Daubeney Loves Reading
Reading for Pleasure We have a rich reading culture at Daubeney. We are committed to creating an ethos and an environment that excites, enthuses and inspires children to read for their own enjoyment. We aim to develop a community of readers through high quality reading provision. The children have...
Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development
At Daubeney, the children and their learning are at the very heart of everything we do. Its impact is seen both within and outside of the classroom. We believe strongly in a holistic education for our children, rooted in our conviction that our children will succeed regardless of their background...
PSHE - Jigsaw
Intent One of the integral features of the Blossom Federation curriculum. The backbone of PSHCE is our JIGSAW programme. Jigsaw connects the pieces of Personal, Social and Health Education, emotional literacy, social skills and citizenship, carrying out a mindful approach to PSHCE which brings...
Nurture Group - The Nest
The Nest is a place for children to have the opportunity to grow in confidence and become engaged, successful learners in their classrooms and the school community. Nurture is an environment where adults and children work closely together; a place where mistakes and accidents are discussed; where...
Free School Meals
Our Catering Team works very hard to prepare a delicious and varied diet. As School Meals are universally free in London thanks to the Mayor of London, we expect all children to have a hot meal during the day. Pupil premium and free school meals If your child is eligible for ‘free school meals’ and...
Safeguarding
At Daubeney we are passionate about and committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and visitors to share this commitment. We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support...
Admissions
...for some 3 and 4 year olds From September 2017 some working parents will be eligible for an addition......4 years old. (These rates were correct in March 2017. National Minimum/Living Wage rates change ever...
Year 4 - Debate
Year 4 have have been debating some very interesting topics in Literacy. Some of the motions they debated were: ‘Slime should not be banned from school’ and ‘Children should be allowed to bring their mobile phones to school’ Have a look at their fierce battles!
Year 4 - Designing Bridges
Year 4 have been learning about how maths and literacy are important in the world of work. In maths this week, Year 4 were designing their very own bridge, just as an architect would! They then used their design to create a model of it. Mikey said "I loved building the model, it was so much...
Year 4 - Finding Out How Earthquakes Happen
Year 4 made models to show the layers of the earth. We have been finding out about how earthquakes happen. Can you find out about a recent earthquake at home?
Year 4 - 4K Trip to Lego Headquarters
4K enjoyed an amazing trip to Lego Headquarters where we took part in hands-on activities. We built robots, had a go at programming and concluded with team races. We also played memory games, learnt about the history of the Lego family and tested the newest Lego video games. Take a look at some of...
Year 4 - 4C Trip to The Jones Family Project
4C went on a trip to The Jones Family Project where we had a great time experiencing how a restaurant is run. We had a chance to see how Literacy and Numeracy are used in the work place and even got to have a taste of what the chef's are really made of
Year 4 - Frinton on Sea
Year 4 had a wonderful day at Frinton on Sea beach. After a long coach ride, children got to enjoy the sun, sea and sand. Lots of magical moments at Daubeney! Anaya said: "Thank you Daubeney for taking us to this beach, I loved paddling in the sea." Alan said: "This is the best trip...
Year 4 - Hindu Deities
Year 4 had a great time researching Hindu deities on our ipads as part of RE day. We also had Mr. Dharma come in and speak to the children, teaching them stories and morals that they can apply in their lives. They also had the chance to think about their identity and what they feel represents them....
Year 4 - African Silhouettes
Year 4 had a fantastic time creating their African Silhouettes last week. They used red, orange and yellow water colours to create a beautiful African sunset. They then created their Silhouette by drawing the outline of an African Animal onto black card and cut around it. Have a look at their...
Year 3 and Year 4 - Science Club
The children in year 3 and 4 enjoyed experimenting with surface tension, floating and investigating how different objects, even unlikely ones, can float due to manipulating the surface tension. Mr Ricardo was amazed to see how well the junior scientist carried out the investigation and their...
Year 3 Meet a Petrologist from UCL
At the end of last term, Year 3 had a special visitor! A petrologist from UCL! She taught us all about her job and how to be successful petrologists! We learned about and identified different fossils including shark's teeth and dinosaur poo!! We then made our own ammonites to take home (after...
Year 3 and 4 - Frinton-on-Sea
Year 3 and 4 had a wonderful time yesterday at Frinton-on-Sea. They got the opportunity to splash about in the sea, play with the sand and enjoy a delicious picnic. Take a look at the pictures!
Year 3 - WOW Day
Year 3 had a WOW day and we learnt about the Romans. We researched on the life of a Roman legionary and the weapons and armour they wore. We then used our research to design and create our own Roman shields. We then all went to the playground to be Roman soldiers for the afternoon. We threw...
Year 3 - Work Week 2017
As part of Work Week, Year 3 experienced the world of work at KidZania. We could not hide the excitement as we explored more than 60 unique and exciting professions through real-life role play adventures in a fun and safe environment. We were cashiers, doctors, firefighters, bakers, journalists...
Year 3 - What We're Learning in Spring 2 2017
Year 3 are learning about Light and the Romans this half-term. In Science, we have investigated light and discovered that visible light contains 3 different colours! In history, we have learned about life in the Roman army. We made our own shields and practised our battle formation following Latin...
Year 3 - Trip to the Polka Theatre
Year 3 have just been on a school visit to the Polka, theatre in Wimbledon to watch 'Chocolate Cake' based onthe poem written and performed by Michael Rosen. The show was really funny. The best bit 'was when Michael ate the chocolate cake in a funny way when he shouldn't have'...
Year 3 - Things We Learnt This Term
To start our term with a bang, we had wow day on Monday which was full of exciting activities all about Pirates. We came to school dressed up as pirates and even kept a pirate name to start the day. First of all, we learnt about some famous pirates such as Blackbeard. Did you know he used to walk...
Year 3 - Poetry
Year 3 worked in groups to practise and perform Michael Rosen's 'Don't'. We use tone, intonation, actions and emphasis to bring the poem to life! We will be planning and writing our own performnce poem this week!
Year 3 - Plasticine Stonehenge
Year 3 explored and investigated the mysteries of the great Stone Age wonder of Stonehenge. We discussed and debated how and why it was made. We then built our own using Plasticine and learn the stages in which it was built
Year 3 - Mapping South America
We have been mapping South America and looking at both political and physical maps. We then created our own, some of us even drew the boundaries and created our own key to show the countries, capital cities and main physical features
Year 3 - Kew Gardens
Year 3 had a fantastic learning experience at Kew Gardens to introduce our new topic for the half term: Rainforests! We explored Palm house with our teacher for the day. It was so humid! We discovered that Papaya fruit is used as medicine, and that Banana trees have huge purple flowers! We touched...
Year 3 - Investigating the Effect of Food Colouring on Stems
Year 3 have been investigating the effect of food colouring on stems. We have made our predictions and will draw our conclusions soon!
Year 4 - Hispanic Day - Making Inca Masks
Year 4 had a wonderful time making their Peruvian Inca masks as part of their Hispanic Day learning. We learnt that the Inca worshipped the sun, moon and stars and all of their masks had abstract, symmetrical patterns. Take a look at their brilliant creations! “I am really enjoying Hispanic...
Year 4 - Indian Inspired Tapestries
Year 4 have been creating Indian inspired tapestries. We learned lots of new seeing skills. Take a look at the results
Year 4 - Hispanic Day Flamenco Workshop
As part of Hispanic day, Year 4 were lucky enough to take part in a Flamenco workshop. Take a look at their skills!
Year 4 - Viking Invasions
4S were visited by a Viking as part of an exciting workshop. The children learnt many interesting facts about the Viking invasions. They also had their fortunes told from reading Viking runes. Please ask a 4S member what the Viking predicted their future would be!
Year 4 Visit Hackney Museum
Year 4 visited the Hackney Museum to learn more about migration and how the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings settled into Hackney. The children were fascinated by all the amazing migration facts and stories. Year 4 got the opportunity to look through real artifacts of migrants from Hackney which dated back...
Year 4 Trip to Suleymaniye Mosque
As part of Religious Education (RE), Year 4 had a great time visiting Suleymaniye Mosque in Hackney. We were able to learn about Islam and Muslims' place of worship. The imam (religious leader) took us on a tour of the mosque and answered any questions we had. 'We learnt new things that we...
Year 4 Trip to Masala Zone
4K went on a trip to Masala Zone in Islington were we thoroughly enjoyed tasting dishes from the Indian cuisine as well as learning about the different jobs in a workplace. We learnt the importance of maths in the workplace by calculating a customer's bill. We then made delicious healthy...
Year 4 Swimming at The Aquatics Centre
For the past two weeks, Year 4 have been attending the famous Aquatics Centre in Stratford. They were learning how to swim with professional swimming instructors. By the end of the two weeks, everyone passed their swimming test!
Year 4 Return to School 2017
Year 4 have had a great return to school. The children are bursting with energy and ready for all challenges thrown at them this year. 'I feel great being back at school. I look forward to doing tests and seeing my results.' Brian - 4C 'I'm happy to be back because I like Year 4....
Year 4 Half Term Holiday Projects
Over the Half-term holidays, Year 4 have been busy creating jaw-dropping projects! Hayden in 4P created a volcano (which actually explodes!). Massimo, Oran and Cormac created a model of a earthquake scene in London. The teachers and Mr Logan were very impressed!
Year 4 - World Book Day 2018
Year 4 had an exhilarating World Book Day, dressing up and partaking in a range of activities! Take a look at their creative costumes
Year 4 - World Book Day 2017
As part of World Book Day, the children in 4S wrote their own short stories for others to read. The children then illustrated their stories using watercolours. All the stories have been displayed in a big book. Please have a read of our great stories when you next visit our book corner!
Year 4 - Working Collaboratively Through Role Play
After a restful holiday, Year 4 are back and rearing to go! We had a great time stimulating our imagination and working collaboratively through our role playing lessons in Literacy. 'I enjoyed role-playing the mum in the story because I learnt how to use more adjective in my sentences and I...
Year 4 - Work Week Dress Up
As part of work week, children got to dress up as professionals from work. Fathia said "My dream is to become a doctor an open up my own surgery" Anaya said " I want to be a teacher just like Miss Patel" Justin said "I want to be a tennis player because it's fun and I...
Year 4 - Woodberry Wetlands
As part of our science topic, we were very lucky to take part in the workshops held by the Woodberry Wetlands centre. We got the opportunity to go and look for creatures in the wildlife and observe and classify what they were using the classification key. We also got to go pond dipping where we...
Year 4 - Wahaca
Year 4 were lucky enough to visit the famous Wahaca restaurant in Liverpool Street. They learned that maths and literacy are both very important in the workplace. First they used their maths skills to add up a customer's bill. Then they made some delicious guacamole and ate it with chips!...
Year 4 - Viking Helmets
Year 4 had an exciting week creating Viking helmets. Did you know that the real Viking helmets did not have horns? Take a look at the pictures below to see how they really looked! "Before learning about the Vikings, I thought their helmets had horns" - Zakaria "It was so much fun to...
Year 3 - First Week Back At School
In Maths, we have been looking at place value and representing numbers using dienes and counters. We have also started to add on 1, 10 and 100 onto different numbers using our knowledge of place value so far. In Literacy, we have been recounting our summer holidays and we are preparing to create...
Year 4 - Using Spaghetti and Plasticine to Construct 3D Shapes
Year 4 had the brilliant opportunity to learn about 3D shapes in a very fun way! First they used spaghetti and Plasticine to construct their shapes. Then they wrote down how many faces, vertices and edges each shape had. Comment down below, how many faces does a cube have?
Year 4 - Time Capsules
On the final day of the school year 4S and 4G dug up their time capsules from the hop garden that they had planted during their transition week in Year 3. It was very exciting to read the notes they had written over a year ago. Mr Garber was particularly impressed with how so many children had met...
Year 4 - Science: How Sound Travels
In our Science lessons this term, Year 4 have been exploring sound and how sound travels. We have learned that sound is created by vibrations and travels in waves. During this lesson, we wanted to test how sound travels through different materials. We did this by attaching some string onto a metal,...
