Mission, Vision and Aims
Mission Statement The Blossom Federation is made up of three primary schools - Daubeney, Sebright and Lauriston Schools - plus Daubeney Child & Family Hub and Sbright Children's Centre. Collectively, we serve over 1,200 Hackney children and families and are proud of our provision in supporting...
PSHE - Jigsaw
Intent One of the integral features of the Blossom Federation curriculum. The backbone of PSHCE is our JIGSAW programme. Jigsaw connects the pieces of Personal, Social and Health Education, emotional literacy, social skills and citizenship, carrying out a mindful approach to PSHCE which brings...
Performance, Results and Reporting
... for the academic year 2025-2026 for the school and Federation based on: End of Early Years Foundation Stage data Outcomes of the Y1 Phonics Check Key Stage 1 Teacher Assessment Y4 Multiplication Times Tables Check Key Stage 2 Teacher Assessment and Tests The Performance Data Narrative do...
PE and Sports Premium
Across the Blossom Federation, we have prioritised PE and sport in our budget to enhance children’s participation, involvement, and attainment in PE. We are committed to ensuring our children understand the importance of being active, to have a healthy lifestyle and to enjoy sports and games...
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. Following a recent visit by Ofsted’s inspectors (October 2023), we are...
School Development
...ear from September 2024 to July 2026. Throughout the year there will be updates about our progress on the School Development Plan and it is very important that all members of the school community have the opportunity to contribute towards this plan. All parents, staff and school governors are asked ...
Nursery
EYFS Team Welcome to Daubeney Nursery! In the nursery, we plan exciting activities every week based on our observation of children’s needs, interests, and stages of development across the seven areas of learning to enable the children to achieve and exceed the early learning goals. We hope you...
SEND and Our Local Offer
Our SENDCO Welcome to the Blossom Federation SEND offer. From the moment I took over as SENDCO at Daubeney, my dedicated team and I have tried to create a personalised experience for you - and bring back, the element of working together to serve your child. Our inclusive curriculum is supported by...
Early Years Foundation Stage
The Early Years (Nursery and Reception classes) will provide an environment that is happy, warm, secure and stimulating. We aim to ensure that all children become confident and independent, and enjoy exploring and learning. We aim to enable children to develop a strong sense of self, while also...
About our Curriculum
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Clubs
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Calendar and Term Dates
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Year 3
Class Teachers Welcome to Year 3 Daubeney Pupil Wellbeing Survey https://forms.office.com/e/VUwUMb0Mq2 Times tables tests We advise children to log into Times Tables Rock Stars daily to practise their times tables. They will be tested every Friday and will compete against other class groups weekly....
Ambassadors
...dents. Daubeney Ambassadors 2026-27 We are Daubeney School Ambassadors! We have a variety of important roles at our school, including: Showing visitors around Daubeney School Hosting the Debate of the Wand Organising Daubeney's Got Talent Supporting Achievers Assembly Assisting in the dini...
Year 4 - Hornbill: Science
The children in Hornbill were super excited when they made their own string telephones. They learnt all about sound and how sound travels. They discussed the science behind how we hear and decided to make their own string telephones
Rainbow Class - Our Learning
This term, we have been very busy with lots of exciting activities. Check out our learning gallery to see what we’ve been doing
Year 3 - Geography - Earth's Layers
Kingfisher class explored the structure of the Earth and learned about the different layers that make it up. We focused in detail on the crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core, discussing what each layer is made of and how they differ from one another. Using coloured card, labels, and a split...
Year 5 - Science - Spherical Bodies
Year 5 had a fantastic time in Science as they designed and created their own imaginary planets. To inspire their ideas, they drew on real scientific knowledge, using key facts about the planets in our solar system. They thought carefully about features such as size, temperature, atmosphere,...
Cross Country & Dodgeball
The Year 5/6 groups took part in two competition this week. Showcased they impressive stamina and celebrating each other achievements. It was a fantastic week of sports as they was showing teamwork and school spirit
Rainbow Room - Planting
We have been learning about the life cycle of plants, focusing on beans and cress. As part of our sensory learning, the children planted their own seeds using soil, pots and water, exploring the different textures and steps involved when it comes to planting. Over the next few days, we will be...
Science - Measuring sound in decibels
Hearing is like a sound journey that travels through your ear all the way to your brain. Everything that makes a sound — like a drum, a bell, or someone talking — causes the air around it to vibrate (shake). These vibrations travel through the air like invisible waves. Sound waves enter your ear....
Year 4 Nightingales visit Urswick
Today, the Nightingales visited Urswick Secondary School to take part in a fantastic art session led by one of the school’s art teachers. The students explored their creativity by creating artwork inspired by William Morris and had a wonderful time experimenting with patterns and designs,...
Spanish - Teide’s National Park
Bringing classroom learning to life as we spent an unforgettable day at Teide’s National Park
Tenerife - Day 1
We have had a wonderful first, full day in Tenerife! We hiked Teide and we saw many famous Tenerife Lizards. After we had our lunch, we had so much fun at the pool! After dinner, we had chill time to reflect on our first day and enjoy some card games, as well as ball games. We are very excited for...
TTRS AWARD for Year 4 Pupil
The whole year 4 group were so excited when a star pupil received the GONE GREEN TTRS award. This means that all their answers on TTRS were completed in under 4 seconds. Well done to our young superstar. We are so proud of your achievements
Tenerife - Day 2
We have had a fantastic day in Tenerife! This morning, we visited the local schools to see their day to day, and to see how it differed from ours. After lunch, we headed to the pools! We have had so much fun and looking forward to tomorrow!
Tenerife - Day 3
We have had another fabulous day in Tenerife! We started our day at the local school taking part in French, Maths, English and Art lessons. At the end of the school day, we painted a Cesar Manrique fish with our new Spanish friends! After school, we visited the town centre and treated ourselves to...
Year 5 - Mapping Day 2026
Today was Mapping Day, and our learning focused on developing our knowledge of maps and how to use them confidently. We explored different types of maps, including thematic maps of Turkey, which link directly to our current geography topic. The children examined themes such as population, climate,...
1P - Work Week
For Work Week, 1P went on a trip to John Lewis in Stratford. We decorated biscuits in the catering department, had a tour of the warehouse and then had a go at visual merchandising. We had a great time!
Year 4 Hornbills - Literacy - Writing Notes
The children had fun in their literacy lesson and as part of immersion week they wrote informal notes to their friends. They then designed their own envelopes and gave their notes to their friends
Rainbow Class- Jungle Animals
As part of our Science topic "Animals Including Humans" , pupils took part in a hands‐on exploration of animals and their habitats. They listened to the story “Monkey Puzzle”, which helped introduce different jungle animals and their characteristics. Afterwards, pupils created...
Junior Road Safety Committee (JRSO)
...Peacock Class, Year 1 on 12.2.26 about Being Bright, Staying in Sight....
Rainbow Room - Exploring Spring
We had a fabulous time exploring our school garden today. Around the pond, we discovered clusters of frogspawn and spotted several frogs swimming across the water. Some pupils enthusiastically tried to count them as they darted through the pond. Pupils also explored the pond’s ecosystem by...
Rainbow Room - Outdoor PE
Pupils were actively engaged in physical activity on the football court, where they practiced throwing and catching the ball, as well as building their confidence in kicking and passing during simple team games
Rainbow Room - WOW DAY
It was a fantastic WOW Day! Pupils showed great creativity as they used light food‐dye colours mixed with water to paint their own geometric shapes, by carefully creating bright and colorful patterns on each piece. They experimented with how the colours blended and enjoyed making their artwork...
Year 4 Hornbill - Geography
The children in Hornbills had an exciting lesson using their ICT skills to locate and retrieve facts about the River Thames. They used the information to complete their learning
Year 1 Peacocks - World Book Day 2026
... celebrating World Book Day 2026! Can you recognise any of the characters?...
Rainbow Room - 2D Monkey Model
As part of our literacy focus, pupils enjoyed listening to an adult read the story “Monkey Puzzle .” This helped them explore the different characters in the story, especially the jungle animals. They then created their own 2D monkey model, based on the main character. Pupils followed...
Rainbow Room - Maths (Measure)
Using Numicon Cubes, pupils measured a range of objects by placing the cubes next to them and comparing their sizes. This hands‐on approach helped pupils see which items were taller, shorter, longer, or smaller. They pupils recorded their measurements on their worksheets by using Numicon Cubes to...
Rainbow Room - Monkey Puzzle Story
Children enjoyed listening to the story “Puzzle Monkey” and learning about the different jungle animals and their habitats. With adult support, they matched each animal to its name and recognised the story characters, using sounds like e for elephant and m for monkey. The activity was...
Year 4 Hornbills at The Urswick Secondary school
Firstly, a huge thank you to The Urswick School for inviting our year 4 hornbill class for a wonderful art lesson. The children learnt about a specific artist and discussed his work and drew ideas and inspiration from his works. Then, the children used a range of different resources to create their...
Tenerife - Day 4
We had yet another fantastic day in sunny Tenerife! We visited an ecological banana plantation where we had the opportunity to have a tour and learn a range of different things about how they grow bananas! After this, we had a beautiful walk to a park which had fantastic views of the sea and the...
Rainbow Class - Planting Beans and Cress
As part of our science learning, the pupils took part in a hands‐on activity where they planted beans and cress. The pupils were highly engaged throughout the session, exploring the steps involved in planting and beginning to learn about the plant life cycle. They had opportunities to touch and...
Oracy Parent Talk with Hannah Thompson
Events manager and globe trotter extraordinaire
Year 3 Trip to the London Mithraeum
Year 3 enjoyed an exciting trip to the London Mithraeum, where they brought their learning about the Romans to life. The children explored Roman artefacts and learned what they were used for in everyday life nearly 2,000 years ago. They were especially fascinated by the remains of a real Roman...
Rainbow Class - Literacy Focus
In literacy, pupils enjoyed listening to the story “We Can’t Take an Elephant on the Bus”, where they learned about different types of transport and their uses. Pupils listened carefully to the story and were able to recall key events by identifying the characters (animals) and...
Rainbow Class - Using Coins
As part of mathematics learning, pupils took part in practical activities to explore the use and value of coins, helping to develop their understanding of money. Pupils used concrete resources, including coins and numericons, to support counting skills and reinforce number recognition from 1 to 20....
Year 5: History - Windrush
In today’s lesson, Year 5 explored the experiences of the Windrush generation, learning about their journey to the United Kingdom and how they settled into new communities. The session encouraged pupils to develop empathy and a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by those who arrived...
Year 5: Science - Stages of Human Development
We began by reflecting on our prior knowledge of life stages and life cycles in both animals and humans, considering the changes that occur as they grow. The children then created a timeline of the human life stages, identifying typical ages and exploring the physical, emotional and mental changes,...
Oracy Parent Talk with John Linklater
Quantity Surveyor and Construction Manager
Rainbow Class - Reading Fun
Pupils demonstrated strong engagement during reading by independently choosing books from the reading corner and they were looking at the illustrations from it to develop their comprehension skills. Some pupils were able to verbally describe the images to adults with limited support
Rainbow Class - Transports
As part of our history and literacy learning, pupils learned about different types of transport that people use to travel. We talked about the names of different transports and how people use them. Pupils also explored transport from the past and the present, looking at how some transports have...
Year 2 - History - Explorers WOW Day
To finish up our explorers topic, we spent the day doing fun activities to do with explorers, like astronauts
Year 2 - Trip to the Science Museum - Spring 2026
We went to the science museum to learn about space and what life was like for the astronauts in space
Year 3 - Friction Detectives
Year 3 became friction detectives! We learned what friction is and discovered that it can be both helpful and tricky. To test it out, we built a ramp and covered it with different materials. Then we sent a toy car zooming down each surface, measured how far it travelled, and carefully recorded our...
Year 4 Hornbills - History
The children enjoyed their research session today where they collected and recorded interesting facts about the Vikings and the Anglo Saxons
Year 4 Hornbills - Jigsaw - Summer 1 2026
The children in Hornbills had a fantastic time making their memory boxes. Inside the boxes they wrote words that were special to the memory of a person, or object even a pet that they have of had in the past
Year 3 - Friction Test
We explored what friction is and how it can be both an advantage and a disadvantage. We investigated the effects of friction by setting up a ramp with different materials on it. We rolled a toy car down each surface, measured the distance it travelled, and recorded our results. We then discussed...
Rainbow Class - Seasons Arts & Crafts
As part of a combined Arts & Crafts and Science activity, our pupils explored the topic of seasons. Pupils created colourful paintings to represent the different seasons, using vibrant paint colours to express seasonal changes. Also, they took part in a sticking and gluing activity to explore...
