Science and Sustainability

Science We recognise the importance of Science in every aspect of daily life. As one of the core subjects taught in Primary Schools, we give the teaching and learning of Science the prominence it requires. Our vision for science is, “to ensure that children are given a science curriculum, which...

About our Curriculum

At The Blossom Federation of Daubeney, Sebright and Lauriston Schools, we shape our curriculum to ensure all pupils have access to a rich, exciting, experiential curriculum, which celebrates the rich diversity of our schools. Drawing on the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage and...

Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL)

Introduction to OPAL OPAL stands for Outdoor Play and Learning and is a programme endorsed and supported by Sport England . OPAL's mission statement is "To ensure that every schoolchild has an amazing playtime every day with no exceptions." We aim to: improve well-being develop self-regulation...

Year 3 - Science

Today 17.01.2024 the children learnt all about how plants and animals obtain food

Year 2 - Geography WOW Day: Climate

For the end of our Geography topic, we had lots of fun making a climate scene. We chose either a polar or a tropical climate and thought carefully about which animals and plants you would find there. We worked collaboratively to make beautiful dioramas and could explain where our climate could be...

Year 2 - Farm trip 2024

We had lots of fun visiting Hackney City Farm recently. We explored and identified all the animals we could find living in a farm habitat and discussed what they each needed. We loved seeing and stroking all of the animals, especially the goats and the little piglets!

Year 2 - Science in the Hop Garden

We have been learning about habitats all around the world recently, so we decided to take a look in our own garden to see what lives and grows there. We were able to identify a range of plants in our garden habitat, such as clover, ivy, lily pads, carrots and much more! We also saw some common...

Year 2 - Character Puppets

We made our own character puppets to help us explore character feelings and emotions, with characters from The Magic Bojabi Tree. We thought about how each character was perceived by the other animals versus how they actually might feel and want to be seen

Reception End of Year Trip 2024

We went on a trip to Cedar’s Nature Centre in Waltham Abbey. The coach took us to the park where we went straight to the little zoo. We had a talk from a zoo keeper about different animals and got to stroke a few. We went on a minibeast hunt around the parkland, seeing if we could spot pond...

Year 2 - Jigsaw: Week 1

This half term our Jigsaw topic is 'Change'. We began the topic by thinking about how a range of animals change from babies to adults. We discussed how some animals are born with the same features as their respective adults, and also thought about how some baby animals are completely...

Duckling Class - Handas Surprise

This week, we have been reading 'Handa's Surprise'. We have been talking about the animals and the fruit in the story. We created our own animal scene and we wrote postcards about what animals we saw. We also learnt how to weave and created our own fruit baskets

Duckling Class - Chinese New Year

This week, we have been learning about and celebrating Chinese New Year. We have been talking about 'The Great Race' and all the animals involved. We have learnt that this year is 'The Year of the Dragon'. We have been designing and creating our own dragons and fans to celebrate...

Reception: Duckling Class - Wild Wild West Drama Workshop

On Tuesday, we were so lucky to have a drama workshop! We were in the Wild Wild West! We had to act as different animals found in the Wild Wild West such as horses and dogs. When the Sheriff came, we had to pretend to be statues! We had so much fun!

Year 2 - Zoo Trip 2023

We had so much fun visiting the zoo last week as part of our Science learning! We were able to get up close to lots of animals including lions, tigers, monkeys, gorillas and penguins. Ask us about our favourite animals when you see us!

Year 1 - Parrot Class visited the Hackney School of Food.

...es to our science topic, 'Animals including humans'. We also said that the taste of food can be described using words such as bitter, salty, sour or sweet....

Year 3 Kingfisher - Science - Spring 2025

The children in Kingfisher discussed the terms vertebrates and invertebrates. Their activities allowed them to identify which animals belong to vertebrates and invertebrates. The children also did some research using their Chromebooks to find facts about the topic they are learning

Year 6 Day at the Zoo!

To finish off Autumn 1 and out learning of Living Things and their Habitats, Year 6 spent a day at the zoo observing animals, their habitats, their diets and their Latin names! Later in today I and my colleagues will be sending more pictures along with quotes from the children. Please include these...

