Goldsworthy Class Learning Story
Welcome back Poppy Class!
Housna is happy to be back. Good climbing Liam! Md Ali is drawing a flower. Fatima and Liam are busy in the Construction Area. Fatima enjoying the garden! Lets climb! Tabgila skillfully moving along the wooden post. Tabgila is writing a sentence. Md Ali is happy to...
Busy Bees.
We have been very busy recently. Not only have we been on a trip to Tower Bridge but we also had STEAM day and World Book Day! Phew! First we had world book day. Some of our teachers put on a funny play of Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl which we thought was hilarious....
STEAM Day 2020
What is STEAM? STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths. At Lansbury Lawrence, we have a special celebration of the subjects once a year during British Science Week, called STEAM Day. STEAM Day is very special because children have the...
Making Bird Feeders
Today we had our time with Joe the Gardener. He had made us such a fun lesson and we were helping nature. We got to make bird feeders to hang in the school playground. We took an I pad to take practice our photography skills too! First Joe had to drill holes into the...
Vocabulary Fun
Today's blog is written by everyone in Delaunay Class. We hope you enjoy it. Yesterday, we went to explore the wild garden. We took our whiteboards and pens so that we could write down phrases and adjectives. Here we all are ready to explore. Busy writing. First, we...
Celebrating Chinese New Year.
This week we have been celebrating Chinese New Year. We learnt about how in China people dress up as dragons and Lions and perform street dances. We made our own masks and performed to the music of Chinese drums.
Habitat Hunters
On Wednesday afternoon Delaunay class had a fantastic workshop led by members of the RSPB. First we watched a video and learnt about the variety of animal species that live in great Britain. Did you know there are Dolphins and Whales in our oceans? Next we got ready...
Who lives in the Secret Garden?
We have had a great start to 2020 this week. Our new learning theme is all about the Secret garden and it's amazing habitats. We had a great hook day on Tuesday. Have a look at what we got up to. All of year two together. Hunting for worms in the mud I wonder who...
Introducing Woodwork into our classroom.
During Circle-Time we introduced the hammer and nails and talked about how to use them safely. Then we practised using them. We used the woodwork bench in small groups, always wearing our goggles, and next week we will introduce other tools. The children have been...
“Together at Christmas”
Last Thursday we had our performances of our Christmas show for years 1,2 & 3 called "Together at Christmas". The show was a celebration of this special time of year and each class sang a Christmas song, read a poem or a wonderful Christmas themed reading. Well...
Free-flow in Reception.
We have been learning about taking care of our world. Umkhulsum is reading a book about keeping the beach clean and why it is important to recycle. Housna is drawing a picture of herself. She has found her mini-mi to help her remember what she looks like. The children...
Museum of London
We had a great trip to the museum today. First we got the DLR to Stratford and then we had to get a very busy train to St Pauls. When we arrived we had to hang up our coats and leave our bags in the lunch room. Some of us were hungry already! Then we had an explore of...
Autumn Fire
In year 2 we have had a lovely afternoon painting with watercolours and using autumn leaves as fire. We painted the Tudor buildings of London in 1666 and then created the great fire with our leaves we had collected. We were all so proud of our work we asked for...
Diwali
We have been celebrating the Hindu Festival of Light - Diwali. We have learnt about the festival, created Rangoli art, and listened to traditional Indian music. Yesterday we made candle-holders from clay, and today we added candles and lit them.
Year 2 visit Poplar Fire Station
Year 2 have been learning about People Who Help Us and Firefighters help us in our community and everyday lives. We were all so excited to go! When at the fire station we were able to go into the fire engine and see all the equipment inside. The firefighters also let...
How to be healthy!
In year 2 we have been learning about how to keep our bodies healthy. We learnt about exercise and how it affects our heart. We have also started learning about the 5 food groups and which we should eat lots of and which we can only eat in small amounts. Here we are...
Recent learning in Poppy Class.
We have been talking about what we look like, describing what makes us the same but also different. We then made our self-portraits. Fatima practises her sight words. We have been exploring where we live - our homes, our streets, our city and our planet. We made art...
Arts and Crafts Club
Today we had a fantastic Arts and Crafts Club after school. We looked at floral pictures like this for inspiration. We were inspired by the petals and how they had such lovely overlapping layers. We decided to try to create cards that were 3-D to represent real...
Numbers within 5
This week we have been exploring numbers within 5. We have been learning to line up whatever we are counting, to use one to one correspondence, and to know when to stop. We have also explored how to make five, using smaller numbers. Safia practices writing numbers...
No Litter Generation
Today we watched this video about the No Litter Generation and we learnt that we are the ones who will change the planet and help it to get better. https://youtu.be/FVArB2cnB4Y No Litter Generation Save the planet for future generations!Rida After watching this video...
Welcome to Poppy Class
This was our first week in Poppy Class. For all of the wonderful learning that we will need do this coming year, it was very important for us to know our routines, feel settled, and generate a love for school. Look at all these happy Poppies!
“Make Music Day” 21st June 2019 : Our School Celebration
Today we celebrated “Make Music Day” or “World Music Day” which is a celebration of music around the world on June 21st. Launched in 1982 in France as the Fête de la Musique, it is now held on the same day in more than 1,000 cities in 120 countries. We had...
This week Daisy Class were pirates.
We have been exploring pirates in our Home Corner, dressing up with eye-patches, pirate hats and finding treasure. We have used this to explore maths, going out into the garden to bury treasure in the mud kitchen, thinking about capacity, shape and measure. We have...
Goldsworthy’s day at the Barbican
Today we went and visited the Barbican Centre to watch a musical performance of Hairy Maclary. There was the a complete orchestra playing in front of us. We saw so many instruments being played; violins, cellos, flutes, clarinets, trumpets, a tuba, drums, a harp and...
Give it all you’ve got!
Today we sang a song in singing assembly called "Give it all you've got", which is a song about having pride in the things we do at school, working hard and having fun with our friends...Click below to watch video.