Nursery Open Evenings
Is your child 3-4 years old? Are you looking for a Nursery space? Come and visit us, meet the teachers, play in our wonderful nursery and collect an application form. We have AM, PM and Full Time spaces available. Need to know more? Take a look at what we're learning in Nursery and see some of our...
Year 2 - Jigsaw Week 4
In week 4, we thought again about food groups and how we need a balanced diet with items from each group to keep our bodies healthy. We worked together to group food items and discussed our favourite healthy meals
Duckling Class - Easter Egg Hunt
On the last day of Spring 2, we went on an exciting Easter Egg hunt. All week, we have been designing our own Easter eggs and making cornflake cakes so what better way is there to finish the week off than an Easter egg hunt. We had so much fun!
Year 5: Wow Day - Turkey (Spring 2)
The children in Year 5 had a fun filled Wow Day. They designed and sketched Turkish ceramics. Using what they learnt, Year 5 replicated Turkish ceramics using ideas inspired from previous learning experiences
Year 2 science Trip - March 2024
This week Year 2 visited Hackney Marshes to finish our Plants topic. We went on a plant hunt to see what is growing in our local environment and spent some time sketching the plants we could see
Year 4 Spring 2 Wow Day
The children in Year 4 had a fun filled Wow Day. They designed and built settlements along a river they created, using their knowledge from our learning this term
Year 2 - Australia Wow Day
This week we've had lots of fun for our Spring 2 WOW Day. We took a virtual trip to Australia, making sure we had our passports and boarding passes ready! Once on the plane we were ready for take off! In the afternoon we made some delicious fairy bread using colourful sprinkles
Year 2 - RE Day 2024
For this half term's RE day we learnt all about Easter and what it means to Christians. We spoke about what Christians believe happened many years ago, and traditions they take part in to celebrate
Year 2 - plant careers
Last week we explored a range of jobs that involved plants. We discussed farmers, florists, gardeners and botanists. We then had a turn being a botanist by using a microscope to look at our bean plants that have been growing in the classroom!
Year 2 - Computing Week 6
This week we used 2Beat on Purple Mash to create our own beats for our music. We were then able to upload this into 2Sequence to finish making our tunes with our own melodies on top
Year 3 - Volcano Wow Day
Year 3 had an amazing fun packed WOW day all about volcanoes. We started with a quiz before we designed and made our own volcanoes. We ended the day by answering the big question and creating our own volcanic ERUPTIONS!!
Year 2 - Computing Week 4
For this Computing lesson, we used 2sequence again. This time we each started with a tune for Twinkle Twinkle Little Star before changing it to make it our own. We added a range of instruments and listened to how different each of our tunes were
Year 2 - British Science Week 2024
Year 2 have enjoyed British science weeks by carrying out experiments, visiting a science exhibition and welcoming real life scientists to our school
Year 4 sound investigation - March 2024
Year 4 had fun making string telephones to investigate how sound travels to our ears. Watch the videos to hear use explain how it works
Duckling Class - Easter Trip
Leading up to the Easter holidays, Duckling Class visited St Barnabas Church where we told the story about where and when Easter started. We had fun dressing up for different parts of the story!
Duckling Class - First Summer Week!
This week, we have been super busy in Duckling Class. We have been reading, writing, playing table tennis, playing musical instruments, planting, working in Tesco and so much more
Sav Akyuz Author Visit
KS1 had the amazing opportunity to meet 'Bear Moves' author Sav Akyuz. He ran a fun, interactive workshop with Year 1 and 2 children full of energy and laughs. After giving a brief introduction to his work as a writer, and illustrator, he created an imaginary character with the help of the...
Year 2 Maths Partition with Bar Models
This week Year 2 have been focusing on partitioning numbers into parts. We split the numbers into either 2, 3 or 4 parts and discussed if we had made equal groups. We identified that two equal groups would show half and that four equal groups would give us quarters
Year 2 - Science: Dream jars
Our topic this half term is the environment and we are thinking about how humans can help the planet. We collected old jars throughout the week and then recycled them to give them a new purpose. We used paint and glitter, along with cotton wool, to create our very own magical dream jars. We had...
Year 2 - Literacy: Exploring the narrative of Vlad and The Great Fire of London
This week we have been taking part in immersive Literacy lessons to really imagine what it would have been like during the Great Fire of London, for Vlad the flea and Boxton the rat. We used lots of fun techniques to help us remember all of the details of the important points in the story
Year 2 - Jigsaw Summer 1 Week 2
This week we focused on physical contact, including touches that we like such as high fives, hugs, and holding hands, compared to touches that we don't like such as pushing, hitting, and fighting. We also discussed how it is ok to not like physical contact even if it is kind, and talked about...
Year 2 - History: GFoL Week 2
This half term we are learning all about the Great Fire of London in our History lessons. This week we discussed how and where the fire started, on Pudding Lane in 1666. We explored a range of reasons for why the fire lasted for five days, including having a very hot, dry summer, the houses being...
Year 2 - Computing Week 2
Our new topic this half term is Questioning. This week we were introduced to binary questions which only allow for 2 answers. We played a game of guess who with our computing avatars, making sure our questions could only have yes or no as answers. Next week we will be using binary questions to...
Digital Leaders trip to Apple
Our Digital Leaders team had lots of fun at the Apple store in Stratford. We had an interactive session all about using GarageBand to make our own theme tune. We thought about the beat we could create, the tempo of the track, the additional instruments we could use and even included special...
Year 3 Kingfisher Class - Art and Literacy
The children in Kingfisher class had a wonderful Literacy lesson where they drew a scene from the story they have been reading. Their character Marcus is amazed at the African sunset and the children drew what he saw
Duckling Class - Planting sunflower seeds
This week in Duckling Class, we have been learning about how plants grow. We have been talking about what plants need to grow and the life cycle of a plant. We used this knowledge to plant our own sunflower seeds. We are hoping with the right amount of water, sunlight, food and space they will grow...
Year 3 - Scientific Investigation
The children in Kingfisher class carried out a fair test in their Science lesson. They tested different surfaces to identify the one with the most and least friction, measuring the distance their car travelled
Year 5 – Spanish: Confidence and Fluency Speaking
Year 5 students completing an exercise to reinforce the pronunciation of key sounds in Spanish. Students confidence and fluency develop as they feel more comfortable pronouncing words in Spanish
Year 4 – Spanish: Forming Questions and Answers Independently
Year 4 students are beginning to understand how to form questions/answers independently. They can produce short pre-prepared phrases on familiar topics, with secure pronunciation
Year 3 - Kingfisher Roman Dig
The children in Kingfisher had a wonderful lesson today 23 April 2024 as they were archaeologists and had to dig up different Roman artefact. The children had to identify the objects and say who might used them, how it was made and what other purpose the artefacts may serve
Junior Art Team Trip
On Tuesday 23 rd April our Junior Art Team enjoyed a trip to the Young V&A in Bethnal Green. Not only did they have a nice time on their trip, but they had the opportunity to look at art and design in toys and ‘everyday’ objects. Thank you to Ms Smith for leading, and thank you to...
Year 5 - Math: To plot data on a graph
Learning about data and line graphs outside was a thrilling experience for students in Year 5. Their smiles truly convey how much they were enjoying themselves throughout activity time, as you can see
Family Phonics Workshop Spring 2024
Thank you to those parents that attended the Family Phonics Workshop in spring term. Your support is very much appreciated. So far we've covered phase 2, 3 and 4 phonics and have engaged in lots of fun activities to help our pupils with their reading. We can't wait to see you in the Summer...
Year 3 Meets a special Author
It was an amazing experience today 12-3-2024- when the children met the author of Baller Boys vs The Bulldozers, Vanessa Taylor. They had a session with the author and discussed her latest book
Duckling Class - Ordinal Numbers
This week, we have been learning about ordinal numbers in maths. We have been reading about Chinese New Year so we have been talking about racing. We had our own running races with each other, and had to use ordinal numbers to help us present our winning rosettes. We had so much fun!
