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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...

Religious Education

Intent Across the Blossom Federation, our RE curriculum provides children with an understanding and appreciation for beliefs, cultural practices and values. The Blossom Federation follows The Hackney Education agreed syllabus and lesson plans where available. We hold six designated RE days at the...

Safeguarding

At Daubeney we are passionate about and committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and visitors to share this commitment. We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support...

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...

Computing

...tforms such as Purple Mash or Busy Things as well as using programmable devices. Computing in KS2 In Years 2-6, weekly computing lessons follow Purple Mash guidance, covering programming, digital content creation and internet research skills. Use of Chromebooks, iPads, Microbits and other programmab...

Year 6 - First Week Back

and breathe! Wow! What a first week back. To say it’s been busy would be an understatement. Year 6 started the week off with a whole school virtual live assembly followed by an electrifying science workshop. We continued with our CC topic looking into the wondrous ancient kingdom of Benin....

Year 1 - 1A Geography WOW Day

For geography WOW day we have been creating landmarks in London out of junk box modelling. We've enjoyed painting, sticking, cutting and drawing. We've also learnt that London is a very busy city with wonderful things to see including the Big Ben, London Bridge, Buckingham palace, London...

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...

Year 2 - 2P Singing School Trip

On Tuesday Class 2P went on a very exciting singing school trip into central London. We went to a small but very grand church called St Ann and St Agnes . It is in the vicinity of St. Paul’s in the heart of bustling central London. 2P sang their hearts out with a professional ensemble called...

Year 1 - RE Trip to St. Barnabus Church

Year 1 had lots of fun for our RE day trip this half term. We visited St. Barnabus Church in Homerton. Reverend Clive told us all about the church, what happens during a mass, and about the community that visit to pray together

Anti-Bullying Week 2021 - One Kind Word

Daubeney enjoyed spreading kindness in Anti-Bullying Week. The focus was, One Kind Word. Children had the opportunity to participate in activities during their JIGSAW sessions and ended the week with our annual Odd Socks Day . The children discussed bullying in assemblies and workshops and...

Boys Book Club - 28th June 2021

...b 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....

Year 3 - 3G Composing on Ukuleles

3G were busy composing on ukuleles in the last half term. Check out the music they were making. Well done 3G!

Boys Book Club - 26th April 2021

Today the Boys Book Club, 26-04-2021, had a fun session reading their favourite graphic novels in our very special bus in the playground. Where is your favourite place to read?

Year 6 - African Drum and Dance Workshop

Year 6 have been busy with an African drum and dance workshop as led by Miss Harley and Mr. Aaron

Year 6 - Spanish - Spring Term 1 2023

Extremely busy term for Year 6 students who have worked really hard at Daubeney. Students have developed the ability to use context and previous knowledge to estimate new words, to identify words in written form through dictation using their phonics knowledge, and to work with a partner in dialogue...

Year 6 - Spelling Test and Easter Home Learning

Hi Year 6 Here’s this weeks spelling test but please watch the whole video and see where you can access some different resources over the Easter holiday. There will also be battles on TTRS, activities on busy things and of course all the amazing and fun things we will add to the website over...

Year 3 - Celebrating Your Work

...squo;ve been very Busy on the Busy Things website. Here’s a selection of your wonderful work. Don’t forget to keep checking the assignments page-we’re setting tasks and are enjoying seeing your work. I hope you are all keeping well & occupied. Lots of time for reading, TTRS ...

RE Day in Year 2

Today we learnt all about Christianity and why churches are important to Christians. We started by looking at symbols and new ones that represent us. We then looked at Christian symbols and what they mean. Next we learnt about churches and their features. Finally we learnt about Christenings and...

Year 6 - Tycoon Team in Action

The Year 6 Tycoon Team have been developing a business enterprise in school (change challenge). So far this year, the business enterprise has been a wonderful success. The children are very excited about being part of the business and love to see profits being made, this is helping children with...

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...