Rainbow Class - Learning about Seasons
Pupils explored learning about the different seasons by watching a short, engaging video and listening to a song related to seasonal changes. Following this, pupils took part in a hands‐on matching activity, where they matched pictures associated with each season, as well they were able to sequence...
Year 4 - Improper Fractions and Mix numbers
The children in Year 4 had a fun lesson making their own Improper fraction and Mix number dominoes in maths today. They had to convert the improper and mix numbers, then find the equivalent fractions
Nurture Group - Our Busy and Baking Adventures
Here are some of the highlights of what we’ve been up to- We worked together, waited our turn, supported one another, and celebrated each small success
Spanish - Tenerife
We loved spending time in our partner school in sunny Tenerife, Spain! Pupils enjoyed a friendly, inspiring environment where they built confidence in numeracy, tried out French, got active in PE and through some traditional Canarian games and had fun exploring new ideas in Robotics - all while...
Year 3 - Ministry of Stories
Year 3 had the exciting opportunity to work on a 12 week project. Working alongside a professional author, the children first took part in fun drama and oracy activities to spark their imagination, inspired by their history topic on the Stone Age. These creative sessions helped them develop...
Year 4 - RE Day 2026
... their RE Day today - 25-03-2026 - learning all about the significance of Easter. They learnt about the events that occurred and how Christians around the world celebrate Easter....
Year 4 Wow Day 2026
The children enjoyed their Wow Day demonstrating all their knowledge about our topic - Rivers. They completed their assessment and created an information poster all about rivers using their facts and knowledge. They drew rivers and created different types of settlements around the river
Year 4 Hornbills - Wow Day - Spring 2026
The children had an amazing day making their own board games. Their first lesson they used their science learning to add lights to their designs then completed their board games. After, they played their games and evaluated them against a specific criteria
Year 3 - Volcanoes Wow Day
Year 3 had an exciting WOW Day all about volcanoes! The children loved experimenting with watercolours to create vibrant volcano artwork, using straws to blow the paint and make dramatic lava‑splash effects. They also had great fun building their own mini volcano models and watching them erupt with...
Rainbow Class - Interventions Focus
As part of our Colourful Semantics intervention, pupils listened attentively as adults modelled and recalled simple sentences using the sentence structure such as " Who"/ 'What doing"/ etc. Pupils were supported to identify and understand each part of the sentence through visual...
Year 5 Wow Day - Turkey
Year 5 had an exciting WOW Day learning all about Turkey as part of their Geography topic! The children experimented with vibrant patterns and colours to design their own ceramic‐style plates, inspired by both the physical and human geography of Turkey—from its stunning mountain ranges and...
Language Day at UEL
A selected group of children enjoyed an inspiring visit to the University of East London, where they explored the campus, discovered the medical facilities, and took part in engaging language sessions. Pupils particularly enjoyed learning new languages including Russian, Romanian, Ewe, and Latin,...
Year 3 Language Day
Year 3 Kingfishers speak 13 languages! We celebrated Language Day by talking about all the different languages we speak at home and at school. We shared our languages with pride and learned how to say hello in each one. Everyone enjoyed practising new greetings and discovering how languages help us...
Year 4 - Science
The children in Year 4 are enjoying their Science learning this term which is all about the states of matter. They discussed the different states of matter and how they change. They also used their Chromebook to research facts and information about the topic
Year 5 - Wow Day - Spring 2026
It was truly a Wow Day to remember! Year 5 spent the day exploring mechanisms—recapping what they are, how they work, and why they’re used. To finish, they designed and built their own mechanical systems. Using their knowledge, they created pulley systems with the goal of cleaning the...
Year 3 - DT
Year 3 demonstrated creativity and engineering skills as they constructed their own catapults using lolly sticks. They used their Design and Technology learning on linkages and levers to explain how the mechanical element created movement. A fun combination of problem‑solving, teamwork, and...
Year 4 Hornbills - Religious Education Day
The children enjoyed their RE day learning about what makes a person special and unique. We discussed many different religious figures and used them as role-models. We identified who influences us and how we can become a positive influence for others. We made a describing tree listing all the great...
Year 1 Peacocks - Our Body
In Science, we have been learning all about our body. We have been labelling our body parts - inside and out. This includes all of our bones!
School Council Meeting - January 2026
The School Council recently met with Mr. Warren to share updates on their committees’ work since being elected and to outline their plans for the future. During the meeting, the Council had the opportunity to learn more about Mr. Warren’s experiences growing up, his journey to becoming...
Year 4 - Boardgames
The children had a fun lesson today in our Design and Technology lesson. They had an opportunity to play different boardgames and critique the games they played. They discussed function versus appearances and shared their views. next week the children will begin to plan making their own board game
Year 4 - Literacy
The children in Year 4 were excited today to start reading our whole school book called, Greta and The Giants. The children were inspired by the character Greta and made their own placards to protest against climate change
Year 1 Peacocks - Greta and the Giants
We have been reading Greta and the Giants this week! We have been talking about climate change and what we can do to help. We acted out the story and had our own mini protest
Year 4 - ICT and Reading
The children had an interesting Reading lesson where they read online information about our topic - Design and Technology. They researched facts and looked at how electricity can be added to a board game that they will be making in their lessons
Year 4 - Literacy and Art 2026
The children had a fun Literacy lesson today drawing a setting from the book they were reading in class
KS1 - Lego Club
Children from Reception to Year 2 had a fantastic time at Lego Club, working together in small groups to design their very own Lego Hotel. Their creativity really shone through as some pupils built unique and stylish features such as hotel buildings, swimming pools, aqua parks, car parks, and...
Rainbow Class: Magical Music Session
As we know, SEND Music Sessions with Mr O’Flynn are always fun and magical. It was a wonderful experience for our pupils to explore musical instruments such as the triangle, tambourine, and ukulele. Mr O’Flynn was truly amazed by how beautifully the children shared the instruments,...
Rainbow Class: Small World - Transports
Straight after the playtime break, some of our pupils noticed train tracks with trains on the table and a rocket set on the floor. They quickly noticed it and decided to play with them, enjoying the activity with lots of excitement
Rainbow Class: Writing and Phonics
Our Rainbow Class pupils have been very busy and dedicated as they practised their handwriting. They worked on writing simple CVC words in their learning books and explored mark‑making through dot‑to‑dot activities to develop fine motor skills and correct pencil grip for accurate letter formation....
Reception - Spanish: Numbers 1-10
In Reception, we also learn the numbers 1–10 in Spanish to help strengthen the children’s understanding of number value and number order. Through songs, games, and hands-on activities, the children build confidence recognising and counting numbers in both English and Spanish
Year 4 - Design and Technology
The children were excited today as they began to design their board game that they will be making in their lesson
Year 1 Peacocks - Naming our shapes!
In Maths, we have been recapping our learning from Reception and have been naming shapes. We have been using these shapes to make other things
Rainbow Class - Under the Sea: Sensory Story
This week, pupils explored the sensory story ‘Under the Sea’ through multi-sensory activities. They engaged with tactile resources like textured sea creatures, fabrics, and water play, while adults enhanced the experience with ocean sounds, calming music, and visuals from the story....
Year 1 Peacocks - DT Chair for a bear
In DT, we have been looking at how chairs are built. We have been looking at the features of chairs. Did you know chairs have ears? We used Lego to help us design our own chairs, and we used labels to help us know which parts we need. We are so excited to build our own chairs next week!
Nursery - Working together to build
We have been working together and building our own ramps and tracks to create paths
Year 4 - Group Maths 2025
The children enjoyed working in groups today completing their maths and solving reasoning problems
Cross Country League Match 3
Daubeney Pupils from year 5/6 groups showcased impressive stamina as they raced across the challenging course, cheering one another on and celebrating each achievement. It was a fantastic day of sport, teamwork and school spirit. We are incredibly proud of all the children who took part
Nursery - Learning and Playing!
We love learning and playing inside and out!
Nursery - One-handed Tools
We are learning to use one-handed tools. We can decorate our trees, and then count how many baubles our tree has
Nursery - Sense of Hearing
We have been learning about the sense of hearing. we made listening ears
Nursery - Sense of Sight
We have been learning about the sense of sight. We made our very own binoculars
Rainbow Room - Clay Snowman's
As part of our winter theme, pupils explored the texture of both wet and dry clay through a hands-on modeling activity. They used clay rollers and their hands to roll the clay into three spheres of different sizes, forming the body of a snowman. Pupils had make their snowman's to be unique and...
Year 6 - Transition session
This week, Year 6 students welcomed a small group of Year 11 ambassadors from Urswick Secondary School for a transition session focused on developing photo description skills—an essential foundation for future language learning. The visit boosted our students’ confidence and underscored the...
Arsenal Social Community Project Year 6
This term, Year 6 have been learning how Arsenal Football Club is helping to protect the environment. We explored how football clubs can be more sustainable by reducing waste, saving energy, and encouraging fans to care for the planet. Well done to Romilly in Toucans for winning the raffle and...
Year 4 - Spanish: Times Tables
Year 4 have been strengthening their times tables by practising multiplication in Spanish! Through quick-fire games, and chants, pupils are building confidence in both their Spanish vocabulary and their maths fluency. A fun and lively way to reinforce learning across subjects!
Year 1 Peacocks - Tens and Ones
We have been looking at tens and ones this week in Maths. We have been grouping together 10 and counting how many of those groups are in a bigger number
Year 5 - Preparing for Tenerife
Children from across the Federation came together at Lauriston Primary for a special meeting ahead of their upcoming visit to Tenerife. It was a wonderful opportunity for pupils to meet each other, build new friendships, and collaborate on designing the logo that will represent this unforgettable...
Rainbow Class - Science & DT Learning
This week, our pupils became investigators as they explored different materials and their properties. They practised writing simple sentences about a variety of materials and matched these sentences to the correct picture descriptions. This helped them develop early writing skills, including...
Creative Hub - Spring Displays 2026
Take a look at our wonderful displays that showcase our learning from Reception all the way up to Year 6. We love using displays as a way to show off our learning and to help us whilst learning. We enjoy being creative so display boards are a great way to get creative with our learning!
Rainbow Class - Spring 1 Term 2026
WOW! We have been so busy during Spring 1 Term with lots of fantastic learning and our work is now presented on the display boards
Rainbow Room - Teddy Bear Maths
1, 2, 3 — let’s count! Our pupils enjoyed a maths learning experience where they explored numbers through hands-on activities. Using concrete objects such as teddy bears, the pupils developed their counting skills and deepened their understanding of number representation. They practised adding...
Year 5 - Why was Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and the Qur'an important to Muslims?
On RE Day, we learned about why Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and the Qur’an are important to Muslims. We looked at who the Prophet was, some key facts about his life, and why he is a special role model. We also learned about how the Qur’an was revealed and why Muslims use it to guide their...
Rainbow Class: Iggy Peck, Architect (Design & Technology)
This week, our pupils enjoyed a story that opened a window into the world of architecture. The pupils explored different types of buildings from around the world and learned about the important work that architects do when designing the places we live, learn, and play in
Year 2 - Tagalog taster session
Our Year 2 pupils enjoyed an exciting Tagalog taster session last week! They learned greetings in Tagalog and explored a little about Filipino culture. A wonderful way to celebrate languages and broaden global awareness!
Little Linguists to BFI
The Little Linguists Team had a fantastic time attending the BFI’s ¡Hola Niños! Spanish learning event. A wonderfully inspiring day filled with language, culture, and cinema
Year 1 Peacocks - Chair for a bear
We used our design ideas to make our final chairs! We had so much recycling to use, we made a lot of chairs! Have a look through!
Year 3 - DT: Linkages and levers
In today's DT lesson, we explored linkages and levers. For our third session, we followed step bystep instructions to build a waving hand mechanism that creates movement
Year 4 - Outdoor Maths 2026
The children in Year 4 enjoyed their outdoor math lesson today where they measured and converted using cm and mm
Year 4 - Making Circuits
The children in Year 4 -Hornbill Class had a fun session learning and discovering circuits. They watched a video and from there learnt how to make simple and complex circuits while including switches and fans
Year 5 and Year 6 - Spanish: Word on Beat
Year 5 and Year 6 use the viral game Word on Beat to improve pronunciation and build new vocabulary. Keeping words in rhythm helps pupils focus, listen carefully, and confidently try out new sounds — all while having fun
Rainbow Class - Learning Showcase
This week, some of our pupils had so much fun during their engaged learning sessions. They used magnetic letters to place them in alphabetical order, helping them develop letter awareness, understand spacing, and even form new words. Our trains and tracks was a big success too! The children loved...
Rainbow Class - Shaped Rockets
🚀Zoom Zoom Rockets! 🚀 This week, our pupils were fully engaged in exploring rockets — wow! It has been an exciting journey of discovery, imagination, and hands‑on learning. In our school library, children enjoyed looking through books about spaceships and rockets. They focused on the...
