Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
Philosophy for Children, also referred to as P4C, is a subject that enables children to think with others and for themselves. Children learn and engage with four key skills in P4C which are: caring, collaborative, creative and critical. Within their P4C lessons, children explore big ideas that exist both in education and their day-to-day lives. Children also take part in dialogue and enquiry to help them to think, speak, listen and learn to live together more effectively.
P4C Ambassadors 2023-24
The newly-appointed P4C ambassadors at Lansbury Lawrence met for their first meeting yesterday. On the student-led agenda was discussing how we can support all children at our school to enjoy their philosophy lessons, and how to connect each half-term's stimulus more...
Our Autumn 1 Learning
This term, in history, I have learnt about Poplar Rates Rebellion and how it started.In 1921 the government was greedy at that time and the rents were the same as everyone and the wealthy didn't want to have the same rents as the poor so the government said that for...
Delaunay discussing and voting
Delaunay had their last P4C lesson of the half-term yesterday. Children discussed their chosen question: Is it possible to be friends with everyone? Afreen: If you only have a few friends, that can teach you how to be friends with anyone. Areen: You can have lots of...
Art teacher training
Last week we hosted the second art & design training day led by Lansbury Lawrence to London East Teacher Training Alliance (LETTA) trainee teachers. We have led our training in collaboration with the Whitechapel Gallery. The first session was held at the gallery,...
Congratulations to Lansbury Lawrence!
We are very proud to announce that we have been awarded the P4C SAPERE Gold Award! On Thursday, 8th June 2023, Lansbury Lawrence were assessed for the P4C SAPERE Gold Award. Alison Allsopp, our Gold award assessor, came in to talk to our children, parents, teachers...
Our week in class
by the whole class This week, we learnt a lot about computing, French, English, P4C and mountains - Syeda Computing We used Canva to design a poster for a religious event. In RE, we learnt that religions use their buildings for chats, helping and singing as well as...
Let’s Talk About…Anger
Quotes: Questions: For 3-5 year olds Link to the stimulus: https://vimeo.com/76617063 For 6-9 year olds: Link to the stimulus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjgdiy_SGjA For 10+: Link to the stimulus:...
Being creative in P4C
Today, the class considered what it means to be creative when having a discussion. The children were used to applying the idea of creativity to art and other subjects, but we had to think carefully to connect it to P4C and exploring a topic. After thinking about...
Philosophy for Children (P4C) Who is kind or unkind? Will it be the goats or the troll?
Our story connects to our P4C lesson Questions to ponder... Who is kind or unkind the goats or the troll? We really enjoy P4C in Hamilton class. We love that we can share our own ideas and thoughts and that all opinions are listened to. Our Considerations This week in...
Let’s Talk About…Agreeing & Disagreeing
Starter: For 3-5 year olds: For 6-9 year olds: For 10+ year olds: Don't forget to take pictures or videos of your P4C discussion and send it to p4c@lansbury.net!