Year 2 - WOW Day Autumn 1 2023

Year 2 had so much fun on WOW day for Autumn 1! We recapped all of our learning about the world, and worked as a team to create our own climate scenes. We chose from either a tropical or polar climate, and thought about the plants you'd find there as well as the animals. We used lots of recycled...

Year 2 - Food Chains

This week we have been learning about food chains and how animals depend on each other in their habitats. We identified predators, prey and producers. We also identified animals that were herbivores, carnivores and omnivores

Year 6: Science - Discovering new animals

After completing the recap quiz as a class, we looked through our floorbook to remind ourselves of what we learnt and made last week. Then, we learnt about vertebrates and invertebrates and how they are different. We learnt about specific types of vertebrates and invertebrates and what makes them...

Year 3 Geography - Deforestation

The children in Year 3 today discussed the effects of deforestation and identified the impact humans have on the rainforests. They completed an activity to outline the dangers and the impact it has on humans and animals

Year 2 trip to Hackney city farm

Today, we visited Hackney City Farm to explore what animals live nearby in our local area. We had so much fun investigating which animals lived on each part of the farm and had a go at making each of the animal noises. We discussed what each animal liked in their habitat and how they moved around...

Year 2 - Art and literacy

Year 2 have been exploring the story of The Magic Bojabi Tree as our long burst writing focus this half term. This week we created scenes from the book using watercolours, thinking about the setting of the story and the animals we would include

Parakeet class trip to Hackney City Farm

This week year 2 enjoyed a trip to Hackney City Farm! We enjoyed exploring the habitats of many farm animals as part of our Science topic this half term. We saw a range of animals including pigs, donkeys, goats and ducks!

Year 3 - Science

...rted their topic today around Animals and Humans. They discussed what they knew and shared their facts. We created a mind map of our learning....

Reception - Old MacDonalds Farm

On Thursday, we visited Old MacDonalds Farm for our end of year trip. We had so much fun! We started off by looking at the animals where we saw pigs, goats, cows, meerkats, alpacas, tortoise, donkeys and rabbits! After lunch, we went on lots of different rides and played in the outdoor and indoor...

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 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!

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...

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 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,...

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 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...

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 - 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 Class- Jungle Animals

...rt 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 ...

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

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 3 - Stepney City Farm

The children in Year 3 were super excited to visit Stepney City Farm. They fed some of the animals and had a chance to see a variety of different animals. The children discussed habitats, food for the animals, nutrients, vertebrates and invertebrates, the skeleton of animals and their habitats now...

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!

Year 3 - Angles

This week, we began learning about angles by using maps and toy animals, giving directions using degrees and compass points. In our maths lesson, we also created origami to explore different types of angles, as well as shapes, edges, and vertices—setting the stage for our upcoming sequence on...

Rainbow Room - Attention Bucket Fun

...g) Star Stamping Sticky Animals with Clay Fun...

Parrot Class - Farm trip

Parrot class went to visit Hackney City Farm. We looked lots of different farm animals and discussed their habitat and diets. We had a wonderful day!

Rainbow Room: Actions Words & Colourful Semantics

As part of our ongoing support, some Year 4 pupils in the Rainbow Room took part in an activity to name and match different actions. They learned that action words are called verbs and often end in -ing. For example, they looked at phrases like "watching TV" and "eating food."...

Year 3 - Natural History Museum Trip

Benjamin took part in his class trip to Natural History Museum. He was eager to explore looking at different animals from around the world, insects, dinosaurs and fossils

Rainbow Room - Spring Books

Children explored the vibrant season of spring through two delightful books: "Hooray for Hoppy! " and " Five Little Ducks". Both stories brought the joys of spring to life, focusing on farm animals and changing weather. Hooray for Hoppy! by Linda L. Harkins follows a playful...

Rainbow Room- Old McDonald Song

As part of the Singing Group Intervention, children from the Rainbow Room participated in an interactive session centered around their favorite song, "Old McDonald Had a Farm," using farm animals to make the activity more engaging. The adult sang a line of the song and paused, allowing...

Year 3 - Kahoot in ICT

... based on our Science topic - Animals and Humans....

