04/01/2027 - INSET Day - School Closed
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...
12/04/2027 - INSET Day - School Closed
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...
Science and Sustainability
...e Mondays for school lunch) Think about water usage. Close taps when not in use Eco Warriors At Daubeney all children are part of our Eco Team. As the way we live and treat the planet is important for everyone we all take turns in getting involved around the school. Recently some of our junior mem...
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...
School Council
Daubeney School Council are a hardworking and enthusiastic group of children from years 3-6. They are the voice of their peers. They are elected every academic year by their peers in a democratic fashion of campaign, speech and voting. The School Council is made up of three committees. Admin...
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...
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...
Daubeney Village
Daubeney Village is an organisation of parents and staff. Its role is to encourage closer links between home and school and organise fundraising events to provide an opportunity for parents, staff and pupils to get together. How is money raised? Daubeney Village raises money through events. They...
21/07/2027 - INSET Day - School Closed
22/07/2027 - INSET Day - School Closed
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
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...
British Science Week 2020
The pupils and staff of Daubeney primary school drew the curtains to a close on an awesome British Science Week. Parents spent the afternoon in school educating and motivating pupils on a wide range of stem related jobs, from building their own animation into a film, taking fantastic photos when...
Year 5 and 6 Residential 2020 - Day 4
[menu name="year5-6-residential-2020"] It’s Day 4 and you’d have thought the tiredness would have set in by now... well it has for the adults! The children are just as energised as ever. After a hearty breakfast, they were pasting their way down, by now, a well trodden and...
TTRS Weekly Update - 27th March 2020
Hello everyone! What a week it’s been on TTRS. We’ve had some super close battles and some absolute rock stars doing brilliantly with their times tables. Please watch the announcement and listen out for some names! You’re all doing fantastic but let’s see if we can get...
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...
Summer Reading Challenge
The Hackney Libraries Summer Reading Challenge encourages children aged 4 to 11 to enjoy the benefits of reading for pleasure over the summer holidays, providing lots of fun as well as preventing the summer reading ‘dip’. Although public library buildings are closed, libraries will continue to...
Year 2 - Meteor Showers
Did you know that meteoroids are pieces of rock that have broken off a bigger piece of rock in space? When they are falling close to Earth, the light that we see is called meteor. When we can see lots of meteors at once, we called that a meteor shower! We created our own meteor showers today!
Year 4 - British Science Week 2021
Today 10th March 2021 the children in Year 4 had a fun session making close circuits. The children had bulbs, batteries, switches, motors and connecting wires
Year 2 - 2KF RE Day
Yesterday we had a really fun RE Day learning about four religions. We learnt that all religions have teachings about forgiveness. Later, we discussed how it feels to ask for forgivness. We looked closely at a picture that shows forgivess and talked about how the bird flying away means to be free...
Year 6 - 6M ICT and Science
This week in Science 6M will be learning all about circuits. They used their Purplemash accounts today, 1-3-2022, to learn and discuss more about creating open and closed electrical circuits. The children used their program, which allowed them to draw, create and understand how to complete an...
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 - 10th October 2025
Today brings our staff-well being week to a close with us celebrating World Mental Health Day. In our usual manner, please find those learning conversation starters below. This week, it might be interesting to speak as a family about mental health an
10th October 2025
Year 2 - Geography and Computing
We learnt about the equator and the north and south poles this week. We explored why these places are either really hot or really cold, and compared their distance to the sun. We used atlases and Google Earth on chromebooks to identify countries that are close to the equator and polar regions and...
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 6 - Healthy Mind, Healthy Me
During our SEAL lessons, 6F have been focusing on taking care of our mental health and well being. As we are getting closer to the SATs and beginning to think about moving on to secondary school, we discussed the different ways we can stay calm and manage our worries. Here 6F’s top tips to a...
Duckling Class - Forest School
Earlier this week, we enjoyed another Forest School session. We enjoyed looking for snails and other wildlife. We built homes and hotels for the nature that lives in that part of the forest and used magnifying glasses to have a closer look
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...
Rainbow - Self-Portraits Drawings
As part of our learning about ourselves and our peers, we have been exploring self-portraits. This activity has helped us reflect on our individual identities, emotions, and physical features. We looked closely at our faces in mirrors and discussed what makes each of us unique — from the...
Year 3 Kingfisher - Open and closed questions
The children in Kingfisher explored open and closed questions using the text they are reading in class
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
Year 2 - History: GFoL Week 2
This half term we are learning all about the Great Fire of London in our History lessons. This week we discussed how and where the fire started, on Pudding Lane in 1666. We explored a range of reasons for why the fire lasted for five days, including having a very hot, dry summer, the houses being...