Year 6 – DT: Research
To begin our new topic, we discussed what we already know about shelters. We then learned how to define a shelter and different types of shelters. We also discussed and defined functionality. In our groups, we decided on the type of shelter we wanted to make and researched it. We researched the...
Year 6 – DT: Make
Today we recapped what we learned and did last week. We looked at our designs and discussed some of the decisions we made. We then had a serious discussion about using tools such as junior hacksaws and hot glue guns safely. Then we looked at all the different techniques we can use to create a...
Year 6 – DT: Evaluate
In this lesson, we evaluated our prototypes! We first discussed what is evaluation and why we should evaluate. We then discussed the tools and materials we used, problems we encountered, what went well and more! We then completed an evaluating sheet with our group after discussing each question and...
Year 6 – DT: Design
We began recapping our previous lesson and we shared our research on different types of shelters. We began this week’s learning by considering the different factors needed when building a structure. We thought about what the purpose of our structure would be, how it would be used and the...
Year 6 - Geography: Mapping Skills Day
Lesson 1: For our first lesson this Mapping Day we first recapped all that we have learned before, including the 8 points in a compass to how to read a map. We then looked at globes and how to read globes. On our maps, we identified the 7 continents, lines of latitude such as the Tropics of...
Year 3 - Mystery Reader
A huge thank you to our Mystery Reader today who came in and read a story to our Year 3 children. The children were treated to a wonderful story and told beautifully by our mystery reader
Year 2 Maths- Measuring
Today we took our Maths learning outside and used rulers to measure objects from around the classroom and the school. We identified our lengths using centimetres as our standard unit
Duckling Class - We love reading!
Every morning, we have small group reading sessions with our adults at school. We love these! We make sure we use our reading finger and use our phonics to help us sound out tricky words!
Duckling Class - Chinese New Year
This week, we have been learning about and celebrating Chinese New Year. We have been talking about 'The Great Race' and all the animals involved. We have learnt that this year is 'The Year of the Dragon'. We have been designing and creating our own dragons and fans to celebrate...
Year 6 – History: Diversity of the Allied forces
Having taken a week’s break from history due to RE Day, we spent the beginning of this lesson recapping our learning from when we went to the Museum of London Docklands and what we learnt about how World War II impacted the East End. After that, we reminded ourselves of the Allies and Axis...
Toucan Class - Mapping Day
Toucan class learned about coordinates, compass points, map symbols and used our knowledge to draw a map of our playground. We took our maps outside to measure how many steps it took us to get from one point to another
Family Phonics Workshop - Autumn 1 & 2
A big thank you to all the parents that attended the family phonics workshop in Autumn term! We focused on phase 2 phonics, looking at pronunciation of sounds and how words can be segmented and blended. We joined in with a range of phonics games and had fun reading CVC words using our phase 2...
Year 3 - Mystery Reader
The children had a fantastic story telling session this afternoon 19-2-2024 when our Mystery Reader came in to tell them a story. Each week we will be having a parent as a mystery reader to read and tell a story. If any parent is interested please contact your child’s teacher
Year 3 - Mapping Skills Day
The children in year 3 had a wonderful Mapping Skills Day learning all about maps. They studied ordinance survey maps, identified co ordinates, symbols on a map, compass points and drew their own maps
Duckling Class - Valentines Week and Party!
Last week of Spring 1, we celebrated Valentines Day! We enjoyed making cards for our family, making play-doh hearts and making decorations for our party! On the last Friday, Duckling Class hosted a family Valentines Party. We enjoyed making heart shaped biscuits for our family to enjoy at the...
Year 6 Hawk Class - Into University Experience
Monday During Our Into University Experience, On Monday, we did the carousel activity learning bout psychology, philosophy, classics and social sciences. Tuesday On Tuesday we did self portraits or our fellow peers. . In the afternoon, we carried out research, created fact files and biography and...
Year 5: Science - Air Resistance
Today for science, Year 5 tested air resistance by making parachutes and then allowing them to free-fall. They observed the parachute as it fell towards the ground. This was followed by, partner talk on why the parachute slowed down
Year 5 Wow Day: DT
Year 5 enjoyed a whole day dedicated to their topic which was Pulleys, Gears and Levers. The project they were given, was to design a well; it was then brought to life using clay. It was an amazing day of creativeness which they will remember for a lifetime
Year 5 - Science: Careers related to forces and motion
Year 5 explored a variety of careers relating to forces and motion. For the main activity, they created either a poster or slideshow to present to their peers
Year 6 – Eagles Class: Into University
Monday We learnt about what liberal arts are and the subjects that make it up. We took part in a carousel activity about psychology, philosophy, classics and social sciences. At each activity, we learnt about what that subject means and then completed an activity that relates to our learning. An...
Year 6 – History: WOW Day
We started off WOW Day by recapping all of our learning from this half term. We thought about how each lesson’s learning contributed to our understanding of just how devastating World War II was. We learnt about the impacts it had on Britain and wrote our responses to the overarching...
Venessa Taylor Author Visit
KS2 had the amazing opportunity to meet 'Baller Boys' author Venessa Taylor. She ran an exciting workshop with each year group which involved fun activities, hearing her read a chapter of the book and answer the children's questions. Some lucky children even got signed copies of the...
Year 2 Maths - mass
Today year 2 explored mass using scales. We chose objects from around the classroom, predicting which would be heavier or lighter before using scales to determine if we were correct
Spanish - Dia del libro – World Book Day
World Book Day was first created in 1995 by UNESCO and originally aimed at promoting reading, publishing and copyright. Since then however, it has grown bigger than anyone could ever have hoped for, with over 100 countries now taking part in World Book Day Celebrations that encompass everything...
Year 5: Science - Geocentric and Heliocentric theory
Year 5 created posters and presented this to their peers. They researched about two different theories; it conveyed which planet or sun is the focal point, and how other planets revolve around it
Robin class - World Book Day 2024
Can you guess who we've dressed up as?
Parrot Class - World Book Day
Can you guess who we've dressed up as for World Book Day?
Duckling Class - World Book Day 2024
On Friday, we celebrated World Book Day. We dressed up as our favourite characters from our favourite books. This included Alice in Wonderland, Muhammed Ali, Kings and Queens, Paddington and many more! We had so much fun!
Year 2 Science week 2 - Plants
This week we planted some beans as part of our Science topic. We planted in 4 pots in total and have given each pot different growing conditions to investigate what plants need in order to grow well. Ask us about our bean plants!
Year 2 JIGSAW Spring 2 week 2
Computing This week year 2 were using a search engine to find answers to a range of questions relating to dinosaurs. We discussed our online safety agreement before using Google Chrome to search for our answers. We explored the images tab and also discussed how search engines work by giving us the...
Year 6 – RE Day: Islam
During this RE Day, we spent a lesson researching each of the 5 pillars of Islam then presented our research. We then focused in on the Hajj pillar – a pilgrimage Muslims go on to Mecca. We learnt about why Muslims do this and some children who have experiences of it, or hope to do this in...
Year 2 Cross Curricular - Australia week 2
For this weeks lesson we focused on learning about ways in which Australia and Great Britain are similar and ways in which they are different. We explored how both countries are islands, the main language is English and that they have the same head of state. We also identified that they are in...
Year 2 Computing Week 3
This week we began our topic of Music. We used 2sequence on Purple Mash to create our own digital music, thinking about the tempo, volume and range of instruments we could choose from
Year 3 Mystery Reader
The children today were delighted to be read a story by our Mystery Reader who came in and read an exciting story filled with suspense and adventure
Duckling Class - Handas Surprise
This week, we have been reading 'Handa's Surprise'. We have been talking about the animals and the fruit in the story. We created our own animal scene and we wrote postcards about what animals we saw. We also learnt how to weave and created our own fruit baskets
Toucan class are learning about light in Science
How many light sources can you identify? Is the moon a light source? What about ice cream?
