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Using stories to teach us about tolerance
Stay tolerant, respect people, be kind. The children explored the value of tolerance – they listened to the ‘Ugly Duckling’ and Dr Seuss’ ‘The Sneetches’ and thought about what the stories teach us. The older children explored the story ‘Journey to the Beginning of the World’ and how stories around the world have explained how…
The Journey Home from Grandpa’s
The Pre-Reception topic is ‘Transport’. The children have created a delightful display using many of the forms of transport they have thought about over the last couple of weeks. The children have written, cut, stuck and painted to create a representation of the story The Journey Home from Grandpa’s.
Twigs – brought to life with colour
These delightful trees were created by Reception and Year One using a variety of medium for the leaves. Natural objects inspire beautiful artwork.
Daffodil Art – Spring is here!
Daffodils are the bringer of spring, the starter of the new season. The children were inspired by Springtime and produced beautiful daffodil creations. Their artwork reminds us that at spring our ‘heart with pleasure fills, and dances with the daffodils’. Admire the beauty the children have created – the bright, happy colours and some stunning…
Sports – Obstacle Course Challenge
What creative and active children we have at Lyndhurst School ! Last week’s obstacle course challenge was amazing. Great courses were created in the children’s houses, gardens, and outside in parks and forests and on the schools Astro! The courses also included lots of skills from previous weeks challenges such as ball skills, balancing,…
Nature – Taking Learning Outside
Learning outside is not learning it is having fun. The older children created different shapes with their bodies. Can you name the shapes they have formed? We are all proud of our names and some children created their initials using natural objects. We all have dreams for a special place and this design of a…
Musical Art!
For Art, Design and Technology the children were inspired by music to create their master pieces and musical instruments. They also explored using different objects around the house and their bodies to create music. Anything can be a percussion instrument. Some wonderful and imaginative creations on display here.
Signs of Spring as the chicks hatch!
There was great excitement in school amongst the children and staff when the living eggs arrived. The eggs were kept warm in an incubator and we waited with anticipation for them to hatch. Some of the children were fortunate to observe a few chicks hatch. Once they were in the brooding box the children…
Tableau drama
A great drama warm up exercise is imagining you are eating different flavoured sweets. This warms up the mouth and creates entertaining faces. A tableau is a frozen picture or snapshot that shows a scene from a story. A group of tableau is a tableaux. The children enjoyed forming frozen scenes. Drama uses your imagination…
Calming Rain Sticks
Being creative is all part of mindfulness – Year One made these delightful rain sticks. The music they make are very calming.