Year 2 - Mabley Green Transport Survey

Year 2 went over to Mabley Green to do a transport survey. We recorded the number of cars, bikes, buses and other vehicles that we saw using tallies! We will use this information to create a tally chart tomorrow! What a great start to the day

Autumn Book Fair 2019

We had yet another VERY busy and successful Book Fair at Daubeney! You spent over £1000 buying amazing books to read at home which means that we also get lots of free books for our school book corners. Well done to Halima, Tariq, Sarah and Xiomara from the Junior Literacy team for helping Miss...

Year 1 - 1S Sharing Assembly

We had our first assembly of Year 1 last Thursday! We loved reading the book 'Dear Zoo' and acting it out on stage! After reading the story, we were inspired to think about pets we might like to have, from fire breathing dragons, to bush babies and finger monkeys...! In literacy we have...

Reception - Red Class: The Naughty Bus

...ut the story 'The Naughty Bus'. We have been using positional language in our writing to explain where the Bus is. We also enjoyed going on the Bus in our playground and pretended to be the drivers. Red Class also made Buses using junk box modelling and painted them in red. We included the w...

Year 4 - Young Seismologist

Our young Scientist today were very busy designing and creating their own seismographs. They used the same principles that is used by professional seismographs and made their own. They even got to test the seismograph by creating a mini earthquake in class. The results were amazing!!

Year 6 - 6S Mental Health Day 2019

In 6S we have been learning about how to take care of our mental health and the mental health of others. We learnt about how words, in the words of Albus Dumbledore, are capable of inflicting pain and remedying it. It was difficult to think about the words that have hurt us, but when we thought...

WOW Walk to School Challenge

For the second year running, Daubeney has decided to take part in the WOW walk to school challenge! WOW is a pupil-led initiative where children self-report how they come to school everyday. If they travel sustainably (walk, cycle, scoot, hop off the bus early and walk the rest of the way) a few...

Year 6 - Transition Week 5F to 6S

It’s been an absolutely fantastic week for the new 6S and an incredibly busy one too. In just one week the children have: completed a piece of writing, published it and begun their writing folders for Year 6; taken part in school council elections; practised their dancing for the end of year...

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...

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 - Chicks

The chicks have arrived! We are so lucky to have a set of beautiful chicks and they spent their first day out of the shell in the bustling 5C classroom. We even made time to let them out for a wonder and a cuddle!

Year 6 Residential - Survive and Thrive

We had a chill evening last night and enjoyed our hot chocolates. Bedtime went surprisingly well. The children were in their cabins by 9 but it did take a little longer to settle! This is to be expected though, it’s all very exciting. This morning was an early start though, everyone up at 6 and...

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 - 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...

Bike Bus - Wednesday 30th September

We are excited to be welcoming the Major of Hackney to our Bike Bus on Wednesday 30th September. Please come along with your children (and bikes!), we will leave Daubeney Primary School front gates at 8:20am and be back in time for a fun day of...

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29th September 2026

Rainbow Class - Literacy Focus

...quo;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 matching them to the correct mode of transport. In addition, pupils...

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...

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

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

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

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

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....

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 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 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!

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,...

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 - Crazy Day Disco

On Friday, Year 5 had lots of fun on the school's Crazy Day. There was a disco in the Hop Garden where the children got the chance to bust some moves!

DT Wow Day - Spring 2025

Over spring, we have been super busy working through our DT topic. Each year group had a specific task and have worked hard to plan a product and then create the product/prototype

Year 1 - Parrot Class: DT

We've been busy making chairs in DT. First we looked at lots of different examples of chairs, like sofas, rocking chairs, deck chairs and swivel chairs. Then we designed our own chairs before making them out of lots of different materials. We used lots of tape and glue so that it was strong and...

Winter Resources

Winter Resources for Parents and Carers These resources are specially designed by the therapists at Beacon House to support regulation, connection and rest during December. Download them for free here and share with family and friends so everyone can access what they need during this busy holiday...