Year 3 Kingfisher - Show and Tell

The children today had another fun session in their weekly Show and Tell Session. They shared their favourite animals and gave some amazing facts about them

Year 2 - Science Hop Garden

We went to visit our very own garden this week for Science to take part in a survey. We made a tally chart to record how many trees, plants and animals we could see and then discussed how this is useful to know. We also discussed what we can do to look after our environment

Year 3 - Trip to Stepney Farm

Today, Year 3 visited Stepney Farm, where they observed various animals and identified which ones are vertebrates and which are invertebrates, linking to their science topic for this term. They also discussed what these animals might eat if they lived in the wild

Year 2 - Spanish - Spring Term 1 2023

At Daubeney, students in Year 2 learn through songs, games, storytelling and role play. This half term, students have really enjoyed learning the story ‘Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?’ in Spanish. Students can now name a range of animals and describe them using colours, as well as use...

Year 4 – Spanish - Summer Term 1

Year 4 in action! Students in Year 4 have worked incredibly hard this very short half term, and enjoyed learning about Costa Rica’s fruits and animals. We will continue reading Tico Tango’s story after a well-deserved break

Reception - Yellow Class Learn About Autumn

Last week Yellow Class learnt all about Autumn. We learnt about the many things that happen during this season from the leaves changing to yellow, orange, red and brown and falling to the ground. We learned about the animals that their own important job of collecting food so that they can store...

Year 1 - Zoo Lab visit 1L

...s part of their Science topic Animals including Humans. Zoo Lab introduced the children to a variety of Animals in the classroom, from a giant snail to a slithering snake! The children enjoyed being able to hold, touch and stroke the Animals and learnt lots of new information about them such as wher...

Year 1 - Jaws, Paws and Claws Workshop

... our current science topic of Animals including Humans. There were lots of different Animals that we were able to hold, touch and stroke. We learnt lots of new information about each animal, such as where they like to live and what they like to eat. We had so much fun learning and exploring each of ...

Year 1 - Animals

... fish....

Year 1 - 1P Zoo Lab

1P had the Zoo Lab in to visit this morning. We were very excited! We saw a giant snail, a cockroach, a frog, a snake and a gerbil. We were able to touch the animals and lots of us even held them! We learnt lots about the animals and had a lovely time

Work Week in Nursery

Nursery enjoyed trying out different jobs in nursery this week! We had doctors curing ill people, vets treating poorly animals and a mini-teacher or two reading to their 'class'. Bea said, "I want to be a rock star or a zoo keeper- or both!" Levi reported that he wanted to be...

Red Class - Paradise Wildlife Park

Red Class had an amazing time at Paradise Wildlife Park. We saw lots of animals including cheetahs, lions, zebras, snakes, owls, parrots and lemurs. We also walked around the dinosaur trail. WOW! the dinosaurs were huge and they even roared at us. Take a look at the photographs below to see what...

Red Class - African Art

We have been very busy creating some African art. We've been mixing colours to make orange and blending water colours such yellow and red to create a sunset effect. We have also been using our cutting skills to create a silhouette picture. Take a look at our lovely work. Which animals can you spot?

Reception - Yellow Class: Winter

We have had a great start to the year in Yellow Class we have a new role play area and it is a veterinary surgery. The children love it and are pretending to look after and treat animals. We have also been learning all about 'Winter'. The children learnt how to cut out snowflakes to put on...

Reception - Yellow Class Visit Paradise Wildlife Park

All of Reception classes went on a end of term trip to Paradise Wildlife Park. We had an amazing time seeing so many different animals. We especially liked the meerkats, penguin and the white tiger. The weather was very hot but we found lots of shaded areas. We had a picnic lunch and we played in...

Reception - Yellow Class Journey to Africa

Last week we went on a journey to Africa. The children thought deeply about what it would be like to go to this very large continent and what they might see there. We watched real life video clips of some of the amazing animals that live in Africa. We talked about what the weather would be like and...

Year 2 - 2K Sharing Assembly

We had our sharing assembly yesterday (18th October 2018)! In geography, we talked about the oceans and the continents. In science, we talked about habitats and how important they are for animals. In literacy, we sang a song that narrated a story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Thank you for...