Rainbow Room - Exploring and Learning about Materials
Our pupils have been diving deeper into their science learning this week as they explored a variety of living materials in our investigation tray. The pupils were encouraged to observe, touch and discuss both familiar and unfamiliar items, allowing their natural curiosity to guide their...
Rainbow Room - Science Display Board (Materials)
WOW! Look at our fantastic display board, showcasing our pupils’ learning about materials as part of their science focus
Year 4 - Dragons Den
The children had a fun lesson today pitching their ideas to make a board game as part of their Design and Technology studies. They pitched their ideas to two Dragon businessman who asked them questions about their product
Year 5 - DT: Understanding mechanisms
We learnt more about mechanical systems and how the process of input and output makes things move. We tested our knowledge of levers, pulleys and gears so far and then made moving puppets
Year 4 - Measurement
The children continued their learning in our Measurement topic and measured a variety of object in the class. They first estimated the measurements then measured in cm and converted to mm
Rainbow Room - Art from 1970s
As part of our Arts Curriculum, pupils engaged in creating fantastic artwork by exploring and experimenting with a range of art materials. They demonstrated creativity, curiosity, and confidence as they used different techniques and resources to produce imaginative pieces. Pupils have learned about...
Rainbow Room - Fun Art from 1970s Display Board
WOW! Look at our very creative art display board which represents art from 1970s
Year 4 - Science
The children had fun today in their science lesson designing a blue print for a product that uses electricity
Year 4 Hornbills - Hornbill and Nursery
The children in Hornbill class had a lovely time supporting and playing with the children in our nursery
Year 4 Hornbills at Cardinal Pole Secondary School
The children in Hornbill class had an exciting lesson in Cardinal Pole Secondary School. They were invited to a History lesson all about Medieval Doctors and medical practices during this period. The children enjoyed the lesson and were fascinated by the facts and stories they heard
Rainbow Room - Builders
The pupils had great fun and showed high levels of enjoyment while creating towers of different sizes. They explored measurement vocabulary such as small, big, short, and tall while working collaboratively in small groups to build their own colorful towers
Year 4 Hornbills - Biographies
The children in Hornbill class were focussed today as they completed publishing their biographies. The children used their notes, facts and information and published their biography based on Beowulf
Rainbow Class - Learning Subtraction
Our pupils have been working hard to develop their early math's skills through practical subtraction activities. Using counters and number worksheets, the children explored how numbers become smaller when objects are taken away
Rainbow Class: SEND PE
As part of SEND PE, pupils were engaged in developing their balance, coordination and gross motor skills. They practiced walking along the bench, standing on agility tables and safely jumping down using both feet. Pupils also enjoyed jumping on the trampoline, demonstrating increasing confidence,...
Rainbow Class: Three Three Little Pigs Literacy
As part of the literacy learning, pupils were engaged in matching story sequences in the correct order by recalling key events from the story and using the illustrations to support their understanding. They demonstrated their ability to remember and identify the different stages of the story....
Rainbow Class - Pigs Masks & Houses (Art)
Pupils had a fantastic time taking part in a creative art activity inspired by the story of "The Three Little Pigs." They carefully painted their pig and wolf masks and explored a variety of materials, including sticks, colour paper, and tissue paper, to create houses for the pigs. This...
Rainbow Class - Farm Animals (Literacy Focus)
Our pupils were highly engaged while listening to the story "Down on the Farm". During the session, they explored a variety of farm animals through colourful illustrations and enjoyed listening to adults model the different animal sounds. This helped to develop their attention, listening,...
Nurture Group - Our first few weeks in Nurture
We have just started our journey in nurture and we are extremely excited to be there
Rainbow Class - The Three Little Pigs Focus (Literacy)
As part of their literacy learning, pupils engaged in active listening while exploring the focus story, The Three Little Pigs. Children matched concrete objects, including sticks, blocks, and shredded paper, to the different houses built by the pigs in the story. They were also encouraged to feel...
Rainbow Class - Exploring Subtraction (Maths)
Pupils were able to explore simple subtraction problem-solving activities by counting objects, crossing out the required number, and identifying how many remained by using a house-themed. They were able to select and match the correct numeral on the door, window, roof and other parts of the house...
Rainbow Class - Exploring Plants & Tress (Science)
This week, the children in Rainbow Class explored the life cycle of plants and trees through a range of practical, sensory, and engaging learning activities. Using pictures and matching activities, children explored the different parts of plants and trees by matching, labelling, or writing the...
Rainbow Class - Flower Painting (Arts & Science)
This week, the children in Rainbow Class combined their science and creative skills while learning about flowers and the different parts of plants. Children had an opportunity to to explore the features of flowers and used paint to create their own beautiful flower artwork. The children carefully...
Rainbow Class - Planting Fun & Plants Life Cycle (Science)
As part of the science and sustainability learning, our pupils did enjoyed learning about about how plants grow. We explored the life cycle of a plant and learned the correct order: seed → root → shoot → plant → flower → new seeds. Using visual pictures and sequencing...
Forest school - Autumn 1 2026
Today we used berries to paint and found frogs and centipedes
Rainbow Class - Geography (My Local Area)
As part of the geography learning, children took part in exciting geography activities focused on exploring their local area. Using photographs, symbols, maps, and matching tasks, learners developed their understanding of familiar places within the community. Some children were able to identified...
Rainbow Class: SEND Music
Our pupils enjoyed taking part in SEND Music session. Through singing and listening to sounds of musical instruments, they were encouraged to develop their attention and listening skills in a fun and engaging music session . The session provided opportunities for pupils to participate at their own...
Rainbow Class - Geography
Our learners have been exploring what makes Hackney special through a creative geography project. Using their knowledge of local landmarks, community spaces, transport links, parks, and places they enjoy, pupils designed their own unique Hackney logos
Year 5 & 6 Residential Trip - July 2026 - Day 2
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Year 2 - Literacy: Performing poetry
What is your favourite poem? We have been learning about poems and we tried out performing fun and hilarious poems. We thought about our tone, volume, body language and much more! Have a watch of our performances!
Year 2 - Literacy: Taking Flight Drama
To help us remember the story of taking flight, we sequenced the story and then retold the story to our partners. The challenge was the second partner had half the time to retell the story, then we halved it again! This helps us focus on the most important parts of the story so we can add our own...
Year 2 - Maths: Clocks
To get us ready for our time topic, we looked at clocks and learnt about the different parts of the clock. Then we designed our own clocks - the hands even spin!
Year 5 & 6 Residential Trip - July 2026 - Day 3
Well good news, everyone slept much better last night! Which meant that at least we were better prepared for another hot day. Everyone did super well today again, pushing those limits and achieving things they might not be sure they could. We're very proud of everyone and how well they are...
Year 4 - Hornbills at Intouniversity
The children in Hornbill class had a fun session learning all about different and exciting careers with the Intouniversity team. Next year, they will continue to have workshops exploring more career options in the future
Rainbow Room - Art: WOW Day
WOW! As part of ART WOW DAY, our pupils immersed themselves in a vibrant dot painting activity, exploring creativity through colour, pattern, and design. With great enthusiasm, they carefully used colourful dots to create beautiful artworks, developing their concentration, fine motor skills, and...
Year 1 Peacock Class - Mapping Skills Day
We enjoyed our first Mapping Skills Day! We looked at maps of the local area, particularly our school. We then followed directions and used a map of our playground to find our landmarks. We then created 3D models of the playgrounds
Rainbow Class - Geography: Exploring Places
Our learners were a great explores as they were learning about community and places as part of their geography learning, and by using symbols, pictures, and matching activities, pupils identified a variety of important places including shops, schools, post offices, police stations, parks, and...
Year 2 - End of Year Beach Trip
We went to Margate to celebrate the end of the year! We made plenty of time to splash around in the sea, as well as build sandcastles!
Year 6 - Division
The pupils in Year 6 today worked really well to solve division problems using both of our methods. We practiced the short efficient method and used long division
Year 6 Religious Education Day
The children had a wonderful Religious Education Day exploring 'How does art allow a Christian to represent his or her beliefs.' The children looked at how images and sculptures can allow someone to express their beliefs, learn from it and allow a person to follow a specific path. We ended...
Happy DLD Awareness Day!
Today, Rainbow Class proudly took part in Developmental Language Disorder Awareness Day. Throughout the day, children enthusiastically took part in a range of engaging activities, including language games, matching pictures and words , creative colourful posters. It was inspiring to see pupils...
Year 6 - Information Text
The children in Year 6 completed their information text today. They used their ICT skills to retrieve facts and information about London. They chose their own sub-headings and researched information for each sub-heading
Lego visitors
Representatives from LEGO recently visited us, working with our Y4/5 and our Y3 classes. Children enjoyed a hands-on experience that encouraged creativity, imagination and problem-solving. Through play, pupils explored the many exciting opportunities LEGO offers, developing teamwork, communication...
Rainbow Class - RE day - Exploring Christianity & Church
As part of our RE Day, our pupils were engaged in learning about Christianity and explored some of the important symbols associated with this faith. As a creative activity, the children carefully designed and decorated colourful crosses using tissue paper, helping them to deepen their understanding...
Year 1 Peacocks - Science: Seedbombs
In science this term, we have been learning about plants. In this lesson, we learnt all about wildflowers and how they grow. We made our own seed bombs using compost, flour, seeds and water
The Nest - Hop Garden
This term in Science, we have been learning about identifying plants and recognising their basic parts. We created a checklist of things we might find and went on a nature hunt in the Hop Garden. The children really enjoyed exploring the outdoor environment and were very excited to discover some...
Year 3 - Science
As part of our science learning, Year 3 have been exploring what plants need to grow and stay healthy. The children planted their own cress seeds and discussed the importance of water, light, warmth, and nutrients for plant growth. They then observed changes in their plants as they grew
Rainbow Class - Attention & Memory Activities
Pupils engaged in a range of attention and memory activities using sensory and interactive resources. They demonstrated sustained focus, followed instructions, took turns, and practised recalling information while exploring different objects, such as pressing buttons to activate toys and squeezing...
Rainbow Class - Attention Bucket & Singing
Pupils maintained their attention well during Attention Bucket activities, showing curiosity as they explored new and exciting items. They enjoyed choosing songs and demonstrated good listening skills by responding immediately with actions and movements linked to the music. The session supported...
Rainbow Class - Bubbles Fun
WOW! We had great fun popping the bubbles as they floated through the air in our class
Rainbow Class: RE Day - Lego Church
As part of our Religious Education learning about Christianity, pupils explored the significance of the Christian cross through a hands-on block-building activity. Using colourful blocks, the children carefully designed and created their own cross while developing their problem-solving, creativity,...
Year 1 - Geography WOW Day - Local walk
We had a fantastic WOW day, where we went on a local area walk. We used our geographical skills to navigate around our local area and point out local landmarks such as La Mela and the shops
Year 6 - Division - Autumn 1 2026
Our pupils in Year 6 had a wonderful and practical lesson today learning to divide using concrete resources. The children made up stories and shared amounts with different friends encouraging them to use mathematical language and show their understanding of division
The Nest - Volcano Science Experiment
The children in Nurture were really excited to try a volcano experiment they had seen online. We explored the experiment together, and the children loved watching the volcano erupt! It was a fun, hands-on way to encourage their curiosity, excitement and interest in exploring how things work
The Nest - Baking - Autumn 2026
Throughout this term, we have developed our baking skills through lots of practical experiences. We have learnt how to measure ingredients accurately, crack eggs independently and follow instructions in the correct order. We have also discovered which ingredients are important in baking and why we...
Rainbow Class: Maths (Shapes)
As part of our Maths learning, pupils explored a variety of 2D shapes through engaging shape-identification worksheets and matching activities. Pupils practised recognising, naming, and colouring different shapes using a colour code, including circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, pentagons, and...
Year 6 Eagles - Debating the Future
The children in Eagle class debated today whether the HS2 fast train should go ahead and be built. They argued about the physical landmarks and natural resources that would be lost if the train line is created. On the other hand, they also argued the impact it would have economically and how it...
Rainbow Class: PSHE: Emotions Monsters
As part of our PSHE learning, our pupils had the opportunity to explore emotions through a fun and creative activity. Using recycled cardboard tubes, a variety of paint colours to represent different emotions, glitter, googly eyes, and feathers, our pupils designed and created their own Emotion...
Rainbow Room - PHSE: Recognising Emotions
During our PSHE lesson, pupils were learning to recognise and identify emotions that are familiar to them in order to develop emotional awareness and communication skills. Pupils participated in matching, colouring, and emotion-identification activities, helping them recognise different feelings...
