Peggy Angus Class Learning Story
JUSTICE FOUND IN 6B!
in 6B, four people known as Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, the Royal Guards and the three witches stand accused for murder of Gentle King Duncan! The Jury, 6B, are trying to find out who is most guilty for Duncan`s murder. Classmates found they had more evidence...
We are an Artsmark Gold school
We are very happy to announce that we are now an Artsmark Gold school. Creative learning is at the heart of our school, and we are very proud of our commitment to developing the whole child. There is lots of evidence that shows learning through the arts supports...
Guilty or Not Guilty…?
At the end of last week, we went to the Royal Courts of Justice - it's a prestigious building in the heart of London. The day consisted of: Preparing and enacting a trial based on e-bullying Exploring the roles in a courtroom Understanding the legal system and the...
Hook Day – Shakespeare
We are learning about Shakespeare and spent some time to decorate the classroom. Throughout the process, we used ideas from the internet and our own ideas - to ensure that it looked creative and informative. The best part about transforming the classroom is that we...
‘Recharged’ at Wigmore Hall
On Tuesday 10th July 2017, Year 6 performed their end of year show. Year 4 and 5 also came to watch our production; there was another school (Risley Avenue Primary School) who also came to perform and watch us too. We felt excited and nervous as we had the opportunity...
RECHARGED @ Wigmore Hall
On Tuesday 11th July, we had the most exciting day - ever. We went to Wigmore Hall to perform our end of year show - Recharged. Wigmore Hall is an exquisite building and we were excited about being on stage. Although we were nervous, we managed to enjoy every single...
Awesome Automata
We were extremely happy to welcome back Stephen Guy to Lansbury Lawrence. Stephen is an artist and an engineer, who specialises is making automata - a moving mechanical devise. Year 5 learned all about cam mechanisms and cam shafts, through exploring different...
Year Five Science Club at Langdon Park
Today children in Year Five visited Langdon Park after school and experienced a practical chemistry lesson. they had to mix different chemicals together to create different coloured mixtures. Some groups were able to create two, three and even four different colours!...
5B at Walberswick Beach
We spent the afternoon at Walberswick Beach. We got to play in the sea, build sandcastle and our guide Steve helped us to catch over fifty crabs! We're on our way back for dinner...
Minsmere Nature Reserve
We're having a great second day in Suffolk! We've been to Minsmere nature reserve where we went pond dipping. We had to classify the different organisms we collected. Next we used binolculars to identify several birds that call the reserve home. We're currently on the...
Waking up in Suffolk
We've just woken up in Suffolk and eaten breakfast. It is a beautiful sunny day and is meant to be very hot! We can hear birds chirping and singing, and we the wind in the the trees! By Caleb, Rio and Paul...
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5B’s Residential Adventure
Hi everyone! Apologies for the very late blog post. I have been trying to get an internet connection all afternoon and have only just been able to get online (at 11:30 at night). 5B have had an incredible first day in Suffolk. I am so proud at how positive, confident...
Poplar Partnership Spelling Bee
Yesterday afternoon Tanvir, Abdullah and Tasnia from Year Five competed in a Spelling Bee at Manorfield. They competed against all of the other schools in the Poplar Partnership and were excellent ambassadors for the school. All three worked together as a team, kept a...
Wigmore Hall Year Five Wigmore Hall
Omar is a professional composer and Ruth is an extremely talented librettist from Wigmore Hall. Today they came in and started working with year Five who are writing a bespoke opera which will be performed by Year Six at the end of the school year. We are...
Angel of Poplar
Yesterday we went on a local area walk to the Angel of Poplar statue at Poplar Recreation Ground. We visited the site of the original Upper North Street School and stood where the bomb was dropped. We all found the experience very moving and touching. We couldn't...
Poplar during World War 1
This morning, Year Five were lucky to have a visit from Dee, the Head Teacher of Mayflower Primary School. She talked to us all about the bombing of Upper North Street School during World War One. In 1917 a bomb fell on the school and passed through three floors...
Bow Arts Celebration Event
This afternoon was the Bow Arts Poplar Partnership Celebration Event at Spotlight, a creative youth service based near our school. This is the third year that schools within the partnership have worked with Bow Arts on projects designed specifically for each school....
Lichtenstein Pharaohs
In ancient Egyptian times there were about 170 pharaohs. In year 5 today, 30 of them appeared! Drawing skills were developed through confident use of oil pastel and colour.
Google Virtual Reality!
WOW! What a day we had last Wednesday 1st March. Who would have thought that Google would come to our school? Well they did.. and they brought in their Google Cardboard Virtual Reality (VR) equipment to give us an experience of a lifetime. It was amazing! We went to...
Glass Fusing by Michaella
Today Ms Sellens taught us how to fuse glass to make our own jewellery. First we made a pattern with pieces of coloured glass, by sticking them on top of each other. After that Ms Sellens put it in the microwave for 7 minutes to melt and dissolve, then took it out....
Bready, steady, bake!
Our theme this half term is Ancient Greece. In science we have been learning about changing materials. In maths we have been learning about decimals, fractions and units of measure. In order to show off our learning, we thought why not bake some Pitta bread! As doing...
Fraction exploration – 5B
This morning the children explored fractions in all different ways. The children created fraction walls, fraction representation using resources (double sided counters as well as folded paper), saw fractions in real life context (battery life) and matched decimals to...
Artsmark
At Lansbury Lawrence we are incredibly proud of the opportunities and experiences we offer children within the arts. We regularly organise exciting trips around current learning themes, have visitors in to inspire our creative thinking, and provide continued...
Spectacular space
At the beginning of the year, we learnt about space. We made replicas of the solar system including the eight planets and the sun in groups of 4 or 3. Our challenge was to make the planets orbit the sun - we all tried to tackle this in different ways. When the space...