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...
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...
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...
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 - 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 - 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 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 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 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 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 - 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 - 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 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 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 - 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 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 2 - Snow Fight!
Snow Fight! Students VS Teachers! Who do you think won? Mr Matvad is feeling blue
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 - 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 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 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 2 - Sports Day
SPORTS DAY!
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 - 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 - 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 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 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 - 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 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 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 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 - 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 - 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 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 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
It was a very special morning 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...
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 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 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 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 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 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 - 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 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 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 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 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
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...
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... 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 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 - 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 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 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 - 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 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 - 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 - 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 - 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
Today (1st November 2017) the Year 5 children enjoyed their group work lesson, where they learnt to add fractions with like denominators. The children worked well in a group, supporting each other and extended their learning by adding mixed numbers. Today was another example of great learning in...
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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 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 - 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 - Solving Word Problems Using Fractions
Today, Thursday 9th November 2017, the children in Year 5 applied their skills and knowledge to solve word problems involving fractions. they used the steps to success and followed each step to help them solve larger fraction calculations. They worked in pairs, supporting each other and ensured...
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 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 - 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 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 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 - 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 - 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
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...
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!
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...
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
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!
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
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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
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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Daubeney School Carnival 2018
Nursery children dancing to 'We like to move it'!
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...
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!
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!
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...
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
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
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!
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
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!
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...
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!...
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...
Boy and Girls Football - 19th April 2018
Highlights from the boy and girls football matches at Mabley Green
Classroom Displays 2018
Daubeney is full of exciting learning. 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 2017, and 2019
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 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...
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...
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
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
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...
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
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."...
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
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!
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 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 - 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
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...
Science Club
The children really enjoyed experimenting with surface tension
School Councillors 2017/18
Congratulation and welcome to Daubeney 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
Religious Education Day in Year 5
Today, 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
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...
The One Show - Parents' Evening
Teachers, parents and children from Daubeney appeared on The One Show on Wednesday 20th December 2017. They featured in a film discussing their experiences of parents' evening
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...
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
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 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!
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 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
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...
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...
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...
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 First week in Reception
We are having lots of fun in our new class!
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...
Reception - Christmas Pictures
In Red Class we have been busy preparing for the Christmas picture competition. Take a look at these amazing pictures!
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 - LaunchPad for Language Sock Puppet Workshop
Thank you for attending our LaunchPad for Language, sock 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...
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 - 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 - 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
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!
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
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...
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
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...
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!
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
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...
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?
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 Meet Author Andrew Weale
Reception met the author Andrew Weale . He read his amazing stories to us
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 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
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...
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