Newsletter
September Week 2
Friday 16th September
Challenge Clubs
Thank you to all the parents/carers who were able to come to our 'Meet the Teacher' sessions. Impact meetings giving more details about the subjects and methods of teaching will be scheduled throughout the year. However, please do not hesitate to ask if you require more information about the Curriculum.
As you can see teachers have started to add information about homework in the newsletter and this will be followed later in the term by Brain Boosters.
We are also going to be re-starting Saturday School and Challenge Clubs in the mornings and afternoons. We are very fortunate to have funding that we can allocate to providing these services, so please ensure that pupils identified for this additional teaching attend each session.
Pupils not included in these classes will be supported through interventions and classroom support timetabled during the school day.
Finally, a very special thank you goes to Mrs Kelly for all the work she does with the extended services. The Breakfast and After School Clubs are very popular and she works hard to ensure that pupils who miss out on their first choice go to the top of the list in the next round of allocating places.
Library News
We are very lucky to have a well-stocked library and the children have been enjoying our books, magazines and newspapers during their library times. Please can we ask you not to bring in anymore donations for the moment as we are still sorting through the previous donations. Thank you.
Read with Me
It will be wonderful to see all the families back in the library again.
Each sessions starts at 8.40 am and ends at 9.00 am. Please come and read with your children.
Tuesday 20th : Year 2
Thursday 21st: KF1 and KF2
Friday 22nd: Reception
Monday 26th: Year 1
Attandance
When does my child need to be in school?
Your child should be in the playground at 8.40am at the latest for a soft start and come into school at 8.50am at the latest. For safeguarding purposes, the playground gates which give access to classrooms will be locked at 8.55am. If you arrive at school after this time you must take your child to the main entrance and notify the office staff. The office staff record the lateness and then children will be directed to their classroom. This lateness will be recorded in your child/ren’s end of year report. Please note that parents are not permitted to accompany their child to their classroom from this time.
What happens if my child is late?
Registration finishes at 9.00am. If your child arrives at school after this time, they will be marked late.
If your child arrives at school after 9.15am, they will be marked as an unauthorised late (which counts as an unauthorised absence for the entire morning session).
Nursery
This week in the Nursery our story of the week is 'Owl Babies'. Here, Eleanor is drawing 'Mummy Owl' and her three babies 'Sarah, Percy and Bill!'. Well done, Eleanor! You are getting really good at working independently!
Ellis - you have played so nicely in the home corner this week. You are so good at making carrot soup! Well done, Ellis. Great job!
Kingfisher Nursery
Kingfisher Nursery have completed their first full week of the new academic year. The children have adapted really well to their new routines, and have enjoyed getting to know each other.
Reception
Reception class have been very busy this week! We now have a full class and we have been busy learning routines, rules and lots of names. This week we have been making and discussing our families using peg dolls, sharing stories, painting, using apparatus in PE and we even visited the pond area.
Your children should all now have book bags to bring in daily and we are looking forward to seeing the children with their families on our 'Read with me' day which is every Friday.
Achievement Awards!
The achievement awards this week go to:
Lou - for being such a kind and caring friend this week
George - for settling in so nicely, listening carefully to each and every instruction and always being well behaved
Well done!
Year 1
Year 1 are very excited to begin our Geography lessons on the United Kingdom. The children found out that our school is in the London Borough of Barnet and discussed what geographical features we pass on the way to school. We also explored atlases, globes, maps and found the four countries of the UK. Some of us even located the capital cities of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland! Well done on your first full week of phonics and place value work in Maths.
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Achievement Awards!
The first academic award goes to Rosie for her fantastic geographical knowledge of the United Kingdom and for being so positive and enthusiastic about all aspects of school. The second academic award goes to Ali for making new friends and working hard as a new Livingstone pupil in Year 1.
Year 2
Year 2 took part in an incredible workshop on Monday based on the Great Fire of London. It was a fun interactive session where we were able to act out the events of what happened. We were so inspired that we wrote a recount about what we did in English.
Homework
Reading - Birthday Party pages 1-4
Please bring homework back on Wednesday.
Achievement Awards!
This week's awards go to Dexter and Zachary for their brilliant participation in class and focus in lessons.
Kingfisher 1
Another busy week in Kingfisher 1.
We have continues our All About Me topic and it has been lovely to find out lots more about the children and their interests.
In Maths we have continued to explore place value, helping to deepen the children's understanding of number.
Achievement Awards!
This week's achievement award goes to Dilan for his excellent news writing and reading, keep up the good work!
Year 3
In Maths, the children have continued their learning of place value and have extended to looking at three digit numbers. In English, we have been looking at different grammatical techniques to help us with writing a setting description. We have also enjoyed learning about skeletons in Science and have been learning lots of new vocabulary to help us explain and describe different parts.
Thank you to all the parents who came to 'Meet the Teacher'. It was lovely to meet you.
Homework this week: English p4 Nouns. Maths p6 Place Value
Achievement Awards!
This week's award goes to Eva for her excellent attitude towards her work and her independent learning. Well done Eva!
Year 4
This week, Year 4 have been learning about place value in Maths and in English we having been exploring powerful and emotive language for our letter writing.
In Science, we have continued exploring sound looking at how the pitch of a sound can be altered and which materials are best at sound proofing using a sound meter to read the decibels.
CGP:
Maths: pages 8-9
SPaG: pages 36 -37
Achievement Awards!
Olivia - for always doing the right thing and for always being so kind and caring.
Albeiro - For having a really positive and hardworking attitude.
Year 5
This week, the children have been reading and writing numbers up to a million in Maths. In English, they've been practising grammar for their fairy-tale recounts from the villain's point-of-view by writing complex sentences with conjunctions and fronted adverbials, and by asking the reader rhetorical questions. In Science, they investigated electrical conductors and thermal insulators.
Challenge Club letters went home this week. Please check your child's bag and send them in with the completed slips.
CGP Books
Maths: page 7 (place value) and page 11 (Roman numerals)
English: page 12 and 13 (pronouns and relative pronouns)
Achievement Awards!
This week's awards go to Bianca for effort in English, and to Leah for her enthusiasm and participation in lessons. Well done, girls!
Year 6
Year 6 have had a productive week with their learning, we have covered a lot of units such as rounding, place value and roman numerals in Maths; conjunctions, fronted adverbials and up-levelling vocabulary choices in English; and continuing with the Victorians in History.
Thank you to those parents who came to 'Meet the Teacher' it was nice to formally meet you and I hope you found the session useful.
On Friday 23rd September, there will be a final PGL meeting at 3:15pm, in Year 6, if you can attend.
Homework this week: Maths - pages 6 + 7. English - pages 4 + 5. This is compulsory and is due in every Tuesday.
Achievement Awards!
This week's achievement awards go to Geethesri for her lovely language choices and Leo for always working hard.
Kingfisher 2
This week we started a new text ‘The Colour Monster’ by Anna Llenas. The children have been enjoying the book which explores colours and feelings.
In Maths, we have started the new term working on place value and number. We have used lots of resources to support our learning, counting objects to 100 by making 10’s and recognising tens and ones (and beyond.)
Achievement Awards!
This week’s award goes to Freddie for his independent learning and for participating fully in the school routines
Diary Dates
SEPTEMBER 2022
Monday 19th:
- Bank Holiday - School Closed
Tuesday 20th:
- School Council Elections
Thursday 22nd:
- Author visit for Years 5 and 6
- Forest Toddler Group 9 - 11 am
Friday 23rd:
- Final PGL Meeting for Year 6 Parents and Pupils at 3.15 pm in Year 6 classroom