Livingstone Newsletter
February Week 4
Friday 1st March
Mixed League Football vs Northside
Everyone who attends football club has made huge progress and improved with their skills but also as working as a team. On Wednesday, some children represented our school in a mixed league football match against Northside Primary School. The game got off to a great start as we were leading one nil but the game grew tense as Northside equalised. The quality of football was incredible and we managed to turn the game around and retake the lead. Xander scored the next goal and Kevin scored two more giving Livingstone the win! The game ended 4-1 to us.
Well done to Xander, Chloe, Arbel, Sienna, Sotirio, Oliver, Brychan, Stefi and Kevin.
Homework and Brain Boosters
Thank you to everyone who sent comments to the Parent Reps regarding homework. Please send your comments to the office if you would like to respond directly or have more to add. We will be making some minor adjustments this academic year and review what has been said for the next academic year.
Reminder to all parents/carers that Brain Boosters do not have to be completed by the children but are there as an enrichment exercise related to topics at school.
Cinema Night Success!
Cinema Night was a great success on Tuesday and due to its popularity, we managed to raise just under £500 to be shared between the nominated charities, Cherry Lodge Cancer and the RSPCA, plus a little extra for Red Nose Day. Thank you to all the parents/carers who stepped in last minute to make the popcorn and help out on the pocket money stall. Also, a big thanks goes to the members of staff who also gave up their time for charity.
Book Week 2024
Next week is World Book Day and we have many activities planned throughout next week to boost our love of reading at Livingstone.
Mystery Book Swap on Wednesday 6th
Today your child has bought home some A3 paper. Please can they wrap a pre-loved book in it, and then decorate the paper with key words about the book. See the photo below for ideas.
For example, Harry Potter could say fiction, magic, treachery, wizards, peril, part of a series...
£1 Book Token
Your child has been given a £1 book token which they can exchange for a free World Book Day book or use to get £1 off any book of their choosing. Please make the most of this fantastic offer to get your child a book.
Dressing up on Thursday 7th
Your child can come to school on Thursday either dressed as a fictional book character, someone/thing real or in their pyjamas. We encourage you to get creative with your costumes!
World Book Day School Lunch- Thursday 7th March 2024
If your child usually has packed lunch and you would like them to have a school lunch on World Book Day, please notify the school Office no later than Monday morning (4th March).
Attendance
This week's attendance was 97%, not as much as last week but still good!
Nursery and Kingfisher Nursery
This week has flown by as the children have been busy enjoying our book of the week: Jack and the Beanstalk. They have explored all different types of beans and learnt about how they grow. They have coloured, painted and collaged beanstalks and characters. They have built castles in the clouds, unearthed, counted and sorted 'magic beans' and listened to and created related music.
We have enjoyed the improved weather and spent lots of time extending the learning into our outdoor classroom and the playground.
We also planted our own beans and we are hoping that they will become as tall as Jack's beanstalk! We are going to observe their growth and look after them in the next weeks.
Reception
We have had a very exciting week in Reception continuing to learn about the people that help us. We had a visit from PC Lee, our school officer who showed us all of the equipment that a police officer needs and even showed us how handcuffs are used by arresting Miss Purse! We started discussing fire safety and how firefighters are another emergency service. Mr Sudbury showed us how a fire is put out using an extinguisher and water. We are learning a song about the people that help us and the children have been bravely performing it to each other too!
Anoel - for being a fantastic friend this week and trying hard with activities
Leslie - for being a role model for behaviour
Year 1
What great fun we had as Earth Explorers! We traveled round the 7 continents and 5 oceans in airplanes, jet skis, hot air balloons and ferries to discover some of the most exciting places. Ask your children about what they remember from their Geography workshop on Thursday.
We used our imaginations in English and described what our wild things looked like, ate as well as their favourite activities. We continue to focus on Set 3 sounds and fluency in our phonics lessons. Please also practice their speed sounds at home along with daily 10 minute reading practice of their Read Write Inc books.
In maths, we are learning place value with numbers up to 50. See if your child can count forwards and backwards to 50. Perhaps they can also count in 2s or 10s. Have a lovely weekend!
Our first achievement award goes to Abid for coming in to Year 1 so happily this week. Our second award goes to Denat for his enthusiasm for our Geography topic. Well done you two!
