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On Saturday 27th February ex Lingey House pupil Danny Graham played the full 90 minutes of Watford's Championship match against Newcastle United.

Danny attended Lingey House between 1990-1997. He began his professional career with Middlesbrough, before moving on to Carlisle United and then to Watford last summer.

He has scored 8 goals so far for Watford this season, but didn't add to his total yesterday as Newcastle ran out 2-1 winners.

What do you want to do when you leave school? Do you want to follow in the footsteps of Danny Graham and become a professional footballer? Share your 'comments' below.

Children of Lingey House enjoyed a wonderful singing assembly on Wednesday to mark National Sing Up Day. Children from each class took turns to sing their allocated songs to each other. All the children and staff thoroughly enjoyed the event and look forward to next year’s event.

Members of the Tyne & Wear Fire Service visited Lingey House on Tuesday 23rd February to give a fire safety talk to pupils from Y1 and from Y5 & Y6.

Pupils learnt about the job of a firefighter, about fire safety at home and at school and what to do should they ever discover a fire.

Pupils had the opportunity to dress as firefighters, to see a fire engine and to see photographs and dvd footage of the causes and effects of fires.

All staff and children from Lingey House would like to thank the fire fighters for visiting our school. We enjoyed the sessions and learnt some very important messages.

Did you enjoy the fire safety talk? What important messages did you learn? Share your 'comments' below.

National Sing Up Day takes place on Wednesday 24th February.

To mark the event Lingey House will be having a special 'singing' assembly. Each class will be performing a new song that they have learnt especially for the event.

What do you think about your class song? Do you like singing in school? Share your thoughts by clicking on the 'comments' button below.

On Tuesday 23rd February children from Y1 and from Y5 and Y6 will be given a 'Fire Safety Talk'.

On Friday 5th February as part of 'National Storytelling Week', teachers will visit a different class in the school to read aloud their favourite story.

Maybe you could read a story to a brother or sister this week, or make an extra special effort to read aloud to an adult every night.

Share your storytelling experiences with us by clicking on the 'comments' button below?

Once again the Music Workshop team are visiting us this week. These workshops are always popular and the children look forward to them and learn a lot about music at the same time. There are always lots of opportunities for the children to participate.
This week the Music Workshop is for Key Stage 2 children and is on Wednesday at 11am. in the Early Years Hall.

A massive thank you to everyone who contributed to our Haiti appeal.

Money continued to be added to our spiral of coins this week and in the end a grand total of £426.93 was raised.

Children from Years 3 and 4 have began to participate in the schools 'Fitness Club' ran by Mrs Gray and Mr Mackley. Children will look to boost their fitness whilst learning all about the human body and how it works. The first session saw Mrs Gray and Mr Mackley shaking their hips and challenging children to hula-hoop whilst jumping! The children are look forward to next week when Mr Mackley introduces the ' Haka! '

As part our creative curriculum ‘Who Am I?’ The children have been investigating their local area, Leam Lane. On Friday, with help from Mrs Gray and Mrs Brauns, we decided to have a walk around the local area and identify key features of the estate. The children enjoyed their walk and were able to provide feedback on what they liked and dislike about the area.

Year 3 / 4 ‘Grass Heads’ are still yet to grow any hair! I wonder if anyone has any suggestions why?

Following the 2007 success of 'Jungle Book', 'Olivia' in 2008 and 'Najork' in 2009 this year's Year 5 will be performing 'The Dracula Rock Show' at Heworth Grange on Thursday 25th February 2010.

Pupils from throughout the school will watch Year 5 perform during the afternoon and then friends and family will be invited to watch the evening performance.

Ticket arrangements will follow at a later date.

Parents Evening will take place on Monday 8th February 2010 (3:15pm-6:15pm).

Further details to follow later.

A Foundation/KS1 Music Workshop will be held on Thursday 14th January 2010 at 11:00am.

The next KS2 Music Workshop will be held on Wednesday 3rd February 2010 at 11:00am.

Do you enjoy the music workshops? Click on the 'comments' button below.

School will be OPEN today - Friday 8th January.

Due to the heavy snow school was closed yesterday (Thursday 7th January, but will be OPEN to pupils and staff today Friday 8th January.

During this period of poor weather can we remind you to send a change of shoes or slippers for your child to change into once at school.

Thank you for your co-operation in this matter.

For a full list of school openings in Gateshead, please check the Gateshead Council website by clicking on the link below:
Gateshead Council Website - Schools

Pupil's from Lingey House recently helped the Sage to celebrate its 5th birthday.

Year 2/3 pupils from Miss Mackay's class sang a special version of 'Happy Birthday' and were the stars of the show during the birthday celebrations, showing once more why Lingey House is the best school in the universe!

M&M Productions will be in school on Wednesday 13th January to give a performance of 'Pinocchio'.

Which has been your favourite M&M performance. Click on the 'comments' button below.

This half term the children have been looking at the life of a Roman Solider as part of their creative curriculum the ‘Time Machine’. From their research the children have created and designed their own Roman shields and swords which they hope to march together as a Lingey Roman army!

Year’s 3 and 4 held their Christmas Party on Monday. All the children took part in dances and games with some lucky children winning prizes.

Year 3 / 4 took part in the school’s Christmas Production ‘Silent Night’ playing the role of mice. All the children enjoyed the performance and found it all too easy to fit the role of mice.

Monday, 14th December (PM)
Y3 and Y4 Christmas Parties

Wednesday, 16th December (AM)
Nursery Christmas Party

Wednesday, 16th December (PM)
Reception, Y1 and Y2 Christmas Parties

Wednesday, 16th December (PM)
Toddlers Christmas Party

Thursday, 17th December (PM)
Y5 & Y6 Christmas Parties

Wednesday 9th December at 11.30am
Parents Christmas Lunch

Tuesday 15th December at 12 noon
Children and Staff Christmas Lunch

This year we will be charging 50p per ticket and tickets will initially be limited to two per family to ensure everyone has the opportunity to attend a performance. Requests for additional tickets can be made and will be distributed once everyone has received two tickets.

Next week is the start of the school Christmas celebrations, including the productions of Whoops a Daisy Angel and Silent Night. The children are practising hard and are learning songs and words so you can enjoy them experiencing the real meaning of Christmas. Some of our children are very young (as young as 3) and are easily distracted and upset. I would ask you where possible not to bring babies and young children to the concerts. It can be off putting for children when they are performing if babies are crying – which they often do of course. If you have no choice but to bring a baby/toddler can I ask that you take he/she out if they begin to cry. Please do not let toddlers run around during the concerts. This request is in response to many parents who have voiced concerns that they cannot hear or their child has been upset when this occurs.
Mrs Jones

Wednesday 9th December (2pm) - Whoops-a-Daisy Angel (Nursery/Reception)

Thursday 10th December (9.30am) - Whoops-a-Daisy Angel (Nursery/Reception)

Thursday 10th December at (2pm) - Silent Night
(Key Stages 1 and 2)

Friday 11th December at (9.30am) - Silent Night
(Key Stages 1 and 2)

I would like to update you on the money raised by staff, children and parents for James Cook Hospital. I received a phone call from the staff on Ward 26 (the rehabilitation ward for serious head injuries) to say they had bought 6 wheelchairs, a patient hoist, a Wii Fit and a treadmill with our money. They were overjoyed at your donation – only the second this year! I called in with my son to see the items being used and was touched to see the Lingey Cheque had pride of place on the wall. Once again I would like to say a very big thank you for your donations. Lingey House has certainly made a difference.
Mrs Jones

The Children in Need raffle raised an amazing £170.50. Thanks to everyone for supporting this worthy cause and a special thanks to Mrs Nugent for donating the bears and key rings.

1st prize was won by Chloe Gidney in Year 5.

Thank you so much for your support on Friday’s Enterprise Day. I was delighted to see so many of you enjoying the first taste of Christmas! You will be delighted to hear that we have raised almost £1,000 towards our Christmas Parties for the children.
Mrs Jones

On Friday 20th October Year 3-4 took part in Gateshead Council’s Road Show - ‘Park Life’ at the Dryden Centre. Along with other schools around the borough, the children were asked to create their own Parks. Working together as a team, children had to allocate roles and responsibilities within their group. These included accountants, designers and creators. All the children thoroughly enjoyed the event and produced some fabulous Parks!

On Friday 13th November Year 3-4 will be performing their 'Time Machine - The Romans' class assembly. The assembly starts at 9:15 am and all friends and family of the pupils in Mr Mackley's class are welcome to attend.The assembly will last for approximately 20 minutes and refreshments will be served in the classroom afterwards.

A reminder that all orders for school photographs must be in school by Thursday 15th October for collection by courier.

After this date parents will need to send their orders directly to Tempest by post.

Mrs Jackson had a brilliant idea for next year's summer celebration. We're going to have a Lingey film Festival!!!!!!!! Just like the Oscars in Hollywood- but better. To kick off the project Mr Bailey is organising a visit to Bradford Museum of Film and Photography.
Mrs Jones

42 Y5 and Y6 pupils are looking forward to their residential visit to Whithaugh Park on the Scottish Borders. As well as climbing, rope walks and cycling this time children will be experiencing water sports!!!!! The rest of the school will also be experiencing outdoor learning during the week. Visits are planned for groups of pupils to visit The Bowes Incline Railway Museum, Whickham Thornes and (for Year 4 pupils) a Scary Walk along the Quayside.
Watchout for more information in this week's newsletter........Mrs Jones

Tuesday 22nd & Wednesday 23rd September 2009. 1pm-3pm

We will be making 'Friendly Faces' using paper plates and paint.

Spaces available - come along and join the fun.

Play and Stay - Baby & Toddler Group

Lingey House Primary School (in 'Stars' Nursery)

Every Tuesday and Wednesday (term time only)
Restarts Tuesday 15th September

1pm - 3pm

£1 per session

Fun Activities, Fruity Snack, Rhyme & Story Time!

Our girls went to Wardley today to participate in a girls football tournament. This was the first time they had played together but it didn't show. It was a fantastic TEAM performance.

There was some great individual performances as well, Paige scored 5 goals in one game.

That's better, open your eyes Bethany we did win after all.

A big well done to all the girls, they took the Lingey motto and 'aimed high' right in the top corner.

Year 4 pupils from Lingey House will be visiting Gateshead Stadium on Wednesday 8th July to meet the crew of NASA Space Shuttle Discovery STS-119.

NASA Space Shuttle Discovery STS-119
STS-119 (ISS assembly flight 15A) was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by Space Shuttle Discovery during March 2009.The launch took place on March 15, 2009. Discovery successfully landed on March 28, 2009.

You can read more about the crew of STS-119 and their mission by clicking on the link below to the NASA website:
NASA Website

When our Year 4 pupils return in September into Year 5, their first Creative Curriculum topic will be 'Space' and this was an ideal opportunity for them to meet and greet real-life astronauts and hear about their experiences in space.

Mr.Bailey

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Pupils from Year 5 will be performing 'Captain Najork' at Heworth Grange on Thursday 9th July.

Final rehearsals have been taking place at Heworth this week and all of the pupils have been working hard to learn their words, songs and dances.

Pupils from Year 3, Year 4 and Year 6 will visist Heworth to watch the performance on Thursday afternoon and a second performance will then take place at 6pm for friends and family of the Year 5 pupils.

Tickets are still available for this event, priced at £3 each. Please see Mrs Martin for more information.

Comment on Year 5's production of 'Najork' by clicking on the 'comments' button below.

Our sixth annual Prize Day will take place on Friday 10th July.

This year we are lucky to have Lucy Bird from The Sage in Gateshead to present our prizes. The celebration will start at 9:30am and will last for approximately 2 hours.

