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.
Springing forward with P4C
Children across the school have continued to use P4C to develop their critical thinking this term with a keen focus on being collaborative. Along with caring, creative and critical, collaborative is one of the 4 C's that supports how we teach the subject and the...
P4C in Year 3
This week in Philosophy for Children (P4C), Year 3 have been exploring big ideas, practising collaboration and thinking deeply about what brings people together. What Does It Mean to Be Collaborative? We kicked off by unpacking the word collaborative. The children...
World Book Day with Kapoor Class – Book Reviews
First, we chose our favourite books from Miss Glen's special cupboard. These are books we have read before. Then, we completed our "Digital Forms" with the name of the book, the author and our favourite part. After that, we practiced our Book Review, ready for...
Can Kapoor class write their own word problems?
Every Friday we enjoy Problem Solving Friday. This week, we are learning about addition and subtraction within 20. To support this, the children had some word problems to solve using their bead string and whiteboards. Solving and recording our number sentences and...
Rising Poets in Kahlo and Lichtenstein
Last half term, Year 5 had an unforgettable opportunity to take part in the Tower Hamlets Poetry Slam! Both Kahlo and Lichtenstein took part in exciting poetry workshops led by visiting poets Rakaya and Steve. The children explored performance poetry, learning how to...
Habitats, Habitats, Habitats
by Sophia, Umar and Mya We have been bringing in our model habitats to share with the class and the school. Some of us made the woodland habitat, some of us made the desert habitat and some more habitats are still coming in. Yusra's habitat was a man-made habitat...
Our theme: why have toys changed over time?
This term, Year One have been exploring the exciting theme “Toys Then and Now”, learning how toys have changed over time and what they can tell us about the past. Through discussion, exploration, art, and teamwork, the children have developed their historical...
Wow! What great resilience you demonstrate with your reading skills!
We are learning to read using decodable books. We learn our phonic sounds and then how to read a word and sentence. We enjoyed being filmed to demonstrate our developing skills. Musa using his skills and strategies to read his book. Great learning Musa....
WW2 through Dance
By Zaynab and Rukaiya. This half-term, we have been learning about WW2. Our big question is "What were some of the key causes and consequences of WW2?" We have been using dance and movement to learn the words from our knowledge organiser. The key-words we used were:...
Problem Solving in Kapoor Class
Every Friday we like to use our maths skills to solve maths problems. Today we had to look at 9 houses and find different ways to sort them. We can sort by roofs, doors, windows, chimneys and size of houses. The children enjoyed this activity and many were able to...