Year 5

Class Teachers Residential 2025 Parent Meeting Spelling test Spellings will be handed out on a Friday and the test will be the following Friday. Times tables tests Times tables will be handed out on a Friday and the test will be the following week. This is timed so please try to practice using a...

Vacancies

We proud to be part of the Blossom Federation, so you may want to check for vacancies at Lauriston Primary and Sebright Primary to see if there are any opportunities to work at our wonderful partner schools

Daubeney Children & Family Hub

Daubeney Children & Family Hub is just down the road from Daubeney Primary School. The centre shares its state of the art facilities with Daubeney Nursery which is a high quality and beautiful environment for children to learn. The centre is run by our Children’s Centre Manager – Suzanne...

Daubeney Village

Daubeney Village is an organisation of parents and staff. Its role is to encourage closer links between home and school and organise fundraising events to provide an opportunity for parents, staff and pupils to get together. How is money raised? Daubeney Village raises money through events. They...

Early Years Foundation Stage

The Early Years (Nursery and Reception classes) will provide an environment that is happy, warm, secure and stimulating. We aim to ensure that all children become confident and independent, and enjoy exploring and learning. We aim to enable children to develop a strong sense of self, while also...

Year 3

Class Teachers Welcome to Year 3 Daubeney Pupil Wellbeing Survey https://forms.office.com/e/VUwUMb0Mq2 Times tables tests We advise children to log into Times Tables Rock Stars daily to practise their times tables. They will be tested every Friday and will compete against other class groups weekly....

Governors

Welcome to the Governing Body section of the website. My name is Will Emms and I am the Chair of Governors of the Blossom Federation of Daubeney, Sebright & Lauriston Schools and Children Centres. Our governors represent our wider school community: elected parent and staff governors, one Local...

Year 2

Class Teachers Meet the Teacher PE Days Children in Year 2 have PE every Friday. They must wear their school uniform in to school and bring their PE kit in their bag to change in school. Forest School Parakeet class will begin Forest School sessions on Friday 15th of September and they will run...

Home Learning

Home Learning is an activity that should enhance your child’s experience so at Daubeney the activities we give all children are based on skills that will be useful and help them to learn during class time. Lower School Years R, 1 and 2 children should have 1 hour per week of home learning and...

Inclusion

Launchpad for Language The school have invested in an exciting early years package with the Speech and Language Therapy service. Listening and talking are the key foundation skills for later literacy and academic achievement. Launchpad for Language is a fun filled language enrichment programme for...

Year 1

Class Teachers Meet the Teacher Phonics Screener Meeting Pupil Survey Survey Link PE Day - Friday Please ensure your child brings their PE kit and suitable footwear to school every Friday in a bag. At home, please allow your child to practice getting changed by themselves to help them to be able to...

Lunch Menu

School dinners at Daubeney offer children a balanced and varied diet. These are the menus:

Maths

Our Vision Our vision at Blossom Federation is to nurture a life-long love and confident use of Maths. We aim to develop lively, enquiring minds encouraging pupils to become self-motivated, confident and capable in order to solve problems that will become an integral part of their future. Through...

News and Letters

Contact

Daubeney Primary School Daubeney Road Clapton London E5 0EG Telephone: 020 8985 4380 Fax: 020 8525 7639 Email: admin@daubeney.hackney.sch.uk The person who deals with queries from parents and members of the public: Debi Groves Other Key Contacts Executive Head Teacher: Robin Warren Head of School:...

Nursery

EYFS Team Welcome to Daubeney Nursery! In the nursery, we plan exciting activities every week based on our observation of children’s needs, interests, and stages of development across the seven areas of learning to enable the children to achieve and exceed the early learning goals. We hope you...

Spanish

Pupils at our school learn Spanish and enjoy the benefits of starting to learn a foreign language at an early age. Learning a foreign language provides an opening to other cultures, fosters pupils’ curiosity and deepens their understanding of the world. It helps them to develop communication...

SEND and Our Local Offer

Our SENDCO Welcome to the Blossom Federation SEND offer. From the moment I took over as SENDCO at Daubeney, my dedicated team and I have tried to create a personalised experience for you - and bring back, the element of working together to serve your child. Our inclusive curriculum is supported by...

School Uniform

Daubeney is a ‘uniform school’ this is supported by the SLT and the Governors. We believe that a school uniform is important: It looks smart Wears well Contributes to a sense of belonging and community Gives a common purpose Makes children feel equal to their peers in terms of appearance Fosters a...

School Council

Daubeney School Council are a hardworking and enthusiastic group of children from years 3-6. They are the voice of their peers. They are elected every academic year by their peers in a democratic fashion of campaign, speech and voting. The School Council is made up of three committees. Admin...

