After learning all about the story of 'Stick Man' Penguins class used sticks and other natural resources (plus some googly eyes!) to create our own 'Stick People'. We then talked about their features and the things they could do; this included flying, jumping and walking to find food!

The children in Puffins, Parrots and Penguins have been working very hard practising for their Christmas show 'The Christmas Tree Nativity'. We can't wait for all of the parents and carers to see what an amazing job they do on Friday 8th December! 

In Woodpeckers this week, the children have been learning about exchanging when subtracting. They have used place value counters to supprt their understanding and have done a fantastic job. 

The Puffins enjoyed listening to the story of Is That Paras' Turban? The children tried on lots of differnt hats and had a hunt to find Paras' crown.

We have had fun decorating the Christmas Tree.

Owls have made King and Queen themed gingerbread characters for the Christmas tree competition at St Paul's church. I'm sure you will agree they look amazing!

Over the last few weeks, Robins have been getting ready to make their puppets. We learnt about joining fabrics and which method was best - staples, safety pins, glue or sewing. Last week we designed our puppet and thought about the features it would have, as well as what material and joining technique we would use. This week we started to make our puppets and cut out the felt using a template and scissors. 

In Robins Class we have been learning about the three primary colours and the three secondary colours. We practiced mixing different shades of green by mixing blue and yellow. 

Year 6 have been planning, making and eating burgers as their DT unit this half term.  We have had lots of visitors drifting into the Year 6 classes, lured by the delicious smells over the last two days!  Great effort and attitude by the children.  It has been great to see them learning new skills and tasting new flavours.  Well done Year 6!

Last week, all year 6 pupils designed, created and ate burgers! Kingfishers enjoyed experimenting with different breads, sauces, fillings and flavour combinations. Our photographer for the event (Amelia) took some great action shots of her pals tucking in and making a bit of a mess 😜

Year 3 had a fantastic afternoon taking part in some orienteering and team building games led by sports leaders from secondary schools around Bedford (including a number of Livingstone graduates!).  The children worked in mixed teams of year 3 and year 4 and teamed up with others that they wouldn't usually work with on a daily basis.  Everyone had a great time, worked together very well and some pupils showed good leadership skills with some tricky problems.

For the start of their series of lessons on coding, Wagtails and Woodpeckers have been busy solving logic problems.  The children have been really enjoying these and many have even chosen to keep working on the problems during golden time.  If you would like to explore more we have been using rodocodo.com which is available to use at home for free.

Year 4 are having so much fun at Trinity learning how to swim. They have all challenged themselves to become much more confident in the water. Year 4's are working in small groups in the pool, to improve their swimming skills and should be very proud of their progress.

We have been busy designing a Christmas card for the Purple Mash annual Christmas card competition. Fingers crossed!

Here are a few of the entries. Good Luck!

Year 5 had a wonderful time last week when they visited the Space Centre in Leicester! We got to spend time interacting with lots of fascinating exhibits about our Solar Sytem and beyond! A highlight of the trip was the opportunity to spend time in the Planetarium where we were taken on a journey around our universe!

Penguins class showed off their acting skills today! After reading and learning about the story of Little Red Riding Hood, the children acted out the story as narrated by Mrs Bliss.

There were some Oscar-worthy performances! 

This week in Swallows we have been experimenting with clay in our art lessons.

The children used different tools and shaping techniques to mold and shape their clay into decorative snakes and tiles. We used Lego blocks to stamp patterns into the clay to create different textures. Once the sculptures have dried we will be decorating them and mounting them for display.

Last week year 2 spent some time talking about anti-bullying week.

We had a very successful odd-socks day on Monday where lots of children decided to wear their odd socks. It was nice for Mr Brown to not be the only one wearing odd socks for a day!

We also spent some time discussing how everybody in our class is different, but how it is those differences that make us special and unique. We then asked the children to design their own odd socks, highlighting all of the things that make them special.

We hope that everybody in year 2 will remember to Make A Noise if they see bullying in the future.

Woodpeckers have had a busy few weeks back. We have come to the end of our Stone Age work and finished the topic by completing our cave art pictures. We are now moving on to learn about the Bronze Age. In music we have been learning to play the glockenspiels and have been adding our accompaniments to a song we have learnt. 

Wrens had a great time at Biddenham International School and Sports college recently when they participated in a range of sporting activities. These activities tested their balance and co-ordination skills and encouraged teamwork. Thank you Miss Churchill for arranging it and Biddenham for hosting.