Year 2
Year 2 have enjoyed reading 'Mrs Armitage on Wheels' in English. All of our grammar lessons have been linked to this book. The children have been able to use commas for lists, use apostrophes for possession and write sentences using verbs and adverbs. Fractions have been our focus in Maths. We have identified halves, thirds and quarters. As well as finding one half, one third and quarters of a given amount and objects. Transport is still the main topic for our foundation subjects. We have now started Geography where we observed the transport in our local area and D.T where we evaluated existing vehicles to understand the mechanism that makes them work.
Homework
Maths pages 93 and 94. 95 is an extension.
This week's achievements go to Sami for making a huge effort in all of his lessons and challenging himself. Along with Mollie for her excellent grammar work in English.
Kingfisher 1
This week in English we were reading Handa's hen. The children used colourful semantics and looked through the text to retell the story.
In Maths the children were learning about addition. The children used Numicon and Dienes. Reception were learning about adding one more.
This weeks award goes to Ben for his brilliant work in Maths.
Well done Ben!
Year 3
Year 3 have had a great week this week and have been working exceptionally hard. IN English we have produced very descriptive paragraphs of Mr Twit describing his appearance and his garden. We are very much looking forward to our next piece of writing where we will be creating our own tricks for Mr and Mrs Twit! In maths, we have been focusing on measurement, we've been measuring using cm mm and m.
In our afternoon sessions we have continued with our art topic of sculptures and have created our own playground sculptures in small groups. We were focusing on using different joining techniques to create these.
Homework
Maths: Length and perimeter pages 55 & 56
English: Apostrophe practice pages 24 & 25
This week's achievements go to Isabelle for her excellent descriptive paragraph about Mr Twit and to Zachias for working so hard on his beautiful joined up handwriting. Well done!
Year 4
This week in year 4 we have all become artists! In art have been exploring painting and mixed media with a focus on light and dark. We have looked a mixing tints and shades of colours to create a three-dimensional effect and explored a variety of techniques: stippling, dabbing, paint wash, pointillism, texture. We cant wait to see their still life compositions!
Homework:
Maths: Length and perimeter - pages 58 and 59
Punctuation: Its and it's - pages 24 and 25
This week's awards go to Amelia, Anwen and Elise for being helpful. Well done and thank you!
Year 5
The children had a fantastic time at the Science Museum on Monday - and were especially blown away by the 3-D film 'A Beautiful Planet' that they watched. Their enthusiasm and behaviour made us very proud.
This week, the children learned about percentages being 'per 100', studied the main characters from 'Kensuke's Kingdom' and analysed our WAGOLL letter, and learned about how the Moon and Earth move.
They also did a wonderful job performing their performance poem - Sick by Shel Silverstein - to the rest of Key Stage 2. Mr Madle was very impressed that they'd learned it off by heart!
Homework
Maths: pages 68 and 69 (decimals and percentages)
Reading: pages 30 to 31 (Helicopters question set 1)
This week's awards go to Zainab for her excellent character analysis in English, and to Anastasia for improving her problem-solving skills in Maths - well done, ladies!
Year 6
It has been a busy week in Year 6. In Maths, the children have learnt about converting units of measure and perimeter before we move onto area, next week. In English, they have written their non-chronological reports about an aspect of World War II. The children have produced fantastic and informative reports.
This week, we have finished our Evolution Science topic and we are moving on to Design and Technology where the children will be learning about the seasonality of vegetables before designing and making their own vegetable soup. You can look forward to tasting their creations in a fortnights time!
Year 6 have also been fortunate to have a workshop to inform them about Kinder Transport during World War II. During our learning, Year 6 have learnt about the evacuation of British children so this workshop gives them the perspective of a Jewish child also having to leave their homes and family during WWII.
CGP Homework
Maths - Arithmetic - pages 33 and 34
English - SPaG Targeted Question book - pages 58 and 59
This week's achievement awards go to Sienna for making such an effort in her English and her handwriting, and Josh for the fantastic progress he is making in Maths and for being a positive role model. Well done to you both!
Kingfisher 2
We have had a busy week in KF2. In English, we have started reading a new text ‘Voices in the Park’ by Anthony Browne and have been making inferences and predictions. We used the text and illustrations to identify details about the characters (voices).
In Maths, we measured and ordered lengths and heights. Having recapped how to measure, such as starting at zero, lining it up, we began solving both one-step and two-step problems by using the four operations.
This week’s awards go to:
Jacob – for his participation in the Y6 Kinder Transport workshop.
George – for a great job ordering the class measurements and getting 100% in his times table test.
Mother's Day Stall
Our School Buddies are AMAZING!
