Month: May 2021
Drama – Where for Art Thou?
Year five are studying Shakespeare plays this term, they are currently exploring ‘Romeo and Juliet’ They have had great fun becoming the feuding Montague and Capulet families, and using some of Shakespeare’s dialogue in their lessons.
Our Week
Another week, another 5 days of action packed activities, laughter and learning. Where do we start? Pre reception seems like a good place – the children have enjoyed an active week and even managed some pirate roleplay, really getting into character! Year 1’s time flew by as they were busy converting digital time to analogue….
Our Week
Another week, another 5 days of action packed activities, laughter and learning. Where do we start? Pre reception seems like a good place – the children have enjoyed an active week and even managed some pirate roleplay, really getting into character! Year 1’s time flew by as they were busy converting digital time to analogue….
Virtual Parliament Workshop
Year 4 attended an online workshop on the UK parliament. Miss Joyce was blown away by how much the children already knew about how the government works. They learned about how laws are made and even came up with some of their own laws. It was an informative and invaluable workshop.
Plant Watch
Much anticipation and daily checks here at Lyndhurst to see how our plants are progressing. From beans in Year 1 to sunflowers across the rest of the school, we are hoping to get some impressive results. All classes will monitor their plants for changes – we will keep you posted and our green fingers crossed!…
French with Year 3
Year 3 have been making some very strange noises in class over the last couple of weeks! We are reading a poem called ‘Les Arbres’, and to help us pronounce the key words correctly, we have been learning some more fun French phonemes…see if your child can demonstrate the following!
Greenfield English Competition
This week a group of year 4 children took part in the annual Greenfield English Competition, hosted by Greenfield School in Woking. This year the event was held online, with the children going up against 12 other schools over eight rounds of tricky questions – including a round on Cockney Rhyming Slang – culminating in…
LAMDA Exams
31 children took their LAMDA acting exams on Wednesday this week. They all performed their poems or scenes in front of the examiner and answered her questions. The children all enjoyed the experience even if some of them were a little nervous before they went in. I am sure they all did wonderfully and should…
Green Fingers at Lyndhurst
Children across the school have been learning all about plants and what they need to grow and thrive. Year 3 have planted sunflowers and we eagerly await their progress. Year 1 have been discussing plants as part of their conversations around ‘living things’. They were busy this week getting stuck in with planting their potatoes….
