Year: 2020
Author Workshop – Kerry Gibb
Workshops with Kerry Gibb The children from years 3 to 6 met well-known author, Kerry Gibb, who visited Lyndhurst School today to speak to the children about being an author and to run a workshop for the older year groups. One of the very interesting ideas she shared with us was her opinion that “There is…
Sport – Dance moves at the ready!
Year 2 enjoyed a fun filled dance session led by the swimming teachers on Friday morning. The class took part in a very active session that included the floss, fist pumping and spinning moves. The whole class enjoyed learning some great new moves. Everyone looked to be enjoying themselves especially the swim teachers!
Drama – Royal theme
Year 2 are working hard on their drama skills this half term, they have used newspaper and scarves turning them into different objects and explored how to use their bodies to show different characters. There are really no limits to their imaginations. This week, they acted out a story set in a royal castle. The King and Queen…
Virtual Netball with Barfield
On Wednesday the year 5 and 6 girls took part in a virtual netball challenge against Barfield. In pairs the girls had to do 50 chess passes then score one goal each finishing with ten star jumps. In first place with a super quick time of 59.72 seconds was Freyja and Eesha. A very close second place was Sophie and Josephine on 1.00.90. Seconds. Overall total for all the girls was 8 minutes and 56 seconds. Barfield just beat us to…
Art – Teamwork, Tudors and Movement!
Year 3 have shown super teamwork in art this week with their block work to recreate Van Gogh’s artwork. They had to keep checking that their part of the painting matched up with their team’s. This reflects Vincent Van Gogh’s quote ‘Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.’ Year 4 have started…
Virtual ‘Big Anti-Bullying Assembly’
Lyndhurst School took part in the virtual ‘Big Anti Bullying Assembly’. The key message was ‘Together, we will pledge to put an end to bullying, celebrate diversity and create communities of kindness’. A celebrity packed virtual assembly was beamed into the classrooms on Monday 28th September. The children heard from a host of celebrities on how to tackle bullying including children’s TV presenters Mwaka “Mwaksy” Mudenda and Richie Driss alongside Peter Andre, Katie Leung, Twist & Pulse. …
Virtual Author Workshop – Marion Deuchars
Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed their Marion Deuchars – Let’s Make Some Great Art workshop on Tuesday. They listened to the story carefully and produced some amazing crafts. Year 1 even decided that they wanted to create some of their own bird animals!
Virtual Author Workshop – Leila Rasheed
Years 3 & 4 were lucky enough to have a workshop this week with author Leila Rasheed as part of the Henley Literary Festival. Leila read from her book, “Empires End: A Roman Story,” which centres on a young North African girl who sets out on a danger-filled journey to Britain in 207 AD. Leila also answered some questions that had…
Virtual Author Workshop – Katherine Rundell
Virtual Workshop with Katherine Rundell – Years 5 and 6 – 28th September 2020 Thanks to the wonders of technology and the demands of 2020, Years 5 and 6 joined over a thousand children from across the country for a virtual interview with popular, award-winning author Katherine Rundell, who has lots of fans at Lyndhurst! …
French – Fantastique!
In French this week Year 3 have been learning to read, and write, the introductory questions and answers that we’ve covered orally up till now. We can find out a person’s name, how they’re feeling, how old they are and where they live : )