Category: School Blog

Lyndhurst Summer Readers

17th September 2020

Lyndhurst Summer Reading Challenge  Over the summer holiday, the children enjoyed taking part in a reading challenge. Mrs Follows received many book reviews written by the children from Years 1 – 6 and the winners, who read the most books, were rewarded with yet another book so they can continue their literary journey. They set the standard…

Welcome back to school!

17th September 2020

03.09.20   A big welcome back to all! It’s been so lovely to have these smiley faces back at school this week. Here’s to a fantastic new school year!   We have had an amazing start to the academic year, all the adults have commented on the children’s positive attitude and joy for being back amongst their friends. Mr Rudkin started the…

Ten Minute Challenge

1st May 2020

The children listened to ‘The Bad Day by Frann Preston-Gannon.  Then they were given ten minutes to draw an animal having a Bad Day, there were quite a few pictures of animals with a sore belly. What animal would you draw having a bad day?

Creativity at Lyndhurst

1st May 2020

Being creative is so important.  It  gives the children opportunities to try out new ideas, and new ways of thinking and problem-solving. From Reception to Year 6 the children have creative activities to do at home and they allow us to celebrate the children’s uniqueness. The children’s self-expression are reflected in their artwork this week. …

Friendship is our Theme This Term

26th April 2020

Our new focus this term in PSCHEE is relationship/friendship which was launched on Wednesday by Mrs Thomson with her first distant assembly.  Mrs Thomson was very anxious completing her first ever assembly remotely.  The children were asked to think about different friendships and relationships and a Friendship Poem was shared with the children. Mrs Thomson…

Rainbow Art for ISA

19th April 2020

Lyndhurst pupils have been producing some wonderful rainbow artwork, we are loving looking at all the fantastic work pupils are sending in. Some of which has been selected by the Independent Schools Association to be displayed in their online rainbow gallery. The ISA Art Gallery has been curated so pupils can show how art can…

Thank you to The Easter Bunny

21st March 2020

As yesterday was the last time the Lyndhurst Family was going to be together for a while, we put in a special request to the Easter Bunny to visit early! Ms Worcester was the Bunny’s very able representative and all the children enjoyed being able to explore the grounds and collect their early Easter gifts….

Fantastic LAMDA Results!

19th March 2020

We are very pleased to announce that all the 22 children who took their LAMDA acting exams in February have passed. Cadence, Buck, Lily and Krit all gained a distinction and everyone else passed with merit. This is a fantastic achievement, congratulations to all the LAMDA actors, we are very proud of all of you.

Year 3 enjoy the fresh air @ RHS Wisley

19th March 2020

Year 3 have thoroughly enjoyed their day out at Wisley Gardens. During our workshop we discovered how to plant plants from cutting of forest floor plants such as plectranthus and tradescantia. We learnt all about how to look after them, where to keep them and that they don’t need much water. Let’s watch them grow!…

Thinking Outside the Box

19th March 2020

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…