Month: December 2020

Lyndhurst Sing Out 2020

18th 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…

Christmas Lunch – Lyndhurst Style

18th December 2020

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…

End of term Sports

18th December 2020

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…

Drama – Filming of the Nativity performances

16th December 2020

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…

DIY Wreath Making – The Results!

16th December 2020

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…

Proud to support Scar Free Foundation

16th December 2020

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 – Christmas Card Winner

14th December 2020

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…

Reading Museum – Victorian Christmas Workshop

14th December 2020

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……. The Nativities!

10th December 2020

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…

Sports – House Football

4th December 2020

The sun finally came out for the first set of this year’s house matches where year 3 & 4 took part in mixed football at London Road.  These annual events are a chance for pupils to pull together an represent their houses with pride.  The matches were very competitive and showed some great skills from…