Kirkton North Road

Livingston Village

West Lothian

EH54 7EQ

Tel: 01506 429620

Fax: 01506 419408

www.lv-ps.co.uk

livingstonvillage.ps@

wled.org.uk

December already! Were has the year gone?

Preparations are well underway for Christmas in LVPS and we hope that you will be able to join us in celebrating the talents of our pupils through attending the nativity shows in nursery and P1&2 and the P6/5 and P5/4 book launch. Further details are over the page.

Our Christmas post box will be available from Monday 5th December. In the interests of cost and being eco-friendly, please try to persuade your child to write 1 Christmas card to the class rather than each individual child. Please can your also ensure that the full name and class are written on the envelope to ensure cards go to the correct people.

All of our pupils have now been sent home with their winter ready stickers indicating that they know how to use GLOW in the event of a snow closure. Many classes are making very good use of GLOW on a weekly basis to en-hance learning. GLOW is being used to share learning, share examples of work, post homework and celebrate successes. Children have been access-ing this at home and communicating with their peers to help develop each others learning. Well done to all staff and pupils for their hard work in this area.

Please can I take this opportunity to remind you that if your child is having a problem with their password then please ask them to speak to their teacher who will be able to re-set it for them. If there is a problem with a password during a school closure, please send an e-mail to livingstonvil-lage.ps@wled.org.uk and we will re-set this for you. We will always re-set passwords to your child’s first and surname with a space in between, all in lower case (e.g. louise turnbull). We will aim to change passwords as soon as possible after receiving the request. If you have any concerns or have any further questions about GLOW, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

We have also been working hard to update our school blog. You can find this by searching Google for ‘Livingston Village blog’ or using the URL https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/livingstonvillageprimaryschool/

Use this site to find out what we have been doing in school. If you missed the maths or phonics workshop, you will find copies of the presentations here.

Nursery children do not have access to GLOW. With this in mind, a blog site has been set up for the nursery children. The purpose of this blog is to pro-vide a space where parents and carers can access appropriate learning re-sources to engage pre-school children out with the nursery if we are closed. The URL for this site is https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/snonursery/ We hope that you find this useful. You will also find a link on our school blog.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a wonderful Christmas and New Year. I hope that you have a lovely time over the festive period and enjoy all the fun and festivities. All the best for 2012!

Open Door Policy Parents are welcome to

visit the school at any time.

Please speak to Mrs.

Young at the office to ar-

range an appointment.

See below for member of

management with overall

responsibility for your

child’s class.

Mrs. Turnbull: Nursery,

P5/4, P6/5, P6, P7

Mrs. Davies: P1, P2/1, P2,

P3, P4/3

Pupil Council Update

Getting Winter Ready

Livingston Village Primary

School

December 2011 Newsletter

Check out the new Pupil

Council Glow Page!

Out pupil council continue

to develop outdoor maths

boxes for the playground

at break time and lunch

time.

Cluster Choir Concert Christmas Concerts

Primary 6 have been very busy

in the last month. The whole

class participated in the online

Four Nations Mathletics Chal-

lenge. They have also had a

visit from a Scripture Union

rep on the 10 commandments to

link in with their RME topic on

ethics. The children are all

working hard on their Christ-

mas books and are writing

these for the nursery children.

The books tell the story of an

unwelcome visitor who tried to

spoil Christmas at Santa’s

workshop. The class have also

been very busy creating 3D

maps of Livingston Village to

develop their understanding

about their local area. Last

week they have taken part in

money week and have also been

busy making Christmas wreaths

for selling at the Christmas

Fair. Look out for these at the

stalls!

Many thanks for your support in

raising money for Children In

Need. Collectively we have

raised £384.75!

Thank you to the pupil council

for organising and publicising

this event. A special well done

to the children

in P4/3 who sold

cakes and

arranged games.

Very enterpris-

ing!

Inveralmond Cluster Choir

Concert will be held this year

on Monday 12th December at

7pm in Inveralmond High

School. Our school choir and

brass groups will be taking

part. Tickets are on sale at a

cost of £2 and are on a first

come basis. There will be a

raffle on the night. All monies

raised will be donated to the

charity Saddach.

P6/5 and P5/4 are hosting a

Christmas Celebration on

Tuesday 20th December, at

9.30am in the hall.

This will include musical per-

formances and the launch of

their Christmas Books.

Tea/Coffee and biscuits will

also be provided.

P1 and 2 performance of

‘Whoops-a-Daisy Angel’ will

take place on Tues 13th Dec at

10:15 and Wed 14th Dec at

14:30.

The nursery performance of

‘The Christmas Sing-a-long Na-

tivity’ will take place on Thurs

15th Dec at 10:00 and 14:00.

Tickets on sale 5th December.

Primary 6 update Children In Need

Christmas Celebration

different classes each Monday

morning. At assembly some of

the pupil council also shared

new literacy and numeracy CD-

ROM resources which have

been produced by the SFA.

These look really exciting and

the children are looking for-

ward to using them to practice

their skills.

Wraparound children are having

Christmas lunch on Thursday

the 22nd of December. Chil-

dren attending wraparound that

day will not require a packed

lunch.

If any nursery parents require

wraparound cover on the 9th of

January 2012 please contact

Mrs Armstrong before the

12th December.

