Inclusion

Launchpad for Language The school have invested in an exciting early years package with the Speech and Language Therapy service. Listening and talking are the key foundation skills for later literacy and academic achievement. Launchpad for Language is a fun filled language enrichment programme for...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Online Safety

Today’s pupils are growing up in an increasingly complex world, living their lives seamlessly on and offline. This presents many positive and exciting opportunities, but also challenges and risks. We want to equip our pupils with the knowledge needed to make the best use of the internet and...

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...

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...

The Junior Literacy Team Visit Everyone's Book Corners

The Junior Literacy Team visited all the classes from Nursery to Year 6 to check out everyone's book corners and judge them for the competition. We saw very creative and colourful corners with themes such as space, oceans, jungles and even hot air balloons! We want to show off our book corners so...

Science Team Experiment - Mixing Acid with Bicarbonate of Soda

For our science team meeting we had a look at what would happen if we mixed an acid like vinegar with bicarbonate of soda and had some exciting results!

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 4 - Transition Day in 5C

This week was super exciting. To get us ready for September, we spent the day with our new teacher, Miss Cheung and did lots of fun activities like learning about Miss Cheung and talking about ourselves, creating class charter, writing a letter to our old teacher and play team games

Year 4 - RE Day: Judaism

Today, 13-10-2022, the children in Year 4 has fun and exciting lessons, learning all about the Jewish faith. They discussed the main beliefs, the importance of a synagogue, looked at different Jewish festivals and coloured in their own stained glass image

School Council Meeting - 8th September 2021

The School Council met together for the first time! They were elected last year, but due to Covid restrictions the team never met together. It was a very special and exciting moment for all. The School Council will meet every Tuesday for this half term. Some vacancies have become available…so watch...

Year 6 - 6MC - IntoUni Week

We have spent a week with IntoUni! We learned about inspirational people such as Malala Yousafzai and Martin Luther King Junior. We also visited the Wallace Collection in Central London and Cambridge University! "It was one of the best into uni sessions we had and we had lots of fun with the...

Year 4M Science Experiment at Cardinal Pole Secondary School

The children in Year 4M had an amazing Science lesson at Cardinal Pole Secondary School today, 2-02-2023. They were able to use the amazing facilities of their science lab. The children were taught by a secondary science teacher and had a fabulous session where they used Bunsen burners and...

Year 5: Maths - Decimal sequence

Outdoor learning? Year 5 truly love learning outdoors ! The learning outcome for maths: was to understand decimal sequences. This was achieved through fun and exciting ways; some children jumped to identify patterns and others played Hopscotch. Overall, the cohort had an amazing time at Daubeney...

Week 1 in Parakeet Class

We have had lots of fun in our first week back at school! We have done lots of activities to get to know each other and have settled into our new classroom, ready to learn lots of new exciting things!

Year 3 - Maths September 2023

The children in Year 3 Kingfisher and Toucan Class had an exciting Maths lesson today. The children worked in groups and pairs and had a peer tutor to guide them

Daubeney Book Corners

The Junior Literacy Team visited all the classes from Nursery to Year 6 to check out everyone's book corners and judge them for the competition. We saw very creative and colourful corners with themes such as space, oceans, jungles and even hot air balloons! We want to show off our book corners so...

Year 3 Stone Age Tools

The children in Year 3 had a fun filled and exciting lesson today -30-11-2023 where they made their own Stone Age tools

Year 4 - Spring 1 Wow Day

Year 4 had a very exciting Wow Day. We started by sketching our ideas then presenting our ideas to a panel of Dragons (Mr Dharma and Ms Gustave)! After that, we worked in groups to build our games, selecting from a range of tools and materials. We included an electrical component. Then we got to...

Year 3 Mystery Reader

The children today were delighted to be read a story by our Mystery Reader who came in and read an exciting story filled with suspense and adventure

Year 5 - RE Day: Buddhism

Today, 13-10-2022, the children in Year 5 had fun and exciting lessons, learning all about the Buddhist faith. They discussed the main beliefs, the importance of The Four Noble Truths, looked at the Eightfold Path and teachings of Buddha

Mental Health - Playing and Socialising with Friends

8th March 2021 Children, staff and parents were all happy to return to school! During the lockdown, our Daubeney children took part in a Mental Health Questionnaire. Can you guess what the majority of the children said they missed the most? Playing and socialising with their friends. The teachers...

Year 5 Mapping Skills Day

To start our Geography topic off, we refreshed our memories of geographical skills we learnt in previous years and built onto our own knowledge by learning some new skills. We looked at 8 point compasses, 4 figure coordinates, aerial photographs and even thematic maps! To end our day we went on an...

Junior Road Safety Officers Training

The Junior Road Safety Officers attended training organised by Hackney Council, along with other primary school JRSOs from Hackney at the Round Chapel on 25th September 2019. It was a successful day filled with activities allowing our JRSOs an opportunity to learn new things and take away exciting...