Computing fun in Toucan class!
We learned about spreadsheets and had a go at creating our own using Purplemash
Year 6 – Science: Natural History Museum
As part of our topic on Evolution and Inheritance, we went on a trip to the Natural History Museum, where we took part in a workshop that introduced us to the concepts that underpin evolution through natural selection. In the workshop, we: Explored what evolution is, how and why it happens Looked...
Year 6 – RE Day: Judaism
As part of RE Day in Autumn, we learnt about Judaism. We spent time researching Jewish artefacts as well as learning about the rules that Jewish people follow. We ended the day by designing and colouring in our own Hamsa Hand because this is a symbol is significant in Judaism
Year 5 - Windrush: Understanding Windrush Generation Experiences
Year 5 got involved with some exciting role play; it exhibited what the Windrush generation experienced during the departure, journey and arrival stages of their migration to the United Kingdom
Science - Weather Reporters!
In parrot class we have been busy reporting the weather. We pretended to be weather reporters and used weather symbols to demonstrate the weather conditions in each of the 4 countries in the UK. Take a look to se what fun we had!
Year 6 - Eagle Class’ last trip to IntoUniversity
This week, we went to IntoUniversity for the last time altogether. Of course when we are in secondary school, we’ll be able to come back for Academic Support but we will still miss coming here together during the school day. We thought about how we might prepare for secondary school and discussed...
Daubs on tour '24 - Day 3
Yet more reasons to be proud of our Daubeney children today as they take on challenges and show resilience with tasks that are not easy and in 25 degree weather to boot! After very little sleep Monday night (they must have been excited or something 🤦🏻♀️) Tuesday evening was much more settled in...
Daubs on tour ‘24 - Day 2
Day 2 was a scorcher! Cloud cover intermittently helped us out a little though. The children awoke at sunrise after a pretty late night but were surprisingly still full of energy We got straight into activities and the children were amazing. They tried things they'd never done before and really had...
Hispanic Week – Afternoon film screening
A selected group of children have enjoyed the Madrid-set film, Ferdinand. Based on Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson’s 1936 children’s book The Story of Ferdinand, this animation film follows an adorable flower-sniffing bull named Ferdinand. Ferdinand is a beautiful film when it comes to...
Daubs on tour ‘24 - Day 1
After a delayed start (excuse you coach company) we arrived to blue skies and sunshine. After a quick lunch we went straight into activities. Everyone had a go, got stuck and enjoyed themselves. We are looking forward to festival night later and please leave comments!
Year 2 visit the ducklings
This week we had lots of fun visiting the ducklings in reception. We got to hold them and stroked them gently. They were very cute and fluffy!
Year 2 - Beach Trip 2024
This week year 2 had the best time at the beach! We travelled by coach to Margate and spent the day in the sun! We went into the sea, played football on the beach, painted pictures, buried our legs in the sand, there was so much to do!
Year 5: Science - Sir David Attenborough
This term for science, Year 5 are focusing on different scientists and inventors. This lesson we focused on the famous British broadcaster and biologist, Sir David Attenborough for his amazing contribution to the world of science. Children first researched and then produced their own documentaries...
Daub's on Tour '24- Day 4
It’s been a much nicer day today weather wise, 24 and cloudy! Children are excited for their activities and campfire tonight. See you tomorrow!
Year 5 and Year 6 - Spanish: Eurocopa 2024
EURO 2024 takes place in Germany between 14th June and 14th July. In our lessons this week, children in Year 5 and Year 6 have revisited topics such as numbers, colours, days of the week and European countries, as well as simple verb forms using EUROS as a stimulus
Year 6 – Spanish Transition session
Children’s school transition has an impact that lasts for many years and extends throughout their academic career. Earlier on this week, children in Yr6 had the chance to welcome a group of ex Daubeney students from Urswick who led a phonics lessons
Year 2 - RE: trip to Aziziye Mosque
This week we took part in our final RE day of the year. We went to visit Aziziye Mosque in Stoke Newington. We met the imam and he taught us all about the features of a mosque. He explained why there are lines on the carpet, why there is a dome in the middle of the mosque, how the prayer times are...
Year 2 - Literacy: Extra Yarn
To start off our Summer 2 literacy work, we read the book 'Extra Yarn' as part of our whole school book fortnight. We spent time exploring the narrative by working together to retell the story using the main points. We then imagined what it would be like to be one of the characters, and...
Year 2 - Jigsaw: Week 1
This half term our Jigsaw topic is 'Change'. We began the topic by thinking about how a range of animals change from babies to adults. We discussed how some animals are born with the same features as their respective adults, and also thought about how some baby animals are completely...
Duckling Class - Our Ducklings
This week, we have been lucky enough to hatch our own duck eggs! We received the eggs in an incubator to keep them warm whilst the eggs hatched. On Monday and Tuesday, we started to see that cracks on the shells and knew that we would soon have ducklings. When we came back to school on Wednesday,...
Spanish Champions at Tate Modern
A group of Spanish Champions had the chance to visit the Tate Modern this week, where they explored various works of art by Hispanic artists. Amongst these artists was Doris Salcedo, a Colombian-born visual artist and sculptor. Her work took the form of a long crack in the floor in 2007, and today...
Year 3 - Outdoor Maths
The children in Kingfisher and Toucan class had an exciting math lesson today in the playground searching for parallel lines, perpendicular lines, right angles and polygons
Kingfisher: Science
The children in Kingfisher had an exciting outdoor lesson today -26-06-2024 where they investigated magnetic objects in our school and playground
Year 3 Kingfisher - Aboriginal Art Symbols
The children in kingfisher class today 27-06-2024 looked at symbols in Aboriginal art. They created their own art piece using the symbols
Year 5 – Mexican textiles
As we start a new Content and Language Integrated project at Daubeney, children today had the opportunity to revisit their historical, geographical and cultural knowledge of Mexico through a range of different sources. Students were introduced to los rebozos, and a range of different textiles –...
Kingfisher at Hackney Personal Best
On Wednesday the 3 July 2024 the children in Kingfisher class had an amazing opportunity to take part in the Hackney Personal Best sports activity day
Year 6 - Art WOW Day 2024
We began this week’s lesson by recalling wood blocking techniques and how we would replicate that using polystyrene. We also looked back at our designs for our polystyrene printing pattern. For our WOW day we found out that we were going to do some of the techniques that we had learned about. First...
Year 3 - Kingfisher: Bar Charts
The children in Kingfisher collected their own data and presented it on a bar graph
Year 5 and 6: End of Year Seaside Trip 2024
Today was brilliant! To celebrate the end of the year, we took a coach to Southend and had fun on the beach. After that, we dove into Adventure Island where we spent the rest of the afternoon screaming and laughing on all the rides!
Reception End of Year Trip 2024
We went on a trip to Cedar’s Nature Centre in Waltham Abbey. The coach took us to the park where we went straight to the little zoo. We had a talk from a zoo keeper about different animals and got to stroke a few. We went on a minibeast hunt around the parkland, seeing if we could spot pond...
Daubs on tour '24 - Day 5
The final day of our residential finally gave us some cooler weather to enjoy our final activities. The children got stuck in, despite showing signs of tiredness and I think we were all about ready to get on the coach home. Apologies for the delay in putting these up but Friday was a bit of a...
Year 4: Transition day to Year 5!
Today, we spent a day with our new Year 5 teachers! We learnt a bit about them, told them about us and created our class charter! After that, we went to King’s Hall for our swimming lesson
Year 6 - Science: Shadows Experiment
We finally did our experiment this week! A couple of weeks ago, we discussed and wrote up our predictions to the question: How is the shape and size of an object’s shadow determined? Today, we got to see if our predictions were accurate! We even drew bar charts and wrote up our conclusions...