Unfortunately this event is not suitable for younger children and adults only should attend.

Pupils from Lingey House showed what 'outstanding' talents they have when they took to the stake for the first ever 'Lingey's Got Talent'.

18 acts fom throughout the school took to the stage and performed to fellow pupils, parents and the judges!

The audience was treated to singing, dancing, comedy acts, sporting acts and so much more!

In the absence of Ant and Dec Mr Bailey announced the results: In 3rd place was Clywd from Y1/2 who performed amgnificent violin solo, in 2nd place was Abbie, our singing superstar from Y3, but the winner of Lingey's Got Talent 2009 was Kyrsty our amazing pianist from Reception.

Diveristy and Susan Boyle better watch out! We are sure that Kyrsty will be a future winner of Britain's Got Talent. We all know that Lingey House is not just the best school in Britain . . . but the best school in the universe!

Give your comments on 'Lingey's Got Talent' by clicking on the 'comments' button below.

Her Majestty The Queen and Prince Charles joined the party as Lingey House celebrated its 50th birthday.

'The Big Green Garden Party' was a fabulous day that will long be remembered by all concerned and showed once more just why Lingey House is, "The Best School in the Universe!"

Mrs Banks (our lunchtime supervisor), who was a pupil at Lingey House in 1959 when the school opened and her granddaughter Daisy (now one of our Nursery children) officially opened the garden party.

Pupils and parents then enjoyed the many the stalls and sideshows, as well as being entertained by the school bands and choirs of Heworth Grange and Kingsmeadow.

Everyone enjoyed having a picnic lunch in glorious weather on the school field before a surprise visit from our special royal guests.

The Queen and Prince Charles addressed the gathered crowd and confirmed the view of Her Majesty's Inspectors that Lingey House is officially an 'outstanding' school.

Our guests were then treated to a musical and dance extravagansa as pupils from throughout the school 'Danced Through The Decades' from 2009 back to 1959.

Let us know what you thought about this special day by clicking on the 'comments' button below.

The Mayor of Gateshead (Councillor John Eagle) visited Lingey House to mark the start of the school's 50th birthday celebrations.

The Mayor, accompanied by the Macebearer arrived in full robes and addressed the school in assembly. He then planted and oak tree in the school grounds to mark the 50th anniversary of the school before being given a tour and having lunch with our own school council.

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Lingey House is an outstanding school. Pupils, staff and parents readily embrace the school’s motto ‘to aim high’ and this is evidenced most clearly in the excellent progress pupils make, the high standards they attain, and in the exceptional
curriculum and care, guidance and support provided. [Ofsted May 2009]

Pupils talk enthusiastically and with confidence, about how
much they enjoy school, and how, ‘Lingey House is the best school in the universe’, and this can be seen in their very positive attitudes to learning and their exemplary behaviour. [Ofsted May 2009]

You can download your copy of Lingey House's 'outstanding' Ofsted report by clicking on the link below:
Download file: 'Lingey House Ofsted Report (May 2009)

A big thank you to parents for your support both through the inspection process but more importantly, throughout the year. I can assure you that all at Lingey House have plans for the future to continue to make your school ‘The best school in the universe.’

You can leave your comments about the Ofsted report by clicking on the 'comments' button below.

Lingey House showed once again why they are the 'Best School In The Universe!' when they won the Y5 Animation Competition at Heworth Grange CLC.

The four pupils from Y5 competed over two days against other schools from throughout Gateshead.

Lingey House's winning animation 'The Adventures of Sir Lingeylot' will now go forward to be entered in the Children's UK Film Awards to be held in October.

The four winning members of the animation team each received a fabulous i-pod as their prize.

Click on the triangle in the centre of the image below to view photos from the Animation Final.

You can give your 'comments' on the Y5 animators by clicking on the button below.

29th June
Visit by Mayor to plant ‘Birthday Tree.’
Children to open ‘Hands of Friendship’ garden.

1:30pm - 'Stars In Their Eyes'

30th June
The ‘Big Green Garden Party'
9.30am - Opening Ceremony
Heworth Grange Band and Choir
Side shows and stalls
Strawberries and Cream, Refreshments (on sale)

10.00am - Early Years’ Parade

11.30am – 1.00pm - Lunch
Kingsmeadow Steel Band

1.15pm - National Anthem
Guest Speech

2.00pm - Grand Parade followed by -
Happy Birthday Finale
Close

Parents are invited to join in the celebrations. Hopefully, the weather will be fine and everyone can eat a packed lunch on the field. We have a plan B for rain!

Any donations for the cake stall, bric-a-brac etc will be gratefully received.

Each class are representing an era from the school’s history. Children can dress in clothes from that specific era or if they already have a costume, in any era from the 50’s through to 2009. Alternately, party clothes can be worn.

Nursery, YR - 00’s
YR/1 - 60s
Y1/2, Y2 - 50’s
Y3 - 70’s
Y3/4 - 60’s
Y4 - 00’s
Y5B and Y5H - 80’s
Y6 - 50’s

1st July
Lingey’s Got Talent Competition

2nd July
Birthday Sports’ Day (Details to follow)

3rd July
History/Geography Trail
Numeracy Treasure Hunt
Sounds of the half century

If any past pupils, neighbours or family of current children would like a guided tour of the school – please contact the office for an appointment.

Thanks to all the parents who have already brought in past Lingey photographs. If you still have photographs at home please do bring them in for our exhibition ‘Lingey Past and Present’.

It’s going to be an exciting week!

We will be sending off our uniform order at the end of the week to allow for delivery before the end of the summer term.

Anyone wishing to order school uniform should complete an order form before Friday 12th June.

Samples sizes of uniform are available at the office for children to try on. We recommend that children try on sample garments as sizes cannot be exchanged.

Please note that payment must be made before an order can be accepted.

We have received a complaint from the Council about dog fouling on the grassed areas around school. It appears adults collecting children are leaving dogs tied up outside the school gates. Can we ask that dogs are not left unattended next to the school gate nor must they be brought onto the school premises. If your dog fouls outside the school, could you please clean up after it.

A number of children and adults have been recently injured on the school premises by children riding bikes and scooters. Bikes and scooters must be pushed whilst on school premises. Children riding bikes to school should also be wearing a helmet.

Would all parents please ensure that the school office has up-to-date contact numbers.

Many Thanks
Mrs Jones (Headteacher)

Pupils from Lingey House took part in 'anti-bullying week' CPO Dixon talked to all children about dealing with bullying. The children made posters and wore blue badges to show their support for the anti bullying campaign.

Boxes were placed in all Key Stage 2 classes to allow children who have issues with bullies to anonymously write their concerns.

Staff continue to address the issues on a regular basis.

Parents are informed during the induction sessions into school that the anti-bullying policy is available to read and need just contact the office.

We have just informed that Lingey House will be inspected by Ofsted on Tuesday 19th May 2009. The lead inspector will be Margaret Farrow HMI.

Your views about the school are important. If you are a registered parent or carer of a pupil who attends the school we are interested to know what you and your child/ren think is good about the school, as well as anything that you would like to be improved.

You can tell us your views by completing our 'Parental Questionnaire' (download below).

Please return it to school by midday on 19th May 2009 in a sealed envelope, addressed to the inspection team at the school. Replies which arrive after this time cannot be considered by inspectors.

Download file: 'Ofsted - Parental Questionnaire'

You can also share your view about Lingey House by clicking on the 'comments' button below.

Pupils from Year 5 having been producing some phenominal ICT work in recent weeks and have showed what true talent there is here at Lingey House!

Joe, Josh, Anthony and Mellisa have reached the 2 day final of the Animation Competition following their excellent animation about the story of 'Taz' at the earlier heats.

Our fabulous Year 5 animators also worked with Sunderland University to produce the World War 2 animation 'The Story of Morris Anderson'.
Download file: 'The Story of Morris Anderson'

Amy, Charley, Callum and Joe showed that it is not just animation that is a strength at Lingey House when they competed in the Lego Robotics competition. They led for much of the competition before finally being pipped in the final round by only 5 points by the eventual winners Dunston Hill.

Give your thoughts on the competitions and on ICT at Lingey House by clicking on the 'comments' button below.

Reminder that a meeting for parents of children attending Whithaugh Park will be held on Wednesday 20th May at 4:30pm.

Pupils from next year's Year 5 and Year 6 will be visiting Whithaugh Park in the Scottish Borders for a week's residential from Monday 12th October 2009 to Friday 16th October 2009.

A meeting has been arranged for parents to give more information about the trip and to give the opportunity for questions to be asked.

The meeting will be held at 4:30pm.in Mr Bailey's room (please enter the school via the main entrance).

The next KS2 Music Workshop will be held on Wednesday 20th May 2009 at 11:00am.

Do you enjoy the music workshops? Click on the 'comments' button below.

Walk to School Week 2009 will be held on the 18th to the 22nd May and explores the theme of "Walking Together".

Why not leave the car at home during this week and 'walk together' with friends or family.

Click on the link below to visit the 'Walk To School' website:
'Walk To School Website'

Do you always walk to school? Are you going to walk to school during this week? Click on the 'comments' button below.

10 pupils from Year 5 will form the guard of honour on day 2 of the England vs West Indies test match at the Riverside, Durham on Friday 15th May.

Check out Sky Sports and see if you can spot our pupils as the teams enter the field.

The lucky 10 pupils will also get to watch Kevin Pietersen, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and other stars in action as well as performing a Kwick Cricket demonstration during the lunch interval.

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SCHOOL chiefs are facing claims they are taking the biscuit by removing chocolate from the top of flapjacks served up to hungry children.

Gateshead MP Sharon Hodgson (pictured with Lingey House pupil Callum in this week's Chronicle Extra) has turned up the heat by demanding answers from the Government about the decision she believes is a ‘step too far’ in the quest for healthy food.

What's your view on the 'Great Flapjack Debate'. Click on the 'comments' button below to share your views.

We will be holding a book fair from Mondqay 11th - Friday 15th May.

The fair will be open for parents and children to look through the books each day after school. Opening times will be as follows:

AFTER SCHOOL (MAIN HALL) 3:20PM - 4:15PM

In the fair there will be a wide selection of children's books available for you to choose from including picture books, young fiction and junior novels as well as reference and non-fiction titles. There will also be a selection of staionary, gifts and posters.

Your support would be greatly appreciated because for every book sold at the fair, the school earns commisssion, which will enable us to add new books to our school and class libraries.

If you are uable to attend but would still like to take part, look through the leaflet that will be sent home with your child. Choose the book(s) that you would like, fill in the coupon on the back page and return to school with the payment. Your books will then be kept for you.

SATs take place during week commencing Monday 11th May.

Our Year 6 children will be taking their KS2 SATs tests during this week and testing will also be taking place throughout the rest of the school.

Please try and avoid taking holiday from school during this week and ensure that your child has had a good night's sleep and some breakfast before starting school.

Give your 'comments' on this year's tests by clicking on the button below.

Lingey House celebrates its 50th Birthday on the 30th June 2009.

As part of our week-long celebrations we are producing a ’50 Years of Lingey House DVD’ and putting up a large display of pupil memories in the school hall.

We are aware that many of our parents are former pupils of the school and are looking for any photographs, newspaper cuttings etc that people might have from their time at Lingey House.

Photographs will be scanned to be used for the DVD and then will be put up on display in the hall.

If you have anything that you think would be suitable for display please send it into school in an envelope with your child.

Remember to print your child’s name and class on the back of all photographs so that they can be returned to you after the birthday celebrations.

Share your memories of your time at Lingey House by clicking on the 'comments' button below.

Thank you for the wonderful response to our 'Superhero Shootout'. As usual we have been overwhelmed by your generosity.