Carnival 2018

This year, our carnival was in the theme of musicals. The staff and children had lots of fun dancing to different songs. We had Year 1 dressed as bears dancing to Bear Necessities, Year 5 dancing to Thriller and even the Reception children gave a great performance to the song Fame. Thank you to all...

Classroom Displays 2019

Daubeney is full of exciting learning. Take a tour through a gallery of our bright and colourful displays to see the amazing learning that is taking place

Year 6 - 6F Time Capsule

6F were amazed at how Daubeney was in 2002! Many of the children from then had shared their experiences and daily activities by filling a time capsule with many newspapers, drawings and even a Harry Potter stationery set! The 17 year old capsule was found by the builders buried under the ground in...

Daubeney Carnival 2019

10xGreener Daubeney Road

10xGreener is a community project in Hackney with the ambitious and brilliant aim to make a street (and now a whole neighbourhood) 10 x greener

Year 4 - Spanish

The children in Year 4 were excited today when they began another exciting session in Spanish. Today was extra special when the class chose a Spanish Champion to represent their class

Year 4 - RE Day: Hinduism

The children in Year 4 had an exciting day today (31st October 2019) learning all about the Hindu faith. The children studied the main beliefs of Hinduism, the importance of the Mandir (Hindu Temple) and signs and symbols from the religion. They also had an opportunity to create their own art...

Classroom Displays 2021-2022

Daubeney is full of exciting learning. Take a tour through a gallery of our bright and colourful displays to see the amazing learning that is taking place

"Clapton's Daubeney Primary school wears pink for breast cancer research" - Hackney Gazette

Clapton's Daubeney Primary school wears pink for breast cancer research - Hackney Gazette Students and staff at Daubeney Primary School swapped their uniforms for pink outfits and wigs to raise money and awareness for charity Breast Cancer Now. Read more

Miss Nadia on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour

Miss Nadia featured in BBC Radio 4 show, Woman’s Hour ; to raise awareness of period poverty and the important of all schools signing up for the governments scheme to provide sanitary products for all girls in education; which will rolled out in January 2020. [audio...

Year 6 - 6M IntoUniversity Week 2020

6M spent a week at IntoUniversity learning all about inclusion and diversity. The week included learning about a range of subjects. On Monday and Tuesday, we looked at inspirational people throughout history such as Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela and Malala Yousafzai. Also, we had an...

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...

Hackney Star Life Time Achievement Award

On Thursday 12th March, our very own Miss Mary attended the Hackney Stars Award event at the Hackney Town Hall. Ms Mary was nominated as one of the nominees for the Hackney Stars Life Time Achievement Award. There were five nominees, but there was only going to be one winner – our Miss Mary....

Year 5 and 6 Residential 2020 - Day 5

[menu name="year5-6-residential-2020"] A very good morning from Team Daubeney at Youlbury! We’re packed, fed and ready to go, once we’ve completed our last two activities and had lunch. My aim is for us to leave by 1.30pm if not a few minutes before. I will update the school...

Baller Boys Author Visit

To celebrate World Book Day (5th March 2020), Daubeney had a very special visit from Venessa Taylor, author of the book ‘Baller Boys’ which is based on our late Coach Reece and his football team. The children got to learn about the characters, hear an exclusive extract from the story and take part...

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Enjoy the next exciting chapter of Harry Potter. Sit back and enjoy the next thrilling chapter of Harry Potter. Please leave a comment if you’re enjoying the story so far!

Duckling Class - Easter Egg Hunt

On the last day of Spring 2, we went on an exciting Easter Egg hunt. All week, we have been designing our own Easter eggs and making cornflake cakes so what better way is there to finish the week off than an Easter egg hunt. We had so much fun!

Venessa Taylor Author Visit

KS2 had the amazing opportunity to meet 'Baller Boys' author Venessa Taylor. She ran an exciting workshop with each year group which involved fun activities, hearing her read a chapter of the book and answer the children's questions. Some lucky children even got signed copies of the...

Kingfisher: Science

The children in Kingfisher had an exciting outdoor lesson today -26-06-2024 where they investigated magnetic objects in our school and playground

Year 5 - Windrush: Understanding Windrush Generation Experiences

Year 5 got involved with some exciting role play; it exhibited what the Windrush generation experienced during the departure, journey and arrival stages of their migration to the United Kingdom

Year 3 - Volcanoes Wow Day

Year 3 had an exciting WOW Day all about volcanoes! The children loved experimenting with watercolours to create vibrant volcano artwork, using straws to blow the paint and make dramatic lava‑splash effects. They also had great fun building their own mini volcano models and watching them erupt with...