Rainbow Class: Maths (Shapes Matching/ Shapes Names)
As part of their Maths learning, our learners explored the properties of 2D shapes by counting and identifying the number of sides each shape has. Pupils practised recognising and naming a range of common shapes, including circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles. They also matched shapes to...
School Council Elections 2026/2027
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Rainbow Class: Literacy (Story about emotions)
As part of our Literacy learning, pupils explored different emotions through stories and picture-based activities. Pupils carefully looked at illustrations, identified how characters might be feeling, and matched emotions to different situations within the story. Pupils had the opportunity to name...
Rainbow Class: PSHE & Arts (Emotions Jars)
As part of our PSHE and Arts learning, pupils explored a range of emotions through a creative "Emotions Jars" activity. Pupils identified different feelings, including happiness, sadness, anger, worry, calmness, and surprise, and discussed situations that might cause these emotions. Pupils used a...
Rainbow Class - Learning Gallery
WOW ! We had so much fun with our learning so check it out
Extended Day Care
Our Extended Day Care children have been having lots of creative fun! They have been bringing their imagination to life through role play, creating figures in the playground planters and making their very own bracelets. It’s wonderful to see their creativity and ideas shine!
Rainbow Class - Maths: Colouring & Tracing 2D Shapes
As part of our maths learning, pupils were engaged in tracing and colouring the 2D Shapes to develop fine motor skills and shapes formations
Year 6 Science - Classifying a new specie
The children in Year 6 had a fun lesson today exploring a scenario where we invented or discovered a new specie. The children drew their new animal and scientifically classified the new animal. They also recorded information about the animal that would help others to classify the animal
Football Competition
...ocal competition on the 08.10.26 . They were really impressive and was able to get third place....
Rainbow Class: Drums Fun (SEND Music Session)
YAY! We had so much fun playing on the drums alongside our peers
Spanish - Little Linguists Team
The Little Linguists Team met for the first time this week! Students received their Language Challenge Booklets, filled with exciting activities to complete throughout the year as they explore new languages and cultures. We can't wait to see their progress!
Year 6 - Science Research Activity
The children in Year 6 used their ICT skills to research information and develop their learning all about micro-organisms. They used different ICT skills to gather and record their information
Year 2 - Literacy: All About Me Posters
This year, we have had the amazing opportunity to publish our own book. To inspire us to write, we started the process by creating posters all about us to show people the best parts of ourselves
Year 2 - Art: Exploring Pop Art
We are learning about Pop Art! Last lesson, we learnt a bit about the famous pop artist Andy Warhol. This week, we learn about some pop art features and created art inspired by Andy Warhol’s pop art pieces. We also saw how pop art is very different to just drawing a picture!
Year 4 Hornbills - Viking Longships
The children in Hornbills used their literacy skills and factual information from the lesson to create a non- chronological report all about Viking Longships
Year 2 - Maths: Money
We explored money touching realistic play money as well as labelling the notes and coins that we have in the UK
Year 2 - Literacy: Vlad and the Great Fire of London role-play
We start the summer term by reading and exploring a new book, Vlad and the Great Fire of London. We spent the lesson talking about the book then did some freeze frames of different parts o the story
Year 2 - Literacy: Vlad and the Great Fire of London setting
We explored the setting of London in 1666 by using masking tape to create the world. We described the setting and even used our senses to imagine what it would have been like
Year 2 - Math: 3D nets
We explored 3D shapes and used nets to create a variety of objects!
Year 2 - Maths: Division sharing
To help us understand how to divide by sharing, we worked with our partners share out numbers equally on our whiteboards
Year 2 - Maths: Finding thirds
Now that we know what a third looks like in shapes, we learnt how to find a third of a number using counters
Year 2 - Maths: Measuring in CM
We use rulers all the time to underline the date but do you know how to measure in centimetres? We went around the classroom to measure a variety of objects (and people) using our rulers
Year 2 - Maths: Multiplication arrays
We have been learning about multiplying! To help us understand what this means, we built arrays using counters to solve multiplication questions
Year 2 - Literacy: Vlad and the Great Fire of London character puppets
Who are the characters of the story “Vlad and the Great Fire of London”? We created character puppets to help us retell the story
Year 2 - Maths: Partitioning 2026
As we start our fractions topic, we remind ourselves of how to partition but this time we do it using a bar model
Year 2 - Maths: Recognise quarters
What is a quarter? We spent the lesson familiarising ourselves with what this looks like in shapes
Year 2 - Numbers Day 2026
Have a look at our amazing Numbers Day outfits!
Year 2 - PSHE: Being relaxed
What does it mean to be relaxed? What does it mean to be stressed? We talked about this in our lesson and shared ideas of how to relax when we are feeling stressed
Year 2 - RE Day: Spring 2 2026
In this RE day, we learnt about how Christians celebrate Easter. We learnt about the story of Easter and what some important symbols of Easter are
Year 2 - Science: Changing shapes experiment
We carried out an experiment about how we can change the shapes of different objects by stretching, squashing, bending and twisting
Year 2 - Science: Environment survey
Do you know what our school environment has? Does it have trees? What about animals? What kinds of sounds can you hear? Is there litter? We went around the school playground and hop garden to carry out a survey
Year 2 - Literacy: Vlad and the Great Fire of London hot seating
To discover more about the important characters of the story Vlad and the Great Fire of London, we spent the lesson considering each character. Then we ended the lesson with some hot seating
Year 2 - Literacy: Research the rainforest
To help us with our writing, we spent the lesson researching about the Daintree Rainforest in Australia. This will give us plenty of ideas when we write an informal letter to our friends
Year 2 - Science: Plants 2026
During our plants topic, we planted beans and seeds so that we could observe how a plant grows and learn more about what a plant needs to grow into a strong healthy plant
Year 2 - DT: Axles, wheels and chassis
Do you know what an axle is? What about wheels and chassis? We learnt about where we would find each of these on a vehicle
Rainbow Class - Transports: History
As part of our history learning, our pupils had a great opportunity to learn about different types of transport across land, water, and air. They were able to sort and match transports by gluing and sticking them into the correct categories, for example, a helicopter in the air group, a ship in...
Year 4 - Science Experiment
The children in Year 4 had an exciting science lesson where they carried out a fair test to investigate factors that affect evaporation. They soaked three cloths in different amounts of water making them different in weight. Then hung them out to dry and recorded the weight every hour. The children...
Hackney Council Dog Fouling Campaign
Sustainability Carousel with the heading Hackney Council Dog Fouling Campaign
Year 2 - DT: Comparing vehicles
We looked at a variety of vehicles in this lesson and discussed the similarities and differences of each
Year 2 - Literacy: How to Live Forever Characters
To help us discover the different characters of the book “How to Live Forever”, we took part in some role play activities. Have a look at how we acted as each of the characters!
Year 2 - DT: Spring WOW Day 2026
We finished our DT topic off by building our vehicles that promote being environmentally friendly
Year 2 - Geography: Spring Mapping Skills Day
In this Mapping Skills Day, we learnt how to read and interpret maps. We also learnt about compasses and to end the day, we drew and built a map of our school!
Year 2 - Geography: Spring WOW Day 2026
Have you been to Australia? Do you know why YOU should go to Australia? Here are some fantastic reasons you should go to Australia!
Year 2 - Great Fire of London Trip
We were lucky enough to do a workshop with some amazing story tellers from Temple Bar. We got to handle objects, draw using a quill, dress up and even go on a walk to see the locations of the great fire
Year 2 - History: Great Fire of London Now Press Play
We followed the Great Fire of London through a story told to us through our amazing Now Press Play headphones!
Year 2 - History: How did the fire start?
Do you know how the Great Fire of London started? We learnt about this and imagined we were there. How do you think we felt? What do you think we were thinking?
Year 2 - Literacy: Climate March
Inspired by Greta from Greta and the Giants, we created our own posters and had our own climate march
Year 2 - Science: Plant Hunt 2026
We went on a plant hunt in Hackney Marshes! Spring time is the perfect time to see what is growing in our local environment
Year 2 - Science: Recycling items
Do you know what items can be recycled? We explored this by sorting items into different categories
Rainbow Class: RE - Learning about Islam
As part of our RE learning, pupils have been exploring Islam. They were actively engaged in matching key vocabulary words with corresponding images, such as mosque, hijab, prayer mat, Ramadan etc . This supported their understanding of important religious concepts and symbols. Pupils explored the...
Rainbow Room - Mehdi Hanna Design ( RE )
As part of the RE learning, our pupils began exploring Islam through a creative and engaging art and crafts activity. They designed their own Mehndi (henna) patterns, using chalk dipped in a mixture of powder and water to create vibrant designs on their hands. Pupils thoroughly enjoyed...
Rainbow Room: Human Anatomy (Our Body)
We have been learning names of the body parts and identifying them on the human's body drawing
Year 3 - Sports Festival
The Year 3s took part in a Sports Festival this week. The children participated in Dodgeball, Cricket, Dance, wheelchair Basketball and Netball. They were really impressive and was able to win a trophy at the end!
Rainbow Class: Coreboard Intervention (Pop The Pirate/ Colour Match)
As part of the targeted intervention session, pupils engaged in a small-group activity using the " Pop the Pirate" game, by developing communication, social, and early literacy skills. Pupils took turns inserting coloured swords into the barrel, showing good engagement and anticipation....
Rainbow Room - Maths: Adding & Subtracting Coins
Our pupils were fully engaged in exploring different ways of using 1p coins as part of their learning about money. Through a range of practical, hands-on activities, they were encouraged to recognise, count, and manipulate coins in meaningful and purposeful contexts. They demonstrated growing...
Year 1 Peacocks - BIG DRAW and Art
This week, we have had fun making Coral Reef pictures for our BIG DRAW. These will be displayed at the school exhibition later on this month
Year 1 - Georges Seurat
In Art this term, we have been looking at Georges Seurat and pointillism. We used key ideas from Seurat such as pointillism, perspective and colour mixing
Year 1 - Raising ducklings
Over the last two weeks, we have watched these ducklings hatch from eggs and watched them grow, and grow and grow! We gave them names of Little Joe, Big Tom, Milo, Rosie and Lily
Year 1 Peacock - Science: Lego
This week in Science, we have been learning about Lego. We spent time researching Ole Kirk Khristiansen (creator of Lego) and we also spent time experimenting with Lego, making our own Lego Masterpieces
Year 5 and 6 - Spanish-language adaptation of Romeo and Julieta
Earlier this week, Year 5 and Year 6 pupils enjoyed watching an engaging Spanish-language adaptation of Romeo and Julieta , bringing language learning to life through theatre
Year 2 - Big Draw 2026
For the Big Draw, we created art pieces that featured bright colourful painted backgrounds. Then we created silhouettes of animals to stick on top of our backgrounds!
Year 1 Peacocks - History
We have enjoyed taking part in Now Press Play. We had to listen to instructions and information about transport, and then act them out. We also made Lego transport!
Rainbow Class - Human Life Cycle & Needs / Human Body
As part of Science and PSHE, pupils learned to identify and name parts of the human body. They were able to find, match, and write body part names on worksheets using a labelled human body diagram. Pupils demonstrated understanding by pointing to and naming most body parts independently. In...
Year 2 - Science: Reusing
What does it mean to reuse? We learnt about this and did a fun activity where we reused scrap paper to making origami jumping frogs!
Year 2 - History: WOW Day
To end our Great Fire of London topic, we made our own Tudor houses and burned them! It was a little sad because we put in a lot of hard work but this helped us learn a bit about how the people of 1666 felt when they lost their homes!
Year 2 - Story telling workshop
We were lucky enough to take part in a fun workshop where we listened to a story. We even got to take part in telling the story through role-play
Year 2 - World Book Day 2026
Have a look at our amazing World Book Day outfits!
Year 4 - Maths with Money
The children today had the opportunity to buy a selection of items and find the correct change. They used their problem solving skills and found the change showing the amount using the money resources
Year 4 - WOW Day
The children in Year 4 had a fun Wow Day making Viking shields, Viking Tunics, longships and did an activity using Old Norse Language
Year 4 Hornbill - Class Assembly
Hornbills had a fantastic assembly sharing all their amazing learning this half term
Lego Club - Farm & Countryside
In the Lego Club, children were engaged working in small groups by making their farms and countryside using lego
Rainbow Class: Body X-Ray Art Fun
As part of our Science and PSHE learning, pupils explored the human body using simple, visual books showing body parts and organs. This was supported by looking at X-ray images of hands, arms and feet, helping pupils understand what is inside the body. Adults used clear language, repetition and...
Rainbow Class: Fun Learning
Our pupils were well engaged in the fun learning environment. Some pupils explored the safari animals and enjoyed the soft texture of the sand in the sandpit, supporting their sensory development. Other pupils were engaged in intensive interaction, demonstrating strong eye coordination and focus as...