Year 6 - Literacy: Performing Poetry
In today’s reading lesson, we learnt a bit about how poetry can be performed. Joseph Coelho explains that our voice, emotions and body language is important to help the audience understand the point of our poems. We picked some poems from his book “Overheard in the Tower Block” to perform
Year 3 - Spanish: Los volcanes y las Islas Canarias
A few months ago, alongside CC lessons, we learnt about volcanoes - how they are formed, the different parts of a volcano and its different states. We investigated the beautiful landscape of the Canary Islands and pupils had the opportunity to consider the impact of living in La Palma following the...
Year 3 - 3D SHAPES
The children in Kingfisher class had fun today 1-07-2024 in math making 3D shapes
Year 2 - Sports Day
Year 2 had lots of fun taking part in our annual sports day this year. We took part in a sack race, egg and spoon race, obstacle course and tug of war!
Year 2 - Now Press Play in Science
Year 2 had lots of fun using the Now>Press>Play headsets last week to learn more about Mary Seacole. We were immersed into life in Jamaica, learning about healing soldiers using herbal remedies. We were taken through the journey of travelling to London to try and support with the help efforts...
Year 6 - Trip to V&A Museum
To begin our Japanese textiles topic, we spent the day at the V&A Museum where we learnt about different artefacts that relate to Japanese textiles. We learnt about some heel-less shoes, dyes that are used and materials used for different items of clothing in Japan. Finally, we walked around...
Year 5: Art - Textiles
Year 5 made Mexican inspired mood-boards for art. They sketched their ideas into their sketchbooks and it turned out amazing
Year 3 - Magnetic Hunt
The children in Kingfisher class had a fun Science Lesson today 2-05-2024 searching for buried treasure using magnets. As part of our Science lesson we are learning about forces and magnets and the children had to identify which objects are magnetic and which are not
Year 3 - Comprehension
The children enjoyed reading a story which links to our cross curricular topic about the Romans. They used the text to answer questions and discussed the story
Year 3 - Maths: Time
Today 14-05-2024, the children in Kingfisher enjoyed their Math lesson out of class in our Music room. The children looked at telling time and finding time difference
Year 3 - Outdoor Maths
Today the children in Year 3 enjoyed their outdoor learning in the Adventure playground where they looked at time
Year 3 - Outdoor Learning
Today the children had their comprehension session outdoors in Daubeney fields and enjoyed learning in a different space
Year 2 - Science: Recycling
This week, we took our learning outdoors and decided to help our school with recycling. We picked litter from the playground and decided which bin to put it in. We discussed how each one of us has a responsibility to look after our environment and thought of other places we could help with picking...
Year 2 - Literacy: Explore the World
This week we have focused on exploring the world of the story. We began by making collages to explore scenes of London in the past and during the fire. We thought about what London would have been like in 1666, discussing the locations in the story. We used masking tape to map out the setting,...
Year 2 - Literacy: Explore the characters
We have done lots of fun work recently exploring the characters in our story. We made posters for role on the wall, allowing us to think of adjectives to describe the characters inner and outer personality, as well as making our own character puppets
Year 2 - History: Tudor Houses
This week we discussed Tudor houses. We explored how they were made from timber beams that were covered in tar, and then filled with sticks called wattle. They were then covered in daub, which is a mixture of clay, sand and dung! We designed our own Tudor houses both on paper and online using...
Year 2 - Computing: Week 3
This week we used the same avatars and began to use our binary questions to identify characters. We thought about questions we could ask that would have a yes or no answer, that would split our options into two equal groups. When they were all complete we had made our own binary tree!
Duckling Class - Forest School
Earlier this week, we enjoyed another Forest School session. We enjoyed looking for snails and other wildlife. We built homes and hotels for the nature that lives in that part of the forest and used magnifying glasses to have a closer look
Year 5 - Robin: Sharing Assembly
This was the amazing sharing assembly of Robin class. Please watch and enjoy!
Year 4 – Spanish: Costa Rica
This half term, students in Year 4 build on previous learning of the use of ‘me gusta’, develop an understanding of the sound - spelling relationship in Spanish, and aim to understand a story based in Costa Rica. They have recently explored a range of sources – including atlas, fact files, and...
Science Exposé
During our science exposé workshop, Daubeney parents came in to share with us their fascinating careers, working in a science related (STEAM) sector. Children from different year groups enjoyed learning about and exploring careers from different fields. In the end, we all learnt that Science is in...
Year 3 - Maths in Adventure Park
Today the children in year 3 enjoyed their math lesson in the Adventure Park. They matched analogue and digital times
Duckling Class - Tangrams and 2D shapes
We have enjoyed learning about Tangrams, 2D shapes and using 2D shapes to create pictures. We looked at the properties of 2D shapes and looked at different ways we could use them to create different pictures
Duckling Class - Forest School: Summer 2024
This week, we enjoyed Forest School with Miss Clare! We made our own bubble wands using sticks and pipe cleaners. We also had our own small sketch books to sketch, paint and collect leaves and flowers. We had so much fun!
Year 3 Kingfisher - Cross Curricular
The children in Kingfisher were introduced to the Aboriginal culture and their textile designs. They read and listened to Dreamtime stories and drew various scenes and pictures from the stories
Reception Duckling Class - Sharing
This week in maths, we have been learning about sharing! We have been talking about what equal means and how we can make sure things are 'fair' and the 'same'. We used gingerbread men to help us practice our sharing and we shared out counters
Kingfisher - Shapes and Angles
The children had a fun lesson on Wednesday 5th June 2024, creating different patterns with shapes. They identified the different shapes and identified the angles created in the patterns they made
Junior Literacy Team Trip to the Roald Dahl Museum
The Junior Literacy Team had the amazing opportunity to visit the Roald Dahl Museum. We enjoyed looking in the galleries, learning about Roald Dahl's life and doing fun activities. We also explored the village where Roald Dahl lived and saw places that inspired some of his stories
Year 3 - Kingfisher Literacy
The children had a fun literacy lesson. They read a story and used the story to create their own speech bubbles. They discussed in their groups what they thought the characters might be saying
Year 2 trip to Temple Bar
Year 2 visited lots of places near Temple Bar to learn more about Sir Christopher Wren and how he helped to rebuild London after the Great Fire. We had lots of fun dressing up, visiting the Millenium Bridge, building towers, writing with feather quills and so much more!
Year 3 - Kingfisher Wow Day: Roman Shields
The children today had fun creating their Roman shields as part of their Wow Day activities
Year 2 - Great Fire of London WOW Day
Today we had lots of fun bringing together all of our learning from the last half term. We worked in groups to make Tudor Houses, thinking carefully about the colours of the walls and the patterns of the timber beams. We also decorated windows and added thatch to the top! In the afternoon, we set...
Year 2 - Science: Week 5
This week we finished off our topic of 'environment' by recycling household items that we had brought in. We made a whole range of new items out of something old that would have gone in the bin! Lava lamps, jewellery boxes, jet packs....the ideas were endless!
Year 2 - RE Day: Summer 1
For this half term's RE Day we thought about a range of religions and discussed how do we know what is right and wrong. We thought about ourselves and how we know what the right and wrong choices are, and discussed 5 different religions, thinking about how they seek guidance and what they believe....
Year 2 - Maths: Time
This week we have been focusing on time in our maths lessons. We started by making our own clocks, thinking carefully about where the numbers go and what each hand measures. We then used them to show a range of times including o'clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to
Year 2 - Literacy: Week 5
To end our story of Vlad and the Great Fire of London we worked in groups to create a scene from 1666. We used all of our learning and knowledge from previous weeks to make a diorama depicting a location in London. Take a look at London Bridge over the River Thames, or the bakery on Pudding Lane....
