Category: School Blog

A Golfing Challenge – written by Oliver I took part in the recent annual ISA Golf Competition. The event was taking place at Huntswood Golf Club. The conditions were terrible – high winds meant that shots were much trickier than normal. However, the stakes were high. I had the third best handicap in the whole…

Year three have produced a collaborative group art work inspired by Van Gogh’s painting ‘Café Terrace at Night’ (1888). Each child studied a section of the painting and produced their own interpretation of their section using acrylics on canvas, they then put the pieces together and discussed how the individual sections work together as a…

It may only be October but we already have our Christmas cards ready! The children all produced some wonderful Christmas card designs this year. They have all been sent to the printers to be made into cards, labels and mugs and should be ready in about a month’s time. Judging the winning designs was very…

This week the Upper School took part in an actor’s drama workshop run by Sarah Hunt who is a professional actor and director. Sarah runs the Hunt Academy for Young Actors in Camberley, and is also an agent who places child actors in films and theatre parts. The children enjoyed being taught breath control and…

Lyndhurst School is celebrating some wonderful results achieved in the ISA art competition held at the Norden Farm Centre for the Arts in Maidenhead on Tuesday 2nd Oct. The competition saw art being entered from independent schools from across the London West area. Congratulations to Jasmine in year 2 as her drawing of a colourful…

Year 1 and 2 have had the most amazing time at LEGOLAND. Year 1 enjoyed a fantastic workshop based on telling the story of Ollie the Dragon and Year 2 had a brilliant time building famous landmarks out of Lego bricks! We also loved looking around Miniland exploring all the different cities made out of…

The children have produced so much excellent art work over the past year that it proved a difficult task choosing the final pieces to be entered into the ISA art competition this year. A huge well done goes to the following students whose work was chosen to be displayed at the Norden Farm Centre for…

Year 6 visited Corrina Lodge care home on Friday afternoon to find out the results of the Corrina Lodge Art Competition. The children enjoyed showing their work to the residents who had all voted for the winners when the work was exhibited in the home in July. Congratulation to Jemima who won first prize. All…

A glorious Autumn day in Hampton Court Palace! After we received our white wristbands in Clore Learning Centre, we set off to see the Rose Garden and The Maze. Having some time before our first workshop, Year 4 went in to see the Young Henry’s exhibition to learn about his life when he was married…

Reception have been to Painshill Park this week on a trip to compliment their exploration of our senses at school.  We enjoyed an Arts and Crafts workshop where we made art using all sorts of materials found in the woods.  We collected sticks, beech nut shells, leaves, bark, sticks and chestnut cases to make pictures…