Could all outstanding sponsor money please be sent into school by Friday 1st May, so that we can advise the hospital of the final total.

Remember if you raise £25 or money you will be given a leather football and the person with the most sponsorship will be presented with the new England shirt!

If you need to download a sponsor form you can do so by clicking on the link below:
Download file:'Superhero Shootout - Sponsor Form'

Share your experiences of the 'Superhero Shootout' by clicking on the 'comments' button below.

School Council outside the Civic Centre.

Standing beside the £1,000,000 Angel of the North!

We met the Deputy Mayor in his Parlour. We asked lots of questions and had a great afternoon. Thanks to Cllr Peter Mole for organising the visit.

Click on the play button in the centre of the image below to view a short video of our 'Superhero Shootout'.

Remember £25 in sponsorhip gets you a football and the person with the most sponsorship money gets the new England strip!

If you need a new or an additional sponsorship form you can download one by clicking on the link below:
Download file: 'Superhero Shootout Sponsor Form'

Did you enjoy the 'Superhero Shootout'? Click on the 'comments' button below.

M&M Productions will be in school on Thursday 23rd April to give a performance of 'The Little Princess'.

Which has been your favourite M&M performance. Click on the 'comments' button below.

A big thank you to Mr Bailey, Mr Collinson and Mr Hawdon for being our superheroes today. Everyone enjoyed the fun while we were raising money for James Cook Hospital in Cleveland.

A huge thank you to all who supported our children by sponsoring them for such a good cause.

Superheroes will be swooping into Lingey House on Wednesday 22nd April for the 'Superhero Shootout'.

Mr Bailey, Mr Hawdon and Mr Collinson will be dressing as superheroes for the sponsored penalty shootout.

You can download a sponsor form by clicking on the link below:
Download file: 'Superhero Shootout - Sponsor Form

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A DVD of the 2009 Whithaugh Park trip will soon be on sale priced at £4.00 each. The DVD features over 500 images from our fabulous week in the Scottish Borders.

Below you can view a short clip of some of the fabulous activities that we took part in at Whithaugh Park.

An advanced screening of the DVD will take place in the next couple of weeks in our school hall. Keep checking the website for further details.

Share your experiences of Whithaugh Park with us by clicking on the 'comments' button below.

Lingey House Primary School is officially the best primary school in Gateshead!

In the official league table published on 1st April 2009 Lingey House comes out on top of the 64 primary schools in Gateshead.

Lingey House pupils achieved a perfect 100% Level 4 and above in their KS2 SATs tests in 2008 to give us the honour of top-spot in the latest league table.

You can view the full league table by clicking on the link below:
Gateshead School's League Table

What do you think of our amazing achievement? Click on the 'comments' button below.

Thank you to everyone who gave genrously on Red Nose day. The school raised £497.60 for Comic Relief.

What did you come dressed as for Red Nose Day? Share your experiences by clicking on the 'comments' button below.

Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 will be celebrating Easter in the Main Hall on Thursday 2nd April starting at 2pm. There will also be an opportunity to see the Decorated Egg Exhibition in the Foundation Stage Hall.

Children should bring a hard boiled egg and any neccessary resources into school on Thursday morning in order to make their egg for the competition.

Please join! Children may be taken home after the celebration.

HAPPY EASTER!

Do you have an exciting idea for the Easter Egg Competition? Click on the 'comments' button below.

The fire brigade will be visiting Lingey House on Tuesday 31st March and will be bringing their fire engine for pupils from Key Stage 1 to explore.

Lingey House celebrates its 50th birthday on Tuesday 30th June.

As part of the birthday celebrations we are running a poetry competition all about life at Lingey House.

We are looking for you to write a short birthday poem for the school.

To submit your poem click on the 'comments' button below and type your poem into the comments box.

The competition is open to both pupils and parents and the prizes will be awarded to the winning entry in both categories during the 'Big Green Garden Party' on the afternoon of the 30th June.

Get writing and show just why Lingey House is the best school in the universe!

Mrs Martin has written her birthday poem to get us all started:

Lingey House is where we belong,
It's been 50 years and still going strong.
A happy family is what we are,
Living together and going far.

Happy 50th Birthday Lingey House!

On Saturday, March 28th, 2009 at 8.30pm, people around the world will turn off their lights for one hour, WWF’s Earth Hour, to show their support for global action on climate change. Recent predictions show that climate change could lead to 30% of the world’s species becoming extinct. It will also have major effects on the lifestyles and livelihoods of people living all around the world. We need a global deal to reduce emissions and keep global temperature rise below 2°C. 2009 is the year in which to get it right: Earth Hour is your chance to lend your voice.

Key landmarks including The Millennium Bridge, The Tyne Bridge, The Civic Centres, Greys Monument, The Baltic and Sage etc will switch off their lights plunging the quayside into darkness.

WWF's Earth Hour

The 'T-Bones' are in town as Year 5 begin their rehearsal for the Gateshead Dance Festival.

Pupils will be performing a scary routine that incorporates 'Dem Bones' and the 80s smash-hit 'Thriller'.

The Gateshead Dance Festival takes place at the Sage on Tuesday 10th March between 1pm - 3:30pm.

Parents are able to come along and support the pupils. Tickets are available from Mrs Martin priced at £5 each.

Click on the button below and let us know your views about the Gateshead Dance Festival.
'comments'

A massive thank you to all who attended the Whithaugh Park meeting.

A copy of the slides from the meeting can be downloaded by clicking on the link below:
Download file: 'Whithaugh Park Meeting'

The next KS2 Music Workshop will be held on Wednesday 11th March 2009 at 9:30am.

Thursday 5th March is 'World Book Day'.

To mark the day pupils are invited to come to school dressed as a character from a story book.

Maybe last year's pirate costume could be recycled into a Treasure Island character or last month's Robin Hood costume could be worn again.

Pupils will also be given a £1 book voucher which can be redeemed against the value of a book or which can be exchanged for one of six special World Book Day books.

Visit the official website for more details:
World Book Day Website

Monday 2nd March is the start of 'E-Safety Week' at Lingey House.

On Tuesday 3rd March Lynne Goulding from Gateshead CLC will be visiting the school to work with pupils from throughout KS1 and KS2.

On Wednesday 4th March Lynne will be back in school delivering a presentation to parents at 3:30pm.

If your child uses a computer, laptop, games console or mobile phone it is strongly recommended that you attend this session.

This year's Gateshead Dance Festival will take place at the SAGE on Tuesday 10th March from 1:30pm - 3:00pm.

Pupils from Year 5 will be performing a '1980s Routine' in the festival and parents will have the opportunity to purchase tickets to go and watch the performance.

The big event of the coming year will undoubtedly be the 'Big Birthday Party' on Tuesday 30th June.

If you have any ideas or would like to sponsor the event please click on the 'comments' button below or contact the school office.

We still have a few Lingey House 2009 calendars for sale priced at £3.50 each. If you wish to purchase one of the calendars please contact the school office.

Following our fantastic fund raising event for the RVI Children's Foundation we have been given a free visit for 40 of our KS2 children to the Centre For Life in Newcastle as a sponsor from one of the sponsor companies. 10 children from Y3, Y4, Y5 and Y6 were drawn out of a hat by Mrs Ritchie.

Children will have the opportunity to ice skate on the outdoor rink in the morning and then visit the Centre For Life during the afternoon.

Many thanks to everyone who donated Morrisons 'Lets Grow' garden vouchers. Mr Bailey Snr has been able to order a wheel barrow, a wooden cold frame and a selection of tools for our Gardening Club.

Date for your diary - Thursday 4th June 2009.

Our Infant Hall is being used as a polling station for the local elections and so our Nursery will be closed on this day, however all other classes are in school as normal.

Children from Reception and Reception/Year 1 will need to be dropped off and collected from the main yard.

Thank you for your cooperation.

The next open night for parents will take place on Monday 9th February from 3:15pm - 6:00pm.

Letters will be sent home soon giving you the opportunity to request an appointment time.

Children are encouraged to attend open night with their parents.

The ever popular M&M Theatre will be visiting our school again on Friday 16th January when they will be performing the pantomine 'Robin Hood'.

Children and staff are invited to dress up for the pantomine in themed costumes should they wish.

Will you come as Robin Hood or one of his merry men, or maybe Maid Marrian or Friar Tuck or how about the evil Sheriff of Nottingham!

Let us know how your costume preparations are going by clicking on the 'comments' button below.

At Lingey House we have decided to begin 2009 by each making a wish!

All of our wishes will be added to our very own 'Wish Tree' in the Foundation Stage Hall.

You can download a copy of the wish template and create your own wish by clicking on the link below.

Download file: 'My Wish'

The staff and pupils of Lingey House Primary School would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year.

2009 is a special year for Lingey House as it marks the school's 50th birthday and we are all sure it will be another very memorable year.

Reminder that pupils start back to school on Monday 5th January.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas.

Let us know what you have been doing over the Christmas holidays by clicking on the 'comments' button below.

Year 5 and Year 6 had a great time at their Christmas Party.

Everyone enjoyed dressing up in their favourite clothes, playing games, singing and dancing and of course eating lots of food!

Prizes were won in lots of different games, but even those who didn't win a prize enjoyed the afternoon.

Lets us know what you thought of the party by clicking on the 'comments' button below.

On Monday 15th December Mr Bailey and Mrs Gray went on a visit to Whithaugh Park ahead of the Year 5 and Year 6 residential week there in March 2009.

They were shown around the lodges where we will be staying as well as seeing the swimming pool, sports hall, adventure playground and all the activity centres.

The program of events was finalised with staff and Mr Bailey and Mrs Gray were both very impressed at the facilities at Whithaugh Park and can't wait now for March to come around.

A further meeting will be held next term to give parents and pupils more information about the trip.

Below are a selection of photographs that were taken during the trip to Whithaugh Park.

Click on the 'comments' button below and let us know what you are looking forward to most about the trip to Whithaugh Park.

DVDs of both the Foundation Stage and KS1 & KS2 Nativities are available to buy priced at £3.50 each.

DVDs that were ordered during the performances will be given to children before the end of term.

This week is 'Party Season' at Lingey House as all the classes have their Christmas Parties.

On Tuesday 16th December the Nursery will have their party in the Early Years Hall, whilst at the same time Reception, YR/1, Y1/2 and Y2 will have their party in the Main Hall.

On Wednesday 17th December it is the turn of Year 5 and Year 6 to have their party.

Finally on Thursday 18th December Year 3 and Year 4 will be having their party.

Click on the 'comments' button below and let us know your thoughts about our Christmas parties.

The dates for our Christmas Parties are as follows:

Tuesday 16th December - YR, YR/1, Y1/2 & Y2 (Main Hall)
Tuesday 16th December - Nursery am & pm (Early Years Hall)
Wednesday 17th December - Y5 & Y6
Thursday 18th December - Y3, Y3/4 & Y4

Let us know what you are looking forward to most about the Christmas Parties by clicking on the 'comments' button below.

Enterprise & Toy Fair will now be held on Monday 15th December at 2pm.

If you have any toys or books that you no longer want, please bring them into school for our Toy Fair.

Let us know what your class has been making for Enterprise Day and which class you think is going to raise the most money by clicking on the 'comments' button below.

On Wednesday 10th December Year 5 will be visiting the Baltic to work with an artist creating 'Peace' themed artwork.

The Baltic is currently displaying Yoko Ono's Peace Exhibition and as well as working with the artist Year 5 will also have the opportunity to view the exhibition at the Baltic.

Last week Year 5 visited Saltwell Park where they hung their wishes upon the 'Wish Trees' that formed part of Yoko Ono's exhibition.

Pupils will be leaving school at 9:45am and will return to school in time for dinner as usual at 12:30pm.

