Category: Year 2
Year 2 Marwell Zoo trip
Year 2 were very excited for their penultimate trip this year to Marwell Zoo. They have been eagerly planning which animals they wanted to visit for the week leading up to the trip. When they arrived at Marwell Zoo, they were immersed into the savannah, seeing zebras, giraffes, and antelope. They had an amazing workshop…
Around the World Day
Lyndhurst came together and took a flight to go globetrotting on our ‘Oh, the places you’ll go…’ Around the World Day. The children dressed up representing countries from all the continents there was even a penguin from the Falklands Island! Passports were issued and we escaped through our imagination and with a litter help from…
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…
LAMDA exams
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 2 Art – African sunsets
Year 2 have been studying African art this term. They produced some beautiful African sunset pictures. They looked hard at photographs of African sunsets and then reproduced them using paint, before adding silhouettes.
LAMDA Presentations Year 1 to Year 3
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…
Drama – The power of the voice
Year 2 have been studying voice for performance this term. They have looked at narration and speaking in unison and this week they looked at dynamics and volume. They have started working on performance poetry in preparation for the poetry recitals after half term.
Little Lyndhurst – Year 2 reading to Little Lyndhurst
Year 2 came to read with Pre-Reception, all the children listened very carefully to each Year 2 child and the Year 2 children read with confidence.
