Mental Health
Here at Daubeney, We are very lucky to have a team of people working to support mental health and well-being. This team consists of DHML - Designated Mental Health Lead - Cheryll Gustave CWIS - CAMHS worker in school - Karolina Balciunaite WBF - Wellbeing Framework Partner - Claire Tregear EMHP -...
Online Safety
Today’s pupils are growing up in an increasingly complex world, living their lives seamlessly on and offline. This presents many positive and exciting opportunities, but also challenges and risks. We want to equip our pupils with the knowledge needed to make the best use of the internet and...
Adventure Playground for KS1 and KS2
On 9th October 2018, the Year 2s got to do various activities e.g Swings, Rolling skating, trampoline and many more. Adventure Playground takes place every Tuesday for KS1 and KS2
Year 5 - Short Stories
Today (3rd April 2019) the Year 5 children were excited to write their own short stories using a cliff-hanger. The children used their own imagination and creative skills to design, plan and write their own short stories with the key features included
Year 5 - Seperating Mixture Experiment
The children in year 5 today (1st April 2019) were very busy this afternoon in their science lesson. the task was to use various mixtures; sand and iron, sand and plastic, flour and lentils, sand and water and with resources they had to separate the mixtures using their scientific knowledge
Year 5 - Self Assessment: Fractions, Decimal, Percentages
Today (15th February 2019) all the Year 5 pupils revisited their learning in our Fraction, Decimal and Percentage (FDP) unit. The children identified where and when they were successful and what they needed to do in order to further develop their learning. They carefully looked at each objective...
Year 5 - Self and Peer Assessment
Today (1st February 2019) the Year 5 used their learning in our Balanced Argument unit and assessed their work. They first started with self-assessment, where they identified their strengths and what they did well in the unit. Each pupil then paired up with a friend to peer-assess their learning....
Year 5 - Scientific Experiment
Today (5th March 2019) the Year 5 children carried out a fair test to investigate the affects of different water temperatures on sugar. The children used hot, warm and cold water to test whether the sugar will dissolve at different times. They used different water temperatures but ensured...
Year 5 - Science and Maths
Today (30th April 2019) the Year 5 pupils used their science and maths skills (cross curricular links) to draw a bar graph in order to present their data from the friction fair test carried out last week. The children used their data, and constructed a bar graph to show the effects of friction on...
Year 5 - Roman Numerals
5M, 5Mc and 5F joined together today (9-01-2019) and had a session with Mr Fahy who helped us understand how to identify Roman Numeral numbers and how to work out the amounts. The children in year 5 have been encouraged to use IXL this week to practice Roman Numerals
Year 5 - Role Play: Understanding a Story
Today the children in Year 5 had a fun session using role play to extend their understanding of a story. The children has a chance to play different characters and say what the characters might be saying and even thinking
Year 5 - Role Play: 'Welcome' by Barroux
The children in 5M were excited today (1st November 2018) when we read the story 'Welcome' by Barroux, a great book discussing issues of migration and kindness. The children got the opportunity to role play scenes from the story and then we put all the scenes together to make the story come...
Year 5 - Religious Education Day
Today (28th February 2019) the Year 5 children studied the beliefs of the Jewish faith. We learnt about their values, beliefs, festivals and the history the of Jewish people in Ancient Egypt and during the Holocaust
Year 5 - Reasoning
The children in Year 5 worked hard today (11th October 2018) to use their reasoning skills in order to solve one and two step word problems. They used their efficient methods and showed all the working steps
Year 5 - RE Day: Sikhism
The children in year 5 had their RE day today (10th January 2019) and studied the beliefs and values of the Sikh faith and community. They took part in a range of activities; designed a Gurdwara, create a poster for Vaisakhi, learnt about the Golden temple and studied the importance and...
Year 5 - RE Day: Christian Values
The Year 5 children were engaged today in our RE day, where we explored Christian Values and learnt about parables and their meanings
Year 5 - Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPAG)
Today (25th April 2019) the Year 5 children were focusing on their Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPAG) objectives and looked at combining sentences using connectives. They were given a range of sentences and had to connect them using suitable connectives. Can you spot any connectives in your...
Year 5 - RE Day
Today in Year 5 we were learning about the teachings of Buddhism. We learned about how Buddhism began and we discussed the teachings of Buddha such as The Four Noble Truths
Year 5 - Publishing Our Biographies
The year 5 pupils were focused while they published their biographies. They used their drafts in their books, along with notes they made and began to publish the biography. On Thursday the children will do their 'Hot Task', where they will write a biography on a different person using notes...
Year 5 - Publishing Diaries
Today (11th February 2019) the Year 5 children published their diary entries that they wrote last week. The children focused on including the features of a diary and using emotive language
Year 5 - Publishing Balanced Arguments
The Year 5 children were focused today (30th January 2019) during their literacy session where they were publishing their balanced arguments. They included the features, points for and against, evidence and a detailed explanations of their points
Year 5 - Published!
The children in Year 5M were extremely excited today (4th October 2018) when they published their first piece of work - a narrative story, which focused on our unit 'Stories from other cultures'. The children adapted the story and write their own version including descriptive settings and...
Year 5 - Poetry Workshop
The Year 5 children were excited today (22nd March 2019) when Bad Lay- Dee, a professional music artist came to class to help the children write a free style rap poem. The children first created a word bank of words then used them to create a free-style rap
Year 5 - Percentages
The children in Year 5 today (13-11-2018) worked extremely well, developing their learning to find different percentages of amounts. We first found 10% then used this to find other amounts, like 5%, 20% and 25%. Encourage your child at home to practice finding different percentages of amounts and...
Year 5 - Online Safety
The children in Year 5 completed their amazing online safety posters today (15th February 2019). They added in information and ideas to help young people stay safe online
Year 5 - Number and Place Value
The Year 5 children started their Summer T1 today (23rd April 2019) with a focus on number and place value. We looked at the various topics covered by number and place value, and during this week we will be covering more on this topic
Year 5 - North America Topic
The children in Year 5 enjoyed their afternoon session today (20th September 2018) where they used their factual notes they researched and created a poster about North America. The children demonstrated a wealth of knowledge around the topic, even though we have only been studying the topic for the...
Year 5 - Newspapers
Today (12th November 2018) the children in Year 5 had a chance to explore and read a variety of newspaper articles. This term, for our long burst genre, we will be looking at news-papers and creating our own articles. Encourage your child to read the news at home
Year 5 - Natural History Museum
Year 5 had the pleasure of visiting the beautiful Natural History Museum in central London. We explored the many exhibits it had to offer including an insect room, fossils from prehistoric times as well as a mammal room and more! All of this related to our science topic this term: Living Things...
Year 5 - Morning Meditation
This morning (24th April 2019) 5Mc started their day with a calm and relaxing session using meditating. The children were relaxed and ready to start their music session feeling awake and refreshed. Even Mr O'flynn joined in the meditating session and felt calm and relaxed
Year 5 - Morning Fitness
What a great way to start the morning with a fitness game -dodge-ball. The children in Year 5M have been enjoying their second PE sessions every Tuesday mornings, where they play invasion games to help promote a healthy start to the day
Year 5 - Solving Word Problems
Today (17th January 2019) the Year 5 children worked in pairs and groups to solve a variety of mathematical word problems. They used their efficient methods and skills to help them solve the calculations. The Year 5 children are now encouraged to use their IXL maths program to continue practising...
Year 5 - Story Time in 5M
The children were excited today to begin writing their own story based on the book we are reading in class. The children used many features of writing today like; similes, personification, fronted adverbials and varied sentence starters. Each day this week the children will be writing a part of...
Year 5 - STEAM Competition
A massive well done to all teams who participated from Year 5 today in a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) competition. The students showed amazing teamwork skills. Congratulations to all teams - one team from 5M came 3rd while the team from 5F came first and made it...
Year 5 - World Book Day 2019
The children had so much fun today (8th March 2019) dressing up as their favourite book characters. There were many amazing costumes and the children celebrated the day by reading some of their favourite books and talking to their peers about books that they recommended
Year 6 - 6M: Inspiring People Around the World
6M have been learning all about inspiring people around the world through research. We have decided to research people that inspire us and make a difference to the world. This information will then help us to write our own biography on our chosen person. We found that many of the people we...
Year 6 - 6M Work Week 2019
This week, 6M had a unique learning experience this week, we had to create an invention to begin a business enterprise. To do this we had to think about our profit and how much it would cost us to produce our item. We used our numeracy skills to come up with a useful business plan. Following on...
Year 6 - 6M Visit Sky Studios
Today (22nd November 2018) 6M had the exciting opportunity of visiting The Sky Studios in the O2 arena. Through this unique experience, we have definitely spotted some upcoming TV stars. There is a plethora of activities and we would recommend anyone to go along to enjoy reading the news; the...
Year 6 - 6M IntoUniversity
Last week, (Monday 28th January – Friday 1st February) 6M has the exciting opportunity to go to Into University. Each day brought new and exciting learning. On Monday, we learnt all about the theme of the week which was diversity and inclusion. Following on from this, we learnt all about...
Year 6 - 6F Work Week 2019
For Work Week, 6F had the exciting opportunity to start their own business and create their own inventions. They worked in groups to come up with the company name, design a product and work out the budget and manufacturing costs. They then had to pitch their ideas in ‘Dragon’s...
Year 6 - 6F Visit Sky Studios
6F were lucky enough to have the exciting opportunity to visit the Sky Skills Studio in the O2. They got to experience reading the news from a teleprompter and took fun photos with celebrities and film characters using a green screen. They even got to try out virtual reality which was like being...
Year 6 - 6F IntoUniversity
6F had the amazing opportunity to spend an entire week with the IntoUniversity team. The focus for the week’s learning was diversity and inclusion. On Monday and Tuesday we looked at inspiring people throughout history such as Emmeline Pankhurst, Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela and...
Year 5M - Adventure Playground
On the 19th March 2019 Year 5M had a wonderful opportunity to visit the Adventure Playground in Homerton as part of our Physical Education Programme. A big thank you to Mr Simon who organised the trip, especially focusing on getting children more active here at Daubeney. The pupils had loads of fun...
Year 5 Visit to the Science Museum
Today (28th January 2019) Year 5 visited the Science Museum. We delved into our science topic which is ‘Space’ and we explored many scientific discoveries and had a whale of a time. What was your favourite learning experience of the day?
Year 5 SEAL - Jobs and Careers
In SEAL Year 5 have been learning about different jobs and careers. We discussed which jobs we thought were important to society and why
Year 5 SEAL - Hopes and Dreams
The Year 5 children started their team with an interesting topic in SEAL - Hopes and Dreams. They discussed and shared their hopes and dreams for the future and identified what steps they would need to take in order to reach their goals, dreams and hopes in life. The children, with a mature frame...
Year 5 and Year 4 Peer Assessment
The children in 5M welcomed the children from 4Z this morning (18th October 2018) and assistant them with their next steps and achieving their writing fundamental targets. It was nice to see the Year 5 children helping and supporting the Year 4 children. We hope to do more cross year group peer...
Year 5 - Young Authors Publishing Session
5M today (Tuesday 2nd October 2018) were extremely focused and engaged in their publishing session. Excited, they all prepared their pages with pictures from the story in order to publish their own version of the story. The children cannot wait for the whole story to be published and ready for our...
Year 5 - Work Week Fashion Workshop
Today (26th March 2019) the year 5 children had an interesting visitor to their class. A professional fashion designer cam to see them to help with creating ideas for their fashion show this Friday (29-03-2019). they used a mixture of collage and patterns to create their own unique style and...
Year 5 - Meet the Worms
5M had a wonderful time today with Eco Active looking at composting and how to recycle our left over food. Worms play an important part in our food and compost making and the children were delighted to meet the worms who are responsible for breaking down our foods and turning them into soil we can...
Year 5 - We Designed Our Own Zoo!
As part of our literacy topic, 'balanced arguments', we discussed the impact of a zoo and debated whether we should or should not have a zoo. We decided today (16th January 2019) to design our own zoo to allow animals to live in a safe environment which is similar to their natural habitat....
Year 5 - Time Problems
The children in Year 5 today (18th October 2018) worked together in pairs to solve time problems based on a TV guide and its timings. Ask the children at home to create a time table for their daily routines and make up some questions
Year 5 - Time Capsule - Back to the Future Part 2
Today (25th April 2019) the children in 5M were super excited to be a part of our time capsule project. In 2002, Mr Dave, our building manager, buried a time capsule containing wonderful photos of staff and children, pupils learning and messages in the playground. This week after renovations took...
Year 5 - The Power of Erosion
The children in year 5 had an exciting lesson today (26-09-2018) when they studied the power of erosion. they also looked at the different ways of erosion and identified how rocks and other formation are created
Year 5 - The Friction Test
Today in science (23rd April 2019) the Year 5 children tested the different effects of friction, using four different surfaces. The children build a ramp and with a toy car measured the distance the car travelled on different surfaces, testing the effects of friction
Year 5 - The Environment and Food Waste
Year 5 had fun learning about the environment and food waste today! We made fridge magnets and were educated about food composting
Year 5 - The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Today (26th April 2019) the children in year completed their published story based on the Aesop tale, 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf'. The children used the ideas from the story and write their own version from the view of the main character - the boy. The pupils, in addition to the story added in...
Year 5 - The BIG Draw
Today (13th March 2019) the Year 5 pupils were excited to start and complete their Big Draw project. We looked at an artist, Andy Warhol, and studied his printing designs. The children chose the theme of food and fruits to use as their stimulus and along with their creative skills painted some...
Year 5 - The Big Draw
Today (26th March 2019) the Year 5 pupils completed their BIG DRAW project and placed all their printings on a canvas, ready to be displayed. The amazing design, filled with colour, tone and creative ideas, is a true representation of the children in Year 5
Year 5 - The Bar Model
The Year 5 children have been using the bar model to help them visual the real life word-problems. The bar model has helped them to better understand the problem, choose the operation and solve the calculations
Year 5 - Telling The Time
Today (4th March 2019) the children in Year 5 were using clocks to help them tell the time. Then they used blank clock faces to show the time then read the time that was shown on their clock faces. The Year 5 pupils have been encouraged to practice telling time and using time word problems on IXL...
Year 5 - Study Star Number Challenge
The children in Year 5 were challenged today (9-10-2018) with a number puzzle. Their task was to use all the digits, from 1-9 with any of the four operations to make a total of 100. If you would like to try different combinations of making the number 100 see transum.org to play the game at home...
