Month: November 2020

It was the month before Christmas … and something unusual was stirring at Lyndhurst as doors were being decorated across the school. As you enter Year 3 Rudolph has fallen from the sky and now needs a bumped head sticker.   The Grinch is guarding the kitchen, whilst Mrs Pearson and her team start preparing Christmas…

Year Six girls had their first ‘The Hive’ virtual session with Farnborough Hill, an eight-week introductory experience for prospective girls.  The focus of these sessions is on building a community.  The first part was a big meeting with the programme being launched.  Following this the girls entered ‘Break Out Rooms’ with the sixth formers.   Year…

  Happiness is … Choosing the winners for the House Competition was a tough job however after much deliberation the winners were selected.  Congratulations to James and Felix for your special commendation and to Josie, the Lower School Winner.  Miss van Niekerk was awarded the adult winning certificate chosen by Year Six.  We also enjoyed…

  Money, money, money Must be funny In the rich man’s world Lyndhurst School focused on money this week using all the great activities in Natwest MoneySense – an inspirational financial education programme.  The children learnt all about finances this week.  Money skills are important life skills. Year 1 and 2 joined forced to look…

  Year 3 have been learning how to develop characters this half term in drama. They have used props, gestures and emotions to give their characters’ depth. This week they did a hot seating exercise where they had to improvise answers to questions about their characters asked by the rest of the class.

  Lyndhurst School were extremely fortunate to have a local author Tracey Hall visit them.  She shared with the children her passion about wildlife and protecting animals.  She told the children that she is a self-confessed nature lover, so she writes stories on a topic close to her heart.  She spoke about how she tries…

The theme for Anti-Bullying Week this year was ‘United Against Bullying’. Anti-Bullying Week took place from Monday 16th to Friday 20th November.  The children have been involved in different activities including assemblies.  In Lower School the children focused on the difference between bullying and falling out with their friends.  They were shared the story ‘Howard…

  This week all of year 3 & 4 took part in a cross-country session in preparation for this year’s house event which will take place on 15th December.  This term we have been working hard on fitness and stamina and it showed in the quick times we had for completing 4 times around London…

  Year 5 have impressed Mrs Peacock with all their effort and work they have put into their projects on the decade of 80’s music. They have included lots of details, such as year of release for singles as well as albums, looking at genres covered, and even album artwork.  They should be proud of…

New art and design & technology projects are underway in the art department, with a variety of skills being learnt across the school.  In Year One the children have been using different materials to create a ‘Great Fire of London’ collage scene. Year 3 are designing and creating mosaics linked with their history topic, ‘The…