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.
Our Amazing Journey in Year 3!
Where has the time gone? It feels like we only just started Year 3, but now we are almost at the end. We can't believe how quickly the year has flown by! What a wonderful journey we have had in Year 3. Throughout the year, we have learned so many new things, taken on...
Tagore Class Visit the Idea Store Library
Tagore Class had a fantastic visit to the Idea Store Library as part of their learning around the big question What is an author, and what makes a good story? The children were welcomed by a friendly guide who shared a lively story with them. The class listened...
Creepy Crawlies and Curious Minds!
This summer term, Hamilton Class have been busy exploring the wonderful world of mini-beasts! We have been learning all about different insects and creatures, their special features, and the habitats they live in. The children discovered that mini-beasts can be found...
Final Day at South Downs!
The final day of the Year 5 residential began with breakfast before the children loaded their luggage onto the coach, ready for the final adventure of the trip. They then made their way to Saltdean Beach, where they met up with Ellie and Jo. The children began the...
Day 2 at South Downs!
Day 2 began bright and early at 7am. After brushing their teeth and getting ready for the day ahead, the children enjoyed breakfast at 8am. They tucked into a delicious breakfast of hash browns, baked beans and scrambled eggs, giving them plenty of energy for the busy...
Our afternoon trip to a special place in our community
By Ms Masood and children On our trip to the Ideas Store, Umar saw Roald Dahl books, Amber saw thousands of books on lots of shelves, Mya saw many books that she had not read yet, and Sophia saw chairs everywhere that people could use to sit down to enjoy their...
Day 1 at South Downs!
Our Year 5 children arrived safely at the South Downs and were full of excitement as their adventure began. The day started with an exploration of Tablehurst Farm, where the children met a range of animals including chicks, pigs and cows. They were fascinated by...
Discussing art with our parents and carers
Last week, our students were joined by a small, but special, audience of parents and carers to discuss P4C and to showcase students' artistic talent from across the school. Part of the event gave the children an opportunity to share what they have been practising in...
Year 5 Music Concert 🎷🎻🎸🎵
Yesterday afternoon, our Year 5 children took to the stage for a wonderful celebration of music, marking the culmination of months of hard work, practice and joyful learning. Every Wednesday, specialist tutors joined us to teach a range of instruments and the concert...
Tagore Class Make Fruit Salad for DT Day!
This week, Tagore Class had a colourful and delicious afternoon where they worked together to make their very own fruit salads. The classroom was buzzing with excitement as everyone explored a variety of fruits, practised new skills and created a healthy snack to...