Livingstone Primary & Nursery School WK2 MAY 2021

We continue to explore life cycles in Reception. Miss Knappett brought in frog spawn to our pond, and we looked closely at the living creatures thriving there. (We saw Frogs and Newts!) In class, we have been busy writing about the changes in our caterpillars, creating collages in the style of Eric Carle and writing facts about these creatures. In maths, we enjoyed finding different ways to make numbers to 20 using a variety of resources. The children continue to amaze us with their knowledge and enthusiasm.

This week we have finished our retelling of the story Mrs Armitage on Wheels. We have worked so hard on our stories and are all very proud of our work. We really enjoyed this book. We have spent some days this week publishing our stories and working very hard on our joined up writing.

In Maths, we have been using balancing scales and weighing scales to measure mass. We found lots of items around the class to weigh and predicted which would be the heaviest before weighing. We have then been working on reading scales and being accurate in when we draw onto a scale.

Our caterpillars have been growing a lot this week and most have now reached the top of the lid. We think next week they will start to form into chrysalis'. We will keep you updated!

This week we have finished our retelling of the story Mrs Armitage on Wheels. We have worked so hard on our stories and are all very proud of our work. We really enjoyed this book. We have spent some days this week publishing our stories and working very hard on our joined up writing.

In Maths, we have been using balancing scales and weighing scales to measure mass. We found lots of items around the class to weigh and predicted which would be the heaviest before weighing. We have then been working on reading scales and being accurate in when we draw onto a scale.

Our caterpillars have been growing a lot this week and most have now reached the top of the lid. We think next week they will start to form into chrysalis'. We will keep you updated!

We have finally finished our diary entries! The children have worked extremely hard to include lots of informal language, emotive language and conjunctions. Well done, Y3!

Our Geography topic about Hills and Mountains has come to end and the children have thoroughly enjoyed learning about the human and physical features. On Tuesday, we went on a local walk to construct map of our area. We have become quite the navigators! Click on the pictures to look at more work linked to maps and mountains.

This week's rewards go to Xander for his outstanding knowledge about hills and mountains and Emily for a detailed diary entry.

This week, Year 5 have been practising the grammar needed in a narrative to make it descriptive and interesting; they've done brilliantly with punctuating direct speech and writing complex sentences with subordinate clauses in different positions.

In Maths, they have spent the week adding and subtracting decimals - with great success!

The biggest achievement has been in History, where we're learning about the Elizabethan era of the Tudor reign. The children have been so enthusiastic! They've learned about crime and punishment; the rivalry between Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots; and about the Spanish Armada.

This week's awards go to Maisie for her effort and focus in all lessons and in catch-up club, and to Noah for challenging himself to start with Spicy tasks. Well done!

The children in Nightingales have been working well this week.

In English, they have continued to work on the book 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea' and have planned and written a letter to the tiger who left the family without any food or drink left in the house.

In Maths, they have been learning about subtraction and using physical resources and drawings to show their understanding.

This week our achievement award goes to Jacob. He worked hard on his Maths' subtraction and was able to subtract 3-digit numbers and 1 digit numbers independently. Well done Jacob!