Let us hear what you think about this trip by clicking on the 'comments' button below.

The dates and times for our 2008 Christmas Nativities are as follows:

Wednesday 10th December - Nursery/Reception Nativity (2.00pm)
Thursday 11th December - Nursery/Reception Nativity (9.30am)
Thursday 11th December - Y1, Y2 and all KS2 Nativity (2.00pm)
Friday 12th December - Y1, Y2 and all KS2 Nativity (9.30am)

Due to fire regulations regarding numbers in our school hall families are restricted to 2 tickets each. Where parents have a child in both nativities, they may have 2 tickets for each. Please note tickets are strictly on a first come first serve basis.

We would love to hear what you think about our nativities. Click on the 'comments' button below and share your thoughts with us.

On Tuesday 9th December Year 5 will be visiting Heworth Grange to watch the 'Rocky Monster Show'.

Pupils will be leaving school after dinner and will return before the end of the normal school day.

Warm clothes should be worn as pupils will be walking to and from Heworth.

Mr Bailey and Miss Henry

Let us know what you think about the Rocky Monster Show by clicking on the 'comments' button below.

Year 5 planted bulbs ahead of the Spring Bulb Show at Saltwell Park.

Last year a number of pupils won cash prizes for their bulbs and hopefully we will do equally well again this year.

Judging by Lingey House's green-fingered record I'm sure that we'll do just 'blooming' marvellous!

Click on the 'comments' button below and let us know what you think about all the gardening activities at Lingey House.

On Thursday 4th December Year 5 will be visiting Saltwell Park to help plant 'Wish Trees'.

The trees are connected to the Yoko Ono Peace Exhibition at the Baltic which Year 5 will be visiting on Wednesday 10th December.

Year 5 will be writing wishes and will then hang these wishes to the trees on Thursday.

The press are going to be in attendance, so check out the papers and the local news for more proof that Lingey House is 'The best school in the universe'.

As Yoko Ono's exhibiton tours the world 'Wish Trees' are to be planted in the towns and cities in a hope that they will inspire world peace.

Year 5 have been studying 'War and Peace' this half-term as their Creative Curriculum topic.

Check out the webiste below for more details of Yoko Ono's exhibition:
http://imaginepeace.com/news/archives/4053

Download your own 'Peace Wish':
Download file:'My Wish'

Reminder that a meeting for parents of children attending Whithaugh Park will be held on Monday 1st December.

Pupils from Year 5 and Year 6 will be visiting Whithaugh Park in the Scottish Borders for a week's residential from Monday 23rd March 2009 to Friday 27th March 2009.

A meeting has been arranged for parents to give more information about the trip and to give the opportunity for questions to be asked.

The meeting will be held at 2:15pm and then repeated again at 4:30pm.

The fair will be open for parents and children to look through the books each day after school. Opening times will be as follows:

AFTER SCHOOL (EARLY YEARS HALL) 3:20PM - 4:15PM

In the far there will be a wide selection of children's books available for you to choose from including picture books, young fiction and junior novels as well as reference and non-fiction titles. There will also be a selection of staionary, gifts and posters.

Your support would be greatly appreciated because for every book sold at the fair, the school earns commisssion, which will enable us to add new books to our school and class libraries.

If you are uable to attend but would still like to take part, look through the leaflet that will be sent home with your child. Choose the book(s) that you would like, fill in the coupon on the back page and return to school with the payment. Your books will then be kept for you.

On Tuesday 18th November pupils from Year 5 visited Leam Lane Library to work with author Joan Lennon. The pupils had the chance to hear her read extracts from her stories, ask her questions about being an author and buy signed copies of her books.

You can watch a short video of the visit by clicking on the play button in the centre of the image above.

Let us know what you thought of the visit and of Joan Lennon's books by clicking on the 'comments' button below.

For more information about Joan Lennon click on the links below:
http://www.joanlennon.co.uk/

http://www.meettheauthor.co.uk/bookbites/1399.html

CPO Dixon came into school to talk to us.

Year 5 are making Snowstorm Keyrings to sell at Entrprise Day on Friday 28th November.

Click on the link below to download the template for the inside of the snow storms:
Download file: 'Snowstorm Template'

Mr Bailey is confident that Year 5 are going to raise the most money at Enterprise Day. Do you agree? Click on the 'comments' button below and say whether you agree with Mr Bailey or not.

Enterprise & Toy Fair will be held on Friday 28th November at 2pm.

If you have any toys or books that you no longer want, please bring them into school for our Toy Fair.

A team from our running club took part in the cross country event at Gateshead International Stadium on Saturday, 15th November. All of our runners performed well and two of the girls were in the top ten. There were over 50 boys and girls in each event so congratulations to all the Lingey House athletes. We may well have potential Olympians in our school!

Year 6 children are currently taking part in a nation-wide rowing challenge. Each month they complete a new challenge working together in a team of 4. Each group is performing very well in the challenges completed so far.

Keep an eye out as the teachers are thinking of putting together 2 teams. I wonder if you can guess who will be in each team?

We will keep you posted of all the latest news and the team's positions.

This coming week we will be using assemblies and circle time to discuss the topic of bullying. The children will be making anti - bullying posters. In class the children will have the opportunity to talk about this very serious subject.

Mrs Dancer is leading a team to develop a new anti-bullying policy. CPO Dixon is very keen to be part of our team and is coming into school next week to talk to the children.

www.antibullyingweek.co.uk

National Anti-Bullying Week
17th - 21st November 2008

In this site you will find a collection of free resources for anti-bullying week. Schools may want to use these resources to compliment what they are already doing for anti-bullying week.

A big thank you to everyone who bought a raffle ticket for Pudsey Bear today. We managed to raise a huge £117.66 for Children in Need. Well Done.
Thank you again to Mrs Nugent who donated the prizes.

Pupils from Year 5 and Year 6 will be visiting Whithaugh Park in the Scottish Borders for a week's residential from Monday 23rd March 2009.

A meeting has been arranged for parents to give more information about the trip and to give the opportunity for questions to be asked.

The meeting will be held on Monday 1st December and will last for approximately 1 hour.

The meeting will be held at 2:15pm and then repeated again at 4:30pm.

Please complete the reply slip and let the school know which of these meetings you would like to attend.

A copy of the reply slip can be downloaded by clicking on the link below:
Download file: 'Whithaugh Park Meeting'

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the Lingey House website in the past week. The website is looking great and hopefully the comments and entries will continue to flow.

With your help the Lingey House website can be the 'Best Website In The Universe'

Mr Bailey

Special thanks to Year 3 and Mr Hawdon - you've really taken our website on to a new level

Callum Tearney from Y5 featured on BBC Look North as part of the 'Change 4 Life' campaign.

Change4Life aims to help families eat well, move more and live longer and it’s really important to our kids’ futures.

Click on the link below to view BBC Look North (Thursday 13th November 2008). The feature with Callum starts at 12min 40sec.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/looknorthnecumbria/index.shtml

Visit the 'Change 4 Life' website:
http://www.nhs.uk/Change4life/Pages/Default.aspx

On Tuesday 18th November pupils from Year 5 will visit Leam Lane Library to work with author Joan Lennon.

Signed copies of books by the author will be available to purchase on the day priced at £4.99.

Joan Lennon was born in Canada and has lived in Scotland since 1978. Her first novel, The Bad-Tempered Dragon, was published by Scholastic in 1998. Joan has done a wide range of jobs in Europe, Australia and Canada – from ice-cream sundae constructor to summer camp leader to putzfrau at the Munich Olympics. She now divides her time between the demands of four tall sons, her piano pupils and her writing.

For more information about Joan Lennon click on the links below:
http://www.joanlennon.co.uk/

http://www.meettheauthor.co.uk/bookbites/1399.html

Mrs Nugent has once again donated a Pudsey Bear to raffle for Children in Need 2008. Raffle tickets will be on sale on Friday 14th November (10p per ticket). Please note tickets are sold to children only. Last year we raised well over £100. Let’s see if we can beat that this year.

Thank you for your co-operation in sending children in party outfits on the last day before the holidays. The photographs for the ‘Big Birthday Calendar’ are fantastic!

Calendars go on sale in December.

Remember the ‘Big 50th’ is on June 30th 2009!

Anti-bullying week is week beginning 17th November. CPO Dixon is talking to all children about dealing with bullying. Children will make posters and wear blue badges to show our support for the anti bullying campaign. Boxes are to be placed in all Key Stage 2 classes to allow children who have issues with bullies to anonymously write their concerns. Staff will address any issues on a daily basis.

We will be holding a book fair from Monday 24th November - Friday 28th November.

The fair will be open for parents and children to look through the books each day after school. Opening times will be as follows:

AFTER SCHOOL (EARLY YEARS HALL) 3:20PM - 4:15PM

In the far there will be a wide selection of children's books available for you to choose from including picture books, young fiction and junior novels as well as reference and non-fiction titles. There will also be a selection of staionary, gifts and posters.

Your support would be greatly appreciated because for every book sold at the fair, the school earns commisssion, which will enable us to add new books to our school and class libraries.

If you are uable to attend but would still like to take part, look through the leaflet that will be sent home with your child. Choose the book(s) that you would like, fill in the coupon on the back page and return to school with the payment. Your books will then be kept for you.

As part of our commitment to the Great North Baton Challenge, children will be taking part in a Sponsored Walked on Friday 7th November to raise funds for the new Great North Children's Hospital appeal.

If you have lost your sponsor form or need an additional one, you can click on the link below to download a sponsor form:
Download file: 'Sponsor Form'

Under 5’s Christmas Party
Gateshead Leisure Centre
Tuesday 9th December 2008
1.00pm - 3.00pm

Tickets £4.20 each

Tickets will be on sale at GLC from Friday 24th October 2008

All children must be accompanied by an adult

Party Games, Santa, Face Painting, Tombola, Bouncy Castle, Christmas Crafts

Download further details of the party by clicking on the link below:
Download file: 'Gateshead Leisure Centre Under 5s Christmas Party'

The Friends of Lingey House are having a Guy Fawkes Disco in the Main School Hall (next to the school office) on Monday 3rd November 2008.

Key Stage 1 will start at 3:30pm and will finish at 4:30pm.

Key Stage 2 will start at 4:45pm and will finish at 5:45pm.

Pay at the door:
Key Stage 1 - £1.50 includes drink, hotdog and a packet of crisps.
Key Stage 2 - £1, first packet of crisps and a drink free.

You will be able to purchase the following items at the disco:
Drinks - 10p
Crisps - 15p
Hot Dogs - 50p

We look forward to seeing you all at the disco.

Order forms are now available at the School Office for the 2008 'Stars In Their Eyes' DVD.

Poppies are now on sale in school.

Y5 children will be coming around classes each day selling the poppies and they can also be purchased from the main office.

Y2 will be performing a 'Remembrance Day' class assembly on Friday 7th November.

Children in Mrs McKay's (YR) and Miss Gray's (YR/1) are in for a real treat next term. We will be using the following books within our classrooms while exploring Light & Colour

Friday 24th October will be a 'Non-uniform Day' at Lingey House.

Photos will be taken on this day for the 2009 School Calendar and pupils are asked to come to school in their party clothes.

The 2009 calendar will have a party theme as next year sees the school celebrate its 50th Birthday and the Nursery its 30th Birthday.

Plans are already in place to have a huge birthday party in June next year. Keep checking out the website for further details.

A new trophy cabinet is going to be needed at Lingey House after the school scooped two more prestigious awards at the Beautiful Gateshead Garden Competition.

First the school won 'Best School Project' for Lingey House Saves The Planet and then followed this up with an achievement award at the end of the night for 'Best Contribution in Gateshead to the Envrionment'.

