Month: December 2020

Join in if you know the words! Nothing could dampen our Lyndhurst spirits on our last day of term as we gathered outside for one last hurrah. We sang our carols, to anyone that could hear us, for everyone at school and for classmates and staff that couldn’t join us this week. Thank you to…

Never before have so many man made fibres graced Lyndhurst’s classrooms and halls! Who doesn’t love a Christmas jumper?! We all had great fun wearing ours, staff and children alike. It was definitely a day to get everyone smiling and in the Christmas spirit. Lyndhurst certainly know how to rock knitwear. What’s more – the…

Today we were treated to the wonderful Christmas Lunch from our talented Chef Mrs Pearson and her fab team. This was a wonderful time for the children and staff to be together (in our bubbles) and to enjoy some normality in these uncertain times and a different last week of term for us all. The…

House Fixtures This week was with house sports competitions which has showcased some fantastic fitness and sports skills.  It has also shown how passionate the pupils are for their houses and the determination and competitiveness they have. On Tuesday Years 5&6 took part in the house cross-country event when all pupils competed for points for…

Filming took place this week for the Nativity productions. Mr Rudkin came and watched the performances being filmed “It was so exciting being filmed in our costumes.” “We all acted really hard and can’t wait for you to see the finished films.” Early years have made a film called ‘A Wriggly Nativity’, and years 1…

And just like that… beautiful handmade Christmas Wreaths were created at homes across Camberley and beyond. Thanks to the wonderful team at Flowers by Juliette, our DIY wreaths were delivered to the school and collected by parents. Plenty of tying, trimming and preening was done and well worth it – look at these fab-yule-ous festive…

Lyndhurst are proud to support the Scar Free Foundation and even prouder of one of their Ambassadors, and our Year 6 girl Delilah. Delilah and her Mum Sophie appeared on BBC television recently to discuss and support the pioneering research programme that the foundation are launching to help identify the scarring gene. Truly remarkable work….

Michael Gove MP visited Lyndhurst last week to present the winner of his personal Christmas Card Competition with a gift. Every year, we send off the Year group winners from the school Christmas Card designs to Michael Gove so that they can be entered into his own competition too. We are very pleased to announce…

On Monday 7th December, Year 5 participated on a Virtual Workshop run by Reading Museum. They learned all about Victorian Christmas. The children were very impressed to find out that Father Christmas used to dress in green and that it was a tradition to put REAL candles hanging from the Christmas tree! That must’ve been…

Coming soon to screen near you – The highly anticipated and critically acclaimed Lyndhurst Nativities. Costumes are sparkling, head dresses and crowns have been adjusted and Baby Jesus suitably swaddled. The wait is very nearly over….. although our premiere of these wonderful performances this year can’t include a fizz reception or red carpet it still…