Livingstone Primary & Nursery School WK2 DEC 2023

As we approach winter and Christmas we have been exploring both themes. Our key text has been 'The Snowman', a classic text which has captured the imagination of all the children. The children have enjoyed talking about the images and creating their own ideas for what the characters might say, as it is a book without words.

They have explored ice and snow and made their own snow people using a variety of materials. Discussions about the animals that are associated with Christmas and winter.

We have also been getting active with the Burpee Bears. Ask the children and they may show you some moves.

Please sign up as a 'Mystery Reader' in Nursery! Every Friday at 2:45pm, a different adult can join us on a reading adventure! You can choose any book you like; you can dress up if you wish and share your love of books whilst reading to the class. The book can be in English or any other language you speak.

There will be a meeting for parents/carers Friday 12th January at 9am to discuss Fit Bags which is an initiative we use in Early Years to promote physical activity.

Please make sure children come in Christmas jumpers or nice outfits on Tuesday and Wednesday for our Christmas songs assembly.

What an exciting week we’ve had in Year 1! We showed our parents what brilliant readers we are in our phonics impact session on Monday. Then on Tuesday, off we travelled to The Young V&A. The children were great ambassadors of the school; they were curious, polite and active learners. We also finished our R.E. topic of Festivals of Light. Please ask your children all about the traditions of Christmas, Divali and Hanukkah. I wonder how they are similar . . . Next week we will move on to Design Technology. Please can you bring in cardboard on Monday for our project (any size will do).

Achievement awards this week go to Eva and Asiya for their enthusiasm for our RE and History topics.

We have had a very busy week in Kingfisher 1. In Maths were have been learning time to the hour and half past. Children were very engaged using clocks to tell the time . The children have been sequencing morning and night routines. Some children can confidently recall the days of week, months of year and seasons.

In English we started our new story The selfish crocodile. The children enjoyed retelling the main events through roleplay.

This week's award goes to Sergio for his great work telling the time in maths.

This week in Year 4, we have been completing our end of term assessments. The children have applied themselves incredibly well and should be proud of their hard work this term - Mrs Craddock and I certainly are. In Science, we have been exploring states of matter, their particle properties and how processes such as melting and freezing can changes states.

Homework:

TTRS: 9s

Punctuation: Direct Speech (pages 28 to 31)

This week's achievement awards go to Christina for her positive attitude and hard work with reading, and to Ryan for challenging himself in all subjects.

Year 6 have had a very busy week! The children have completed assessments and have made us immensely proud with the progress they have made; completed their last long write for this term; and completed their art project using all the techniques they have been exploring. Their finished pieces depict a message that they want to convey to the world and they were very meaningful in their choices.

Thank you to the parents who came to the Reading Impact meeting. I hope you found it useful and if you do have any further questions, please, come and ask.

CGP Homework Pages

Homework needs to be returned to school by the following Tuesday.

English - SPaG (Targeted Question Book ) - pages 27, 28 and 29.

Maths - Arithmetic - pages 15, 16 and 17.

This week's achievement awards go to the whole of Year 6 for all of their hard work!