This really is a phenomenal achievement for the school. The category is for the whole of Gateshead and has previously been won by large-scale conservation projects in the 17 years since its introduction in 1991. The award is recognition for the hard work of staff, pupils, parents and all members of the Lingey House family that have helped to completely transform the school grounds in recent years.

In addition to these two awards Lingey House also came 2nd in the 'Best School Grounds' category and were entered into the 'Unusual Container' category too.

Former pupil and 2007 'Gardener of the Year' Kurtis Greenup joined members of the current Gardening Club to proudly collect the awards from the Mayor of Gateshead, Councillor Maureen Chaplin.

View photos from the event by clicking the 'play button' in the centre of the image below:

Our whole school Harvest Festival event will be held on Wednesday 22nd October. Children will be performing the musical 'Easy Peasy Harvest'.

If you wish to send in Harvest donations please do so before 9:00am on Wednesday. Donations will be distributed to a charity organisation.

Please join us for our Harvest Festival. The celebration will start at 9:20am and will last for approximately 30 minutes.

Pupils from Lingey House joined the Port of Tyne Harbour Master for a special trip on the River Tyne this week when they travelled on board his new three quarters of a million pound boat!

Great fun was had by all pupils (and staff!) and they will take away memories that will last them a lifetime.

Click on the 'play button' in the centre of the image below to view photos from the trip.

Tempest will be collecting the orders for photographs this Thursday (15th October). Anyone wishing to purchase photographs needs to return their envelopes by this date at the latest. After this date any orders will have to be placed direct to Tempest.

Could I take this opportunity to apologise for the short notice given for the recent school photographs. We had received feedback from parents about the group photographs taken in the summer and decided to return to Tempest, our usual photographer. We were then only able to take a date that Tempest could give us. We have already had very positive feedback from the new style photographs.

Mrs C M Jones (Head Teacher)

Please note that Parents Evening will NOT now take place on Monday 13th October as originally advertised.

Parent Meetings will now take place week beginning Monday 20th October:

Monday 20th October: Year 1 Parent Meeting - 3:30pm
Monday 20th October: Year 2 Parent Meeting - 4:00pm

Tuesday 21st October: Year 5 Parent Meeting - 3:30pm
Tuesday 21st October: Year 6 Parent Meeting - 4:00pm

Wednesday 22nd October: Year 3 Parent Meeting - 3:30pm
Wednesday 22nd October: Year 4 Parent Meeting - 3:30pm

Please note sessions for Year 1 - Year 6 are group curriculum meetings and there are separate arrangements for Reception children.

Lingey House added to their growing list of awards for their school grounds when they claimed 2nd place in the Gateshead East Garden Competition.

Kelsie, Joe and Jack from the Gardening Club attended the presentation night at the Old Town Hall and proudly accepted the certificate on behalf of the school.

We have had a number of requests asking about a DVD of the Year 5 production of 'Olivia'.

Heworth Grange did record the production and will be producing a DVD, priced at approximately £5.

We have been informed it could be close to Christmas before the DVD is complete, but we will let you know as soon as it is available to purchase.

Lingey 'Lympics DVDs are now on sale priced at £3 each.

Call into the office to purchase your copy or download the form below and send it into school with your child.

Download file: 'Lingey 'Lympics DVD'

As you may already know, Little Treasures, our breakfast and after-school club provider for the last 5 years has handed over the contract to a new provider. I have spoken to Mrs Cummings, the new organiser, and I have been assured that the provision will remain as before. Contact the office if you wish to have more details.
The extended provision is available from 7.30am and until 6.00pm.

Mrs Jones

The dates for our 2008 Christmas Parties are as follows:

Tuesday 16th December - YR, YR/1, Y1/2 & Y2 (Main Hall)
Tuesday 16th December - Nursery am & pm (Early Years Hall)
Wednesday 17th December - Y5 & Y6
Thursday 18th December - Y3, Y3/4 & Y4

The dates for our 2008 Christmas nativities are as follows:

Wednesday 10th December - Nursery/Reception Nativity (2.00pm)
Thursday 11th December - Nursery/Reception Nativity (9.30am)
Thursday 11th December - Y1, Y2 and all KS2 Nativity (2.00pm)
Friday 12th December - Y1, Y2 and all KS2 Nativity (9.30am)

Full details of all our Christmas activities will be sent out nearer the time.

We will be holding a Guy Fawkes Disco in school on Monday 3rd November.

Further details to be announced.

Arts Week will take place at Lingey House between 20th-24th October as part of the National Gallery's 'Take One Picture'.

The picture this year is 'The Fighting Temeraire' by Turner.

Work in school during this week will be centred around this painting.

KS2 Music Workshops for this term will be held on:

Wednesday 8th October at 11:00am.

Wednesday 12th November at 9:30am.

Our whole school Harvest Festival event will be held on Wednesday 22nd October. Children will be performing the musical 'Easy Peasy Harvest'.

Further details to be announced.

With Guy Fawkes Night fast approaching Firework Safety Workshops have been arranged for all classes.

These will be held in school on Friday 3rd October.

We are lucky to have an organised fireworks display in the Oliver Henderson Park each year. Lingey House Primary School actively promotes attendance only at 'organised' displays.

Click on the link below for details of the Oliver Henderson Park display:
http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/Leisure%20and%20Culture/events/Event%20Records/Bonfire%20and%20Fireworks%20Display.aspx

Pupils from Lingey House Primary School will be involved in a charity relay race at Gateshead International Stadium on Thursday 25th September.

The event has been organised to mark the opening of a new unit at the RVI Hospital in Newcastle.

In order to mark the handover from Beijing to London at the end of Paralympic Games, pupils from Lingey House rimary School held a fun run in the school grounds and Oliver Henderson Park.

Parents Evening will take place on Monday 13th October (3:30pm-4:30pm).

Further details to follow later.

Roger Kelly (Chief Executitive of Gateshead Council) is to visit Lingey House Primary School on Friday 19th September.

Last year Lingey House received the best results in the school's history, with 100% of pupils achieving Level 4 and above in English, Maths and Science in their KS2 SATs.

Mr Kelly has decided to come and see for himself why everybody is talking about Lingey House!

Mitch (Mr Mootball) is now offering ball skills training to our Y3 and Y4 children after school every Monday from 3.15pm - 4.15pm . This after school activity is funded from school funds.

Parents of Y3 and Y4 children should have received a letter asking if you wish your child to attend this after school club.

Year 5 continue to work hard in their rehearsals for Olivia which they will be performing at Heworth Grange next month.

Year 5 will be performing to the rest of the school at 1:30pm on Tuesday 15th July and then to their friends and family at 7:00pm that evening.

Further details with regards to tickets will be announced soon.

Friday 13th of June saw a pirate invasion at Lingey House Primary School!

Children from throughout the school took part in pirate-themed activities throughout the morning session and then were treated to a production of Treasure Island by the M+M Theatre Group during the afternoon.

Prizes were awarded the best dressed pirate in each year group and great fun was had by all.

Click on the 'comments' button below and let us know what you thought about Pirate Day.

Miss Mackay's Year 3 class visited Heworth Grange to use the iMac computers for their music lesson.

Pupils used the Music Ace Maestro programme and all thoroughly enjoyed working the various activities.

The Year 3 pupils will continue to visit Heworth on a Thursday morning throughout the summer term.

Three pupils from Year 5 today had the opportunity to visit Gibside School ahead of the Lingey 'Lympics.

The two schools will unite on Monday 30th June for the Lingey 'Lympics at Gateshead International Stadium.

The pupils from the 2 schools will represent 4 different countries in the event (yellow team = Australia, red team = China, green team = Kenya and blue team = USA).

Carl, Jordan and Jennifer were given a very warm welcome by all the staff and pupils at Gibside and Carl presented a Lingey House Bear to the Gibside pupils on behalf of everyone at Lingey House.

Friendships were quickly forged between the pupils from the two schools and everyone is looking forward to meeting up again on June 30th, when they will be cheering each other on in the various running and throwing events.

Let us know what you think about the Lingey 'Lympics. Click on 'comments' button below and share your thoughts with us.

Collect cans and newspapers and get rewards!!

The local heat for the 2008 Junior Games will take place at the Oliver Henderson Park on Tuesday 17th June.

Boys and girls aged 5-14 are invited to come along and take part in one of the heats.

Winners will get the chance to represent their team in the NewcastleGateshead Junior Games Challenge.

Register from 5:30pm. Races start at 6:00pm.

Be great to see loads of pupils from Lingey House there . . . ideal preparation for the Lingey 'Lympics!

It's free to enter and all participants receive a free goody bag.

ESAA SAINSBURY'S ENGLISH SCHOOLS' 78TH TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
GATESHEAD INTERNATIONAL STADIUM - 11TH & 12TH JULY 2008

Ticket Hotline:
0191 433 6900

Tickets also available from:
events@gateshead.gov.uk

Class and group photos were taken in school today.

Pupils will be given a proof to take home next week of their class photos and any other photos they were part of (sports teams, music groups etc).

Photographer Peter Frayne has taken this year's photos and we have tried something a little different with the photos which we hope you will like. Out has gone the uniformed rows and hands on knees. Instead the pupils had free choice as to their pose, position and any additional equipment which they wished to hold.

Pictures are priced at £15 each and you can purchase as many of each as you like.

In addition to the proof of the photo the full range of photos will be displayed on the plasma screen in the entrance hall for you to view.

Below is a picture in the style of the class and group photos featuring children from Nursery - Year 6. This picture will soon become the permanent image on our school website.

Click on the 'comments' button below to let us know what you think of the new style of photos.

A new arrival has flown its way onto the Lingey House Website.

Say hello to the Lingey House Online Duck.

The online duck is going to feature in a monthly writing competition next year. You might be asked to write an adventure story, a poem, a diary etc.

You will submit your entry each month online and entries will appear on the school website. A prize will be awarded each month to the best entry.

Our first competition is simply to name the Lingey House Online Duck and to write a short character description about him/her.

To submit your entry click on the 'comments' button below and write your character description in the comment box.

Closing date for entries is Saturday 30th June. The winner will be announced during a whole school assembly in early July.

I look forward to reading your entries.

Mr.Bailey

Quick reminder that Friday 13th June will be 'Pirate Day' at Lingey House.

Pupils and staff are all invited to come dressed as pirates for the day (there is no cost for this).

M+M Productions will be giving a performance of 'Treasure Island' during the morning session and there will be pirate themed activities going on in school throughout the day.

Prizes will be awarded for the best costumes . . . no live parrots please!!!

We will be sending off our uniform order next week to allow for delivery before the end of the summer term.

Anyone wishing to order school uniform should hand their completed order form (order form can be downloaded below) into the school office no later than Thursday 12th June.

Sample sizes of uniform are available at the office for children to try on. We recommend that children try on sample garments as sizes cannot be exchanged.

Please note that payment must be made before an order can be accepted.

Download file - School Uniform Order Form

Mrs Jones found it very difficult to judge the art work created by Y1/2 and Y2. Many thanks to Miss Lyall and Miss Charlton for supporting the children with this work.

Gibside School will be joining Lingey House at the Lingey 'Lympics at Gateshead International Stadium on Monday 30th June 2008.

With the Olympic and Paralympic Games taking place in Beijing later this summer this was seen as wonderful opportunity for the pupils of the two schools to compete together in an Olympic/Paralympic style event.

Copies of the DVD of Year 4’s Roman Assembly are still available for you to order priced at £3 each.

Pupil’s used the latest in blue-screen technology to re-enact their class assembly at Heworth Grange CLC.

If you would like to purchase a copy of this DVD please download the form below, complete the slip and return it to school along with the correct payment.

DVDs already ordered will be distributed to pupils next week.

Download file: Y4 Romans DVD

Well done Year 5!