Year 5 - Story Time: 'Pandoras Box'
This morning (9th November 2018) Year 5M enjoyed a lovely story to start the day. We listened and watched the story of 'Pandoras Box'. the children enjoyed the story and found the myth to be very interesting
Year 5 - Mexican Carnival
The children in Year 5 had a fun time this afternoon (4th October 2018) creating and designing different carnival head pieces. They were inspired by our topic -North America and we studied the different carnivals, celebrations that happen every year. The children used a range of materials to design...
Year 5 - Measurement in Maths
Today (12-12-2018) the children in year 5 had an amazing maths lesson where they made slime. The children had to use various measuring equipment, measure actual ingredients and then after mixing it all together produced SLIME. The children enjoyed the lesson and asked, "Could we do this...
Year 6 - 6S Into University
6S had the amazing opportunity to spend an entire week with the Into University team learning all about diversity and inclusion. On Monday and Tuesday we looked at inspiring people throughout history including: Emmeline Pankhurst; Martin Luther King Jr; Nelson Mandela and Malala Yousafzai. We also...
Year 5 - 3D Shapes
On the 19th March 2019, the Year 5 pupils enjoyed a practical and hands on lesson, where they used 3D shapes to identify their properties. The children had a range of shapes and had to carefully look at the shapes, identifying their properties, sides, edges, vertices and faces
Year 5 - Balanced Argument
Today (14th January 2019) was the starting point for the Year 5 long burst genre, Balanced Arguments. The children began with a ‘COLD TASK’, writing a balanced argument with limited input. The idea of the cold task is to assess prior knowledge and then teachers will plan accordingly in...
Year 5 - Balance Arguments
Today (15th January 2019) the Year 5 pupils were engaged in an activity where they had to compile points for and against. Our topic of discussion was ' should we allow a zoo to operate'. The children came up with some interesting arguments, points and opinions about the topic. We then...
Year 5 - African Dance Workshop
As part of our Black and African history month, Year 5 had a fun dance workshop this afternoon (17th Octover 2018) where they learnt many dancer skills and movements. The children put together a dance routine and demonstrated a high level of energy. It was so much fun!
Year 5 - Adverts
The children in Year 5 were very busy today (11th October 2018) designing and creating their own adverts. They used the key features and included some catchy slogans to enhance their adverts. Next week, we will be creating our own leaflets as part of our Topic and Literacy units
Year 5 - 5MC IntoUniversity
Yesterday (26th February 2019) 5MC visited IntoUniversity to learn about university life. During the workshop, 5MC learned about degrees, accommodation, university locations and clubs and societies. Would you like to go to university? What degree would you study? Why?
Year 5 - 5MC Big Draw Vincent Van Gogh
Today, Year 5 worked hard to create our Vincent Van Gogh landscape inspired artwork. We created our bespoke art pieces using oil pastel and sheer imagination. You can come to our school exhibition to see our artwork on the following dates: 4 th December – Nursery, Reception, Year 1 5 th December –...
Year 5 - 5M Sustainability Pledge
This week (Spring Term 1 Week 6) the children learnt all about the dangers of plastic pollution. The class made a pledge to help put a stop to plastic polluting our oceans
Year 5 - 5M IntoUniversity
The children in 5M enjoyed a workshop today (6th March 2019) at the IntoUniversity office in Clapton. The pupils were introduced to the courses on offer at university, social clubs, living arrangements and degrees on offer. They took part in various activities which gave them a better insight into...
Year 5 - 5M Full STEAM Ahead
The children in Year 5M were delighted today (26th February 2019) to have a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics workshop. The children played many different games looking at various occupations and their meanings and designed a floating boat using only limited resources
Year 5 - 5M Friendship Week Posters
Today (12th November 2018) the children in Year 5M made posters to celebrate their friendships and used vocabulary to describe what makes a good friend. They created word posters using a style and technique
Year 5 - 5M Fire Safety
The children in Year 5M were educated about fire safety and the necessary procedures to be taken in the event of a fire. A member of the London Fire Brigade visited us today (29th November 2018) to help us understand fire safety
Year 5 - 5F Trip to IntoUniversity
Today (28th February 2019), 5F participated in a workshop at IntoUniversity. The children were engaged in activities to learn more about university life. Well done to everyone, especially Amira and Ronnie, who received congratulatory postcards for their effort!
Year 5 - 3D Nets
The children in Year 5 today (20-11-2018) had a practical maths lesson where they constructed 3D shapes using nets. The children then made their 3D shapes and listed the properties of the 3D shapes
Year 5 - Book Corner
The children in 5M were extremely proud of their book corner today (3rd April 2019) when they re-packed the booked corner ensuring their learning space is a space that not only looks good, but has a welcoming feel to read books for pleasure. 5M would like to welcome anyone to come along and read in...
Year 4 Have Had a Great First Week Back!
They have shared what they did during the summer holidays and have got to know their class teachers better. They have also jumped right into Year 4 learning for RE day where they learnt about Judaism. Have a look at the concentration on their faces!
Year 4 - Work Week
Today "Work Week" began at Daubeney Primary School with year four pupils going out on their first trip to the Andina Restaurant in Shoreditch in the city. The experience was amazing, as pupils had the opportunity to experience a range of jobs that they could do if they wanted to choose a...
Year 4 - Woodberry Wetlands
Year 4 were very lucky to go on a trip to Woodberry Wetlands where they had first-hand experience seeing all the creatures that they have been learning about in Science. At first the children were scared and didn't want to get their hands dirty but by the end of the day everyone was brave...
Year 4 - Viking Helmets
This week, Year 4 were creating Viking helmets to help them understand life during that era. They were able to identify the key features of a Viking hat, along with discussing where the Vikings conquered between AD793 to 1066. They had a great time and are looking forward to learning more about...
Year 4 - Sound
Year 4 are learning all about sound this half term. They have started their first session with a practical lesson about vibrations and the sounds that they make. They have also shared some questions that they have about sound. I challenge Daubeney students to find out the answers and comment below!
Year 4 - SEAL- Odd Socks Day
Year 4 had a great SEAL session today discussing Odd socks day. We spoke about how we are different in some ways and all similar in other ways. We also spoke about accepting one another for who we are and having a growth mindset. We chose to wear odd socks today to show that it is OK to be...
Year 4 - RE Day: Christianity
As part of RE day, Year 4 explored how Christians show their beliefs. The children made posters inspired by the Good Samaritan parable. We also looked at important figures such as Mother Teresa. Finally we created glass stained windows with symbols that we thought represented Christianity
Year 4 - PE: Dancing
Year 4 have been lucky enough to have a dance instructor come in to teach them during PE. They have learnt a range of moves and are building their confidence up to perform in front of others. Have a look at some of their moves!
Year 4 - Natural History Museum
Year 4 had a great time at the Natural History Museum where we visited the Volcanoes and Earthquakes exhibition and were able to consolidate and develop our learning. Not only were children able to look at artefacts but they also had the chance to experience what an earthquake feels like on a...
Year 4 - Mummification
This term, Year 4 have been studying life in Ancient Egypt and on Wednesday, learnt about 'mummification'. They learnt the fascinating yet queasy facts about why and how it was done. As an activity, they pretended to be Embalmers and mummify an orange. They loved the activity, getting messy...
Year 4 - Meditation
Year 4 have been meditating in class as a way of relaxing and making ourselves feel better. 'Meditation makes me feel calm and it helps me to get all the stress out.' - Ren 4C 'Meditation makes me calm down and helps me focus on my work' - Sofien 4C
Year 4 - Maths: Graffiti Art
Year 4 had a fun maths lesson creating graffiti art. Each table had a different reasoning problem and the children worked in groups to find a solution using numbers and drawings
Year 5 - Biographies
The Year 5 pupils today (14th March 2019) were focused in their literacy session, where they began writing their biographies based on a famous person. The children used their notes and planning sheets from this week to help them construct their biographies. next week we will be publishing our...
Year 5 - British Science Week 2019
Today (12th March 2019) the children in Year 5 used their engineering skills and creativity to design a product as part of a nation wide competition. Their product must be able to help in any way or form and all applications will be submitted by to the nominated university and their engineering...
Year 5 - Measure and Mass
Today (10th December 2018) the children used scales to measure the actual weight of everyday items around the classroom. They had to first estimate the weight, then measure their items. The children measured some interesting items
Year 5 - Finding a Fraction of an Amount
Today (11th February 2019) the Year 5 children had an exciting maths lesson using concrete and visual resources to help them find a fraction of an amount. The children watched a video prepared by the teachers, then used the concrete materials to help them solve the calculations. After, they used...
Year 5 - Literacy and Art
Today (27th February 2019) the children in Year 5 were excited when we had a cross curricular learning session, Literacy and Art, and created our own dragons based on the writing we did this week. The children watched an animated clip about a dragon slayer and re-told the story with their own...
Year 5 - Literacy and Art
The children in Year 5 were pleasantly surprised today (20th September 2019) when they were told that their Literacy lesson was actually an Art lesson. The children have been reading 'The Colour of Home' by Mary Hoffman, and have used the village image as their stimulus for today. They used various...
Year 5 - LEXIA Superstars
The children in Year 5 have been developing their learning today (3rd April 2019) using a programme called Lexia, which enables pupils to build on their knowledge and skills in reading and writing. The pupils have been working to improve their sentence structures and vocabulary
Year 5 - Leaflets
The Year 5 children were busy today (18th October 2018) publishing their leaflets. They used the key features of a leaflet and their frame, along with their information in their books, which they were writing this week. Ask your children over the half-term holiday to create a leaflet on any topic...
Year 5 - Junior Scientist
Today (5h February 2019) the Year 5 children used their moon phase home learning to help them create a scientific poster. Their posters included the different phases of the moon and many relevant facts about the moon. This helped the Year 5 children understand the importance of sharing and...
Year 5 - Junior Maths Team
The junior maths team were in action today (5th February 2019) working across the Year 5 classes. Some children from 5M were working alongside groups in 5Mc, supporting and teaching the pupils methods to convert seconds, minutes and hours. They helped the children to extend their learning by...
Year 5 - Imaginary Worlds and Words
As part of celebrating World Book Day, the Year 5 pupils had a fun workshop today (8th March 2019) creating imaginary worlds and sounds
Year 5 - Headlines
The children in Year 5 had an interesting literacy session today (16th November 2018) where they created headlines. They used pictures from newspaper articles and their own ideas to come up with catchy and suitable headlines. Encourage your child to read the newspapers over the weekend and watch...
Year 5 - Graphic Novels Expo
For the past week, Year 5 have been busy creating their own graphic novels. Today we shared our graphic novel with our peers in other Year 5 classes. We gave each other effective feedback by saying what we liked about each others work and by suggesting ways that our peers could improve
Year 5 - Graphic Novels
This morning (11-12-2018) the year 5 children had a fun session where they were asked to complete the speech in a graphic novel. The children were given a comic strip, they read through it and then decided the best speech to use in the comic. Our next step will be to plan a graphic novel and create...
Year 5 - Graphic Novels
This week, the Year 5 children will be studying Graphic novels and will be creating their own version by Friday. The children will look at speech bubbles, actions and creating characters. Today (10th December 2018) we created on our character and a front cover for our comic
Year 5 - Fractions
Today (5th February 2019) the children in Year 5 added and subtracted fractions with unlike denominators. First, they had to identify the lowest common denominator, change the fractions to have like denominators then add the numerators. It was amazing to see the children understand the concept and...
Year 5 - Fitness
The Year 5 children started this term (23rd April 2019) off with a once a week fitness session led by our sports coaches. The Year 5 children will use the good weather this term to promote a healthy lifestyle and develop their fitness levels over the coming term. In addition, they have been...
Year 5 - Favourite Book and Author
The children in Year 5 today (24th April 2019) shared some of their favourite books and authors. They recommended books to their peers and suggested why they thought their friends would like the books. It was interesting to see the various books chosen by the pupils. Even Mr Matvad shared his...
Year 5 - Carnival Headbands
Year 5 had fun making Carnival headbands as part of our cross curricular topic this term
Year 5 - Fashion Show
This week, Year 5 had to design and create fashion items using recycled clothes and materials as part of Work Week. They also showed off their modelling skill on the cat walk! Well done for all the hard work Year 5! What was your favourite part of the fashion show? What company's products would...
Year 5 - Equivalent Fractions
Today (30th January 2019) the Year 5 children had a practical lesson to help them to find an equivalent fraction. The children used pizza fractions and blank fraction cut outs to show equivalent fractions. We played a game of 'Fair or NOT Fair' to identify whether the fractions were...
Year 5 - Eco Active Workshop
Year 5M were involved today (27th September 2018) in learning all about recycling and sustainability. The Eo Active team came into class to help the children learn about the importance of recycling and how we can recycle our food. Food waste is a major issue around Hackney and the children...
Year 5 - Drama Workshop
Year 5 learned about creativity in drama today. The students had to create magic worlds, draw them, make sounds for them and act them out. It was a very fun workshop!
Year 5 - Drama Workshop
Year 5 had an amazing drama workshop today. Some of this involved using simple objects to create performances which were funny and moving!
Year 5 - Drama and Literacy
On the 25th March 2019 the year 5 children watched a short story and use the story to help them role play scenes. The children enjoyed making up characters and having a dialogue with other characters. This week in literacy, the children will be creating their own short stories
Year 5 - Division with Money
Today (1st March 2019) the Year 5 pupils used their efficient method to solve division word problems involving money. They applied their knowledge of division and their multiplication knowledge to help them solve the real-life word problems
Year 5 - Distance Time Graph
Today (7th March 2019) the Year 5 pupils had a challenge in their maths session. They were given a graph showing time versus distance. the children had to interpret the data by reading and understanding the graph, then they created their own questions about the data
Year 5 - Daubeney Poetry Competition Entries
Year 5 wrote entries for Daubeney's poetry competition. Good look everyone!
Year 5 - Cross Curricular: Crime and Punishment
In Year 5, we are learning about crime and punishment. Today (8th March 2019), we played a board game to see how crime and punishment worked in Anglo Saxon times. It was very interesting to see how their punishments differed to our modern ones!
Year 5 - Conscious Alley Role Play
The children in Year 5 had a wonderful session during our immersion lesson in literacy. They watched the story of Pandora's Box' then used various types of drama activities to explore the characters and the themes. The children used conscious alley to help them with the dilemma -top open or...
Year 5 - Chatsworth Road Palace
The children in year 5 had a very special trip today (4-12-2018) to Chatsworth Road Palace to watch a drama show with their own toys as the main characters. The children were asked to bring in a toy and it was sued on stage as part of the characters. It was really fun to see their toys acting
Year 5 - Celebrating World Maths Day
Today (12th March 2019) the Year 5 pupils were excited to celebrate World Maths Day by solving a range of puzzles and problems. The children formed groups and partners to help each other solve the puzzles and problems. The class had so much fun, solving the maths puzzles using their mathematical...