Year 1 - Parrot Class: Daubeney Olympics

We've been busy learning about the Olympics as an historical event that happened in the past, in London!!! We made our own Olympic gold medals and had a mini Olympics in school

Reception - Week 6

This week we have been so busy! We have been learning about measurement in Maths. We have been comparing objects to see which is taller, shorter and longer. We have also enjoyed Drawing Club this week, focused on the Colour Monster. We drew our own colour monster, traps and maps! Last but not...

Daubs on tour '24 - Day 3

Yet more reasons to be proud of our Daubeney children today as they take on challenges and show resilience with tasks that are not easy and in 25 degree weather to boot! After very little sleep Monday night (they must have been excited or something 🤦🏻‍♀️) Tuesday evening was much more settled in...

Hispanic Week – Afternoon film screening

A selected group of children have enjoyed the Madrid-set film, Ferdinand. Based on Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson’s 1936 children’s book The Story of Ferdinand, this animation film follows an adorable flower-sniffing bull named Ferdinand. Ferdinand is a beautiful film when it comes to...

Science - Weather Reporters!

In parrot class we have been busy reporting the weather. We pretended to be weather reporters and used weather symbols to demonstrate the weather conditions in each of the 4 countries in the UK. Take a look to se what fun we had!

Duckling Class - First Summer Week!

This week, we have been super busy in Duckling Class. We have been reading, writing, playing table tennis, playing musical instruments, planting, working in Tesco and so much more

Year 6 – Eagles Class: Into University

Monday We learnt about what liberal arts are and the subjects that make it up. We took part in a carousel activity about psychology, philosophy, classics and social sciences. At each activity, we learnt about what that subject means and then completed an activity that relates to our learning. An...

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...

Nursery visit Daubeney Bus

...Nursewry visited the Daubeney Bus. They all explored the driving seat and the wonderful space upstairs and downstairs....

Spanish - First week

Very busy week for students at Daubeney after the summer break! Students in Year 1 have enjoyed singing along to familiar songs and revisiting greetings, while students in Year 5 have had the opportunity to improve their memory skills to help vocabulary retention through games, and learning about...

The Junior Creativity Team

The Junior Creativity Team have been busy. As well as our club every week where we work towards gaining the Explore Arts Award, we attending a morning SLT meeting. We talked about how art inspires us and what we want to do for the school. On the same day we took KS1 Assembly and taught everyone...

Anti-Idling Campaign

Daubeney students were out early this morning handing out leaflets and informing parents and students about our anti-idling campaign. We are committed to our students living a healthy life and so we would like to ensure our air is as clean as possible. Read our leaflet to find out more information...

Maths Week in Nursery

The children in Nursery have been very busy this week using and applying their maths skills. We have been creating beautiful pattern necklaces and 2d shapes out of straw!! The children also went on a number hunt and buried through the sand pit to find them

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....

Science Juniors Make Lava Lamps

...ence Laboratory (The Daubeney Bus) and don their white coats to carry out another exciting investigation. This time we learnt all about liquids, density and gases. Check out our lava lamps....

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 - First Week At School

Our first week at school, we have been getting to know our new friends and teachers. We have been busy drawing, painting, climbing, running, bouncing, playing and learning at the same time

Reception - Creating Patterns

In Red Class we have been busy exploring our senses. We have been looking at different kinds of patterns and creating patterns using two and three colours. We also made delicious jam sandwiches and invited Mr Teddy to our picnic. We've also experimented with smelling different items such as...

Reception - Christmas Pictures

In Red Class we have been busy preparing for the Christmas picture competition. Take a look at these amazing pictures!

Phonics in Nursery

The children in Nursery love phonics! As you can see from the videos and photos, they have been working hard to identify and write initial sounds and name objects and pictures with the same sound. Some children can also read CVC words by segmenting and blending. In the video a child used his phonic...

Nursery visit the Daubeney Bus

Nursery had a great time visiting the Daubeney bus. We looked inside and even got to sit on the drivers seat!

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 Reads 'Whatever Next' by Jill Murphy

This week nursery have been reading the book 'Whatever Next' by Jill Murphy. We have enjoyed acting out the story and using a range of story props. We also received an invitation from Owl to join Baby Bear for a picnic on the moon. So........... nursery made some jam sandwiches for our...

