A Note From Mr Thornes | |
Hello all,
I'd like to offer you a warm welcome to our website.
We've recently updated the site and it's now easier to navigate and reflects the principles of Livingstone very well.
We are a community school at Livingstone and we love to inspire the pupils, we celebrate our differences whenever possible. Our pupils have active minds, tons of enthusiasm and there's always a lot happening here.
I'm really proud to be leading a fantastic team of staff and everyone is united in our effort to help every pupil improve and meet their potential. School life here is fun, stimulating, varied, rigorous but also above all enjoyable.
Have a look about, or come and see us in action!
Welcome to Livingstone...
Mr Thornes
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Kestrels class have worked incredible hard to produce their self-portraits. They have learnt about proportions when sketching their faces and have thought carefully about the design of their background in order to reflect their personalities, interests and cultures. Please have a look through the photos attached. They are all so unique. Great work, yet again Kestrels!
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The Puffins had fun playing games with the parachute. They liked laying on the floor and feeling the rush of the air as the parachute was lifted up and down by the adults.
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Penguins have been really enjoying their topic of 'What's growing in the garden?' We have been learning about different types of plants and planting our own beans and sunflowers. We also conducted an interesting experiment to find out the best growing conditions for cress seeds! We found out that plants need both sunlight and water to be healthy.
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The Friends of Livingstone Primary School PTA have organised another cake sale, as the last one was so popular! Please see the attached image for details and speak to your child's class teacher if you have any questions #TeamLivingstone
The childrenin Puffins had read the story The Little Red Hen. The children made the bread togther and then got to eat some once it was cooked.
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Woodpeckers have been 'Super Scientists' this week. They have learnt about the different parts of a flower and their importance in helping pollination. They carefully took apart a flower to identify the parts they had learnt about. They then played a game to reinforce their learning about the process. They have had two dressing up days with some amazing and creative ideas. As part of 'World Book Day' they brought in a copy of their favourite books. They shared their choices and replicated the front cover, to make a super display.
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Kingfishers had a fab day on Friday, enjoying lots of fascinating talks from different professionals. They particularly enjoyed the animal poo from Whipsnade and Unilever's ice experiment! Attached is a pic of some of the best costumes (well done kids!)- see if you can guess which careers their costumes represent...
In Science this term Year 3 have been learning about plants. We have completed two experiments as part of this. Our first experiment identified how water is transported around the plant by placing celery in coloured water. In the second experiment the children dissected flowers to identify the parts in a flower that are involved in reproduction.
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In Year 4, Owls were excited to recieve 3rd place in the Basketball tournament! We look forward to seeing how they progress in the competition.
Last week was also a triumph in Art, as Amyah was announced as the proud winner of Bedford Modern Junior School's Art Competition, "Myths and Legends". She will attend the presentation to celebrate her achievement next week. Congratulations, Amyah! We're so proud of you!
Our latest writing has been an instructional text. We have had a lot of fun practising giving instructions to our partners to perfect the art of broomstick riding and how to give clear and precise instructions to a novice rider! The children have drafted, edited and copied up their final instructional texts for display. Well done everyone. We are almost ready to head to Harry Potter World on the 20th to try out our broomstick riding skills for real!
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Kestrels class have worked incredible hard to produce their self-portraits. They have learnt about proportions when sketching their faces and have thought carefully about the design of their background in order to reflect their personalities, interests and cultures. Please have a look through the photos attached. They are all so unique. Great work, yet again Kestrels!
Portraits 1.jpeg
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The Puffins had fun playing games with the parachute. They liked laying on the floor and feeling the rush of the air as the parachute was lifted up and down by the adults.
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We learned all about Shrove Tuesday and all of the traditions associated with it. We particularly enjoyed tasting some pancakes and flipping our own (pretend!) pancakes!
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The Puffins had fun making lots of noise as the dragon danced.
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The Puffins had fun playing games with the parachute. They liked laying on the floor and feeling the rush of the air as the parachute was lifted up and down by the adults.
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Penguins have been really enjoying their topic of 'What's growing in the garden?' We have been learning about different types of plants and planting our own beans and sunflowers. We also conducted an interesting experiment to find out the best growing conditions for cress seeds! We found out that plants need both sunlight and water to be healthy.