Year 4 - Science: How Our Bodies Work
Year 4 have been very busy in Science investigating our bodies and how they work. One of our Learning Questions was 'How can different liquids affect our teeth' and we were able to investigate that in class! If you want to find out more, ask our Year 4 students about how we conducted the...
Year 4 - Physical and Human Geography
As part of our Cross-curricular lessons, we paid a visit to our local area to explore examples physical and human geography. Check out our pictures!
Year 4 - Natural History Museum Trip
Year 4 had a fantastic learning experience at the Natural History Museum to explore more about our topic of Earthquakes. Through dramatic film footage, exhibits of earthquake rocks and fossils and interactive games we learnt how destructive earthquakes can be. We even had a feel of what it was like...
Year 4 - Natural History Museum
Year 4 went on a trip to the Natural History Museum to learn about earthquakes. We had a really exciting day and even experienced what an earthquake would feel like!
Year 4 - Mummifying
Year 4 had an exciting this week as they had the opportunity to experience what it was like to be an embalmer. Instead of a real human (of course), they mummified oranges!
Year 4 - Meditation
Every Friday, Year 4 spend 10 minutes of their afternoons meditating. Meditation helps you to relax and feel calm after a long week of learning (and playing) at school. It also helps you relax your mind so you are ready for a fun afternoon of learning. "Meditating helps me feel calm and...
Year 4 - Lego Workshop
Year 4 had an interesting Lego workshop organised by the City Year team. They had a wonderful time learning about coding and robotics and put all this knowledge into use. Take a look at what they got up to!
Year 4 - IntoUniversity Workshop
Year 4P who are now the new Year 5M enjoyed a special workshop from the IntoUniversity team. The children were engaged in various activities, like creativity by designing their own trainer, being an archaeologist and having a go at being a road and town planner. The children are now looking forward...
Year 4 - IntoUniversity Careers Workshop
Year 4 took part in an IntoUniversity workshop about careers. IntoUniversity helped teach the children about skills needed for different jobs such as engineer and product designer. What would you like to be when you're older and what skills will you need? Let us know in the comment section...
Year 3 - Forces and Magnets
Year 3's science topic for this term is forces and magnets. After creating mind maps to think about what questions we had about this area, we then took part in a game of tug of war! We discovered the the team who used the most force (pulling) would win. If we used equal force then the rope did...
Year 3 - Creating Christmas Cards with the Metropolitan Police
On 2nd December the Met Police held an engaging lesson with the Year 3 children for an hour. The children had fun creating Christmas cards. At the end of the lesson the panel of judges deliberated and finally a winner was chosen. The winner of the competition was presented with a certificate from...
Year 3 - Federation Maths Challenge 2017
A team of 5 pupils from each of the Year 3 classes took part in the event. They working through a variety of problem solving and reasoning activities collaboratively. They took part in relay races, cross-number puzzles and worked systematically through a variety of investigations. Daubeney did very...
Year 1 - Study Start Spellings
In study start we get the chance to practice our spellings. Some of us are really good because we practice at home as well!
Year 1 visits Year 2 - Science Week Experiments
As part of Science Week, class 1D came to class 2F to do some fantastic experiments! They investigated and observed what happens to M&M's when they are placed in a bowl of water.....!
Year 1 Visit St Barnabas Church
Year 1 enjoyed a visit to St Barnabas Church for RE. Reverend Clive told us about the different parts of the church and what it was all used for. We enjoyed having a look around, especially the instruments and the microphones!
Year 1 Trip to Daubeney Fields
Year 1 went on our first trip to Daubeney Fields. We looked at what is in our surrounding area and will be making a map about our local community!
Year 1 Autumn Walk in Daubeney Fields
1D enjoyed their autumn walk in Daubeney Fields where the children explored different features of the season, collected leaves, completed autumn challenges and had lots of fun!
Year 1 and 2 - African Storytelling Session
1P and 2G loved the African storytelling session we had! We loved joining in with stories and acting out the characters
Year 1 - World Book Day 2017
We celebrated World Book Day at Daubeney by dressing up as a character. Year 1 were absolutely amazing! EVERYONE dressed up! We spent the day doing all sorts of activities related to books: we pretended to be a character, we made our own books, we dressed up and perfomed a play and, of course, had...
Year 1 - The Magical Toy Museum
Year 1 had a lovely visit today from The Magical Toy Museum. We visited different exhibits that showed us different types of toys and got to play with them. We looked at how old they were, how to tell and what they were made of! It was a lovely, magical session!
Year 1 - The Hop Garden
1P had a great time in the Hop Garden this afternoon. We went on a plant hunt, looking for different varieties that grow. We found garlic, raspberries, pansies, courgettes and tomato plants!
Year 1 - Teddy Bears Picnic in Hackney Marshes
Year 1 had a breezy but lovely Teddy Bears Picnic in Hackney Marshes. We took the opportunity to have a little hunt, looking at what grows. Then we sat down and had a picnic with our teddies and friends!
Year 1 - Teddy Bear's Picnic
Year 1 went on a lovely trip to Hackney Marshes for a teddy bears picnic. We enjoyed lunch in the sunshine and a play on the big green fields. What a wonderful day!
Year 1 - Sports Day 2018
Year 1 had a great time at sports day this week! They participated in lots of different activities. Thanks to all of the parents for coming!
Year 2 - Great Fire of London
Year 2 got ready for next terms topic on the Great Fire of London, with an exciting workshop this week. The children role played the scene of the buildings in London and in role as shop keepers. They learnt how the buildings were burnt down in the tragedy. The Great Fire of London happened in 1666,...
Year 1 - Magical Toy Museum
In Year 1 were very lucky to have a special visitor from the Magical Toy Museum. We looked at different teddy bears and created a timeline with them, discussing their similarities and differences. We looked at dolls and how they imitate human features. We also had a go at playing with moving toys,...
Year 1 - Lyubov Popova
In Year 1 we learnt about an artist called Lyubov Popova. We used her art as an inspiration to create our own. We mix colours and painted sheets of paper. We then cut out shapes from it and layered them to create our piece
Year 1 - London Transport Museum
Year 1 have been learning about different means of transport. We went to the London Transport Museum to learn about how people traveled in the past in London. We saw how horses were used to pull carriages, and what the first bus looked like. We also went on the first ever tube train: it had no...
Year 1 - Jaws, Paws and Claws Workshop
Last week Year 1 had a workshop called Jaws, Paws and Claws come in to visit from Zoolab. The workshop linked with our current science topic of Animals including Humans. There were lots of different animals that we were able to hold, touch and stroke. We learnt lots of new information about each...
Year 1 - Identifying and Classifying Different Materials
In 1P we have been learning about different materials and their properties. This week we had the task of identifying and classifying different materials. We worked as a team to decide where to put things and really enjoyed our experiment!
Year 1 - Hispanic Day in 1P
We had a lovely day today, celebrating everything HIspanic! In We focused on Equador. We learnt about the artist Guayasmin, we had a flamenco and story telling session and made some fans for art
Year 1 - Designing And Making Toys
In 1A we have been busy designing and making toys as part of our History. We collected lots of junk boxes which we used to make our toy. It got very messy as we painted our creations and used lots of glitter, gems, feathers and other collage to put on the finishing touches. We all had so much fun!
Year 1 - Christmas Dinner
Year 1 had a fantastic Christmas dinner last week! We enjoyed a yummy roast dinner and pulled crackers with our friends! We wore our party hats and had lots of fun together! Merry Christmas to everyone from Year 1!
Year 1 - Aliens
An alien has landed in the hop garden! Year 1 went to investigate and found pieces of its ship. Who was it? What are they like? We hope they are friendly!
Year 1 - 1P World Book Day 2018
1P have had a great World Book Day. Look at our amazing costumes!
Year 1 - 1P Work Week 2018
1P dressed up as lots of different things for Work Week! We had footballers, teachers, ballerinas, a builder, a speech and language therapist, an architect, doctors and nurses, a vet, chefs and even a manager of John Lewis! Well done everyone!
Year 2 - Geography: Our Local Area
In Geography, we explored our local area. We had a look at the world map and located the UK and then also has a closer look at a detail map of London to find the borough of Hackney. Later on, we thought about what kind of message we would want to write to put inside a bottle. We talked about our...
Year 2 - Hackney Music Service Festival
We took our best singers from Year 2 to perform at the Round Chapel for the Hackney Music Service Festival. We had a fantastic time and we got to sing the songs we love so well with 15 other schools and a live band. We sang songs such as "I feel good", "Fatou Yo" and "La...
Year 3 - Exploring Stone, Bronze and Iron age Burials using Augmented Reality
Year 3 were exploring Stone, Bronze and Iron age burials this week using augmented reality on the iPads. We uncovered the graves and their remains using AR in our classroom! We then drew and designed our own barrow or cist!
Year 2 - Visit to the Gurdwara in Bow
The children in year 2 visited the Gurdwara in Bow on Wednesday. The children and adults were asked to remove their shoes and socks and cover their heads with a scarf. They were warmly welcomed into the Gurdwara and shown to the prayer room. A lady explained what Sikhs believe in and how they...
Year 4 Workshop at Hackney Museum - Travels With My Suitcase
Year 4 had a wonderful time at the Hackney museum. They attended an exciting workshop called 'Travels With My Suitcase'. This workshop was all about the history of Hackney going all the way back to the Anglo Saxon era. "I really enjoyed the trip, we got to touch real artefacts from the...
Year 3 - Chocolate Crazy, Learning Had
Wow! What a choco-tastic day of learning with MASTER Chocolatier Derek Smith the Year 3's have enjoyed. Where does the cocoa tree come from? Who invented the chocolate bar? What does a cocoa pod look and smell like? These were just some of the amazing facts we explored prior to creating our own...
Year 3 - 3T Class Assembly: The Stone Age
This is Year 3T class assembly on the Stone Age. Children were amazing and got great reviews from the audience. Well done 3T
Year 2K Peer Tutored by 5M
The children in 2K were excited today to visit the children in year 5M, who peer tutored them. They worked brilliantly at developing their next steps and the Year 5 children helped the Year 2 children to focus on writing at a higher level. It was wonderful to see the peer tutoring being done across...
Year 2/5 - Developing Literacy Skills Using Brackets
...ng today, Friday 8th December 2017, for two special young stars from 2K, who came to 5M to enhance their learning. In the session, our two young stars developed their literacy skills by using brackets, to add more details about their subject. In maths they answered Next Step questions to further dev...
Year 2 Work Week - Dress Up
Children dressed up as their preferred profession
Year 2 visits Year 1 - Science Week Experiments
As part of Science Week, class 2F came to class 1D to do some challenging experiments! They investigated on how to build the strongest and tallest tower using spaghetti and marshmallows (which we're very tempting to nibble on!)
Year 2 Science Week - Molecules and Atoms
As part of Science Week, class 2F took part in an amazing workshop! We got to learn about some fantastic science words like 'molecules' and 'atoms'! We also got to make some scientific slime!
Year 2 - Work Week
We had police officers, EchoActive, dog and cat protection team come to visit us and talk about their jobs
Year 2 - Trip to Shoeburyness Beach
We went to Shoeburyness beach for our end of year trip. We played with the sand, collected seashells, played games with our class and dipped our feet in the ocean. We had so much fun!
Year 2 - Land Art
Year 2 have been looking at scluptures created by Andy Goldworthy in their art lessons. Today we went to Daubeney Filed and created our own land art. We used natural materials such as leaves, twigs, stones and flowers. Have a look at our creations
Year 2 - Time
The children in 2K had a fun lesson learning all about time. They learnt how to identify, quarter past, half past, quarter to and on the clock. We then extended our learning by using other time intervals
Year 2 - The Geffrye Museum
Year 2 visited the Geffrye Museum this week for our topic on The Great Fire of London. We looked at different artefacts from 1660’s and we had the opportunity to dress up in some costumes from the period. We also had the chance to write using a quill and ink just as Samuel Pepys did when...
Year 2 - Subtracting Using Dienes
In 2G today we have been learning to subtract using dienes. This was a practical lesson where the children had to find the correct amount of tens and ones for the amount that they were subtracting from. They then had to subtract the amount of dienes in the number sentence. The children were able to...
