Category: Year 5
Art – Teamwork, Tudors and Movement!
Year 3 have shown super teamwork in art this week with their block work to recreate Van Gogh’s artwork. They had to keep checking that their part of the painting matched up with their team’s. This reflects Vincent Van Gogh’s quote ‘Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.’ Year 4 have started…
Virtual Author Workshop – Katherine Rundell
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! …
Drama – Script work & Improvisation
Year 5 are working on collaboration in drama this half term. Using scripts and improvisations in small groups. This week they worked on stichomythic dialogue, a style of acting first used in ancient Greek theatre which flourished between 550 BC and 220 BC. Even though this form of dialogue is so old they have worked…
Thinking Outside the Box
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…
The Next United Nations…
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….
Carol Service brings term to a close
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…
Year 5 & 6 Entertain at Kings Lodge Care Home
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…
Year 5 – Welcome to the Jungle!
Year 5 ‘s trip to the Living Rainforest was a huge success and fun was had by all – including staff! It was exceptionally warm and toasty in the Rainforest; just right for the habitat of plants and animals. Amazing species of plant and animal were seen, including coffee plants and pythons. Harry the armadillo…
Year 5 Art – Human Body in Motion
In Art this term year 5 have been studying the human body in motion. They produced some lovely paintings showing movement. Well done Year 5.
Lyndhurst Christmas Card Competition Results
All the Children in the school recently designed their own Christmas cards. Mr Rudkin looked at all the wonderful designs and chose a winner in each year group. The winners this year are Kaeto, Zayn, Lexi, Trinity, Sofia K, Nitya, Sophia S and Kyle. Sophia’s card with the winter scene and reindeer was chosen as…