Ofsted

The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. Following a recent visit by Ofsted’s inspectors (October 2023), we are...

PE and Sports Premium

Across the Blossom Federation, we have prioritised PE and sport in our budget to enhance children’s participation, involvement, and attainment in PE. We are committed to ensuring our children understand the importance of being active, to have a healthy lifestyle and to enjoy sports and games...

Performance, Results and Reporting

This page presents the performance data for the academic year 2025-2026 for the school and Federation based on: End of Early Years Foundation Stage data Outcomes of the Y1 Phonics Check Key Stage 1 Teacher Assessment Y4 Multiplication Times Tables Check Key Stage 2 Teacher Assessment and Tests The...

Phonics & Early Reading

At Blossom Federation we have devised our own phonics programme based upon the principles of Letters and Sounds. We use a range of resources and strategies to tailor the phonics provision to meet the needs of our pupils. It aims to build children's speaking and listening skills in their own right...

Policies

The following Daubeney Primary policies are available to download and hard copies are available from the school office

Pupil Premium

The Government believes that the Pupil Premium, which is additional to main school funding, is the best way to address the current underlying inequalities between children eligible for free school meals (FSM) and their peers by ensuring that funding to tackle disadvantage reaches the pupils who...

Curriculum Overviews

A curriculum overview gives you an idea of which topic your child will be studying at which point during the school year. Year Group Overviews Subject Overviews

Reception

Meet the Teacher EYFS Team Yearly Overview Welcome to Reception! Important information PE is on Monday. Please send your child to school in their PE kit. Please bring in your book bag on your book bag day. Please bring in a water bottle with your child’s name clearly labelled. Please bring a spare...

Clubs

Please submit applications to admin@daubeney.hackney.sch.uk Breakfast Club Breakfast Club runs every day from 7:45am – 8:55am. This includes fruit, cereal, bagels and juice. Activities will start at 8:15am Breakfast Club Registration Form 26-27 Breakfast Club Changes Update Form 26-27 Breakfast...

Literacy

At Daubeney we are committed to raising standards in Literacy and follow the National Curriculum in order maintain accurate coverage across the year. In order to maximise opportunities to develop literacy skills, we make cross curricular links wherever possible. In Early Years we follow the Early...

Ambassadors

Their role is to be helpful, polite, friendly, respectful and caring. They are smartly dressed and support the staff in maintaining discipline. They are responsible for promoting our school values and expectations of behavior, meet and greet visitors and escort them around our school and being a...

Music

Every child experiences the opportunity to realise themselves as composers and performers in their whole-class weekly music lessons. Lessons are delivered by our Music-specialists, using a holistic approach that includes moving, singing and playing as a way to understand and be creative in a range...

About our Curriculum

At The Blossom Federation of Daubeney, Sebright and Lauriston Schools, we shape our curriculum to ensure all pupils have access to a rich, exciting, experiential curriculum, which celebrates the rich diversity of our schools. Drawing on the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage and...

Calendar and Term Dates

Term Dates 2025-26 Term Dates 2026-27

Year 4

Times tables tests We advise children to log into Times Tables Rock Stars daily to practise their times tables. They will be tested every Friday and will compete against other class groups weekly. PE Children in Year 4 have PE every Monday and must bring in their PE kit to school including trainers...

Year 6

Class Teachers Secondary School Application Home Learning Daily reading and reading records to be completed Times Tables Rockstars – TTRS IXL – one Maths and one Literacy objective to be practiced daily Weekly spelling list PE Children in Year 6 have PE every Wednesday and must bring in their PE...

Admissions

Daubeney is moving to a two form entry sized primary school. There are currently two classes of Reception children and this will continue for the academic year 2023 and beyond. It is currently three form entry primary school in Years 5 & 6 although it retains three classes of Year 2 children....

Summer Fair 2015

All the fun of the fair!

Year 5: The Wizard of Oz

We're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz

Short Ride in a Fast Machine

This is our music video for the BBC Ten Pieces Project. Thanks to parent volunteer Guy Sherwin for helping the children produce old style hand drawn animation. Drums by Jackson, Year 4 and keyboards by Tracey in Year 6

Speaking and Listening in Literacy Through Drama

What are Year 2 thinking?

Superhero Week in Nursery

Look at all of our superheros!

Summer Fair 2016

We all had an amazing time at the Daubeney Summer Fair. Ducks were hooked, faces were painted, balloons were bashed and 100’s of prizes were won! Thank you to everyone who came along to join in the fun and make it such a special day. We raised: £2560

Year 5/6 Residential - Oxford

29th June Thank you parents for all your lovely messages; we've had a great time sharing these, especially the nicknames! The children are doing absolutely great. However, after a gruelling day today, they are very tired. We've decided to have an early night after a much-needed hot...