Year 2 - St Paul's Cathedral
As part of our Great fire of London topic, we visited St Paul’s Cathedral. We got to see what the Cathedral looked like before it was burnt down in 1666. Inside this amazing building we searched for different artefacts and saw statues that were burnt in the fire. We also lied down in the...
Year 2 - Sports Day
SPORTS DAY!
Year 2 - Space and Astronauts at the Science Museum
Year 2 visited the Science Museum to learn about space and astronauts. We had fun looking at space shuttles, space capsule, what food astronauts eat in space and we saw a piece of the moon! It was very exciting! We learnt about Yuri Gagarin who made history in 1961 when he became the first human to...
Year 2 - Snow Fight!
Snow Fight! Students VS Teachers! Who do you think won? Mr Matvad is feeling blue
Year 2 - Science: Plants
We had a great start to our Science lesson by learning about plants. We discussed what we already know about plants and to our surprise we realised that we actually know quite a lot! We worked as a group to complete a KWL chart about what we KNOW, what we WANT to learn and later would fill in what...
Year 2 - Science Trip to Victoria Park
Year 2 went to visit Victoria Park as part of our Science topic on plants. We enjoyed looking at different types of trees and plants
Year 2 - Opera in 2G
2G have had a very exciting morning as they have had a visit from two opera singers. They were able to listen to the beautiful voices of the two very talented ladies, and also take part in a workshop. The children were really focused by what was a unique experience for them
Year 2 - Maths Workshop with the Happy Puzzle Company
Year 2 took part in an exciting maths workshop with the Happy Puzzle Company. We developed our team work skills whilst solving challenging maths problems!
Year 2 - Making Toy Cars
In D&T we have been designing and making our own toy car. We first designed our car and made our body using cardboard. We then attached the axle to the wheels. We had a class race when we finished constructing our car. It was fun! Can you guess who won?
Year 2 - Making Jam Sandwiches
In Year 2, we started off our literacy unit on Instructions. We had lots of fun making jam sandwiches with our group. We gave each other instructions on how to make the sandwich while remembering to use imperative verbs and time connectives. We took turns to give each other simple instructions. We...
Year 4 Visit Wahaca in Liverpool Street
Year 4 were lucky enough to visit the famous Wahaca restaurant in Liverpool Street. They learned that maths and literacy are both very important in the workplace. First they used their maths skills to add up a customer's bill. Then they made some delicious guacamole and ate it with chips!...
Year 4, 5 and 6 Visit Parasol Gallery
Some Year 4, 5 and 6's went on a trip to the Parasol Gallery and were able to enjoy some contemporary art. They looked at the current exhibition, worked with a storyteller and then started to create their own artwork
Year 4's Maths Tricks
In Year 4 we have been using our 'tricks' to help us work out challenging problems! Have a look at some of the examples where the children used their knowledge of patterns to extend their learning. "For 375 + 200. My trick is that if I know 3+2=5, then I also know that 300+200=500....
Year 6 - Learning Brilliantly
Year 6 exhibit the Daubeney Golden Expectations during all lessons, showing their high standards and a fantastic attitude towards their education
Year 6 - Into University
6F spent a week at Into University doing a variety of activities focused on our topic World War 2, including a visit to Churchill War Rooms and HMS Belfast. On the Friday we visited Goldsmiths University. We had a tour of the campus, learnt about university life, all the different courses you can...
Year 6 - Fencing
Year 6 were treated to a special PE lesson exploring the art of Fencing. This will be part of an ongoing programme introducing the children to extraordinary sports
Year 6 - End of Year Production
Year 6 have been working hard on creating an exciting end of year production. They have been developing their talents of acting, signing and dancing. Also, they have been working creatively to make back drops and props for the production
Year 6 - Cultural Cooking
Year 6 were inspired by the book ‘Oranges in No Man’s Land’ by Elizabeth Laird and went on to study and explore various aspects of Lebanese culture. The following pictures show the children using their culinary skills to make hummus
Year 6 - Constructing Balanced Mobile Structures Using Wire
As part of our cross curricular topic Year 6 have been constructing balanced mobile structures using wire. The wire structures are inspired by Alexander Calder who was hugely influenced by an artist called Miro. Whilst building our structures we had to keep in mind some key factors: the structure...
Year 6 - Black History Month 2016
Year 6 took part in an African drumming workshop as part of Black History Month
Year 6 - Art: Malevich
The children in Year 6 were truly inspired by the work of Malevich, and used lines, shapes, colours, thickness and even different designs to create their own Malevich inspired master pieces
Year 6 - Air Raid in 6S!
In 6S we have been learning about World War II. So far we have learned about the outbreak of the war and we are reading Goodnight Mister Tom to immerse ourselves into the topic. One of the things we learnt about was air raid drills. There would be a very loud siren and everyone in school would have...
Year 5M - Young Teachers
The children in Year 1L were super excited when the 5M came to their class and supported them with their next steps. The Year 5 children helped the Year 1 children to extend their knowledge about money, and modelled to them ordering different amounts. We are so proud of our young teachers who are...
Year 5 Were Dancing
The Year 5 children had a fun session today when the dance instructor came to school to teach them their new dance for our summer carnival
Year 6 - Monet Workshop
Year 6 had the amazing opportunity to take part in a four-hour workshop where we focused on the work of Claude Monet. We learned that he was inspired by nature and enjoyed experimenting with light and colour. We had to create colour wheels using only the primary colours and white. We then used...
Year 5 Visit to Our Lady's Secondary School
Some Year 5 girls had the opportunity to visit Our Lady's secondary school in Stamford Hill where they were able to experience life as a secondary school student. The girls had a French lesson where the teacher was VERY impressed by how quickly they were able to pick up conversational French....
Year 5 Residential 2018 - Day 5
Good afternoon everyone. This is the last update so I’ll keep it short. It’s been an absolutely amazing week. In the words of Senior Aribas, “Muy Bien, fenomenal!” The children have been brilliant and have pushed themselves to the absolute limit. It’s only been a week...
Year 5 Residential 2018 - Day 4
It’s day 4 and you’d have thought the tiredness would have set in by now... well it has with the teachers. The children are just as energised as ever. They finished last night with wider games which incorporated orienteering with a quiz. Of course, Mr Swarbrick’s group emerged...
Year 5 Residential 2018 - Day 3
Day 3 and things are not slowing down. The children finished yesterday with pasta bake and hot cocoa. The tiredness had set in and it was a very quiet night in the cabin. After an energising sleep, the children were woken up to the smell of fresh pastries baking in the oven. They had enough choice...
Year 5 Residential 2018 - Day 2
Today was an absolute scorcher! It reached the dizzying highs of 28 degrees in Youlbury (thank you for Miss Fergus for noticing my spelling mistake in the last post). The children are adapting to independent life and have had to learn to get themselves ready for bed, keep their living areas tidy...
Year 5 Residential 2018 - Day 1
What a fantastic first day. It was a very excitable coach journey and the children couldn’t wait to get to Yulebury and try out all the activities. A mere 30 minutes after arrival the games began! We had children streaming down the Zip Wire at crazy speeds! Facing their fears on the dreaded...
Year 5 Residential 2017 - Day 4
...row! - Miss Fergus, 29th June 2017...
Year 5 Residential 2017 - Day 3
...ng. - Mr Swarbrick, 28th June 2017...
Year 5 Residential 2017 - Day 2
... will! - Mr Dharma, 27th June 2017...
Year 5 Residential 2017 - Day 1
...l are. - Mr Dharma, 26th June 2017...
Year 5 Planting Trees on Mabley Green
Year 5 children were excited and thrilled to have been invited to Mabley Green to plant 12 trees as part of our ECO project and also be a part of helping our local community become green. The children in pairs were each given a tree to plant and were taught skills like how to dig, levelling the...
Year 5 Discuss Current Affairs
Year 5 are off to an exciting start this term with finding out about current affairs. Classrooms were heated with the well-thought-out opinions from the students. We discussed a range of issues such as; Floods in Haiti, Refugee crisis and the US presidential elections. Our students were able to...
Year 6 - Natural History Museum
Year 6 had an inspiring and educational day out to the Natural History Museum. As part of our Cross Curricular topic, we have been looking at the cause and effects of volcanoes. We had the amazing opportunity to explore the colossal halls of the museum and visit its engaging exhibitions
Year 5 Are Learning Spanish
The Year 5 classes changed all their display boards to show their learning in Spanish. They have been focusing on developing their vocabulary and using short sentences in class
Year 6... It's Electrifying!
WOW! In science in Year 6 we have been delving into the enlightening topic of electricity. It was a truly de-light-ful lesson today when we got hands on with all the circuitry components. We made bulbs light, buzzers go BZZZZT and even made helicopters move across the table
Year 3 - Sharing our Great Learning
Our Year 3 pupil was excited today to share his learning with other classes. The pupil in Year 3 visited Mr Matvad in Year 4 to share their learning. They transformed their bedroom into a chocolate haven filled with adjectives and descriptive language
Carnival 2018
This year, our carnival was in the theme of musicals. The staff and children had lots of fun dancing to different songs. We had Year 1 dressed as bears dancing to Bear Necessities, Year 5 dancing to Thriller and even the Reception children gave a great performance to the song Fame. Thank you to all...
Summer Project 2018
To keep your brains ticking over the Summer holidays, here are some fun and creative activities for you to sink your teeth into. There are maths, literacy, creative and science activities for Key Stage 1 and 2. We look forward to seeing your amazing home learning in September! Creative KS1 KS2...
Newsletter - 27th January 2017
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Newsletter - 13th January 2017
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KS1 Maths Parent Workshop
...N: Wednesday, 18th January 2017 WHEREWHEREWHEREWHERE:::: Infant Hall TIMETIMETIMETIME:::: 9am - 10:15 AIMS FOR THE SESSIONAIMS FOR THE SESSIONAIMS FOR THE SESSIONAIMS FOR THE SESSION:::: To discuss the calculation methods we use at Daubeney and share some strategies to use when supportin...
12th January 2017
Christmas No. 1
"Christmas is coming" by Iris and Mia. Vocals: Iris, Mia, Salma Band: Atticus , Khanya , Keshae
Yellow Class - Jobs
Yellow Class had a fantastic work week. We have learnt about many different kinds of jobs that we could be when we get older. In work week we had a visit from the police. They talked to us all about what they do and how they keep people safe. We made police hats in our class to pretend to be police...
Year 7 Alumni
Here are a few wise words from Daubeney Alumni
Year 6 - Prefects
The Year 6 prefects have settled into their new roles brilliantly and are acting as inspirational role models to the rest of the school. It has been good to see the children rise to the responsibility of their duties. Here the prefects are seen sharing their inspiration in a special Prefects...
Year 6 Work on Team Building
As the sun graced us with its presence we decided to head outside and practice our teamwork skills. We had to build a tower using nothing but tape and paper. The winning team's tower was nearly as tall as Mr Ricardo
Year 6 Tycoons
An ambitious group of our Year 6 children have decided to show off their entrepreneurial skills by setting up a tuck shop at break time. They are in charge of keeping stock, calculating finance and ensuring they make a profit. In addition, the food that they're selling is all fresh, nutritional...
Year 6 Spanish Champions Visit The Urswick School
Our Year 6 Spanish champions visited a Spanish Year 7 class at The Urswick School on Tuesday. It was a fantastic opportunity for them to know what Spanish is like in KS3, to see Spanish textbooks and to work with Year 7 children, helping each other and sharing their experiences and impressions
Year 6 Meet Holocaust Survivor Eve Kugler
Year 6 had the privilege of speaking to a holocaust survivor, Eve Kugler, this week. Eve explained all about her family history and how she was separated from her parents who were interned in a concentration camp while she was forced to flee to an orphanage in America. The children were fascinated...
Year 6 Get Lit
In year 6 we have been learning all about light. Did you know light travels at 299,792,458 meters per second! We investigated shadows and how light travels in straight lines
Year 6 Get Calm
Year 6 can be a stressful time and this week we have been doing assessments. Therefore, we have been learning different ways to relax, be calm and forget any concerns or worries. We have been practicing meditation, listening to calming music, taking part in mindfulness colouring and creating our...
