Category: Competition

Thinking caps on….. It’s the Lyndhurst House Quiz! A fantastic virtual quiz this year enjoyed by all year groups in their house teams. The children loved answering the questions and working together. The winning team was…… Yorktown! Well done Yorktown, well done to everyone involved in putting the quiz together and to the children for…

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…

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…

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…

Well done to the prize winners in the story writing competition set by author Tracey Hall, whose book ‘The Nature Saviours: Ghost of the Mountain’ really inspired the children in years 3 – 6. Entries included stories about snow leopards, birds and pangolins as well as a little bit of panda time travel! The winner…

Something amazing happened at Lyndhurst on Tuesday afternoon – House Christmas Tree Competition.  Each tree was dressed in child crafted and designed decorations to create a cosy festive scene in the Griffin where each House tree stands proudly. A big thank you to Year Six for leading this magical event and ensuring it was a…

  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…

  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…

On Thursday, Lyndhurst’s poetry recital finalists faced a very daunting challenge – performing their poem in Mr. Rudkin’s office, in front of a jury, LIVE on Microsoft Teams! Each and every child was FANTASTIC. I can honestly say I was utterly blown away by the poise and bravery shown by all of the children. The…

The wait is over…. Last week’s virtual poetry recital was a big success. I’ve received reports from form teachers that children loved seeing themselves on screen, although many hid their faces, which they absolutely shouldn’t have, considering the high quality of the performances! Performing in front of the camera is a big challenge and can…