Year 5's Air Resistance Experiments

Year 5 carried out an air resistance experiment based on our Science topic of Forces. We developed a question as a class of whether two parachutes of different surface areas would land at the same time if dropped from the same height. We used plastic bags, cellotape and strings to create our...

Team Points

Here are the current Daubeney Team Point totals:

The Science Team at The Royal Society

The Science Team at The Royal Society

When I Close My Eyes

An original tune. Ambrose is on drums and Isaac and Tasharne are on piano

School Councillors visit Credit Suisse

On Thursday 28th, the Year 5 and 6 School Councillors went to Credit Suisse, Canary Wharf, and took part in a video conference with James Weldon Johnson Leadership Academy, East Harlem, NYC. The students shared collages of their favourite parts of their respective cities, and talked about what they...

Rights Song

Listen to our Rights Song as performed by our wonderful school choir

RRS: 'The Right to a Full and Decent Life' Assembly

KS2 were thrilled to enjoy a wonderful and entertaining assembly (in pursuance of Article 23 of the UNCRC - 'The Right to a Full and Decent Life') delivered by our local Revered, Clive Main. Reverend Clive had KS2 completely engaged and mesmerised as he skilfully explored the above Right...

Who's in the hot seat?

We enjoy collaborative learning in Year 2!

Reception, Year 1 and Year 2's Sports Day

Reception and KS1's Sport's Day Took place on the 4th July 2016. The sun was shining, the children were smiling and there were lots of fun activities! The children participated in egg and spoon races, sack races, hop races and so many more. The children had so much fun

Reception's Stay and Learn

Big thank you, to all the parents who attended our stay and learn sessions during Autumn Term. If you would like to volunteer to take part in Daily supported Reading in Reception. Please speak to the class teacher or Miss Bibi

Reception visit the V&A Museum of Childhood

Reception visited V&A Museum of Childhood 18th May 2016. Reception really enjoyed looking at different toy mechanisms around the Museum, many of our children dressed up, enjoyed the activities around the museum. Reception also took part in a puppet workshop. they learnt about different types of...

Year 6 - Romeo and Juliet Workshop

As part of our Literacy learning, children in Year 6 studied Shakespeare's infamous play, Romeo and Juliet. To enrich their learning, Year 6 had the pleasure of a drama session, led by veteran soldiers, who brought Romeo and Juliet to a highly engaging level

Reception Hub Velo visit

Reception had a special visitor during Inspire work Week. We met the owner of Hub Velo. He showed us how to change a tire and fix a puncture. We spoke about the different accessories you can buy for road safety. We also went on a interactive tour of his shop and his workshop where he fixes ANY bike...

Reception Holiday Projects

Look at our brilliant holiday projects

Year 6 Express Their Creative Talent

Shifting their energy from arduous revision for the end of year tests; Year 6 took to our local environment to create amazing landscape masterpieces using a range of Art media including water colours, oil pastels and charcoal. No doubt, room needs to be made in some eminent galleries across the...

Year 6 Work Week

During Work Week, Year 6 had a wonderful opportunity to design an invention that would make Dyson and Apple pay attention and pitch their designs to 'Dragons' who were looking for an exciting investment opportunity. The Dragons, professionals from eminent corporations from the city,...

Reception Have Been Learning to Play Ukulele

Take a look at their progress

Year Groups

Here is some useful information about each year group. If you have any questions, please see your child’s class teacher. Nursery Reception Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Nurture Group

Reception Christmas Performance 2015

Our talented Reception children told us the Christmas story. Their acting, singing and dancing was brilliant. You can watch the whole thing again any time you like!

Reception - Thames21

Reception had a special visit from Thames 21. The children learnt how to be environmentally friendly. They learnt interesting facts about the different fish and plant that live in canals and rivers. They took part in a sorting activity. they took out all the rubbish and left the plants and fish....

Reception - Chicks Day 4

Day 4, two more chicks hatched last night. All nine chicks have moved into their new home, the Brooder Box

Year 5 Work Week

Year 5 had a brilliant start to the Spring 2 term with an enjoyable work week! They had the opportunity to meet a creative director that works in the fashion industry and learn and experience what it is like to work in an ethical clothing company. 'Work week showed me how to work well under...

Year 5 visit the Science Museum

Year 5 recently visited the Science Museum to watch an amazing humanoid robots 3D film all about science, technology and engineering. Year 5 enjoyed all that the film had to teach us and felt inspired and blown away by the new technology that will soon be prevalent in our every day lives. Of...