Year 6 Continue Being Mindful
Some of the children in year 6 finished off the week continuing their goal to become more relaxed and mindful. They completed some beautifully intricate patterns, some of which contained inspiring messages of hope and peace
Year 6 - Volcano Models
Year 6 had the opportunity to demonstrate their artistic and geographical skills in Cross Curricular by making some model volcanoes. It was explosive fun
Year 6 - Transition Week Trips
Art club in the park
Year 6 - Reading
Year 6 are avid readers and read at every opportunity they have. Why don’t you comment with your favourite author or a book recommendation?
Year 5 - Young Scientist
The Year 5 children enjoyed their scientific investigation in class. They made predictions before carrying out the test. They mixed oil and water and observed what would happen. They were excited to see that the oil and the water did not mix - I WONDER WHY? Encourage your child if they are in Year...
Year 1 - 1P Learn About the Hackney Martian
1P learnt about the Hackney Martian today! We did some role-play, acting out different parts and imagining how the characters might feel. We think we know how was in the spaceship in the hop garden now
Year 5 - Creating Navajo Patterns
The Year 5 children enjoyed creating their traditional Navajo patterns, based on learning in the class. The children studied different designs and patterns and identified the bold colours used by the Native Americans. We hope to paint our designs on white material so the children can take them home...
Year 5 - IntoUniversity: Space
The children in Year 5M had a wonderful session at INTO UNIVERSITY, where they studied the planets, the galaxy and outer space. The children were also treated to a Scientist, who had a rather strange piece of equipment, who taught them even more about our solar system. The activities and the...
Year 5 - IntoUniversity 2017
The children in 5M were excited today to attend their IntoUniversity workshop, where they spent a lot of time discussing what a university is what courses are offered there. The children also looked at clubs and societies and possible places they could stay if they attended a university out of...
Year 5 - Instructional Text
The Year 5 children had a pleasant surprise today, when they played Draughts/checkers for their Literacy lesson. The class studied the instructions, evaluated them by identifying the key features and then used their knowledge to play the game. They also wrote their own instructions for a different...
Year 5 - Inspired by Anthony Gormley
The children in year 5 have been studying the work of Anthony Gormley and the use of squared objects and designs. He also enjoys using the human form to create art pieces. The children had fun today creating and designing their own art piece based on the human form
Year 5 - Inspire Work Week
The children in Year 5 were extremely busy today designing and making their fashion products. The class made their own handbags, bags and we were even lucky enough to have some Tie Dye T-shirts, ready for our fashion show on Friday 23rd March 2018, in front of three judges
Year 5 - Human Form Inspired by Anthony Gormley
The children in Year 5 used ideas from Antony Gormley to design and create their own human form. They used wooden squares and rectangles to form the human outline. The children had fun making different forms and shapes of the human body - just like Antony Gormley's work
Year 5 - Fractions With Like Denominators
...in Year 5!...
Year 5 - Fly Butterflies, Fly High!
The children in 5M said their last goodbye to the butterflies, which they cared for from the caterpillar stage, through to the pupa stage then watched them come out as beautiful butterflies
Year 5 - Fire Safety
The children in Year 5 were given a workshop today from a member of the London Fire Brigade team (Educational Officer) where the children learnt about the importance of fire safety and what actions to take if a fire occurred
Year 5 - Finding Percentages
In 5C we have been taking advantage of this great weather and having our lessons in the Hop garden! We focused on finding percentages of an amount which we felt so confident with that we used our reasoning skills and came up with different methods of working questions out!
Year 5 - Exploring Earth and Space
The children in year 5 were excited today when they began their topic on Earth and Space. They will become scientist over the next few weeks, exploring the depths of space and answering scientific questions that will stretch their thinking to 'space and beyond'. It will be beneficial for...
Year 5 - ecoACTIVE Bugs
Year 5M had an amazing activity today exploring the world of compost and the bugs responsible for helping to break down our food. They learnt aboutthe process and even got to hold worms, larvae, beetles, woodlouse and earwigs. A special thanks to ecoACTIVE team who came to Daubeney and allowed our...
Year 5 - Cooking Week
Cooking week at Daubeney was amazing! Year 5 made some scrumptious muffins, check them out:
Year 5 - Light and Dark Tones
In art, the year 5 children were using light and dark tones to create an effect in their art work. They used various methods to obtain light and dark tones, for example rubbing, smudging and using a tissue to spread the shade of black
Year 5 - Chalk Art
The children in Year 5 had a wonderful time today using chalk to show their creativity. They used various techniques like rubbing, line work, colours, varied shading and images to design their own master piece. This was part of our Topic lesson this term, where our focusis on art and the work of...
Year 5 - Brain Workshop
The Year 5 children were treated to a special brain workshop today, carried out by a neurologist from the Birbeck University. The children enjoyed learning about the brain, the different parts and how our brains work. We were also treated to some interesting images to identify how our brain thinks...
Year 5 - Biography
Our young writers in Year 5 published their biographies today. They used their paragraphs which they had been writing for a week and compiled them to create their biography on Nelson Mandela. The children included features of a biography and used key facts and information
Year 5 - Beast Quest!
The children in Year 5 are loving our new selection of fiction books. The latest craze is Beast Quest by Adam Blade. In this series, two young children bravely taken on mythical and magical beast. Their quest leads them to amazing destinations and incredible adventures. If anyone is interested in...
Year 5 - Author Karen McCombie Visits for World Book Day
The Year 5 children were delighted to meet an author today (27th February 2018), Karen McCombie , who came in today and spoke to children about writing books. They were introduced to new writing techniques and were amazed to learn what it takes to write a book. The children are enjoying their World...
Year 5 - Ancient Greeks at The British Museum
Year 5 visited the Ancient Greek exhibit in the British Museum. We had lots of fun exploring and imitating some of the sculptures. 'I think it was interesting because of how the Ancient Greeks crafted the artefacts' - Brandon, 5C 'I liked the fact that we had fun while learning....
Year 5 - 5M Word Tree
5M are excited to have their word tree on display in the classroom. Every week we choose two new words based on our topic. We explore the word, learn its meaning, apply it in a sentence then try to use the word in our daily learning. What other words from our topic can you list at home with your...
Year 5 - 5M True Artists
The children in Year 5M are absolutely proud of their artistic flair, when they took a photo of our recent butterfly activity. They used a close up zooming technique to capture the true beauty of a Monarch butterfly. The piece of art will be used as a display around the school and will be handed to...
Year 5 - 5M IntoUniversity: Engineering and Design
5M had an amazing learning time at our whole day session at IntoUniversity. The children had a whole day focused on engineering and designing activities and participated in many hands on activities
Year 5 - 5M Developing Mathematical Skills Using IXL
The children enjoyed their session today when they used online learning tool to develop their mathematical skills. The children logged on to IXL and practised the objectives that we visited in Autumn Term. Children are encouraged to keep practising their maths skills at home using IXL
Year 5 - 5M Design Their Own Ancient Greek Vase
The children in Year 5M had a fun session today designing their own Ancient Greek Vase. They used a dark colour to create the patterns and designs, then used a peach colour to colour in the vase. We are hoping to see some examples when we visit the British Museum on the 6th of February 2018
Year 5 - Lego Time
The children in year 5 were pleasantly surprised today to be part of a Lego workshop organised by City Year for them. They enjoyed building, designing various Lego structures and included using a pulley drive to make the car move. Mr Fahy was super excited and jumped in to play with the Lego
Year 5 - Literacy and Art
Our whole school focus book this term, 'Where's Elephant' is an amazing book about an elephant who falls victim to deforestation. The children in year 5 were excited to draw the before and after effects of deforestation. They captured the colour and size of the jungle and then showed the same...
Year 5 - Young Engineers
Miss Calsite set up a wonderful activity for the year 5 children, where they designed and created their own moving mechanism. The children used their own creative ideas, resources from school and made their very own moving piece of engineering. 50 shared their designs with the other year 5 classes...
Year 5 - Team Teaching, Team Learning
Year 5M and 5F enjoyed learning maths together today. We learnt how to calculate a percentage of an amount and applied our knowledge to solve word problems involving percentages. It was fun learning together as a team!
Year 5 - World Book Day 2018
The Year 5 children had a fantastic time today dressing up for World Book Day. There were some amazing costumes, even Mr Matvad and Mr Martykan came dressed up! Check the cool invisible man in our photos
Year 5 - World Book Day
5M had a wonderful day dressing up as our favourite book characters, even our teacher came as ZORRO. We enjoyed reading stories and creating our own stories, where we rediscovered our love for books
Year 5 - Work Week 2018
Year 5 had a fantastic week for Work Week. We created our own ethical t-shirts and bags and modelled our clothing to a panel of expert judges. Well done Year 5!
Year 5 - Whole School Focus: Art
The children in Year 5 were truly inspired by the work of Kadinsky, and used his style and themes to create their own art pieces. They used lines, shapes, colours, thickness and even different designs to create their own master pieces which will be displayed in our very own art gallery
Year 5 - We Made Our Own Planets
The children in Year 5 had an extra amazing afternoon session today (31st January 2018), when they painted their own planets. We used polystyrene balls and paint to create our planets. Next week, we will attach our planets to our non-chronological report and our work will be displayed on our...
Year 5 - We Made Our Own Catapult
The Year 5 children were very excited today when they made their own catapult. Our topic this term is all about forces, mechanism, gears, levers and pulleys. we hope to design, create and build more items as the term progresses
Year 5 - We are FREE
We are FREE Thursday we celebrated National Poetry day and our theme was FREEDOM. So the children in 5M decided it was the perfect opportunity to release our butterflies, who had grown so huge, into the wild to allow them to taste their FREEDOM. Fly little butterfly Roam the skies Enjoy life...
Year 5 - Trip to British Museum
The Year 5 children were delighted today, Tuesday 6th February 2018, to visit the Ancient Greek galleries in the British Museum. they were amazed when they saw all the various artefacts from Ancient Greece and especially enjoyed the statues of the Greek Gods. We were also lucky enough to visit the...
Year 5 - The Tansformation Has Begun!
The children in 5M are so excited as our caterpillars have started their transformation and are entering the chrysalis stage. Soon the pupa will go through metamorphosis and our beautiful butterflies will appear. We can’t wait to see this process happen right in front of our very eyes
Year 5 - The Night Sky
Year 5 had the opportunity to have a parent in to teach them about Art. Children were able to create a backdrop of the night sky from an image from our theme book - The heart and the bottle. We used paint and various different materials to create our own star to put in the night sky. We hope to...
Year 5 - The Caterpillars Are HERE!
The children in 5M are super excited as their caterpillars have arrived. Almost everyone in class commented," They so CUTE". We will be monitoring the growth of the caterpillar and carefully watch as it becomes a pupa and enters its chrysalis. We have a special net to keep the pupa in...
Year 5 - The Caterpillars Are Growing
The year 5 children are super excited to see their baby caterpillars growing and becoming ready for their next stage. Soon, they will enter the chrysalis stage where they will begin the amazing process of metamorphosis. Once they have changed into butterflies, we will update you and we hope to...
Year 5 - Special Crime Investigators
The year 5 children had a lovely afternoon session today, when they were actual forensic investigators. they had to use the clues left at the crime scene, do various forensic test to identify the guilty person
Year 5 - Literacy Unit
Year 5 had an exciting week back in school. They started their Literacy unit this term and are learning all about travel leaflets. The children will be creating their own travel leaflet based on their topic - North America. The children are excited to learn all about North America, the culture,...
Year 5 - Sliding
The year 5 children enjoyed a fun filled activity today. They used the mats and their body movements to help them slide across the floor
Year 5 - Royal Academy of Engineering
The Year 5 children were amazed at the workshop yesterday, where they saw how robots can be designed in order to create music. It was a very interesting session, the children were curious to see how robots work and can be programmed. Mr Fahy and Mr Martykan loved the END TREATS when we were given...
Year 5 - Professional Authors
The children in Year 5 were totally focused today when they began to publish the very first story in Year 5. This term, the children have been reading a story and used the ideas from the story to create their own narrative with an interesting ending. All published work will be available on parents...
