At Livingston Village we enjoy celebrating the achievements of our pupils and we would like to say a big well done to all the children in our class for their continued hard work in their learning.  Last term we celebrated some super work from the children and Ethan, Freya, Jarrad, Lakshya, Leo, Elisha, Luke N, Rohan and Kayden were all rewarded with a Pupil of the Week certificate.  We look forward to celebrating many more successes this term.  Please remember that we celebrate all of the children’s successes including wider achievements from any clubs and groups they might attend out of school so send in any certificates, medals, badges etc and we’ll look forward to the children sharing their exciting news.

This week in Primary 2 the children have been learning about Growth Mindsets.  We watched a video clip about Mojo, a friendly monster who loves school.  Mojo loved maths but decided he wasn’t smart enough when the maths problems got a little bit too tricky for him and he wanted to leave.  His friend helped him to see that his brain was a muscle and if he gave his brain exercise by practising his maths and working hard, his brain would become stronger and he would become smarter.  We had a lovely discussion about fixed and growth mindsets following the video clip (which can be found on Youtube – Growth Mindset for Students – Episode 1/5) and then read and discussed the book Your Fantastic Elastic Brain Stretch It, Shape It by JoAnn Deak.  The children will continue to learn about a growth mindset throughout this term and I look forward to seeing the changes in their thinking as they move to develop more of a growth mindset towards their learning.

The children in Primary 3 and Primary 2 had a super time as they celebrated the end of the Christmas festivities with their party on Wednesday 20th December. The children enjoyed some fun and games including some traditional scottish country dance.  This was followed by party food and karaoke and rounded off with some excellent dancing in the dancing competition. Everyone had a lovely time and the teachers hope everyone had a nice relaxing holiday with their families.  Here are some photos of the fun!