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.
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...