Year 5 - Poets
The Year 5 children had an amazing week of poetry. They developed their skills in writing different types of poetry and ended the week with an amazing poems called, My Gift To You... which they presented to their families. I hope all the mums, dads, brothers, sisters and grandparents enjoyed the...
Year 5 - Poems in the Hop-garden
The children in Year 5 had an amazing time in the Hop-garden where they performed their poems. This week the children had been reading a selection of poems and developing their skills to perform the poems. Next week, they will write their own poems using a range of different techniques
Year 5 - Planting Bean Plants
The children in Year 5 enjoyed planting their own bean plant and will be looking after the plant throughout the weeks to come. We hope to grow the plant till it is ready for us to plant in our Hop garden
Year 5 - Our Very Own Kandinsky
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Year 5 - Our Planets
The Year 5 children published their non-chronological reports about their planets and used their planets that they designed to create a wonderful display in class. Their learning saw how they used their Literacy skills and Science skills, combining them to create a wonderful display
Year 5 - Online SPAG
The children in year 5M enjoyed their first session using the online Spelling, punctuation and Grammar activity. Each child was given a unique password and username, which will help them to log on at home in order to complete the weekly activities, which are set by the teachers. The online program...
Year 5 - Money, money, money!
The Year 5 children enjoyed their practical maths lesson today, where they used coins and notes to make various amounts. The children added different amounts, found the change and also used different coins to make different amounts. Children should encourage parents to allow them with their next...
Year 5 - Making Chocolate Cornflake Cakes
Our Year 5's used and applied their knowledge of measurement by cooking cakes and creating playdough! Here we have our young chefs concentrating on the tough task at hand... And yes the cakes were as yummy as they looked. Why not make some chocolate cornflakes cakes at home? Ingredients For 6...
Year 5 - London Buddhist Centre
The children were delighted to visit the London Buddhist centre and had the opportunity to explore the beliefs and teachings of Buddhist. They we excited to see the two shrine rooms and were amazed at the decor and artefacts
Year 1 - 1P visit the Beach
1P had an amazing time at the beach! We went paddling (some of us would have gone for a swim if we could!) and building sandcastles!
Computing Team - Augmented and Virtual Reality Apps
The computing team met with the fabulous Oyedo who showed us all about augmented and virtual reality apps. Watch this space for our own apps coming soon
Year 1 - 1P Class Assembly (May 2018)
Thank you to everyone who came to watch 1Ps Class Assembly. We were very excited to show you what we have learnt and we hope you enjoy it
Boys Chess Club
The boys in our chess club have been enjoying their chess sessions are are now playing each other, demonstrating their skills and planning when moving and creating chances in their games. Mr Tyrone started this club as part of a focus and motivation club, however the children have been developing...
Dancing with Year 4
Year 4 had a great time practising their dances for the up-coming carnival with our very own dance teacher. Take a look at our moves!
Cross Country at Hackney Downs Park
A selection of Daubeney's finest long distance runners, competing at Hackney Downs park. An excellent effort by the team, with every individual improving on their performance the previous week
Creative Arts - Art and Design Technology
At Daubeney, the children are given the opportunity to have a broad, balanced and exciting curriculum. Art is taught through our cross-curricular lessons with a special focus during Art weeks throughout the year. We will inspire, engage and challenge pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and...
Concert at the Hackney Music Service Festival
On Monday 3rd July our school band performed at the Hackney Music Service Festival. We performed in front of ten other schools and an audience of over 100 parents. Thank you to all the parents who made it to this event to bare witness to how great our band sounded. This is the last big hurrah for...
Coding Challenge
The Computing Team went to Sebright for a coding challenge. We made some incredible games and learned all about commands, loops and debugging. Watch this space to play our games soon
Classroom Displays 2018
... a look at our displays from 2017, and 2019 ....
Classroom Displays 2017
Daubeney is full of exciting learning. The school is following a theme of 'Intrepid explorers'. Take a tour through a gallery of our bright and colourful displays to see the amazing learning that is taking place. You should also take a look at our displays from 2018, and 2019
City Year UK: We don't know who benefits most - the students, the schools, or the volunteers
City Year UK: We don't know who benefits most - the students, the schools, or the volunteers Last week, we had the pleasure of seeing one of our newest project partners in action. Alex, Karl and I travelled to Daubery Primary School in Hackney to meet with the City Year UK Team, take a tour of...
Christmas Number 1
Tell your Ma, tell your Pa, tell the whole wide world….we at Daubeney are proud to make an attempt at a Christmas number 1 single. The epic tale began last Christmas when two young girls, Iris Roberts and Mia Kaur came forward with their own stellar composition for our Christmas carol...
Christmas in Nursery
Almost everyone in Nursery loves Christmas! The Nursery has been very busy preparing for the last couple of weeks. They have made Christmas decorations for the Nursery and to take home. The children have also created their own Christmas cards to give to their families. Since September, the children...
Boys Can Sing!
It was a pleasure to have our boys take part in the third annual 'Boys Can Sing' event at City Academy. As per usual our students made us very proud, and they had the chance to sing with winner of the 'Voice' 2014 Jermaine Jackman. All credit to Mr O'Flynn for his on-going hard...
Daubeney Choir Perform for Nursery
Nursery had visitors performing. Yes it was Daubeny's Choir! The Choir team came and sang some beautiful songs as Nursery and 2G watched delightfully. Children paid great attention to the Choir singing. Nursery children were very brave and took the opportunity to perform one of their Christmas...
Boys Can Sing
We sang our hearts out at City Academy with five other schools. Every child was a star performer and really rose to the challenge on the day
Boy and Girls Football - 19th April 2018
Highlights from the boy and girls football matches at Mabley Green
Blue Class - World Book Day 2018
Blue class are celebrating world book day! they have dressed in their favourite character from their favourite book!
Blue Class - Language Walk
Blue Class children and parents went on a language walk to the Hackney Marshes, walked by the canal. Miss Poppy our speech therapist provided top tips to develop listening skills, and how to help your children to learn new words
Blue Class - Daubeney Fields Minibeast Hunt
Blue Class visited Daubeney Fields to take part in the greatest Minibeast hunt ever! The children searched high and low. We even took a stroll upto the canal. We found ants, snails, spiders, woodlice and even beautiful Butterflies which were too fast for our iPads to capture
Black History Month 2017
Take a look at the highlights from our Black History Month celebrations
Black History Month 2017
Black History Month is celebrated annually for the remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African heritage. During the month of October, this is a time when communities and schools give special attention to learning about the contributions and history of black people. When...
Black History Month 2016
At Daubeney we celebrated Black History Month and many students were enthused enough to carry out their own research. Mr Logan was impressed by the quality of the research and the passion for History shown by the children here at Daubeney. We look forward to an even bigger Black History Month next...
BBC Radio London - Parents Helping With Homework Discussion
Our Head of School, Mr Logan joined Vanessa Feltz on BBC Radio London on 9th March 2018 for a chat about how parents can best help their children with homework
BBC Breakfast - Race Inequality Discussion
Our Head of School, Gregory Logan featured on BBC Breakfast on 10th October to discuss the findings of the Government's Ethnicity Facts and Figures audit
Daubeney Carnival 2017
Each year group presented a dance from a different culture or tradition before joining together for a whole-school big dance!
Daubeney Concert Band - First Performance
On November 30th the Daubeney concert band performed at one of their first performances
BBC Breakfast - Austerity Discussion
Mr Dharma appeared on BBC Breakfast on Monday 12th June to discuss the impact of austerity on education
Jam on a Boat
On Thursday 22nd of June, some fine musicians from Daubeney Primary went for a jam on a barge. We had the ukulele club, half the school choir, two rock bands and a whole collection of other talented performers. We rocked out in the blissful setting of our nearby canal dressed in our Hawaiian...
Maths Week 2016
Some highlights from Maths Week 2016
Making Music in Nursery
The nursery children have enjoyed using the instruments to create different sounds, to "make some music!" as Levi put it. They shook, twisted and jingled their way through several tunes with Mr. O'Flynn to great effect, as you can hear in the video clip. The nursery may just have to...
London Eye Mystery
Year 6 were delighted to visit London’s South Bank as part of our study of Siobhan David’s London Eye Mystery. The London Eye Mystery is a children's mystery novel by English author Siobhan Dowd. It tells the story of how Ted, a boy with Asperger syndrome, and his sister Kat, solve...
Literacy
In Literacy we have been reading the book called Flaminals. We had so much fun creating our own monsters this week! Which one is your favourite monster? Why?
KS2 Assembly - Life in Spanish Primary Schools
This week, KS2 pupils enjoyed a Spanish assembly where they could get to know what life is like in Spanish Primary schools. They learnt new vocabulary related to the school, like do the register, classroom, playground, line up, teacher, just to name a few. Pupils had a great time watching Spanish...
KS1 Spanish & Music Assembly
This week KS1 had an amazing time in our Spanish & Music assembly. They played a Spanish quiz and sang their favourites Spanish songs. We could see how much they have learnt about numbers, colours, wellbeing or body parts, just to name a few. They were awesome!
KS1 Red Team Trip
Key Stage 1 Red Team had lots of fun at Zap Space trampolining park in Stratford this week! They all had fun bouncing around!
KS1 Parent Maths Workshop - 29th September 2017
A huge thank you to all parents and carers who attended our Parent Maths Workshop. We hope that you benefitted from finding out more about how maths is taught at Daubeney and that you feel better equipped to support your child at home. As always, should you have any further questions please...
Kindness Tree
This is our beautiful Kindness Tree, earn yourself a leaf on the tree simply by being KIND! :) From helping another person to being good to yourself, it is easy to earn yourself a spot up there, showing the whole school what a great role model you are
Junior Maths Team - Multiplication and Division Facts
The Junior Maths Team are currently tutoring the multiplication and division facts across the school. The tutors are using games and ICT equipment to help their 'tutees' to mastery their multiplication and division facts. If you would like to become a tutor or tutee then please speak to a...
Jamming at the School Gates
We have been having fun jamming at the school gates every Tuesday morning
Hispanic Day 2018
This week all Daubeney celebrated their first Hispanic Day! Everyone had an amazing time learning to dance flamenco and pupils from all year groups learnt everything about all the Spanish speaking countries. They made flags, posters, drawings, masks and they could even enjoy a Spanish lunch!
Daubeney on BBC Breakfast - Terrific Scientific Launch
Daubeney is very proud to be working with the BBC on this very exciting opportunity to develop scientists of the future with a cutting edge programme such as Terrific Scientific . We encourage all parents to ensure they watch the programme with their children and enjoy the potential and...
Hackney Fun Run
On Sunday 30th May, as has become tradition here at Daubeney, we took part in the annual Schools' Fun Run Challenge at Hackney Marshes. The day as per usual was a great success for all involved, with many of our students declaring/discovering their love for running! Our marathon runners Mrs...
Guardian Visits Daubeney
Year 6 were delighted to have been visited by two inspiring members of the Guardian newspaper team and learning about the exciting world of Journalism and the Media. The workshop involved children thinking about what it means to be a journalist and what is involved in getting a newspaper ready each...
Great Daubeney Bake Off 2018
Thank you who took part in the Great Daubeney Bake Off! We raised £505.00 for GOSH. Congratulations Sam for winning Baker of 2018. This event wouldn't have happened without the dedication and enthusiasm of our Prefects
Geography in Year 2
This term in Geography, we have been learning about the weather in the UK. We enjoyed using green screen and role playing as weather forecasters. Watch our videos to find out what we have been learning about
First Week of Nursery
The children have had a wonderful first week at nursery. They've painted, practised writing their letters and numbers, built tall towers, played instruments and sung as loudly as they can. And that was just on their first day! Don't forget to check our class page for weekly updates. We look...
Fireworks!
To celebrate bonfire night nursery have painted some beautiful pictures. We have been talking about how fireworks explode into different colours in the sky and have been learning to recognise and name colours. Here's what some of the children had to say about bonfire night... Gabriella said...
Father Christmas Visits Nursery
Nursery had a very special visitor on Monday. Father Christmas came and gave every child in nursery a special present. We sang him one of our special Christmas songs, which he liked very much. He even read us a poem that he had written too!
