Author: Louise Nye

Around the World Day

16th June 2023

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…

Year 3 French – Les Arbres

15th June 2023

In Year 3, they have just started learning an authentic French poem, ‘Les Arbres.’  They can recognise the names of three trees and the words used to describe the shape of their branches; here they are demonstrating some of them. Soon they will be focussing on fun phonics and rhyming sounds in the poem.  

Little Lyndhurst – letter formation

15th June 2023

Nursery and some of Pre-Reception in Little Lyndhurst have been enjoying learning letter formation.  They each had a turn to write with a brush, some letters in the fairy dust. With some students choosing to have a go at the first letter of their name and others chose random letters.    

Little Lyndhurst – Poet Tree workshop

15th June 2023

Nursery and Pre-Reception took part in the Poet Tree Workshop run by Jo from As Creative, where they had to act out the lifecycle of an oak tree. They started off as little acorns, then turned into a shoot until finally they grew into big oak trees. The children listened really well to the instructions…

Little Lyndhurst – Clothes and accessories

15th June 2023

Pre-Reception in Little Lyndhurst have been looking at clothes and accessories for their topic.  Their first activity was to sort clothing items into the different seasons, we talked as a group about when you may wear a certain type of clothing.  They had lots of fun designing their own bag and dressing a fairy.  

Little Lyndhurst – Fairies and woodland animals

15th June 2023

Nursery have been focusing on the topic of fairies and woodland animals. They have made their very own magic wands where they have been casting spells and turning each other into frogs, unicorns and other creatures. Nursey have made toadstools and counted the spots as they glued them on. Lots of fun was had with…

Poetry workshops

13th June 2023

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

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”…

Visit from a former student

12th June 2023

We were very fortunate to have a visit from a former student at Lyndhurst School.  Mr Hale was visiting the UK from America and on his travels, he kindly took some time out to come back to visit his old school from back in the 1950s.  Mr Hale was welcomed by some Year 5 students…

Year 6 trip to St Michael’s Church

12th June 2023

A big thank you to St Michael’s Church in Camberley for welcoming Year 6 for a visit to learn all about the church’s role in the community.  Reverend Pippa and Tori spoke about the work carried out for the homeless through The Hope Hub.  As a school we are collecting donations for the Hope Hub,…