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Livingstone Newsletter

June Week 3

Friday 19^th June

Summer BBQ Party

In order to help reduce queuing on the day of our Summer BBQ Party, we are making some of the Summer Fair purchases available online. These can be pre-paid via Arbor school shop or purchased using cash in the school office during the coming week.

We hope that by enabling parents/carers to make purchases in advance, activities can be accessed more quickly as they will be pre-paid.

The following will be available for pre-payment from Monday:

Adult Entry Ticket: £1.00 (free entry for children)
Bouncy Castle £5.00 per child (this includes session during the school day and unlimited turns after school.
Raffle Tickets: £5.00 per book (prizes to be announced)

Thank you to Georgina, Hannaneh and Helen for organising the Father’s Day stall. They did an excellent job, supported by some of the pupils in Year 6.

Next week, we are reliant on the support of parents and carers for donations and help with setting up the Summer Fair. Please let Georgina or Lina know if you are able to help in any way, as we depend on your support for its success.

Nursery

This week, we continued learning about different types of transport and the ways we can travel to the seaside. The children enjoyed exploring how boats float on water and carried out an exciting investigation, testing plastic and paper boats to discover which materials lasted the longest. In Phonics, we learned the sounds /e/ for egg and /l/ for leg. The children enjoyed practising the sounds through games, songs, and activities. Next week, we will be setting off on new adventures as we begin learning all about life on the farm!We hope you all have a wonderful weekend and wish all the dads, grandads, and special father figures a very Happy Father’s Day!

A reminder about Sports Day: Nursery children will be taking part in one race only. The race will take place at 9:00am for AM and full-day children, and at 1:30pm for PM children. Parents and carers are warmly invited to watch their child’s race (approximately the first 10 minutes). There is no expectation for Nursery parents to stay for the remainder of Sports Day unless they have other children in the school who are participating.

Kingfisher Early Years & Nurture

This week in Kingfisher Early Years, we started our transport topic, enjoying The Train Ride through letter matching, sequencing, and repeated phrases.

Phonics focused on ‘e’ (egg) and ‘l’ (leg)—please keep noticing these sounds.

In Bluebirds, we explored On the Farm with Farmyard Hullabaloo and The Little Red Hen, working on initial sounds, sentence building, and fine motor skills.

We also enjoyed a visit to the pond, where the fish were more active and there were new resources to explore.

Reception

In Literacy, we have continued exploring rhyming words by reading, identifying, and matching pairs of words that rhyme. In Maths, we have been focusing on subtraction. The children have been using practical resources and their growing understanding of number to solve subtraction problems. We have also begun our learning about the past and present, sharing baby photos and discussing how we grow and change as we prepare for Year 1.

Preparations for our assembly are underway. The children have already started practising their lines and are doing a fantastic job. Please check your child's book bag for their lines and spend a little time practising them at home. Encourage them to use a clear, confident voice and remember their "big performance voice". Thank you for your support!

This weeks awards go to:

Fehn for showing great perseverance when subtracting and working hard to overcome a tricky challenge.

Ylli For always trying his best and working hard in everything he does.

Ruby for confidently sharing her ideas and showing a fantastic attitude towards her learning every day.

Noah for his fantastic independent work identifying rhyming words.

Year 1

In Maths, we have been exploring place value to 100 by counting forwards and backwards and partitioning numbers into tens and ones. In English, the children thoroughly enjoyed retelling The Balloon Tree, using imaginative fairy tale language in their writing. As reading confidence continues to grow, we have begun introducing written comprehension activities to develop the children's understanding of texts. In Design and Technology, the class loved making their own fruit kebabs and demonstrated excellent knife skills, preparation and sensible behaviour throughout. Finally, a special mention from Mrs Fewster, who has been incredibly impressed with Year 1's enthusiasm, excellent behaviour and positive attitude during Music lessons.

Homework

Pages 108 and 109.

This week's awards go to Mia for her growing independence in writing and Lucas for his superb participation in our foundation subjects. Well done you two!

Year 2

This week in Maths, we have completed our learning on time. We have revised telling the time to 5 minute intervals using an analogue clock and we have looked at how many minutes there are in an hour and how many hours there are in a day. In English, we have been following some sets of instructions to help us draw images and decide how clear they were to follow. We have also written our own set of instructions to create a 'Marvellous Potion'. In the afternoons, we have continued with our Geography unit about the coastline by identifying different human and physical features.

Homework:

Maths - pages 103 and 104 (pages 105 optional extra)

English Comprehension - Seasons and Making a Bird Feeder

The first achievement award is to Eleanor for her positive attitude and hard work in English on writing her own set of instructions for a 'Marvellous Potion'.

