Category: English

Isn’t it wonderful how the whole school comes together to celebrate the work of one of the biggest British writer? In our Shakespeare’s Week, we introduced the children to some of the greatest stories that have ever been told. The children were exposed not only to the plays but also history, culture, drama and the…

As part of our Shakespeare Week,  Lyndhurst School children took part in a very exciting Shakespeare Workshop lead by Francesca from West End In Schools Company. Reception to Year 6 worked class-by-class, each focusing on a different section of the famous Shakespearean play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream which had been adapted for their age. Each class attended…

Several children this week were fortunate enough to go to Greenfield School to take part in a mock UN discussion and debate. The children had to prepare a presentation of their choice using one of the UN statutes – they chose to focus on climate change and our ability to take care of our planet….

Thank you to all the parents who came to support their children with the poetry recital this morning. The pupils performed their poems with so much confidence and enthusiasm! We are very excited to see the class winners sharing their poems in our whole school recital next week. And the winners are: Reception – Anya…

The book fair this week has been extremely successful. Year 6 have done so well running it, collecting the money and encouraging younger children to read their favourite books! Thank you to all you who purchased the books – now we can update our school library with some popular choices!

Recently the Guildford Theatre Company come to visit us over two days. An excellent assembly kicked off the visit and introduced us to poetry and its delivery. It set a very creative tone for the week. The children were inspired to recite their poems next week for the competition to the best of their ability…

CONGRATULATIONS to Alex for writing an amazing Rainforest story and being awarded first place by the great author, Lou Treleaven, with her newest book “Teachers on Pluto”! She is looking forward to reading it!

Upper School Children have worked extremely hard on their Chance to Change the World stories for @ExploreCambo – we hope we will have a Lyndhurst School winner!

Years 4 – 6 were very lucky to have Sam and Nicky from Explore Learning introducing them to their Writers’Award Competition. The most exciting thing about the competition is the fact that the first prize is a four day break for two adults and two children to Disneyland Paris, including travel and accommodation! For the…

This week Year 4 had a pleasure of being taught by Year 6 children. Year 6 had worked together to prepare a differentiated task, a challenge activity and even Homework! They taught Year 4 children all about Past Perfect tense and showed them how to use it in real life context. The English lesson was a huge…