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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.

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'

Mrs McKay's and Miss Gray's class had a lovely trip to the park on Monday 21st October. We have been looking at the painting 'The Fighting Temeraire' by Turner (see Take One Picture entry) We decided to go to the park to experience first hand what things look like when they are reflected in water. We took some wonderful pictures of this on our walk.

We have been creating our own reflection pictures that will be on display in our classroom and in the Early Years Hall. Please feel free to pop in and have a look next term.

Can we first of all start by saying thank you to those parents of Reception aged children who attended our parents meetings on Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st of October. It was lovely to meet you all and tell you how well your children have settled in to their new classes.
Just a quick reminder about letting us know what your child is achieving at home. As we said at our meeting with you, we really value your input into what your child does at home, what your child enjoys or any new skills they are developing. This information will help us to make sure your child receives appropriate learning activities that interest and excite them.
Be sure to look at 'What's Happening Next Term' to see the kinds of things we will be learning next term.

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.

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.

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

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

Further details to follow later.

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Come along to the Foundation Stage nativity. If your child is in either Reception (including Mrs Wilson's reception children) or nursery, they will be taking part in our nativity. There are two dates for this fabulous performance -
Wednesday 12th December 2.00pm
Thursday 13th December 10.00am
Tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis, with two tickets being allocated initially per family. Further details will follow shortly.

Can I just remind parents of children in Reception (Miss Roper's class only) that we are holding the class assembly on Friday 16th November. The assembly will be all about the festival of Divali, as this is what we will be learning about in the next two weeks. The assembly will start at 9.15 and all parents and grandparents are invited to come along. The assembly will last approximately 30 mins but we hope that you will stay for refreshments after it. We look forward to seeing you there.

Beware when entering our YR and YR/1 classes during the next fortnight as all classroom activities are based around the popular children's book - Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson. Pupils will be writing spells in literacy and measuring broomsticks in numeracy. Children are also looking forward to the Hallowe'en Disco on Wednesday 31st October.

Could parents please ensure that their child brings a T-shirt and shorts with them to school on Wednesday 31st October for our calendar photo shoot. A football strip would be great but any shorts and T-shirts will do.

Due to a clash of dates it has been necessary to change YR class assembly date to Thursday 6th June.

The induction meeting for 'New Reception Intake' (September 2007) will take place at 9:15am on Thursday 14th June.

Reception children will be visiting the Laing Art Gallery on 14th February as part of the 'Take One Picture' scheme and will be taking part in a number of workshop activities.

Key Stage 1 and 2 children will see a production of Cinderella in school on February 14th.

The production is not suitable unfortunately for our younger children.

A visit to the Laing Art Gallery has been arranged for our Reception children on the same day. No charge will be made for these visits. It is a well done present to all our children.