Year 5 - Celebrating Diversity
The children in Year 5 used their creative skills today (29-10-2018) to design a poster celebrating diversity. The class, in their SEAL session, discussed the importance of diversity and generated ideas to create a poster to celebrate how diverse our world is. We hope to use all the work from the...
Year 6 - 6S go to Sky Studios
In 6S we are taking on the role of journalists as we read the thrilling London Eye Mystery. Following our trip to The London Eye last week, we went to the O2 in London to visit Sky Studios and tried our hand at presenting the news. Whilst we were there we also got to experience VR, used a green...
Year 6 - Business Enterprise
Year 6 have been developing a business enterprise in school. So far this year the business enterprise has been a tremendous success. The children are very excited about being part of the business and love to see profits being made, this is helping children with their maths skills in the playground...
Year 6 - 6S Mental Health Week
As this week is Mental Health Week, 6S have been focusing on ways we can look after our mental health and well-being. We have had some insightful conversations surrounding what mental health is and we designed posters to help educate people on how they can take care of their own mental health....
Year 5 - The Big Draw 2019
Today, 18th June 2019 the Year 5 children enjoyed spending some time in Daubeney fields studying the landscapes. They looked at the surrounding views from different angles and decided which area they would focus on to draw. They drew the view they saw and used their art skills to include many art...
Year 5 Residential 2019 - Day 1
[menu name="year5-residential-2019"] Wow! What a start! As first days go this is right up there with the best of them. It was a very excitable coach journey and the children couldn’t wait to get to Youlbury and try out all the activities. We arrived in plenty of time and as usual...
KS2 Sports Day 2019
Another wonderful Daubeney KS2 Sports Day was enjoyed by all that participated and watched last Thursday at Mabley Green. A big thank you to all the staff who supported and encouraged our children on the day, especially Mr Simon and Mr Simeon our PE teachers. As always, a big thank you to you our...
Daubeney Student Wins The Leaders Award
We are super proud of this student, who had the incredible opportunity to visit Kingston University to accept her award for her entry in The Leaders Award competition. She was one of two Year 3 winners out of a total of 48,000 entries. She acted as a superb representative of Daubeney on the day and...
Year 2 - 2C Comics
This week, we have been learning about comics and we even drew one of our own based on the book Journey by Aaron Becker. We learnt that comics have lots of pictures and lots of thought and speech bubbles. An amazing comic will also have onomatopoeia. Do you know what an onomatopoeia is? Our...
Year 1 - Warhol Art
We learnt about Andy Warhol and looked at some of his work. We drew an image on half a piece of A5 and then folded it in half to ‘print’ the image on the other side
Nursery - Sports Day 2019
Nursery's sports day revealed that we have talented athletes in Daubeney! The children jumped in their sacks, balanced in the egg and spoon race and with a bean bag on their heads and had a raced with each other! Well done to all involved and thank you to the parents for coming to watch
Hispanic Week 2019
Our pupils learnt a lot about the Spanish speaking countries by researching, making presentations, posters, flags, maracas and many more. All staff, parents and especially children had an amazing time. A first-hand experience of the culture of all Spanish speaking countries: we had a Mexican...
Great Daubeney Bake Off 2019
The event was a huge success and in total we have raised £521.47. Thank you to everyone for their support and contribution. We will be announcing the winners soon…so watch this space
Great Daubeney Bake Off 2019
The event was a huge success and in total we have raised £521.47. Thank you to everyone for their support and contribution. We will be announcing the winners soon… so watch this space
Year 5 - 5MC Forensic Workshop
Today 5MC took part in an amazing Forensic Workshop. In the workshop, 5MC had to identify who stole a pedigree dog from a dog show! To find the culprit 5MC had to use many forensic skills by looking at clues such as DNA, finger prints, ink chromatography, addresses and many more. 5MC, what was your...
Year 5 - 5F Forensics Workshop
On Tuesday (18th July 2019), 5F used their scientific skills to carry out a forensics investigation. They aimed to solve the mystery of a stolen dog and had to analyse fingerprints, ink samples and shoe prints!
Federation Mathematics Competition
Today we held our Federation Mathematics Competition at Daubeney with our sister schools Lauriston and Sebright. Our pupils participated with such a high level of determination, resilience and team work. Everyone was actively engaged from start to finish. Daubeney emerged the winners. Well done...
Year 5 - 5M Forensic Science Workshop
Today the Year 5 children enjoyed a special Forensic science workshop where they had to become detectives. The children used clues, fingerprints, footprints and objects left at the crime scene to identify the suspects and locate the missing dog
It Takes a Village...
This half-term we having been holding a series of events every Wednesday (5pm-7pm) under the banner of, ‘It Takes a Village...’. We have been blessed to have had the opportunity to host some world class speakers such as: Gary Younge, Patricia Lamour MBE, ‘Lt. Stitchie’,...
Reception - Red Class trip to London Zoo
Red class had a brilliant day out at London Zoo last week (12th June 2019) The children were amazed to see a variety of animals. They particularly liked the black headed python, the penguins, the sleepy lion and and the beautiful butterflies. We also enjoyed eating our lunch at the aquarium with...
Nursery - Visit Old MacDonald's Farm
Nursery had a wonderful time at Old MacDonald's Farm last week. They got to meet and feed so many animals, including and the Josh the pony, Thumbelina the rabbit and Gladdis the tortoise. Some children enjoyed stoking the animals too! The children went on some great rides and played in the...
Nursery - Phil McDermott Tells A Story
Nursery were lucky to have Phil Mcdermott came in to tell them a story!
Junior Literacy Team visit the Nursery
On Tuesday 18th June, the Junior Literacy Team visited the Nursery to read stories to the children. The team sat in the 'Reading Jungle', the Nursery's book corner and read books including Curious George and even a book by Mo Farah called 'Ready Steady Mo'. The children loved...
Boys Book Club - 18th June 2019
Today (18-06-2019) the Boys Book Club explored the many online stories available which are suitable for primary school children. We used the iPads, and read a selection of stories. Next week we aim to read some classic fairy tales and hope to create our own fairy tale story in the session
Year 5 - Crazy Day Disco
On Friday, Year 5 had lots of fun on the school's Crazy Day. There was a disco in the Hop Garden where the children got the chance to bust some moves!
Daubeney's Got Talent 2019 Finals
Daubeney Got Talent finals took place on 17th June 2019 and it was a success. Congratulations to the finalists and everyone that auditioned and took part. Winners who will go on to represent Daubeney at Federation got talent will be announced in the coming days
Year 3 Celebrate Wacky Day
Year 3 donned their most extravagant outfits and dyed their hair (and tongues!) every shade of the rainbow to celebrate all things wacky. They danced to some funky tunes, played on the climbing frame and even had a go at singing some songs themselves in the hop garden! Everybody had a whale of a...
Year 2 - 2C Crazy Day Disco
Even though it rained a little today, it didn’t stop these funky 2C children from having crazy fun! We had ice lollies and danced all morning! Check out our photos!
Federation Spelling Bee
Daubeney hosted the first ever Federation Spelling Bee with Sebright and Lauriston today (14th June) and we came out on top! We won the overall best speller for Year 4, 5 and 6! Well done to Racheal in 4K, Taylor in 5M and Mohamed in 6S and to all the contestants that represented Daubeney – they...
Year 2 - 2C Hispanic Week
Hola! This week was Hispanic Week and we took part in lots of fun activities, including an assembly with a mariachi band and a piñata! In 2C, our country was Bolivia so we all did some research on it so we could teach the other Year 2 classes about it. Did you know that Bolivia has 2 capital...
Eco Team Meet The Senior Team
Today the Eco team met with Mr Logan, Mr Dharma, Ms Gustave, Ms Cenac and Ms Bibi to discuss all the great work they have been doing over the year. They also discussed future plans for the school and what they'd like to see happen. The children inspired the adults with their enthusiasm and...
Year 1 - Science Fun
Year 1 had fun this morning taking part in a Science experiment! We have been learning all about Mae Jemison who was the first black female to go into space, and today we discovered how a rocket blasts off. We made our own mini rockets using film canisters and effervescent tablets! We had so much...
Year 5 Residential 2019 - Day 2
[menu name="year5-residential-2019"] Day 2 down and it was another absolute belter. What a day! We thought the rain may dampen the children’s spirits but residential continued as planned. The children are adapting to independent life and have had to learn to get themselves ready for...
Year 3 Turn Banksy
Year 3 were inspired by the political and cultural messages of the graffiti artist Banksy's work. They found out that Banksy uses stencils to create his art so that he can get away quickly. This is because he is actually anonymous-nobody knows who he is! Year 3 made their own Banksy-style...
Year 1 - Hispanic Week in 1P
For Hispanic Week, 1P have been learning about Chlie. We made an information video about what we learnt. We hope you enjoy it!
Year 6 - Transition Week 5F to 6S
It’s been an absolutely fantastic week for the new 6S and an incredibly busy one too. In just one week the children have: completed a piece of writing, published it and begun their writing folders for Year 6; taken part in school council elections; practised their dancing for the end of year...
Year 2 - Graduation Class Of 2019
With much fanfare our Year2’s graduated from KS1 to KS2 on 17.7.19. The teachers were proud, but not as much as the parents! As for the children they were filled with pride as the received their certificates, sang their celebratory songs and had nominated class individuals read their...
Year 3 - 3T Get Arty in the Park
Today (21st June 2019) 3T took time to really appreciate the beauty of nature. They closely observed leaves, trees, even single strands of grass, before sketching whatever captured their imagination. Orson commented, "There are so many cool patterns and different shades of green on this one leaf!"...
Year 3 Recreate 'Alone in a Crowd'
After finding out about the artist Julian Opie, Year 3 created their own piece of art inspired by his work. It was interesting to see how one piece of art inspired so many different styles. It seems that the children are really developing their own unique artistic voice!
Year 2 - Carnival
Did you know that "Bee's Knees" and "Cat's Pajamas" were terms used in the 1920s that meant something was the best? After all the practice and and hard work we put into our dance, we were definitely the Bee's Knees and Cat's Pajamas! Our theme was the 1920s so we...
Year 3 - Visit the Adventure Playground
Year 3 children showed lots of fantastic skills at the adventure playground today. It was fabulous to see how they supported one another and developed new skills. They also encouraged each other to try things that maybe they have not done before. As we left Zara said, "That wasn't an hour!...
Year 5 at UBS
Today (10th July 2019) five children from Year 5 entered the last stage of the STEAM competition at UBS Bank and came third. The children had to design a robotic car and an obstacle course to allow the car to be challenged. They used many of their skills to successfully complete the challenge. The...
Year 5 - End of Year Picnic
On Tuesday (9th July 2019) the children in Year 5 enjoyed a lovely day out in Victoria Park. They had a picnic and played games in the park while enjoying the good Summer weather
Year 2 - 2C Fun in the Park
During our family picnic day in Victoria Park, we had lots of fun climbing, sliding and making things with sand. Here are some of our favourite parts: "My favourite part was climbing on the ropes because it was quite challenging" - Ava "I liked covering Mr Ricardo in the sand and...
Year 1 - Clissold Park
Year 1 had a wonderful time at Clissold Park. We had a picnic, played in the play park, looked at the animals and had an amazing time in the paddling pool!
Year 6 - Ice Skating
It’s getting closer to the final days at Daubeney for Year 6 and to celebrate they went out ice skating. It was a nice break from the heat in the cool ice rink. Lots of fun, laugh and good times. That would also work as a good summary for their time in Daubeney
Year 5 Residential 2019 - Day 3
[menu name="year5-residential-2019"] Day 3 and things are not slowing down. And wait for it... IT DIDN’T RAIN! The sun even poked its head through the clouds for a few glorious seconds. What a time to be alive. The children finished yesterday with fried chicken and chips and...
Capital Kids Cricket Festival
Today (8th July 2019) the children in Year 5 had a wonderful time at the CKC cricket festival, where they celebrated 30 years of dedicated service to coaching and mentoring young future stars. The children participated in a variety of different activities and cricket games and as a bonus each child...
Year 3 - 3T Explore Emotions
Everyone experiences an enormous variety of emotions-from excitement to fear to rage-and sometimes all of them in one day! It's perfectly normal. Today in 3T we explored different emotions, identifying their purpose and speaking about situations in which we have felt a particular way. We then...
Ukulele at the Adventure Playground
Transition week is in full swing and we brought ukuleles on all our trips. Check out Jada and Mr. O‘ Flynn’s jam at the adventure playground
Boys Book Club - 2nd July 2019
Today (2nd July 2019) the boys in the reading club decided to sit in front of the classroom fan and relax while reading a selection of thriller stories. The children enjoyed reading the stories which made them use their prediction skills to predict the ending and in addition they enjoyed the...
Year 3 - First Day in 3T
Although new experiences can be really scary and nerve-wracking, the new 3T have shown that they are real troopers and have settled into Year 3 life wonderfully! In 3T, the tables are named after famous artists, such as Picasso and Frida Kahlo. After finding out a little about each artist, 3T...
Year 5 Residential 2019 - Day 5
[menu name="year5-residential-2019"] 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, our silver medalist Spanish champion, “Muy Bien, fenomenal!” The children have been...
Year 4 - Swimming Course at the London Aquatic Centre
Year 4 classes completed a 10 day course at London Aquatic Centre, also known as the Olympic Swimming Pool, in Stratford. The children had a great time challenging themselves and facing their fears and even got to have a fun day at the end as a result of their amazing dedication. Well done all of...
KS1 Sports Day 2019
On this beautiful day, KS1 had their sports day at Daubeney Fields. It was a joyous day as pupils participated in different activities and parents rushed from one year group to another to cheer on siblings. 2K enjoyed tag of war, the sack race, egg on a spoon race, mini javelin, relay and many...
Year 5 Residential 2019 - Day 4
[menu name="year5-residential-2019"] 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 and the usual hot chocolate before bed. This...
Year 3 - Outdoor Reading
Year 3 enjoyed a fun afternoon reading their favourite books in the Hop Garden. They found a cosy spot, got comfortable, and delved into their books. "Reading outside is so relaxing, I felt so refreshed" - Hussein "It's just a different feeling reading outside in the fresh air, I...
Year 2 - 2C Sports Day
What a wonderful day to be out in the sun and have some friendly competitions! From three legged races to javelin throws, 2C gave it their all in everything we did today! We even ended the day by participating and watching the races! Take a look at our highlights! What was your favourite part of...
Bike Around The Borough
It was an amazing experience today (27th June 2019) where children from Daubeney Primary School participated in the annual cycle ride around Hackney. The 10 mile route took the children from Homerton to Hackney Downs, then to Stoke Newington, Newington Green, Dalston and then back to Hackney for...
