Lansbury Lawrence Newsletters
Find our last 12 newsletters on this page and use the older entries tab below to go back further. We publish a newsletter most weeks and they give a real flavour of the school and the things that we do. Enjoy!
Year 6: Place Value within 1
This morning, Peggy Angus class worked collaboratively to explore place value within 1 using counters and place value charts. Using a ten frame, children also made connections 10 tenths make 1 whole and used this to identify how many hundredths make 1 tenth. Alexia:...
Maths Leaders 2024-2025
Lansbury Lawrence are proud to announce our new Maths Leaders for this academic year. Children needed to apply for their positions and we thrilled to be selected to represent maths and develop their pupil leadership skills. Look out for a range of events children will...
TTRS Weekly Winners
Our first winners of 2025 have been announced this week. Year 4 Riley Class achieved class of the week with the highest amount of correct answers! See below for our top 3 children who not only achieved the most correct answers, but were also the fastest. Well done.
Year 1 Problem-Solving
Year 1 got stuck into problem-solving this week and took on the challenge of working systematically to find different solutions. They engaged with the Nrich Activity 2, 4, 6, 8 which can be found here: 2, 4, 6, 8 | NRICH (maths.org) I really enjoyed hearing how...
TTRockstars Weekly Winners
This week saw the TTRockstar Trophy remain firmly in the grasp of Year 3 Hepworth Class! Another stunning victory! Here are the top 3 players in the school for the last week - a huge well done and congratulations to all children who participated!
Problem Solving: Working Systematically
This week has seen a return to school, full of eager faces excited to see one another again and pick up our learning again after our half term break. This half term, our problem-solving strategy focus is Working Systematically. This means, when solving problems in...
Year 4 & 6 Collaborate during Problem-Solving
This afternoon, Peggy Angus and Riley Class came together to problem solve in maths. Their focus was collaboration as they needed to ask questions to discover hidden patterns from the opposite team. Children enjoyed working in a different class, with different...
TTRS Winners
This half term has seen huge success and participation with our weekly TTRS competitions. Weekly class winners and top 3 children awards have seen a wide range of participation throughout the key stages. Here are some of the highlights:
Working Systematically when Problem-Solving
Last week, children throughout the school focussed on the strategy 'working systematically', to solve problems with unfamiliar contexts. Children are linking their learning dispositions such as resilience and articulate to explain their mathematical thinking, whilst...
Problem Solving: Nim – 7 and Number
This week children throughout the school developed their strategies to think of rules that always enable them to win the game of Nim-7. Teachers and support staff also enjoyed exploring strategies during maths meeting this week. Other year groups engaged with problem...
The Answer is Only the Beginning
Children have continued to focus on developing their exploring and noticing skills in maths this week with Problem Solving. It has been wonderful to hear children explain their thinking and justify their reasoning throughout the school. Here are just a few of the...
Problem Solving School!
Last year, we signed up to be a Problem Solving School with Nrich to support our children to think deeply and strategically about maths and problem solving in a fun, engaging and collaborative way. This year we are focusing on set a skills each half term, our focus...