Outdoor learning
At Lansbury Lawrence, we are incredibly lucky to have extensive outdoor grounds. The main school building was designed with large accessible spaces on either side. We take huge pride in these areas, and over the years have landscaped them to maximise areas for play while also having natural areas to support habitats and maintain mature growth. Some of our trees were planted by royalty! We have a wide range of fruit trees, and our raspberry bushes are popular with the children when the fruit is ripe. Our ‘secret garden’ is home to chickens, and a small pond area too.
In 2018, we were awarded the Tower Hamlets in Bloom ‘Best Newcomer’ award, in recognition of our grounds. The following year, 2019, we went on to win the ‘Best Educational Establishment’ award.
Edible Playground
In 2018, the mayor of Tower Hamlets, John Biggs, officially opened our Edible Playground in one of our playgrounds. The Edible Playgound was designed and built by the charity ‘Trees for Cities’. We have a large area of raised beds, where we grow and harvest fruit and vegetables. Every child within the school has a timetabled half term to work with Joe, our school gardener, to learn about growing food through the seasons. We run family gardening sessions during school holidays, to continue the planting and harvesting cycle all year round. Have a look at the films we made with Trees for Cities below, for some planting top tips.
Eco Committee
Our Eco Committee is made up of children from across the school, who care about our environment. In 2019, they confidently spoke about how we have improved our energy usage, waste and biodiversity at Lansbury Lawrence, to an assessor as part of our Eco Schools progress. As a result of this, we were the first school in Tower Hamlets to receive the Eco Schools Green Flag Award. We are so incredibly proud of everyone at Lansbury Lawrence for all of their work making our environment a better place.
Forest School
We believe Forest School supports children to become healthy, resilient, creative and independent learners, while nurturing understanding and respect for our environment. Every child in the school has timetabled Forest School sessions. These sessions are currently led by Ms Boglietti, a trained Forest School practitioner. As part of our continued professional development programme for teachers, we have also trained Ms King (Early Years lead teacher) as a Forest School practitioner, as part of our on-going commitment to outdoor teaching and learning.
The end of our week and the end of our half-term
by Adam, Maryam and Christopher This week, we started by doing research for a report that we are doing on minibeasts. We chose to do our report about a minibeast called a centipede, and then we all wrote our own one. We enjoyed it because there was writing and...
Delving into habitats at the Soanes Centre
Yesterday, Delaunay class enjoyed an inspiring visit to the Soanes Centre. Supported by our expert guide, we explored a variety of habitats up close, and we discovered how different plants and animals adapt to their unique environments. It was a hands‑on learning...
What an Amazing Start to the Term!
We can hardly believe it… two weeks of this term have already flown by! Time really does go quickly when you’re learning, exploring, and having fun. Our Year 3 children have settled back beautifully, and it’s been wonderful to see how much they’ve grown both in...
☀️FUN in Goldsworthy☀️
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ We met Year 3, who we will be sharing lunchtime with, to do some reading. It was lovely having them visit our class!...
Tower Hamlets in Bloom
As you know, we are exceptionally proud of our outside space at Lansbury Lawrence. We utilise every area for learning about the environment and having a beautiful space to play. Each year we enter the Tower Hamlets in Bloom, and this year we were awarded second place...
Digging Deep: Year 3’s Rocking Science Adventure!
This term, our Year 3 scientists have been on an exciting journey exploring the fascinating world beneath our feet! Exploring and Comparing RocksWe kicked things off by becoming rock detectives! The children examined different types of rocks- smooth, rough, shiny, and...
An Autumn Walk: Learning Through Nature
This week our class enjoyed a wonderful autumn walk to Bartlett Park as part of our geography topic. The children explored what happens to trees in autumn and linked their discoveries to our literacy book, Eco Girl, which celebrates caring for the natural world....
Hadid’s DT morning: making savoury and sweet dishes!
This morning, Hadid and Peggy Angus dove straight into the world of food technology. We learnt about what the key food staples for people living in early Islamic civilisations were, and we decided to make a simple flatbread with an assortment of savoury and sweet dips...
Making a Fire in Forest School
year 5 have been lucky to be working with Ms Boletti this half term in Forest School. They learned to make a fire using flint and steel rubbed together. They created sparks which were used on cotton wool topped with petroleum jelly. After much effort, they were...
Our first trip in Year 1!
Today, we went to visit our local area which is located near Chrisp Street Market. Some of us already go there all the time so it was nice to talk about where we have been. Before we started our trip, we went over some rules to stay safe during our trip. First we...