Year 3 - 3T's Costa Rica Presentation
As part of Hispanic Week, 3T researched the Spanish speaking country of Costa Rica. Demonstrating their impressive capacity for teamwork, they focused on different areas, such as the animals, food and geography of Costa Rica, and created very informative posters. They then presented their findings...
Year 1 - Hispanic Week in 1L
1L have been having lots of fun during Hispanic week! We have taken part in a Mariachi workshop, painted flags of Mexico and made our own maracas! We learnt lots of facts about Mexico and made a video to present to the other Year 1 classes!
Year 4 - Human and Physical Geography Trip to Daubeney Fields
Year 4 went on a trip to Daubeney Fields to develop their understanding of 'human and physical geography'. They enjoyed themselves by having the opportunity to observe different things in nature and discuss the physical landscape of their local area! They will use this information to help...
Year 4 - Sustainability
Year 4 had an interesting Eco-Active workshop where they studied the local area as part of the 'Map your neighbourhood' project. They also learnt about who is responsible for different areas and how we can look after them
The Junior Creativity Team
The Junior Creativity Team have been busy. As well as our club every week where we work towards gaining the Explore Arts Award, we attending a morning SLT meeting. We talked about how art inspires us and what we want to do for the school. On the same day we took KS1 Assembly and taught everyone...
Boys Book Club - 7th May 2019
Today (7th May 2019) the boys book club discussed the importance of having a good front cover. So we decided to use this session to use our art skills to design and draw our own front cover. The boys had fun designing their front covers and coming up with amazing titles for their books
Year 5 - Catapults
Today (3rd May 2019) the Year 5 children made their very own catapults in the topic lesson as part of our forces lessons. The children designed their catapults then measured the force applied by the elastic bands to help them make their catapult stronger and more effective
Year 1 - 1P Shadows
In 1P we have been learning about shadows. We discussed how shadows move depending on where the light is and how close it is. We made shadow puppets using card and lolly sticks. We turned off the lights and used a torch to try and make shadows using the puppets. We discussed what happens when you...
Nursery - St Barnabas Church Trip
The nursery children went on a trip to St Barnabas Church. The children listened to a story about Jesus that Christians believe in. They also acted out parts of the story. The children were fascinated with the pictures in the church and they enjoyed looking at the stain glass windows. Thank you to...
Nursery - Messy Play Day
Nursery had their first Messy play day. The children had so much fun exploring many different messy activities. We had cornflour, cutting spaghetti, cars in paint, shaving foam and lots more. One child said 'Miss this is the best day ever!' and another said 'I am having so much fun...
Year 6 - 6F Time Capsule
6F were amazed at how Daubeney was in 2002! Many of the children from then had shared their experiences and daily activities by filling a time capsule with many newspapers, drawings and even a Harry Potter stationery set! The 17 year old capsule was found by the builders buried under the ground in...
Classroom Displays 2019
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
Year 4 - Elanna's 'Beesafe' at Home Presentation
Elanna created an online safety presentation ‘Beesafe’ at home. Her PowerPoint was presented to the KS2 children in assembly. Well done Elanna!
Year 4 - Sustainability Presentations
Last term, Year 4's created a presentation on sustainability. This was to help their understanding of the environment and how we could look after the Daubeney community effectively. Their presenting skills were very impressive!
Year 6 - Motivational Poems
Year 6 is an important year and the children wanted to share some advice that has helped them develop their attitude. These poems are truly inspiring and if you listen carefully you may learn some important lessons not just about school but about life
Maths Family Workshop
This workshop had a focus of using stories to teach mathematics and helping children develop mastery. The parents had the opportunity to learn strategies to help with the mastery of concept: everything from basic counting to doing algebra. The book we focused on was "One is a snail, ten is a...
Young Hackney Dance
On the 27th of March, two groups of children from Daubeney took part in a dance competition arranged by Young Hackney. The children choreographed their own routines and as you can see for yourselves from the brilliant performances, they did a magnificent job! Judging by the third video, Mr Simon,...
Year 3 - Girls Club
Year 3 girls have started their social club today during lunchtime with Ms Fathema. The girls took part in lots of icebreakers and team games including organising themselves silently from shortest to tallest. They also engaged in conversation with each other, answering funny questions such as what...
Yellow Class - Christmas Fun
Yellow Class have been having lots of amazing Xmas fun over the last couple of weeks. We did our nativity show where we all dressed up to perform for our families. It was very special and we sang Christmas songs and acted out a show. All the grown ups were so pleased at our talents. Definitely the...
Year 6 Outdoor Learning
Today (12th February 2019) 6S took advantage of the (quite) nice weather and took our spelling and handwriting lesson outdoors. It was a nice change of environment and we really enjoyed being outdoors to learn. We also know that being outdoors can help to improve our mental health and wellbeing....
Year 6 - Writing: Peer and Self Assessment
This week Year 6 have been writing short stories based on the short film “The Piano”. Today (03.04.19) they read through each other’s writing and used their teamwork and feedback skills to improve their peers’ writing. On Friday, they will share their short stories with each...
Year 6 - Work Week 2019: Enterprise 6S
For Work Week, 6S had the exciting opportunity to start their own business and create their own inventions. They worked in groups to come up with the company name, design a product and work out the budget and manufacturing costs. They then had to pitch their ideas in ‘Dragon’s...
Year 6 - The Boy Who Cried Wolf
It’s the first day back and the beginning of the Summer Term. Year 6 are going to be writing their own modern take on the well known fable of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. To get immersed in the story they performed it in groups. This will help them when it comes to planning their own story
Year 6 - Researching with Spanish Dictionaries
This week Year 6 learnt how to use a Spanish paper dictionary to research on words about food. They used their Spanish alphabet skills to independently learn food names and whether they were masculine or feminine
Year 6 - Publishing Short Stories
Today (04.04.19) year 6 published the short stories they have been writing over the last few days. They used the corrections and improvements made by themselves and their peers to produce a top quality piece of writing. They will be sharing them by reading them out loud tomorrow
Year 6 - Posting Letters to America
Today, two of our Year 6 children took our responses to the local post office. They had to find an appropriate envelope and pay for that. Then they had to write the address we were sending it too, as well as the return address (in case it gets lost). They then had to choose normal air mail or...
Year 6 - Pen Pals in New York, USA
In February, we received an email from a teacher from a school called Laddie A Decker Sound Beach School in Miller Place in New York asking if we would like be their pen pals. We jumped at the opportunity and got our pens and paper out. It has been so much fun writing letters and receiving them all...
Year 6 - Making Shapes
Today (04.04.19) Year 6 completed their week of learning about shapes by getting creative and making some. They have been revising properties of shapes this week - making sure they know about faces, edges, vertices, volume and shape names
Year 6 - Making Easter Bonnets
Year 6 got to flex their creative muscles today and got to making their bonnets for tomorrow’s Easter Bonnet parade. The children really enjoyed working together to make some original, creative ideas and they can’t wait to show them off tomorrow!
Year 6 - Learning Percentages
In maths this week Year 6 have been learning all about percentages. Today (21st November 2018) we had to explain how to find out different percentages and then teach the rest of the class
Year 6 - Daubeney Alumni
On Monday 8 th October some past pupils from Daubeney, who are now Year 7s at Cardinal Pole, visited Year 6 to discuss life at secondary school. They talked about their timetable, uniform, homework and gave us advice on how to prepare for secondary school. We were told that the expectations in Year...
Year 1 - Phonics Screening Check Workshop
Thank you to all the parent who attended our Phonics screening check workshop. Please see information below of what we discussed. You should also take a look at our useful phonics websites
Year 1P - Learns The Gruffalo
This week in 1P we started learning The Gruffalo. First we chose a character that we wanted to be in the performance and explained why we would be good for the part. We discussed how we could stage the story and worked together to rehearse each part. On Friday we performed our stories to the other...
Boys Book Club - 11th June 2019
Today (11-06-2019) the Boys Book Club had another great session reading to the children in the Nursery. The boys went over after lunch and read stories to the nursery pupils while asking them questions about the book. The Nursery children were excited to have a story read to them and as a bonus...
Spanish & Art - Our Champions Creating Their Own Paintings
The Spanish champions had a great time painting on canvasses, inspired by the Spanish impressionist artist Joaquin Sorolla. After seeing his exhibition, they learnt about his work and impressionism and this week they used impressionist techniques to create their own artwork. They will now learn to...
Anti-Idling Campaign
Daubeney students were out early this morning handing out leaflets and informing parents and students about our anti-idling campaign. We are committed to our students living a healthy life and so we would like to ensure our air is as clean as possible. Read our leaflet to find out more information...
Year 3 - Mariachi Workshop
Today (10th June 2019) Year 3 got the fantastic opportunity to experience live music performed by a Mariachi band. They even got do do a bit of traditional dancing. Year 3 have definitely started Hispanic week off with a bang at Daubeney. Watch this space for more updates!
KS1 & Reception Mariachi Assembly
For Hispanic week, KS1 and reception had fun this morning taking part in an assembly with a Mariachi band! We listened to them play lots of songs and we all joined in passing maracas around and having lots of fun! Thank you Mr Arribas for organising such a lovely assembly!!
Reception - Red Class Planting Cress and Mustard Seeds
Just before the half term, Red Class planted some cress and mustard seeds. We were very surprised when we returned back from our holidays. The cress had grown very tall. We took good care of our plants by watering it and making sure that they had plenty of sunshine. Red Class also decided to make...
Daubeney Spelling Bee 2019
The Daubeney Spelling Bee has come and gone and it was spectacular! It was close but Joey in 3G, Racheal in 4K, Taylor in 5M and Mohamed in 6S won 1st place for their year. All the winners including 2nd and 3rd place are going to compete in a federation spelling bee against Sebright and Lauriston....
Year 5 - 5M Britania Sports Day 2019
Another trophy for our young stars! Today (6th June 2019) was another fantastic day for the young sports stars in Year 5M who took part in the annual Britania Sports Day in Hoxton, where we competed against 12 other schools from the borough. The children in Year 5M were fully engaged and were...
Reception - Growth and Transformation
The children in Yellow Class have been planting cress and mustard seeds. We have also focus on the sunflower and learnt all about the different parts of the plant. The children painted them and can name the parts. We have displayed their fabulous work
Year 2 - Ultimate Times Table Challenge!
Before the half term, Year 2s took part in the ULTIMATE TIMES TABLE CHALLENGE. As it was the KS1 SATS earlier in May, we had to practice our times tables a lot and we took this opportunity to continue it even more after the SATS. We practiced for the whole of Summer 1 and on the last day of the...
Nursery - Maths Junior Team
The members of the Maths Junior Team visited the Nursery to interact with the younger pupils and help them gain an understanding of Maths. Each member planned what activities they thought would be most engaging for the children. The time passed quickly and soon it was time to leave but not before...
Spanish Champions Art Trip to the National Gallery
Our Spanish champions went to the National Gallery to see the Spanish artist's exhibition 'Sorolla: Spanish Master of Light'. They were stunned by Sorolla's colourful and bright landscapes of Spain. They learnt about impressionism and discussed the effects of light in painting
Year 1 - 1P's Sharing Assembly
Thank you to everyone who came to our assembly. We had fun learning the Gruffalo story and the song with makaton signs! This is a special recording as the original didn't have sound! We hope you enjoy it
Year 1 - Chair For A Bear Project
As part for our chair for a bear project, Year 1 went on a teddy bear’s picnic to Hackney Marshes. We had lunch and had lots of fun!
Spring Big Draw Exhibition
We had our exhibition to show the art work we did for our Spring Big Draw. Thank you to everyone who came along and shared our achievement with us. A big thank you to the staff who supported and the Junior Art Team who helped out and spoke so articulately about the art and who inspired it!
Reception - Red Class Sharing Assembly
Red class performed brilliantly last Thursday (16th May 2019) and they enjoyed singing some of their favourite songs. It was a spectacular performance!
'It Takes a Village' Holiday Activities
As part of Daubeney's 'It Takes a Village' project, we would like to celebrate fathers and male role models and the positive impact they have on our children. As such, we are running two competitions for the children over the half term and would like your support in encouraging the...
Girls Club - 21st May 2019
Today (21st May 2019) at girls club we started off by playing a game called fizz buzz. Then we played a Lego building game in teams where everybody had to work together to build the Lego model. We ended the session by reflecting on the importance of teamwork. Another fun session in the bag!!!
Boys Book Club - 21st May 2019
Today (21st May 2019) the Boys in the book club were treated to a selection of myths and legends, stories with witches, dragons, wizards and adventures. After reading some stories we got a chance to watch a myth using the Myths and legends website, which is free and has loads of amazing myths to...
Hackney School 1.1 Mile Fun Run
Sunday 19th May 2019 Daubeney took part in the Hackney School 1.1 mile fun run. It was a fantastic afternoon and the children were so well behaved and did so brilliantly with in the mile run. All the adults who supported felt extremely proud of them all. Go Team Daubeney you are great!
Reception - Blue Class Sharing Assembly
Blue Class had their last sharing assembly in Reception on Thursday (16th May 2019)! They delivered a fantastic performance, ukuleles and all! Most of the lines were written by the children themselves, there was even some improvising thrown in! Enjoy watching :)
Year 2 - 2B Car Race
2B designed and created their own car in Design and Technology lesson! Who do you think won the car race?
Reception - Yellow Class: Jack and the Beanstalk
Yellow Class have been learning all about the story Jack and the Beanstalk. We acted out the story and learnt about all of the characters in the story. We did some lovely drawings and fantastic writing all about what happened in the story. Well done Yellow Class you did so well
Reception - Yellow Class Flower Shop
Yellow Class have there very own flower shop. The children worked with Ms Emily to paint beautiful flowers and a rainbow to display in our flower shop. Mrs Addai got us some real artificial flowers and accessories that we can use to role play with and pretend to buy things. We have been learning...
Year 5 - Central Synagogue
The Year 5 children were welcomed yesterday (14th May 2019) to the Central Synagogue in London's West End. The staff made us feel welcomed and gave us a tour of the synagogue. A brief history of the building was presented to the children and the staff further educated the pupils on Jewish...
Boys Book Club - 14th May 2019
Today (14th May 2019) the boys in the book club had a rather relaxed and quiet session where they each found a book they liked and read. The boys discussed the books with each other and asked their friends what they thought they liked/disliked the book
Year 1T - Retells 'The Gruffalo' by Julia Donaldson
In 1T we are learning one of our favourite stories, The Gruffalo. Firstly, we chose a character we wanted to play in our performance. We have our reasons why we would be good for the part. Then, we worked collaboratively to rehearse each part of the story, taking care to remember not only our...
