Assessment

Assessment Policy and Procedures Why Assess? We assess to be sure that all children across the Blossom Federation can make as much progress in their learning as they possibly can. By assessing children’s achievements in their work, further progress in their learning can be planned for. Assessment...

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...

Humanities - History & Geography

Intent To deliver a broad and balanced curriculum, which includes ensuring children are able to access cross curricular subjects like Geography, History and RE regularly. To have a deeper understanding of the world that we live in by learning in a cross curricular, creative and experiential way. To...

Nurture Group - The Nest

The Nest is a place for children to have the opportunity to grow in confidence and become engaged, successful learners in their classrooms and the school community. Nurture is an environment where adults and children work closely together; a place where mistakes and accidents are discussed; where...

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...

Maths

Our Vision Our vision at Blossom Federation is to nurture a life-long love and confident use of Maths. We aim to develop lively, enquiring minds encouraging pupils to become self-motivated, confident and capable in order to solve problems that will become an integral part of their future. Through...

School Development

Each year the staff, children and governors review the progress we have made and identify areas of focus for continued Development for the future. This self-review and evaluation is part of our ongoing school Development cycle and helps us to devise the ‘School Development Plan’ or SDP. The SDP...

Spanish

Pupils at our school learn Spanish and enjoy the benefits of starting to learn a foreign language at an early age. Learning a foreign language provides an opening to other cultures, fosters pupils’ curiosity and deepens their understanding of the world. It helps them to develop communication...

Forest School

Autumn Term – Year 2 Spring Term – Year 1 Summer Term – Reception During Forest School sessions, children are encouraged to work with others to carry out activities such as den/shelter building, role play, exploration, practical and creative skills and tasks. These sessions will be delivered by...

Home Learning

Home Learning is an activity that should enhance your child’s experience so at Daubeney the activities we give all children are based on skills that will be useful and help them to learn during class time. Lower School Years R, 1 and 2 children should have 1 hour per week of home learning and...

Starting Reception in September

Your Teachers The Early Years Curriculum at Daubeney Your child will be learning skills, acquiring new knowledge and demonstrating their understanding through seven areas of learning and development. There are three prime areas that are embedded in everything we do: Communication and Language...

Governors

Welcome to the Governing Body section of the website. My name is Will Emms and I am the Chair of Governors of the Blossom Federation of Daubeney, Sebright & Lauriston Schools and Children Centres. Our governors represent our wider school community: elected parent and staff governors, one Local...

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...

Quick Links

Staff Links IT Support Helpdesk - To log a call, enter your work email address and click ‘Log In’. An email will be sent to you with a link to the Helpdesk. Click this link and you will be taken to an area where you can see your calls. To log a new call, click the button in the top right and fill...

Clubs

Please submit applications to admin@daubeney.hackney.sch.uk Breakfast Club Breakfast Club runs every day from 7:45am – 8:55am. This includes fruit, cereal, bagels and juice. Activities will start at 8:15am Breakfast Club Registration Form 26-27 Breakfast Club Changes Update Form 26-27 Breakfast...

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...

Music

Every child experiences the opportunity to realise themselves as composers and performers in their whole-class weekly music lessons. Lessons are delivered by our Music-specialists, using a holistic approach that includes moving, singing and playing as a way to understand and be creative in a range...

Computing

If you would like to know more about this area of the curriculum, please talk to Joel Power. Computing in EYFS We understand how important it is that children develop their technology skills and we will continue to use a range of technology to support and enhance learning in other areas of the...

Nursery - Dressing Up Area

The children in Nursery have LOVED using our new dressing up area! There has been lots of singing, dancing and laughter!

Reception - Yellow Class - The Extraordinary Gardener

...nt things in our Construction Area!...

Year 2 - Computing Autumn 2 Week 4

This week we started our new topic of Spreadsheets. We learnt how to colour individual cells in our rows and columns, and also how add an image to a cell. We then explored adding a value to an image, and using the counting tool to say how many items we had in a certain area

Year 5 - Science - Life Cycle Wheels

After recapping last week’s lesson on human life stages, we looked more in depth into each of the following areas: physical changes, mental changes and independence. For each of the human life stages, we considered how each of these areas would change. In partners, we took our whole class...

Therapy Dog

Research has shown many benefits to therapy and reading dogs in school settings. Daubeney School has introduced the access to a dog promoting emotional well-being, curiosity and engagement as an additional provision for pupils with high additional needs at school. Although there is a risk in...

Year 5 - Computing: Spreadsheet Area and Perimeter

This week, we learnt about how we can use formulae to calculate things for us easily, like area and perimeter. By copying and pasting a forumlae, we could find the area and perimeter of a shape by simply typing in the length and width of the shape

Year 5 - 5C at IntoUniversity

What do you know about university? We learnt a lot of things about university yesterday when we went to IntoUniversity! We discussed areas of university like clubs and societies, accommodation and location of universities! We are so inspired about universities now!

