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Class Posts, Early Learning and Childcare, General Information, Primary 1, Primary 2/1, Primary 3, Primary 3/2, Primary 4, Primary 5, Primary 6, Primary 7, Sporting Activities

Moving On

Dear parent/carer

 

From June 4th, I will no longer be the PE teacher at Livingston Village Primary school. I have accepted the post as Principal Teacher of the Scottish Attainment Challenge schools in West Lothian. This promoted post was too good an opportunity to turn down and I am very excited for this new challenge. I will be working between St Thomas’ Primary School in Addiewell and Bridgend in Linlithgow.

 

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your support over the years. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here and I will miss the children, staff and yourselves incredibly.  I have so many happy memories and I have no doubt that PE and school sport will continue to flourish in my absence.  I will be back at the end of term to celebrate all our fantastic sporting achievements this year at the Sports Committee Assembly.

 

My last day at LVPS will be on Tuesday the 29th May. I will also be ensuring that our application for an unprecedented 3rd sportscotland school sport gold award will be completed and if successful I hope to come back in November 2018 for the presentation.

 

I am also delighted to announce how much we raised at SportaFUNd. Abbie, our former pupil, raised £360.00 with the bake sale, the ELC raised £395.00 and the school raised a whopping £1724.20.  This demonstrates all the hard work, dedication and commitment from everybody connected to this fabulous school.

 

Thank you once again.

 

Kind regards

 

Mr Stewart.

Class Posts, Early Learning and Childcare, General Information, Primary 1, Primary 2/1, Primary 3, Primary 3/2, Primary 4, Primary 5, Primary 6, Primary 7, Sporting Activities

SportaFUNd Thursday 19th April

Below is information which has already been circulated through letter, email, facebook and twitter about our upcoming SportaFUNd day. Any donation, no matter how small, will make a big difference.

 

SportaFUNd

Dear parent/carer

As you will be aware, the school’s SportaFUNd Day is on Thursday 19th April within the school. We are holding a Sponsored Mile long obstacle course, various stalls in the playground including face painting, beat the goalie and soak the teacher amongst others and a Bake Sale to support former pupil Abby Cowan on her trip to Rwanda to build a new school.

All monies raised within the bake sale goes to Abby’s trip. All monies raised by the nursery will go towards new nursery play equipment. All monies raised by P1-P7 and the money from the various stalls goes to the school for new playground equipment, new PE equipment and towards the cost of transport to various sporting events.

For all of this to happen we need your support please. We are looking for baking donations, volunteers to help at the various stalls and volunteers to support the obstacle course. All 15 members of the Sports Committee will be supporting the event too.

Below is a timetable for the day.

Assault Course                                                        Stalls

9:00am-9:15am                      P6                            9:15am – 9:30am                   P6

9:30am – 9:45am                   nursery (am)           9:45am – 10:00am                 nursery (am)

10:00am – 10:15am               P5                            10:15am – 10:30am               P5

11:00am -11:15am                 P1                            11:15am  – 11:30am               P1

11:30am -11:45am                 P2                            11:45am – 12 noon                 P2

1:15pm -1:30pm                     nursery (pm)           1:30pm – 1:45pm                   nursery (pm)

1:45pm – 2:00pm                   P4                            2:00pm – 2:15pm                   P4

2:15pm – 2:30pm                   P3                            2:30pm – 2:45pm                   P3

2:45pm – 3:00pm                   P7                            3:00pm – 3:15pm                   P7

If you can help out at all please attend a short meeting in the school gym hall on Monday 16th April straight after school with Mr Stewart and the Sports Committee. If you cannot make the meeting please give your name to Mrs Young at the school office and Mr Stewart will contact you before the event. Even if you can only help for a short while we would really appreciate it. If you cannot support you are welcome to come along and support your child at the appropriate time above.

Children are encouraged to wear sports kit from any clubs or teams they represent out with school. Football strips will be allowed on this day. Those children who represent any of the school teams will be allowed to wear a school strip. PE kit or a tracksuit are also allowed. The assault course is outside so please ensure your child has a change of clothing as they may get dirty.

On the day the bake sale will take place in the gym hall from 9am – 12.  All of the other stalls will take place in the school playground. Most of the stalls will cost between 50p and £1.

Can you please ensure your child’s sponsorship money is delivered to the school office as soon as possible.

Thank you for your continued support.

Mr Stewart, Ms Taylor and the Sports Committee

Class Posts, General Information, Primary 1, Primary 2/1, Primary 3, Primary 3/2, Primary 4, Primary 5, Primary 6, Primary 7, Sporting Activities

Sportshall Athletics East Regional Championships

On Wednesday, 20 members from our P7 class took part in the Sportshall Athletics East Regional Championships at the Jack Kane Centre in Edinburgh. This is where the top two schools from City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian and the Borders take part in activities which include: 4 x 100m, over/under relay, obstacle relay, 6 lap parlauff, 2 lap relay, 1 lap relay, javelin, speed bounce, long jump, vertical jump, triple jump and chest push.