Year 5 Residential 2019 - Day 4
[menu name="year5-residential-2019"] It’s day 4 and you’d have thought the tiredness would have set in by now... well it has with the teachers. The children are just as energised as ever. They finished last night with wider games and the usual hot chocolate before bed. This...
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...
Year 5 - 5M True Artists
The children in Year 5M are absolutely proud of their artistic flair, when they took a photo of our recent butterfly activity. They used a close up zooming technique to capture the true beauty of a Monarch butterfly. The piece of art will be used as a display around the school and will be handed to...
Creative workshops at home | Eco Active
Stay safe, keep learning and have fun! Schools are closed, but if you click here you can find loads of creative, educational missions to complete at home.
Google Virtual Tour of Verulamium Museum | Striking Places
Google Virtual Tour of Verulamium Museum means that the museum was never closed and visitors can explore online from anywhere in the world
Healthy Me Week 2019
We had a fantastic Healthy Me Week, focusing on ‘Healthy Body, Healthy Mind’. The children had the opportunity to look closely at how looking after your physical health can support in looking after your mental health . The children: Participated in meditation during their music...
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 Concert
Our school band went to a nearby Forest School Nursery to perform a rock concert on a Saturday. It was a beautiful sunny day and the crowd seemed to really enjoy our grooves. If you look closely at the photos you may spot Mr. O Flynn's son providing guest vocals. Well done to all the children...
Parents' Day 2017
Parents’ Day will be on Monday 20th March 2017 from 11am – 7pm. The school will be closed for children but it would be advisable for them to attend the appointment with their parents. All parents will be allocated a 10 minute slot in which time the teacher will discuss their...
When I Close My Eyes
An original tune. Ambrose is on drums and Isaac and Tasharne are on piano
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 3 - Chocolate Crazy, Learning Had
Wow! What a choco-tastic day of learning with MASTER Chocolatier Derek Smith the Year 3's have enjoyed. Where does the cocoa tree come from? Who invented the chocolate bar? What does a cocoa pod look and smell like? These were just some of the amazing facts we explored prior to creating our own...
Year 3 - Estimating in Maths
In Year 3 today the children have been using resources to learn about estimating in maths. The children had to make reasonable estimates of the amount of objects their partner was holding. They then had to check their estimates accurately to find out how close they were
Year 5 Residential 2018 - Day 4
It’s day 4 and you’d have thought the tiredness would have set in by now... well it has with the teachers. The children are just as energised as ever. They finished last night with wider games which incorporated orienteering with a quiz. Of course, Mr Swarbrick’s group emerged...
Year 2 - London Is Burning
The houses we created during WOW day two weeks ago were set on fire like in the Great Fire of London today! We watched the fire start like in a Thomas Farriner’s bakery. The fire quickly spread because they were made of wood and were built very close to each other and after awhile all of the...
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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...
29th January 2016
Newsletter - 12th February 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, Half way through the year already! I am sure you have noticed our work has begun in the play-ground, this is a huge investment for the school but one which will be of great benefit to our children. The children are all very excited to see the finished product. When we...
12th February 2016
Newsletter - 17th June 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, I would like to say a big thank you to all of you that have said such kind, positive and inspiring words to me since my appointment as Head of School; I will endeavour to live up to your high expectations. Now that the final half-term is now upon us please join us at the...
17th June 2016
Newsletter - 8th July 2016
Dear Parents and Carers, What an eventful half-term it has been thus far! We have enjoyed our: spelling bee competition; Year 4 swimming lessons; Year 5 and 6 residential; Sports days; Seaside trips and of course our Summer Fair. Thank you to all of those that have supported us by either attending...
8th July 2016
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
Year 1 - 1P Shadows
In 1P we have been learning about shadows. We discussed how shadows move depending on where the light is and how close it is. We made shadow puppets using card and lolly sticks. We turned off the lights and used a torch to try and make shadows using the puppets. We discussed what happens when you...
Daubeney Spelling Bee 2019
The Daubeney Spelling Bee has come and gone and it was spectacular! It was close but Joey in 3G, Racheal in 4K, Taylor in 5M and Mohamed in 6S won 1st place for their year. All the winners including 2nd and 3rd place are going to compete in a federation spelling bee against Sebright and Lauriston....
Year 6 - Ice Skating
It’s getting closer to the final days at Daubeney for Year 6 and to celebrate they went out ice skating. It was a nice break from the heat in the cool ice rink. Lots of fun, laugh and good times. That would also work as a good summary for their time in Daubeney
Year 3 - 3T Get Arty in the Park
Today (21st June 2019) 3T took time to really appreciate the beauty of nature. They closely observed leaves, trees, even single strands of grass, before sketching whatever captured their imagination. Orson commented, "There are so many cool patterns and different shades of green on this one leaf!"...
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
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