Rainbow Room: Human Body Learning
As part of our Science and PSHE learning, pupils explored the human body, beginning with singing their favourite song “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” with actions to support identifying the names of different body parts. Then, pupils were using an interactive board to match facial and...
Rainbow Class: Big Draw Day
Our pupils enjoyed a fun and engaging Big Draw Day! Pupils were able to express their artistic skills using crayons and felt tips by creating expressive mark-making drawings. Even, pupils explored different patterns, lines, and shapes by showing creativity and confidence in their artwork
Rainbow Class: Colorful Hands
We had so much fun creating colourful hands! Pupils explored making their own handprints on a range of different textures, using both primary and secondary colours. They enjoyed experimenting with colour mixing, discovering how new colours can be created by mixing colours together. The activity...
Year 5: Wow Day - Windrush
Year 5 had an exciting WOW Day learning all about the Windrush generation as part of their History topic! During one of the activities, the children explored the work of a famous artist linked to Caribbean culture and created their own vibrant artwork, using bold colours and patterns to reflect the...
KS1 - Lego Club
Today, KS1 children in the Lego Club worked together to build their very own Santa’s Grotto out of Lego
Year 4 - Brain Buddies 2025
The children enjoyed their last Brain Buddies session today focussing on Problem Solving Choices
Nursery - Shoe Box Appeal
Nursery have donated to the shoe box appeal for St Vincent. These will be donated to children living in shelters as a result of the eruptions
Nurture Group - Year 1 - Science Experiment: Leak Proof Bag
Today in nurture we did a science experiment. We stuck sharpened pencils through a bag full of water and much to everyone's surprise, the bag did not leak! This is because the bag is made of a polymer - which is long, flexible chains of molecules. when you poke the pencil through the bag, the...
Science Team Meeting - 26th May 2021
Today, we had a science team meeting to discuss female scientists across history. The science team members were given the task of researching the scientists and will feed back to each other in their next meeting!
Year 2 - Wow Day - 27th May 2021
To end our Australia topic, we went to Australia! We made our own passports and boarding passes then imagined we were on a plane! We spent the rest of the day outside doing fun things like splashing in a paddling pool and making fairy bread! Are you convinced to go to Australia? Watch our advert!
Year 4B - Wow Day - 27th May 2021
In Wow Day today, we did a variety of different activities which included a news report on an Earthquake in Japan. The children got into character and played a camera person, a reporter on scene, a reporter in the studio and witnesses
Year 4M - Wow Day - 27th May 2021
Today, 27-05-2021, the children enjoyed their Wow Day learning based around Japan, mountains and earthquakes. The children answered their over arching question, 'How would you survive an earthquake' then created their own evacuation plan. They also designed and acted out a news report, broadcasting...
Year 5 - Wow Day - 27th May 2021
Year 5 had an amazing Wow Day! We made volcanoes from scratch and painted them. We presented the volcanoes using technical vocabulary. Finally, we're went outside to make the volcanoes erupt!
Nurture Group - Year 1 - Graduation Party
Today we are delighted to celebrate one of our nurture students graduating back to class full time. She has been a delight to work with and we will miss her vibrant caring personality in the nurture room
Boys Book Club - 24th May 2021
Today, 24-05-2021, the Boys Book Club enjoyed a session of poetry. We read a poem called, 'I cannot go to school today' by Shel Silverstein and enjoyed the poem. The boys then decided to create their own poem using ideas from the poem they have read. Here is our example created by the Boys Book...
Year 1A - Geography WOW Day!
For Geography WOW day we have been using lots of recyclable materials to create different landmarks in London. Can you guess what they are? We have been learning about the four different countries in the UK and naming capital cities. We also looked at their flags and named the seas surrounding the...
Year 6 - WOW Day
In year 6 we have been studying rivers. On WOW Day we designed and built our very own bridge. In the afternoon we took part in a scavenger hunt. We had to work together as a team and stay focused to make sure we were successful
Boys Book Club - 7th June 2021
On Monday 7th June 2021 the Boys Book Club met and enjoyed a relaxing reading session in our Hop garden
Year 1 - 1A Maths: Using Positional Language
1A had a really fun superhero maths lesson today. We went outside to find our superhero friends. They were hiding in our playground. We had to use positional language to describe where they were hiding. Take a look at what fun we had!
Year 5 - Science Team Meeting
Today we had another look at female scientists. In groups, we choose a scientist, researched her and presented the information to the rest of the team!
Year 4 - RE Day
Today (10-06-2021) the children in Year 4 had various activities to help them understand how the Christian faith deals with death and how people from other cultures celebrate their loved ones life. The children learn about Christian practices when a loved one passes away. They also learnt about a...
Classroom Displays 2021-2022
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
This week in Reception... - 21st May 2021
This week in Reception, we have been having fun learning both inside the classroom and out. We have been learning about dinosaurs in our new outdoor Dino Reading Den, cooking up carrot soup in our Mud Kitchen, building sandcastles at the beach and dressing up to perform on our outdoor stage! We...
Mental Health - Staff Well-being Week 2021
In Summer 1, week 6, Daubeney staff participated in ‘Duvet Week’. The staff had a big focus on self care and taking care of their mental health. It is really important that staff and parents take time for self care. Our Junior Mental Health Team created certificates and a video to show their...
Year 4 - 4B: Outdoor PHSE Lesson
For PHSE, 4B went into the Hop Garden and used our senses to help us feel calm. Some of us drew what we heard, saw and smelt. We now have a new method to help us when we may be feeling stressed, unhappy or anxious that we can use wherever we are
Year 4 - Science: Making Sound
Today, 11-05-2021, the children in Year 4 enjoyed making sound by making a telephone cup. The children discussed how sound travels and how we hear
Year 1 - Outdoor Learning
1A really enjoyed doing outdoor learning this week as part of our mental health week. We had literacy, maths and story time outside. We also did meditating in the hop garden. It made us feel calm and relaxed and we were able to concentrate and focus better
Year 5 - Science: Properties and Changes of Materials
Year 5 are studying properties and changes of materials in science. We had a practical lesson in which we looked at magnetism and decanting and had lots of fun doing it!
Year 4 - 4M: Peer Tutor Award
In 4M today. 14 - 05- 2021. our young peer tutor received a personalized award for supporting and developing Maths with his peers. Our young peer tutor worked hard to help his peers develop their arithmetic skills and Maths knowledge. Well done to our young STAR!
Year 4M - TTRS Champions - 14th May 2021
A huge well done to 4M who have retained their championship status as TTRS champions once again this week. They won their weekly battle and had 100% engagement on TTRS. Well done 4M - Keep up the great work!
Nurture Group - Year 1 - Maths: Number Formation
We used concrete materials to help form our numbers correctly
Year 4 - 4S Mental Health Awareness
For PHSE, 4S went into the Hop Garden and meditated to observe the natural sounds around them which links to what they are currently learning in science. They were able to draw, say and write why it is important to take care of your mental health through regular walks, meditation and turning off...
Nurture Group - Reception - Board Game
We played a board game called snakes and ladders. We had to take turns and wait our turn patiently. We celebrated our winner and congratulated him!
Nurture Group - Year 1 - Literacy: Handa's Surprise
We made puppets and retold the story using characters from the story Handa's surprise
Year 4 - Science: Can you see sound?
Today, 18th May 2021, the children in Year 4 carried out a fun investigation to see whether they can actually see sound. The children used cling film, a bowl, hundreds and thousands and tested to see the vibrations created by various sounds around us
Year 4 - Geography and ICT
Today, the children in Year 4 used the Chromebooks to research information for their non-chronological report on Mt Fuji in Japan. The children gathered relevant facts and created a report. They used their ICT skills to help them and produce some interesting reports
Year 4B - Outdoor Learning
Today for Outdoor Learning Day, 4B enjoyed a change of scenery and did our guided reading session in the Hop Garden. Some of us sat on the climbing frame and shared books that we were reading with our classmates and some children even had the opportunity to read with Miss Bennett today
Year 4M - ICT and Geography
Today, 20-5-2021, the children in 4M used their ICT skills to research information about Mt Fuji and create a non-chronological report. The children were able to use their literacy knowledge and ICT skills to create a factual report about Japans famous mountain. The children enjoyed using their...
Year 4M - Outdoor Maths
Today, 20-5-2021, the children in 4M had a practical fraction lesson outside in our Hop Garden. The children were asked to make themselves into different fraction amounts
Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 - Nature
During the week commencing the 10th May, Daubeney celebrated Mental Health Awareness Week by discussing how nature is important for our Mental Health. The children loved participating in activities outdoors
Year 4B - The Dot - Pointillism
As part of immersion week in Literacy, we have been reading The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. We learnt about Pointillism and using a computer, we created Art with a variety of dots in different colours and sizes to produce a bigger picture
Mental Health Awareness Week Nature Competition
The Junior Mental Health Team organised a competition asking children to create an art piece of why nature is important for our mental health. The JMHT chose their winners and took them on a trip to Daubeney Fields. The children had a special picnic and had fun being creative using natural resources
Nurture Group - Year 1: Minibeast Hunt
We went to the hop garden to look for minibeast. We found an ant nest, spiders, woodlouse, bees, ladybirds, centipedes and lots of snails
Year 5 - Hackney School of Food
This week, we went to Hackney School of Food where we learnt about knife skills, kitchen safety and how to create a healthy and balanced meal. We did everything ourselves! We cut our own vegetables, prepared a sauce by grinding up ingredients in a mortar and pestle and even made our own meatballs...
Year 6 - COP26 Climate Change Summit Workshop
...make our world greener.......ho personally attended the COP26 summit in Glasgow. The children discussed how climate change affect...
Autumn Book Fair 2022
...her you spent an amazing £959.26 which equals £479.63 in rewards for us to spend on some great new books for the school. What book did you buy? Would you recommend it? Comment below to let us know....
Reception - Chinese New Year and Ordinal Numbers
This week, we have been learning about Chinese New Year. We have been reading a story called 'The Great Race' which explained about the chinese zodiac. We made fans, red envelopes, dragon masks, lanterns and used chopsticks for our wooly noodles. We also used the Great Race story in...
Year 5 - Science: Soluble or Insoluble?
Do you know what soluble and insoluble means? We learnt about what they are today. We used our new learning to carry out a fair test to see what substances are soluble and what substances are insoluble. We used salt, sugar, flour, hot chocolate powder and black pepper. Which ones do you think are...
Year 5 Outdoor Learning
This week Year 5 went outdoors to begin their topic learning about mountains. They had to work as a team to choose items that they would need on a climb up Mt Kilimanjaro
Year 2 - Coding Week 3
This week we continued our coding topic. We created an algorithm to instruct characters to move when they are clicked and to stop when they collide. We also explored how to change the character image once they collided!
Year 2 - IT in Cross Curricular: Designing our own Vehicles
Today Year 2 had some fun designing their own vehicles with wheels using Chromebooks, as part of our Design and Technology topic. We thought about the shape of the vehicle and how we could decorate it too. We learnt about the job of engineers to plan, design, test and make various items including...
Year 5: Science - Magnetism and Decanting
If you lost a bunch of paperclips in sand, how could you get it back? What if you spilt a bunch of oil onto your glass of water, how could you get that out? Today in science, we talked about two methods of separating materials: magnetism and decanting. We carried out 2 different experiments to test...
Year 4M IntoUniversity
Today, 9-07-2021, the children in 4M were excited to meet the team from IntoUniversity via on online Google Meet session. The children learnt all about different careers and the skills needed to pursue certain jobs. They will visit Into University when they are in Year 5 and a whole week in Year 6
Year 5 - Big Draw - June 2021
Year 5 had a lovely afternoon on Friday completing the Big Draw! We brought our shading pencils outside and chose an aspect of the playground to sketch. Well done everyone!
4S Art & DT: To Create Patterns on Textile
4S focusing on different patterns used on Indian textiles. They used these patterns and added their own designs to create wonderful pieces of work!
Reception - Blue Class Father's Day Cards
Blue class created some cards for Father's day this Sunday. Some of us made special cards for our uncle's, grandad's and grandpa's too!
Year 4 - 4B PHSE: Genes
In PHSE today, we learnt that we all have genes inside us and they give us our characteristics. We get half our genes from our birth mother and half of our genes from our birth father and this means, we may look like our parents but sometimes we don't. We tried to guess which kittens went with...
Nurture Group Baked a Cake!
On Thursday 17th June 2021 we celebrated a birthday in nurture. We baked a cake for his birthday. The children really enjoyed measuring the ingredients and mixing all the ingredients together. They especially enjoyed cracking the eggs into the bowl
Reception - This Week in Red Class - 23rd June 2021
This week, we have been doings lots of fun learning! We have been learning about 'The Rainbow Fish' and what makes a good friend. We have created rainbow fish using craft materials, we have created friendship cards and fish using play-doh. We have also been learning about money this week,...