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

School Council - Meeting with Mr Warren - 8th December 2021

School Council invited Mr. Warren to meet with them. The meeting was scheduled for Wednesday 8th December 2021. School Council Committees had a selection of questions and ideas they wanted to share with Mr. Warren. Here are some of the questions they asked Mr. Warren; What are your plans for the...

Welcome Back Nursery

It was all smiles from our Nursery children who returned to school this week. They have been enjoying the new Baby Clinic role play area and having lots of outdoor fun!

Boys Book Club - 12th July 2021

Today, 12-07-2021, the boys in our book club enjoyed reading online. They researched areas that they were interested in and used the internet to gather more information about the subject. They then created a quiz for Mr Matvad based on the information they read

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 4 - Mapping Day

The children today, 20th April 2021, had a fun day of learning all about mapping. The children started by identifying continents, oceans, cities and various landmarks and features on a map. Then the children placed key features on a map while planning a local route using a local map of our area....

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...

Nursery - Autumn Shop

Nursery have loved their Autumn shop role play area this half term. They have been serving customers and exploring different Autumn Treasures

Year 3 - Mapping Day

The children in Year 3 - Kingfisher and Toucan - enjoyed their Mapping Skills Day today (11-09-2023). The children started their learning by looking at grid references and identifying co-ordinates on a map. Then we discussed how to use a compass and how the compass points can help us. We used the...

Reception - Spring 1 - Week 3

... hunting in our Investigation Area. We have also been using our fine motor skills to create lovely images using hammers and pins. We have also been reading 'Monkey Puzzle' this week and have been doing fantastic writing, as well as learning our number bonds of 5....

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,...

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...

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 (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 - 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...

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 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 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

Rainbow Room - Shapes ( Maths )

As part of their math learning, children engaged in exploring 2D shapes by learning their properties, including their appearances. They were introduced to a fun shape memory game where they matched the shapes on cards to those on a template. Some children even named the shapes, such as circles,...

Year 2 - World of the Story

We explored the world of the story of ‘The Midnight Fair’ by imagining the setting. We used masking tape to mark out the different areas of the fair, thinking about where rides, food stalls, and games would be relative to each other

Year 2 - Captain Robert Falcon Scott

This week in History we learnt about the explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott. We discovered that he was part of a British team that were trying to be the first people to reach the South Pole. His expedition was called Terra Nova, and they set off in 1910, finally reaching the South Pole in January...

Year 4 - Mapping Skills Day

Year 4 had fun learning all about maps on Mapping Skills Day today (12-09-2023). The children started their learning by learning about ordnance survey maps and the different symbols that are used to represent physical and human features. We then looked at grid references and identifying...

Year 2 - Geography: Hot or Cold?

We learnt about the position of the equator in this lesson, identifying that it is an imaginary line in the middle of the earth. We also located the north and south poles on the globe. We discussed the earths position in relation to the sun and explored how countries along the equator are closer to...

Year 6 - Mapping Day 2024

Year 6 started off their geography learning this year with Mapping Day. They used compass points to create sentences about their playground, created different routes using a local map of the area and finally drew their own maps of Homerton. We had a lot of fun looking at all of the roads and places...

Reception - Our First Week

We have loved our first week in Reception at Daubeney! This week, we have been exploring our new classrooms! We have been reading in our garden themed reading are, making Play-Doh faces, playing in our home and our doctors' surgery, as well as exploring our maths and writing areas. We have been...

Year 3 - Mapping Day

The children in year 3 enjoyed their mapping day where they learnt all about co-ordinates, using a compass for directions, map symbols and they ended their sessions by drawing their own map of our local area

Science Exposé

During our science exposé workshop, Daubeney parents came in to share with us their fascinating careers, working in a science related (STEAM) sector. Children from different year groups enjoyed learning about and exploring careers from different fields. In the end, we all learnt that Science is in...

Duckling Class - Discover Children's Story Centre

On Tuesday, Duckling Class enjoyed a trip to Discover Children's Story Centre. We had to get on the bus and travel all the way to Stratford. When we got there, we were told that it was our mission to create a story to save 'Squiddly Diddly World'. In order for us to create a story, we had to warm...

Year 5 – Spanish and Music joint project

As part of project in which Music and Spanish are combined to deliver the National Curriculum requirements in both curriculum areas, this week Yr5 students have had the opportunity to take their Spanish outside the usual classroom and use key vocabulary and grammar structures in the Music room

Year 5 - Finding the Area and Perimeter

Hi Year 5. The video is in two parts so make sure you start with the correct one!

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...