We want to say a massive thank you to all our school buddies/helpers. They do such an incredible job helping to look after the younger pupils at playtimes by giving up their own playtimes. (We salute you!)
Looking after Coco and Toffee is a big job. We now have fully trained Rabbit technicians who are responsible for the care and upkeep of our beautiful rabbits and are now doing a fabulous job. (High Five!)
Big thanks also to the dining room sweepers who have been helping to tidy the dining room and help Mr Sudbury with other jobs around the school. (Great Job!)
Rec - Year 5 Maths Impact Workshops and Year 6 SATs Meeting for Parents and Carers
There is still time to sign-up and support your child/children to see how the school teaches Maths. We know it can be difficult for working parents to attend, however it is important that someone from your family attends as it boosts your child’s confidence and reinforces a positive attitude towards learning. This can be Mum, Dad, a Grandparent, an Aunt or Uncle, older brother or sister... but someone please!
The sessions will take place at 9 am for an hour. Please use the form links below to inform us someone will be attending the meeting for your child's year group.
Reception Math IMPACT Workshop - Wednesday 13th March 2024
Year 1 Maths IMPACT Workshop - Monday 11th March 2024
Year 2 Maths IMPACT Workshop - Tuesday 12th March 2024
Year 3 Maths IMPACT Workshop - Wednesday 20th March 2024
Year 4 Maths IMAPCT Workshop - Thursday 14th March 2024
Year 5 Maths IMPACT Workshop - Friday 15th March 2024
Year 6 parents/carers will be having a SATs meeting instead. Please use the following link to inform us if you will be attending.
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Ofsted Letter
Another letter has been sent to the school regarding Ofsted, though this time from Sir Martyn,Oliver, the Head of Ofsted. No matter how long it has been since the inspection, it is still wonderful to hear such positve things about our school.
Fostering
Approximately 900 new foster families are needed in the London region to meet the current demand. Prompted by this challenging statistic, Barnet has joined with over 80 other Local Authorities in the production of a short fostering film called 'Any Of Us'. The film was launched nationally on the 26th September 2023 and shared on various social media platforms e.g., Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, SKY Ads and Barnet’s website. You can view film here.
‘Any Of Us’ looks at fostering through the lens of a young girl called Chloe and three very different adults who could be her foster carer. The film tells a story about Chloe who needs to come into foster carer, and one of these three people will become Chloe’s foster carer, the film shows us her journey into fostering.
The rising cost of living and the Pandemic greatly impacted fostering and our ability to recruit sufficient numbers of fostering households to meet the needs of children. The aim of this film is to come together nationally to raise the profile of fostering and shine a light on the national shortage of foster families that are so urgently needed.
Barnet Council continues to provide good quality support to existing foster families. We believe by encouraging the community in Barnet to consider offering to care for the children and young people who need foster families, because they are unable to live in their own family’s’. Any of us can foster a child or young person and make a difference to the lives of children and young people.
We hope this film will inspire you to learn more about fostering, please contact our Carer Recruitment Team today on 0208 359 6274 or fostering@barnet.gov.uk.
MARCH 2024
Monday 4th:
- Years 3/4 Mixed League Football at Power League - AM
- Wednesday 6th March:
- Year 6 Dance Festival at the Arts Depot - all day
Thursday 7th:
- WORLD BOOK DAY 2024 - everyone can dress up in book character costumes or pyjamas
Friday 8th:
- Mother's Day Stall - All children can bring spending money to buy a gift
Monday 11th:
- Science Week
- Year 1 Maths IMPACT Meeting for Parents/Carers 9am in the Dining Hall
Tuesday 12th:
- Year 2 Maths IMPACT Meeting for Parents/Carers 9am in the Dining Hall
Wednesday 13th:
- Reception Maths IMPACT Meeting for Parents/Carers 9am in the Dining Hall
- Girls Football Match - Livingstone vs Trent 3:30pm
Thursday 14th:
- Year 4 Maths IMPACT Meeting for Parents/Carers 9am in the Dining Hall
- London Fire Brigade visiting Nursery and Reception
- Bluebirds Trip to Crews Hill Soft Play - PM
Friday 15th:
- Red Nose Day (Comic Relief)
- Parent Champions Coffee Morning 9am in The Cabin
- Year 5 Maths IMPACT Meeting for Parents/Carers 9am in the Dining Hall
- KS1 Sports Festival at Ark Pioneer - PM (group of pupils to be confirmed)
Use this link to visit our School Calendar 23/24 for further dates.