Livingstone Newsletter
September Week 4
Friday 29th September
On Thursday 5th October our school kitchen will be having a superhero themed lunchtime with a build your own pasta menu (see below).
If your child usually brings a packed lunch to school and you would like them to join in our superhero lunchtime, please let the school office know. It would be a great opportunity for your child to try school meals.
School meals are currently free for all pupils as part of the Universal Free School Meal initiative.
Parent Rep Meeting
Parent Rep Meetings will be re-starting this term.
If anyone is considering joining this group, please come along to the meeting in the CABIN to see what the reps do.
The first meeting is at 9 am on Friday 6th October but all other meetings will be on the fourth Friday or Wednesday of each half term.
Minutes from the last meeting of 2022/23
Members 2022/23
Giovanna Phelan- Head teacher
Austin Scott - Reception
Carrie Lowin- Reception
Jackie Scott- Reception
Laura Blackaller- Year 1
Charlotte Gosling- Year 2
Melissa Gosling- Year 3
Kate Orr- Year 4
Lina Cavozzi- Year 5
Shelly Farmer- Year 5 and Kingfisher 2
Paula Falco- Year 6
Q. Can there be 2 different release points for clubs, as some of us keep missing out due to being at work when clubs are released?
A. We are unable to do two release times but club places will now be released at 5.45 pm, the latest that they can be sent out before the school closes at 6 pm. Please note that anyone missing out on a club should contact Mrs Kelly and she will make sure they go to the top of the list for the next booking slot.
Q. Can clubs be released at the end of the month as they're always released the week before some of us get paid?
A. Clubs are released half-termly because as a school we work to that schedule in everything that we do.
Q. Can the camp night be opened to more families next year please?
A. Camp night is growing in popularity, but the field was not built as a camping site. For that reason, numbers have been increased but are limited to match the facilities available.
Q. Request for more notice before events for Parents/carers to arrange time off work.
A. In order to give parents/carers more notice of events, we have added a link to an annual calendar. Dates will be added throughout the year, so it is important to keep checking for changes.
Q. A request been made for Paris next year.
A. We are hoping to keep Paris but every year the trip has been impacted by political events adding an element of risk for the pupils. - Even King Charles and Queen Camilla had to cancel and reschedule their visit during the period of rioting- something that we would not be able to do!
The trip to Paris will be reviewed at the time of booking and the decision will be made subject to what is happening in the city.
PTA Comedy Night - Thursday 19th October 2023 @7pm
We still have tickets for our comedy night fundraiser, featuring our host of the night, Joe Bor (Milo's Dad in Year 3) and the hilarious talents of Iain Sterling and Nathan Caton, both seasoned performers from Live at the Apollo. Hurry, they are selling fast!
Visit School Money to book your tickets. Be quick and book now to avoid disappointment.
Join us for a night of laughter!
Attendance
This week our whole school attendance was 96%.
As we head into the colder months and shorter days, remember there are only 3 weeks until half term so let's make the most of our learning time by being here on time, every day.
Mrs Barton and Mr Madle
Nursery and Kingfisher Nursery
This week in Nursery and Kingfisher Nursery we focused on the story 'Dear Zoo' by Rod Campbell. The pupils enjoyed listening to the story and learning about the zoo animals. They created amazing collages using animal skin patterned paper, got involved in sensory play, and enjoyed a music lesson playing instruments to the beat of nursery rhymes and the 'Dear Zoo' song.
At the end of the week, we had two 'mystery readers' from Y4, Anwen and Elsie, who shared a Julia Donaldson story. What a brilliant week!
Reception
This week we have been talking about ourselves and our families in Reception. We have been learning about the ways we are the same and how we are different. Thank you to everyone who bought in a family picture, we welcome others to do the same :)
We had our first walk to the woods and have been noticing the world around us and collecting signs of Autumn. You are welcome to bring things in for our Autumn table too!
We have also started learning our sounds in phonics and the children are very enthusiastic. Well done reception class!
Year 1
Year 1 have enjoyed another busy and exciting week. We began classifying objects by their materials, and we certainly have some budding scientists! Have a look at objects in your house over the weekend; see if your children can identify the materials that make up these objects.
We are comparing numbers in maths using the terms 'greater' or 'less' than and have found practical ways of finding one more.
We continue to learn Set 2 sounds in phonics: ay, ee, igh, ow, oo (poo at the zoo), oo (look at a book). Please review these sounds and listen to your children read the 2 phonics books to you every day for 10 minutes. Continue to read to your children with your own picture books at home as well as the library book they choose weekly. We look forward to our first mystery reader next week! I wonder who it will be?!
Our first achievement award goes to Evan for participating during phonics lessons and using his Fred fingers to spell words. Our second achievement award goes to Mason for his excellent work in maths comparing numbers.
Year 2
In Maths, we have been comparing and ordering two-digit numbers.
In English, we have identified coordinating conjunctions and used these in our sentences.
The children have been loving our sculpture topic in Art. We have used clay to make pinch pots and decorative tiles. We have even designed a house tile which we will make next week. Well done, Year 2!
Homework
Homework is compulsory so please make sure you complete the page numbers. Everyone had their homework this week so well done!