Mapping Day 2023

To start the new geography topic, Year 5 had an entire day learning about maps relating to their local area . It was important that Year 5 understood the key features of a map as well as, acknowledging that reading a map is a great skill to have. To end the day, they had the opportunity to draw a...

BADU Support Line

BADU Community is an organisation that uses sport as the driving force to empower, educate and uplift young people and their families in the local community. We focus on giving people in the local area activities and opportunities to bring about positive outcomes. We have close relationships with...

Year 6 - Maths: Arithmetic Questions

Today in maths we did our arithmetic a little bit differently. Instead of working independently, we worked in pairs to work through arithmetic questions. We had to discuss the questions and agree on an answer. When we’d finished we had to compare our answers with another pair and any answers...

Year 3 - Stone Age workshop at the Hackney Museum

Year 3 have been learning all about the Stone Age this term. During their visit to the Hackney museum, they got an insight into how Hackney was during the Stone Age era. They were able to have a touch of a range of artefact replicas including animal fur, flint tools and fossilised poop; they were...

ORDER, ORDER! The House will hear...

Last Friday, Daubeney's finest school council members were given the marvellous opportunity to attend a visit to The Houses of Parliament in company of Miss Bree, Mr. West and City Year's own Mr. N. The trip allowed for the group to venture into the heart of London, specifically the area of...

Year 4 - Eco-Active Workshop

As part of an Eco-Active workshop, Year 4 went on a trip around the local area to 'map their neighbourhood' and survey litter. The children were very excited to pick up litter and learn more about recycling

Year 3 - Forces and Magnets

Year 3's science topic for this term is forces and magnets. After creating mind maps to think about what questions we had about this area, we then took part in a game of tug of war! We discovered the the team who used the most force (pulling) would win. If we used equal force then the rope did...

Year 2 - Geography: Our Local Area

In Geography, we explored our local area. We had a look at the world map and located the UK and then also has a closer look at a detail map of London to find the borough of Hackney. Later on, we thought about what kind of message we would want to write to put inside a bottle. We talked about our...

Year 1 Trip to Daubeney Fields

Year 1 went on our first trip to Daubeney Fields. We looked at what is in our surrounding area and will be making a map about our local community!

Year 1 - Trip to Daubeney Fields

We went on a walk to Daubeney Fields to look at our local area. We talked about the road names and what important buildings are around us and in Daubeney Fields!

Walking Map Zone

Recently, students went walking around our local area to create a Walking Map Zone and compiled the data for Hackney Council. The council have now got back to us with an official map for students to use to plan their journey to school using sustainable travel methods. Think about how you travel to...

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 - Red Class Role Play Area

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...

Year 4 - Human and Physical Geography Trip to Daubeney Fields

Year 4 went on a trip to Daubeney Fields to develop their understanding of 'human and physical geography'. They enjoyed themselves by having the opportunity to observe different things in nature and discuss the physical landscape of their local area! They will use this information to help...

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 are Wild About Reading

In the Nursery the children chose to transform their reading area into a jungle theme. They have been super excited to read amongst their new jungle pals and have even given them names. The children have been reading lots of familiar stories and have enjoyed retelling them to their friends. It has...

Nursery - Baby Clinic

Nursery have enjoyed using their new role play area which has been turned into a baby clinic. They have been weighing the babies, dressing, feeding, bathing and doing check ups. They have even learn how to put a nappy on the baby!

Mapping Out a Walking Zone

The Eco team and Junior Road Safety Team went on a trip around our local area to map out a walking zone that children and parents can use to commute to and from school. The children were very excited to be creating this map and be part of such an important project for our school. The routes we...

KS2 Sports Day 2016

...e their way to the Copper Box Area for their annual sports day. These are the highlights......

IntoUni Graduation

Year 6 spent a week at IntoUniversity studying Shakespeare's Macbeth. The topic covered a whole range of subject areas including English, Maths, Music and Art. The week culminated in an amazing Graduation at the prestigious University of East London

IntoUni

Year 6 spent a week at IntoUniversity studying Shakespeare's Macbeth. The topic covered a whole range of subject areas including English, Maths, Music and Art. The children were treated to a visit to the Globe Theatre and the week culminated in an amazing Graduation at the prestigious...

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...

Autumn Term in Nursery

A new term has begun! The children have been settling in well. They've enjoyed exploring all that nursery has to offer both indoors and outdoors, from making cakes out of play-dough and 'cooking' in the role-play area to kicking a football around the garden outside. They have also made...

6D - Globe Theatre

Year 6 spent a week at IntoUniversity studying Shakespeare's Macbeth. The topic covered a whole range of subject areas including English, Maths, Music and Art. The children were treated to a visit to the Globe Theatre and the week culminated in an amazing Graduation at the prestigious...