Woodwind Concert

On Tuesday we had an amazing Woodwind concert showcasing the sublime talent at Daubeney. The Woodwind club played for KS1 to try and inspire future musicians. They tried to plant some ideas in the young minds such as "What instrument would I really like to learn?" and "Which is the...

Year 3 Author Visit

Year 3 had a special author coming in to visit as part of Literacy Festival Week. We had a visit from Roland Chambers who wrote ‘Nelly and the Quest for Captain Peabody’. He told us about all the books he has written and gave us lots of top tips to write interesting stories. Year 3 had...

Year 2 World Poetry Day

To celebrate World Poetry Day 2FA performed the poem 'The North Wind Doth Blow'. We memorized the verses and added some movement to our performance. The North Wind Doth Blow (Anonymous) The north wind doth blow And we shall have snow And what will the robin do then, Poor thing? He'll...

Year 2's Trip to Kew Gardens

On Wednesday 20 th May, year 2 went on a fantastic trip to Kew Gardens. The trip was linked to our learning – Growing Plants. We travelled by London Overground from Homerton to Kew Gardens. It was a long journey! When we got there, we split up into groups and went to see various things in the...

Year 4 Ballet at the Royal Opera House

What an amazing opportunity it was for Year 4 to enjoy a wonderful and inspiring ballet performance of ‘Rhapsody’ and ‘Two Pigeons’ at the prodigious Royal Opera House. The children were pleasantly surprised and sat mesmerised throughout the electrifying performances. As the...

Year 3 - George's Marvellous Medicine

Year 3 had a very exciting lesson as they were introduced to the story of George’s Marvellous Medicine. The class had to make a medicine to turn Grandma into something evil! They wrote a set of instructions to make their medicine using ingredients that George used around his house. When they...

Year 3 - Magnets and Forces

Year 3 have been learning about Magnets and Forces. They learnt that magnets have north poles and south poles and that these attract each other. But two north poles will repel each other, as will two south poles. In today's lesson, Year 3 learnt how to make a compass with a magnet and needle....

Year 3 - Making Recycled Hats

Year 3 had lots of fun making hats from recycled material. They had a special visit from Eco Active Team to encourage the children to recycle. They were taught what things they can recycle in school and at home. They were put to a challenge to make recycled hats in 5mins. This was hardwork but Year...

Year 3 Cross-Curricular Autumn 2015

In Cross-Curricular we have been focusing on volcanoes, earthquakes, rocks, and the seven continents of the world. It was really interesting comparing the climate, living conditions, and food supply, in Haiti and London. We learned that we have a lot to be thankful for

Year 2 - Hilda Offen

We had a fantastic visit from our author Hilda Offen! We were lucky enough to see some of her fantastic books. She also showed us some of her drawings. Some of us also got to dress up as one of Hilda's characters!

Year 3 Literacy - Gregory Cool

We have been focusing on the text Gregory Cool. The book is about a young boy who travels to the Caribbean island of Tobago, to spend the summer with his grandparents. Upon his arrival he realizes, the lifestyle in Tobago is much different from the lifestyle in London. We are using this book to...

Year 3 Maths Workshop

Year 3 took part in Maths workshop led by Mr Naidoo. The children were challenged through a series of activities to test their mathematical knowledge. They first of all began with a test of their times table where they had a set time to answer as many times table questions as they can. They later...

Year 3 Numeracy - Autumn 2015

In numeracy we have been focusing on subtraction and addition via column method, partitioning, and using a number-line. We have also been doing weekly multiplication test and mental maths test to improve our at home learning

Year 3/4 Christmas Performance 2015

Year 3 and 4 got us in the Christmas spirit with a concert showcasing our talented performers musical skills

Year 3's Black History Month

In honour of Black History Month, the Year 3 students went on a trip to Sutton House. We were given a Black History Month activity trial where we learned all about famous historical black leaders. We had alot of fun, and we each got an educational booklet to take home

Year 3 visit the Cutty Sark

As part of Year 3’s topic on Pirates, they went on aboard the legendary sailing ship, at the Cutty Sark Greenwich. The Cutty Sark is the world’s sole surviving tea clipper, the fastest ship of her time. They were taken back in time during 1869, where the Captain told them about the life...

Year 2 Super Science

Learning About Plants

Year 5 - Imperial War Museum

Year 5 visited the Imperial War Museum where they had to chance to deepen their knowledge on World War 2. They thoroughly enjoyed the clips that they saw in the museum and were astounded by the artefacts. "I found the museum very interesting and I learnt about the disastrous bombs that landed...

Year 3 Trip to the Ministry of Stories

Year 3 were sent on an exciting mission to the Ministry of Stories. There were given an assignment from the Chief of the Ministry to write 30 new stories as the story supplies were running low. When they arrived at the Ministry of Stories, they were taken through a secret door which led to the...

