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Livingstone Primary & Nursery School WK3 MAR 2018

March Week 3

Friday 23^rd March

Pupil Power – following the questionnaire organised by the school council the results are as follows:

Fix the apparatus in the playground	Completed – the KS2 children are very excited to use the Crows Nest.
Improve the apparatus in the playground	Planned – Mrs Phelan is meeting with Mr Sudbury to discuss.
More books in the library inc comic books	Completed – Mrs Armstrong has ordered more books including comics. Please use the suggestion box and she will purchase some more!
Redecorate - More colourful colours	Compromise – we are having more colourful picture frames for our certificates to brighten the walls.
Mirrors in the bathroom	Planned – these will be added in KF, KF2, Infant and Junior toilets.
Fix the shed	Completed – the Shed has been fixed.
Soap in the bathroom	Hygienically not possible unfortunately.
A friendship stop	Planned – There are friendship stops in EYFS and KS2. Mr Gardner is ordering one for KS1.
Whiteboard pens/Glue sticks that work	Completed – Ms Stephens has ordered these for the classes.
Artificial grass football pitch	Planned-Mrs Phelan is meeting with Mr Sudbury to discuss the possibility of a pitch next to the all weather pitch.
Rotate the lunchtime Rota	Planned – School Council have considered a complete change in the rota – results to follow.
KS2 – not to sit on the carpet	Teachers will reduce the time the pupils sit on the carpet where possible.
Umbrellas for shade	Planned - unfortunately we have an exposed field so Mr Sudbury has ordered some more trees instead.
Somewhere to read during playtimes	Mrs Armstrong has opened the library at lunchtimes where the pupils can read.
More afterschool clubs – tennis, trampolining, cricket, archery and badminton.	Mrs Kelly is looking for new clubs all the time and has taken the suggestions on-board. By Sophia and Darina (Yr5)

The School Choir are performing at St James Church this Saturday. Go support them, they are due to sing around 11am. There are lot of Easter activities planned throughout the day which will be fun. By Uvasri (Yr5)

On Wednesday 7^th March, Year 6 performed at the Arts Depot. They danced amazingly to ‘Stick it to the Man’ from School of Rock. It was sharp and well-practiced thanks to their choreographer Lauren. She spent a lot of her time making sure it looked polished. William and Bradniel introduced the dance while later in the performance, Henry and Tida made a very dramatic guitar and piano solo. Overall, they did the school proud.

By Jack C (Yr6 – who also went).

Our Talented Pupils

Many of our students have talents. Here are just a few from KS2 to show how great our students are!

Year 4T:

Maya – Grade 1 Piano

Roxy – 500m Swimming badge

Jim – Yellow Belt Karate

Mariella – is mastering Spanish

Ella – Silver medal Gymnastics

Arez – Started DFGHL Boxing

Year 4F:

Sean G – is in ‘Motown’ the musical.

Jana and Zoe are doing a gymnastic competition in the Czech Republic.

Naomi has a trial for the Royal London Ballet Company.

Jack C – was selected for an elite rugby festival in Coventry.

Felix – is performing at Chickenshed.

Year 5:

Norbert – Medal for 200 m backstroke.

Shivani – Cut all her hair off to raise money for the Princes Trust.

Sophia - had her writing published in a book.

Sara – achieved Grade 2 Piano.

Daniel – Stage 8 swimming.

JJ – Ran 3000m with his Athletic Club

Year 6:

Denis – Grade 5 in piano.

Elijah – Has his grading in Judo this month.

Harvey – got the silver award in Cubs.

William – swam 1000m

Mason – is a dirt bike enthuast.

Terri Ann - is performing at Chickenshed.

Next Month will feature achievements from KS1!

School Competition

The writers are not happy with the name of the Newsletter, we want suggestions for a new name! Please give the suggestions to either Mr Madle or your class teacher by the 29^th March. The winner will receive an amazing prize!