Eco-Team - Mabley Green Edible Garden
The Eco-Team went to the Mabley Green edible garden. We had a busy morning weeding, mulching and planting in the glorious sunshine. Thank you EcoActive for having us!
Easter Bonnet Parade 2017 - Year 5 and 6
Well done to Year 5 and 6 who made some amazing Easter Bonnets. Take a look as they show them off to their parents and carers at our Easter Bonnet Parade
Easter Bonnet Parade 2017 - Year 1 and 2
Year 1 and 2 rose to the challenge of creating amazing Easter Bonnets. Take a look as they show them off to their parents and carers at our Easter Bonnet Parade
Daubeney Science Juniors
Today a few of the scientists from the Daubeney Science Juniors got some time on the bus to experiment with a non-Newtonian fluid. Not sure what that is? Ask one of the science juniors, they'd be happy to explain. If you want to try this at home, try adding some corn flour to water and seeing...
Daubeney on You and Yours - BBC Radio 4
...red on Thursday 16th February 2017. Vishwa Samani, from BBC Radio 4, visited Daubeney and spoke to our fabulous children about their favourite science based fiction books and how these books have inspired their science learning. Well done to: Cormac (4P); Violet (5M); Nancy (6S) Lolo (6DM); Vidal (6...
BBC Breakfast - Meeting Andy Murray
... of the build up to Wimbledon 2017. Hamnah, accompanied by her father, Mr Ali, and Mr Naidoo, was absolutely delighted to be part of the event and had this to say: “It was a very exciting experience even though I was a bit nervous about the whole thing. I was over-the- moon to meet Andy Murra...
BBC Big Breakfast - 48 Hours Before the Election
Daubeney is, once again very proud, to be working with BBC Breakfast and Radio 5 Live on the exciting feature - 48 Hours Before the Election. Mr Logan, Mr Dharma and Mr Ainsworth were proud to be representing the education sector during the programmes. We encourage all parents to ensure they watch...
Motivation Club Visit the Emirates Stadium
Motivation club's guided tour around the Emirates Stadium - home of Arsenal Football Club. Our children received the full Premier League experience, and felt what it is like to be in the shoes of club legend Arsene Wenger
1D Visit Sainsbury's in Stratford
On Wednesday 1D went on a lovely trip to Sainsbury's in Stratford. We were learning about different skills needed in different jobs and had an opportunity to practice some skills in a real work environment. We had a go on the checkout, did a treasure hunt in the aisles, had a tour of the stock...
1Ps Class Assembly - 18th January 2017
Thank you to everyone who came to see our assembly today. We worked very hard learning lots of songs and our lines. Unfortunately, we only managed to capture a snippet but we hope you like it!
1P Class Update
What a fantastic few weeks we have had in 1P! Lots of writing and maths. We have been continuing with free flow time but focusing on writing about the gingerbread man in literacy and odd and even numbers in maths
1P Autumn Assembly
IP had a fantastic time doing their assembly today. Thanks to everyone who came and well done 1P!
1P - Work Week
For Work Week, 1P went on a trip to John Lewis in Stratford. We decorated biscuits in the catering department, had a tour of the warehouse and then had a go at visual merchandising. We had a great time!
1P - The Jolly Postman
In 1P we have been enjoying The Jolly Postman. We acted out the story becoming very convincing postmen, santa's and elves!
1P - Number Bonds
In 1P we practiced our number bonds to 20. We used the part, part, whole method. These will help us with subtraction problems we will be solving this week
1L Class Update
It's a great start to the year in 1L. We've been writing about the Gingerbread man for our Traditional Tales topic, we talked about our holidays and shared what a wonderful time we have had. We've been doing some arty pictures in free flow and we're looking forward to the rest of...
1FA - Maths Week
For Maths Week we had a fun assembly where we learned about shapes. We also had a great workshop where we worked together as a team to solve puzzles and problems. It was fun!
1FA - Black History Month
We celebrated Black History Month with lots of music and dance! We had the chance to play the steel pans and enjoy a lovely performance too!
1FA - Autumn in the School Garden
We went to the school garden to look at how the trees are changing as autumn approaches. We discussed how the leaves are drying and falling off the trees. We talked to Gavin, our gardener, as he was pruning the berry bushes to prepare them for winter. We talked about how the days are longer in the...
1FA - 'The Gruffalo' by Julia Donaldson
Our had out class assembly and it was amazing! We performed "The Gruffalo" by Julia Donaldson. Everyone worked really hard to put together a memorable performance. We made ourselves proud and had a great time! Well done, 1FA! You are awesome!
1D's Assembly - 11th May 2017
1D had an amazing sharing assembly today! Everyone was absolutely wonderful and thank you to all the parents and carers that come to watch!
2B Assembly - The Flower Man
Have you ever felt darkness and despair surrounding you? Watch our sharing assembly, you will feel inspired! ‘Love can’t not be stolen, it can be given away’ - The Flower Man written by 2B
1D at Shoeburyness
We went to the seaside and we had a fabulous time! We went for a paddle, collected seashells and played games. It was the best trip ever!
1D Assembly - Parts of the UK
1D had a great time preparing and delivering their assembly on different parts of the United Kingdom with two explorers. Can you remember any facts on different parts of the UK?
1D - Sense Investigation
1D did a sense investigation for Science. We explored what our senses do for us by tasting different items, listening to different instruments, smell different things, touching different materials and looking into sight boxes
1D - Releasing The Butterflies in the Hop Garden
1D released their butterflies in the Hop Garden. We watched them grow and change from tiny caterpillars to beautiful Monach butterflies!
1D - First Week Back At School
We've achieved a lot in our first week back in 1D. Take a look at some of the things we've done:
1D - Easter Bonnets
1D had lots of fun making our Easter Bonnets. We danced around the circle and well done to Gaia for winning! Hip hip Hooray!
1A's Class Assembly - Friendship
We have been talking about Friendship and what makes a good friend. We made friendship posters and wrote about what we thought was important in a good friend. We then added all of our ideas together to make a friendship potion. Here are some pictures. We had so much fun dressing up as wizards
1A Visit Sainsbury's in Camden
1A went on a trip to Sainsbury's in Camden. We were learning about different skills needed in different jobs and had an opportunity to practice some skills in a real work environment. We had a go on the checkout, did a treasure hunt in the aisles and filled jam doughnuts in the bakery. We had...
1A Planting Beans
This week in 1A we planted beans! We had a class discussion on how to make beans grow big and strong, and described the steps we need to take to plant beans
1A - Traditional Tales
In Year 1 we have been looking at Traditional Tales. We read the story of The Three Little Pigs and acted it out in groups. We thought about the characters and how they spoke in different voices
1A - Odd and Even Numbers
In maths we have been learning about Odd and Even numbers. We sorted numicons into odd and even
1A - First Week Back At School
In 1A we have been busy exploring our new class. We have enjoyed, building, reading, writing, puzzles and construction. Take a look at some of our pictures. Year 1 is lots of fun!
2B Assembly - June 2017
Welcome to 2B's Assembly, we hope you enjoy it!
2G Learn About Instruction Writing
2G have been learning about instruction writing. They had the opportunity to make a jam sandwich, before they had to write the instructions of how to make a sandwich. I think they would all agree the best part was being able to eat their sandwiches
Autumn Term in Nursery
The nursery children have been busy this week. They've been enjoying exploring what happens in autumn. In particular, they were fascinated by how the leaves changed colour and fell off of the trees. They discovered that the fallen leaves are fun to play with too, as you can see in the video!...
5M and 2K - Peer Tutors
The Year 5M children were excited on Friday the 17th March because they became Peer Tutors and helped the year 2K children to develop their learning by supporting them with their Next Steps. The Year 2 children were even more excited because they got to do their learning in the Year 5 class. Mr...
Art Exhibition 2017
Thank you to everyone who supported our art exhibition. The children really enjoyed seeing their artwork framed and named and it looked especially beautiful!
April Book Fair
We had another very successful Book Fair at Daubeney! There was a fantastic selection of books and they were all half price! If you missed it, you missed out! The children bought lots of books to read at home and enjoy with their families. Well done to Queenie in 6F who helped to run the Book Fair...
Annual Instrumental Event
Daubeney performed their unique brand of rock n roll at the Annual Hackney Music Service Festival last Thursday. Needless to say we had a ball . We packed some chess boards to play whilst waiting our turn at the rehearsal. We also managed to make two trips to the park. With all that fresh air we...
A Typical School Day in 3E
You are invited behind the scenes to check out a typical school day in 3E!
A Letter from David Attenborough
Cormac from 4P enthusiastically wrote a letter to the legend David Attenborough (yes the guy from Planet Earth !). David took out time from his busy schedule to hand-write a thoughtful letter to Cormac. Cormac said that he will treasure this letter forever, he still can't believe it!
6S - Spanish Dictionary Challenge
This week, 6S took on a new challenge on their Spanish learning by using a Spanish online dictionary and translation websites to be able to understand and independently translate a text. They used their expertise in dealing with the Spanish alphabetical order confidently to be able to look up...
6S - Re-Creating London Skyline
In year 6 we have started a new book called 'The London Eye Mystery'. To immerse ourselves in the story, we have re-created the London skyline using our artistic skills. Have a look at some of the magnificent pieces of artwork we created. Mr Swarbrick even had a go
6DM - Art Workshop
We had a visitor from an art gallery who taught us all about a French artist named Monet. All of his paintings were based on nature and truly inspiring. He used four colours to make a range of different colours. Also, we learnt that he was an impressionist artist and painted using small brush...
5O - IntoUniversity
Year 50 had a wonderful time at IntoUniversity, where they learnt about courses offered at university, places to stay, clubs and societies that are available to join. next term they will return to the workshop for a whole day, where they will study a subject in more detail
5M Reading With 4S
The children in 5M welcomed the exciting young writers from 4S and had a chance to read their stories. The main focus of the session was to evaluate how well the year 4S children were writing and help them to improve by giving positive criticism
5M Fashion Show
The children have completed designing and making their fashion clothes, ready for our fashion show. The boys created funky tie dye T-shirts and the girls designed a Hawaiian style skirt with fashionable handbags as an accessory. The children had so much fun making and designing their product for...
5M Decorating Their Christmas Hoop
Year 5M had a fun time decorating our Christmas hoop, where they made their own Christmas crackers. The children used bright coloured paper, ribbons and a cardboard roll to make their own designs. It was so much fun and our hoop looks AMAZING!
5M African Drumming Session
As part of our Black History Month, the children in 5M were excited to take part in a drumming session, where they learnt about rhythm, pattern and tone
2K - 'Me and You' by Anthony Brown
As part of our literacy unit on Traditional Tales, we have been reading the book 'Me and You' by Anthony Brown. We based our assembly on this amazing book and retold the story by creating a short trailer and rehearsed the story line. We had lots of fun practising and trying to portray the...
5M - The Big Draw
5M started their BIG DRAW project today when they studied the art work from an artist called' Sonia Delaunay'. Her work includes normal art, abstract art and art using a focused shape. Today we used a dominant shape to create our own masterpiece
5M - Nelson Mandela Biographies
5M were busy last week publishing their biographies based on Nelson Mandela. The children worked extremely hard to create notes, then turn them into factual sentences, using formal language. Next they drafted a copy, edited it then prepared their biography for publishing. We are all proud of their...
5M - Meet the Tribe
Year 5M had an amazing sharing assembly where they shared their learning about the Native American Culture
5M - Inspire Work Week Project
...shion show on Friday 31 March 2017 will be a big hit!...
5C - IntoUniversity Workshop
The children in 5C were excited today to attend their IntoUniversity workshop, where they spent a lot of time discussing what a university is what courses are offered there. The children also looked at clubs and societies and possible places they could stay if they attended a university out of...
4P Awful Egyptians Assembly
4P have worked tremendously hard to prepare for this assembly. They made sure they practised all their lines well before the assembly. Helen said: "This was one of the best assemblies I have ever done" Mohamed said " I loved playing Pharaoh, it was amazing!" Hayden said...
4G's Work Week Mannequin Challenge
Can you guess what jobs everyone does?!
