Our school is a Philosophy for Children Gold school. We are proud that we encourage children to turn their thinking into talk. We are teaching the children to:
Learn about talk
Learn to talk
Learn through talk
Currently, we are aspiring to achieve ‘Oracy Bronze’. Our first step is to have talk guidelines in each class, that are used by adults and children to ensure children can articulate clearly through talk and writing. Developing articulacy skills is also one of our school Learning Dispositions.
The Three Little Pigs by Kapoor Class
In our English learning, we learned all about the three little pigs and the big bad wolf. We enjoyed acting out the story and we did lots of writing. One of the pieces of writing was to create our own story book. One of our story books written by us: Listen to our...
A Thoughtful Autumn at School
This half-term, our classrooms have been filled with learning and also lots of thinking — the kind that makes us pause, question, and see the world in new ways. Through Philosophy for Children (P4C), pupils across the school have been exploring big questions connected...
The Poplar Rates Rebellion
Hello Lansbury Lawrence! We roamed the streets of Poplar and discovered many of the key spots that marked the 1921 Poplar Rates Rebellion. The sites we visited: Before the trip, we learnt about the reasons and results of the PRR. We also wrote a persuasive letter to...
National Poetry Day 2025
In English and Whole Class Reading, Year Six have been reading Cloud Busting. Below is a video of the children performing chapters 12-15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nWmPWygkoU We hope you enjoyed that as much as we enjoyed performing. Till next time, Peggy Angus...
First Connect Three
Last week, we had a fantastic problem solving lesson in Maths. Ocean and Amaar Hadid Class Mr O'Regan vs Tabgila and Adam Children collaboratively agreed that they were working systematically. Liam's reflection Thanks for reading our blog, Peggy Angus Class...
Problem solving fun in Year Six
Every Friday, we do a reasoning and problem solving lesson in Maths. Problem 1: Problem 2: Problem solving lessons allow students to gain a range of skills such as working with money – converting pound and pence, multiplication and division – using times tables to...
A Thoughtful Start in Year Two
This week, our Year Two children continued their journey into the world of philosophy. We started by reminding ourselves what philosophy means — the love of wisdom — and talked about how philosophers ask big questions that don’t always have easy answers. We also...
How many zeroes?
Hello Lansbury Lawrence! Our topic in Maths is Place Value. We are learning numbers to 10,000,000. Shafaat's learning on Numbers to 1,000,000 Sameeha's learning onNumbers to 10,000,000 Maisha's learningPowers to 10 Zaynab's learning on Number line to 10,000,000 Maryam...
September means a new year in Year Two
Each day this week, the classroom buzzed as the children reunited with their friends after the summer break. They have come up from Year One ready to learn and eager to know what is in store for the year ahead, so we all thought we should share this quick message...
Learning to read with expression
This term in Year Two, we are learning about authors and the joy of creating imaginative stories. We are asking ourselves What makes a good story? and we are also exploring how to read with more expression. We’ve discovered that reading isn’t just about saying the...