The 'Reception Fit bag'

In Reception, there are three fit bags. Each bag contains the same equipment: Beanbags, quoits, egg and spoon race equipment; a sports camera to take photos of them playing with it and many others. Beanbags are useful for throwing, which develops pupils throwing skills, muscles and hand-eye co-ordination. Quoits help in accuracy for aiming and controlled sped. Egg and spoon race equipment help building up the skills of balancing concentration and multi-tasking. The starts of the week get to take a fit bag home for the weekend. This is a true privilege to honour the child’s hard work.

By Utkarsh (Yr6)

World Book Week

Monday 26th February 2018 was the beginning of World Book Week. The classes did book themed things through-out the week. The main event was on Thursday, when everyone came as a character from a book, including teachers. Two children from each class were chosen by their teachers. The two children that had the best outfits received a prize.

The Livingstone staff had also prepared other activities, such as a book swap, which Mrs Armstrong held. The children brought in books that they had got bored of, which were in good condition to swap for another book - this meant everyone that had brought in a book left with a new one.

On Friday, everyone did partner reading, where the older children read to the younger classes. Luckily, many kids were very enthusiastic about this and enjoyed this activity to try to help Early Years and KS1 to enjoy reading, especially choosing funny and exiting books. By Sophia (Year 5)

Inter School Cross Country

KS2 house teams went head to head in an exciting event this week. On Thursday afternoon, a school cross country competition took place on the field. All the teams did very well but Blue came out on top, with Green in second, Yellow third and Red in fourth place.

Girls and boys from each year group had their own races. Everyone gave it their best efforts and there were some exciting finishes. Lots of parents came along to support which was much needed with the wet conditions making the going very muddy. By Billy (Yr6)

World Down-syndrome Day

Next week is Autism Awareness Week and ON THURSDAY 29^THMarch, the pupils can wear ‘Odd Socks’ to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day.

An adorable video has been put together by a group of mums in England to showcase their children with Down Syndrome and this has gone viral – check it out on #wouldntchangeathing

Riddle of the week

– I'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old. What am I? By Nicholas (Yr5)

A cowboy rides into town on Friday stays for three days and leaves on Friday. How does he do it? His Horse is called Friday! By Darina (Yr5)

Attendance News

Next week Mrs Barton is going to hand out brand new bronze, silver and gold certificates for those children who have great attendance. All these children will be listed in next week’s newsletter.

Star Scientists

Reception

Yr1

Yr2

3BG

Yr3P

Yr4F

Yr4T

Yr5

Yr6

Grace, Brychan and Victoria for their observations on ‘The little cups’

Hattie and Artillion for great scientific explanations.

Freddie for being a great Scientist and making great observations.

Lily S, also for great observation on our experiments

Aiden for being a star investigator.

Erin for her organised recording of results.

Tyler and Aditi for their contribution to the Science Week Investigation.

Maria for excellent scientific vocabulary

Jack for his fantastic knowledge of the states of matter

Adam and Maya for an amazing attitude.

Sean for excellent questioning skills.

Sarah for excellent investigating skills.

Utkarsh and Jack for their scientific enquiry skills.

KF1

Calvin for participating in the experiments

KF2

Oliver - is a science genius and loved the investigations.

Diary Dates

Monday 26^th	‘Read with Me’ Assembly 9am	All Year Groups	Choose a book with your child
Wednesday 28th	Family Sport Festival 1.30 – 2.30pm	Yr 1	East Barnet School
	Inter-house Dance Competition	Yr 3
Thursday 29th	Easter Assembly 9:00am	Yr 5	All Welcome
	Down Syndrome Day	All Year Groups	The children can all wear Odd Socks.
	School closes at 2pm
Monday 9^th – 12th	Yr 2 and Yr6 Easter School 10am -12pm	Yr 2 and Yr 6
Thursday 29^th March -School Finishes 2pm - No Clubs/ No CABIN Club on the last day. School Re-opens on Monday 16^th April at 8am Breakfast Club. CABIN Club open first day back – Activity club re-starts 16th April Challenge Clubs start 23^rd April.
Monday 16^th	Back to School	All Year Groups
	Activity Clubs to begin this week
Thursday 19th	Basketball Competition	Yr 5 and 6
Friday 20^th	Road Safety Workshop	Yr 5

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