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...
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...
Year 6
Class Teachers Secondary School Application Home Learning Daily reading and reading records to be completed Times Tables Rockstars – TTRS IXL – one Maths and one Literacy objective to be practiced daily Weekly spelling list PE Children in Year 6 have PE every Wednesday and must bring in their PE...
Year 5
Class Teachers Residential 2025 Parent Meeting Spelling test Spellings will be handed out on a Friday and the test will be the following Friday. Times tables tests Times tables will be handed out on a Friday and the test will be the following week. This is timed so please try to practice using a...
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....
Year 2
Class Teachers Meet the Teacher PE Days Children in Year 2 have PE every Friday. They must wear their school uniform in to school and bring their PE kit in their bag to change in school. Forest School Parakeet class will begin Forest School sessions on Friday 15th of September and they will run...
Year 1
Class Teachers Meet the Teacher Phonics Screener Meeting Pupil Survey Survey Link PE Day - Friday Please ensure your child brings their PE kit and suitable footwear to school every Friday in a bag. At home, please allow your child to practice getting changed by themselves to help them to be able to...
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...
Reception
Meet the Teacher EYFS Team Yearly Overview Welcome to Reception! Important information PE is on Monday. Please send your child to school in their PE kit. Please bring in your book bag on your book bag day. Please bring in a water bottle with your child’s name clearly labelled. Please bring a spare...
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...
Literacy
At Daubeney we are committed to raising standards in Literacy and follow the National Curriculum in order maintain accurate coverage across the year. In order to maximise opportunities to develop literacy skills, we make cross curricular links wherever possible. In Early Years we follow the Early...
Year 4
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. PE Children in Year 4 have PE every Monday and must bring in their PE kit to school including trainers...
Year 5 - Geography: WOW Day
Do you know how you would prepare to climb Mount Kilimanjaro? We finished our Mountains topic by celebrating our learning. First, we answered the overarching question, then we made a to do list for people planning to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Finally, we designed and created our own backpacks and...
Parent communication - 28th February 2025
Welcome to the start of the Spring 2 half-term and the conclusion of week 1 as we bring February to a close today. In our usual fashion, please find below our Golden Expectation, Word of the Week and our debate topic of the week to facilitate those h
28th February 2025
Celebrating Black History Month Through Music
This year at Daubeney, we are thrilled to share a special video highlighting our Black History Month music lessons. With a focus on promoting diversity in the world of classical music, we’ve partnered with the renowned London Symphony Orchestra to bring this vision to life. In the video,...
Excellence in Music Award 2025
The Daubeney Music Department and our star pupil, Noah, have just received a prestigious award from the Mayor of Hackney, Caroline Woodley. On Tuesday night, Mr. Logan, Mr. Brian, and Noah attended a ceremony at the Hackney Empire to accept our certificate and a bursary worth £2,700. So, how did we...
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...
Duckling Class - Library Visit
This week was Group 2s first week at the Library. We enjoyed our walk to Homerton library, we listened carefully to the library rules and then we explored the children's section. We founds lots of books that we would like to read and we were able to bring some of them back to school!
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...
Music - Summer Term 2022
It was a great year of skateboards, ukuleles, djembes, recorders with lots more in between. We enjoyed and celebrated our interschool concert with guest bands from Ickburgh, a local special needs school and also a band from Rushmore. Alongside this we often had our outdoor jam on a Friday lunchtime...
Badu Swim Club
Badu has teamed up with Everyone Active to bring you BADU SWIM CLUB! https://forms.gle/V4AiuYaR4m6cKk137
11th February 2025
WEA online
As we all adjust to saying safe at home due to Coronavirus, we have found our normal day to day routine has changed quickly. Despite the challenges this may bring, this also presents a unique opportunity to stay better connected with others like your family, friends, colleagues and your local community. The WEA would like to offer you the opportunity to socialise online through a range of activities and courses from the comfort of your own home. Find out more below.
Rainbow Room - Caterpillar Painting
Children have been exploring the world of caterpillars and had the opportunity to use wooden pegs to create prints in their paintings, repeating the colors found in our social story, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar. on the caterpillar " They followed the color patterns from the...
Parent Communication - 16th May 2025
Dear Parents & Carers, We bring week 4 of the summer 1 half-term, AKA SATs week to a close today. And I’d like to start this week’s letter by saying well done to all of our Y6 pupils and all of the staff that supported with the administration of...
16th May 2025
Parent Communication - 23rd May 2025
Today we bring the summer 1 half-term to a close, and we also bring our time travelling history half-term to a close too. It is the shortest half-term of the year, but it feels like we did a lot over the last five weeks.
23rd May 2025
Year 3 - Rumpelstiltskin
This week, Year 3 have been exploring the story of Rumpelstiltskin in their literacy lessons through the Power of Play sequence. They've thoroughly enjoyed their first week—acting out scenes, building a fairy tale world, and bringing their imagination and drama skills to life
Parent Communication - 17th October 2025
Today, we bring the penultimate week of the autumn 1 half-term to a close. It’s been another fantastic week with lots to celebrate!
17th October 2025
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
Parent Communication - 24th October 2025
Today, we bring our eight-week autumn 1 half-term, the longest half-term of the year, to a close and look forward to a well-deserved break for all, children and adults alike!
24th October 2025
Spanish - Teide’s National Park
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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...
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...
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
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!
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...
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...
