Category: English

Fantastic work from all of the children at Lyndhurst this week. Reception have been hard at work learning all about emergency services. Year 1 have shown off their impressive writing skills and the work they have been doing around telling the time. Year 3 have excelled and focused on statistics, descriptive writing and working in…

So good to see the classrooms back as a ‘hive’ of activity – just the way it should be. Across the school, Reception children have been busy creating beautiful blooms in time for Mother’s Day. Year 2 focused on their Transport topic by making colourful balloons, and in English some impressive Diamante poems. They also…

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…

  Lyndhurst School were extremely fortunate to have a local author Tracey Hall visit them.  She shared with the children her passion about wildlife and protecting animals.  She told the children that she is a self-confessed nature lover, so she writes stories on a topic close to her heart.  She spoke about how she tries…

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…

National Poetry Week with workshops from ‘As Creatives’  On Wednesday 14th October we had a pleasure to welcome Jo Stokes from ‘As Creatives’ who delivered some entertaining and inspiring workshops to all the children.   Performance Poetry workshops were prepared for the youngest pupils and they had been designed to introduce them to the pleasure of poetry! The session began with a brief…

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…

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!   

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…