Category: History
Remembrance Service
Lyndhurst joined together on Friday 11th November to give our thanks and remembrance to all those who serve us and for the many who have lost their lives through service. The Year 6 children all recited moving poems with confidence and composure. The last post played and the school choir and whole school sang beautifully…
Tudor Artwork by Year 4
Year 4 have been studying all about The Tudors. As part of this learning, they have worked really hard creating Henry VIII’s portrait. Our Art Teacher, Mrs Dodds was very impressed with how much care the children took in completing this. They also had fun designing their own coat of arms.
Castle Day in Year 1
Year 1 thoroughly enjoyed and embraced their castle day last week. Their day was full of some right royal activities. The costumes were brilliant with some truly getting in character! A great day had by all with a little bit of history learnt along the way.
Invaders Assembly
Year 3 impressed with their energetic and brilliant invaders assembly. They all really looked the part in their costumes and performed well, remembering their lines, parts and viking facts!
Decades Day
Take a step back in time with us… The whole school enjoyed a wonderful insight into different decades recently. Each year group along with staff dressed up in clothes from a selected decade and the children moved around the school to find out about life in the 80’s, 70’s 60’s etc. They found out about…
Inventions – Year 5
Year 5 have immersed themselves in their history topic this term and have produced some delightful presentations on different Victorian inventions. The thought about which invention has had the most impact on our world today. The light bulb was the winning invention.
Hampton Court – Year 4 Trip
Year Four’s highlight of the week was definitely the trip to Hampton Court. They started the day by learning about the Tudor kitchens, where they cooked, the found out about the different kinds of food that Henry VIII ate and the different ways Tudors cooked food in the Palace. Then Year Four enjoyed some outside…
Lyndhurst Memories
We always love it when ex-pupils get in touch or to hear their memories of Lyndhurst. Ex pupil Yener got in touch recently to share his fond memories of his time in Lyndhurst in the 70’s and was kind enough to send some pictures in too. Yener attended Lyndhurst with his brother from 1973 –…
Bignor Villa Trip – Year 3
Year 3 had a wonderful school trip – with the added bonus of glorious weather – at Bignor Roman Villa in Sussex. We had the entire villa to ourselves for a very exciting day of fun and learning! The children really enjoyed learning all about how the villa was discovered and what the mosaics on…
Rural Life Museum – Year 5
Year 5 experienced Victorian life at the Rural Life Museum. They discovered all about the hardships and poor health endured by children during the era. The day was a “hands on” experience full of role play including having a wee in the chamber pot in the middle of the night and being caned for drawing…