Year 4 - Hackney Museum: Travels with my Suitcase

Year 4 visited Hackney Museum where we had a workshop called 'Travels with my suitcase'. The children discovered how the local area has changed through the stories and suitcases of people who have travelled to Hackney from all over the world and throughout history. Year 4 children became...

Year 4 - Physical and Human Geography

As part of our Cross-curricular lessons, we paid a visit to our local area to explore examples physical and human geography. Check out our pictures!

Reception - Yellow Class: Bug Hotels

As part of Climate Learning Week, the children in Yellow class learnt about bug hotels. They learnt that bug hotels are a multi-storey homemade habitat where creepy-crawlies of all shapes and sizes can find a place to stay. They collected various natural materials from home such as straw, wood and...

Year 5 - The Big Draw 2019

Today, 18th June 2019 the Year 5 children enjoyed spending some time in Daubeney fields studying the landscapes. They looked at the surrounding views from different angles and decided which area they would focus on to draw. They drew the view they saw and used their art skills to include many art...

Trees for Cities Planting Workshop

We were very lucky to be part of the Trees for Cities workshop to plant more trees in Hackney Marshes. Children planted young trees to add to an existing woodland area to create more space for wildlife and for the local residents to enjoy. They learnt about different types of trees in the area,...

WOW Day in Year 1L

Year 1 had fun making shoebox worlds of their local area for the end of their Cross Curricular topic. They used cardboard boxes, tissue paper and card as well as other materials from home that could be reused for our project! We thought about who and what is in our world, and discussed what...

WOW Day in Year 1TK

Year 1 have been learning about 'Who and what is in my world?'. To end their topic the children had Wow Day! 1TK had lots of fun being creative and making a shoe box world of their local area. They worked in groups to create different parts of their local area. Using a range of materials...

1D Visit Sainsbury's in Stratford

On Wednesday 1D went on a lovely trip to Sainsbury's in Stratford. We were learning about different skills needed in different jobs and had an opportunity to practice some skills in a real work environment. We had a go on the checkout, did a treasure hunt in the aisles, had a tour of the stock...

Year 6 Visit to The London Eye

On 26th November Year visited the South Bank acting as investigative journalists. As part of our immersion for The London Eye Mystery they had to visit the last place Salim was seen. They investigated the area and spoke with staff so they can use their quotes in their newspaper articles. They also...

Year 3 Visit Kew Gardens

To further their knowledge & interest in their class topic of rainforests, Year 3 visited Kew Gardens. They were in awe of the exotic Palm House (built in the Victorian period, they noted), and especially by how hot and humid it was inside, just like the rainforest. Those wearing glasses...

Year 1 - Favourite Places

This week in Year 1 we talked about our local area. Firstly, we talked about our favourite places in our local area, then we sketched a picture of our favourite place using pencils and finally we finished our pictures with oil pastels. We shared our pictures with the rest of the class. Watch our...

Year 4 - Map Day

Today (9th September 2019) the children in Year 4 explored a variety of types of maps. They began learning about the cardinal points and then used the points to complete two different activities. The children also studied the United Kingdom and the countries which make up the UK. Our final activity...

Year 5 Residential 2019 - Day 2

[menu name="year5-residential-2019"] Day 2 down and it was another absolute belter. What a day! We thought the rain may dampen the children’s spirits but residential continued as planned. The children are adapting to independent life and have had to learn to get themselves ready for...

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 4 Workshop at Hackney Museum - Travels With My Suitcase

Year 4 had a wonderful time at the Hackney museum. They attended an exciting workshop called 'Travels With My Suitcase'. This workshop was all about the history of Hackney going all the way back to the Anglo Saxon era. "I really enjoyed the trip, we got to touch real artefacts from the...

Year 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 4 - Sustainability

Year 4 had an interesting Eco-Active workshop where they studied the local area as part of the 'Map your neighbourhood' project. They also learnt about who is responsible for different areas and how we can look after them

Year 5's Air Resistance Experiments

Year 5 carried out an air resistance experiment based on our Science topic of Forces. We developed a question as a class of whether two parachutes of different surface areas would land at the same time if dropped from the same height. We used plastic bags, cellotape and strings to create our...

Year 5 Residential 2018 - Day 2

Today was an absolute scorcher! It reached the dizzying highs of 28 degrees in Youlbury (thank you for Miss Fergus for noticing my spelling mistake in the last post). The children are adapting to independent life and have had to learn to get themselves ready for bed, keep their living areas tidy...

Year 5 Residential 2017 - Day 3

It's been another fantastic day on the residential! We started the day with cereal, juice and a huge selection of pastries! We read out all the parents, families and friends comments whilst the children ate. The comments really helped the children get motivated for another fun filled day of...

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