Reading- Birthday Party. Pages 1-2
This week's awards go to Jonathan for his creative work in Art and Nora for her great sentence work in English using conjunctions.
Kingfisher 1
In Maths this week we have been counting with money in preparation for our shopping trip.
In English some children went on our shopping trip to cover our topic . The children were able to select the items they wanted to buy and paid for them at the tills.
The award this week goes to Leslie for excellent participation in all lessons.
Well done!
Year 3
We have had another busy week in Year 3!
In English, the children completed their first 'long writes' where they had to write a setting description all about 'The Tin Forest'. They all worked very hard and produced some excellent writing.
In Maths, we have been looking at number lines to 1,000 and comparing and ordering numbers to 1,000. We have also started our new History unit all about the Stone Age to the Iron Age!
Every member of Year 3 remembered to bring in their homework on time this week. Well done!
KS2 Reading Homework due in Wednesday 4th October:
Poems about Trees, pages 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.
Times tables focus: 3x table but please keep revising 2x, 5x and 10x too.
This first achievement award goes to Sienna Madle for getting 60/60 on her times tables rock stars test! Well done!
The second achievement award goes to Savannah for fabulous setting description and including impressive fronted adverbials. Well done!
Year 4
In Maths, we have been using our place value knowledge, to find 1, 10, 100 and 1,000 more or less of a given number and ordering and comparing numbers up to 10,000.
In English, we have been writing, editing and publishing our emotive letters, inspired by Anthony Browne's book 'Into the Forest'.
In D&T, we have started making our moving monsters which the children are absolutely hooked on. We can't wait to see their finished products.
Homework:
Maths: Find 1, 10, 100 and 1,000 more or less of a given number and ordering and comparing numbers up to 10,000 (pages 8 - 12)
Punctuation: Capital Letters and Full Stops (pages 4-5)
Times Tables: 6s
Ryann- for always having a great attitude in and out of the classroom.
Dotty - for creating a brilliant mechanism in D&T.
Year 5
This week, the children practised rounding in Maths and used their knowledge of place value to help them.
In English, they drafted, edited and published their first piece of writing - a fairy-tale recount from the villain's point-of-view. They did a good job of including everything they needed and some of them showed great character and humour.
In the afternoons, they've been geographers learning about rivers and the water cycle. They looked at Ordinance Survey symbols and plotted landmarks and tourist attractions around the River Thames and the River Seine, and they learned the features of rivers: source, mouth, confluence, tributary, floodplain and meander.
Homework
Maths: pages 10, 11 and 12 (place value and rounding)
Punctuation: pages 4 and 5 (capital letters, full stops and question marks)
This week's awards go to Evgenia and Medina for their excellent rounding work in Maths - well done, girls!
Year 6
Another great week in Year 6. We have been impressed with the children's writing based in Victorian England. In Maths, the children have covered a lot, this week: negative numbers, multiplying decimals, factors and multiples. Please encourage your child to go on to Times Table Rockstars daily as it will further embed this learning and provide firm foundations to underpin new learning.
In Science, the children have investigated the five kingdoms and classification in 'Animals and their Habitats'. They are
CGP Homework pages
English - Reading - pages 10 to 15.
Maths - SATs practice - pages 8 to 10.
This week's achievement awards go to Marwa for her excellent language choices in her writing and Jacob for sharing his fantastic knowledge on animals in Science.
Kingfisher 2
In Kingfisher 2 we have written a plan for an informal letter to a pen pal and started to write our first paragraph, giving information about ourselves.
In place value, we were using number lines. We completed, labelled and estimated the numbers on the number lines (using 1’s and multiples of 10) before exploring other number lines with more varied start and end points and a different number of intervals.
Well done to...
Calvin – for taking an interest in others and asking lots of very thoughtful questions in his speech and language session.
Dilan – for trying hard with his place value in maths and working with more independence.
OCTOBER
Monday 2nd:
- INSET Day - school closed to pupils
Tuesday 3rd:
- School and Sports Council Elections
Tuesday 10th:
- Nursery Parent Consultations 8:45 - 11:00am
- Reception Parent Consultations 1:00 - 3:00pm
- Nursery, Reception, KS1 and Years 3-5 Parent Consultations 4:00 - 6:30pm
Wednesday 11th:
- Years 1 and 2 Parent Consultations 9:00 - 11:00am
- Years 3, 4 and 5 Parent Consultations 1:00 - 3:00pm
- Mixed League Football vs Trent 3:30 pm (HOME)
Friday 13th:
- Parent Champion Coffee Morning 9am in Cabin
Monday 16th:
- Black History Week
- Activity Clubs go online for Autumn 2 - Booking will be available from 5:45pm
Wednesday 18th:
- Year 6 Parent Consultations 1:00 - 3:00pm
Thursday 19th:
- Year 6 Parent Consultations 3:30 - 6:30pm
- PTA Comedy Night - Thursday 19th October 2023 @7pm (Adults only)
Friday 20th:
- Year 4 Harvest Festival Assembly - Year 4 parents/carers welcome
- Activity Clubs finish for Autumn 1
- School finishes for Half Term - school ends normal time and Cabin club is open
HALF TERM: Monday 23rd - 27th October 2023
Pupils return to school Monday 30th October 2023
Use this link to visit our School Calendar 23/24