Reception - Red Class' First PE Lesson

Take a look to see what fun we had during our first PE session. "l like running and playing the wild animals game" - Kaivan "I like rolling" - Sueni "I like doing racing in our team colours" - Benjamin

Nursery visit to Old MacDonald's Farm

Nursery had a wonderful time visiting Old MacDonald's Farm. We looked at lots of farm animals and even stroked the rabbits, guinea pigs and a European eagle owl. The children enjoyed going on the rides and having lunch with their class. A big thank to all parents who volunteered to help out!

Nursery Trip to Paradise Wildlife Park

Nursery enjoyed encountering lots of new animals on their big day out to Paradise Wildlife Park. They were mesmerised by the elegant white tiger, in awe of the enormous anaconda and surprised by the emus, who they thought looked very funny. Inigo commented, "I've never seen anything that...

Nursery Trip to Old MacDonald's Farm

Nursery had a wonderful time at Old MacDonald's Farm. They got to meet and feed so many animals, including Annie the owl and Freckles the pony. They were also lucky enough to race a tortoise and see if they could jump as far as a wallaby. Bea said, "The tortoise was faster than I...

Nursery - Work Week 2019

Nursery enjoyed trying out different jobs in nursery this week! We had vets treating poorly animals, gardeners planting seeds, farmers collecting eggs and chefs making gingerbread! Nursery were lucky to have a chef come in and talk about cooking and the children had the opportunity to eat their...

Nursery - Vets Role Play

The children in the nursery have been so excited to be Vets this week. They have been pretending the animals are sick and need to be taken to the vets. The children dressed up pretending to be the vet and used lots of different equipment to make the animals feel better

Nursery - The Five Senses

Nursery have been learning all about the five senses this term. After reading the story 'Brown Bear Brown Bear, What Do You See?', they confidently described what they could see around them. They named colours and animals, and identified the first sound in some words. Agnes said, "I...

Nursery - Chinese New Year

Nursery enjoyed their first week back after half term. We have had fewer tears than usual... which means children are settling in more easily after a break. This week we have been celebrating the Chinese New Year. Children have enjoyed taking part in the activities. They have decorated and painted...

Nursery - Artic and Antarctica

Last week Nursery children learned about Artic and Antarctica. They learned about animals that live there and how their bodies help them to survive. They also had lots of fun playing with the ice and exploring how the ice melted!

Nursery - Animals

Nursery have been learning all about animals this term. After reading the story 'Dear Zoo', they confidently named the animals, imagined and enacted how they would move, and even identified which sound each animal name begins with. Christabel said, "I'm a loud and scary...

Year 2 - 2C Literacy Monsters

We have been writing about monsters from the book Flanimals for the past few weeks. Today we drew and labelled our own monsters! We even wrote some descriptions based on our drawings. Maggie wrote “Nacher Feary has crazy grass hair. When he sees a girl Nacher Feary his head goes pink and when...

Year 2 - Living Things and Their Habitats

In Year 2, we have been learning about living things and their habitats in Science! In partners we decorated shoeboxes that highlighted key features and animals of each habitat. Take a look at these photos of our habitats! Which habitat would you like to live in?

Year 4 – El Loro Tico Tango

Fantastic start of the term for Year 4 students at Daubeney. Students will be learning to express opinions using ‘ me gusta’ and ‘ me gustan’ this half term. We will be reading the story of a parrot called Tico Tango together, and discovering different animals and fruits...

Reception - First Week Back

Reception pod have had fun learning all about the rainforest this week. We have been looking and learning about the animals of the rainforest and their habitats. We have created masks and parrots, and we have been completing rainforest research in our rainforest research centre! We have also been...

Therapy Dog

...ility of owners and handlers Animals should always be supervised when in contact with the children ......hands immediately afterwards. Animals should have recommended treatments and immunisations, be regul...

Year 2 WOW Day - Autumn 2022

For WOW day, Year 2 explored cold polar climates and hot tropical climates. We chose one and then worked as a group to make a diorama, thinking carefully about the plants and animals that you would find there. They look awesome!

