Category: English

Read all about it – You heard it here first. Yes, it’s true Lyndhurst have launched their very own newspaper. Put together and edited by Year 6 and Miss Joyce, we get the inside scoop on the teachers, exclusives on Lyndhurst going’s on and even a puzzle section! See the link below for a PDF…

This week we enjoyed the story telling days launched by a visit from a storyteller.  The children were mesmerized by the retelling of traditional tales and Cinderella and the dragon. The Masked Reader was an enormous hit, every day there were lots of discussions about the teachers’ teeth and eyes trying to identify the mysterious…

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…

Such a busy week at Lyndhurst last week. Kicking off with story writing in Year 1 where the theme continued the African topic, some fantastic writing! Year 2 explored their African theme in Art form with some splendid animal drawings and paintings. Year 3 investigated measurements in Maths and worked together to problem solve. Year…

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…