Don’t let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It’s your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.
Learning Dispositions: Nurturing the Path to Better Learning
Following a two-year journey of research and exploration, the staff at Lansbury Lawrence have developed a comprehensive set of Learning Dispositions.
Drawing from research and methodologies around metacognition, we evaluated various approaches, seeking to pinpoint the learning dispositions that would best empower our young pupils and support our values and ethos. Throughout this process, we established connections to the Philosophy for Children programme, which is embedded at Lansbury Lawrence as a P4C Gold school.
An invaluable source of inspiration lies in the work of Professor Bill Lucas and The Creative Habits of Mind model. Lansbury Lawrence has a firm belief in nurturing creativity and cultural capital.
Additionally, we found resonance in the work of Professor Guy Claxton and his Building Learning Power approach.
Building upon these exemplars and further research by Lucas and Claxton, who are both researchers in the field of education, our Learning Dispositions framework has been designed to specifically equip our pupils with the tools needed to thrive both academically and beyond.
Our Learning dispositions of resilience, curiosity, articulateness, imagination, and reflection are crucial for children to understand how they learn and become better learners.
“From Magic Paintbrushes to World Maps
What a fantastic week it’s been in Year 2, filled with creativity, curiosity, and lots of learning!In English, the children have been diving into the story of The Magic Paintbrush. They’ve been retelling the tale not only through speaking but also through dance —...
We are learning about Plants!
This half term, we have been learning about plants. We have been working with Akram Khan Dance to help our learning in how plants grow and what they need to survive. Warm up Modelling Cycle of a plant Forest School and GardeningMs Boglietti and Joe the Gardener taught...
What do all ancient civilisations have in common?
Last half term, our topic was Ancient Civilisations. We learnt about the development and successesof The Ancient Sumer, The Ancient Egyptians, The Shang Dynasty and The Indus Valley and considered the similarities that these impressive societies shared. We visited the...
Visit to the British Museum
This week, Year 3 went on a visit to the British museum. This visit was linked to our big question for this half-term, what do all ancient civilisations have in common. We saw lots of ancient artefacts from all over the world. Some were almost gigantic, whilst others...
Reflecting on a Wonderful Term of Learning and Growth
As we approach the end of this school term, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the incredible experiences and lessons we’ve shared together. It’s been a term full of exciting learning, new discoveries, and meaningful connections. Today, Delaunay took the chance to...
Easter Hat Parade 2025
This Thursday, Hokusai class used their imaginative and reflective dispositions to help us create some fun and creative Easter hats! We only used recyclable materials and had lots of fun putting together our hats. We helped each other when we needed it, but mostly we...
Iron Man DT Project!
Hokusai class delved back into design and technology this week by having an Iron Man themed DT session focusing on stable structures. The children were tasked with building their very own Iron Man, keeping in mind certain design criteria such as stability (will it...
Eid Celebrations 🙂
Today, we celebrated Eid Al Fitr. Eid is a celebration that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan and people celebrate the end of their fasting by sharing food, exchanging gifts and spending time with friends and family. We learnt about why people celebrate Eid,...
Daisy is growing!
In Delaunay, the children planted a few small seeds many weeks ago. Since then, we have watered them, tended to the soil and watched them grow with great curiosity. To our delight, we have noticed that our care has resulted in shoots sprouting, and we have realised...
Year 1 Steam Day: Bath Bombs and Salt Paintings
Year 1 had an exciting and creative STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) Day, filled with hands-on learning and lots of fun! The children explored science and art by making their own bath bombs and creating beautiful salt paintings. Making...