Month: March 2019
Peer Learning in Upper School
This week Year 4 had a pleasure of being taught by Year 6 children. Year 6 had worked together to prepare a differentiated task, a challenge activity and even Homework! They taught Year 4 children all about Past Perfect tense and showed them how to use it in real life context. The English lesson was a huge…
LAMDA Demonstration
All the students studying for their LAMDA exams gave a demonstration to their parents on Tuesday morning. Sophie L and Sofia B took their grade 1 acting exam last Sunday, together with Phoebe S, they showed off their drama pieces to the attentive audience. We wish Ben C the best of luck for his grade…
Resilience Workshops
On Thursday 7th March, Natalie (from Positively MAD – Make a Difference) came to do a very special workshop for Yr 4, 5 and 6. The children learnt how the sides of their brain are different. Our left side is responsible for Maths and English whilst the right one is responsible for our creativity. Natalie thought us…
Multicultural Week in Kindergarten
Our multicultural week kicked off on Friday with a multicultural ‘dress up’ day. Children came in wearing clothes from their own countries, their parents or their grandparents countries. Some of the children brought in objects from that country – a dollar bill from America, a purse from Nigeria and a pineapple to show what a…
Year 1 & 2 @ Brooklands Museum
Year 1 and 2 went to Brooklands this week as part of their topic on past and present. They had a great day learning about old and new planes and cars. They enjoyed looking at the ‘posh plane with a bed on it’ and going on a trip in a double decker bus. They had…
Kindergarten at The Look Out!
The children had a wonderful time at the Look out today. There were so many things for them to investigate. They loved the water and the boats and being able to control the flow of the water. They spent time putting roof tiles on the house (when we managed to get them up there and…
House Art Competition 2019
The Results of the 2019 Lyndhurst School House Art Competition were announced in assembly on Monday. Mr Rudkin had a very difficult job judging all the entries, there was some wonderful art entered from every class from Reception to Year 6. But the winners were…In York Town, Krit with his ‘walking in the rain’ picture,…
More ISA Success!
Two Teams – Twice the Performance! This Monday saw two Lyndhurst football teams travel to Claire’s Court Junior School to take part in the ISA Football Tournament – a Year 6 team and a combined Year 4 and 5 team. Despite a brief (and horrendous) spell of hail, the boys started confidently, and comfortably made…
Year 5 – Rainforest Explorers
Year 5 became jungle explorers for the day; not in the Amazon Jungle but in deepest darkest Berkshire! Yes, that’s right, they sweated and toiled and suffered unspeakable hardships in the Living Rainforest to seek out new species, such as the 5-banded armadillo, Goeldi’s monkeys and the green iguana (which is actually pink!). Along the…