Nurture Group - Music With Mr O'Flyn
After our keyboard session in nurture Mr O'Flyn took us to play the big piano in the hall. We were lucky enough to see how the piano works and experiment the high and low notes. The children really enjoyed seeing how the hammers worked inside of a piano
Nurture Group - Raincloud Experiment
In science we are learning about seasons so we did a raincloud experiment. We used shaving foam and food colouring. We learnt that when water droplets grow heavy in the sky, gravity pulls them down from the clouds as rain just like the experiment
Year 4 - 4S Loves Reading
4S students displaying their love for reading! They have the opportunity to promote and encourage others to read by recommending books to their peers
Boys Book Club - 28th June 2021
Today, 28th June 2021, the Boys Book Club met in our special Daubeney Bus and had a chance to explore encyclopaedias. The boys then used Lego to create different objects they saw in the book
Robotic Arm Science Team Meeting
One of our science team members kindly brought in a robotic arm and expertly explained how it worked to the rest of the group. Everyone then had a go at using it and we tried to pick up different objects using the claw and suction cup!
Nurture Group - Creative: Windsocks
In creative we made some windsocks and decorated them with Chinese cherry blossom. We then took them outside to see what direction the wind was blowing
Reception: Yellow Class - Ice Cream Parlour
In Yellow class the children were super excited to use the Ice Cream Parlour where they were making ice cream cones. They had a great time taking orders then scooping shaving foam into cones and adding a variety of sprinkles. They had heaps of fun! If you are passing Yellow Class, remember to stop...
Year 5 - Science: Air Resistance
In Year 5, we have been learning about air resistance. We made parachutes ourselves and tested them!1
Nurture Group - Breakfast with Mr Logan
Today we had a visitor in Nurture. We had breakfast with Mr Logan. "it was fun talking to the Headteacher" "I like visitors"
Nurture Group - Maths: Money
In maths we are learning about money. We created a supermarket so we can go shopping and buy some groceries. We worked in a group. One of us was a customer and the other a shopkeeper. We chose what to buy then paid with the right amount of coins
Boys Book Club - 5th July 2021
On Monday, 5th July 2021, the Boys Book Club met for their second reading and Lego session. The boys looked at construction and inventions from the past and then used Lego to recreate them
Nursery - Trees in the Garden
The tree in our nursery garden fascinates Daubeney children. The children are often observed using all their muscles to help them climb the tree. Children enjoy sitting in the tree, looking for bugs and collecting rainwater
Year 4 - 4M Outdoor Learning Space
Today, 11th May 2021, the children in Year 4M enjoyed the opportunity to do their daily times table assessment in the Hop Garden as part of our outdoor learning for Mental Health Week. The children found the outside calming and soothing and was a nice place to focus while completing their times...
Nurture Group - Reception: Minibeast Hunt
We went to the hop garden to look for minibeast. We found an ant nest, spiders, woodlouse, bees, ladybirds, aphid, centipedes and lots of snails
Year 4 Outdoor Art
The children in Year 4 had a wonderful art lesson outside today. They used our outdoor area to inspire them to use black and white tones. The children enjoyed learning outdoors and are looking forward to more outdoor lessons
Year 5 - The Big Draw
...the children in Year 5....
Year 4 - Wahaca
Year 4 were lucky enough to visit the famous Wahaca restaurant in Liverpool Street. They learned that maths and literacy are both very important in the workplace. First they used their maths skills to add up a customer's bill. Then they made some delicious guacamole and ate it with chips!...
Year 5 - 5M Full STEAM Ahead
...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 - 5MC IntoUniversity
...uld you study? Why?...
Year 5 - Biography
Our young writers in Year 5 published their biographies today. They used their paragraphs which they had been writing for a week and compiled them to create their biography on Nelson Mandela. The children included features of a biography and used key facts and information
Year 5 - Inspire Work Week
The children in Year 5 were extremely busy today designing and making their fashion products. The class made their own handbags, bags and we were even lucky enough to have some Tie Dye T-shirts, ready for our fashion show on Friday 23rd March 2018, in front of three judges
Year 5 - Making Chocolate Cornflake Cakes
Our Year 5's used and applied their knowledge of measurement by cooking cakes and creating playdough! Here we have our young chefs concentrating on the tough task at hand... And yes the cakes were as yummy as they looked. Why not make some chocolate cornflakes cakes at home? Ingredients For 6...
Year 5 - The Boy Who Cried Wolf
...our and new characters....
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 5 - The Power of Erosion
...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 - Work Week Fashion Workshop
...que style and patterns....
Year 5 Residential 2017 - Day 1
...n as we all are. - Mr Dharma, 26th June 2017...
Year 6 - Learning Brilliantly
Year 6 exhibit the Daubeney Golden Expectations during all lessons, showing their high standards and a fantastic attitude towards their education
Yellow Class - Jobs
Yellow Class had a fantastic work week. We have learnt about many different kinds of jobs that we could be when we get older. In work week we had a visit from the police. They talked to us all about what they do and how they keep people safe. We made police hats in our class to pretend to be police...
Newsletter - 12th June 2015
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Newsletter - 26th June 2015
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Year 3 - WOW Day
Year 3 had a WOW day and we learnt about the Romans. We researched on the life of a Roman legionary and the weapons and armour they wore. We then used our research to design and create our own Roman shields. We then all went to the playground to be Roman soldiers for the afternoon. We threw...
Year 2 - Making Toy Cars
In D&T we have been designing and making our own toy car. We first designed our car and made our body using cardboard. We then attached the axle to the wheels. We had a class race when we finished constructing our car. It was fun! Can you guess who won?
Newsletter - 27th November 2015
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27th November 2015
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...
Beat 26 on a Rainy Day
...is groove is one we call Beat 26. In the video you can hear Mr. O Flynn calling the changes and counting the beat. It features children from the Wednesday morning music club....
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 - Poetry in the Garden
... a poetry book....
Boys Book Club - Reading to Our Nursery Pupils
...me to return to school....
Creative Arts - Art and Design Technology
At Daubeney, the children are given the opportunity to have a broad, balanced and exciting curriculum. Art is taught through our cross-curricular lessons with a special focus during Art weeks throughout the year. We will inspire, engage and challenge pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and...
Maths Family Workshop KS1
...Maths Workshop...
Year 2 - Land Art
Year 2 have been looking at scluptures created by Andy Goldworthy in their art lessons. Today we went to Daubeney Filed and created our own land art. We used natural materials such as leaves, twigs, stones and flowers. Have a look at our creations
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...
Professor Brainwave visits Daubeney
...ey Primary School on Tuesday, 26th April, Thursday, 28th April & Friday, 29th April. Children were taken on a mathematical journey of attempting to find a solution where deep learning occurs as the sole focus is not on the answer. The focus was Geometry. Children were given an opportunity to ...
Reception - Homerton Fire Station
We went to Homerton Fire Station and had such a good time. We all had a turn on the fire hose and got inside the Fire Engine. We watched the Fire Fighters slide down the pole. Thank you to all the parents who accompanied us on the trip. Yellow Class at Homerton Fire Station. Jaziah is having a go...
Reception Met the Metropolitan Police
Reception met the Metropolitan Police. The Police officers shared what they do and how they help us. We enjoyed looking at their uniforms and exploring their different equipment
School Council Elections
.... Assembly Speeches: Monday 26th September - Year 3 speeches Tuesday 27th September - Year 4 speeches Monday 3rd October - Year 5 speeches Tuesday 4th October - Year 6 speeches Elections will take place in the room next to the learning space on Monday 10th October. New school council will b...
Sports Update - Cross Country and Netball
...with their performance....
Year 1 - 1P Learn About the Hackney Martian
1P learnt about the Hackney Martian today! We did some role-play, acting out different parts and imagining how the characters might feel. We think we know how was in the spaceship in the hop garden now
Newsletter - 13th November 2015
...ass at 1.30pm 5C at 1.45pm Thursday 26th November: Blue Class at 1.30pm 5E at 1.45pm School Calendar: Christmas Holidays: Last Day: Friday 18th December Returning: Tuesday 5th January 2016 (INSET day Monday 4th January) Spring Half Term: Last Day: Friday 12th February Returning: Monday 22n...
13th November 2015
Newsletter - 12th February 2016
... FOMSPRQ 46 JMOMŃM 8SSHU 6PUHHP 26B2B2016 3. %MQN RI (QJOMQG 0XVHXP Last week 6S visited IntoUniversity where had an action packed week and were treated to a very exciting workshop at the Globe Theatre, where they put their acting skills to the test. Congratulations to everyone in 6S for gradu...
12th February 2016
Boys Book Club - 10th May 2021
Today, 10-5-2021, the Boys Book Club enjoyed using their iPad to read an online story, which then generated comprehension questions for them. They enjoyed reading the stories and answering the questions
Nurture Group - Reception: Planting
We planted basil seeds and a tomato plant. We are planning to make our own pizza once they have grown
Year 4M - Publishing: Biographies Based on Beowulf
...aphies based on Beowulf....
Year 4 - 4M PSHE: Compliment Jar
Today, Friday 23rd April 2021, the children in Year 4M enjoyed their session in PSHE where they paid a compliment to every person in their class. This helped each child in the class to complete and fill their compliment jar. Their jar was filled with wonderful things that their peers had to say...
Boys Book Club - 26th April 2021
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Nurture Group - Year 1: Group Music
Today we had the opportunity to have a small group music session with Mr O'Flyn in nurture. "I really enjoyed it" "it was fun"
Nurture Group - Number Formation
In maths we were writing our numbers and practising number formation using paint. We finished the session by mixing the colours together to see what other colours we can make. 'This feels great!'
History Dress Up Day 2021
It was once said that going into a library and all history unrolled before me. Here at Daubeney, you need only to come in to our website and experience history relived and refreshed through the determined spirits of our pupils, fired by an unquenchable thirst to learn, remember and thrive. "A...
Year 4M Class Assembly - 26th November 2020
...imes fun and enjoyable....
Nurture Group - Reception - Fruit Kebabs
" I like cutting" "I love strawberries and fruit kebabs" "I like the taste of the orange"
Nurture Group - Year 1: Book - The Colour Monster
We created our own Colour Monster for our display. Each colour represents a feeling
Nurture Group - Year 1: Maths - Doubling
We used finger paint to make doubles
Nurture Group - Year 1: Music
Keyboard fun with Mr O'Flyn!
Year 4 - Atlas
The children in Year 4 today 5-5-2021 enjoyed their Geography session as they had an opportunity to study our Junior School Atlas books. The children were able to transfer their knowledge when using keys to read a map, identifying lakes, rivers, mountainous areas, deserts and main roads. They also...
Year 6 - Football
Year 6 at Mabley Green. Well done to all the children who were playing. We had some excellent performances on the day and there will be more matches on the way
Nursery and Reception - Hunting for Ice
Nursery and Reception hunting for ice in the nursery garden. Look at the wonderful shapes they have found. We still have some snow, which have been recycled into snow balls
1L Family Portrait Painting
As part of our Cross Curricular History topic 'Who and What is in my World?', we spent an afternoon sketching and painting our very own family portraits. We thought about who is in our family and discussed how our families might be the same or might be different. We used sketching pencils...
Newsletter - 16th May 2016
...ited Daubeney Primary School on Tuesday 26th April, Thursday 28th April & Friday 29th April. Children were taken on a mathematical journey of attempting to find a solution where deep learning occurred as the sole focus and not on the answer. The focus was Geometry. Children were given an opportunity...
16th May 2016
Year 1 - 1S Jolly Christmas Postman Artwork
In 1S, we have been very busy with all things Christmas and have absolutely loved reading the story of the Jolly Christmas Postman! During Art, we sketched one of our favourite pages from the book - 1S are incredible artists, they were concentrating very hard on their artwork as you can see in this...
Newsletter - 8th July 2016
...n second place by Sebright with 264 points and a close third by Daubeney with 245 points. It is hoped that this event will be rolled out to other year groups in the year ahead. Congratulations to team Lauriston and well done to all of you for participating. %UM]LOLMQ FMUQLYMO 7OXUVGM\ 21VP -XO\ - 6...
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Newsletter - 21st December 2016
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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...
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...
Red Class - Our First Week in Reception
We are having a wonderful time in Red class!
Year 6 - Dance and Make Some Noise
Year 6 have been practising for the last 10 weeks and today they performed in front of a packed audience to resounding (and well deserved) applause. They performed dances which featured some traditional moves as well some moves associated with a certain popular video game. They also performed...
Year 6 Visit to The London Eye
...icians, actors and artists!...
Spanish - Español: Autumn Term Summary.