Year 2 - Jigsaw: Week 5
This week in Jigsaw we thought about the people that we trust and why. We discussed what can help to build trust and what may also break trust. We then worked in groups to create a circle of trust, thinking about who we trust the most and why
Year 2 - Computing: Week 4
In week 4, we used all of our knowledge about binary questions to use a program to find out the names of our avatars. We had to answer questions carefully to get the right name! We also debugged a binary tree that had some errors!
Nurture Group - Pizza Pizza Pizza
In Maths we have been learning about quarters and halves so we decided to make a pizza and practice cutting in halves and quarters
Nurture Group - Phonics Fun!
This week in nurture we have been playing lots of fun phonics games
Falcon Class at Into Uni!
Falcon class had a brilliant week with the staff of into university! Our toooc of the week was liberal arts. We learned so much about different universities, university courses, and about people who studied liberal arts. We also went to the Wallace Collection in central London and learned about the...
The Nest - This week in Nurture - Autumn Week 6 2023
This week we have been using our fine motor skills,learning number bond, plants,hot seating Rapunzel and the witch, art and much more
Year 4 Autumn 1 Wow Day
Year 4 had an earth shattering Wow Day! We started the day by recapping our learning and answering the big question 'How would you survive an earthquake?' After that, we built cities using recycled materials that we brought in from home. We designed houses, sky scrapers and roads and took a before...
Year 3 Wow Day
The children had fun making their own Amazon rainforests as part of our Wow Day activities
Year 3 Science Experiment
The children in Year 3 enjoyed their experiment to see how water travels up the stem to the leaves
Year 2 - Food Chains
This week we have been learning about food chains and how animals depend on each other in their habitats. We identified predators, prey and producers. We also identified animals that were herbivores, carnivores and omnivores
Reception - Duckling Class - Smell and Taste
Last week, we enjoyed exploring our senses. We talked about different smells and we had a discussion on good smells and bad smells. We made our very own big smelly bear! We tasted different food including sugar, salt and lemon. Some of us enjoyed the sourness of the lemon...some did not. We also...
Year 5 - Sea Life Trip
Year 5 visited the lovely Sea Life Aquarium in relation to what they are learning in science. They observed a variety of sea creatures, living things and the habitats; a great opportunity for them to use their inner curiosity, to explore about the wonders of marine life
Year 3 Religious Education Day
The children in Year 3 had a brilliant RE Day today,13-10-2023 learning all about the Sikh Faith
Year 3 Trip to Horniman Museum
The children today 10 October 2023 had a great time visiting the museum and exploring the Amazon Rainforest galleries. They also had a lesson in the museum discussing the Amazon Rainforest and the people who live there
Year 2 - Add by making 10
This week we practised adding two single digits together. We made each number on a tens frame and then moved some counters to make a ten frame full. We thought about the new number sentences we could write and how this could help us add numbers easily
Year 3 - Science Autumn Term 2023
The children in Year 3 enjoyed planting their own seeds. They will observe it grow over the next few days
Year 6 - Geography Autumn Term 2023
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Year 5 - Geography Autumn Term 2023
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Year 4 - Geography Autumn Term 2023
Have a watch of what Year 4 learnt this half term in Geography
Year 3 - Geography Autumn Term 2023
Have a watch of what Year 3 learnt this half term in Geography
Year 2 - Geography Autumn Term 2023
Have a watch of what Year 2 learnt this half term in Geography
Year 1 - Geography Autumn Term 2023
Have a watch of what Year 1 learnt this half term in Geography
Duckling Class - Hello Alan! Welcome to Earth
This week, an Alien named Alan visited us from outer space! We introduced ourselves to Alan and made him feel very welcome! We created space pictures using chalk to make Alan feel at home and showed Alan how to sort items by colour and shape! We're very excited to show Alan the smells and...
Year 5: cross curricular - Human geography in Tanzania
Year 5 spent their afternoon researching human geography in Tanzania. They used Chromebooks to search for settlement patterns, main trade, economy and tourism. All the information was collated, and in their groups, they presented their findings to the class. It was a fun opportunity for kids to...
Year 2 - Computing Week 2023 - Week 7
This week was our final lesson on creating art. We looked at some of the work by William Morris and thought about the patterns he made, how he used symmetry and rotation, and how he repeated patterns. We made our own repeated patterns in two different ways, they look amazing!
Year 2 - Comparing numbers
This week in maths we have been comparing and ordering numbers up to 100. We have been using the less than and greater than symbols and using this vocabulary when discussing numbers
Year 3 - Road Safety
The children in Year 3 had an interesting lesson in school today 7-11-2023 where they discussed road safety and how to keep us safe on the roads
Nursery - Doctors surgery role-play
Nursery have been role playing in the doctors surgery
Year 3 Non-Chronological Reports
The children in Year 3 enjoyed reading a selection of non-chronological reports today - 13-11-2023. They identified different features and the language used I. A report
Year 2 Computing A2W2
This week we started our new topic of online safety. We explored the search bar on Purple Mash and discussed why it's a safe search compared to search engines such as google. We also used the filter option to narrow down our results and found our activity for the day. Once we completed our work...
Year 2 - Zoo Trip 2023
We had so much fun visiting the zoo last week as part of our Science learning! We were able to get up close to lots of animals including lions, tigers, monkeys, gorillas and penguins. Ask us about our favourite animals when you see us!
Reception - Duckling Class - Week 2
In Week 2, we had a fantastic Road Safety Workshop where a visitor came in to talk to us about how to safely cross the road. We had so much fun and learnt so much! We had a visit from Nova, our federation dog! This is the first time we have met Nova, and look forward to seeing her again next week!...
Year 6 - Literacy: Speeches
This week, we have been working on writing speeches about things that matter to us - the environment and our library. We performed these speeches in front of our peers today!
Year 3 - Literacy Autumn 2 2023
Toucan class in year 3 had a fantastic day role playing scenes from our book SPEAK UP!
Year 6 Day at the Zoo!
To finish off Autumn 1 and out learning of Living Things and their Habitats, Year 6 spent a day at the zoo observing animals, their habitats, their diets and their Latin names! Later in today I and my colleagues will be sending more pictures along with quotes from the children. Please include these...
Year 2 - Geography and Computing
We learnt about the equator and the north and south poles this week. We explored why these places are either really hot or really cold, and compared their distance to the sun. We used atlases and Google Earth on chromebooks to identify countries that are close to the equator and polar regions and...
Year 6 - Literacy: Protests
On Thursday, we took inspiration from Speak UP and created our own protest posters. On Friday, we role played parts of the story and included our protest posters. We also hot seated as some of the main characters
Exploring numbers
This week we have been focusing on numbers . We also used our number skills when making cookies
Year 3 - Dress up day
The children enjoyed dressing up and showing off their amazing costumes
Year 3 - Art and Literacy
The children enjoyed their Literacy lesson today when they included their artistic skills in the activity
Reception - Duckling Class - Halloween Dress Up Day
We had so much fun dressing up for Halloween. We saw witches, zombies, football players, superheroes, skeletons and lots more. We enjoyed designing our own pumpkins and making spider webs!
Spanish - Día de Muertos
Students across school have had the opportunity to explore the Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead. During this festivity, which roots began over 3000 years ago, the dead ones are honoured. It is not a sombre and sad time, but a time for celebration and remembrance. Day of the Dead is...
Year 5 - WOW day Autumn 1 2023
Year 5 had an awesome WOW day! They recapped what they have learnt this term and made relevant links to the over arching question : How would you prepare to climb Mount Kilimanjaro ? Year 5 learnt the challenges mountain climbers face such as potential dangers, expensive equipment and being ready...
Year 2 - WOW Day Autumn 1 2023
Year 2 had so much fun on WOW day for Autumn 1! We recapped all of our learning about the world, and worked as a team to create our own climate scenes. We chose from either a tropical or polar climate, and thought about the plants you'd find there as well as the animals. We used lots of recycled...
