Livingstone Primary & Nursery School WK2 JAN 2026

This week has been super exciting in Nursery!

We have been enjoying reading traditional tales, with a special focus on The Gingerbread Man. The children loved role-playing the story using props and characters, helping to bring the tale to life. They also created some beautiful watercolour artwork featuring the Gingerbread Man and the fox, showing great creativity and enthusiasm.

In Maths, we have been exploring Numberblocks 1–5. The children practised their cutting, tracing and counting skills, building confidence with numbers through fun, hands-on activities.

We are continuing to explore animals that live in Arctic areas, such as the polar bear, Arctic fox and penguins. The children have been asking lots of questions and showing real curiosity. This week, they have also shown a growing interest in dinosaurs, so we will be talking more about them in the coming weeks.

Talking Homework

To support learning at home, you might like to:

Talk about The Gingerbread Man and ask your child who their favourite character is and why.

Count objects together at home (toys, steps, snacks) up to 5 and beyond.

Look at pictures or books about Arctic animals or dinosaurs and discuss what they notice.

This week we have been reading the story of 'Naughty Bus' by Jan and Jerry Oke. The children have really enjoyed the story and props in the classroom to be their very own naughty bus! The children have been enjoying role play as bus drivers using interactive videos to drive around London, have been playing with small world bus toys, cutting and labelling their own double deckers and have been learning about number bonds and odd and even numbers looking at passengers on the bus. The children are doing amazingly with their writing and are making lots of progress, please continue to read daily to support their progress in phonics.

We have been learning the makaton signs for the song:

The Wheels on the Bus - Singing Hands

You can watch and practice at home too!

In Maths this week in Year 2, we have been continuing our unit about 'money'. We have been comparing amounts of money, calculating with money and learning different ways to make a pound. In English, we have been focusing on grammar this week with expanded noun phrases and conjunctions. In the afternoons, we have started our computing unit where we have been using Purple Mash to create pictograms, self-portraits and short stories. In PSHE, we learnt about risky and unsafe situations and what we should do if we encounter them.

Homework

Maths: pages 48 and 49 (page 50 optional challenge)

English: pages 3

A gentle reminder that homework this week should be completed by Wednesday 21st January. Children with incomplete homework may be asked to attend homework club during lunchtime. If you are having problems with the homework, please speak to your child's class teacher.

The first achievement award goes to Ellis for his amazing work ethic and focus this week in Maths, English and Computing.

The second achievement award goes to Xheida for her unwavering positive attitude, hard work and focus.

This week we completed our Science unit on Forces. The pupils enjoyed learning about magnetism and friction, and explored how this is useful in everyday life. In Maths we continued our work on multiplication, focusing on related facts and practically using counters to help us show the repeated addition. We are reviewing our 2, 3, 4 and 5 times tables daily, so please continue to practise at home on Times Tables Rock-stars. In English we created our own dragons and planned our non-chronological report. We look forward to the Big Write next week.

The first achievement award this week goes to Isaac for his excellent description of a dragon. The second achievement award goes to Tameem for his excellent Scientific knowledge and enquiry skills.

This week in Maths, the children have blown Mr T and I away with their excellent understanding of multiplication and division - especially with their written methods and bar models!

In English, they learned about different sentence structures to make their narrative writing more descriptive; learned about hyphens; and used subordinate clauses starting with -ing and -ed.

In History, we're learning about the Viking invasion of England. They've learned some key dates and about how England went from 7 Anglo-Saxon kingdoms to 3, and how the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons eventually lived in peace.

Homework due by Weds 21st January

Maths: pages 48 and 49 (multiplication and division)

Grammar: pages 44 and 45 (commas after subordinate clauses)

This week's awards go to Oliver for his excellent effort with his written methods in Maths, and to George for his interesting sentences and building on his learning in English. Well done, boys!

This week in Maths we have been learning the formal written methods for addition and have also used our knowledge of place value to help us to complete larger calculations.

In English, we have been re-telling 'Steam train, dream train' and have been trying hard to include adjectives and adverbs.

This week's award goes to Enzo for his effort in completing both his writing and maths activities. Well done Enzo!