Livingstone Primary & Nursery School WK3 SEP 2021

This week Kingfisher has been just as busy as ever. The children are now much more settled and really exploring all of the items in their environment. They are also responding well to their new routines.

We have been looking at the book 'Owl Babies' this week, a favourite of pupils and staff! We have been drawing owls, counting owls, making play dough owls, singing about owls and retelling the story using puppets and pictures. We even spotted an 'owl' in our pond area.

Well done everyone for another great week!

This week in maths the children have enjoyed learning to count one more and one less using games such as Bingo as well as practical and written methods.

The children continue to impress us with their phonics, reading and writing in English everyday!

In Geography we have been thinking about the question… Where do we live and what does our local area look like? As a class, we located Barnet and our school on a map as well as identifying geographical features like woods, fields, roads, lakes, rivers, and even golf courses! We then took a virtual walk around our local area identifying places we pass on our route to school such as, Sainsbury’s, Victoria Park, Barnet Leisure Centre and the houses of friends and family. We had great fun locating our own homes using the google earth map.

Next week, we will practice our map reading skills by going on a walk around our local area. In order to help us celebrate our new learning, we would appreciate a photo of your child standing outside their home. We will use this to form part of our very own class map of the local area.

This weeks achievement awards go to Biori for his excellent attitude towards learning and Dexter for his fantastic progress in phonics.

Kingfisher 1 have had a fun-filled week. Our reception pupils have had their first week of full days and have had a brilliant time.

In Maths, we worked on subtraction using concrete resources to find the difference and reading subtraction number sentences. Pupils worked together to make the frogs jump from a lily pad as we took away and counted how many frogs were left.

In English, we explored shopping and our wider-world as we read the story 'The Shopping Basket'. We discussed the different shops we might visit and what we can buy when shopping as we made our own shopping lists. We are looking forward to our local shopping trip next week!

This week's Kingfisher 1 achievement award goes to Toby for a brilliant work ethic in both Maths and English.

Year 4 have had an excellent week. In Maths, we have been reading, writing, ordering and comparing 4-digit numbers. In English, the children have worked hard on their diary entries ensuring they included all the grammatical features they had learnt.

In Science, we have continued to learn all about sound. This week we investigated the relationship between volume and pitch. Today we set up a practical investigation into the sound proofing ability of different materials using a decibel meter. Pictures pending :)

Well done, Year 4!

This week's achievements goes to Arbel and Anastasia for using an excellent range adventurous vocabulary in their writing. Well done!

Year 6 have had a fantastic week! They have demonstrated their secure knowledge in addition and subtraction and have written some brilliant figurative language in preparation for their long write next week.

We have also begun Science this week and have set up our first experiment to learn about the conditions which enable mould to grow! They are very excited to watch the progression over the next week!

Last week, we were lucky enough to have some first aid training. The children really impressed us with their knowledge on how to deal with an emergency situation and learnt how to give CPR!

Well done on a great week, Year 6!

This week's achievement awards go to Freddie for his purposeful language, setting an eerie scene for his long write next week, and Jake for his great classification work in Science. Well done!

This week, Kingfisher 2 have continued to use the book 'Meerkat Mail' as a stimulus for their work. They have been focusing on using past tense, adjectives and looking at the key organisational and language features of postcards. Judging by the photos, Sunny has been a very busy Meerkat!!

In Maths, we continued the topic 'Place Value' and have been counting, ordering and comparing large numbers.

Swimming, for those who go, was a very successful trip and at George's frequent request, the children enjoyed making 'Pizza Muffins' today!

Thank you to those parents that were able to attend the 'Meet the Teacher' on Tuesday, it was great to see you!

This week's award goes to Nathan for his achievements in swimming and his overall attitude to school and learning. He has been good fun to be around and has really made an effort to ensure that the staff working with him are happy!

Well done Nathan, its been a great week!