Category: School Blog
Our Week
Another week, another 5 days of action packed activities, laughter and learning. Where do we start? Pre reception seems like a good place – the children have enjoyed an active week and even managed some pirate roleplay, really getting into character! Year 1’s time flew by as they were busy converting digital time to analogue….
Our Week
Another week, another 5 days of action packed activities, laughter and learning. Where do we start? Pre reception seems like a good place – the children have enjoyed an active week and even managed some pirate roleplay, really getting into character! Year 1’s time flew by as they were busy converting digital time to analogue….
Virtual Parliament Workshop
Year 4 attended an online workshop on the UK parliament. Miss Joyce was blown away by how much the children already knew about how the government works. They learned about how laws are made and even came up with some of their own laws. It was an informative and invaluable workshop.
Plant Watch
Much anticipation and daily checks here at Lyndhurst to see how our plants are progressing. From beans in Year 1 to sunflowers across the rest of the school, we are hoping to get some impressive results. All classes will monitor their plants for changes – we will keep you posted and our green fingers crossed!…
French with Year 3
Year 3 have been making some very strange noises in class over the last couple of weeks! We are reading a poem called ‘Les Arbres’, and to help us pronounce the key words correctly, we have been learning some more fun French phonemes…see if your child can demonstrate the following!
Greenfield English Competition
This week a group of year 4 children took part in the annual Greenfield English Competition, hosted by Greenfield School in Woking. This year the event was held online, with the children going up against 12 other schools over eight rounds of tricky questions – including a round on Cockney Rhyming Slang – culminating in…
LAMDA Exams
31 children took their LAMDA acting exams on Wednesday this week. They all performed their poems or scenes in front of the examiner and answered her questions. The children all enjoyed the experience even if some of them were a little nervous before they went in. I am sure they all did wonderfully and should…
Green Fingers at Lyndhurst
Children across the school have been learning all about plants and what they need to grow and thrive. Year 3 have planted sunflowers and we eagerly await their progress. Year 1 have been discussing plants as part of their conversations around ‘living things’. They were busy this week getting stuck in with planting their potatoes….
All about the Art this week…
Lots of exciting art and design & technology projects have been started across the school for this half term. In Year 6 the children are learning illusion techniques and applying this to their drawings. Linked with their topics Year 5 are designing and making Greek pots whilst Year 4 are making Ancient Egyptian necklaces and…
International Dance Day
Year 5 embraced International Dance Day on Thursday 29th April with Luckley House joining in a virtual dance workshop. International Dance Day is a celebration day for those who can see the value and importance of the art form “dance”. The warm up challenged some of the children and they were definitely limbered up ready…