There have been loads of comments posted by pupils from Mrs Wilson's Year 5 class about their production of 'Olivia' in recent weeks.

It seems like you are all working hard and looking forward to the performance.

The Podcasts have been popular, with many people downloading them. Hopefully I'll have some video footage online for you to download too.

Keep the comments coming about 'Olivia' and everything else that is happening at Lingey House.

Mr Bailey

The Lingey House website is undergoing a facelift at the moment with a new-look website hopefully going live in the next 2-3 weeks.

The website was first launched in November 2006 and since then many pupils, parents and friends of our school have visited the website for the latest news and events from Lingey House. Over 300 people have posted comments to the entries on the site and I felt the site was starting to look a little cluttered.

The address of the website will be exactly the same www.lingeyhouseprimary.org, but will have a lot more audio and video content than the current site.

Watch this space for our new-look site . . . COMING SOON!

I look forward to hopefully reading even more comments that you add.

Mr.Bailey

You can now download Podcasts from the Lingey House Website for you to play on your computer, I-pod or MP3 players.

Year 5 have the honour of being the first class to feature. Check out the Podcast section on the right-hand side of the homescreen. Here you can download Year 5 in rehearsal for their summer production of 'Olivia'.

The DVD of Year 4’s Roman Assembly is now available for you to order priced at £3 each.

Pupil’s used the latest in blue-screen technology to re-enact their class assembly at Heworth Grange CLC.

If you would like to purchase a copy of this DVD please download the form below, complete the slip below and return it to school along with the correct payment.

DVDs purchased will be given out after the half-term holiday.

Download file: Y4 Romans DVD

The will be performing 'Joseph' at the Sage with many other school choirs on Tuesday 24th June at 2:00pm. Everyone is welcome to come and listen to us.

The choir will continue to practise on Thursday after school in the Early Years Hall (3:15pm - 4:00pm).

NB. Please note there will be no choir practice on Thursday 15th May due to Y6 SATs.

The school bike shed is open for storing bikes from 8:30am onwards. We are now also allowing scooters to be stored there too.

If you wish your child to ride a bicycle to school, please ensure that they have a helmet and a lock. Scooters should also have a lock and should have names marked upon them if possible.

If you remember we had planned a camping day ('Camp Duck') last summer. Unfortunately due to the bad weather last summer it was rained off.

We intend to go ahead with it again this year though and as soon as the weather appears to be more settled we will arrange a new date for late June.

Our annual Prize Day will take place this year on Friday 11th July.

Awards this year will be presented by the Harbour Master from the Port of Tyne Authority.

Friends and family of all children are invited to come along and join us on this special occasion.

Reports to parents will be sent out on Friday 4th July.

Parents will have the oportunity to discuss the report with their child's class teacher, should they wish, on Monday 7th July.

The Lingey Lympics are now less than 2 months away and classes are beginning to start training in preparation for the big day.

The event will be held on Monday 30th June at Gateshead International Stadium and the Tyne & Wear stand will be open for friends and family members to come along and spectate.

On Tuesday 17th June pupils from Mrs McEnaney's Y1/2 class and Mrs Ritchie's Y2 class will be visiting Cragside, the home of Lord Armstrong in Rothbury, Northumberland.

KS2 Music Workshops for this term will be held on:

Wednesday 21st May at 11:00am.

Wednesday 25th June at 9:30am.

We will be holding a book fair from Monday 12th May - Friday 16th May 2008.

The fair will be open for parents and children to look through the books each day after school. Opening times will be as follows:

AFTER SCHOOL (YEAR 6 CLASSROOM): 3:20pm - 4:15pm.

On Friday 13th June the M+M Theatre Group will be returning to our school to give a production of Treasure Island.

Pupils are invited to come to school dressed as pirates on this day and there will be a Pirate Party in school on the afternoon following the morning production.

SATs take place during week commencing Monday 12th May.

Our Year 6 children will be taking their KS2 SATs tests during this week and testing will also be taking place throughout the rest of the school.

Please try and avoid taking holiday from school during this week and ensure that your child has had a good night's sleep and some breakfast before starting school.

Friday 9th May - YR/1: The Bad Tempered Ladybird

Friday 23rd May - Reception: Farm

Thursday 12th June - Year 3: Food

Friday 20th June - Year 4: Rationing

Friday 27th June - Year 5: Inside Me

Friday 4th July - Year 1/2: Olympics

Friday 11th July - Year 2: Holidays

Thursday 17th July Year 6: Leavers Assembly

Assemblies start at 9:10am and usually last for approximately 20 minutes. Family and friends are invited to attend the assemblies. Refreshments will be served in the classroom after each of the assemblies.

Our caterpillar willow tunnel is now complete and looks absolutely fantastic!

Representatives from all classes helped to plant, bend and shape the willow and the finished product is now something that can be enjoyed by everyone.

As well as looking great on the edge of our yard, the caterpillar is a fun place to be able to play at playtimes and dinnertime.

Pupils from Year 5 and Year 6 were given the opportunity to go on board HMS Northumberland during its trip into the Tyne.

Pupils with 100% attendance so far this year became captains for the day and had the chance to explore the Swan Hunter built battleship.

Our official photographer Alexandra Arkless was on hand to capture the events of the day.

Lingey House's award winning school grounds just keep getting better and better!

Yesterday members of the School Council were involved in planting a willow tunnel at the edge of our KS2 yard.

More pupils will be involved in the planting over the next couple of days and once complete and we are sure will be another beautiful feature at our school.

Lingey House was awarded 'Best School Grounds' in Gateshead for 2007 and we will be going all out to retain our title again this summer!

The next KS2 Music Workshop will be held on Wednesday 26th March 2008 at 11am.

Pupils from Lingey House Primary School attended the official opening of the new Baltic campus of Gateshead College.

Artwork, including a fabulous quilt depicting north-east landmarks produced by pupils from Lingey House is now proudly on display within the new building.

Children at Lingey House are taking advantage of a wide range of musical activities which are on offer.
Children are playing guitar, recorder, brass instruments, violin and keyboard, as well as singing in the school choir.
On 24th June the school choir will be taking part in "Joseph" at the Sage along with other children from Gateshead Primary Schools.
It will be a really exciting occasion!!

We have a fabulous new photographer visiting school on June 5th and 6th. He will be taking group photos of all classes as well as team photos. The photographer will have the children posing in natural positions. Mrs. Jones has viewed his work and was most impressed. She is so confident that Lingey parents will also be impressed that she has booked him to visit school on a Sunday in the Autumn term to take family portraits with groups of up to 20 people. These will make great Christmas presents so watch this space!

Once again we have been invited to visit HMS Northumberland when she visits the Tyne on 4th April 2008. Fifteen children and two adults will spend a morning looking at the war ship, having a guided tour and sitting inside one of the helicopters. Children will be chosen from Year 5 and 6, this will be a reward for good attendance and behaviour!

Watch this space!

All children will be decorating a hard boiled egg to go into a competition on Tuesday 18th March.
Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1 and Year 6 will decorate their eggs at home and bring them in on the day.
Years 3,4 & 5 will decorate theirs in school on the day and therefore need to bring in an egg and any bits and pieces they need to use.
Each class will have a winner!!

The M & M Theatre Group will be performing Alice in Wonderland on Friday 25th April. We watched their fabulous production of Sleeping Beauty in January so we are all looking forward to this performance.

Our topic this half term in YR and YR1 is Superheroes!

We have been enjoying learning all about comics and we have even been designing and labelling our own superheroes!! We are going to look at local heroes soon and we are lucky enough to have the police and fire service into visit us. If you know of any other local heroes that would be willing to come in to talk to us that would be great!

On Wednesday 19th March parents and friends are invited to attend a special Easter Assembly at which the children will retell the Easter Story in words and songs.
Refreshments will follow, during which time parents are invited to view the eggs which the children have decorated. The Assembly begins at 9.10am.

Year 4 pupils are visiting Heworth Comprehensive School on Thursday, 20th March for an interactive Romans Day. Children will use the latest blue screen technology to produce a DVD of their recent class assembly.

Year 5 pupils from Mrs Wilson's class were our dancing stars as they took part in the Gateshead Schools Dance Festival at Gateshead Leisure Centre.

Their 'Bond' performance went down a storm and everyone involved can be very proud of their efforts.

We are currently collecting the Tesco 'Computers For Schools' vouchers again. Any vouchers that you have would be greatly received.

Last year we were able to purchase a substantial amount of software and hopefully we will be able to do the same again this year.

Vouchers will be distributed in Tesco stores and with Tesco.com orders until Sunday 11th May.

Pupils from Year 5 will take part in the Skipping Festival at Gateshead Leisure Centre on Tuesday 26th February from 4pm - 6pm.

On Tuesday 22nd January the M+M Theatre Group will be in school performing Sleeping Beauty.

M+M Theatre Group have always given great performances at Lingey House and we are sure that this will be another great show.

Further performances by M+M are planned for later in the year. Watch this space for more details!

The staff and pupils of Lingey House Primary School would like to wish you all a Happy New Year!

2007 was a fantastic year at Lingey House and we are all sure that 2008 will be even better!

KS1 and KS2 pupils performed 'Christmas Around The World' to friends and family on Friday 14th December. Each class chose a different country and through singing, acting and dancing told all about the Christmas traditions in that country.

Our Nursery and Reception children did us proud with a brilliant performance of 'The Lucky Owl'. Friends and family of our Foundation Stage pupils joined us for the performances and all were impressed by the quality of the acting and singing.

On Thursday 13th December our parents joined us for Christmas dinner. As well as having a lovely meal cooked for them, our parents were waited upon by our Year 6 pupils and were treated to some lovely Christmas music by our school choir.

2007 has been a truly memorable year in the history of Lingey House. We have celebrated the opening of our new ICT suite and library ('Aim i.land'), premiered 'Lingey House The Movie' at the Tyneside Cinema, had our first Nursery graduation ceremony, won best school grounds in Gateshead, had a 2 day trip to London . . . . the list goes on and on!

To mark the fabulous achievements of Lingey House throughout 2007 a commemorative DVD is to be produced. The DVDs are priced at £3 each and also include footage from class assemblies and whole school performances throughout the year.

DVDs can be ordered upon payment up until Friday 21st December and will then be delivered to your child after the Christmas holidays. This allows us to include the Christmas parties and performances that are taking place over the next fortnight.

Don't delay, order your copy today!

Click below to download an order form:
Download file: 'Best of 2007 DVD Order Form'

Please note that pupils break up for the Christmas holidays on FRIDAY 21st DECEMBER.

We would like to invite you to one of our Christmas Performances.

Foundation Stage Performances
12th December at 2.00pm and 13th December at 10.00am.

KS1 and KS2 Performances
14th December at 10.00am and 2.00pm.

To comply with fire regulations we are restricted to the numbers in our audience. To be fair the number of tickets will be two per family. Those families with children in both Foundation Stage (Nursery or Reception) and Key Stage 1 or 2 will be allocated tickets to watch both children perform. Please download the form below and indicate which is your chosen date on the tear off slip.

Tickets will be allocated strictly on a first come first served basis. Refreshments will also be on sale 30 minutes before each performance.

Please come and celebrate Christmas with us at Lingey House.

Download file: Christmas Performances

We have recently purchased a ‘Micro Librarian’ software package to manage the borrowing of books from our new Library. This system uses fingerprint recognition and it is necessary to scan the fingerprints of all children for the system to work.

If you have any problem with your child’s fingerprint being taken and used for our Library system could you please contact Mrs Jones (Headteacher) before 5th December 2007.

We would like to invite you to join us for Parents’ Christmas Lunch on Thursday 13th December at 11.30am in the main hall, followed by entertainment by our talented pupils. The cost of the Parents’ Christmas Lunch will be £1.70 per person.