Year 1 - Odd Numbers

In Year 1 we have been learning about odd and even numbers in Maths. We sorted numicons into odd and even. Dexter said “Even numbers always have a partner but odd numbers always have ne left out”

World Book Day 2016

Daubeney celebrated World Book Day with a blast! The children and staff made a massive effort in coming to school dressed as their favourite book character!

World Book Week in Nursery

These are some of the higlights of World Book Week

Year 5 Meet Mr Saunders

Year 5 have been learning about World War 2 over this half term and had the chance to visit the renowned Imperial War Museum . As if this wasn't exciting enough, we were lucky enough to have a World War 2 survivor names Mr Saunders come to visit us at school! Mr Saunders told us about life in...

Year 1 - Animals

In Science our topic is Animals including Humans. We have been learning about animal classifications. We sorted animals out into different groups; reptiles, birds, amphibians, mammals and fish

Year 1 - Goldilocks

In Literacy we have been reading the story of Goldilocks and the three bears. We sequenced the pictures of the story talking about what happened at the beginning, in the middle and at the end of the story trying to use descriptive words. We also had fun acting out the story in small groups using...

Year 1 - Hilda Offen

Year 1 had an exciting visit from the author Hilda Offen . The children were eager to look at her books and were even more surprised when they found out she wrote and illustrated her own books. Hilda very kindly passed around storyboards and books of her work. The children got to experience being...

Year 1 - Plants

In Science we have planted our own Sunflower seeds and will be carrying out an experiment to investigate ideal conditions for a healthy plant to grow

Year 2 - Freshwater Theatre Company

Year 2 had a fantastic visit from Freshwater Theatre Company. This was as part of our 'Great Fire of London' topic. We got the chance to find out how people lived during 1666 and the different types of jobs that they did. This workshop helped us to develop our understanding of what life was...

Year 1 - Toys from the Past and Present

History this term is all about Toys from the past and present. We had so much fun learning and playing Victorian style games. We have also made some toys to remember the poor children who had no money to buy toys back then

Year 1 Groovin'

Have a look at 1H making beautiful music supported by Year 3 superstars; Jenny on keyboard and Hayden on bass. Team work makes the dream work!

Year 1 RE Day

Year 1 learned a great deal during RE day this week. This term was all about the Sikhism religion and the children learned about Guru Nanak and the Vaisakhi festival which was celebrated in April. Manpreet one of our children's family members happily came in and gave a detailed talk about the...

Year 5 Maths Workshop

Year 5 took part in a maths workshop last week where they had the opportunity to use their problem solving skills to solve real life problems!

Year 5 Maths Masters

On Friday the 15th of January 2016, Mr Naidoo cam to visit the Year 5 classes to look at how we can round any given number to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000. Mr Naidoo showed us how to spot patterns and howe can use the rules to help us round. The class were excited to learn new skills and become...

Reception - Chicks Day 3

Day 3 - We have three new chicks churping away. Once they are dry and fluffy, they will move to their new home, the Brooder box. Please check back for regular updates. Our school will have the Chicks in residence for two weeks. We are ending our day with seven chicks, all seem happy and hurdling...

Year 5 - IntoUniversity

Year 5 went on a whole day trip to 'IntoUniversity' where their stereotypes and prior knowledge was challenged. They were inspired by the fact that anyone can attend University and how it did not have an age limit! Year 5 took part in a range of activities and put a lot of effort into their...

Year 1 Trip to Homerton Library

Year 1 went on a trip to Homerton Library. Our literacy focus has been based on a story by Anthony Browne called 'Into the Forest' so the librarians read us some other stories by him. The children really enjoyed meeting Morgan and Myrna who made the stories really enjoyable for them

"Bed Bug Blues" by Bessie Smith

The Daubeney School Band headline at the Daubeney Mini Music festival

Reception - Chick Eggs Arrival

06th June, Reception year group waited patiently for the arrival of our chick eggs. Ten egg arrived at 11.15. They Were brought to us by Mr Dave from the company ' Living Eggs '. He help us set up the incubator. The ten eggs are in incubation we hope to see some starting hatch on Wednesday....

EcoACTIVE Awards

Eco-Team went to the Science Museum for the EcoACTIVE Awards. We had a really exciting day and our project scrapbook won £100 pounds to help our school become more Eco-friendly! Thank you to all who supported the team with all their hard work so far this year!

Chain Reaction Workshop

Years 4 - 6 were delighted to be part of a rapturous workshop delivered by Chain Reaction – an orgaisation that specializes in working with children to develop vital tools and techniques to achieve successful conflict resolution - whilst keeping it fun and involved in ‘real life’....