Rainbow - Autumn Tree (Apple Painting)

Pupils were engaged in creating their own unique and colourful autumn trees as the weather shifting between sunny and rainy, days. They explored painting autumn trees with apples—what an exciting new idea! Pupils enjoyed making apple stamps on their trees using red, yellow, and green paint,...

Nurture Group - Look at all the exciting things we have done!

Rainbow Class - Shaped Rockets

🚀Zoom Zoom Rockets! 🚀 This week, our pupils were fully engaged in exploring rockets — wow! It has been an exciting journey of discovery, imagination, and hands‑on learning. In our school library, children enjoyed looking through books about spaceships and rockets. They focused on the...

Year 4 Hornbills at Cardinal Pole Secondary School

The children in Hornbill class had an exciting lesson in Cardinal Pole Secondary School. They were invited to a History lesson all about Medieval Doctors and medical practices during this period. The children enjoyed the lesson and were fascinated by the facts and stories they heard

Year 2 - Tagalog taster session

Our Year 2 pupils enjoyed an exciting Tagalog taster session last week! They learned greetings in Tagalog and explored a little about Filipino culture. A wonderful way to celebrate languages and broaden global awareness!

Year 4 Hornbill - Geography

The children in Hornbills had an exciting lesson using their ICT skills to locate and retrieve facts about the River Thames. They used the information to complete their learning

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

Year 3 - Ministry of Stories

Year 3 had the exciting opportunity to work on a 12 week project. Working alongside a professional author, the children first took part in fun drama and oracy activities to spark their imagination, inspired by their history topic on the Stone Age. These creative sessions helped them develop...

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 3 - Outdoor Learning 2025

Year 3 learnt what plants need to grown and discussed the steps to follow plant a seed in our science lessons. We then went out to the Hop Garden to plant our seeds and start our plant-growing journey. It was exciting to use what we learned and see how plants begin to grow

Year 3 Trip to the London Mithraeum

Year 3 enjoyed an exciting trip to the London Mithraeum, where they brought their learning about the Romans to life. The children explored Roman artefacts and learned what they were used for in everyday life nearly 2,000 years ago. They were especially fascinated by the remains of a real Roman...

Year 3 - Friction Detectives

Year 3 became friction detectives! We learned what friction is and discovered that it can be both helpful and tricky. To test it out, we built a ramp and covered it with different materials. Then we sent a toy car zooming down each surface, measured how far it travelled, and carefully recorded our...

Year 4 - Science Experiment

The children in Year 4 had an exciting science lesson where they carried out a fair test to investigate factors that affect evaporation. They soaked three cloths in different amounts of water making them different in weight. Then hung them out to dry and recorded the weight every hour. The children...

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 4 - Hornbills at Intouniversity

The children in Hornbill class had a fun session learning all about different and exciting careers with the Intouniversity team. Next year, they will continue to have workshops exploring more career options in the future

Rainbow Class - Farm Animals (Literacy Focus)

Our pupils were highly engaged while listening to the story "Down on the Farm". During the session, they explored a variety of farm animals through colourful illustrations and enjoyed listening to adults model the different animal sounds. This helped to develop their attention, listening,...

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...

Spanish - Little Linguists Team

The Little Linguists Team met for the first time this week! Students received their Language Challenge Booklets, filled with exciting activities to complete throughout the year as they explore new languages and cultures. We can't wait to see their progress!

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 - Wow Day - Tanzania and Mountains

Year 5 had an exciting WOW Day as part of their geography topic exploring Tanzania and mountain environments. The day was packed with fun and learning, helping pupils immerse themselves in the landscapes, culture, and challenges of mountainous regions. One of the highlights of the day was a...

Rainbow Room - Autumn Maths Learning

Wow! We Have Fantastic Mathematicians. Our pupils had a fantastic time exploring autumn-themed maths activities! They practised number formation on the interactive board and enjoyed tracing numbers on pumpkins and acorns in their worksheets. This supported their number recognition and helped...

Year 3 - Outdoor Maths

The children in Kingfisher and Toucan class had an exciting math lesson today in the playground searching for parallel lines, perpendicular lines, right angles and polygons

Spanish Champions at the BFI

Yesterday a group of Spanish Champions was at the BFI Southbank for the day. In the morning the presenter took our pupils on an exciting journey to practice Spanish in a fun and interactive way using short films, and in the afternoon, we got to enjoy a film in Spanish

Year 5 - Our second week in Year 5

This week was full of exciting activities, from Mapping Skills Day to a practical maths lesson. We even created posters and researched the author of our new whole class reader, Michael Morpurgo. Have a look at our fun week!

International School Partnership

A very exciting partnership project has just started between Daubeney and C.E.I.P. Cesar Manrique in Tenerife, Spain. We have had the chance to visit their facilities, meet up with staff and children, and we are looking forward to exchange Christmas cards very soon!

