Category: Competition

House Quiz

26th March 2021

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 Quiz

26th March 2021

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…

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…

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…

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…

Tracey Hall – Story Writing Competition

4th December 2020

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…

House Christmas Tree Decorating

4th December 2020

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…

House Christmas Tree Decorating

4th December 2020

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…

Lyndhurst Photography Competition – Winners!

27th November 2020

  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…

Poetry Recital – Final Live Streamed

23rd October 2020

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…