Chicks visit Blue class

The chicks visit Blue class. The children are super gentle when holding and stroking the chicks. We took lots of pictures. Orson says "The chicks love Blue Class"

Collage by Atticus and Khanya 5M

Our budding Year 5 stars have been busy writing a song. Have a listen! I think you will agree that it is a very accomplished piece of song writing

Daubeney Has Talent 2016

On 9th March 2016, 14 children from Daubeney school took part in the Cluster E Dance show. Daubeney was one of 11 schools taking part and they finished the show with a bang! We are very proud of our students. They only had 8 weeks to learn the dance and then perform it in front of over 200 people!...

Daubeney Jazz Concert

On Thursday we had our second ever Daubeney Jazz Concert. Our guest musician was the unbelievably skilled Anthony Browne who gave us a lesson on Ragtime, Cool Jazz and Bebop. At the session we also had the Daubeney All Girl Band and the Boys’ Choir

Daubeney Live 2016

Just before Easter we had Daubeney Live, our annual music celebration. Our two visiting schools, Millfields and Bridge Academy blew us away with their musicality. Also we had three different bands from our own school who played to a very excited audience. There were two drum kits on stage and an...

Eco Team - Worm Farms

The eco team made worm farms to help us compost more of our food waste. EcoACTIVE helped us to make them and we discussed why it was important to compost

Egypt Workshop

As part of their Ancient History Learning around Ancient Civilisations, Year 6 were treated to a theatrical performance by the Freshwater Theatre Company where pupils relived the times of the infamous pharaohs and had the opportunity to dress up as characters from ancient Egypt

Bring your Mother and Grandmother to School Week

Some highlights from our bring your Mother and Grandmother to school week

Exciting Maths in Year 2!

Here are some photos of Year 2 learning maths

Farewell Ms. Douglas

On Wednesday our usual singing assembly was transformed into a surprise leaving assembly for our Head Teacher Ms. Douglas. We had beautiful poems recited and heart felt tributes from staff members. The children sang "Something inside so strong" because Ms. Douglas has given us all...

Gardening in Nursery

We enjoy gardening with our gardener Gavin

General Photos

Here are some photos of the brilliant things we do at Daubeney Primary School

Georges's Marvellous Medicine

3K had a very exciting assembly based on the story of ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’. We used iMovie and green screen to create an amazing trailer for our show. We also had a band to bring our assembly to life! If you liked the trailer why not watch the full assembly?

Georges's Marvellous Medicine - Full Assembly

Goldsmiths Recording Studio

The Daubeney School Band, The New Redemptions, took a trip to Goldsmiths Recording Studio. ABC Hit It The latest studio release from the Daubeney School Band. Produced / engineered by Winther at Goldsmiths Recording Studio. Composed by Mr. O Flynn, Mr. Keating and the Daubeney School Band

Centre of the Cell

Centre of the Cell is a science education centre based at Queen Mary, University of London. It is the first science education centre in the world to be located within working biomedical research laboratories. Year 6 were amazed to be part of an high-tech interactive experience on cell biology

Brazilian Carnival 2016

The spirit of Rio transformed Daubeney into a colourful display of dancing and fun!

Hackney Junior Citizenship

Hackney Junior Citizenship Schemes is a fast-paced, multiple-agency event run for Year 6 students and designed to help pupils prepare for the challenges they may face as they become young adults. Our Year 6 pupils enjoyed a carousel of activities with up to ten different agencies delivering short...

ABC Hit It!

An original tune by the Daubeney School Band

3K Assembly - Pirates

Avast me harties! Welcome to 3K's class assembly. Our assembly is all about Pirates! We tell the story of a small girl who goes on a brave adventure to save the pirates from the sea monsters

400 years of Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare

On the 23 April many countries across the world celebrated the International Day of the Book, organized by the UNESCO to promote reading and to honour the authors Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare who died on this date. This year, we commemorate 400 years since their death and we...

4G - European Swimming Championships

4G had an amazing time at the European Swimming Championships. We learned all about the different techniques for swimming and saw athletes competing for a place at Rio 2016!

4G's Letters from Chicago

4G received our first letters from our new pen pals in Chicago, USA! We can't wait to write back!

4N Samba Magic

Teacher : Michael Thomas

4P’s trip to Tramshed by Mark Hix

This week, year 4 got to experience what it felt to work for the very first time! They were lucky enough to go to the famous restaurant and make delicious doughnuts and marshmallows with the head chef. Not only that, they also got the chance to make their very own mocktails! After making the...