The pupil council continue to

keep the whole school focussed

and motivated on improving

maths and ICT. They continue

to develop the use of outdoor

maths boxes and have ap-

proached the parent council for

financial support to purchase

more materials. The council

have also created reading

boxes with comics and maga-

zines. These arrive in

Pupil Council Update Wraparound Update

Newsletter Page 2

Our Christmas Party dates are

as follows:

P7 & P6: Friday 16th - am

P5 & P4: Monday 19th - pm

P3 & P2: Tuesday 20th - pm

P1: Wednesday 21st - pm

Nursery: Thursday 22nd -pm

All parties will take place in the

school hall.

For parties which are in the

morning, children should

come to school in their party

outfits.

If you child’s party is in the

afternoon, we suggest that

they come to school in their

uniform in the morning and

then change for their party.

Either they can bring their

party clothes with them and

get changed after lunch or

parents/carers can bring party

clothes along at 12:45pm and

help the children get changed.

Party food will be provided

during the parties. If you are

available to help set up

classrooms and serve food on

any of these dates, please

contact Mrs Young at the

school office. Your help would

be much appreciated.

Christmas Party Dates and Christmas Party Arrangements

Newsletter Page 3

Care Inspectorate Eco Update

The Eco committee have been

busy updating our Eco boards

in school and in the play-

ground. Here you will find all

the information about our

plans to improve water conser-

vation and biodiversity this

session.

We have also been busy ensur-

ing our school remains litter

free by organising the daily

Last month, we had an

unannounced inspection from the

Care Inspectorate (formerly

Care Commission) in our nursery

and wraparound. We were de-

lighted with the outcome as we

were awarded 7 excellent and 1

very good grades. The full re-

port will be available in the nurs-

ery entrance soon. Many thanks

to the staff for all of their hard

work in constantly improving our

service.

litter rota.

This week is the second week

of ’Switch off Fortnight’. Eco

members have been encourag-

ing the whole

school to

switch off

electrical

items to save

energy and

money.

Please remember that the

nursery is closed for children

on Monday 9th January.

Nursery children return on

Tuesday 10th January 2012.

Milk money for term 3 is due to

be paid. The cost from 9 Janu-

ary until 30 March £8.64.

Please pay at the school office

by the 22nd December to order

milk. We cannot guarantee

that any orders made after

this time will be fulfilled.

Thank you.

In accordance with West

Lothian Council policy we would

like to inform you that at the

Christmas concerts parents will

be able to take pictures of

their own child only at the end

of the performances.

Photography and video are not

allowed during the perform-

ances.

Photography Nursery Update Milk

I would like to introduce myself - my name is Karen Falconer and I have just taken on the role of

Chair of the Parent Council from David Cohen. I would like to thank David for his hard work over the

past few years and his continued support. I am sincerely delighted to have the honour of doing this

role.

I have regularly attended Parent Council/Fund raising meetings since my daughter, Mollie, started in

the nursery 3 years ago and she is now in Primary 2. How quickly time passes! I am very passionate

about this school, the real sense of community spirit and it is evident how hard the staff and pupils

are all working.

I would like to thank the parents/carers, staff and members of the Pupil Council who attended our

last meeting on 8th November. It is always wonderful to hear how the school is moving forward and

the amazing things that our children are achieving. Stuart and Rhiannon from primary 6 gave us a

Pupil Council update and demonstrated some of the ICT equipment the school has recently pur-

chased. They did very well. It was also great to see some new faces at the meeting but we would like

to see more.

Future dates in 2012 for the Parent Council Meetings are 7th February and 15th May 2012 - please

add these to your diary. It would be great if more parents/carers could attend. We really do not ask

for a big time spend and I do realise that it is difficult to juggle work and home life.

There are always the same couple of points which are raised at these meetings - the school fund and

parking! We are all aware that times are hard due to the current economic climate, but school budg-

ets continue to be cut every year. The suggested weekly donation of 50p to the school fund helps

support various activities for the children - school trips, Christmas parties etc. The cost of provid-

ing transport on trips is very expensive. The school fund for this term is £4.50 and next term,

£5.50. I would be grateful if you could support this.

The other issue is parking in the staff car park - again, this is documented in every monthly news-

letter! Please do not use the car park at any point in the morning and ideally not until after 5pm

for the dropping off or picking up children. Staff are still working at this time and it is not safe for

all parties concerned.

Anything you can do to help in any way, is always very welcome and is invaluable to the school. From

my previous experience helping out in the nursery, it was always great fun to do and a gave me a

great sense of satisfaction.

I hope to see you at The Christmas Fair on Saturday 10th Decem-

ber, 11.00am - it sounds as if this this will be a wonderful day and the

fundraising committee are working hard to make this happen!

Finally, may I take this opportunity to wish you all, a very Merry

Christmas and a Happy and safe New Year.

Karen Falconer

Parent Council Update

Newsletter Page 4

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All for the children for all of the children !

Website of the Month

www.northpole.com This is a great website for children to engage in a variety of Christmas related activities. They can read and hear stories, take part in

activities and games. Lots of fun!

www.topmarks.co.uk This website has links to activities for all curricular areas. Use the search facility to look for Christmas related learning fun.

Kirkton North Road

Livingston Village

West Lothian

EH54 7EQ

Tel: 01506 429620