by Kerri Sellens | Apr 28, 2023 | Art, Community, Dance, Drama, Music, Parents
We are very proud, and still slightly in shock, to announce that we have been shortlisted for two prestigious national awards. The first award is the Pearson National Teaching Awards – for Making a Difference – Primary School of the Year, in recognition of...
by Kerri Sellens | Apr 5, 2023 | Music
A wonderful pop-up bookshop appeared at Lansbury Lawrence in the last week of term, thanks to the Children’s Book Project, London. Over two days the whole school was welcomed to come and have a browse, and choose two books to take home with them – for...
by Kerri Sellens | Mar 21, 2023 | Art, Van Gogh Class 2022/23
Today in art, year 4 have been exploring tone – the lightness or darkness of an object, through observational drawing. They used pencil, pen, ink wash and charcoal to see how tone could be created. Tone helps to make an object look three-dimensional by...
by Kerri Sellens | Feb 9, 2023 | Art, Riley Class 2022/23, Van Gogh Class 2022/23
In the British Museum, there is a very special coin. The gold coin of Coenwulf, king of Mercia (796-821), is unique, and one of only eight gold British coins known from the period AD 700-1250. Coenwulf was king of Mercia, East Anglia and Kent, making him ruler of most...
by Kerri Sellens | Feb 9, 2023 | Design Technology, Kahlo Class 2022/23, Lichtenstein Class 2022/23
Year 5 developed their woodworking skills recently, through building frame structures. These structures are the basis for bird hide designs. Bird hides allow people to observe the movement of birds discreetly, within an enclosed structure that is camouflaged. We used...
