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.
Thrills n Spills Day 2
After a leisurely full English breakfast, courtesy of Chef Norman, with sous chefs (Tent 3 children), children went to their 2nd guided activity. Photos to follow. Hadid and Peggy Angus class
Yr 6 Lambourne End
Children were excited and couldn't wait to get started on their first activity. After sorting out their bedding (no mean feat- putting on a duvet cover is hard work for little hands), they had their first activity. Hadid class jumped enthusiastically into the pool,...
A-Z of positivity
In Hepworth Class, we have been learning about positive affirmations. Positive- something good, happy or helpful. It's the opposite of negative and can be used to describe things that make us feel good, like a fun game or a nice day, or behaviours that are helpful and...
Magnets and Forces
This half term in Science, our topic is Magnets and Forces.Magnets are a metal. They exert force. They can push (repel). They can also pull (attract) . They have two poles. The North pole and the South pole. Opposites attract. We explored magnetism. We found objects...
New topic and Eid celebrations
This half term, our topic is The Romans. Our big question is Who were the Romans? How did Britain change from 43 to 410AD? Knowledge organisers have been sent home. They include a summary of the important facts and vocabulary that students need to know. Enjoy...
A Trip to the Cutty Sark: Learning Like Real Sailors!
Today we went to Cutty Sark with our adults and our friends. This term we are learning about Christopher Columbus and the Seven continents so it was a great for us to go and see a real life ship for the first time! Some of us have never been on a ship so it was nice!...
Tasting tea, making bread and volcanic eruptions
This half term, we read Cloud Tea Monkeys. This book is about a girl named Tashi who lives in a village below the tea plantations where her mother earns a living. In our first lesson, we got to taste different types of tea. We discussed the appearance, aroma, flavour...
Composting with Hamilton Class
What is the point of compost? Compost Enriches and Builds Healthy SoilAdds organic matter to the soil and increases the nutrient content and biodiversity of microbes in soil. Conserves water and reduces water use by helping soils retain moisture. Helps prevent soil...
Philosothon Friday
by Dawud, Sara, Zakai, Zara, Suzan, Zaynab U, Rayan, Zaynab A At the philosothon we spoke to other schools about P4C and we had a big discussion. First we used a question and answer game to start us off, and we had to walk around the room responding and exchanging...
“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 —...