Category: Reception
Sports day
On Tuesday 20th June, we held our annual sports afternoon at Aldershot Garrison Athletics Stadium, the event brings together pupils, teachers and parents to celebrate sportsmanship and physical fitness. It is an exciting event for everyone to showcase their skills. The afternoon was based around a traditional athletics event with both track and field…
Poetry workshops
On Tuesday 6th June, the children took part in a wonderful workshop run by Jo from As Creatives. She introduced the pupils to a technique of writing poems following the Poe-tree structure. Each of them had to think of a tree they are familiar with and write a poem about it. They needed to think…
Poetry Recitals
On Thursday 8th June, all the pupils gathered in Deacon Hall to watch the class finalists of the Poetry Recital. A big thank you to our judging panel, they had a very difficult job because each performance was phenomenal! The finalists were: A Year 3 with her own poem “On my way to School”…
Liquid Nitrogen Workshop – Reception to Year 6
Lyndhurst was fortunate enough to be visited by Air Products, who put on an amazing demonstration using liquid nitrogen. Questions such as, can you freeze a banana, does a frozen bouncy ball bounce, and what does frozen lettuce taste like were all answered in a hands-on demonstration. The science behind it was discussed too, as…
Reception enjoying ‘Le Petit Chaperon Rouge’
In Reception this half-term, the children have been reading ‘Le Petit Chaperon Rouge’ (‘Little Red Riding Hood’). They have learned the key vocabulary first of all, together with some actions. Then the children listened to the story and put their hands up when they heard words they knew. Finally they joined in with the key…
Reception Flower Art
Reception have been learning all about plants and minibeasts in their topic this term. In their art lesson, they embraced their topic and produced these beautiful piece of flower art. Mrs Dodds, our art teacher was very impressed with how carefully they did their brushstrokes. Well done Reception!
Reception enjoying the Beebots
In Reception’s IT lesson this week, they were so excited to be able to use their own Bee-Bot! They were all able to identify the shape they wanted the Bee-Bot to eat, and program the Bee to get from one side of the carpet to their shape of choice. We cannot wait to take the…
ISA Young Storyteller Competition Winners
Lyndhurst School had fantastic results from the ISA Young Storyteller Competition 2023, winning the award for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Young Storyteller. Congratulations to our Reception class students who worked together to produce an adventurous and captivating tale. They showed great imagination and produced some fantastic ideas for their story. Congratulations also to…
Coronation singing
We were all in the Coronation spirit after the whole school joined in with some beautiful singing to celebrate King Charles III Coronation on 6th May. Years 3 to 6 sang a rousing rendition of the ‘Coronation Song’ and Nursery to Year 2 sang and danced beautifully to the ‘Message for the King’ song. A big…
End of term Assembly
In the end of term assembly Mr Rudkin focused on individual successes and how everyone’s successes are different. We were reminded of the school’s aims and Lyndhurst values incorporated in the mnemonic ‘Together’. The school celebrated together the class awards for Achievement, Effort, Spirit of Lyndhurst and Highest number of House points. In addition to…
