Livingstone Newsletter
March Week 2
Friday 13th March
Happy Mother's Day!
Thank you to the amazing group of parents who helped with the Mother’s Day Stall. They shopped, wrapped, and sold over the two days, making it possible for our pupils to choose something special for their Mum, Carer and Grandmother. We are very lucky to have a dedicated team of helpers. Happy Mother's Day !
Red Nose Day - Next Friday!
We’re excited to share that next week is Red Nose Day, and we’ll be joining in the fun with a day full of smiles and giggles.
On Friday, pupils should come to school in their usual uniforms, but they are warmly encouraged to add a splash of Red Nose Day spirit by wearing red nose accessories - including the classic red noses!
As part of the celebration, we are inviting every child to:
🎉 Donate £1 via Arbor School Shop from today.
This donation will go towards supporting the brilliant charities linked to Red Nose Day.
😂 Prepare a joke to tell.
Each pupil should have a joke ready to share with their class staff. The staff will choose their favourites, and those pupils will have the exciting opportunity to tell their jokes in a special Red Nose Day assembly next Friday.
We are also delighted to announce that Joe Bor - comedian, author and father of Levi and Milo - will be joining us during the assembly to share some of the funny stories he has written. It promises to be a wonderfully entertaining event for everyone!
Staff News - Mrs Margetts
Last week when we gave the news that Mrs Margetts will be leaving at the end of this term, we forgot to mention that Mr Madle will be teaching Year 3 on Fridays next term.
'Wonky' Bar Prizes
We had a wide range of prizes won with 'Wonky Bars' last week, and this week all the pupils who won Lucky Dip or Big PE prizes have collected theirs. In the days leading up to the end of term you will receive notification of when the pupils will be able to collect the remaining prizes.
Nursery
This week has been very busy in Nursery! The children have been enjoying a variety of activities linked to our story Ness the Nurse and Science Week.
We spent time looking at and describing different animals, as well as matching animal halves together. The children showed great observation skills and enjoyed talking about the animals they recognised.
Our role-play area turned into a vet surgery, where the children pretended to look after animals. They carefully wrapped bandages around the animals and talked about how to help them feel better. It was lovely to see their imagination and caring behaviour during this activity.
In our cooking activity, the children made colourful healthy rice using a selection of vegetables. They practised their communication and language skills by asking for the ingredients they wanted. Many children tried new vegetables including parsnips, carrots, corn, and peas. It was wonderful to see them exploring new tastes!
We also enjoyed reading Ness the Nurse together and singing “Miss Polly Had a Dolly”, using our Makaton signs to support the song.
The children worked very hard creating beautiful Mother’s Day cards. We hope you enjoy them!
We would like to wish all our families a very Happy Mother’s Day and hope you have a lovely weekend together.
Talking Homework
You can spend some time talking with your child about:
- Animals and how we look after them
- What a doctor, nurse, or vet does to help people and animals
- Healthy foods and vegetables they like to eat
Kingfisher Early Years & Nurture
Another action packed week in Kingfisher and Bluebirds!
In Bluebirds we completed our Bear Hunt themed activities, the children made a beautiful sensory board and some bear faces in Fun with Food.
In Kingfisher we have just started our core text for this half tern: Nurse Ness. She will look after you if you are hurt and need a plaster. We have been putting plasters on ourselves and each other.
Our Makaton Nursery rhyme of the week is "Miss Polly had a Dolly," watch and sign along: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=EjY-M1m5Pl0 .
The children have been making cards for a special someone, please look out for them in their school bags, and they have enjoyed choosing gifts from the stall.
Reception
Reception have had a very eggciting week this week. On Monday, we had 5 eggs delivered to us and we didn't know what would hatch out of them. The children loved making predictions and guessing what animals they could be. On Wednesday morning, the children came into school and were so surprised that overnight, one of the eggs hatched! They were greeted by 1 cute little duckling. Throughout the day, 2 more eggs hatched and we were SO lucky to watch them hatch live! Last night, 1 more hatched, so now we have 4 very cute and very fluffy ducklings. Next week, we will continue to learn all about ducklings and we might even get to hold them!
Have a lovely restful weekend.
Year 1
In Maths, we have started our new unit on place value, focusing on numbers up to 50. The children have been practising counting forwards and backwards, writing numbers in numerals and words, and partitioning numbers into tens and ones. In English, we created a story map for Croc and Bird and used it to help us write our own versions of the story. Year 1 have made excellent progress with their writing. We are very proud of them! In D.T, the children designed and created their own moving mechanisms, where they were able to demonstrate their creativity and problem solving skills. Also, to celebrate 'Science Week' we had lots of fun making our own boats out of different materials to which boats floated and why.
Homework
- Pages 65 and 66
This week's awards go to Evelin for her lovely retelling of 'Croc and Bird' and Ollie for his crafty skills and wonderful creativity in D.T.
Year 2
We have had such a busy week in Year 2! We have enjoyed our Science Week experiment all about exercise, we performed our class poem, Where Teachers Keep Their Pets, in front of the whole school as well as attending the Mother's Day stall. In Maths, we have continued our unit on 'Measurement' by measuring in centimetres and metres, ordering lengths and heights and using the four operations with lengths and heights. In English, we completed our 'long write' which was a diary entry in role as Mrs Armitage. In the afternoons, we are learning about 'Animals, including Humans'. We have learnt about the basic needs of survival and the importance of exercise and food. We also learnt about hygiene: we put flour inside a balloon and popped it to show how germs can travel when sneezing!