Year 1 - 1L Perform The Gruffalo
In Literacy 1L have been reading The Gruffalo. First we chose a character that we wanted to be in the performance and explained why we would be good for the part. We discussed how we could stage the story and worked together to rehearse each part. On Friday we performed our stories to the other...
Year 5 - IntoUniversity Centre
The children in 5M, 5F and 5Mc had a wonderful time exploring engineering at the 'IntoUniversity Centre' in Clapton. The three classes went on different days but all had the opportunity to use their designing and engineering skills to create a solution for a problem that was posed by the...
Year 4 - Internet Safety Day
For Internet Safety Day, Year 4 learnt about the internet and how we can use it safely. We spoke about social media and privacy settings. The children also spoke about their own experiences and learnt about how important it is to report anything to an adult and when to use the 'block'...
Year 4 - Hackney Museum: Travels with my Suitcase
Year 4 visited Hackney Museum where we had a workshop called 'Travels with my suitcase'. The children discovered how the local area has changed through the stories and suitcases of people who have travelled to Hackney from all over the world and throughout history. Year 4 children became...
Year 4 Trip to the Ministry of Stories
Year 4 participated in a story making workshop at the Ministry of Stories, designed to inspire a love of writing. Each pupil had the opportunity to draft and write, creating characters, setting and plot. They then evaluated and edited, assessing the effectiveness of their writing. At the end of the...
Reception - Make Your Own Sock Puppet Workshop
Parents and children made an Alien Sock Puppet together. Parents learnt about what we will be doing in Reception this year to help with developing language and communication. The children and parent created wonderful puppets. Have a look
Reception - Yellow Class Learn About 2D Shapes
Yellow Class have been learning all about shapes. We have learnt the names of 2D shapes and talked about the properties of these shapes. We did lots of activities around shape such as making pictures using shaped collage. We even made shapes with our bodies. We have learnt a new song about shape...
Reception - Yellow Class Journey to Africa
Last week we went on a journey to Africa. The children thought deeply about what it would be like to go to this very large continent and what they might see there. We watched real life video clips of some of the amazing animals that live in Africa. We talked about what the weather would be like and...
Reception - Yellow Class Easter Parade
We had a great time at the Easter Parade. The children hats were amazing. Thank you to all the parents who work with their children to make this such a fun event
Reception - Work Week 2019: Red Class visit the Fire Station
Red Class had a brilliant time at the Homerton Fire Station. We looked at the fire engine and the fire fighters uniform. The children really enjoyed using the hose to squirt water. We also learnt about the importance of having a fire alarm at home and what to do in an event of a fire. Red class...
Reception - Work Week 2019: Red Class Learn About Their Parents Professions
Red Class had a lovely time during Inspire Work Week. We had parents come in to talk about their professions. We learnt so much from them. We had an actor, a costume designer, an events planner and Adam's mum from the children's air ambulance charity. Many thanks to the parents that...
Reception - Red Class: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Red class really enjoyed reading the story 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears'. We have been using props and resources to retell and explore the story further. We loved using different voices to retell the story. We used a deep loud voice for daddy bear, a squeaky voice for mummy bear and a...
Reception - Red Class' First PE Lesson
Take a look to see what fun we had during our first PE session. "l like running and playing the wild animals game" - Kaivan "I like rolling" - Sueni "I like doing racing in our team colours" - Benjamin
Reception - Red Class Visit Homerton Library
Red class had an amazing time visiting the Library. We enjoyed walking to the library. It was great fun walking through all those colourful autumn leaves and we even spotted some pumpkins on the way. When we finally got there, the children sat beautifully listening to a story about a cow that laid...
Reception - Red Class Visit Discover Story Centre
Red class had a wonderful time at the Discover Story Centre. We carefully listened to the story 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea' and went on a very exciting story trail. The children loved acting out the story and using lots of story props. Take a look to see what fun we had!
Reception - Red Class Parents' Lunch
Reception parents had an amazing opportunity to share lunch with their child last week. It was so lovely to see lots of happy faces and empty plates. Take a look at parents in Red Class enjoying their lunch
Reception - Red Class Meditating
Red class love meditating! We spoke about how meditating makes us feel. Take a look at our video and read what the children have said about meditating. "I felt calm" - Kaliyah "It made me think of my favourite things" - Bea "It made me feel I was asleep in my bed" -...
Reception - Red Class Easter Bonnet Parade
Take a look at our fabulous Easter bonnets!
Reception - Christmas at the Church
Today all the Reception classes went on a trip to Barnabas Church. When we got there Reverend Clive told us the Christmas Story. Some of the children were selected to act out the story. We all had such a nice time
Reception - Yellow Class Learn About Autumn
Last week Yellow Class learnt all about Autumn. We learnt about the many things that happen during this season from the leaves changing to yellow, orange, red and brown and falling to the ground. We learned about the animals that their own important job of collecting food so that they can store...
Reception - Blue Class: Work Week 2019
Blue Class have thoroughly enjoyed learning all about different jobs this week as part of work week. We were very lucky to have lots of wonderful parents who volunteered their time to come and talk to us about their jobs. We had TV producers who showed us adverts they had created, a daddy who...
Publishing Year 5 - Newspaper Reports
The children in year 5 were focused today (27-11-2018) in their literacy sessions, where they began to publish their newspaper reports on plastic pollution. The children will get an opportunity to write another report, as a HOT TASK on Thursday on deforestation
Photoshoot
Some Daubeney children were lucky enough to take part in a photo shoot with professional photographer Muir Vidler. The children created costumes using duct tape. We had a butterfly, a sailor, a doctor, Wonderwoman, a bumblebee, a tiger and a NYPD police officer! The children had a great time and...
Orienteering in London Fields
We went orienteering in London Fields on the 24th September 2018
Odd Socks Day 2018
On 16 th November 2018 Daubeney school had an ‘Odd Socks Day’ to celebrate being different
Nursery are Wild About Reading
In the Nursery the children chose to transform their reading area into a jungle theme. They have been super excited to read amongst their new jungle pals and have even given them names. The children have been reading lots of familiar stories and have enjoyed retelling them to their friends. It has...
Nursery - World Book Day 2019
Its World Book Day at Nursery and the children have dressed up! Please have at a look at some of the creativity that went into making these outfits awesome!
Nursery - Work Week 2019
Nursery enjoyed trying out different jobs in nursery this week! We had vets treating poorly animals, gardeners planting seeds, farmers collecting eggs and chefs making gingerbread! Nursery were lucky to have a chef come in and talk about cooking and the children had the opportunity to eat their...
Nursery - Vets Role Play
The children in the nursery have been so excited to be Vets this week. They have been pretending the animals are sick and need to be taken to the vets. The children dressed up pretending to be the vet and used lots of different equipment to make the animals feel better
Nursery - The Three Little Pigs
In nursery the children have been reading the story The Three Little Pigs. They acted out the story in small groups, remembering lots of the words from the story. They drew pictures of the story ending and talked about what happened at the end of the story. Other activities included making the 3...
Nursery - The Big Draw
As part of our Big Draw project the nursery children created a piece of art inspired by the work of Lubaina Himid. They worked together to paint, cut and stick lots of coloured shapes and fruits onto a canvas. The finished piece looks spectacular!
Nursery - Santa Visit
Nursery were lucky enough to have a surprise visitor come to see them. He wore red and white and had a long white beard. It was SANTA! The children were so excited and could not quite believe that Santa had come early with a present. Thank you Santa!
Nursery - Makaton Sing and Sign
The nursery children have been enjoying using Makaton sing and sign. They have been singing 'Hey diddle, diddle' and 'Old Macdonald had a farm' and have been able to learn and use lots of the signs when singing. They have been lucky enough to have Jenny Ray the Speech and Language...
Reception - Yellow Class Learn About 3D Shapes
We have been learning all about 3D shapes. We talked about the difference between 3D and 2D shapes. The children were able say that 2D shapes are flat and 3D shapes are not. We sorted out 2D shapes and 3D shapes into two sets. The children all made their very own 3D shakers. We talked about the...
Reception - Yellow Class Meet 'The Rainbow Fish'
Yellow have gone a journey through the sea and met 'The Rainbow Fish'. We have been learning all about what it is to be a good friend and treat others kindly. The children wrote about this as art of a literacy focus. Yellow Class have enjoyed taking part in creative activities drawing and...
Nursery - Easter Bonnet Parade
Easter Bonnet Parade for Nusery children!
Science Club - Bubbles
The children in Science club yesterday (7th November 2018) were super excited when they made a cube out of straws. Then they used washing up liquid to create bubbles around the cube faces. The children are certainly having loads of fun in science club!
World Book Day 2019
World Book Day was a great success! On Friday 8th March, everybody dressed up as their favourite book character. Well done for joining in! We saw some Harry Potters, Matildas, Greg Heffleys and even a Broccoli Boy! Congratulations to the winners of the costume competition who got to choose any book...
WE Day 2019
As part of our Safer communities initiative the learning mentors took a group of year 6 children to the SSE arena in Wembley for the WE Day event. There were 12,000 people in attendance at WE Day to celebrate all young people who are socially active, locally and globally and want to see change....
Walking Map Zone
Recently, students went walking around our local area to create a Walking Map Zone and compiled the data for Hackney Council. The council have now got back to us with an official map for students to use to plan their journey to school using sustainable travel methods. Think about how you travel to...
Victoria Derbyshire - Call for Free Sanitary Products in Primary Schools
Nadia Collier, a member of staff here at Daubeney joined Victoria Derbyshire on Thursday 14th March for a discussion about calls for the Government to extend the supply for free sanitary products to primary schools
Ukulele At Daubeney
Many children at Daubeney, from Reception to Year 6 are getting a chance to learn to play the ukulele. Recently we went on a trip to Springfield Community Primary School to play at the annual schools ukulele concert. As you can see from our photos and video we had a whale of a time!
Top Book Recommendations for KS2
On Monday 10 th December, the Junior Literacy Team hosted another amazing assembly; this time for KS2. We recommended some fun and interesting books for children in Year 3 – 6. Here are some of our recommendations: Dork Diaries by Rachel Renee Russell The Boy in The Dress by David Walliams Tom...
Top Book Recommendations for KS1
On Wednesday 7th November, The Junior literacy Team led an assembly for KS1. We recommended books we like to read when were younger. Dejunet’s favourite book was ‘Eat Up Gemma!’ by Sarah Huges, which Miss Fergus loved when she was younger too! Kai, leader of the JLT, read a funny extract from his...
Talking About Emotions Workshop
On Tuesday 5th March parents were invited to our ‘Talking about Emotions’ Workshop. Parents had the opportunity to hear from our CAMHs worker and family support who discussed the importance of mental health and how they can support their children. The children were invited to...
Sustainable Travel Assembly
London's Walking and Cycling commissioner, Will Norman, came in to deliver an assembly to KS1 and KS2 about the benefits of sustainable travel. He spoke about how good it is for our health because of exercise and how it benefits the environment. A healthier body means a healthier mind, which...
Sports Update - January 2019
Fantastic from the KS1 taking part in the healthy living festival and having fun. Really Good effort Year 3 boys giving their all at Mabley green. Well done for the Athletics team in Year 6 getting through to the finals
Sports Update - Cross Country and Netball
On the 26th November the boys and girls participated in a cross country and did really well. Also on the 28the November 2018 it was some children's first time playing netball - they really impressed with their performance
Spanish Champions Make Displays About Themselves
Our Spanish champions had an exciting meeting this week and they had a great time making creative and colourful displays in which they spoke about themselves in Spanish! They shared what their hobbies, favourite food, birthday, etc. are in Spanish
Science Club
The children in science club today (17-10-2018) run by Mr Dan and Mr Ricardo, was a super excited and fun filled session. The children used ingredients to make their own slime, which turned out to be AMAZING! The children look forward to the next session, after half-term, where they will be making...
Reception - Yellow Class Parents Come to Lunch
Lots of the Yellow Class parents came to have lunch with their children. All the parents really enjoyed their lunch
Red Class - The Big Draw
Red class created some lovely landscape pictures inspired by the artist Nicolas De Steal. We used paint and oil pastels to create different sceneries. Max said "mine is a picture of a garden with lots of colourful flowers". Agnes said " I like Elijah's picture because I like the colours of the sea...
Red Class - Our First Week in Reception
We are having a wonderful time in Red Class!
Red Class - Festive Fun
Red class enjoyed a delicious Christmas lunch today. It was lovely to see everyone enjoying themselves and getting into the Christmas spirit. Take a look below to see what fun we had!
Reception - Yellow Class: Winter
We have had a great start to the year in Yellow Class we have a new role play area and it is a veterinary surgery. The children love it and are pretending to look after and treat animals. We have also been learning all about 'Winter'. The children learnt how to cut out snowflakes to put on...
Reception - Yellow Class: The Three Little Pigs
Yellow Class did a book focus on the well known story 'The Three Little Pigs'. The children enjoyed role playing the story, making the 3D houses and trees and painting the pigs for our display. They did some really good writing around the story. This was focusing on the how the characters...
Reception - Yellow Class: 'Whatever Next' by Jill Murphy
We had a fabulous week focusing on the story 'Whatever Next' by Jill Murphy. The children learnt all about onomatopoeia words. We pointed out many of them in the story and we thought of some of our own onomatopoeia words, which we then put into our literacy writing. As part of the...
Reception - Yellow Class World Book Day 2019
We dressed up as characters from our favourite stories. We had a fabulous, fun day
Reception - Yellow Class Work Week 2019
During work we had lots of visits. The police came in to tell us about their important job. We also had some of our very own Yellow Class parents come and visit. Pearl's mum who is a Foley artist (makes sounds for films and tv programmes), Freddie's mum who is a doctor at Homerton hospital...
Reception - Yellow Class Visit the Library
Yellow Class have been on their first trip to the local library. We walked all the way there and the children were so sensible and grown up. Mrs Addai and all the grown ups who accompanied us on the trip were very proud of all the children. The librarian read us a story called 'Handa's...
Reception - Yellow Class Visit Homerton Fire Station
Yellow Class had great time at Homerton fire station even though the visit was cut a bit short because the fire fighters were called out to a job. The children got see them in action going out on a job. Amazing!
Reception - Yellow Class Visit Discover Story Centre
Take a look at our pictures of the trip to Discover Story Centre In Stratford. It was such a brilliant afternoon. The children absolutely loved it! We went to see the 'Tiger Who Came To Tea' by Judith Kerr. We learnt about the many other stories that Judith Kerr wrote such as 'Mog The...
Reception - Yellow Class Spooky Halloween
In Yellow Class for Halloween we had a spooky, fun day. We did lots of activities around Halloween. The children made spells in the sand tray; pretending to mix all kinds of spell bounding things in their pots. We did lots of spell writing and could write lots of CVC words such as log, frog, cat,...