“FELIZ NAVIDAD Y PRÓSPERO AÑO NUEVO! = Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! -Y4 & Y2 worked on using more Spanish with their teachers and their classmates to follow instructions and to talk to each other. They had a great time playing bingo and many other games. - Y4 learnt...
Nurture Group - Year 1 - National Outdoor Learning Day
On National outdoor learning day we went to Daubeney Fields. We did some fine motor skill activities, cross circular and some maths. "I loved it today" "My favourite part was the walk in the woods" 'My favourite part was making bubbles and catching them"
Year 4 - Battleships Co-ordinates
...ow many they could get....
World Book Day in Year 2
Year 2 had a great time dressing up as our favourite book characters. We did lots of talking (mostly about different books) and lots of different activities. What a fantastic day!
Virtual Assembly - 26th May 2020
Have Fun and Laugh Week - Lead by Rosa
Virtual Assembly - 26th June 2020
Sports Week - presented by Hamza
Year 2 - Spring 2 Week 2 Computing
This week we started a new topic, learning about effective searching. We explored the difference between the internet and the world wide web, thought about different browsers that you can use and identified search engines to help us find information we need. We used this knowledge to search for...
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 2 - RE Day: Autumn 1 2025
Why did Jesus tell stories? This was the question we focused on this half term as part of the larger question: What can we learn from special stories? We spent the day learning about Christian stories and discussed the meaning of them. We then did a range of activities that help us consolidate our...
Nursery - Welcome Back
We welcomed back all our friends after the summer holidays. We are excited to meet new friends too
Rainbow Room - Autumn Art
As part of our seasonal learning journey, pupils have been engaging in fantastic activities to explore the beauty of Autumn through art. Pumpkins Art: Pupils painted their own representations of pumpkins using water colours and cotton buds, adding texture and vibrancy with orange tissue paper....
Year 1 Peacocks - Evergreen or Deciduous?
In Science, we have been learning about plants and trees. We have been thinking about what they need to grow and how we can look after them.We have also been talking about different types of trees and their features
Year 4 - Collabarative Learning
The year 4 classes Nightingales and Hornbills enjoyed a research session together exploring Japan as part of their topic with Mr Finkle ( student teacher) who showed the children a slideshow of his trip to Japan. The children were able to use facts and information for their travel leaflet which...
Year 4 Research - Literacy and ICT
The children in Year 4 had a session today where they researched facts about Japan for their leaflets they will be making next week. They used their ICT skills and their note taking skills to locate and record their information
Year 4 Hornbills - Outdoor Learning - Autumn 2 2025
The children enjoyed their weekly whole class reading session in our Hop garden where they read our story and discussed the events
Nursery - Making New Friends
This week we welcomed new friends. We are learning about each other. we are learning to share and take turns
Year 2 - Maths: Add by making 10
In today's practical lesson, we practised adding single digit numbers by using tens frames to make a 10 so it would be easier for us to find the answer
Year 3 - Black History Workshop 2025
Year 3 had fun learning about Black History with Immediate Theatre Company. We used drama to celebrate diversity in our class and learn about different aspects of Black culture such as food
Year 3 - Outdoor Learning 2025
Year 3 learnt what plants need to grown and discussed the steps to follow plant a seed in our science lessons. We then went out to the Hop Garden to plant our seeds and start our plant-growing journey. It was exciting to use what we learned and see how plants begin to grow
Year 1 Parrot Class - Rapunzel
Parrot class have been reading the story Rapunzel by Bethan Woolvin. We have been acting out the story using lots of story props. We also created a wanted poster for the wicked witch to try and find her. We've also been busy thinking of adjectives to describe Rapunzel. What words can you think...
Year 3 - RE Day - The Turtle Who Could Not Stop Talking
For RE Day, we acted out the story "The Turtle Who Could Not Stop Talking." We learned about the teachings of Jesus and Buddha, and explored what helps us pause, reflect, and think more deeply
Year 4 - Outdoor Maths - Autumn 2 2025
The children had a fun math session today consolidating addition and subtraction. They measured different parts of the playground and used their addition and subtraction skills to find the answers
Nursery - Size
Nursery have been learning about size, have been sorting items by size
Nursery - Learning new skills
We are learning about our classroom and all the skills we can practice. We enjoyed counting. We liked talking about our family
Year 3 - WOW Day - Autumn 1 2025
Year 3 had a fantastic Wow Day to wrap our learning about the Amazon Rainforest. We created vibrant dioramas of the rainforest using paints, leaves, twigs and lots of different recycled materials to bring our vision to life! Watch the videos to see what geographical features we included
Rainbow Room - Autumn Maths Learning
Wow! We Have Fantastic Mathematicians. Our pupils had a fantastic time exploring autumn-themed maths activities! They practised number formation on the interactive board and enjoyed tracing numbers on pumpkins and acorns in their worksheets. This supported their number recognition and helped...
Rainbow Room - Outdoor Learning & Play
Pupils enjoyed learning outside during autumn. They noticed the leaves changing colour and felt how crispy the leaves were when they touched them. Even our pupils had fun doing physical activities like crawling through tunnels, sliding down slides, and walking on ropes on the climbing frame
Rainbow Room - Shapes Tracing and Colouring
Pupils explored 2D shapes like circles, triangles, squares, and rectangles on the interactive board, showing focus and independence while colouring, tracing, and drawing. In an adult-led activity, they traced and coloured shapes on large paper to create drawings. Then, pupils used the activity...
Year 4 - Amazing Home Learning
This week we celebrated amazing home learning by some of our Year 4 Superstars. They completed their weekly home learning and a Science home learning project
Year 4 - Brain Buddies - Autumn 2025
The children in Year 4 enjoyed their weekly session ‘Brain Buddies’ where they focussed this week on their emotions and feelings. They also identified how their bodies react to different feelings
Year 4 - Hornbills: Reading
The children in Hornbills are always excited every Tuesday morning when they visit our library. The children are allowed to take books from the library to read in class as part of their independent reading session
Nursery - Homes
We are learning about different homes. We made our 3D models, by recycling junk materials. We made individual models and a class model of a huge residential flats
Year 4 - Spanish: Weather
Children in Year 4 have been practising phonics and learning to describe the weather in Spanish - building confidence in both reading and speaking!
Year 4 Hornbills - ICT
The children in Hornbill class discussed their responsibilities when using online activities. As part of their lesson they discussed SMART targets which identifies how to be safe online. Next term they will explore Logo using PurpleMash
Year 2 - Geography: North Pole, South Pole and Equator
Today, we learnt about the North Pole, South Pole and Equator. We also talked about what the climate would be in these places. Where would you like to live: at the South Pole or on the Equator?
Year 2 - Science: Hackney City Farm
We visited Hackney City Farm to learn about the animals that live there and their habitats! We enjoyed seeing all the different animals and even saw some new born piglets!
Nursery - Family
We are learning about who is special to us and who is in our family
Year 2 - Black History Month Drumming
To celebrate Black History Month, we had an incredible visitor who came in to lead a drumming assembly and he even did a workshop for us where we each had our own drums and we drummed along to his beat
Year 4 Wow Day
The children in Year 4 had an amazing Wow Day. They first completed their end of term assessment and then began creating their earthquake cities. Some of our pupils had the opportunity to make a pop-up earthquake building
Year 4 Boys - PurpleMash
The boys in Year 4 today had a fun maths session using PurpleMash to consolidate their learning around rounding. They can log on at anytime from home to practice their math skills
Rainbow - Autumn Tree (Apple Painting)
Pupils were engaged in creating their own unique and colourful autumn trees as the weather shifting between sunny and rainy, days. They explored painting autumn trees with apples—what an exciting new idea! Pupils enjoyed making apple stamps on their trees using red, yellow, and green paint,...
Year 2 - Maths: Column Method Addition
To introduce ourselves to the idea of column method addition, we spent the lesson representing this using our dienes and working in pairs. We are beginning to look at what column method means
Year 2 Computing - Creating pictures: Impressionism
Do you know what impressionism is? We learnt about the art style of impressionism today and created our own impressionist inspired art on Purple Mash!
Nurture Trip to Pizza Express
we had a fantastic dough-spinning time at pizza express
Year 5 & 6 Cross Country League
Well done to all our fantastic Year 5 and 6 pupils who took part in the recent cross-country competition! Every runner showed incredible determination, teamwork, and resilience as they tackled the challenging course
Year 4 PSHE - Anti Bullying Week
The children in Year 4 had a special PSHE lesson today as a whole year group. They were told a story of a beautiful soul who was bullied and the effects it had on him. The children understood the big message today and completed a task to make them aware of the negative effects of bullying
Year 4 Hornbills - ICT Logo
The children in Hornbills had a fun but challenging lesson today using Logo. They had to programme their Logo to navigate through a maze avoiding the mighty Minotaur
Year 1 Peacocks - Subtraction
We have been learning different ways to work out subtraction. We have used cubes, our fingers, pictures and drawings. Next week, we will be using number lines to help us!
Year 3 Science - Rocks
Year 3 had fun exploring the 3 main types of rocks - igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. We examined different rocks and used key vocabulary to describe their properties
Year 4 Science - The Digestive System
The children discussed and identified the main parts of the digestive system. then they looked at the functions of each part. with this knowledge they created their information posters all about the digestive system and how it works
Year 5 - Spanish - Online Games
Year 5 children having fun while developing their Spanish vocabulary through competitive online games
Rainbow Room - Clock Numbers
Today, our pupils stepped into the role of math detectives as they explored missing numbers on clocks. Armed with curiosity and sharp observation skills, they carefully checked the clocks and filled in the missing numbers. This engaging activity was able to help pupils to get familiar with numbers...
Year 3 - Stone Age
Year 3 have been exploring life from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, learning about where people lived, what they ate, and the tools they used. In one of our lessons, we created our own spears using clay and sticks to recreate a Stone Age hunting tool
Year 5/6 Boy's & Girl's - Hackney Football Competition
The Year 5/6 enthusiastically took part in local Hackney football tournament. Showcasing great teamwork and sportsmanship, Unfortunately both team got knocked out of the semi-finals but was extremely proud of the children accomplishment
Year 2 - Literacy: Man on the Moon Drama
To start our topic, we read the story then we had lots of discussions about the story. We even acted out some parts of the story to help us remember it!
Year 1 Peacocks - Past and Present
This term in History, we are looking at the History of Hackney. We have been looking at new and old photos, and comparing them. We have found it very interesting looking at old photos
Rainbow - Reading Stories
Pupils were well engaged during reading activities, particularly when listening to an adult read aloud the story "The Cat Who Had Different Coloured Shoes." The narrative captured their interest and provided a meaningful context for learning colours names. Pupils demonstrated recognition of colours...
Year 4 - Brain Buddies - Autumn 2 2025
The children in Year 4 had another lovely session in their weekly Brain Buddies Lesson. They explored the zones of regulations and their feelings in each zone. This helped them to understand how they can use techniques to move from one zone to the next
Year 5 - Wow Day - Tanzania and Mountains
Year 5 had an exciting WOW Day as part of their geography topic exploring Tanzania and mountain environments. The day was packed with fun and learning, helping pupils immerse themselves in the landscapes, culture, and challenges of mountainous regions. One of the highlights of the day was a...
Arsenal Community Outreach
The children had an amazing time creating they own project about different topics which were Food waste , Anti-racism with inclusion and Promoting technology in education . The social project lasted for six weeks, working with a Arsenal community coach
Rainbow - Attention Bucket Intervention
As part of the Attention Bucket Intervention, pupils were able to develop their attention by being engaged at exploring familiar objects that they like such as bubbles, sensory balls etc. Pupils were learning social skills by sharing popping bubbles or sharing the sensory balls. The fun part of the...
Rainbow - Autumn Vocabulary Learning
Pupils were exploring fantastic learning about autumn vocabulary and oracy by being introduced to new words related to this season. Some pupils were able to look at the autumn-related illustrations on the worksheets and talk to each other about who they saw, what they saw, etc. Then, with the...
Rainbow - Constructive Activity
Adults have introduced a new learning opportunity called Constructive Play, where children use stickle bricks to create their own arrangements. This open-ended activity encourages creativity, problem-solving, and spatial awareness. Children explored different ways of connecting and placing the...
Rainbow - Maths Learning
Wow! Our pupils are awesome mathematician because they were exploring mathematics in many and fun ways. Children were able to use numbers puzzles by placing them in the correct order from 1- 10 by following the number sequences and they counted animals that was representing each of the numbers....
Year 4 Hornbills - Oracy - 5th November 2025
The children had a fun discussion session this morning 5-11-2025 as part of their study start. They used conversation prompts to explore speaking and listening as part of our oracy skills
Rainbow - Letters, Fingers Writing and CVC Learning
We had so much fun exploring literacy in our learning! The children enjoyed using the colorful sequence mats to create various marks and letters with their fingers, helping to develop early mark-making, letter formation, and fine motor skills. Also, were also fully engaged in practicing how to...