Year 2 - Computing week 5
This week year 2 continued their creating pictures topic and learnt about the artwork of Piet Mondrian. We then explored making our own pieces of art on 2paint a picture, and focused on using solid lines and blocks of colour
Nursery - My body is amazing
Nursery have been learning about the human body
Golden Achiever’s - 22nd September 2023
Massive congratulations to this week's Golden Achievers!!!
The Nest - This week in Nurture - Autumn Week 2 2023
This week Nurture 'The Nest' have created their own portraits inspired by Picasso
Year 2 Mapping Skills Day
We had lots of fun during Mapping Skills Day! We identified points on a compass, and explored giving correct directions. We then used a bird's eye view map of the school to navigate our way around the playgrounds, discussing which direction we had to go. We also identified what a key is on a...
Year 2 Computing Week 3
This week we started our topic for this half term which is 'creating pictures'. We explored impressionist art and then made our own impressionist style painting by using 2 paint a picture
Gardening Afterschool Club
The gardening club began by introducing the important rules to children when it comes to using the school garden, for instance listening to each other, working in teams, being safe when using tools, taking respectful care of plants, fruits and vegetables etc so this was well followed by all the...
Year 5 - Math - To calculate 10, 100, 1000 , 10000 and 100000 more or less
Year 5's took their learning outdoors today! A great and rich experience for them, to use outdoor resources to support them in solving mathematical problems relating to place value
Reception - Ducklings first week!
We have had a superb first week in Duckling class. We have been making new friends, meeting our new teachers, playing different games, getting creative and enjoying the weather outside!
Year 3 Science and ICT
The children in Year 3 used their Chromebooks today 13-09-2023 to research information about plants which is part of their Science unit. Next week we will be learning more about plants and what they need in order to grow
Year 6 - Geography: Physical Geography
We started the lesson by recapping what we learnt last week, first by looking at our floor book and second by completing a recap quiz as a class. We discussed the difference between physical and human geography. We played a game as a class where we had to figure out if the landmark was a physical...
Mapping Day 2023
To start the new geography topic, Year 5 had an entire day learning about maps relating to their local area . It was important that Year 5 understood the key features of a map as well as, acknowledging that reading a map is a great skill to have. To end the day, they had the opportunity to draw a...
Year 4 - Mapping Skills Day
Year 4 had fun learning all about maps on Mapping Skills Day today (12-09-2023). The children started their learning by learning about ordnance survey maps and the different symbols that are used to represent physical and human features. We then looked at grid references and identifying...
Year 3 - ICT
Today - 12-09-2023 the children enjoyed their ICT lesson using Purplemash. They practiced their typing skills and identifying different keys
Spanish - First week
Very busy week for students at Daubeney after the summer break! Students in Year 1 have enjoyed singing along to familiar songs and revisiting greetings, while students in Year 5 have had the opportunity to improve their memory skills to help vocabulary retention through games, and learning about...
Daubeney Ambassadors 2023-24
Daubeney Ambassadors of 2023-24 had their first meeting on Friday. They were very excited, passionate about their new role and responsibilities and had so many great ideas
Year 3 - Mapping Day
The children in Year 3 - Kingfisher and Toucan - enjoyed their Mapping Skills Day today (11-09-2023). The children started their learning by looking at grid references and identifying co-ordinates on a map. Then we discussed how to use a compass and how the compass points can help us. We used the...
Week 1 in Parakeet Class
We have had lots of fun in our first week back at school! We have done lots of activities to get to know each other and have settled into our new classroom, ready to learn lots of new exciting things!
Year 3 Maths
Today, 7-09-2023 the children in Year 3 Toucan and Kingfisher class enjoyed their introduction to this terms maths objective. They played a game which helped them with learning Place Value and identifying which digit changed when adding and subtracting. We hope the pupils enjoyed playing their...
Year 5 - Levi's passion for reading
Levi loves reading so much that he created his own story to share with the class. A brilliant beginning to a story...Are you excited to see how the story unfolds?
Year 6 - Literacy: Freeze Frames
Today we freeze framed scenes from chapters 1 and 2 of Floodlands by Marcus Sedgwick. When we were tapped on our shoulder, we explained to the rest of the class which character we were and what their thoughts and feelings were in that scene. Then we hot seated as some of the characters we have come...
Year 2 - Art and literacy
Year 2 have been exploring the story of The Magic Bojabi Tree as our long burst writing focus this half term. This week we created scenes from the book using watercolours, thinking about the setting of the story and the animals we would include
Year 6: Science - Discovering new animals
After completing the recap quiz as a class, we looked through our floorbook to remind ourselves of what we learnt and made last week. Then, we learnt about vertebrates and invertebrates and how they are different. We learnt about specific types of vertebrates and invertebrates and what makes them...
Year 6: Maths - Multiplying
We learnt how to multiply 4 digit numbers by 2 digit numbers. We practiced this skill with our partners
Year 4 Trip to the Natural History Museum
Year 4 had a great time at the Natural History Museum on Tuesday 3rd October. We explored the Earthquakes and Volcanoes exhibit and learned lots of interesting facts using the interactive games and activities. We even got to feel what it would be like to experience an earthquake in Japan in the...
Year 3 Geography - Deforestation
The children in Year 3 today discussed the effects of deforestation and identified the impact humans have on the rainforests. They completed an activity to outline the dangers and the impact it has on humans and animals
Year 2 - Forest School
Painting with berries
Year 6 - Geography: Debate
This lesson started off with us completing the recap quiz about physical geography. Then, we learnt about what land use meant and what this looked like across the UK. After, we learnt about what HS2 was and what were some reasons why it should and shouldn’t be built. As a whole class activity, we...
Year 2 trip to Hackney city farm
Today, we visited Hackney City Farm to explore what animals live nearby in our local area. We had so much fun investigating which animals lived on each part of the farm and had a go at making each of the animal noises. We discussed what each animal liked in their habitat and how they moved around...
Year 2 - Computing week 4
This week in our computing lesson we explored pointillism art. We discussed aspects of this theme and looked at lots of example pieces. We then used 2paint a picture to create our own pointillist art pieces using a body outline as a template
Parakeet class trip to Hackney City Farm
This week year 2 enjoyed a trip to Hackney City Farm! We enjoyed exploring the habitats of many farm animals as part of our Science topic this half term. We saw a range of animals including pigs, donkeys, goats and ducks!
The Nest - Painting
This week we are expressing our emotions through painting
Parakeet class learn about continents
This week year 2 have been learning about the 7 continents. We love singing the continent song! Ask us about them when you see us!
Reception Duckling Class - Me and my Family
This week, we have spent time talking about our families. We have discovered that families come in all shapes and sizes and that's okay! We have had fun creating our home, drawing our family members and creating a family tree
Junior Literacy Team 2023/2024
Meet the new members of the Daubeney Junior Literacy Team! They are very eager to share their passion for reading and writing with everyone at Daubeney. The team will be supporting Ms Lester in promoting Literacy across the school through assemblies and events. They will also be in charge of...
Displays at Daubeney - September 2023
We love showcasing our learning at Daubeney and we love using displays to do this! Have a look at our wonderful displays from around the school!
Daubeney Book Corners
The Junior Literacy Team visited all the classes from Nursery to Year 6 to check out everyone's book corners and judge them for the competition. We saw very creative and colourful corners with themes such as space, oceans, jungles and even hot air balloons! We want to show off our book corners so...