Nursery - Gingerbread Men
The Nursery children enjoyed making Gingerbread men. They looked at the recipe, talked about the ingredients and then worked together to mix, roll and cut them out. After much anticipation they were cooked in the oven and the children then decorated them using different coloured icing. Luckily our...
Nursery - Dental Hygiene Workshop
We have had a dental hygiene workshop in Nursery. Nursery met Al the dinosaur who modelled how to brush teeth carefully. The children sorted some food that could potentially be bad for our teeth. So now Nursery know how to keep our teeth clean and healthy
Year 1 - Work Week Trip to Marks and Spencer
Year 1T went on a trip to Marks & Spencer in Hackney. We had a go at visual merchandising and at using the tills. We also walked around the shop floor to have a look at all the different departments and had a go at finding items from a shopping list. Finally, we went on a tour of the stockroom....
Boys Book Club - 12th March 2019
The boys in the Boys Book Club enjoyed a cosy session today (12th March 2019) reading a range of books from our library. It was very interesting to read in our library because we found some exciting books to read
Developing Writing in Year 2 and Year 5
It was exciting today (25th January 2019) to welcome the Year 2 writers to Year 5 where they were supported to develop and extend their learning. The children in Year 5 helped the Year 2 writers to extend their sentences using relative clauses
Christmas Lunch 2018
Christmas lunch at Daubeney was fantastic. Everyone enjoyed the tasty meal. Merry Christmas everyone!
Christmas Grotto 2018
Our Christmas Grotto at Daubeney was a huge success. The children and their parents lined up patiently to get their chance to chat with Santa about their Christmas secrets. Each one walked away with a fabulous gift as well, spreading the Christmas cheer!
Celebrating Differences
In Autumn 2, Daubeney have been ‘Celebrating Differences’ in Jigsaw . The children have been discussing how it is ok to be different. Nobody in the WORLD looks the same thinks the same feels the same believes the same behaves the same YOU are UNIQUE! Take a look at our video #itisokto
Catch Me Reading
Look who we caught reading! At Daubeney, we love reading so much that we read everywhere! Where will you get caught reading?
Boys Book Club - Reading to Our Nursery Pupils
Today (26th March 2019) the boys book club pupils were super excited as they got to go to our nursery to read for our young stars. Each boy in the book club read a story to a nursery pupil and then discussed the story. Another bonus was when they were allowed to play with the nursery children for...
Boys Book Club - Poetry in the Garden
On Tuesday the 26th February 2019, the Boys Book Club made the most of the sunny day and enjoyed their session in our lovely Hop Garden. The boys read a selection of poems, then had the chance to recite some poems to their peers. It was a fun session filled with laughs and enjoyment. We were...
Boys Book Club - 5th March 2019
The boys book club today (5th March 2019) read a selection of short stories and had the opportunity to focus on their comprehension skills. The boys read their text then answered questions about the text. In our session, the boys were encouraged to make some questions of their own. Can you make up...
Boys Book Club - 5th February 2019
Today (5th February 2019) the boys read a very interesting extract called 'The Storm'. It was a story filled with similes, personification and metaphors, which made the story come alive. We sat in the book corner, all cosy, protected from the storm. We invited Mr TJ from City Year to join us and...
Boys Book Club - 30th April 2019
Today (30th April 2019) the boys in the book club enjoyed reading stories online. The boys used iPads and searched for famous stories and read the stories. There are many free websites that cater for children's stories. We particularly enjoyed Oxford Owl where you can sign up for free and enjoy...
Boys Book Club - 29th January 2019
Today (29th January 2019) the Boys Book Club enjoyed a cosy session reading in the hall. We had a fire-place lit for us courtesy of YouTube and read some of our favourite books. It felt like we were in a living room, with a real fire place roaring as we enjoyed reading our books. Hopefully next...
Boys Book Club - 23rd April 2019
Today (23rd April 2019) the boys book club enjoyed a story all about Saint George and his amazing adventures. The boys were encouraged to research more information about St. George and learn more facts about the interesting character
Boys Book Club - 19th March 2019
The boys book club met today on the 19th March 2019 and enjoyed reading their favourite books in our cosy book corner. The boys then began to identify someone who would like to read their book - recommending their book with persuasive language
Boys Book Club - 12th February 2019
Today (12th February 2019) the boys were excited to use the iPads to read a story. We used the website Find a book from Oxford Owl , where you can register for free and there a many different books you can read online, different genres, ages and it has the option of a story being read to you. Try...
Easter Bonnet Parade 2019
We had an eggcellent parade today! Some of our hats were eggciting and eggstravagent and the judges found it difficult to choose just two winners from each year group. Thank you to everyone who took part and all the parents and carers who were able to attend!
Boys Book Club
Today (22nd January 2019) the Boys Book Club members met for their first session. Our first activity was to complete a survey to establish our views on books, reading and reading for pleasure. Our session then began with reading genres that we usually enjoy. So we decided to read a range of comic...
Boys 5 a Side Football Tournament
Well done! For the Boys who took part in the 5 a side Football Tournament on 5th November. Won 4 matches, Draw 1 and only let in 1 goal
Blue Class Sharing Assembly
Blue Class had their very first assembly on Thursday! They worked incredibly hard, scripting their own lines and being super brave! We loved sharing all our many talents with key stage 1 and look forward to showing lots more!
Black History Month 2018
Daubeney celebrated Black History month with a fantastic event. We had singing, dancing and lots of other things that kept us thoroughly entertained throughout the evening. Thank you to all the parents, carers, friends and family that attended and a big thank you to Miss Gustave for organising such...
Bikers Breakfast
Daubeney hosted a Bikers Breakfast on 14th March 2019 where we gave a free breakfast to all children that rode to school on a bike. We also had mechanics from ‘Dr. Bike’ come in to check everyone’s bikes and ensure they are in good working order
Autumn Book Fortnight
Our Autumn Book Fortnight was a great success! The whole school focused on the book ‘Welcome’ by Barroux. The children enjoyed the story and discussed issues such as global warming and immigration. Each class from reception to Year 6 had the opportunity to do a range of activities including art and...
5M - The Big Draw
Today, Year 5 worked hard to create our Vincent Van Gogh landscape inspired artwork. We created our bespoke art pieces using oil pastel and sheer imagination. Even Mr Matvad joined in to create his own drawing
3T - Get Arty
Today 3T created masterpieces in the style of the artists that our class tables are named after. Can you guess which artists they were inspired by?
2C - Weather Reports
Do you know what the weather is like today and tomorrow in London, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Belfast? 2C brings you the UK’s capital city weather reports! Listen carefully for some creative jokes and advice!
1Ps Class Assembly - Autumn 2018
Thank you to everyone who came to our assembly, we worked very hard learning our words, songs and remembering what order we were in!
1P - Landscapes
In 1P we created some artwork based on Georgia O'Keeffe's landscapes. We used paint to sponge a background then ripped card and tissue paper to create the texture and layers of mountains, hills and rivers. You can come to our school exhibition to see our artwork on the following dates: 4th...
Discussing Sustainable Modes of Transport in Spanish
Linking with our efforts to promote sustainable modes of transports lead by Ms Cherid, Year 5 and some Spanish champions had a travel survey and discussed the transports they prefer using and why in Spanish. Pupils also shared the way they travel to school and their reasons
Eco Team Workshop
Daubeney's Eco-team met a landscape architect today to discuss a special project for the hop garden! They discussed what they liked about it and how it can be improved. The children came up with a range of creative ideas which we can put into action soon. 'We enjoyed being outside in the...
Nursery - Daubeney's Choir Performance
Children were very lucky to have special visitors in Nursery... Daubeney's Choir came to sing to us! Nursery also sang back to the children in the choir
Maths Junior Team Coding Club
At Daubeney the Maths Junior Team have been having a fantastic time engaging in a Coding Club. This is held every Friday morning and facilitated by two of our very enthusiastic parents. The pupils are fully engaged during these sessions and looking forward to creating their own amazing projects...
Nursery - Christmas Tree Decorations
In the nursery children enjoyed making Christmas tree decorations. They used lollipop sticks to create a triangle and then used lots of Christmas themed sequins which they counted to decorate it making it look very festive. Children then added some ribbon to hang it up
Nursery - Christmas Jumper Day
The Nursery children have been feeling very festive today with their Christmas jumpers and looking at all the different Christmas characters
Nursery - Cars
Daubeney Nursery had the opportunity to visit two cars, Mrs Hussein's car and Mrs Afsars car. The children had the opportunity to explore the different parts of a car we talked about how the parts work and whys its important to have the lights, mirrors, windscreen wipers and seatbelts
Nursery - Baby Clinic
Nursery have enjoyed using their new role play area which has been turned into a baby clinic. They have been weighing the babies, dressing, feeding, bathing and doing check ups. They have even learn how to put a nappy on the baby!
Nursery - Autumn Treasures Bag
Nursery will be filling a Autumn treasures bag. Parents and children will be collecting Autumn treasures together, during the half term holiday
November Parent Workshop
We had another fantastic turn out for our second literacy parent workshop of the Autumn term. KS1 parents had the opportunity to learn some fun ways to support their children with writing at home. We had a go at using visual image to inspire children’s imagination and creativity. The parents and...
November Book Fair
It was Book Fair time again at Daubeney! It was great to see so many children buying interesting books to read and share with their families and friends. Well done to Kai, Hussain and Dejunet from the Junior Literacy team for helping Miss Fergus to organize and run the Book Fair. A special thank...
Motivational Boys Group Black History Month Assembly
Our Motivational Boys Group demonstrated many qualities today (15th October 2018) when they lead an assembly prepared by them, on inspirational figures throughout history, focusing on people from Black and African heritage. The boys used their skills and lead the assembly discussing many...
Mini Masterworks Exhibition
The Mini Masterworks Exhibition was a wonderful event. The children were very proud of their pictures and the staff were very proud of the children. A big thank you to everyone who supported us!
Meg Hillier MP Visit
Our local MP, Meg Hillier, visited Daubeney to give a very special prize to one of our Year 6 students. At Christmas, we entered Meg's competition to find a picture to go onto her Christmas Card. Out of many entries from schools in Hackney, our very own Massimo in 6S won! He produced a...
Maths Parent Workshop - Autumn 2 2018
The parents learnt about progression in KS1 from reception to year two. We discussed what mastery means and what they can do to help their children develop mastery in their learning. The Junior Maths Team helped in setting up and the delivery of the workshop. They organized free resources which...
Maths Family Workshop KS1
Today Wednesday 26th Daubeney held its first (Autumn 1) Maths Family KS1 workshop.The attendance was amazing and the parents and children took part in some fantastic team sharing and confidence building with a focus on making maths alive outside of school. Where can we find/ use maths at home or in...
Eco-team Climate Change and Environment Training
The Eco-team received training from 'Eco-Schools' about climate change and the environment. They also conducted an Environmental audit to ensure our school is as sustainable as it can possibly be. They were able to identify what we already do and how we can improve. Now that they know how...
Mapping Out a Walking Zone
The Eco team and Junior Road Safety Team went on a trip around our local area to map out a walking zone that children and parents can use to commute to and from school. The children were very excited to be creating this map and be part of such an important project for our school. The routes we...
Literacy September Parent Workshop
We had a great turn out for our first literacy parent workshop of the term. KS1 parents had the opportunity to learn some fun ways to support their children with reading at home. Their children also attended and it was great to see parents and children enjoying reading together by discussing the...
Literacy Parent Workshop - March 2019
Miss Fergus invited some Year 1 and 2 parents to come to a workshop with their children to learn some fun ways to practice spelling at home. The Junior Literacy team were also there to support and the team played spelling and word games with the Year 1 and 2 children. The Junior Literacy Team even...
Literacy Parent Workshop - January 2019
The parents and children thoroughly enjoyed our January workshop which was led by Phil McDermott, the amazing story teller. They were enthralled listening to Phil tell an entertaining story then they had the opportunity to work in pairs to create their own stories. The parents learnt about the...
KS2 Spanish Assembly About African Black History
This week, pupils in KS2 learnt the unknown history of black African people and other African ethnic groups crossing through the strait of Gibraltar to Spain, blending artistic, cultural and religious traditions still present in both Africa and Spain. The biggest interaction took place when Islamic...
KS2 Assembly on Spanish Food
In our Spanish assembly this week, KS2 pupils had a great time learning about foods in Spanish and listening to children in Spain talking about their favourite Spanish food (churros & chocolate, fresh fish, etc). They also enjoy watching how to cook a yummy Spanish omelette (tortilla...
KS1 Science Parents' Workshop
Today (4th October 2018) we had a fantastic parent workshop talking all about how we can do more science at home! The children got hands on with some every day objects such as fairy liquid, milk and eggs but found that these every day objects can be turned into scientific extravaganzas with the...
KS1 - SATs Advice Parental Meeting
Today we held a meeting for the parents and pupils in year two sharing information concerning the KS1 tests which will begin on May 1st. This presentation gives you an idea of some of the information discussed. Teacher assessment exemplification : end of key stage 1 - English writing Working at the...
Junior Literacy Team Meet SLT
On Thursday 7th March, the Junior Literacy Team were invited to meet with Mr Logan, Mr Dharma, Ms Lucey, Ms Gustave, Ms Bibi, Ms Corpe and Ms Cenac (Senior Leadership Team). We discussed ways to encourage reading and writing throughout the school – even in Nursery! It was a great opportunity to...
Healthy Me Week 2019
We had a fantastic Healthy Me Week, focusing on ‘Healthy Body, Healthy Mind’. The children had the opportunity to look closely at how looking after your physical health can support in looking after your mental health . The children: Participated in meditation during their music...
Handwriting in Year 3
Year 3 pupils have been working incredibly hard to perfect their handwriting this term and, as you can see, their hard work has paid off! Many of them have beautifully neat handwriting and as a result they have earned their pen licence. I'm confident that many others with earn theirs in the new...
First Week in Year 6
It has been a busy but exciting first week back for our new Year 6s. They have had to demonstrate incredible resilience as their first task was to complete a round of assessments. The children met this challenge with grit and determination and were still smiling at the end. We have spent time...
First Week in Year 3
Take a look at what Year 3 have been getting up to in their Maths and Literacy lessons this week: In one of their Literacy lessons, Year 3 got to know the story of The Gingerbread Man in preparation for a writing task later this week. In groups, they created freeze frames of different scenes from...
Eco-Team Monitoring Air Quality
The Eco-team have been keeping busy with meetings to improve Daubeney primary school. One of them being monitoring our air quality. We know that London has some of the worst air quality in the whole of Europe and so we are measuring our air quality around Daubeney to find out how clean the air we...