Year 4 - Brain Buddies workshop
The children today continued their Brain Buddies workshops where they explored choices and how their brain reacts to different choices and actions
Year 2 - Geography: Autumn WOW Day 2025
To end our geography topic on hot and cold countries, we created shoebox habitats of what we might find in a country with a hot or cold climate. We even considered the animals and plants we might see there
Year 2 - Literacy: Rainforest Artwork 2025
We spent the last week of our first half term completing writing that relates to our geography topic: Hot and Cold countries. We created artwork inspired by the rainforest!
Year 2 - PSHE: Celebrating differences (Stereotypes)
We learnt about stereotypes in this PSHE lesson and we considered and discussed common stereotypes that people have of girls and boys. We even linked our learning to Oracy by using our hand signals to show how we felt about each statement
Reception Classes - Spanish: Colours and Fruits
Learning colours through stories and play! Our children in Ducklings and Cygnet Classes explored words for colours and fruits in Spanish by using paints and real fruits — a fun way to connect language and creativity!
Rainbow - Spontaneous Learning
The children were fully engaged in spontaneous learning as they explored a variety of interests: Musical Instruments: They listened to and played with different instruments, experimenting with sound and rhythm. Sensory Toys: The children used sensory toys to help with emotional regulation, offering...
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 4 Hornbills - ICT lesson
The children in Hornbills had their first ICT/ Computing lesson today where they discussed Online Safety. They had a few task to complete using Purplemash which taught them how to stay safe when using the internet
Year 4 - Cross Curricular Learning
The children in Year 4 started learning about earthquakes as part of the Geography topic. They discussed what they knew and used their ICT skills to further research facts about earthquakes
Year 2 - Literacy: The Boy Who Cried Wolf
To help us understand the story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf, we spent the lesson talking about the lesson and even acting out certain parts. Have a look at our photos from our freezeframes of the different characters reactions to the events of the story
Year 4 - Mapping Skills Day
The children in Year 4 enjoyed Mapping Skills Day learning all about maps, co-ordinates, grid references, symbols and also had the opportunity to draw their own maps of our local area
Year 2 - Geography: Autumn Mapping Skills Day
Today, we spent time learning about language used for direction (such as north, east, south, west) and we looked at some maps. We went on a treasure hunt, drew our own maps and even made art inspired by maps!
Daubeney Art Exhibition!
On Monday 19th and Tuesday 20th May, we are holding a whole school art exhibition, and you're invited!! It is taking place in the KS1 hall at 3.45! Come along to see your child's artwork, have a few snacks and take part in a few activities
SEND PE - Autumn 2025
"The SEN pupil's completed their first PE lesson. They actively participated in all activities and were always willing to take on challenges during the session. Keep up the excellent work!"
Year 1 Parrots - Our First Week in Year 1
Parrot class have been very busy doing maths, literacy, phonics and geography. Take a look at our amazing work!
Year 1 Peacocks - Welcome back!
Have a look at what Year 1 have been up to since coming back to school! We have had mapping skills day, practicing our counting, reading groups, phonics groups, writing stories and much more!
Rainbow - Self-Portraits Drawings
As part of our learning about ourselves and our peers, we have been exploring self-portraits. This activity has helped us reflect on our individual identities, emotions, and physical features. We looked closely at our faces in mirrors and discussed what makes each of us unique — from the...
Year 6 - Hawks & Eagles: Science - Circuit and Voltage Experiment
Before the experiment, we begun the lesson by recapping our prior knowledge: scientific symbols for circuits, the difference between circuits and voltage as well as our hypothesis. We began our learning by understanding the difference between electricity and circuits and how voltage equals power....
Year 2 - Maths: Partitioning tens and ones
In this lesson, we recapped what tens and ones looked like in different ways. Then, we used dienes to practise partitioning my two digit numbers into tens and ones
Year 6 - Day 2 of Into Uni: Eagles Class
Today we had another brilliant day, we created portraits using watercolours and collage. We explored how the time you have to create an image changes the detail and content - what you think is important enough to include. We also continued to learn all about our three famous individuals - Jean-...
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...
Kingfisher: Science
...xciting outdoor lesson today -26-06-2024 where they investigated magnetic objects in our school and playground....
Daubeney Library
Look at our amazing brand new library! We are so excited to have our own library at Daubeney. Each class had the opportunity to go and explore the wide range of books. From fiction and poetry to non-fiction topics such as science, history, geography and RE, there is something for everyone. What did...
Year 5 - Trip to Suleymaniye Mosque
Year 5 spent the morning learning alot about Islam at Suleymaniye Mosque. We learned about the different features of a mosque, how Muslims pray and how to treat a Quran
Year 5 - Cardinal Pole Visit
We visited the secondary school Cardinal Pole and took part in an experiment using a bunsen burner and different metals!
Rainbow Room - SEND PE: Throwing & Catching Bean Bags
As part of their SEND PE session, the children from the Rainbow Room engaged in an exciting and interactive activity focused on developing their throwing and catching skills. Using soft bean bags, children practiced various techniques, improving their hand-eye coordination and motor skills
Rainbow Room - Garden
Today, children from the Rainbow Room explored flowers, vegetables, and herbs in the garden. They were also engaged in observing different types of flowers and trees, focusing on their appearance and texture. The children enjoyed using garden tools, such as rakes, to tend to the soil. Some children...
Reception - Week 1 of Spring 2!
This week we have been really busy! We have been reading Handa's Surprise, so we had activities based around this story! In Numeracy, we have been looking at capacity and ways to measure capacity
Year 5 - Geography: Mapping Skills Day
Today is Mapping Skills Day! We utilised our wonderful library to immerse ourselves into our topic - learning all about Turkey through maps and atlases. After that, we learnt about thematic maps and what the purpose of them is. In our third lesson, we created our own map of Turkey and included...
Rainbow Room - Number Lines
The children in the Rainbow Room were eagerly engaged in an exciting activity involving numbers on a number line. They had the opportunity to listen carefully as an adult would say a particular number out loud. Their task was to identify the number and then locate it on the number line. To make the...
Year 2 - Maths - Week 1 2025
To get us back into the swing of things with our amazing maths, we spent the first week reminding ourselves of what numbers up to 20 look like and what tens and ones look like
Year 2 - Sustainability lesson - Autumn 1 2025
We're in a new classroom! This means we have to spend time making it ours! And to start, we learnt what sustainability is and we spent time creating posters to remind ourselves of how to be more sustainable while at school
Rainbow - Fun Attention Activity
Our pupils had a magical learning experience that captured their attention and fostered teamwork. Sitting eagerly on their chairs, they worked together to guess sensory toys that were shown to them from the attention bucket. Each toy sparked curiosity and excitement while helping the children...
Year 4 - PE Games - Autumn 1 2025
Today the boys in Year 4 had a fun filled session with Mr Simeon playing dodgeball. Next week will be the Year 4 girls turn to show off their skills
Year 5 - Arsenal Community Outreach - Week 1 2025
Year 5 completed they first lesson with an Arsenal community coach . They actively participating of having ideals to improve they community
Year 1 - Parrot class went on a local area walk
As part of geography, Parrot Class went on a local area walk. We discussed what was in our local area. We saw lots of houses, flats and shops. We even saw a post office and a pharmacy. We also enjoyed a walk through Daubeney fields spotting squirrels along the way!
Year 2 - Literacy: The Magic Bojabi Tree Watercolours
To end our immersion week, we made beautiful paintings inspired by the Magic Bojabi Tree! We talked about what we could see and added adjectives to our observations then we drew it out on paper. Finally, we added water colour to make it really shine!
Year 3 'The Great Kapok Tree' Immersion
As part of our immersion into the text, Year 3 recreated the rainforest setting from the story. We collected leaves and twigs from the Hop Garden and use a variety of materials to create a rainforest collage
Year 4 - Maths - Roman Numeral Clock
The Year 4 children had fun in their maths lesson today making a Roman Numeral Clock
Year 2 - Literacy: The Magic Bojabi Tree Role on the Wall
What are the characters like in the story? We thought about this by thinking about how they seem to everyone else and then what they're really like on the inside!
Year 1 - Peacocks: Autumn learning so far!
Have a look at what Peacock Class have been learning about so far. We have been reading Rapunzel. We looked at characters and setting. We have also done some acting and using adjectives. In Math's, we have been practicing our counting!
Year 1 - Peacocks: Our local walk
In our Geography lessons, we have been looking at the UK and our local area. We had a walk around the local area, checking off different features of Homerton. This included the shops in the square, flats, post offices and parks
Year 4 - Brain Buddies
The children in year 4 had a fun session today learning about their feelings and emotions. They played many games and discussed strategies to play as a team. They will continue Brain Buddies for the next 7 weeks
Year 2 - Literacy: The Magic Bojabi Tree Puppets
To help us with our conversations about the characters of the story, we made puppets of the characters. We considered what the character is like and decided what the expression they would have
Year 2 - Maths: Greater than, less than or equal to
Today we learnt about the symbols for greater than, less than and equals to and found out what they mean. Then, we came up with lots of different numbers with our partners and decided which one was greater or if they were the same
Year 2 - Literacy: The Magic Bojabi Tree Roleplay
We are reading The Magic Bojabi Tree! We will write a narrative about it in the next few weeks. Today we read the Magic Bojabi Tree and to help us remember the story, we did some acting and roleplay!
Drawing Club - Autumn Art
Children from Drawing Club ( KS1) were engaged in creative drawings of autumn represention as they created colourful drawings with felt tips
Year 4 - Concrete Maths
The children in Year 4 enjoyed exploring Place Value through games and activities
Year 4 - Role Play
The children in Year 4 had a fun session role-playing the main character in our story. This helped the children to understand the character and explore his feelings
Year 4 - Hornbills Library Session
Hornbills had a lovely start to their day today Tuesday 16th September 2025 enjoying reading in our library
Year 2 - Computing: Exploring Purple Mash
For our first computing lesson in Year 2, we spent the lesson learning how to log in to Purple Mash and exploring the website. We will be using Purple Mash for almost all of our computing learning from now all the way up to Year 6!
Year 2 - Maths: Partitioning in different ways
We started the lesson by practising partitioning our tens and ones. Then we moved onto think about how we can partition a number in different ways! So we know that 45 is made of 40+5 but we also know that 20+25 is 45
Year 2 - Science: Living, Dead, Never Alive
In this lesson, we learnt about how how everything can be thought of as living, dead or never alive. We talked about what makes something a living thing (MRS GREN)
Rainbow - SEND Music & PE
Wow! This week, our pupils were fully engaged in exciting activities as part of SEND PE and Music. In SEND PE, they enjoyed jumping on the trampoline, walking along the bench, and throwing bean bags. During SEND Music, the children were captivated by the sounds of various musical instruments,...
Year 4 - Boys Guided Maths Session
The boys had a guided maths session today focussing on numbers up to 10 000. They also had an opportunity to play each other on TTRS
Year 4 - Girls PE
The Girls enjoyed their PE session today playing various fun games focussing on different skills
Year 4 Hornbills - Geography - Exploring the continent of Asia
The children in Hornbills explored the continent of Asia today learning various facts about countries and cities, rivers, mountains and other interesting facts. They created their own information posters and fact files about the continent
Year 4 - Literacy
The children discussed the features of a good narrative today and created their very own information posters to display around the classroom. their posters included what features would help to make their narrative stories even better
Rainbow Room - Exploring Autumn in Hop Garden
As the weather turned warm and sunny, pupils enjoyed exploring autumn in the school garden—collecting colourful leaves and even spotting a snail! This outdoor learning has inspired staff to plan exciting new activities for next week. Can our pupils guess what the next topic will be?
Year 5 and 6 - Boys first federation match
Everyone enjoyed themselves and were able to work together as a team
Rainbow Room - Letters Learning
Pupils had a fantastic time exploring letters through engaging fine motor skill activities! They practiced forming letters on the interactive board and completed letter formation worksheets with enthusiasm. Some children were actively involved in matching letters in alphabetical order, while others...
Year 5 - Mapping Day
Year 5 recently took part in a fantastic full-day workshop focused on developing their mapping skills. The children explored a wide range of maps and learned how to read them using keys, symbols, and directional language. They were fascinated to discover how maps can tell stories and help us...
Year 4 - Geography
The children in Year 4 researched the physical geography of Japan focussing on the main islands, mountains, rivers and the Japanese Alps. They used the information to create information posters all about the physical geography of Japan
Year 6 - Wow Day - City of London
The children today had loads of fun making and re-creating the city of London. As part of our Cross Curricular topic 'The United Kingdom', the children made different physical and human geography and then put all their models together to create the City of London
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