4G Visit Wahaca in Westfield
For Work Week 4G visitited Wahaca restaurant in Westfield. We had the best time and learned about all about being chefs, waiters and restaurant managers
4G Making a Collaborative Collage of the UK
We used our map reading skills to find discover the four countries of the United Kingdom including their capital cities. We made a huge collaborative collage of the UK to show off what we have learned and we'll be adding more detail as the term goes on... Come and test our geography learning...
4G - Now Press Play Workshop
4G LOVED their Now Press Play electricity workshop. We learned about insulators and conductors and sustainable energy sources
4G - Intrepid Explorers
4G made a trailer to accompany their first class assembly of the year. I think we have some movie stars of the future!
Mother's Day Celebrations In Nursery
Everyone in nursery loves their mummies and so they wanted to do something extra special for Mother's Day to thank them for everything they do. They worked hard to make cards, carefully writing their names inside. They have been dutifully practising writing their names all term, and you can see...
Mr Young's Visit to Daubeney Primary to see Year 6
Year 6 were enthralled by a visit from Mr Young (Osceola’s dad) who inspired all the children and adults in the art of writing newspaper reports. Mr Young shared his valuable insights into the world of Journalism and shared some invaluable tips to help Year 6 write newspaper reports. Mr Young...
Year 1 - 1P Big Draw
For our art week, we looked at the artist Klimt and used him for inspiration to create our own pictures. We used oil pastels and fine liners to create shapes
Red Class - African Art
We have been very busy creating some African art. We've been mixing colours to make orange and blending water colours such yellow and red to create a sunset effect. We have also been using our cutting skills to create a silhouette picture. Take a look at our lovely work. Which animals can you spot?
Religious Education Day in Year 5
...day, Thursday 2nd of November 2017, the children in Year 5 explored Buddhism. They discussed the significant beliefs and values from the faith and the teachings of Buddha. the children enjoyed learning about the religion and created their own front page for their topic books....
Red Class - Transports
We created our own class pictogram to see how we travel to school. In Red Class, we found out that a lot of us walk to school and only a few children come by train or ride a bike. We also completed a transport survey to see how many different types of transports pass by Daubeney Road
Red Class - Paradise Wildlife Park
Red Class had an amazing time at Paradise Wildlife Park. We saw lots of animals including cheetahs, lions, zebras, snakes, owls, parrots and lemurs. We also walked around the dinosaur trail. WOW! the dinosaurs were huge and they even roared at us. Take a look at the photographs below to see what...
Red Class - Our Trip to the Discover Story Centre
Recently Reception went to the Discover Story Centre. We had a brilliant time listening to stories and had such fun creating our own stories. We even had a chance to make our own character puppets and dress up. We also had lots of adventures in the playground pretending to go on a spaceship, a...
Red Class - Our First week in Reception
We are having lots of fun in our new class!
Red Class - One Week in 1P
Red Class are having a lovely week in 1P. They have settled in really well, getting used to Year 1 routines. Well done everyone!
Red Class - Journey to Africa
Red Class have been on a journey to Africa! We have enjoyed reading the story Handa’s Surprise and acting out the story. We have also been looking at African art and prints in textiles. We then created a patterned scarf for Handa using shapes. Red class also loved writing postcards pretending...
Red Class - Fire Station Visit
As part of Inspire Work Week Red Class went to the Fire Station. Take a look to see what a brilliant time we had! A big thank you to all the parents that volunteered on the day
Red Class - Decorating Cupcakes
The children enjoyed decorating cupcakes to create a snowmen. First we spread the vanilla frosting on our cake and then we had to use our counting skills to create the eyes, nose and mouth. Can you guess how many sweeties we needed to create the eyes, nose and mouth for our snowmen? Take a look...
Recording Studio Trip
We took our school band and part of our choir to a recording studio in North London. We recorded our hit single "Daubeney Christmas". It will be released this coming Christmas as a charity single. We had a great day out as you can see in our photographs
School Choir Perform for Nursery
Our parent led school choir performed for a captivated nursery audience on Wednesday 5th of July. We had a sing off in which nursery children and our choir sang for each other. 4G were in the audience too and they treated us to a cool rendition of Kye Kye Kule. Massive applause and kudos goes to...
Reception Trip to St Barnabas Church
Reception had an amazing time visiting St Barnabas Church. The children listened carefully to the Christmas story about the birth of baby Jesus. The children even took part in acting out the story. We also looked at some story props and pointed out some very important people in the story like, baby...
Reception Trip to Hommerton Library
Reception went to Homerton Library! We had an amazing time listening to stories, looking at books and talking about the illustrations. We learnt that a library is a quiet place to enjoy reading and a place to borrow books from. Here's what the children have said about the trip; Ayesha "I...
Reception Nativity 2016
Reception present their nativity - 'It's A Boy'
Reception Met the Metropolitan Police
Reception met the Metropolitan Police. The Police officers shared what they do and how they help us. We enjoyed looking at their uniforms and exploring their different equipment
Reception Meet Author Andrew Weale
Reception met the author Andrew Weale . He read his amazing stories to us
Reception Invitation - Stories
We invited Reception class to come and listen to our stories! We read our published story to them using our best voices. Reception children asked us questions about our stories and we answered them articulately
Reception - Yellow Class: Growth and Transformation
Yellow Class are learning all about growth and transformation. Today we have planted broad beans. The children were so excited! We shall be looking at them carefully over the next two weeks to see what happens as our broad beans grow
Reception - Yellow Class Visit Paradise Wildlife Park
All of Reception classes went on a end of term trip to Paradise Wildlife Park. We had an amazing time seeing so many different animals. We especially liked the meerkats, penguin and the white tiger. The weather was very hot but we found lots of shaded areas. We had a picnic lunch and we played in...
Reception - Yellow Class Trip to Discover Centre
We went on a fun filled trip to Discover centre in Stratford. The children enjoyed the playground and making stories for Hootah. We made spoon puppets and dressed up as a character. We loved Discover!
Reception - Yellow Class Spring Sharing Assembly
Very pleased with all the children in Yellow Class for their hard work and effort to make their assembly a success. Mrs Addai is very proud of you all
Reception - Yellow Class Christmas Jumper Day
Yellow class had so much fun on Christmas Jumper Day helping to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital
SATs Saturday School
Well done to all the children that came to our first SATs Saturday School of the year. The children all enjoyed themselves having the entire school to themselves and not having to wear school uniform - they even saw the teachers wearing jeans! They also enjoyed flapjacks, biscuits and a juice for...
School Council Elections
We are preparing to elect our school council for the 2016/17 school year. As part of the process children will complete speeches in class next week. The subejct is: "Why I should be chosen for Daubeney School Council". Once the class has selected the 4 members they will be putting forward...
This Week in 1S
1S have settled into Year 1 super quickly! They have been playing and writing, drawing and running! This week we have been drawing our own maps and writing our own sentences using colourful semantics. We even know all about odd and even numbers! We can't wait to learn even more :)
Year 1 - 1L: What We Want to be When We're Older
1L had fun dressing up last week to show everyone what they want to be when they are older! We had some fire fighters, footballers, vets and even an Olympic swimmer! Some children even had their picture taken with some police officers that were visiting the school! We had a great time talking about...
Nursery Visit to the Church of St. Barnabas
Nursery found out all about the Christian celebration of Easter on their recent visit to the Church of St. Barnabas. They acted out part of the Easter story, standing in two lines and waving branches to welcome Jesus (played by Lexie and Nhyira!) as he arrived on his donkey and shouting...
Year 1 - 1L Trip to the Beach
1L had a great time at the beach this week! We paddled in the sea, built sandcastles and collected shells!
Year 1 & 2 - Easter Bonnet Parade
We had a lovely Year 1 and 2 Easter Parade today. Everyone looked wonderful and we had lots of fun
World Book Day 2018
What an amazing World Book Day at Daubeney! The children and staff enjoyed dressing up and taking part in a range of activities relating to our favourite books and characters! Take a look at our creative costumes
World Book Day - Author Visits
To celebrate World Book Day, Daubeney were visited by authors Tolulope Ogunmefun, Karen McCombie and Andrew Weale. The children enjoyed a very entertaining performance of Tolulope's book 'The Frog and His Dancing Shoes', an interactive workshop with Andrew Weale and an inspirational talk about how...
Work Week in Nursery
Nursery enjoyed trying out different jobs in nursery this week! We had doctors curing ill people, vets treating poorly animals and a mini-teacher or two reading to their 'class'. Bea said, "I want to be a rock star or a zoo keeper- or both!" Levi reported that he wanted to be...
Work Week in Nursery
Nursery enjoyed finding out about-and trying out- different jobs people do. They pretended they were builders, wearing helmets and high-vis jackets and building with the building blocks. Fawaz said, "builders wear the helmets to protect their heads from the falling bricks! I'm making a...
Woodwind Concert
Our annual Woodwind Concert showcased some of the rising stars of Daubeney and the mature saxophone skills of Callaghan. Our ears were treated to the sweet mellow sounds of the flute, saxophone and clarinet. These children are the ones who stuck with their instrument all year with help from their...
Ukulele Trip to Gainsborough
Daubeney recently performed at an interschool ukulele event at a nearby school. It was an event organised by Mr. O Flynn and Ms. Fort from Gainsborough Primary School and eight primary schools took part in total. We had a fantastic time and we dressed up in a Hawaiian theme as that is where the...
Transforming our School Gates
This week, children from Years 1-6 have been involved in an exciting screen printing workshop. Using pictures of local Hackney landscapes the children got stuck in to create one of the local landscapes. The children used cut out shapes of paper to create their chosen building. Using their designs...
Traditional Tales in 1D
In Literacy, we are reading the Gruffalo and 1D enjoyed acting out the story, changing their voices and putting on masks!
The One Show - Parents' Evening
...ow on Wednesday 20th December 2017. They featured in a film discussing their experiences of parents' evening....
School Councillors 2017/18
...Primary School Councillors of 2017/18. They have taken on their new responsibility with enthusiasm and dedication. We would all like to wish them all the best for the year ahead....
Talking Mental Health Annimation
Mental health problems affect about 1 in 10 children and young people. this includes depression, anxiety and conduct disorder, and are often a direct response to what is happening in their lives. 70% of children and young people who experience a mental health problem have not had appropriate...
Storytelling with Phil McDermott
To celebrate National Storytelling Week (29th January - 3rd February 2018), we invited Phil McDermott, the master storyteller, to Daubeney. Each year group had a fun and engaging session listening to Phil tell amazing stories. The children were inspired by mysteries, myths and fables and enjoyed...
Starting Reception - Autumn 2017
Reception are settling well into routine. They are learning about their new school, making new friends and building relationships with all the staff
Spanish Champions Armbands
Gracias, champions! Our Spanish champions now wear new armbands to show everyone at Daubeney that we really love Spanish in our school. They are doing a fantastic job in helping all pupils to learn more Spanish and encouraging them to practise what we learn in class throughout the week. We had a...
Spanish Champions 2016-17
...;s Spanish Champions for 2016-2017. Our Spanish Champions are pupils who LOVE Spanish and who always show their passion about learning the language. They are children who HELP other pupils and their teachers practising what we learn in Spanish class throughout the week. They ENCOURAGE their...
Spanish - Champions at the Cinema
Our Spanish Champions enjoyed a wonderful day at the cinema and watched “Coco” (the Mexican animation film about the Day of the dead) in Spanish following the celebrations of the Hispanic Week in Hackney
Science Juniors Make Lava Lamps
The Science Juniors had the opportunity to get onto the Daubeney Science Laboratory (The Daubeney Bus) and don their white coats to carry out another exciting investigation. This time we learnt all about liquids, density and gases. Check out our lava lamps
Science in 2G
In Year 2 we have been learning about plants in our science lessons. We have conducted an experiment where we planted some beans and cared for them in a variety of ways. Over the past 2 weeks we have observed how they have grown. We planted the beans in the same way but then changed the conditions...
Science Club - Sound and Vibration
Science Club had a lot of fun experimenting with sound and vibration. We made phones to test how sound traveled, and discovered that sound can travel through string by making it vibrate!
