Category: Lessons

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….

Thank you to Mrs Dodds and the Year 4 children for the wonderful Tudor Pouches and art on display! It is so nice to see their hard work around the school and for them to be proud of their creations too. The children have taken great care to recreate these authentic looking pouches using different…

Reception have been getting into the Halloween sprit in drama this week, when they explored the book ‘Room on the Broom’. They enjoyed being witches flying on their broomsticks, they then became the dragon and worked in groups to create their own swamp monsters, before going on to mix magic potions in their cauldrons. Finally,…

The Children in Year 2 have been embracing the outdoors and all things nature in their LEAF outdoor learning sessions. This session focused on Habitats. The children searched for signs of different animals and insects in their habitats. They had great fun spotting birds in the trees too.

If you go down to Little Lyndhurst….. you are sure to have lot’s of fun! Pre-Reception and Reception have been enjoying lot’s of interesting and exciting activities. Learning all about the number 4, making porridge just like the Three Bears and sorting numbers and objects.

In STEM, the Year 5 children have been looking into what is in our food? By exploring packaging of everyday foods we have at home and looking at ingredients, additives and weights etc – they can start to understand what they mean and the nutritional value of foods.

Year 3 have been exploring how to turn a narrative into a performance this term, they have looked at taking a poem and developing it into a drama. They have been working on the poem ‘Matilda’ by Hilaire Belloc and have turned it into a wonderful comic play which they loved performing to each other.

Year 2 have been busy out and about around the school grounds hunting for signs and symbols. I wonder how many they managed to find? All of the children showed some fantastic writing and story telling skills in their English pieces about a trip to Atlantis – well done. To reinforce their place value learning,…