Category: Lessons
Art – Tudor Pouches on Display
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…
Drama – Let’s Pretend
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,…
S.T.E.M – Year 5
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.
Drama – Year 3
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, lot’s to do!
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,…
Art at Lyndhurst
The Art department at Lyndhurst are in full swing with lots of exciting new projects taking shape. Year 2 have been learning all about the bold colours and shapes in Kandinsky’s works. Year 3 have been carefully cutting leather in readiness for their Tudor pouches. Continuing with the Tudor theme, Year 4 have been exploring…
Drama – Year 5
Year 5 are working on collaboration in drama this half term. Using both scripts and improvisations. This week they worked on a scripted performance titled ‘Cinderella the model’. Which is a different take on a traditional story. They had to work together as a group to rehearse and perform the piece. They learnt that everyone is equally important to the performance whichever…
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…
Local History Day
Lyndhurst enjoyed an action packed day during our local history focus this term. With huge thanks to Kathy Joice from Surrey Heath Museum. Kathy came armed with local historical artefacts, dressing up costumes, stories and information galore! The children all ventured into Camberley to discover for themselves – finding old buildings, gathering clues into the…
Drama – What a term!
It has been a busy year in the drama department, despite lockdowns. The Autumn term saw nativity plays being performed by early years and years 1 & 2 both of which were filmed by Farnborough Technical college. LAMDA lessons continued online during the spring lockdown, and drama challenges were enjoyed by all the children. The…