Science Club - Circuits
Science club had lots of fun today learning about different types of circuits! The children tried to get a motor, a buzzer and a switch to work all at the same time using a parallel circuit
Science Club
The children really enjoyed experimenting with surface tension
Reception - Red Class: Still Life Drawing
In Red Class we have been inspired by the artist Dennis Wojtkjewicz who paints large scale pictures of fruits and flowers. Take a look at our wonderful still life drawings of fruits. Can you guess which fruits they are? What do you like about these pictures? What is your favourite fruit?
Reception - Red Class Planting Cress and Sunflower Seeds
Red class have been planting cress and sunflower seeds. We have been writing instructions, labeling plants and talking about what plants need in order to survive. We can't wait to see our sunflowers grow. Take a look to see what fun we've had!
Nursery - Animals
Nursery have been learning all about animals this term. After reading the story 'Dear Zoo', they confidently named the animals, imagined and enacted how they would move, and even identified which sound each animal name begins with. Christabel said, "I'm a loud and scary...
Nursery - Learning to Play the Ukulele
Nursery had an exciting music session as Mr O’Flyn and some helpers demonstrated how to use a Ukulele and everyone was eager about having a go
Nursery Butterflies
The nursery children watched with fascination as the caterpillars that they nurtured over time formed cocoons and emerged into beautiful butterflies, ready to fly off into the world to explore. Scarlett reported, "today we let the butterflies go. I think they will go looking for flowers."...
Nursery - World Book Day 2018
Nursery had a blast dressing as characters from their favourite books on Friday. The nursery was awash with a range of characters, from dinosaurs to farmers to the ever-elusive Wally. The children also had ample time to explore stories; they acted them out, snuggled up in the book corner with a...
Nursery - World Book Day 2017
Nursery absolutely loved dressing up as their favourite characters for World Book Day. They enjoyed spotting their characters in books and read even more than they usually do. Hao-di said, "I am a very scary pirate! There are lots of books about me! Let's find them all!" Take a look...
Nursery - Visit to Homerton Fire Station
Nursery went to visit the Homerton Fire Station on Homerton high street. We had a brilliant time watching the fire fighters in training... they were practising how to get someone (dummy) out if they got stuck on a roof! We got to go inside a fire engine and look at all the equipment that’s...
Nursery - Transport Survey
We went to see some cars parked outside on Daubeney Road. The children enthusiastically counted the number of coloured cars and recorded it on their tally chart
Nursery - The Five Senses
Nursery have been learning all about the five senses this term. After reading the story 'Brown Bear Brown Bear, What Do You See?', they confidently described what they could see around them. They named colours and animals, and identified the first sound in some words. Agnes said, "I...
Nursery - Teddy Bears Picnic
Nursery had a wonderful time having a teddy bears picnic at the park. We sang some songs and spoke about our favourite teddies. The children enjoyed introducing their teddies and eating their snack. Lexie said "My teddy likes eating apples". Sulemane said "My teddy is called...
Nursery - Snow Fun
Nursery children have been having a lot of fun when it snowed last week!
Nursery - Pyjama Day
The children (and parents!) in nursery showed off their fabulous night-time attire in aid of Great Ormond St Hospital on Friday. Elijah excitedly said, "I can't believe we're not going to bed now!" The excitement lasted throughout the day, so it was lucky we had an activity that...
Nursery - Music Lesson
Yesterday Nursery had a very exciting Music lesson. After practising for Christmas songs for our upcoming performance, Mr O'Flynn took all the children around Nursery making music with......... Each one of those .......had a different beat and together Nursery had lots and lots of fun
Nursery - Mothers' Week Tea Party
Thank you to all of the mums who came to our Mothers' Week tea party! It was wonderful to see so many of you there. As you can see from the photos, the children were beaming with pride; they were so excited to show their mums around the nursery and, of course, share delicious food and drink...
Nursery - Learning About Autumn
Nursery enjoyed learning about Autumn last week. As you can see it pretty much looks like Autumn. All the children enjoyed the leaf rubbing activity and going on a leaf hunt. This is just a short clip of how much fun they had
Nursery - Indoors PE
Here are some pictures of Nursery enjoying PE indoors on a snowy Thursday!
Nursery - Graduation 2018
We are so proud of our nursery children who graduated, ready for reception. We wish them the best of luck and a good summer holiday
Nursery - First Week of the Spring Term 2017
Nursery enjoyed their first week of the new Spring term and indeed it very much felt like Spring! As you can see, they enjoyed the warmer weather and discovering that new flowers had grown in the nursery garden. Rio said, "Look at the daffodils! They smell so nice!" They also enjoyed...
Nursery - First Week of School
Welcome to Our Nursery! A warm welcome to all our new parents, children and carers at Daubeney Nursery. So far, the children have been exploring the nursery and gradually settling in. Take a look at the photographs below to see how the children have enjoyed their first week in Nursery
Nursery - Doctors
We have been busy pretending to be doctors. The children wore the doctors outfits and confidently used the doctors equipment to check their patients. Our patients have been sick with all kinds of illnesses. Courtney said "I've got spots on my face, I think its chicken pox", Sulemane...
Nursery - Daubeney School Carnival 2018
Nursery children dancing to 'We like to move it'!
Nursery - Cookery Week and Chinese New Year
Nursery had a wonderful time celebrating Chinese New Year. We created some lanterns and beautiful 'rooster' hats. We also cooked noodles and the children enjoyed tasting it! "I love noodles, it smells so good and I like eating it" - Courtney "It taste like pasta, noodles are...
Nursery - Christmas Lunch
We had Christmas lunch at Nursery. Full time children enjoyed eating their turkey and roasted vegetables for their main and ice cream for dessert. ‘’It was yummy!’’, said Naomi. They also had to work really hard to open their Christmas crackers! They were delighted to find...
Nursery - Christmas Jumper Day
Nursery had so much fun on Christmas Jumper Day. The children were excited to come in to school dressed in their special jumpers. This was extra special too as the contributions made are all for a very good cause, to help support the amazing work at Great Ormond Street Hospital
Nursery - Chinese New Year
Nursery enjoyed their first week back after half term. We have had fewer tears than usual... which means children are settling in more easily after a break. This week we have been celebrating the Chinese New Year. Children have enjoyed taking part in the activities. They have decorated and painted...
Nursery - Artic and Antarctica
Last week Nursery children learned about Artic and Antarctica. They learned about animals that live there and how their bodies help them to survive. They also had lots of fun playing with the ice and exploring how the ice melted!
Nursery Concert
Our school band went to a nearby Forest School Nursery to perform a rock concert on a Saturday. It was a beautiful sunny day and the crowd seemed to really enjoy our grooves. If you look closely at the photos you may spot Mr. O Flynn's son providing guest vocals. Well done to all the children...
PSHCE - Going For Our Goals
We are celebrating the new year by going for our goals! Throughout the school, children have created 3 goals for themselves to achieve in this year. Many children dedicated their goals to helping others! Here are some of their inspiring goals: "I want to learn a life skill such as cooking so...
Reception - Red Class Christmas Hoop
We enjoyed making decorations for our Christmas hoop. Take a look at our reindeers!
Reception - Parents' Lunch
Reception parents had an amazing opportunity to share lunch with their child this week. Take a look at parents in Red Class enjoying their lunch
Reception - Minibeasts Workshop
Reception have taken part in a great minibeast workshop! Miss Lillian from the ZooLab brought us great fun and surprises. The children got the opportunity to meet minibeasts from around the world. We met Fire the Millipede from Africa, Mr slimey the African land snail. We even met a cockroach from...
Reception - LaunchPad for Language Sock Puppet Workshop
...puppet Workshop 28th November 2017 Some comments from our parents: Thank you so much for the workshop, I really enjoyed it. If you have more workshops that would be great. So much fun! Thanks. Thanks for a brilliant Alan the Alien puppet making session! We will ...
Reception - Launchpad for Language Parent Workshop
Parents came and found out, how to support their children to learn new words. They even got to take home a free sock puppet
Reception - Launchpad for Language Parent Workshop
...place on Tuesday 17th January 2017. Parents had fun with their child/ren making fantastic story props. They found out how they can help their child/ren with storytelling and took home story prompts!...
Reception - Homerton Fire Station
We went to Homerton Fire Station and had such a good time. We all had a turn on the fire hose and got inside the Fire Engine. We watched the Fire Fighters slide down the pole. Thank you to all the parents who accompanied us on the trip. Yellow Class at Homerton Fire Station. Jaziah is having a go...
Reception - First Week At School
Our first week at school, we have been getting to know our new friends and teachers. We have been busy drawing, painting, climbing, running, bouncing, playing and learning at the same time
Reception - Daily Supported Reading
Daily supported reading has started in Reception! Can you help? Please speak to Mrs Addai
Reception - Creating Patterns
In Red Class we have been busy exploring our senses. We have been looking at different kinds of patterns and creating patterns using two and three colours. We also made delicious jam sandwiches and invited Mr Teddy to our picnic. We've also experimented with smelling different items such as...
Reception - Christmas Pictures
In Red Class we have been busy preparing for the Christmas picture competition. Take a look at these amazing pictures!
Reception - Blue Class Visit Homerton Fire Station
Blue Class went to visit the Homerton Fire Station on Homerton high street.We got to go inside a fire engine and look at all the equipment that’s inside it. We were excited to have a go at squirting water from the hose…We also met their pet fish
Poem by Maelle
Maëlle in 4P was so inspired by books that she wrote this fantastic poem at home and wanted to share it with everyone at Daubeney
Nursery Had Their First PE Session!
The nursery children really enjoyed their first PE session delivered by Mr Simon and Mr Reece. The children experimented in moving in different ways, balancing, walking, hopping on one leg and running. We even played a game, naming colours and matching the coloured cones. Well done Nursery!
Phonics in Nursery
The children in Nursery love phonics! As you can see from the videos and photos, they have been working hard to identify and write initial sounds and name objects and pictures with the same sound. Some children can also read CVC words by segmenting and blending. In the video a child used his phonic...
Parents' Day 2017
... will be on Monday 20th March 2017 from 11am – 7pm. The school will be closed for children but......eacher from the 27th February 2017 or ring the office between 9:30am and 3 pm. There will also be ex...
Our Book Corners
We love reading in our creatively decorated book corners. Each class has a wide selection of books to choose from and we enjoy reading different genres. We can sit and share books with our friends as well as take books home to read with our families
ORDER, ORDER! The House will hear...
Last Friday, Daubeney's finest school council members were given the marvellous opportunity to attend a visit to The Houses of Parliament in company of Miss Bree, Mr. West and City Year's own Mr. N. The trip allowed for the group to venture into the heart of London, specifically the area of...
Nursery's Easter Bonnets
Take a look at Nursery's fabulous Easter bonnets!
Nursery Visit to St Barnabas Church
Recently Nursery visited St Barnabas church on Homerton High street. Children eagerly listened to the Christmas story about baby Jesus. Children even took part in acting out the story. Agnes and Ben were Mary and Joseph, some children were the angels, shepherds and others were kings. Everyone took...
Nursery Trip to Paradise Wildlife Park
Nursery enjoyed encountering lots of new animals on their big day out to Paradise Wildlife Park. They were mesmerised by the elegant white tiger, in awe of the enormous anaconda and surprised by the emus, who they thought looked very funny. Inigo commented, "I've never seen anything that...
Nursery Trip to Old MacDonald's Farm
Nursery had a wonderful time at Old MacDonald's Farm. They got to meet and feed so many animals, including Annie the owl and Freckles the pony. They were also lucky enough to race a tortoise and see if they could jump as far as a wallaby. Bea said, "The tortoise was faster than I...
Nursery Sports Day 2017
Nursery's sports day revealed that we have many budding athletes in Daubeney! The children hopped higher than kangaroos in their sacks, balanced like aeroplanes in the sky in the egg and spoon race and ran (almost) as fast as cheetahs! The parents didn't do too badly either, as you can see...
Nursery Made Pizza
Nursery had a great time making pizza. Take a look at the photographs below!
Year 1 - 1L Visit Virgin Trains in Euston Station
1L had a great trip on Tuesday to visit Virgin Trains in Euston Station as part of work week. We had fun exploring a train and split into groups to learn more. We visited the train shop and found out what it would be like to work there. We took a seat in first class! We also spent time with the...
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