The second achievement award is to Rose for sharing some great ideas about physical and human features that can be seen at the seaside.

Kingfisher 1

In Maths this week, the children were learning all about equal groups. They practised sharing and adding equal groups and used a range of practical resources to help them share items equally.

In English, we continued our author study of Judith Kerr. We read Mog and the Baby, and the children used Colourful Semantics to retell the story. They also enjoyed role-playing stopping at a zebra crossing with Mog and the baby, which led to discussions about road safety.

We also explored the difference between real and fantasy, and discussed fiction and non-fiction texts.

This weeks awards goes to Roman and Nikki for completing his sticker chart.

Well done Roman and Nikki!

Year 3

The children have been very enthusiastic about our new Geography Topic on hills and mountains. We have learnt how mountains are formed and used digital as well as paper atlases to find mountain ranges in the United Kingdom as well around the world. In English, we finished writing and publishing our persuasive travel brochures. In Maths, we finished our work on time and began our unit on shape.

Homework:

Maths - Finish time p.104 - 109

English Comprehension - p.39 - 41

Achievement awards go to Denat and Evan for finding famous mountain ranges around the world in their atlases.

Year 4

Year 4 had a fantastic sleepover, full of fun activities, excitement, and even a few “ghost” sightings—later revealed to be teachers walking quietly in the dark!

A big thank you to Mr Bach for organising and subsidising the workshop, his contribution, and those of the other parents/carers, enabled the workshop to go ahead. Thanks also goes to Mrs Armstrong, Mrs Stephens, Miss Kwan for making the event so memorable and Miss Breen for organising the event for everybody

This week, Year 4 have moved onto co-ordinates and translation in Maths, and in English the children have completed some impressive long writes - they definitely captured the persuasive element and could become some very good politicians! In Computing the children have been looking at 'Digital Literacy' and have been exploring our KS2 user agreement and explaining why it is important and designing a '5 a day' schedule of how they could use their online presence as a positive experience.

Homework

Maths - pages 111 and 112

English reading - pages 43 and 44

This week's achievement awards go to Ethan B and Sami for their excellent long writes. Well done to you both!

Year 5

This week in Maths, the children learned about negative numbers, using number lines to help them compare and calculate with them.

In English, they drafted and edited their balanced arguments answering the question 'Did Cameron make a good decision by accepting the xenotransplant?'

In Art, they learned about retrofuturism, which combines retro styles from the 50s and 60s with futuristic ideas and practised different drawing techniques.

Homework due by Weds 24th June

Maths: pages 114 and 115 (negative numbers)

Reading: pages 48, 49 and 50 (Loveliest of Trees)

This week's awards go to Sienna Maloney for her excellent drawing skills in Art, and to Renee for her work in Infernos on negative numbers. Well done, girls!

Year 6

This week in Year 6, we have continued rehearsing our Bugsy Malone production, using the stage and combining our lines, movement and acting to bring the show together.

In Science, we have continued learning about animals, including humans, focusing on how the circulatory system responds to exercise. Mrs Church and I were very impressed with the determination shown during our wall sit challenge.

In RE, we have explored how different interpretations and perspectives can exist within non-religious worldviews. The children engaged thoughtfully in discussions and showed respect for differing opinions.

Homework: Please continue learning lines and songs for Bugsy Malone.

This week's awards go to Soroiyan for her thoughtful contribution during RE and to Christina for her positive attiude towards

Kingfisher 2

This week in English we have been looking at the features of non-chronological reports. We researched our favourite animals and presented the information to our class in preparation of our writing next week.

In Maths, we have been looking at data and statistics. We have looked at bar charts and pictograms and simple interpretation questions.

Year 5's trip to Boulogne

Yesterday, Year 5 escaped the classroom - and the country! - venturing to Boulogne-Sur-Mer in Northern France. It was a long but exciting day - one that many of them described as, 'the best trip ever!'

The children visited a museum inside a castle; had lunch in a French restaurant; kept the French economy alive by going shopping; played on the beach; and visited one of Europe's largest aquariums: Nausicaa. They were well-behaved and polite, and many of them spoke French when ordering and paying for things, which made us very proud.

A huge 'merci beaucoup!' to Ms Papas for organising a fun- filled fulfilling experience (and for teaching them French to such a high standard), and to Mrs Cockburn, Mrs Phelan, Mrs Armstrong and Mr Sudbury for their help on the day. Thank you also to volunteer Mr 'Biscuits' for driving one of the minibuses.