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Year 6 continue their work on Macbeth.

A couple more rehearsals and it should be ready to perform in front of an audience.
It is looking fantastic. Keep up the good work Year 6!

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.

Year 6 children enjoyed using Smarties in their ICT lesson.

They had to count how many of each colour were in the tubes.

The information was then inputted into Excel to calculate the total of each colour and the total in each tube.

Should they be allowed to eat the Smarties?

Year 6 children have been enjoying drama activities with staff at Heworth Grange. They are working towards a performance of Macbeth for the rest of the school and year 6 parents. (Details to follow)

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'

We have had great fun learning about forces. Now it's time to test yourself.
Good Luck Year 6

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/tests/forces_action.shtml

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'

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Further details to follow later.

Dates for this term’s assemblies are as follows:

19th September - Y6 'Harvest'
26th September- Y5B 'Space and Flight (1)'
3rd October - 5H 'Space and Flight (2)'
10th October - Y4 'Autumn & Changes'
17th October - Y3 'The Jungle'
24th October - Y3/4 'Around The World In 80 Days'

Half Term

14th November - Y2 'Remembrance Day'
21st November - Y1/2 'Advent'

New parents may not be aware that Family Assemblies are usually held on Friday mornings. Classes take turns in leading assemblies and parents, carers, grandparents and friends are all welcome to attend. Refreshments are served in classrooms after the assembly. It’s a perfect time to visit your child’s classroom and have a look around on an informal basis.

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.

A reminder of the date for SATs week
Week commencing 12th May 2008
Top tips for surviving the week!!
* Plenty of sleep
* Revise little and often
* Drink lots of water
* Remember to bring any stationary you need
* Do your best!

Politician
Optician
Magician
Musician
Technician
Electrician
Physician
Beautician
Russian
Ocean
Mathematician
Profession
Education
Translation
Promotion
Demonstration
Institution
Exclusion
Nation
Mansion

Pupils in Year 2 and Year 6 are required to undertake national assessment tests in May. Year 6 children are required to sit tests on a stipulated day. If they are absent thy cannot sit the test retrospectively. Secondary schools use the test marks to group the children into teaching sets. It is important that you do not take holidays during the test week or in the run up to the tests.

Test week for 2008 is Monday 12th May - Friday 16th May.

There will be a meeting for Year 6 parents in October (date and time to be announced) regarding the SATs tests.

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.

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.

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.

The Year 6 Maths Trail will take place at the Quayside on Thursday 7th June. Letters containing more information will follow shortly.

Our Year 6 Leaver's Assembly will take place on Thursday 19th July.

We hope you will join us in saying farewell to our Year 6 pupils.

The Year 6 induction day at Heworth Grange will take place on Tuesday 26th June.

Our Year 6 pupils will be having a Super Heroes party on Tuesday 17th July to mark the end of their time at Lingey House Primary School.

We are sure it will be a fun-filled afternoon and look forward to seeing some fabulous costumes.

There will be plenty of tinsel in the Toon as Lingey House The Movie hits the big screen this summer. Filming will take place throughout June and our Year 6 pupils will then edit and produce the movie. The grand premier will take place at the Tyneside Cinema on Thursday 12th July at 10:30am and then further screenings will be shown at Lingey House before the end of the summer term.

2008 Oscars - here we come!

Please remember Year 6 SATs will take place 14th - 18th May inclusive. The tests must be taken on the designated days so please ensure medical, dental appointments are not made during that week unless it is unavoidable.