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The Friends of Livingstone Primary School PTA have organised another cake sale, as the last one was so popular! Please see the attached image for details and speak to your child's class teacher if you have any questions #TeamLivingstone
The childrenin Puffins had read the story The Little Red Hen. The children made the bread togther and then got to eat some once it was cooked.
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Woodpeckers have been 'Super Scientists' this week. They have learnt about the different parts of a flower and their importance in helping pollination. They carefully took apart a flower to identify the parts they had learnt about. They then played a game to reinforce their learning about the process. They have had two dressing up days with some amazing and creative ideas. As part of 'World Book Day' they brought in a copy of their favourite books. They shared their choices and replicated the front cover, to make a super display.
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Kingfishers had a fab day on Friday, enjoying lots of fascinating talks from different professionals. They particularly enjoyed the animal poo from Whipsnade and Unilever's ice experiment! Attached is a pic of some of the best costumes (well done kids!)- see if you can guess which careers their costumes represent...
In Science this term Year 3 have been learning about plants. We have completed two experiments as part of this. Our first experiment identified how water is transported around the plant by placing celery in coloured water. In the second experiment the children dissected flowers to identify the parts in a flower that are involved in reproduction.
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In Year 4, Owls were excited to recieve 3rd place in the Basketball tournament! We look forward to seeing how they progress in the competition.
Last week was also a triumph in Art, as Amyah was announced as the proud winner of Bedford Modern Junior School's Art Competition, "Myths and Legends". She will attend the presentation to celebrate her achievement next week. Congratulations, Amyah! We're so proud of you!
Our latest writing has been an instructional text. We have had a lot of fun practising giving instructions to our partners to perfect the art of broomstick riding and how to give clear and precise instructions to a novice rider! The children have drafted, edited and copied up their final instructional texts for display. Well done everyone. We are almost ready to head to Harry Potter World on the 20th to try out our broomstick riding skills for real!
Broomsticks 1.jpeg
Broomsticks 3.jpeg
Kestrels class have worked incredible hard to produce their self-portraits. They have learnt about proportions when sketching their faces and have thought carefully about the design of their background in order to reflect their personalities, interests and cultures. Please have a look through the photos attached. They are all so unique. Great work, yet again Kestrels!
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Portraits 3.jpeg
The children in Puffins have planted some sunflower seeds. Hopefully they will grow into lovely flowers.
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Every Friday in Puffins we play with something that others would call mess. We call it fun.
We played with custard powder and shaving foam and had lots of fun.
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Parrots and Penguins enjoyed observing the hail! We discussed how it resembled snow despite it being made up of tiny ice balls. We collected some, brought it inside and watched that happened. We discovered that because of the warmth, the hail melts while it is inside or in our hands.
This week in Art, Year 4 Owls have enjoyed creating a 3D sculpture using clay. Owls enjoyed designing a 2D dragon which they turned into a 3D sculpture. Owls used their painting techniques to complete their dragon eye art work. Well done, Owls!
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In year 4, we designed posters on Safer Internet day.
Safer internet day is designed to raise awarness of a safer and better internet for all.
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Woodpecker Class took part in a visiting artist workshop. This was in conjunction with a competition that is currently being run by the Harpur Trust. Four of the children have been successful in having their masterpieces entered. We are keeping our fingers crossed for when the results are announced later this term.
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Woodpeckers have been learning about plants. This week they have found out how water is transported around a plant. They set up an experiment using blue ink and celery to test this, then wrote up their findings. In Geography they have been learning about the Water Cycle through a story map. They have related the Water Cycle to the weather that happens in the rainforests. As part of their well being, the children have thought of things that makes them proud. Their homework was to find ways to help others both in school and at home. They have done this enthusiastically and admirably.
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We learned all about Shrove Tuesday and all of the traditions associated with it. We particularly enjoyed tasting some pancakes and flipping our own (pretend!) pancakes!
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The Puffins had fun making lots of noise as the dragon danced.
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The Puffins had fun playing games with the parachute. They liked laying on the floor and feeling the rush of the air as the parachute was lifted up and down by the adults.
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Penguins have been really enjoying their topic of 'What's growing in the garden?' We have been learning about different types of plants and planting our own beans and sunflowers. We also conducted an interesting experiment to find out the best growing conditions for cress seeds! We found out that plants need both sunlight and water to be healthy.
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