Year 4/5 Win Sport Inspire
Well done for Yr 4/5 for winning Sport Inspire
Year 3 - Maths September 2023
The children in Year 3 Kingfisher and Toucan Class had an exciting Maths lesson today. The children worked in groups and pairs and had a peer tutor to guide them
Year 3 - Art and Literacy: September 2023
The children in Toucan and Kingfisher enjoyed their Literacy session today when they created their own front cover for The Great Kapok Tree. The children used their creative ideas to design a front cover
The Nest trip to the Adventure Playground
Today we explored and had fun at the Adventure Playground
Nursery - Face Shape
Nursery have been using shapes to make their face
Nursery - Sense of hearing
Nursery have been learning about their ears and what they do. Nursery made their very own listening ears
Duckling Class - Final Christmas Week 2023
This week has been our final week of Autumn 2. We have been doing a lot of different Christmas/seasonal activities. This includes showing of our nativity (video coming soon!) making decorations, cards, making gingerbread men, practising wrapping presents and talking about what we will be doing...
Year 5 – Spanish and Music joint project
As part of project in which Music and Spanish are combined to deliver the National Curriculum requirements in both curriculum areas, this week Yr5 students have had the opportunity to take their Spanish outside the usual classroom and use key vocabulary and grammar structures in the Music room
Year 4 Trip to the Science Museum
Year 4 had a fantastic time in the Power Up gaming exhibition at the Science Museum. We had the opportunity to have a hands-on gaming experience, featuring the very best video games and consoles. We learnt lots of interesting facts about computer games from the past 50 years which links to our DT...
Year 2 – Maths and Spanish joint project. Shapes
CLIL stands for Content and Language Integrated Learning and as the term suggests, this approach is used to teach students about a new subject in a language foreign to them. Through CLIL, students not only learn a second language but also learn about a topic totally new to them. This week Year 2...
Year 2 Spring 1 Week 1 computing
This week we began our new Computing topic, learning all about coding. We discussed what an algorithm is and took turns giving sets of instructions, being careful to be precise. We then used Purple Mash to create algorithms which made our planes take off from the run way. We also tried debugging an...
Year 2 Maths - Shapes
This week in Maths, Year 2 have been working on naming and identifying a range of 2D and 3D shapes. We then focused on 2D shapes, identifying how many sides and vertices each shape has and using mirrors to find the possible lines of symmetry
Year 5 - Sacred text workshop at the British Library
On their R.E. day, Year 5 students attended a workshop on sacred texts at the British Library. Furthermore, they got to witness various holy books, unique clothing, and objects associated with a certain faith
Year 3 - Science
Today 17.01.2024 the children learnt all about how plants and animals obtain food
Year 2 Wow day Autumn 2
For this half terms wow day we recapped all of our knowledge from this History topic. We explored the expeditions of Sarah Marquis, Mae Jemison and Captain Robert Falcon Scott. We had fun interviewing explorers and drawing an explorer scene. We had the most fun in the afternoon when we made our...
Year 2 RE day Autumn 2
For this half terms RE day we focused on Judaism and thought about 'What values does Hanukkah teach us?' We learned about the story of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of light, we explored the Maccabees and why they were brave, and thought about values we could learn from the story. We then...
Year 1 - Shine star Shine!
Year 1 performed brilliantly for our nativity show. They have been working hard to remember their lines, made wonderful costumes and hats and sang beautifully!
Year 3 - Stone Age
The children in Year 3 had a fun session creating Stone Age hand paintings
Year 3 - ICT and Science
The children today, 19-12-2023 used their Chromebooks and their program Purplemash to discover more about our Science topic Rocks and Soil
Year 5 - Ancient Greeks Wow Day - Autumn 2 2023
Year 5 had an awesome WOW day! They recapped what they have learnt this term and made relevant links to the over arching question: What influence did the Ancient Greeks have on our modern society? To tend the topic in great fashion, Year 5 created masks which represented Greek myths whilst...
Year 3 Linkages and Levers
The children in Year 3 made their own Linkage and Lever mechanism
Duckling Class - Christmas Jumper Day
Today (15/12), it was Christmas Jumper Day. We really enjoyed wearing our festive jumpers and had fun making decorations to decorate our classroom! We also had our Christmas Dinner with our teachers. It was so yummy!
Year 4 - Spring 1 Wow Day
Year 4 had a very exciting Wow Day. We started by sketching our ideas then presenting our ideas to a panel of Dragons (Mr Dharma and Ms Gustave)! After that, we worked in groups to build our games, selecting from a range of tools and materials. We included an electrical component. Then we got to...
Year 3 Wow Day 2024
The children in Year 3 had fun making levers and linkages as part of their Wow Day. They made a moving dragon and a snapping crocodile
Duckling Class - Parent Lunch
This week, we invited our parents to come and join us for lunch. We had such a great time! We enjoyed showing off the wonderful lunch we have at Daubeney. We can't wait for the next one!
Reception: Duckling Class - Wild Wild West Drama Workshop
On Tuesday, we were so lucky to have a drama workshop! We were in the Wild Wild West! We had to act as different animals found in the Wild Wild West such as horses and dogs. When the Sheriff came, we had to pretend to be statues! We had so much fun!
Duckling Class - Discover Children's Story Centre
On Tuesday, Duckling Class enjoyed a trip to Discover Children's Story Centre. We had to get on the bus and travel all the way to Stratford. When we got there, we were told that it was our mission to create a story to save 'Squiddly Diddly World'. In order for us to create a story, we had to warm...
Year 3 Royal Airforce Museum
The children had a wonderful experience today 31-01-2024 at the Royal Airforce Museum learning about levers, pulleys and gears
Year 3 RE - Menorah Collages
Year 3 created their own Menorah collages as part of RE day on Judaism
Toucan class visit the RAF museum
Year 3 visited the RAF museum to explore linkages, levers and pulleys linking to our DT topic this term
Parrot Class - Trip to Discover Story Centre
Parrot class had a brilliant time at the Discover Story Centre today! We had fun exploring the story centre and used our imagination to come with interesting characters and story settings. We came up with our own story and shared this with the story tellers
Year 3 - Design and Technology
The children in Year 3 had fun today -25.01.2024 making linkages and levers. They made a waving flag with two pivot points
Spanish - Phonics
To ensure children can pronounce and read words and sentences accurately and confidently in Spanish, a consistent approach is used from early years. Our phonics approach is based on the context of what vocabulary children are learning depending on the year group or stage. Children start learning...
Year 5 - science: how does gravity work?
Year 5 used computers to research about gravity and how it impacts the environment around us. Using the information they discovered, they produced posters containing facts and amazing designs
Year 5 - DT: Pulleys and gears
Year 5 had an incredible day as they gained knowledge about pulleys, gears, and levers. They were also given information outlining the significance of these systems and how they simplify jobs. Lastly, they created functioning gears and cogs for their activities
Duckling Class - St Barnabas Church Trip
On Wednesday, we visited our local church! We walked to the high street, looking carefully where we were going and remembering what we learnt at road safety. When we arrived at the church we had a look around and listened to the story of The Nativity. Some of us were able to dress up as people from...
Year 4 Autumn 2 Wow Day
Year 4 had lots of fun for our History Wow Day. We went back 5000 years to the Ancient Egyptian times and learnt how to write in hieroglyphics. We wrote messages to our friends and designed our own cartouches. After that, we made our own 3D mummies and sarcophaguses! Watch the videos to learn more...
Nursery - Sight
Nursery have been learning about the sense of sight. They made their own binoculars and play guess the item in a interactive zoom out game
Year 2 - Road Safety Workshop
Today year 2 had a special visitor in class to talk to us about road safety. We thought about different types of vehicles you would find on the road, where to find a safe place to cross the road, and what we should do when crossing
Year 2 - Computing A2W3
This week we continued our Online Safety topic, and were introduced to emails. We discussed how emails can be a quick and easy form of communication, but we have to be aware of who we are talking to and how we conduct ourselves. We used 2email to start a conversation with Barnaby Bear, and were...
Year 1 Parrot Class - Odd Socks Day.
Parrot had a brilliant day showing off their odd socks!