Nursery - Growth and Transformation

This term our topic is 'Growth and Transformation'. We will be looking closely at plants and lifecycles. So far, Nursery have been busy planting seeds, doing observational paintings of flowers and finding minibeasts in our garden. We have also been reading the story 'Jaspers...

Nursery - Going Global and Journeys

...be visiting the 'Daubeney Bus' at our school. The children will have the opportunity to look inside and talk about the Bus....

Nursery - Doctors

We have been busy pretending to be doctors. The children wore the doctors outfits and confidently used the doctors equipment to check their patients. Our patients have been sick with all kinds of illnesses. Courtney said "I've got spots on my face, I think its chicken pox", Sulemane...

Hackney Junior Citizenship

Hackney Junior Citizenship Schemes is a fast-paced, multiple-agency event run for Year 6 students and designed to help pupils prepare for the challenges they may face as they become young adults. Our Year 6 pupils enjoyed a carousel of activities with up to ten different agencies delivering short...

Year 1 - London Transport Museum

Year 1 have been learning about different means of transport. We went to the London Transport Museum to learn about how people traveled in the past in London. We saw how horses were used to pull carriages, and what the first bus looked like. We also went on the first ever tube train: it had no...

First Week of Nursery

The children have had a wonderful first week at nursery. They've painted, practised writing their letters and numbers, built tall towers, played instruments and sung as loudly as they can. And that was just on their first day! Don't forget to check our class page for weekly updates. We look...

First Week in Year 6

It has been a busy but exciting first week back for our new Year 6s. They have had to demonstrate incredible resilience as their first task was to complete a round of assessments. The children met this challenge with grit and determination and were still smiling at the end. We have spent time...

Eco-Team Monitoring Air Quality

The Eco-team have been keeping busy with meetings to improve Daubeney primary school. One of them being monitoring our air quality. We know that London has some of the worst air quality in the whole of Europe and so we are measuring our air quality around Daubeney to find out how clean the air we...

Eco-Team - Mabley Green Edible Garden

The Eco-Team went to the Mabley Green edible garden. We had a busy morning weeding, mulching and planting in the glorious sunshine. Thank you EcoActive for having us!

Daubeney Science Juniors

Today a few of the scientists from the Daubeney Science Juniors got some time on the bus to experiment with a non-Newtonian fluid. Not sure what that is? Ask one of the science juniors, they'd be happy to explain. If you want to try this at home, try adding some corn flour to water and seeing...

Collage by Atticus and Khanya 5M

Our budding Year 5 stars have been busy writing a song. Have a listen! I think you will agree that it is a very accomplished piece of song writing

Christmas in Nursery

Almost everyone in Nursery loves Christmas! The Nursery has been very busy preparing for the last couple of weeks. They have made Christmas decorations for the Nursery and to take home. The children have also created their own Christmas cards to give to their families. Since September, the children...

Blue Class Assembly

Blue class shared their learning this week. They talked about new years resolutions. They were very confident reading out their work. Blue Class also shared their Pictogram, they told everybody about what information the pictogram shows. They ended their assembly with a song "Wheels on the...

Autumn Term in Nursery

The nursery children have been busy this week. They've been enjoying exploring what happens in autumn. In particular, they were fascinated by how the leaves changed colour and fell off of the trees. They discovered that the fallen leaves are fun to play with too, as you can see in the video!...

A Letter from David Attenborough

Cormac from 4P enthusiastically wrote a letter to the legend David Attenborough (yes the guy from Planet Earth !). David took out time from his busy schedule to hand-write a thoughtful letter to Cormac. Cormac said that he will treasure this letter forever, he still can't believe it!

5M - Nelson Mandela Biographies

5M were busy last week publishing their biographies based on Nelson Mandela. The children worked extremely hard to create notes, then turn them into factual sentences, using formal language. Next they drafted a copy, edited it then prepared their biography for publishing. We are all proud of their...

1FA - Autumn in the School Garden

We went to the school garden to look at how the trees are changing as autumn approaches. We discussed how the leaves are drying and falling off the trees. We talked to Gavin, our gardener, as he was pruning the berry bushes to prepare them for winter. We talked about how the days are longer in the...