Year 1 - 1L 'Being Different' Display
1L created a beautiful display about being different
Year 4 - Eco-Active Workshop
As part of an Eco-Active workshop, Year 4 went on a trip around the local area to 'map their neighbourhood' and survey litter. The children were very excited to pick up litter and learn more about recycling
Year 3 - KidZania
Yesterday (28th March 2019) Year 3 were incredibly lucky to visit KidZania. They got the opportunity to independently wonder and roam around the safe and secure indoor city run by kids. In KidZania, the children were able to get a fun and realistic insight into the adult world by taking part in a...
Year 3 - Reading Club
Today (13th March 2019) the Year 3 reading club met with Mr TJ and Mr Matvad and read a story which linked with our British Science Week. The book was called 'I have an Idea' and showed many great inventions from past to present. The Year 3 boys will be meeting every week, on Wednesday to...
Year 3 - RE Day: Buddhism
Year 3 explored the beliefs and practices of Buddhism on RE day. They meditated, made Buddhist prayer flags with their own special messages and engaged with the story of Buddha. This resulted in some interesting discussions, such as whether it is better to life an enlightened life, although this...
Year 3 - Rainforest Weather Report
Today, 3T became rainforest weather reporters! They wrote their very own reports about the weather in a country with a rainforest, being sure to use technical vocabulary such as temperature, rainfall and humidity. Taking inspiration from the BBC's weather reporter Carol Kirkwood, they then then...
Year 3 - Properties of Soil
Year 3 investigated the properties of soil before making mini compost bins. Everyone was surprised that soil is more than just dirt. Amira commented, 'soil has a lot of minerals in it- over 47%!' David added, 'soil is important because it helps plants to grow and we need plants to eat...
Year 3 - Prehistoric Houses
After learning about the Stone Age through to the Iron Age, Year 3 dutifully collected rocks, sticks and other materials to independently make a variety of prehistoric houses. I was impressed by their creativity, critical thinking skills and teamwork. Well done Year 3!
Year 3 - Parents Visit Children at School
Year 3 were very lucky to have a parent come into school this morning, and share her knowledge about the rainforest and climate change. Jenny showed the children a slide show showing them what's happening to the worlds rainforests. The children were very happy to share their knowledge and learn...
Year 3 - Non Chronological Reports
Year 3 have published the reports they have been writing about their chocolate factories . They have invented some wonderful new delights that Willy Wonka himself would have been proud of
Year 3 - Museum of London
Yesterday (29th January 2019) Year 3 visited the Museum of London. We were there to see how the people of London lived during The Stone Age, The Bronze Age and Roman times. The children were really interested by the artefacts that have been discovered over the years
Year 3 - Mental Health Day
Year 3 have been exploring their emotions through art. They enjoyed looking at works of art from Picasso's Blue and Rose Period, noting their emotional responses to each piece of art and why they might feel that way. They commented that the art from his Blue Period was sombre and gloomy, which...
Year 3 - Meditation
Have you ever felt tired, exhausted, stressed or worried? Well meditation helps you to calm your body and relax your mind. It allows you to reflect on your self and focus on your breathing and surroundings. It is proven that meditation helps you stay calm, improve your behaviour and focus during...
Year 3 - Marlon's Lego Model of The Windrush
Marlon in 3G made a Lego model of The Windrush. He researched The Windrush using photos on the internet. Marlon was able to correctly name all the parts of the ship. He has also researched the history of the The Windrush as part of his home learning. He shared his knowledge in a question and answer...
Year 3 - Making Roman Soldiers
Today (7th March 2019) Year 3 got the opportunity to put their artistic skills to use. This term, our topic is the Romans, and to immerse them into the topic, they created their own Roman soldier. The children will be using these models as a stimulus for their journal writing in Literacy. Have a...
Year 3 - Making Roman Shields
Year 3 are soon to be members of a Roman army! Today they took their first step towards that goal by making their very own Roman shields, which will be put to the test tomorrow in a battle with the Celts! Who do you think will win?
Year 3 - Internet Safety Day
Year 3 had several very interesting discussions about how to stay safe when using the Internet. They demonstrated their knowledge in posters that they made encouraging others to be safe when using the Internet, completed Internet safety crosswords and answered comprehension questions about the...
Year 3 - Remembrance Day 2018
Year 3 explored Remembrance Day and discussed why it is important. They read and thought about the WW1 poem 'In Flanders Fields' and listened to music inspired by it. They also made their very own poppies and collectively decided that they wanted to observe a two-minute silence to remember...
Year 3 - Healthy Living Festival
Year 3 attended the Healthy Living Festival in Kings Hall. The event was promoting healthy eating and living, children were able to do different activities e.g Dodgeball and Tag rugby. At the end of the event, the children were given a free t-shirt for taking part
Year 3 - Fraction Museum
Today children exhibited their understanding of fractions by creating their very own Fraction Museum. They used different objects in the classroom to represent each fraction. On the card, they wrote down all the facts related to the fraction. Take a look at their exhibition!
Year 3 - Forces and Magnets
Year 3 explored the topic of forces and magnets. They experimented with magnets and iron filings, made posters about what they already know and what they would like to find out and finished off the session with a tug of war to explore forces! Who do you think won? "Did you know that the whole...
Year 3 - Family Acrostic Poems
During their SEAL lesson today (17th October 2018), 3T spoke about people that are important in their lives. They commented that these important people feel like family whether they are related to us or not; that our class and our entire school is like a family as it is made up of people who think...
Year 3 - Fabric Painting
To continue our celebration of Black History Month, Year 3 took inspiration from African prints to create their own fabric painting. They chose lively, vibrant colours to create their works of art. What fantastic artists we have in Year 3!
Year 3 - Exploring Christianity
Today Year 3 explored Christianity. They read and discussed some of the parables that Jesus told, including The Prodigal Son and The Good Samaritan. They enjoyed determining the meaning of each parable and cleverly drew parallels between these stories and the other stories and topics we have been...
Year 3 - Estimating in Maths
In Year 3 today the children have been using resources to learn about estimating in maths. The children had to make reasonable estimates of the amount of objects their partner was holding. They then had to check their estimates accurately to find out how close they were
Year 3 - Designing Chocolate Factories
After finding out about Willy Wonka's weird and wonderful culinary creations, Year 3 decided to design confectionery rooms of their own. Some of their ideas would give Mr Wonka himself a run for his money! One child created 'Everest Room', which contains a life sized version of the...
Year 3 - Comparing Numbers
In Year 3 today we have been learning about comparing numbers. We started by ordering 3 and 4 digit numbers starting with the smallest to the largest. We then compared 2 numbers looking at their differences and similarities. Finally we chose 3 numbers and wrote facts that we know about those...
Year 3 - Christmas Party Day in 3T
3T have had a fun-filled day of festive frivolities! In the morning, they enjoyed creative activities, board games, word searches (including one in Spanish!) and they even got a visit from the one and only Santa! Later, they played a game called 'minute to win it' in which they had to...
Year 3 - Celebrating Chinese New Year
Today Year 3 found out about Chinese New Year. They completed several artistic activities to celebrate the occasion and listened to Chinese New Year music. 'Luck is a very important part of Chinese New Year. Lanterns are released into the sky to send off the bad and make room for the new.'...
Year 3 - Cave Paintings
To immerse into the topic of the Stone Age, Year 3 got the opportunity to create their very own Cave paintings. Each picture tells a story, can you infer what the story might be? Take a look at the pictures!
Year 3 - Boys Reading Club - 20th March 2019
Today (20th March 2019) was a fun session for the year 3 boys reading club with Mr T.J. The boys read a book all about super heroes and enjoyed the special powers each hero had. During the session, a very special visitor came in, Mr Fahy, who helped the boys with their activity. They had to give...
Year 3 - Rebuilding Stonehenge
Today Year 3 found out about those mysterious piles of enormous stones in the south of England that have been around for thousands of years- Stonehenge. They discovered that it was built in stages, which they carefully replicated when they created the structure out of plasticine. We left the...
Year 3 - Roman Battle
Today Year 3 took part in an enormous battle against the Celts! Their stamping feet and mighty roars could be heard miles away. The Romans protected themselves using battle formations such as the tortoise and ultimately beat the Celts. Long live the Romans!
Year 3 - World Maths Day 2019
To celebrate World Maths Day, Year 3 took part in many fun-filled maths games and challenges. They completed the activities collaboratively and used a range of mathematical operations to solve the problems
Year 4 - Board Games
Year 4 started their Summer term by playing and learning about board games. The children had a lot of fun during lessons and even got to start planning their own board games
Year 4 - BIG Draw
Year 4 looked at Pablo Picasso's art work and tried to recreate some of his famous pieces using a range of materials to create a 2D/3D graphic relief. We had a lot of fun being hands on and getting messy
Year 4 - Big Draw
Year 4 created amazing landscape art for Daubeney's BIG Draw. We looked at David Hockney's style of art and were inspired to create art similar to his. Take a look at some of the brilliant pieces they created
Year 4 - 4K Sharing Assembly: Living Things and their Habitats
4K proudly performed their class assembly to parents and the whole school. Their class assembly was based on the science topic of Living Things and their Habitats. Well done to all the pupils who worked hard and performed with confidence! What a team!
Year 4 - 4C Work Week 2019: Meeting a Foley Artist
4C were very lucky to have Sue, Ellis' mum, come in to talk about her very special job. She is a Foley artist which means she reproduces everyday sound effects in cartoons and movies. She has worked on some cartoons that the children watched such as Peppa Pig! Sue showed us different ways of...
Year 4 - 4C Work Week 2019
4C had the opportunity to visit Pizza East in Kentish Town to learn about Literacy and Numeracy in the workplace. They learnt about all the different skills needed for doing different jobs and even had a go making some pizzas and mocktails! "This is the best trip we've had so far!" -...
Year 4 - #PassOnPlastic
Year 4 created pledges to #PassOnPlastic. This is such a great challenge and if you check the hashtag, you will find that over 100 MPs have also created pledges to do the same! Children learnt about the responsibility of humans to protect the global environment. They also learnt about simple...
Year 3's Visit to Kew Gardens
On their recent visit to Kew Gardens, Year 3 observed the dry, arid space populated by spiky cactus plants & noted the distinct change of temperature & humidity as they walked into the tropical Palm House. Those with glasses couldn't not notice; their glasses steamed up as soon as they...
Year 3 Pledge to Prevent Plastic Pollution
Year 3 found out about the dangers of plastic pollution. They were horrified and pledged that they would do their best to reduce their own plastic use to make a difference to the planet. "I will use a paper straw instead of a plastic one" - Ava "I will refill my water bottle every...
Year 3 Celebrate World Book Day 2019
From Dog Man to the plays of Shakespeare, Year 3 LOVE reading, so of course they were incredibly excited to dress as a character from of their favourite books to celebrate World Book Day. Can you guess who they are?
Year 3 and 5 - Magic Maths
This morning (19th October 2018) 5M were pleasantly surprised when a young mathematician from 3G paid them a visit. The young maths master showed the class a range of math tricks, math magic and number patterns using his times tables knowledge and calculator skills. The entire class in 5M were...
Year 3 / 4 - Spanish in the World and Geography in Spanish
This week, Year 3 & Year 4 are learning about Spanish in the world and Geography in Spanish! They can find Spain in a map, they can name all the continents, the most important Spanish cities and the Spanish speaking countries in Spanish. They also learnt the history behind how Spanish spread...
Year 3 - World Book Day 2019
Year 3 had a blast celebrating World Book Day. Take a look at their amazing costumes below!
Year 3 - Roman Roads
Did you know that the Romans laid many roads in Britain? They were very straight and very long! The Romans were master builders and some of the roads that they built thousands of years ago still exist today! We had a go at building Roman style roads ourselves. Take a look!
Year 3 - Work Week
This week, year 3 are learning all about how money is dealt with in the adult world. Today (27th March 2019) we brought Hackney's Mare Street into our classroom! The High street included a Cinema, Post Office, Bank and a Supermarket! Pupils all got their own wallet which included some money,...
Year 3 - Windrush Generation
Year 3 have had a brilliant afternoon learning about the Windrush. The Windrush generation refers to the immigrants who were invited to the UK between 1948 and 1971 from Caribbean countries such as Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados to help rebuild Britain post-war. The name comes from the...
Year 3 - Weather Presenters
3G have spent the afternoon being weather presenters. They were learning about the difference between weather and climate.The children had to research their facts using fact cards and atlases. They worked with a partner sharing information
Year 3 - Visit from an Archaeologist
Today (27th February 2019) Year 3 were lucky enough to be visited by a real life archaeologist from UCL (University College London)! She brought with her a variety of stones from the different stages of the Stone Age. We got to touch them and we guessed what they were used for. "Some of the...
Year 3 - Trip to Mabley Green
Year 3 have been learning about rainforests. They went to Mabley Green, a local green space in Hackney, to note the differences and similarities it shares with rainforests. They said that both Mabley Green and rainforests have a lot of trees and foliage, though the trees in the rainforest would be...
Year 3 - The Big Draw
Year 3 created a masterpiece inspired by the art of Michael Craig Martin. "The colours are so vibrant" - Riya "I love that he creates items from the everyday world" - Gabriel
Year 3 - The Big Draw
Year 3 created beautiful landscapes inspired by the artist Paul Cezanne. Younes said, "I wanted to blend my colours to make it look like a hazy sunset!" Farzana added, "my dark mountain contrasts with my light background." The children are becoming very good at commenting on & appreciating each...
Year 3 - Surviving the Stone Age
As part of their lesson today, Year 3 imagined what they would do in order to survive if they suddenly found themselves transported back to the Stone Age. In their table groups, they spoke about and ordered the importance of different activities to ensure survival, such as finding water, killing...
Year 3 - Solving Addition Problems using Partitioning
In Year 3 this morning (21st January 2019) we have been solving addition problems using partitioning. We proved that although we were working on the same problems using the same method, we were able to use different resources to check our work
Year 3 - Smarties Fractions
Today Year 3 used Smarties to work out the fraction of quantities. They counted all the Smarties from the tube to work out what the denominator was. They then counted how many Smarties there were of each colour and wrote their final answer in fraction form. Here are what a few children said about...
Year 3 - Shadows
3G have been learning about shadows. Our first investigation was to discover how shadows are formed. Secondly we conducted an experiment to see how and why shadows change their size
Year 3 - Science Week 2019
As part of science week, Year 3 used their engineering skills and creativity to create their unique inventions. Their invention must help people/the environment. They will be taking part in a national competition and if they are lucky enough to be the winner, REAL engineers will bring their...