Year 2 - 2S Forest School - Making Clay Animals, Den Building and Free Play

Year 4 - Science and ICT: Classifying Living Things

Today, 12-10-2022, the children in Year 4 used their Chromebook and explored classifying living things. They completed a range of fun activities on Purplemash learning all about classifying animals

Nursery - A special little visitor...

Today the children in Nursery were visited by a special and super cute member of the Daubeney family, Oreo. The children were excited as they watched him hop around the Nursery. We talked about what rabbits eat, where they live and other animals we can keep as pets!

Nurture Group - Hackney City Farm

Last week Friday we were lucky enough to go visit Hackney City Farm. "We saw the pink pigs and it went oink oink and they had oval noses" "My favourite part of the trip was the ducks, I heard the ducks saying quack" " I loved all the animals in the farm except for the pig...

Year 1 - 1L Science: Parts of the Human Body

...an body parts, as part of our Animals including Humans topic. We used sticky notes to label the parts of the body that we know!...

Year 5 - Outdoor Learning: Life Cycles

...ce topic of this half term is Animals and their habitats and during it we have been learning about the life cycles of different types of Animals and insects. During our outdoor learning session, we learnt about a frogs life cycle, what type of animal they are and what they eat. We also explored the ...

Reception - Journey through African

We have had a fantastic first week back! This week, reception have been taking a Journey through Africa, learning about the countries, animals and landmarks! We have been making African inspired masks, African patterns using 2D and 3D shapes and bright colours. We have also enjoyed playing in the...

Year 5 - British Science Week 2021: Outdoor Learning

Today, we went outside to play bingo! We had to find certain plants, animals or objects. We discussed this after and talked about anything unusual we found. We also passed around some plants and herbs that were in the hop garden

Year 6 Science - Growing Mould

In science we have been learning about animals, plants and microorganisms. We could find plenty of examples of animals and plants and we decided to grow our very own microorganisms in class whilst also carrying out a scientific investigation. We are going to observe the effect water has on mould...

Year 3 - Exploring Christianity

Today Year 3 explored Christianity. They read and discussed some of the parables that Jesus told, including The Prodigal Son and The Good Samaritan. They enjoyed determining the meaning of each parable and cleverly drew parallels between these stories and the other stories and topics we have been...

1L's Class Assembly

1L had so much fun in their assembly this afternoon! They retold the story of Monkey Puzzle and told us lots of interesting facts about the body as we have been learning about animals including humans in Science! They worked really hard, well done 1L!

Year 1 - Clissold Park

Year 1 had a wonderful time at Clissold Park. We had a picnic, played in the play park, looked at the animals and had an amazing time in the paddling pool!

Reception - Red Class trip to London Zoo

Red class had a brilliant day out at London Zoo last week (12th June 2019) The children were amazed to see a variety of animals. They particularly liked the black headed python, the penguins, the sleepy lion and and the beautiful butterflies. We also enjoyed eating our lunch at the aquarium with...

Nursery - Visit Old MacDonald's Farm

Nursery had a wonderful time at Old MacDonald's Farm last week. They got to meet and feed so many animals, including and the Josh the pony, Thumbelina the rabbit and Gladdis the tortoise. Some children enjoyed stoking the animals too! The children went on some great rides and played in the...

Year 3 - 3T's Costa Rica Presentation

As part of Hispanic Week, 3T researched the Spanish speaking country of Costa Rica. Demonstrating their impressive capacity for teamwork, they focused on different areas, such as the animals, food and geography of Costa Rica, and created very informative posters. They then presented their findings...

Year 5 - We Designed Our Own Zoo!

As part of our literacy topic, 'balanced arguments', we discussed the impact of a zoo and debated whether we should or should not have a zoo. We decided today (16th January 2019) to design our own zoo to allow animals to live in a safe environment which is similar to their natural habitat....

Year 3 - Surviving the Stone Age

As part of their lesson today, Year 3 imagined what they would do in order to survive if they suddenly found themselves transported back to the Stone Age. In their table groups, they spoke about and ordered the importance of different activities to ensure survival, such as finding water, killing...

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,...