Our team placed 8th overall. Kirknewton Primary finished 10th which means although we were not crowned Champions on the day, we are the top performing school out of 67 in West Lothian. Another fantastic achievement. On the day our children demonstrated resilience, perseverance, motivation and superb sportsmanship. We cheered on the winners and all the other competitors and enjoyed a really great event.

Class Posts, General Information, Primary 7, Sporting Activities

Livingston Netball League

R1
4 V 5
Meldrum
1
Toronto
1
R2
3 V 1
Parkhead
4
Livi A
8
R3
2 V 3
Livi B
8
Parkhead
4
R4
1 V 4
Livi A
4
Meldrum
12
R5
1 v 5
Livi A
8
Toronto
3
R6
2 v 4
Livi B
4
Meldrum
2
R7
4 v 3
Meldrum
2
Parkhead
5
R8
5 v 2
Toronto
0
Livi B
9
R9
1 v 2
Livi A
3
Livi B
12
R10
3 v 5
Parkhead
11
Toronto
0
 
3 pts win, 2 pts draw, 1 point loss
 
1st          Livi Village B 12pts
= 2nd     Livi A and Parkhead 8pts
4th         Meldrum 7pts
5th         Toronto 5pts
We took part in the second round of the Livingston Netball League yesterday at Parkhead Primary school. We had 15 members of the team so we decided to have two teams. The results above show the strength in depth we have at the school. This is testament to the hard work and dedication our players put in. Not only are they all great players but they are fantastic role models too who display sportsmanship at all times. Well done team. We are all very proud of you at LVPS.
Class Posts, General Information, Primary 7, Sporting Activities

Sportshall Athletics West Lothian Champions

 

We are delighted to announce that 20 members our P7 class have just been crowned the Sportshall Athletics West Lothian Champions. Way back in October the children were given the choice to take part in the athletics competition. Those who didn’t assisted Mr Stewart with recording times, setting up the athletics tracks and organising their peers into the correct groups. It was a real team effort. We took part in the competition alongside our cluster schools and in every event there were points to gain. We came 1st in our cluster event which was a super achievement in itself. We then had to wait until 6 other clusters held their event. The two schools with the most points would then go on to represent West Lothian at the Regional Championships. We just found out a few days ago that not only have we qualified but we are the winning primary school in the whole of West Lothian. A remarkable achievement. Well done to all members of the P7 class. We are very proud of you.

 

Class Posts, General Information, Primary 1, Primary 2/1, Primary 3, Primary 3/2, Primary 4, Primary 5, Primary 6, Primary 7, Sporting Activities

LVPS Sport and PE

School Teams

We  have had a busy few weeks at LVPS. Our netball team played a friendly with our friends from Riverside PS. Both teams played really well with lots of fantastic passing and great goals scored. Our next match is on Feb 22nd at Parkhead Primary.

Our 2 basketball teams took part in the West Lothian Primary league Tournament. They played really well and a big thank you to Abby and Ms Taylor for being fantastic coaches.

The girls football team are training every Tuesday and are working really hard. They have their next match scheduled for Feb 16th.

The school football team have been in winter shutdown mode but I have managed to secure two matches in March. We play Knightsridge on March 7th at LVPS and Meldrum away on March 21st. I am also delighted to announce that Stevie Johnston from WLFA (also a parent of a P1 child in our school) is going to provide football training sessions for the team on a Tuesday lunchtime. This will start on Tuesday 20th February.

Our school handball team took part in the final round of fixtures of the Livingston Handball league. I am very proud to announce that our school are the Livingston Champions!!! Well done team. This was a very competitive league and all 15 members of the team have contributed significantly. We are all very proud! We have now qualified for the WL Championships in March with 5 other teams. The top 2 teams will then go on to the National Championships to represent WL. Watch this space.

If your child is part of one of our 5 teams above. Please keep encouraging them to check the sports noticeboard outside the gym hall. This is updated every Friday by our Sports Captains. No letters are issued for training sessions. Letters will only be issued when their is a match to be played.