Newsletter - 14th October 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, As we rapidly approach the end of our first half-term I am truly inspired by the growth and development that I have seen in our children over the last six weeks. One example of that growth you too will bear witness to, when you read the articles written by the members of...
14th October 2016
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 3 - Science Week 2019
As part of science week, Year 3 used their engineering skills and creativity to create their unique inventions. Their invention must help people/the environment. They will be taking part in a national competition and if they are lucky enough to be the winner, REAL engineers will bring their...
Autumn Book Fortnight
Our Autumn Book Fortnight was a great success! The whole school focused on the book ‘Welcome’ by Barroux. The children enjoyed the story and discussed issues such as global warming and immigration. Each class from reception to Year 6 had the opportunity to do a range of activities including art and...
Autumn visits Nursery
Tallulah's mum visited our nursery with 'Autumn' the guinea pig. We enjoyed stroking her and combing her fur. Tallulah very confidently told us about what Autumn likes to eat and where she sleeps. A big thank you to Tallulah's mum for bringing in Autumn!
Bring your Mother and Grandmother to School Week
Some highlights from our bring your Mother and Grandmother to school week
Georges's Marvellous Medicine
3K had a very exciting assembly based on the story of ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’. We used iMovie and green screen to create an amazing trailer for our show. We also had a band to bring our assembly to life! If you liked the trailer why not watch the full assembly?
Most improved music curriculum!
While fireworks were exploding overhead, a very proud Mr. Clarke, Miss Douglas and Mr. O‘Flynn went to the Hackney Empire to attend the Hackney Music Service Annual Gala. Mr O’Flynn was tipped off that there might be an award for Daubeney and sure enough Daubeney received a special acknowledgement...
Professor Brainwave visits Daubeney
Professor Brainwave visited 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 occurs as the sole focus is not on the answer. The focus was Geometry....
PSHCE - Going For Our Goals
We are celebrating the new year by going for our goals! Throughout the school, children have created 3 goals for themselves to achieve in this year. Many children dedicated their goals to helping others! Here are some of their inspiring goals: "I want to learn a life skill such as cooking so...
Reception - LaunchPad for Language Sock Puppet Workshop
Thank you for attending our LaunchPad for Language, sock puppet Workshop 28th November 2017 Some comments from our parents: Thank you so much for the workshop, I really enjoyed it. If you have more workshops that would be great. So much fun! Thanks. Thanks for a brilliant Alan the Alien puppet...
WE Day 2019
As part of our Safer communities initiative the learning mentors took a group of year 6 children to the SSE arena in Wembley for the WE Day event. There were 12,000 people in attendance at WE Day to celebrate all young people who are socially active, locally and globally and want to see change....
Year 3 - Poetry
Year 3 worked in groups to practise and perform Michael Rosen's 'Don't'. We use tone, intonation, actions and emphasis to bring the poem to life! We will be planning and writing our own performnce poem this week!
Year 3 - Windrush Generation
Year 3 have had a brilliant afternoon learning about the Windrush. The Windrush generation refers to the immigrants who were invited to the UK between 1948 and 1971 from Caribbean countries such as Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados to help rebuild Britain post-war. The name comes from the...
National Outdoor Learning Day
A big thank you to The Daubeney PTCA for supporting our children access outdoor learning on National Outdoor Learning Day, and for providing so many resources. Please come along and join us for our next Hop Garden event in Spring. You can see how much joy it brings to OUR children
Year 4 - Debate
Year 4 have have been debating some very interesting topics in Literacy. Some of the motions they debated were: ‘Slime should not be banned from school’ and ‘Children should be allowed to bring their mobile phones to school’ Have a look at their fierce battles!
Year 5 - Chatsworth Road Palace
The children in year 5 had a very special trip today (4-12-2018) to Chatsworth Road Palace to watch a drama show with their own toys as the main characters. The children were asked to bring in a toy and it was sued on stage as part of the characters. It was really fun to see their toys acting
Year 5 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 6 - Daubeney Alumni
On Monday 8 th October some past pupils from Daubeney, who are now Year 7s at Cardinal Pole, visited Year 6 to discuss life at secondary school. They talked about their timetable, uniform, homework and gave us advice on how to prepare for secondary school. We were told that the expectations in Year...
Newsletter - 18th September 2015
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18th September 2015
Newsletter - 13th November 2015
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13th November 2015
Newsletter - 16th May 2016
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16th May 2016
Newsletter - 22nd July 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, It has been another amazing year here at Daubeney, with an exceptionally eventful and enjoyable last half term! Our children have been able to achieve great results for all of their tests in Year 1, Year 2 and significantly in Year 6 with the new assessment criteria. We...
22nd July 2016
Newsletter - 16th September 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome to another exciting year at Daubeney! We trust that you have all enjoyed a great summer and are now looking forward to the many magical moments planned for the year ahead. It has been a great start to the year, with the children returning to school looking extremely...
16th September 2016
2C - Weather Reports
Do you know what the weather is like today and tomorrow in London, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Belfast? 2C brings you the UK’s capital city weather reports! Listen carefully for some creative jokes and advice!
Newsletter - 27th January 2017
Dear Parents and Carers, It is with great pleasure that I yet again have the opportunity to celebrate the incredible teaching and learning that takes place here at Daubeney on a daily basis! As you read this edition of our fortnightly newsletter you will see a snapshot of the plethora of...
27th January 2017
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...
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