Gardening with Wyatt's mum
We are so lucky in nursery to have Wyatt's mum come and to do some gardening with us
Year 6 - History: The Blitz
To start the lesson, we recapped our learning by doing a recap quiz as well as having a quick flip through the floor book. Then, we learnt lots of information about what the Blitz was and how it impacted people in London. Our task was to collectively film a news report as a class. We divided the...
Duckling Class - Our first trip!
Today (16/11/23), was our very first school trip! Group 1 of Duckling Class visited Homerton Library! We enjoyed looking through different books from fiction to Non-fiction, and we enjoyed reading them to each other. We were lucky enough to be able to take books back to school! We are so excited...
Duckling Class - Autumn 2 - Week 3
This week, we have been continuing to read 'The Extraordinary Gardener'. We have been using describing words to talk about how Joe is feeling and story sequencing. We have been making our very own flowers with play-doh and gems, we have been finger painting our own gardens and making flower...
Year 3 - Anti Bullying Week 2023
Today 15-11-2023 the children in Year 3 enjoyed a fun workshop around bullying
Year 1 Protest - Speak Up
Year 1's were inspired by reading the book 'Speak Up' by Nathan Bryon to go on a protest. We went on a protest to convince Mr Logan why we should have a library in our school. We thought of lots of reasons why having a library at our school will benefit us. We enjoyed making placards as...
Year 3 - Rock Posters
The children in Year 3 created Rock Posters sharing all the information they know
Parrot Class - Science: Planting
In science we have been planting beans. We did an experiment to see which plant will grow best. Is it the one with no water? Is it the one with water and sun? Is it the one with no sun? I wonder which one it will be
Parrot Class - Role Play
We have been reading the story Little Red Riding Hood. We pretended to e the characters in the story and acted out the story with our peers. We used character masks and lots of story props to make it interesting. We also discussed the characters feelings in different parts of the story
Nursery visit Daubeney Bus
During polling day Nursewry visited the Daubeney Bus. They all explored the driving seat and the wonderful space upstairs and downstairs
Nursery - Shape Vehicles
Nursery have been learning about the different shapes in the environment. They used shapes to make different vehicles
Nursery - Autumn Shop
Nursery have loved their Autumn shop role play area this half term. They have been serving customers and exploring different Autumn Treasures
Year 5 - Science: Soluble and Insoluble
Year 5 had a science lesson to remember ! They put their investigational skills to the test, as they conducted an experiment to test if certain substances would dissolve. The experiment required them to first predict if the substances were soluble or insoluble in water. Moreover, the outcome was...
Year 3 - Spanish: Age
Students in Yr3 are currently learning to say how old they are and ask their partner about their age. Very fun lesson today singing, playing games and performing role plays to practise the key language
Year 2 - Spanish - La oruga glotona
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of Eric Carle’s best books, and it can be used as a fantastic resource for us to learn the name of some fruits and other food items, days of the week and the words for caterpillar and butterfly in Spanish. Excellent lesson today!
Reception - Duckling Class: Anti-bullying Week - celebrating Kindness Day!
This week, it is Anti-Bullying Week! We started this week off by celebrating ‘Kindness Day’. We talked about what it means to be kind, how we can show kindness and why we should show kindness. After our circle time, we drew pictures of ourselves and our friends being kind to each other!
Year 3 - Graphs
Today 21-11-2023 the children used data to complete a table and create a graph to represent the data
Year 5 History – Gods and Goddess Fact Cards
Year 5 had lots of creative fun making their own God and Goddess Fact Cards ! They used their historical knowledge along with their creative skills to produce some wonderful fact cards. These will be used in lesson to help us learn more about Ancient Greek Mythology and with our class reading book...
Jackie and the Beanstalk - Teacher Panto
Oh no it isn’t! Oh yes it is! The children enjoyed our annual staff panto ‘Jackie and the Beanstalk’. They all had a wonderful time watching their teachers take part in the performance and had a big giggle!
Year 3 Science - Fossils
The children in Year 3 studied how fossils are formed and how we can identify different species from fossils
Year 3 – Spanish: Autumn Term Singing
Over the past four months students in Year 3 have worked hard practising key structures to be able to greet people, ask and answer questions about their names, age and wellbeing. Singing provides rhyme and repetition, and allows children to make connections between letters and sounds. There is a...
Year 3 - Diary Entry
The children today 12-12-2023 had fun writing their diary entry on special paper they made. The children imagined they were in the Stone Age and wrote a diary entry all about their experiences
Year 3 Literacy in the Stone Age
The children in Year 3 had fun today creating ancient paper which they had to travel back into the Stone Age and teach the people how to make. They will use their papers to create a diary entry all about their experience during the Stone Age which is based on the book we are reading
Parrot Class - Science, exploring our sense of touch!
This week we have been exploring our sense of touch. We explored different textures and had to describe what objects feel like. We said that our sense of touch was important and useful for distinguishing objects around us
Duckling Class - Library
We enjoyed our last weekly visit until after Christmas to the library. We loved looking at the different books and enjoyed listening to a story
Duckling Class - Its beginning to look like Christmas
This week, we started our Christmas and seasonal holiday prep. We have been talking about Christmas and Hanukkah - making decorations, writing lists, playing games. We enjoyed playing in the Antarctic small world with the snow and beginning to practice our Nativity
Year 4 - Science Experiment
Today Year 4 did an experiment to help us understand how the digestive system works. We were able to identify the parts and the functions of the digestive system and had lots of fun learning all about how our food becomes waste
Year 6 - Trip to Museum of London Docklands
Last week, we spent the day at the Museum of London Docklands. Here, we learnt more about how the East End was affected by World War II. We also spent time exploring the rest of the museum, which was about the Docklands
Year 1 - Parrot Class visited the Hackney School of Food.
Parrot class visited the Hackney School of Food today. We made rainbow salad and green cheese scones. We had fun practising our knife skills and chopping salad leaves. We also discussed our sense of taste as this relates to our science topic, 'Animals including humans'. We also said that...
Duckling Class - Library Visit
This week was Group 2s first week at the Library. We enjoyed our walk to Homerton library, we listened carefully to the library rules and then we explored the children's section. We founds lots of books that we would like to read and we were able to bring some of them back to school!
Year3 School Of Food Trip
The children in year 3 had an amazing session baking their own bread and cooking their own soup today 4-12-2023
Year 2 Science - How to keep our bodies clean
This week we have been learning about ways in which we should keep our bodies clean and healthy, from showering and bathing to using a tissue when we sneeze. We conducted an experiment using water and dried herbs to try and find out why soap is so important to use when you wash your hands. Ask us...
Reception Duckling Class - Maps
This week we have been learning all about maps. We have been discovering what a map is, why we use a map and looking at different types of maps including zoo maps, tube maps, street maps and treasure maps! We have been creating our own maps, following the routes and finding the treasure. We had so...
Year 4 Trip to the British Museum
Year 4 had a fantastic time at the British Museum on Wednesday 29th November. We explored the Ancient Egyptian exhibits and learned lots of interesting facts about pharaohs, pyramids and hieroglyphics. We even got to see real life mummies!
Year 3 Stone Age Tools
The children in Year 3 had a fun filled and exciting lesson today -30-11-2023 where they made their own Stone Age tools
Year 3 Non chronological Reports
Today 30-11-2023 the children completed their non chronological reports in literacy about The Stone Age. The children extended their learning by researching facts about The Stone Age to add to their Did You Know section
Year 2 Science - Exercise
This week for our Science lesson, year 2 have been learning about exercise and the effect it has on our bodies. We took turns showing an exercise and thought about how our lungs and heart had to work harder to pump blood with oxygen around our bodies. We also explored how exercise is good for our...
Duckling Class - Daubeney Fields Trip
On Wednesday, we visited our local park. We visited the park because we have been learning about maps. We have been finding out what a map is and what is is used for. We have looked at road maps, zoo maps, tube maps and many other maps. We created a a walking route that was safe to walk to Daubeney...
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