Coming up next week:

Extra-Curricular Activity @ LVPS week beginning 5th Feb

Mon: Sports Committee meeting at lunch. Multi Sports 3:30pm – 4:15pm p3and4

Tues: Dance Club at lunch p6/7. Girls Football 3:30pm – 4:15pm

Wed: Handball p4-6 3:30pm – 4:30pm

Thursday: Basketball team training 3:30pm – 4:30pm

For the most up to date information please follow us on twitter @LVPSSportandPE

 

Coming Soon in collaboration with our fantastic Sports Committee

  • Our first Sports Spotlight winners will be announced at next weeks assembly.
  • Sportathon (raising money for school funds)
  • P1 and P2 multi sports club ( a letter will be issued shortly. 25 children max)
  • PLSA (The sports committee will be running playground sporting activities at lunch for p1-p4 from March)
  • Potential After school clubs next term : Bootcamp for children and parents/carers, running club, football for p1-p3

 

Once again, thank you to all parents/carers for your continued support. We strive to provide the best sporting opportunities for your children to encourage an active and healthy lifestyle.

 

Mr Stewart

Class Posts, General Information, Sporting Activities

LVPS Sport and PE

We have had a very busy few weeks at LVPS with regards to Sport and PE. Here is a summary of all the great work that has been going on:

Sports Captains

Mr Stewart interviewed 10 children from P7 who declared an interest in becoming the 2017/18 Sports Captains. Their job list will include:

• Promote school sport and physical activity in school
• Promote elite sporting events in our school
• Promote extra-curricular and lunchtime clubs to all pupils
• Promote, organise and lead Commonwealth Games event
• Maintain Sports Committee and Sports Teams Noticeboards
• Plan and support Fitness Fortnight
• Promote @LVPSsportandPE twitter page
• Plan and deliver some sports clubs throughout the year.
• Attend regular Sports Committee meetings and extra meetings with Mr
Stewart and Mrs Gallagher.
• Regularly record all jobs performed in Sports Captains Folder.
• Maintain the tidiness and organisation of the PE cupboard through daily
checks
• Regularly attend school sporting events, even if not competing.
• Highlight and promote sporting events and opportunities at school
assemblies and in classes.
• Promote and celebrate examples of positive sportsmanship within
sporting clubs, PE lessons and competitive matches
• Provide a positive example for other children to follow at all times
through general behaviour and attitude in class and around school
• Complete ALL tasks that your teacher gives you in class even when you
are fulfilling your role as Sports Captain.

 

Well done to Liam and Sophie from P7 who are our new Sports Captains. They will be updating us on here on a fortnightly basis.

 

Sports Committee

The Sports Committee recently delivered a short presentation at last Friday’s Assembly. They split themselves into 3 groups and have came up with 3 fantastic ideas.

  1. Fruity Friday. Each child within our school is encouraged to bring a piece of fruit for their snack every Friday. This is to promote healthy eating. The Sports Committee will go round each class and give 2 house points to each child who has a piece of fruit.
  2. Sport Spotlight. Every month, members of each class will be working towards a Sport Spotlight certificate. This idea is being backed by Mr stewart and the rest of the staff but is an idea developed by the Sports Committee. P1-P2 can receive this award by showing perseverance, resilience, working hard and always trying their best in PE. P3 – P7 will be the same but also by showing sportsmanship and by representing the school to the best of their ability in competive matches, cluster festivals and by attending extra-curricular activities. Mr Stewart and the class teachers will decide for p1 and P2 and then each class will decide for p3-p7 along with the Sports Committee and Mr Stewart.
  3. Sports Letter to Carers: We are looking for support in delivering more extra-curricular activities. The Sports Committee have written to all parents and carers for support. If you are keen to help please contact Mrs Young at the office. Even if you have no previous experience we can support you in delivering an activity.

Exciting Times Ahead

Terms 3 and 4 will be very busy. Here is a flavour of what is coming up.

  • Sportathon
  • Fitness Fortnight
  • More extra-curricular activities for p1-p4
  • Commonwealth Games
  • Sports Day
  • More matches for our 2 football teams, netball, basketball and handball teams
  • More details to follow……………………….

Christmas Parties

P1 – P7 have taken part in their Christmas Parties and have had lots of fun. Over the last few weeks each class has been learning some traditional Scottish Country Dancing and they performed these fantastically.

All of the great work going on will help us to gain our 3rd Gold Award. if successful, we will be the first primary school in West Lothain to achieve this remarkable feat.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New year when it comes.

Thank you for your continued support.

 

Mr Stewart and the Sports Committee

Class Posts, General Information, Primary 7, Sporting Activities

Livingston Netball League

Our netball team have been training very hard over the last few weeks in preparation for the Livingston Netball League competition.

Their are 8 teams in total meaning we play 7 games.

Below is the league table.

Everybody in our team played fantastic. The ethos we have at LVPS is to enable our children to develop and learn. The winning comes because of that focus. We played 7, won 7, scored 49 and conceded 3. The most pleasing aspect was the sportsmanship, team work and resilience shown. This was their first ever game of Netball. well done team. We are all very proud of you.