Please complete the request form and return it to school with payment by 4 December 2007 so the kitchen can place orders with their suppliers. Please note we are unable to accept late requests for Parents’ Christmas Lunch after 4 December 2007.

Download file: Parents Christmas Lunch

On Wednesday 19th December, all children will have the opportunity to have a traditional Christmas lunch. This will include turkey and all the trimmings. The usual arrangements for payment apply.

We are having a Grand Raffle where the prize is 'The Use of a Stretched Limousine' for an hour.
We have sent 2 strips of raffle tickets home with each child. If you would like to take part in this exciting prize draw, then simply send the raffle tickets back to school (£1 per strip) with your child's name on the back.
The raffle will be drawn at the assembly on Friday 30th November 2007.

It's that time of year again! Children in every class will have a Christmas party on one of the following afternoons. The dates are as follows:

Monday 17th - Nursery
Tuesday 18th - Reception and Key Stage 1
Wednesday 19th - Year 3 and 4
Thursday 20th - Year 5 and 6

Thursday 29th November
7pm - 9pm

Come along to our 50/50 Dance Evening with Shirley & Fred.
Pie and pea supper. Bring a bottle.
Tickets £3.
Over 18's only.

We will be holding a book fair from Monday 26th November - Friday 30th November.

The fair will be open for parents and children to look through the books each day after school. Opening times will be as follows:

AFTER SCHOOL (EARLY YEARS HALL) 3:20PM - 4:15PM

In the far there will be a wide selection of children's books available for you to choose from including picture books, young fiction and junior novels as well as reference and non-fiction titles. There will also be a selection of staionary, gifts and posters.

Your support would e greatly appreciated because for every book sold at the fair, the school earns commisssion, which will enable us to add new books to our school and class libraries.

If you are uable to attend but would still like to take part, look through the leaflet that has been sent home with your child. Choose the book(s) that you would like, fill in the coupon on the back page and return to school with the payment. Your books will then be kept for you.

You are invited to come to the main hall at 2:00pm on 28th November for the children's Enterprise afternoon. Small Christmas crafts made by your child will e on sale along with Christmas novelties.

There will also be a Bring and Buy Toy Fair and we would be greatful for any donations that you can make to this stall. It would be helpful if all donations could be sent into school by Monday 26th November.

We look forward to seeing you at the Children's Enterprise Afternoon.

A big thank you to everyone who bought raffle tickets in our Pudsey Raffle. Over £100 was raised for Children In Need.

Lingey House will be holding a book fair from Monday 26th November to Friday 30th November. Parents and children are invited to attend each night after school. There are many, many wonderful books for sale, some of which are exclusively sold through Scholastic. Both parents and children can browse through the books before deciding on their purchase. Or maybe which book Santa might bring them. Each book that is sold at the book fair also raises money for the school to buy books with so every purchase is greatly appreciated. Your child will soon be receiving a letter with all of this information as well as a leaflet that shows a small selection of the books that will be on the fair.
We look forward to seeing you there

Are you thinking about buying a new computer for Christmas?

If so our E-learning workshops will give you a good taster of how computers can be used for both personal use and to help your child with schoolwork.

The workshops will begin next Wednesday (7th November) and will last for 4 weeks. Each session starts at 9:15am and lasts for approximately 2 hours.

No previous experience of computers is necessary, the workshops are suitable for complete beginners.

Tea and coffee will be available throughout the sessions and you will have the opportunity to learn in the relaxed, friendly and fun environment of our new ICT suite.

To book a place on the 4 week course please contact the school office or Karen Milne at Family Learning on (0191) 433 8678.

Alternatively you can download a booking form below and return it to school with your child.

Download File: E Learning Booking Form

Lingey House Line Dance - Thursday 8th November (7pm-9pm)

Tickets are only £2 (available from the office or pay on the door).

This is a social event for adults (over 18's only)

You are welcome to 'bring a bottle' (and a glass) if you wish.

Don't worry if you have never tried this before as there will be plenty of help at hand to make sure that you have a fun night.

Come to the Disco on Wednesday 31st October Key Stage 1: 3.30 - 4.30 Key Stage 2: 4.45 - 5.45.
Price KS1 £1.50 includes drink,crisps and hot dog.
KS2 £1 first drink and crisps included.

In the MAIN hall next to reception.

It's great to see how many successes we've had this term (and it's only October). Well done to our gardeners for coming first in the Beautiful Gateshead competition. I was really proud when we received the trophy from the Mayor.

Stephanie Palmer representing our school council delivers harvest gifts to our lovely neighbours Peggy and Rose.

Exciting News!! Ruby our Red Kite and her beloved Flame have raised a chick in Gateshead this summer. The chick was fitted with wing tag A2 on the 12th July and fledged (had grown wings large enough for flight) at the end of July. A2 has been adopted by New Silksworth Junior School, Sunderland. Well done Ruby and good luck A2.

E.Family Learning will commence on Wednesday 7th November (9:15am - 11:15am) in our new ICT suite for 4 weeks.

This is a chance for parents and carers to develop ICT skills in a friendly and supportive environment with a tutor supplied by the Family Learning Group.

For more information and to sign up for these sessions please contact the school office.

Operation Christmas Child has been suported by our school for many years. It's a chance to send a shoe box gift to less fortunate children around the world. We are hoping every class will be able to send 2 boxes (1 girl and 1 boy) for their own age group. Each class will have a list of suggest items and you can either choose something to donate, or send a small cash donation to allow staff to purchase items and cover transportation costs.

Could all items and donations please be sent into school by Friday 5th October.

We will be collecting the 'Nestle Box Tops For Books' tokens this year.

Tokens will be available on Nestle products from September 2007 - March 2008. If you purchase any products with tokens on them, could you please send them into school with your child.

Each token is worth approximately 20p towards the cost of a new book and money raised will be used to purchase books for our new library in 'Aim i.land'.

Thank you for supporting us in this scheme.

Year 4, 5 and 6 children who have not yet had Cycing Proficiency Training are being offered trainining next week (24th - 28th September). A test will take place on the last day.

Your child should have brought a form home with them on Friday evening. If you wish for them to take part in this activity, please complete the form and return it to school on Monday 24th September.

Children will need a roadworthy bicycle and to wear a saftey helmet for this activity. If your child does not have a helmet of their own, they can borrow them from the proficiency team.

We are pleased to announce that Lingey House has been awarded the 'Basic Skills Quality Mark'.

The job of the Basic Skills Agency is to award the Quality Mark to schools that have reached a high standard of teaching and learning in Literacy and Numeracy. The Quality Mark is about the essential skills that children need throughout their lives, such as reading, writing, spelling and number work.

The Basic Skills Agency has recognised that Lingey House Primary:

* has a strategy and planning toimprove children's reading, writing and numer work;
* assesses chldren to find out if they need extra help;
* agreed targets for improving basic skills in the school;
* makes sure that there is planning to improve the reading, writing and nuber work of all children;
* reviews the progress made by all children in the school;
* provides training for staff so that they can teach more effectively;
* uses different methods of teaching based on children's learning styles and needs;
* has appropriate books, equipment and materials to help children improve;
* encourages parents and carers to help childre with reading, writing and number work;
* is improving the teching and learning of Literacy and Numeracy in school.

I'm sure you've all noticed the fabulous improvements that have taken place to our school grounds throughout 2007. As a result we've entered the school in the Gateshead East In Bloom and Beautiful Gateshead garden competitions.

Mr Bailey Snr and the Lingey House Gardening Club have been working hard throughout the year planting, weeding, digging . . . and making Lingey House a colourful and welcoming place in which to come and work and learn.

Mrs Ritchie and the school council have overseen the opening of our new tyre park, outdoor classroom and the decked area at the back of our school. All of these have contributed greatly to the landscape of our school.

Members of our Gardening Club and teaching staff will attend the presentation evenings for both the Gateshead East and Beautiful Gateshead competitions.

Let's keep our fingers crossed. The efforts of all concerned deserve to be rewarded!

Gateshead East In Bloom
Wednesday 10th October 2007 - Gateshead Civic Centre (7pm - 9:30pm)
Lingey House entered in the 'Best School Grounds' category.

Beautiful Gateshead
Thursday 18th October 2007 - Gateshead Leisure Centre (7pm - 9:30pm)
Lingey House entered in the 'Best School Grounds', 'Most Unusual Container' and 'Best Classroom-Based Gardening Project'.

Details of which children will be attending on each night along with transport arrangements etc will be given shortly.

Photographs will be taken in school on Tuesday 9th October.

8:30am - Family photographs (including pre-nursery children).
9:00am - Individual children and group photographs.

Lingey House's new ICT suite and library was officially opened today and the new building has been named 'Aim i.land'. The name was suggested by Stephanie Palmer, Nicole Pearson and Leigh Phillips and will be known as i.land (Information Land) for short. The name combines our Aim High moto with the fact the new building has an island-like location and is a source of information. It seems a very appropriate name for a state-of-the-art 21st century building!

David Buffham from the Bank of England had the honour of cutting the ribbon and joined guests and our School Council in having a tour of the new facilities.

Our 20 children who visited London last week were the first to have lessons in the new ICT suite and have been working on a class assembly that will be presented to parents on Monday 15th October at 2:30pm.

Everyone was very impressed with i.land and can't wait to see the impact that it will have on all concerned with Lingey House.

The official opening of our new ICT suite and library will take place on Wednesday 19th September at 1:45pm.

Mr Buffham from the Bank of England will cut the ribbon and will 'name' our new building.

We would like to thank everyone again for their kind donations, without your help this project wouldn't have been possible.

Parents will be invited into school in the near future to take a look around the new building.

We are sure that the new ICT suite and library will prove to be excellent additions to the resources we already have in place at Lingey House.

Lingey invaded London as 20 of our children from Year 5 and 6 visited the capital for a special 2 day trip.

It was an early start for the pupils as we had to meet at the Central Station at 6:30am, but as the train sped off for London everyone was excited about the events that lay ahead.

From Kings Cross station we had a short walk to the hotel in Russel Square to drop off our bags and then it was on to an open-top bus to see the famous landmarks of London.

Next we boarded a boat at Tower Bridge and headed down the Thames to Westminster where we went for a ride on the London Eye.

Our busy day continued as we caught the Tube back to the hotel and changed into our posh clothes ready for a night in the West End. A meal at Pizza Hut was followed by a fabulous night at the theatre seeing Mary Poppins.

Having had such an eventful day we were all ready for a good night's sleep back at the hotel.

After a cooked breakfast at the hotel we caught the Tube to the National Gallery and then quickly bought some souvenirs in Trafalgar Square to take home for our friends and family.

Next we walked up Whitehall, passing Horseguards Parade and arrived at Downing Street.

Normally you can't go onto Downing Street, but Mr Brown had heard what a wonderful school Lingey House was and invited us up! We all had our pictures taken outside of Number 10 and Mr Bailey even managed to get himself on the news!

We left Downing Street and caught the Tube to the Bank of England where we got the chance to pick up a gold bar worth over £100,000!

When we got back to Kings Cross we had our pictures taken on Harry Potter's platform 9 3/4 and then just had time for tea at McDonald's before getting the train home again.

We were all really tired when we got home, but was worth it as we all have memories that will last us a lifetime.

The 20 children will be performing an assembly about their trip to London on Monday 15th October (same day as parents evening) at 2:30pm.

Photographs and DVDs of the visit will be available to buy on the day and in school afterwards.

Welcome back to what is sure to be another exciting year at Lingey House Primary School.

Next week 20 of our Year 5 and 6 children will be going to London in what is the first of many exciting events we have planned for this year.

