning Yoga for Y6)
Wednesday 10th:
- Year 6 SATs (free Breakfast Club and Morning Yoga for Y6)
Thursday 11th:
- Year 6 SATs (free Breakfast Club and Morning Yoga for Y6)
Friday 12th:
- Year 6 SATs (free Breakfast Club for Y6)
- Year 6 Trent Park
- Parent Champions Coffee Morning in the Cabin 9am
- Year 3 Recorder Assembly 2:30pm (Y3 parents/carers welcome)
Thursday 18th:
- Netball Final at East Barnet School 3pm
Friday 19th:
- Tag Rugby League (selected) Competition from 11:30am
- Year 4 Reading Group visit to the library
- Choir cluster rehearsal at Danegrove from 12:30pm
Monday 22nd:
- Activity Clubs for Summer 2 go online for booking from 8am
Friday 26th:
- Livingstone Founders Day Picnic
- Activity Clubs finish for Summer 1
- School finishes for Half Term (normal time)
HALF TERM: Monday 29th May - Friday 2nd June 2023
JUNE 2023
Monday 5th:
- Start of Summer 2 Term - Pupils return to school
- Activity Clubs begin for Summer 2