Category: Year 1

Poetry Recitals

13th June 2023

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

6th June 2023

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…

LAMDA exams

25th May 2023

31 children took their LAMDA acting exams on Wednesday. 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 be proud…

Year 1 enjoying Monsieur Pepin et le Moulin

25th May 2023

In French this half-term, Year 1 have been reading the story of ‘Monsieur Pépin et le Moulin’ (‘Mr Pépin and the Windmill.’) This is an ‘authentic’ text, in that it is written for ‘real’ French children, not foreign learners. First Year 1 learned the key vocabulary along with actions (here the children are doing lots…

Art galore…easter egg packaging, Greek pots and Coats of Arms

23rd May 2023

The art cupboard has been adorned with some more amazing artwork produced by our Year 5 and Year 1 students.  Year 5 got to design and create their own Easter egg packaging.  They thought about the current designs of packaging available on the shelves and used this as inspiration for their designs.  Mrs Dodds, our…

LAMDA Presentations Year 1 to Year 3

16th May 2023

The LAMDA actors performed their poems and monologues for their parents in the Deacon Hall. They all gave confident performances, and it was lovely to see how the students’ progress through the grades. The children enjoyed seeing each other acting as well. This was a good performance practice before they take their exams. They have…

Coronation Tea Party

10th May 2023

The whole school came together to enjoy a lunchtime Coronation street party to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III.  The children enjoyed a delicious lunch including coronation chicken sandwiches.  We would like to say a big thank you to all of our wonderful catering staff for putting on such an amazing spread of delicious…

Coronation singing

10th May 2023

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…

Lyndhurst’s green fingers supporting the Co-op

3rd May 2023

A big thank you to all of the children and parents who contributed towards to the Co-op’s Spring Challenge to support Yateley Industries Community Pantry Garden Project.  The seedlings that were kindly donated will all be planted in the community garden.  

Drama – Year 1 poetry

28th April 2023

Year 1 are working on performance poems this term in drama.  Each week they are learning a poem and performing it as a small group.  The children are enjoying working together to decide how they will present their poem, sometimes they are reciting in unison, sometimes dividing the lines between them and sometimes they just…