I will be updating the website in the next couple of weeks to include information for 2007/2008.

The website proved to be a real success at the end of last year, I hope you will continue to add comments and that it will be a valuable resource again this year.

Lingey House Primary School has been successful in gaining the International School Award and is accreited for three years from 1st September 2007 to 1st September 2010.

The adjudication panel stated:
The portfolio was very enjoyable to read and contained some excellent evidence of pupil work and a commitment to an international ethos.

This is a very prestigious award and great thanks must go to Mrs McEnaney and all concerned for achieving this accolade.

Congratulations to the following pupils who achieved 100% attendance from September 2006 - July 2007:

Lucas Dawson (Year 1/2)

Rebecca Lee (Year 2)

Christoher Pearson (Year 2)

Daine Tierney (Year 2)

Liam Blair (Year 3)

Callum Tearney (Year 3)

Alexandra Arkless (Year 4)

Connor Blair (Year 4)

Ashley Curbison (Year 4)

Joe Foster (Year 4)

Jack Henderson (Year 4)

Alex Iley (Year 4)

Liam Keenan (Year 5)

Aaron Hargreaves (Year 6J)

Ellie Hays (Year 6J)

Abbie Ash (Year 6S)

Chelsea McVittie (Year 6S)

Our pupils at Lingey House are rewarded throughout the year for full attendance and during 2006/2007 the above-named pupils had the opportunity to go on many special outings and receive lots of exciting gifts.

We have many more exciting rewards planned for 2007/2008.

Please help to ensure that your child's attendance is as high as possible!

Year 6 had a fab time at their 'Superheroes Party' as they celebrated the end of their time at Lingey House.

Pupils and staff all dressed up as their favourite superhero and great fun was had playing party games and dancing.

Pupils throughout the school had great fun taking penalties against Mr Bailey dressed as a clown as part of our sponsored penalty shootout.

Mr Bailey looked even more ridiculous than usual as he pulled on a bright green wig, colourful trousers and huge clown shoes!

Pupils lined up to try and score a goal past the clown and raise money for school funds in the process.

So far over £1200 has been raised.

Could all remaining sponsor money please be sent into school before the end of term.

Anyone raising £16 or more will receive a free football!

Year 6 celebrated the world premiere of Lingey House - The Movie with a Hollywood style launch at the Tyneside Cinema on Thursday 12th July.

The pupils all dressed up in their finest clothes and travelled to and from the event in true style by limousine.

Parents, friends and fellow pupils were also in the audience as the movie was shown for the very first time.

Even the damp weather couldn't spoil the day, as everyone celebrated the launch of our blockbuster movie.

The limousine and minibus was kindly supplied by Gateshead Central Taxis (the official taxi company of Lingey House).

A further screening of the movie will be shown in school next Wednesday (18th July) a 9:30am and a DVD of the movie will also go on sale next week.

The Year 4 rugby squad did themselves proud with an excellent 2nd place finish at the Year 4 rugby tournament at the Dryden Centre.

Of the 5 games they played, they ran out winners in 4 of them and only narrowly lost the final game 3-2 against Oakfield.

Again it was not just on the pitch that Lingey House excelled though. All 10 pupils who attended were a credit to the school with their excellent behaviour and sporting attitude.

Rugby training is available to all children at Gateshead Fell Rugby Club on a Sunday morning.

A link will appear in the 'Friends of Our School' section of the website very shortly.

New dates have been arranged for our sponsored penalty shootout following the postponement of the event last week due to rain.

Our Afternoon Nursery and Key Stage 1 pupils will take their penalties in the Small Hall on Friday afternoon (13th July).

Our Morning Nursery and Key Stage 2 pupils will take their penalties on Monday morning (16th July). Nursery children will take their penalties indoors. Weather permitting Key Stage 2 pupils will be outdoors, but in the event of rain, they will take their penalties indoors also.

Over £400 has already been sent into school in sponsor money!

Can we ask that all remaining sponsor money be sent in by the end of term.

Children will take their penalties against Mr Bailey dressed as a clown!

Our 4th annual Prize Day will take place on Friday 13th July.

The ceremony starts at 9:30am and will last for approximately an hour and a half. Tea and coffee will be served after the presentations.

This is a special day when Lingey House celebrates the achievements of our children. Prizes are awarded for sport, the arts and academic attainment and this year sees the addition of several new awards!

We always aim obtain a high-profile presenter and this year we have the High Sherriff of Tyne and Wear Mr Nigel Westwood who will present the awards in his full uniform.

As this is a lengthy ceremony that is very important to both our pupils and parents we request that babies and children below school age do not attend the event.

We look forward to hopefully seeing you all on Friday.

Parking is available for parents on the infant yard.

The movie is now in the can and ready to roll!

The world premeire of 'Lingey House - The Movie' takes place at the Tyneside Cinema (old Town Hall building, Gateshead) tomorrow at 10:30am.

Year 6 pupils will be wearing their Hollywood outfits and will arrive by limo and coach from 10am onwards ready to walk down the red carpet to see the first showing of the movie.

Friends and parents are invited to wait outisde the cinema to greet our stars as they arrive.

Tickets are still available priced at £1 each and can be purchased on the day of the event from both the main school office and at the Tyneside Cinema on the day.

Forget about the new Harry Potter movie, 'Lingey House' will be the blockbster movie of the summer of 2007!

Further showings of 'Lingey House - The Movie' will be made in school next week and copies of the movie will also be available to buy on DVD.

Our 2007 Sports Days took place and our pupils and parents all had a great time.

In the morning it was the turn of our younger children to compete in their teams in a number of different events and in the afternoon it was our Key Stage 2 pupils who lined-up in blue, red, green and yellow teams to do battle for the Lingey House Sports Day Cup.

All the competitors did themselves proud throughout the afternoon and this resulted in a nail-biting climax to the afternoon. It all came down to the final race and just a few points, but in the end it was our Red Team who came out victorious!

A big thank must go to all the parents and friends who came along to watch. The pupils all enjoyed the support of the large crowd and it inspired them to give their all in each and every race.

At a recent meeting of 'Gateshead ICT Coordinators' the Lingey House website received great praise for the speed at which pupils and parents have got involved and the number of comments that have been posted in such a short space of time.

Yet again, Lingey House is showing other schools how it is done!

A massive thank you to everyone who has contributed so far. Keep the comments coming!

As I've said before it really is 'your website' and we DO listen to what you have to say.

Many thanks for making our website such a huge success.

Mr Bailey

The fun keeps coming at Lingey House as another busy week lies ahead:

Monday
Our Year 6 pupils put the finishing touches to Lingey House - The Movie.

Tuesday
Sports Day (weather permitting).

Wednesday
Reserve day for Sports Day.
Year 4 rugby tournament at Gateshead Fell Rugby Club.

Thursday
Premiere of Lingey House - The Movie (Tyneside Cinema).

Friday
Prize Day - awards to be presented by the High Sheriff.

Our Year 6 pupils will arrive in style to the premiere of 'Lingey House - The Movie' thanks to Gateshead Central Taxis.

Gateshead Central Taxis (the official taxi company of Lingey House Primary School) will transport free of charge 7 pupils from Mrs Stokes class (+ Mrs Stokes) in their limousine and 7 pupils from Mrs Jackson's class (+ Mrs Jackson) will return to school like Hollywood stars in the back of the limo.

A 15 seater minibus is also being provided free of charge to help transport some of our other pupils to and from the event.

Gateshead Central also provided prizes for our Performing Arts Day of free limo rides and will transport our Year 4 pupils to the rugby tournament on Wednesday 11th July.

Many thanks again to all at Gateshead Central, your support is greatly appreciated.

You can book taxis, mini buses and limousines through Gateshead Central by calling: (0191) 469 99 99.

Parents and carers can also collect a 10% discount card by asking at the school office.

By supporting Gateshead Central, you are also helping to support our school.

Performing Arts Day 2007

The rain was unable to dampen the spirits of parents and children alike as our 2007 Performing Arts Day took place on Friday 6th July.

Due to the weather, our stalls and performances had to be held indoor, but that didn't stop people digging deep in their pockets to buy from the stalls and to enjoy the entertainment on offer throughout the day.

The pupils all did themeselves proud with their performances and a special thank you must go to the numerous volunteers who gave up their time to help on the day.

As well as being a fun-filled day, over £1000 was raised for school funds.

Thank you to everyone!

On Thursday 5th July our Year 5 class performed the Jungle Book at Heworth Grange.

For the afternoon performance all the pupils from our school walked down to Heworth to see our Year 5 stars in action.

They were richly entertained by some fabulous singing, dancing and some wonderful costumes and special effects.

In the evening the performers had the opportunity to invite their friends and family along and again everyone commented on what a wonderful performance it was.

A big thank you to all the staff at Heworth who made the performance possible, but an especially big thank you to Mrs Wrightson and Mrs Martin for all of their efforts.

Our school football team were crowned champions on Thursday evening after a nail-biting climax to the season.

Despite dominating the first three games against St.Augustine's, Falla Park and Roman Road, they were all to end in 0-0 draws.

It was the final game against Oakifield that proved to be crucial. A brilliant 2-0 had Lingey in top spot, but we now had to sweat on the result of the final match of the night between Roman Road and St.Augustine's.

A draw was what we were looking for and each attempt on goal had our hearts in our mouths.

After what seemed like an eternity the referee blew the whistle with the scores still goalless and the Lingey celebrations began.

The success is richly deserved after what has been a truely memorable season.

The boys will be presented with their trophies at the presentation night on Thursday 12th July at the Tyneview Club, Pelaw (7:15pm start).

Well done boys, we are all proud of you!

Congratulations to Charlotte Jones who posted our 100th comment on our new website. The website hasn't even been live for 4 weeks yet and so to hit the '100' mark already is great.

Keep the comments coming. It's your website.

Mr Bailey

Following requests from parents on our website we would would like your views with regards to the possibility of adding an online ordering facility to our website.

Whilst it remains an idea for the future at present I would certainly welcome the futures of parents as to whether they would be prepared to use an online facility to pay for school dinners, uniforms, educational visits etc.

We do listen to your views and if this is something that our parents want, we will make every effort to make it happen.

All children will take part in a sponsored penalty shootout on Friday 6th July during our Performing Arts Day celebrations.

Each child will take 5 penalties against Mr Bailey (who will be kitted out in fancy dress) and all money raised will go towards buying resources for our new ICT suite and library.

We hope that you will support your child in helping to collect sponsors, but we ask that children do not knock on the doors of strangers.

In reward for collecting sponsor money, any child who collects £16 or more will receive an Adidas leather football for their efforts.

Many thanks for supporting us in this worthwhile cause.

A sponsor form can be downloaded by clicking on the link below.

Download file - Sponsor Form

PLEASE CAN YOU HELP?

We are holding an International Performing Arts Day on Friday 6th July and we need parent volunteers to man stalls on the day. Could you please see your child's class teacher if you are available to help. An hour or more would be greatly appreciated.

J6J carried on the good work of Mrs Stokes' class from the previous day when they visited CLC to work on the editing of Lingey House The Movie.

The pupils all enjoyed the day and again were a credit to the school and themselves with their excellent behaviour.

Everyone is now looking forward to the grand premiere of the movie at Tyneside Cinema on Thursday 12th July.

Mrs Stokes' class began the process of editing Lingey House The Movie today at CLC.

The pupils worked in groups to first of all storyboard the movie and then choose the parts of the footage that they wished to feature along with adding captions, credits etc.

The behaviour of our pupils was excellent and was commented upon by the staff at CLC.

Mrs Jackson's class will continue the process of editing the movie tomorrow.

Our photos show our Year 6 pupils hard at work.

We had a fantastic time at the Line Dancing Festival. Many