1A - First Week Back At School

In 1A we have been busy exploring our new class. We have enjoyed, building, reading, writing, puzzles and construction. Take a look at some of our pictures. Year 1 is lots of fun!

Year 1 - Designing And Making Toys

In 1A we have been busy designing and making toys as part of our History. We collected lots of junk boxes which we used to make our toy. It got very messy as we painted our creations and used lots of glitter, gems, feathers and other collage to put on the finishing touches. We all had so much fun!

Year 1- Visit Sainsbury's In Stratford.

Year 1L went on a trip to Sainsbury’s in Stratford. We went on the bus to Stratford. When we got there we had a cupcake decorating competition, we had a go at scanning things on the tills and we went on a shopping list treasure hunt. We had so much fun!

Newsletter - 26th June 2015

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26th June 2015

Newsletter - 21st December 2016

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21st December 2016

Newsletter - 25th November 2016

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25th November 2016

Newsletter - 11th November 2016

Dear Parents and Carers, Unsurprisingly, our Autumn 2 half-term has got off to a wonderful start! As per usual, there were lots of activities for our children to develop their knowledge and skills, notably our various Black History Month activities in our first week back. I was really impressed by...

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11th November 2016

Newsletter - 14th October 2016

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14th October 2016

Newsletter - 30th September 2016

Dear Parents and Carers, Thus far, it has been a wonderful start to the new academic year. Our children are really showing their enthusiasm for learning and for being leaders. JH OMYH QRR NHJXQ POH SURŃHVV PR HOHŃP RXU 6ŃORRO FRXQŃLOORUVB JH OMYH MOVR HVPMNOLVOHG VHYHUMO ¶ÓXQLRU PHMPV· where...

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30th September 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...

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16th September 2016

Newsletter - 22nd July 2016

...nsworth Numeracy Lead Miss Bibi Early Years Phase Lead Ms Hand Pastoral Care Manager Mr Shamji Federation Business manager Mr Logan Head of School Mr Clarke Deputy Head Teacher Mr Dharma Assistant Head Miss Lucey Deputy Head Teacher Senior Management Team Mr Naidoo And Miss Ali Federation Assistant...

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22nd July 2016

Newsletter - 16th May 2016

Dear Parents and Carers, H RRXOG OLNH PR VM\ M NLJ ¶RHOO GRQH· PR MOO RI RXU KHMU 6 VPXGHQPV IRU ŃRPSOHPLQJ POHLU HQG RI Key Stage assessments with such confidence. A big thank you must also be expressed to all the members of staff who supported our students to feel confident and relaxed during...

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16th May 2016

Newsletter - 24th March 2016

Dear Parents and Carers, Spring term has come to an end and the holidays are upon us. I would like to congratulate Ms Douglas on her appointment as Headteacher at another school and wish her all the best for the future. Mr Logan will become the new Head of School from May half term. We are looking...

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24th March 2016

Newsletter - 29th January 2016

Dear Parents and Carers, January draws to a close and is usually a dull month but not at Daubeney! Lots of exciting trips and events have taken place. The trip to The Royal Ballet was extra special and the visit to the Ministry of Stories was inspirational. In school we have had an African story...

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29th January 2016

Newsletter - 15th January 2016

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15th January 2016

Newsletter - 18th December 2015

Dear Parents and Carers, The last day of term has finally arrived and what a busy term it has been. Daubeney has truly celebrated Christmas this year and we hope you have en-joyed the array of performances and events. We always welcome your feedback and look to improve what we do. Enjoy the festive...

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18th December 2015

Newsletter - 27th November 2015

Dear Parents and Carers, As you will see from our newsletter, we had a fun time 'Making a Noise' about bullying through a variety of workshops, concerts and lessons. It has been a very successful fortnight for raising our children's awareness of how we need to treat everyone with respect and be...

