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.
What Do You Think?
Philosophy for Children, otherwise known as P4C, is a subject in which children participate in philosophical enquiry. This enhances children's thinking and communication skills and boosts their self-esteem. There are 4 skills of P4C which are: caring, collaborative,...
Kindness in Kahlo
This term Kahlo class are exploring all things KINDNESS! So far, we have been thinking about and discussing; what does kindness mean to us? How can we show kindness? And, what is the impact of kindness on others? In our first P4C session, the class wrote kindness...
Make new friends, but keep the old!
Goldsworthy class have been talking about friendships during their Philosophy 4 Children (P4C) lessons. Today they learnt a song called 'Make New Friends but Keep the Old' and talked about the importance of friendship. "Making friends is good because you have people...
Riley Class go Online
With our school having moved to online learning in light of the recent school closures, students in Riley Class have already embraced Google Classrooms and have started to explore the online resources that the school has provided to them. Learning packs were also sent...
“What is Peppa Pig?”
This week in P4C, we watched a video stimulus inspired by Chinese New Year titled 'What is Peppa Pig?". In the video, a kind grandfather goes to great lengths to make a gift for his grandson who loves Peppa Pig. But as he is old, he has never heard of Peppa and has no...
Happy World Philosophy Day!
Today we went to Manorfield Primary School to take part in the Philosothon to celebrate World Philosophy Day! We started off with a name game using bean bags in order to learn each others' names. After that, we watched a short clip called The Little Freak:...
The art of P4C
Hepoworth class had a really interesting discussion in P4C today about art. First, we looked at some pictures of 'Flotsam sculptures', statues that were made from objects washed up by the sea. We decided that the two 'big ideas' the pictures made us think of were art...
The Magic of P4C
This week, Peggy Angus class pondered the idea of everyone having a magic wand. The pupils decided whether it was a good thing or a bad thing and we were split fairly evenly. In the end the majority thought it was a bad thing due to the chaos and evil that it would...
Safer Internet Day 2019 at Lansbury Lawrence
Online safety focus across the school on February 5th 2019 Left: Year 1 discuss how to keep your personal information safe online. This Tuesday, Lansbury Lawrence marked Safer Internet Day with exciting lessons covering some very important online safety rules....
Philosophising in Year 5
On Thursday, Kahlo class was visited by Lisa Naylor, who is a Philosophy for Children (P4C) trainer in Tower Hamlets. We watched the short film 'For The Birds' from Pixar, and discussed the concepts in the film: fear, friendships, bullying. Afterwards, we chose a...