Homework
Maths: pages 68 and 69 (page 70 optional investigation/ challenge)
Reading: pages 58, 59, 60 and 61
The first award goes to Riley for her fabulous work in 'Get Writing'. The second goes to Anoel for showing great behaviour for learning and always being so helpful.
Kingfisher 1
Maths:
This week in maths we have been learning about number bonds to 20 and practising subtracting 1 using a number line.
English:
In English we continued exploring stories from different cultures. We have been reading Handa's Hen and matching pictures to the correct events in the story. We also used colourful semantics to help us retell the story and build short sentences.
This weeks award goes to Stylianos for his fantastic reading.
Well done Stylianos!
FYI -
The local authority are running an online on Q & A session
Tuesday 24th March at 12.30-2pm on the Government's intentions for SEND reform.
A link to the White Paper is below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/every-child- achieving-and-thriving
There is no need to pre-register for the session. The link to join is below.
https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/34239748768491? p=sCsci3dxJrIT0JLyW7
Year 3
The Year 3 children had a wonderful experience going on a 'rock hunt' around the school grounds. We then classified the rocks according to their properties. We have also set up an experiment to find out what soil is made of. I wonder what we will discover . . .
In English we analysed a WAGOLL as inspiration to plan our own trick that the Twits play on each other. We look forward to writing our narratives next week. We continued to explore fractions in Maths and discussed when we would use fractions in real life.
Homework:
Maths: p.64 - 66 (p.67 is optional)
English comprehension: p.26 and 27
Please remember to bring in your accelerated reader books on Fridays as we have noticed several children haven't done their quizzes and have not returned their books.
Our first achievement award goes to Niya for her positive attitude and work ethic in all of our subjects. The second achievement award goes to Bobby for his excellent prediction skills in science. Well done you two!
Year 4
This week, Year 4 have continued with fractions in Maths and have revised present perfect tense, fronted adverbials and using apostrophes correctly in preparation for their diary entry writing next week. It has also been Science Week so the children completed an experiment to decide whether a fruit or vegetable's appearance affects the taste. This involved using their senses to try the various foods on offer as they were blind folded.
Homework
English - please learn the poem off by heart for our assembly performance
Maths - pages 71 and 72
Times table sheet and reading, daily.
Matias for his positive attitude to learning this week and Daniel C for showing his vast knowledge and understanding of Science in Science Week.
Year 5
This week in Maths, the children learned how to calculate area - their confidence grew with each lesson!
In English, they wrote letters (in character as Michael) to Michiya Ogawa, Kensuke's son - it was the most focused and quiet drafting lessons ever because they were so enthusiastic about this unit.
In Computing, they learned how to recognise fake news and misinformation, and also created a Year 5 newsletter using Microsoft Sway.
Homework due by Weds 18th March
Maths: pages 75 and 76 (area)
Reading: pages 51, 52 and 53 (Jumbo Jet)
Easter assembly: your child will be bringing home their line(s) some point next week - please encourage them to learn it
This week's awards go to Michelle for fantastic editing, and to Zachariah for his work on area in Maths - well done!
Year 6
This week in Year 6, we have been learning about translations and reflections in Maths, developing our understanding of how shapes can be moved and described on a grid.
In English, the children have been writing reassuring letters in role as Olive to her mum, based on Letters from the Lighthouse. They worked hard to show empathy and understanding through their writing.
In the afternoons, we have begun our Science unit on evolution and inheritance, exploring how living things change over time and how characteristics can be passed from one generation to the next.
I would also like to say a huge well done to Year 6 for their fantastic performance at the Barnet Dance Festival. They should be exceptionally proud of themselves. A big thank you to Emma from Non-Stop Action for her excellent choreography, and to Mrs Church, Diane and Mrs Cavozzi for all their help and support. Thank you as well to Mrs Phelan and Miss Fairley for coming to cheer us on!
Homework
Maths: pages 78 and 79
GPS: pages 6 and 7
This week's achievement awards go to Christina and Soroiyan for their excellent attitude and performance at the dance festival. Well done!
Kingfisher 2
This week in Maths we have been looking at division. We have started looking at formal methods and will continue with these in the Summer Term.
In English, we have been really enjoying the story 'I Want my Hat Back' by Jon Klassen. We enjoyed role playing the story and learnt about direct speech.
FYI -
The local authority are running an online on Q&A session.
Tuesday 24th March at 12.30-2pm on the Government's intentions for SEND reform.
A link to the White Paper is below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/every-child- achieving-and-thriving
There is no need to pre-register for the session. The link to join is below.
https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/34239748768491? p=sCsci3dxJrIT0JLyW7
This week's award goes to Arthur for excellent division in maths. Well done!
MARCH 2026
Monday 16th:
- Neurodiversity Week
Wednesday 18th:
- Years 5/6 Mixed League match vs Trent, 3:30pm
Thursday 19th:
- Years 5/6 T1 Rugby Tournament, 11:00am- 3:00pm
Friday 20th:
- Red Nose Day - Pupils can wear Red Nose Day accessories and donate £1 to tell their jokes. See below section for more information.
Monday 23rd:
- Activity Clubs Summer 1 go online for booking
Tuesday 24th:
- Year 4 Road Safety Workshop
- KF Music Assembly - will be recorded for parents/carers of pupils performing
Friday 27th:
- Year 5's Easter assembly at 9:00am - Y5 parents are invited to watch
- End of term - school finishes at 2pm (no Cabin or Yoga Club)
- School Holiday: Monday 30th March - Friday 10th April 2026
APRIL 2026
Monday 13th:
- Pupils return for Summer 1 term
Use this link to visit our School Calendar 25/26 for further dates