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27th November 2015

Newsletter - 23rd October 2015

Dear Parents and Carers, Half term already and a well deserved holiday for all. It was great to have an ex-pupil in school from 1953 and for him to share his experience with the chil-dren. I would just like to remind all parents that when in school they are role models and as such should be-have in...

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23rd October 2015

Newsletter - 12th June 2015

Dear Parents and Carers, Last half term was very busy with many exciting trips, poetry workshops and ending with a spectacular Foundation Stage Performance. It was a delight to see our young children confidently talk aloud and perform some amazing songs and dances from around the world. We have a...

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12th June 2015

Year 2 - SS Empire Windrush

...rush, we went on the Daubeney Bus and used Legos to build our own versions of SS Empire Windrush! Take a look at our photos!...

Year 6 Tycoons

An ambitious group of our Year 6 children have decided to show off their entrepreneurial skills by setting up a tuck shop at break time. They are in charge of keeping stock, calculating finance and ensuring they make a profit. In addition, the food that they're selling is all fresh, nutritional...

Year 6 - Work Week 2019: Enterprise 6S

For Work Week, 6S had the exciting opportunity to start their own business and create their own inventions. They worked in groups to come up with the company name, design a product and work out the budget and manufacturing costs. They then had to pitch their ideas in ‘Dragon’s...

Year 6 - Business Enterprise

Year 6 have been developing a business enterprise in school. So far this year the business enterprise has been a tremendous success. The children are very excited about being part of the business and love to see profits being made, this is helping children with their maths skills in the playground...

Year 6 - 6M Work Week 2019

This week, 6M had a unique learning experience this week, we had to create an invention to begin a business enterprise. To do this we had to think about our profit and how much it would cost us to produce our item. We used our numeracy skills to come up with a useful business plan. Following on...

Year 6 - 6F Work Week 2019

For Work Week, 6F had the exciting opportunity to start their own business and create their own inventions. They worked in groups to come up with the company name, design a product and work out the budget and manufacturing costs. They then had to pitch their ideas in ‘Dragon’s...

Year 5 Residential 2017 - Day 4

It's our last full day on the residential and it's been another inspiring one! At breakfast we had cereal and juice for starters and then beans on toast, vegetarian sausages and saute potatoes. Yum! We read some more of the messages from families and friends whilst the children ate. We have...

Year 5 - Seperating Mixture Experiment

The children in year 5 today (1st April 2019) were very busy this afternoon in their science lesson. the task was to use various mixtures; sand and iron, sand and plastic, flour and lentils, sand and water and with resources they had to separate the mixtures using their scientific knowledge

Year 5 - Leaflets

The Year 5 children were busy today (18th October 2018) publishing their leaflets. They used the key features of a leaflet and their frame, along with their information in their books, which they were writing this week. Ask your children over the half-term holiday to create a leaflet on any topic...

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 - Graphic Novels Expo

For the past week, Year 5 have been busy creating their own graphic novels. Today we shared our graphic novel with our peers in other Year 5 classes. We gave each other effective feedback by saying what we liked about each others work and by suggesting ways that our peers could improve

Year 5 - Adverts

The children in Year 5 were very busy today (11th October 2018) designing and creating their own adverts. They used the key features and included some catchy slogans to enhance their adverts. Next week, we will be creating our own leaflets as part of our Topic and Literacy units

Year 4 Half Term Holiday Projects

Over the Half-term holidays, Year 4 have been busy creating jaw-dropping projects! Hayden in 4P created a volcano (which actually explodes!). Massimo, Oran and Cormac created a model of a earthquake scene in London. The teachers and Mr Logan were very impressed!

Year 4 - Science: How Our Bodies Work

Year 4 have been very busy in Science investigating our bodies and how they work. One of our Learning Questions was 'How can different liquids affect our teeth' and we were able to investigate that in class! If you want to find out more, ask our Year 4 students about how we conducted the...

Year 3 - Work Week

This week, year 3 are learning all about how money is dealt with in the adult world. Today (27th March 2019) we brought Hackney's Mare Street into our classroom! The High street included a Cinema, Post Office, Bank and a Supermarket! Pupils all got their own wallet which included some money,...

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,...