6D - Globe Theatre

Year 6 spent a week at IntoUniversity studying Shakespeare's Macbeth. The topic covered a whole range of subject areas including English, Maths, Music and Art. The children were treated to a visit to the Globe Theatre and the week culminated in an amazing Graduation at the prestigious...

Alex Milway Visits Year 4

Year 4 were joined by the Author and illustrator Alex Milway . He told us all about his books where the characters are mythical creatures and even created some new characters based on our ideas!

Boy's Choir Rehearsal

The boys choir rehearse with the help of Aleks from City Academy

Alexia Performs 'Long Way Home' For Our Singing Assembly

Alexia learned this song back in Year 3 and it is still one of her favourites. I think we can all agree, her voice is amazing! Well done Alexia

Andrew Weale visits Red Class

We were very lucky that the childrens author Andrew Weale visited Red class

Autumn Term in Nursery

A new term has begun! The children have been settling in well. They've enjoyed exploring all that nursery has to offer both indoors and outdoors, from making cakes out of play-dough and 'cooking' in the role-play area to kicking a football around the garden outside. They have also made...

Autumn visits Nursery

Tallulah's mum visited our nursery with 'Autumn' the guinea pig. We enjoyed stroking her and combing her fur. Tallulah very confidently told us about what Autumn likes to eat and where she sleeps. A big thank you to Tallulah's mum for bringing in Autumn!

Beat 26 on a Rainy Day

This groove is one we call Beat 26. In the video you can hear Mr. O Flynn calling the changes and counting the beat. It features children from the Wednesday morning music club

Blue Class Assembly

Blue class shared their learning this week. They talked about new years resolutions. They were very confident reading out their work. Blue Class also shared their Pictogram, they told everybody about what information the pictogram shows. They ended their assembly with a song "Wheels on the...

Blue Class met Andrew Weale

Blue Class met the author Andrew Weale today. He read them two stories, and a poem! They helped him retell his stories through rhyme and singing songs

Guitar and Ukulele

We have had a lot of success teaching ukulele to our Reception class. They have been working from a book called Ukulele Magic and can play a song called "Thumb Brush Strum."

Harmonica and acoustic guitar session

Rainbows and Canyons

This week we had a special treat for our KS1 assembly as we had a stunning performance from our Daubeney Choir. Here is a great rendition of "Rainbows and Canyons"

Nursery visit the Daubeney Bus

Nursery had a great time visiting the Daubeney bus. We looked inside and even got to sit on the drivers seat!

Nursery - Work Week

Take a look at what we did during Work Week

Nursery - World Book Day

Nursery had a wonderful time celebrating World Book Day! The children and staff dressed up in their favourite book characters and enjoyed reading and talking about their favourite books. Take a look at our photographs to see all the fantastic costumes

Nursery Celebrate Chinese New Year

Nursery had a fantastic time celebrating Chinese New Year. We had a party and created monkey hats to celebrate the year of the 'Monkey'. Nursery also enjoyed listening to some Chinese music and stories. A big thank you to all our parents who brought in some delicious Chinese dishes!

Nursery Christmas Performance 2015

As part of their Christmas performance the children in Nursery sang songs to their parents

Nursery Easter Bonnet Parade

Nursery had a wonderful time parading around the nursery playground. The children made some wonderful hats and sang songs to their parents. Take a look below to see some creative hats!

Nursery Reads 'Whatever Next' by Jill Murphy

This week nursery have been reading the book 'Whatever Next' by Jill Murphy. We have enjoyed acting out the story and using a range of story props. We also received an invitation from Owl to join Baby Bear for a picnic on the moon. So........... nursery made some jam sandwiches for our...

Nursery Sports Day 2015

Children from Nursery took part in lots of sporting activities

Nursery visit to Old MacDonald's Farm

Nursery had a wonderful time visiting Old MacDonald's Farm. We looked at lots of farm animals and even stroked the rabbits, guinea pigs and a European eagle owl. The children enjoyed going on the rides and having lunch with their class. A big thank to all parents who volunteered to help out!

Nursery - Growth and Transformation

This term our topic is 'Growth and Transformation'. We will be looking closely at plants and lifecycles. So far, Nursery have been busy planting seeds, doing observational paintings of flowers and finding minibeasts in our garden. We have also been reading the story 'Jaspers...

Nursery's Caterpillars

The children in nursery have enjoyed observing the caterpillars as they transform into butterflies. The children waved goodbye and they were very excited to let the butterflies out of their net

Nursery's Pet Hamster

Nursery had a very special visitor. Violette's mummy very kindly brought in their pet hamster to show the children. The children enjoyed having ‘Cherry’ the hamster in our class. They were super excited to see Cherry and were being very gentle, stroking him carefully. A big thank...

