Category: Lessons

The topic for year one drama this half term is places. This week the children imagined they were on a magic carpet and flew to lots of different places, exploring each one before flying off on their carpets through the sky….

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.

Throughout school the focus in P.E. this term has been dance and exploring different styles.  A special guest joined Year 6 and Year 5 for PE this week, as Ms Lawrence lent her Morris Dancing skills to the lessons. The children really enjoyed it, with a Year 5 child claiming it to be her highlight…

Year Five attended an online workshop with the National Archive on Monday.  They learnt about the importance of the National Archive storing lots and lots of interesting sources of evidence of the past.  The children explored the question ‘How much can documents reveal about the lives of Black people in Victorian Britain?’  The children used…

Year 5 are studying Mime this half term. Mime is the art of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements. They have studied the work of Marcel Marceau and Charlie Chaplin as well as the more recent work of Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean. The children have been learning the…

Years 1 & 2 have started rehearsing for their production of ‘A Bundle of Joy’. They are working very hard at learning all the songs and projecting their voices when they say their lines. They are very excited about performing the play in front of an audience.

Year 2 took part in Mr Manser’s treasure hunt today, whizzing round school finding the 9 clues in order to get their hands on the treasure! They then had a go at making their own treasure maps, before going out and burying their goodies!  

Year 4 were examining the way intestines worked in this interesting (and gross!) STEM experiment. They first chewed and broke up the food before churning it round in their stomachs. They then passed it through the intestines making sure to squeeze the water out of the food. Year 4 then examined their stool to see…

A busy week for Art department and our creative Lyndhurst children! Reception have had fun making adorable animals from paper cups. Year 4 have been building Tudor houses with great concentration and the works of Romero Britto and Van Gogh have been explored, researched and recreated in the Prep years.

The topic of Year 4 this half term is duologues. They are working with different partners each week on short scripts for two actors. They have performed scripts titled A mermaid in the chip shop and The frog prince at the garden centre. This week they worked on a script called My friend is sad….