Year 3 - Roman Roads
Year 3 have been learning all about the Romans this half term and this week’s focus was Roman Roads. Did you know that Roman roads were extremely straight and had no bends? Year 3 also studied that Roman roads had different layers starting with the rubble then stones and sand and lastly the...
Year 3 - Boys Book Club
Today (6th March 2019) Year 3 started their first session in Boys Book Club. They shared their favourite book with the boys and completed a questionnaire about reading. Watch this space to see more
Year 3 - 3T's Climate Change Speeches
Inspired by the story 'Welcome', in which a polar bear's icy habitat melts, 3T decided to write speeches persuading people to do something about global warming. Take a listen!
Year 1 - 1l Easter Parade
1L had lots of fun today at the Easter parade! We made hats in class earlier this week and everyone enjoyed dancing round the playground. We hope everyone has a lovely Easter break!
Year 1 - Big Draw: Paintings of Ambrosius Bosschaert
For Big Draw in Year 1 we looked at the still life paintings of Ambrosius Bosschaert. We used these as inspiration to make our own collaborative art work. We made flowers out of tissue paper, card and pipe cleaners, thinking carefully about the colours and design
Year 2 - 2C Class Assembly - 15th November 2018
Today we did our first class assembly of the year! We talked about writing instructions in literacy, maps in geography and the environment in geography! Thank you to all the parents and carers who came to watch us perform! We hope you enjoyed it!
Year 2 - 2C Chinese New Year Festivities
Happy Chinese New Year! It’s the year of the Pig in 2019! In 2C we have been celebrating by learning how to write in Chinese and learning about Chinese traditions through colouring. We also watched a video of traditional Chinese lion dances! Take a look at our photos!
Year 2 - 2C Visit the Tower of London
Today (7th March 2019) we went to the Tower of London and we learnt about the Great Fire of London. We got to sing songs, act and learn amazing facts about the Great Fire of London. We also had a chance to go to see other parts of the palace like the Crown Jewels and even meet an Earl from the 13th...
Year 1- Visit Sainsbury's In Stratford.
Year 1L went on a trip to Sainsbury’s in Stratford. We went on the bus to Stratford. When we got there we had a cupcake decorating competition, we had a go at scanning things on the tills and we went on a shopping list treasure hunt. We had so much fun!
Year 1 - Zoo Lab visit 1L
Year 1 had an exciting visitor as part of their Science topic Animals including Humans. Zoo Lab introduced the children to a variety of animals in the classroom, from a giant snail to a slithering snake! The children enjoyed being able to hold, touch and stroke the animals and learnt lots of new...
Year 1 - World Maths Day
For World Maths Day we took part in a range of Maths activities. We had fun exploring shape and numbers, whilst working collaboratively with our peers. We were able to discuss what we had done and explain our thinking
Year 1 - Work Week Fun
Work week fun in 1L! 1L had fun dressing up as nurses, fire fighters and police officers today! We spoke about what job we would like when we are older and what skills we would need for the job
Year 1 - Work Week 2019: Meeting a Construction Worker
Today in Year 1, a construction worker came to visit us. We discussed beforehand what questions we could ask them and why they might be visiting. We talked about stereotypes in the workplace and how that might affect us
Year 1 - Victorian Games
In Year 1, we discussed what types of games we play in the playground. We then explored some games from Victorian times. We thought about how new games are different from old games and which games we prefer to play. We played Ring a ring a roses, blind mans bluff and oranges and lemons!
Year 1 - Trip to Daubeney Fields
We went on a walk to Daubeney Fields to look at our local area. We talked about the road names and what important buildings are around us and in Daubeney Fields!
Year 1 - Spaceship in the Hop Garden
A spaceship has landed in the Hop Garden! We went to the scene of the crime to investigate! "We saw hot metal. Maybe a spaceship was hot and some bits came off." "We think an alien was in the spaceship. Maybe he went into London. How is he going to get home?" "Maybe the...
Year 1 - Goals and Dreams
In our SEAL sessions we have been talking about our goals and dreams. We have been discussing what we are good at and what we want to be good at. Today we designed treasure chests that will hold our hopes and dreams in
Year 1 - Christmas Lunch
Year 1 had a wonderful Christmas lunch. The food was delicious and we loved wearing our Christmas jumpers!
Year 1 - 1T's Weather Report
In Cross Curricular, 1T have been learning about the weather. We identified different types of weather, explored weather in the British Isles and looked at weather in different countries around the world. We then made our very own weather report and had lots of fun creating it!
Year 2 - 2C Easter Bonnet Parade
Happy Easter! For our Easter Bonnet Parade, we decorated cards using felt tips, glitter and bow with rabbits and Easter eggs! We had a lot of fun designing them and we chose the song Firework by Katy Perry to dance to during the parade! Take a look at our photos! Which bonnet catches your eye?
Year 1 - 1T's Class Assembly: Growth Mindset
We had our class assembly on Thursday 7th February. We spoke about our SEAL topic for the term and we presented our cross curricular work. We enjoyed performing our songs for our friends and family. Thank you everyone for coming!
Year 1 - 1T Magical Toy Museum Visit
1T had a visit today from the Magical Toy Museum. We explored different exhibits that showed us lots of types of toys and we had a chance to play with some of them. We discussed how old the toys were, how we could tell and what material they were made from. It was a lovely, magical session!
Year 1 - 1P's Weather Forecast
In Cross Curricular, Year 1 have been learning about the weather. We made our own weather forecast video in 1P, talking about weather all over the world. We had a great time!
Year 1 - 1P's Monkey Puzzle Assembly
1P had our class assembly. We sang songs and told the story of Monkey Puzzle. We had a great time and thanks to everyone for coming!
Year 1 - 1P Zoo Lab
1P had the Zoo Lab in to visit this morning. We were very excited! We saw a giant snail, a cockroach, a frog, a snake and a gerbil. We were able to touch the animals and lots of us even held them! We learnt lots about the animals and had a lovely time
Year 1 - 1P World Book Day 2019
We had a fantastic World Book Day in 1P! We spent the day doing lots of reading activities including sharing our favourite stories with each other, making bookmarks and looking and talking about different characters
Year 1 - 1P Visit Waitrose in Stratford
1P went on a trip to Waitrose in Stratford. We went on the train to Stratford. When we got there we tasted different fruits, we had a go at scanning things on the tills and we went on a shopping list treasure hunt. We had fun!
Year 1 - 1P Meditating
In 1P, we like to meditate because it is relaxing and it makes us feel calm. We take deep breaths, counting in and out and concentrate on different things. It helps us to focus!
Year 1 - 1P Easter Bonnet Parade
1P had a wonderful Easter Bonnet Parade. We had lots of fun and thank you to everyone who came to watch!
Year 1 - 1L's Weather Report
1L have been learning about weather in Cross Curricular this half term. We have been identifying different types of common weather, learning about some types of extreme weather, and we have watched lots of weather reports. We had fun making our own weather report last week!
Year 1 - 1L's Christmas Party
1L had fun yesterday afternoon at their Christmas party. We had lots of yummy food and drink, we listened to music and played games! We also had a very special visit from Father Christmas! 1L wish that everyone has a lovely Christmas holiday :)
Year 1 - 1L World Book Day 2019
In 1L we have had a fun day celebrating World Book Day! We loved dressing up as our favourite book characters and we made our own bookmarks and front covers!
Year 1 - 1L Jack and the Beanstalk Assembly
1L worked so hard for their class assembly today! They retold the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, and had fun singing songs
Year 2 - 2C Class Assembly - Great Fire of London
What do you know about newspaper reports and the Great Fire of London? In 2C, we know a lot about both of these topics and did our class assembly on it. We also sang a song about the Great Fire of London and it included a lot of helpful signs to help us remember the words of the song. Have a watch...
Year 2 - 2C is Feeling Festive
Over the past few weeks we have been getting in the festive mood by doing lots of colouring, singing and card making! It was also Christmas Jumper day last week so that made us even more festive! Take a look at what we have been up to in our photos!
Year 3 - 3T's Christmas Hoop
3T designed and made snowmen for their Christmas hoop! Look out for it around the school
Year 2 - Planting Onions
In Science, we are learning about plants! Last week we learnt about what a plant needs to grow and live. This week, we refreshed our memories and put this to the test. In class, we planted some beans where we made some predictions of how they might turn out in different conditions. After that, we...
Year 3 - 3T The Good Plant Growing Guide
"Are you tired of getting home to find your plants looking tired and droopy? Do you wish you knew how to grow strong and healthy plants? Then listen to our Good Plant Growing Guides! We did an experiment to find out the best way to grow plants so you don't have to!" - Christopher 3T
Year 3 - 3T Retell 'Welcome'
3T retold the story Welcome. They independently improvised each scene, taking charge of the story themselves. We hope you enjoy!
Year 3 - 3T Friendship Flowers
To celebrate Friendship Week, 3T made special friendship flowers. They thought about what friendship is and how we can all be good friends to one another. They then wrote what was special about their friends on a petal to be added to their flower. They also thought about what made them a good...
Year 3 - 3P's Friendship Week Message to You
Year 3 have been learning about the importance of a good friendship and being kind. They have an inspiring message for all of you... take a look!
Year 3 - 3P The Surprising Stone Age
3P have worked really hard on their class assembly. This term they have been learning all about life in the Stone Age
Year 3 - 3P Shares their Learning
3P had a wonderful time during our sharing assembly. The audience were amazed to see how well the Year 3 children performed on stage. Their main message was that success comes from hard work and determination, never giving up. They also shared with us some stories of famous people who failed at...
Year 3 - 3G: A Good Book
Members of 3G proving you can always find time for a good book
Year 2 Trip to Tower of London
Year 2 went on a trip to Tower of London and we learnt about the Great Fire of London. We had a tour around the tower and saw houses that were made out of wood in 1666. Do you know how the fire started?
Year 2 Reading at Homerton Library
Catch Year 2 reading at Homerton Library!
Year 2 - Venn Diagrams Using Materials
Today (14th January 2019) while looking at what materials everyday objects were made of, we learnt about Venn diagrams because objects like scissors and computers are made of plastic AND metal! We used a Venn diagram to show that objects can be part of 2 categories. A lot of everyday materials are...
Year 2 - SS Empire Windrush
As it is Black History Month, we have been learning about the Windrush! After talking and watching videos about the Windrush, we went on the Daubeney Bus and used Legos to build our own versions of SS Empire Windrush! Take a look at our photos!
Year 2 - Performing to and Reading with Year 1s
In literacy, we watched a video called 'Catchit' and retold the story in our own words. After writing the story and including our own ending, we created performances to show to the Year 1s based on our writing. After performing to the Year 1s, they invited us to read their stories with them...
Year 2 - 2C Literacy Monsters
We have been writing about monsters from the book Flanimals for the past few weeks. Today we drew and labelled our own monsters! We even wrote some descriptions based on our drawings. Maggie wrote “Nacher Feary has crazy grass hair. When he sees a girl Nacher Feary his head goes pink and when...
Year 2 - Maths: Adding Using the Column Method
It's been a fabulous week of learning in Maths. Year 2 have been learning how to add using the column method; regrouping in ones. They practiced with dienes where they learnt how to 'Stop and Swap' moving the 1 ten in the tens column
Year 2 - Living Things and Their Habitats
In Year 2, we have been learning about living things and their habitats in Science! In partners we decorated shoeboxes that highlighted key features and animals of each habitat. Take a look at these photos of our habitats! Which habitat would you like to live in?
Year 2 - Giving Intructions Using Imperative Verbs
In literacy we this week, Year 2 have been learning how to give intructions using imperative verbs. As part of a practical lesson, the children gave each other instructions using imperative verbs while making a jam sandwich
Year 2 - Fire Safety Visit
On Monday, a member of the London Fire Brigade came to our school to talk to us about Fire Safety. At first a lot of us thought that the only job they had was to save people from burning homes. But we quickly found out that fire safety is a lot more than that. We learnt about how to keep ourselves...
Year 2 - Conscience Alley
Over the next two weeks in literacy, we will be learning about how to write an excellent informal letter. Today, we read a book called “The Day the Crayons Quit”. It is about a boy, called Duncan, and how his crayons quit and left him because they were not happy with how he was treating...
Year 2 - Black History Month Art
It's been an amazing week! As part of Black History Month, children had an exciting opportunity to participate in the 'Big Draw'. Year 2's Art drawing was an inspiration from Derek Walcott who was an artist, play writer and a poet from the Island of St. Lucia
Year 2 - 2K World Maths Day 2019
Today (12th March 2019) was World Maths Day!! It was a fun day as 2K enjoyed taking part in different Maths activities. They enjoyed working in groups; whereby each child contributed ideas that helped their team solve the equation. Some teams used concrete as others challenged themselves with...
Year 2 - 2K Sharing Assembly
We had our sharing assembly yesterday (18th October 2018)! In geography, we talked about the oceans and the continents. In science, we talked about habitats and how important they are for animals. In literacy, we sang a song that narrated a story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Thank you for...
Year 2 - 2C World Maths Day 2019
Happy World Maths Day! For World Maths Day, we spent the afternoon problem solving and doing interesting maths investigations with our partners. Normally, when we think about maths, we think about adding or subtracting numbers. But the activities this afternoon showed us that maths does not only...
Year 2 - 2C Work Week 2019
During work week, we learnt about lots of community jobs. We learnt about working at the Royal Mail and how mail gets from one place to another from Lenny the Letter. We had another visitor come visit us, who was a construction worker. He told us all about how his job was about keeping people safe....
Year 2 - 2C Trip to the Library
This week, we got to go to the Homerton Library! We met the librarians who told us all about the library and what we could do there! Did you know that you can borrow books, read books and even use the computers to find out new things? We also found out that to borrow books and use the computers you...
Year 2 - 2C Traction Man and Our Favourite Toy
This week we read a book called Traction Man is here and it is about a helpful action figure who saves the lives of characters like the dollies and spoons. Today, we brought our favourite toy to school and drew a scene where our favourite toy and Traction Man go on an adventure. We made sure to...
Year 2 - 2C Singing the Continent Song
Last week in Year 2, we learnt about the continents by singing a song about it! 2C loved the song so much that they can’t stop singing it! Here is a video of our class singing the continent song. Do you know all 7 continents?
Year 2 - 2C Postal Museum
After work week, we went to the postal museum to learn more about the history of mail in the UK. Royal Mail plays a really big part in making sure our mail gets to where it needs to be! At the Postal Museum, we learnt through play and Alan took us around the museum to learn about how mail used to...
Year 6 Graduation - Class Of 2019
As always, it was an emotional farewell to our year 6’s on graduation day (17.7.19). There were speeches, there were guests of honour, there were songs, there were special achievements there were tears and there was laughter! As we all enjoy the summer, we reflect on the good times and wish...
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