Category Archives: General Information

General Information, Primary 3/2

Celebrating Success

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.

 

Class Posts, General Information, Primary 6, Primary 7

Announcing the P6/P7 show for 2018

We are pleased to announce that this year the P6/P7 show will be…

P6 and P7 have had an introduction to the story and the characters, and have listened to some of the songs. There appears to be much excitement in both classes and it looks like there will be strong competition for the main parts. Audition pieces will be distributed this coming week.

Each pupil will be given their own copy of the script and will be expected to bring it to school each day. No replacements will be issued.

General Information, Primary 3/2

Growth Mindset

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.

General Information, Primary 3, Primary 3/2

P3/2 Christmas Party

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!

      

Class Posts, General Information, Primary 7

P7 Scottish Focus – Robert Burns

Happy New Year!

P7 have a very busy term ahead which will include preparing for the annual P6/P7 show – details to follow very soon! Before then we have our traditional Scottish Focus for the first 3 weeks of term. In P7 our focus will be the work of Robert Burns.

The poem choices for P7 are all by Robert Burns. Pupils will be given a choice but they can choose any other poem by Robert Burns that interests them, as long as it is of a suitable level of challenge for Primary 7. Some pupils may opt to learn an extract from Tam O’Shanter as an alternative to a whole poem.

To A Mouse

Scots Wha Hae

Address to a Haggis

To a Mountain Daisy

Tam O Shanter

In addition, P7 pupils will have a project to complete about the life and work of Robert Burns. This is due in on 16th February. A copy of the information sheet is attached.

P7 Individual Project

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

General Information, Primary 1, Primary 2/1, Primary 3/2

The Wriggly Nativity

Last week saw Primary 1K, Primary 1M and Primary 2 perform our Wriggly Nativity three times, first of all on the Monday for the whole school then the Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning for our parents. The children did a fabulous job of telling the Christmas story. Miss Maclachlan, Ms King, Miss Whigham and Mrs Clyne are very proud of the children. We hope you enjoyed their performances.