1B's trip to Sainsbury's

For our exciting 'Work Week' topic this week, 1B went on a trip to Sainsbury's in Dalston. This was an opportunity for them to experience the roles and responsibilities of some of the people that worked there. They all got to decorate their own gingerbread man and of course eat it...

ParentMail

As part of our ongoing effort to link school and home we have decided to introduce ParentMail , a quick and easy way to communicate with parents through online letters, a texting service and allowing parents to pay for dinner money, trips and other events online! We appreciate many people now pay...

Philip Womack visits Year 6

To meet a real life author was something that the Year 6 children were thrilled to experience. Philip Womack did not fail to deliver, as he presented an exciting and engaging session on supporting the Year 6 children to create their own mythical stories based on his book; 'The Broken King'....

Pizza Making in Nursery

Look at these delicious pizzas!

Professor Brainwave visits Daubeney

Professor Brainwave visited Daubeney Primary School on Tuesday, 26th April, Thursday, 28th April & Friday, 29th April. Children were taken on a mathematical journey of attempting to find a solution where deep learning occurs as the sole focus is not on the answer. The focus was Geometry....

Nursery - Staying Healthy

As part of our topic this week the Nursery children have made some healthy fruit kebabs. Take a look at these photographs!

Nursery - Going Global and Journeys

Our topic for Spring term is 'Going Global and Journeys'. Nursery will be learning about 'Transports' this half term and covering topics such as 'transports on land', 'transports on water' and 'transports in the air'. So far ..... the children have enjoyed...

IntoUni

Year 6 spent a week at IntoUniversity studying Shakespeare's Macbeth. The topic covered a whole range of subject areas including English, Maths, Music and Art. The children were treated to a visit to the Globe Theatre and the week culminated in an amazing Graduation at the prestigious...

Literacy in Nursery

Here are some example of our excellent literacy in Nursery

IntoUni Graduation

Year 6 spent a week at IntoUniversity studying Shakespeare's Macbeth. The topic covered a whole range of subject areas including English, Maths, Music and Art. The week culminated in an amazing Graduation at the prestigious University of East London

J Squad - City Year's Got Talent

The amazing J Squad perform at the final of City Year's Got Talent. Well done to Jessy, Jayden, Justin and Jordy

KS1 Christmas Performance 2015

Year 1 and 2 performed the Christmas story

KS1 Green Team Trip

Green team went on a trip

KS1 Sports Day 2015

Take a look at our talented athletes!

KS2 Sports Day 2015

Key Stage 2 took part in their annual sports day

KS2 Sports Day 2016

Key Stage 2 made their way to the Copper Box Area for their annual sports day. These are the highlights

Literacy Parent Workshop

Some of the higlights of our Literacy Parent Workshop

Most improved music curriculum!

While fireworks were exploding overhead, a very proud Mr. Clarke, Miss Douglas and Mr. O‘Flynn went to the Hackney Empire to attend the Hackney Music Service Annual Gala. Mr O’Flynn was tipped off that there might be an award for Daubeney and sure enough Daubeney received a special acknowledgement...

Live Jazz at Daubeney

On Monday we had a visiting professional trumpet player who gave us a master class in jazz blues. Both Luca and Isaac have been learning to play trumpet with Miss Buchanan and the rhythm section have been practising hard with Mr O Flynn. We were very proud to show off our work with a more...

Make a Noise

What an amazing, fun packed fortnight Daubeney had ‘Making a Noise’ about bullying. Children from Nursery to Year 6 participated in concerts,assemblies, workshops, activities in class and ended with a BIG ‘Make a Noise’ non uniform day. Take a look at some of the wonderful...

Make a Noise

What an amazing, fun packed fortnight Daubeney had ‘Making a Noise’ about bullying. Children from Nursery to Year 6 participated in concerts, assemblies, workshops, activities in class and ended with a BIG ‘Make a Noise’ non uniform day. Take a look at some of the wonderful...

Maths in Nursery

We are excellent mathematicians

Maths Parent Workshop

Highlights from our Maths Parent Workshop

Maths Times Table Challenge

Children from Year 3 to Year 6 participated in a times table challenge. The children were extremely excited and enthusiastic to take part and pit their speed and accuracy skills against their peers. The children received team points, certificates and mathematical games and puzzles as reward for...

Maths Week in Nursery

The children in Nursery have been very busy this week using and applying their maths skills. We have been creating beautiful pattern necklaces and 2d shapes out of straw!! The children also went on a number hunt and buried through the sand pit to find them

Our New Playgrounds

Great news!! Construction of our new playgrounds have been approved - take a look at these computer generated images of how our new KS1 & KS2 playgrounds will look! The Daubeney Road access will only be through the main gate until further notice, as work begins on our KS1 Playground from Monday...