Category: Year 6

Year Three should be so proud of their teamwork in creating the block panting.  Each block matches exactly, and we can’t wait to have the painting mounted and displayed in school. Congratulations Year 3.  Van Gogh’s painting ‘Almond Tree in Bloom’.  In Year Six Design and Technology the shelters are progressing well, and the children were extremely careful and skillful when using…

On Wednesday the year 5 and 6 girls took part in a virtual netball challenge against Barfield. In pairs the girls had to do 50 chess passes then score one goal each finishing with ten star jumps. In first place with a super quick time of 59.72 seconds was Freyja and Eesha. A very close second place was Sophie and Josephine on 1.00.90. Seconds.  Overall total for all the girls was 8 minutes and 56 seconds.  Barfield just beat us to…

  Virtual Workshop with Katherine Rundell – Years 5 and 6 – 28th September 2020   Thanks to the wonders of technology and the demands of 2020, Years 5 and 6 joined over a thousand children from across the country for a virtual interview with popular, award-winning author Katherine Rundell, who has lots of fans at Lyndhurst! …

Year 6 have been studying the acting techniques developed by Constantine Stanislavski. Using his ‘magic if’ to bring realism into drama set in everyday situations. The actor must ask himself (or herself) ‘what would I do in this situation?’ thus giving a natural reaction to the drama based on a personal response. They are working…

The Upper School were lucky enough to have a visit from a company dedicated to mobile escape rooms – wooden cubes with more padlocks than a gym locker room. Using carefully laid out Maths clues, the children had to solve problems and puzzles to try and find the combination to the locks, all within an…

Year 6 have been busy making mobile phone cases in their design and technology lessons this term. They used their textile skills to design and produce a felt phone case to keep their mobile phones safe when they go out. Great work Year 6!

Several children this week were fortunate enough to go to Greenfield School to take part in a mock UN discussion and debate. The children had to prepare a presentation of their choice using one of the UN statutes – they chose to focus on climate change and our ability to take care of our planet….

Reception to Year Six gathered along with staff, parents and other family members in the wonderful setting of St. Michael’s Church on Friday 13th December for Lyndhurst School’s annual Carol Service. After a heartfelt welcome from Rev. Nicole, the congregation enjoyed music, readings, prayers and many carols with all the children fully involved. The orchestra…

On a miserable, wet, winter’s afternoon, Year 5 and 6 ventured out on the Number 1 Bus to visit the residents of Kings Lodge. They performed a selection of acapella Christmas songs (with sleigh bell special effects!) which many of the residents joined in with. They followed this with  a selection of their poetry from…

We have recently introduced bean bags and added some lovely Dr Seuss quotes to the library. The children are enjoying reading in a more relaxed and comfortable environment. The children love to snuggle down on the bean bags to read Dr Seuss, especially ‘The Cat in the Hat’ the book has become extremely popular.  We are…