Year 3 - Kingfisher Literacy - Spring 2025

The children in Kingfisher had an exciting Literacy lesson making a ship that Nelly used to sail the open seas. They have been reading Nelly and the Quest for Captain Peabody and was inspired by the ship Nelly made

Rainbow Room - Number Day (Part 1)

Today, children had a fantastic time participating in a fun and engaging learning activity that was all about numbers. The activity was designed around Valentine's Day, using heart-themed cards to make it even more exciting! They explored different quantities of hearts on each card, and their...

Year 4 - Number Day (Part 1)

Today, Mete and Anas had a fantastic time participating in a fun and engaging learning activity that was all about numbers. The activity was designed around Valentine's Day, using heart-themed cards to make it even more exciting! They explored different quantities of hearts on each card, and their...

Year 3 - Kingfisher - Mental Health Workshop

The children in Kingfisher class had an exciting workshop today talking all about children’s mental health

Rainbow Room: Surprise Day

As part of our wonderful learning journey, we were pleasantly surprised with a special treat! We were given colouring sheets and stickers as a reward for our incredible determination and effort in our learning. It was such a fun and exciting way to celebrate our hard work!

Rainbow Room - Exploring Autumn in Hop Garden

As the weather turned warm and sunny, pupils enjoyed exploring autumn in the school garden—collecting colourful leaves and even spotting a snail! This outdoor learning has inspired staff to plan exciting new activities for next week. Can our pupils guess what the next topic will be?

Rainbow Room - SEND PE: Throwing & Catching Bean Bags

As part of their SEND PE session, the children from the Rainbow Room engaged in an exciting and interactive activity focused on developing their throwing and catching skills. Using soft bean bags, children practiced various techniques, improving their hand-eye coordination and motor skills

Rainbow Room - Number Lines

The children in the Rainbow Room were eagerly engaged in an exciting activity involving numbers on a number line. They had the opportunity to listen carefully as an adult would say a particular number out loud. Their task was to identify the number and then locate it on the number line. To make the...

Rainbow Room - Blocks Play

Ayyad and Benjamin were having an absolute fun as they transformed the room into a colourful and exciting mess, using blocks to build towers of all shapes and sizes. Each tower was uniquely crafted with different colored blocks, making every creation stand out even more. It was a joy to witness...

Tenerife Adventures

What a weekend we have had! Friday was an exciting day travelling in which we had the opportunity to get to know a bit better the rest of the group and their adults. On Saturday we had a fantastic day at Las Teresitas beach where we played games and had a swim in the Atlantic sea! Sunday was a...

Year 3 Kingfisher - RE Day 2025

The children in Kingfisher had an exciting Religious Education Day learning all about signs, symbols and their meanings. They created their own special sign and symbol to represent their family. Then they learnt all about Christian symbols, Buddhist symbols and the importance of the signs. In the...

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...

Year 3 - Kingfisher in The Power Of Play

The children had an exciting literacy lesson led by the specialist literacy lead from the National Theatre. The children used the story of Rumplestilskins and enjoyed the many role- playing activities

Rainbow - SEND Music & PE

Wow! This week, our pupils were fully engaged in exciting activities as part of SEND PE and Music. In SEND PE, they enjoyed jumping on the trampoline, walking along the bench, and throwing bean bags. During SEND Music, the children were captivated by the sounds of various musical instruments,...

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....

Guardian Visits Daubeney

Year 6 were delighted to have been visited by two inspiring members of the Guardian newspaper team and learning about the exciting world of Journalism and the Media. The workshop involved children thinking about what it means to be a journalist and what is involved in getting a newspaper ready each...

KS2 Sports Day 2016

Key Stage 2 made their way to the Copper Box Area for their annual sports day. These are the highlights

Make a Noise

What an amazing, fun packed fortnight Daubeney had ‘Making a Noise’ about bullying. Children from Nursery to Year 6 participated in concerts, assemblies, workshops, activities in class and ended with a BIG ‘Make a Noise’ non uniform day. Take a look at some of the wonderful...

Maths Week 2016

Some highlights from Maths Week 2016

Meg Hillier MP Visit

Our local MP, Meg Hillier, visited Daubeney to give a very special prize to one of our Year 6 students. At Christmas, we entered Meg's competition to find a picture to go onto her Christmas Card. Out of many entries from schools in Hackney, our very own Massimo in 6S won! He produced a...

Nursery - Learning to Play the Ukulele

Nursery had an exciting music session as Mr O’Flyn and some helpers demonstrated how to use a Ukulele and everyone was eager about having a go

Nursery - Music Lesson

Yesterday Nursery had a very exciting Music lesson. After practising for Christmas songs for our upcoming performance, Mr O'Flynn took all the children around Nursery making music with......... Each one of those .......had a different beat and together Nursery had lots and lots of fun

Our New Playgrounds

Great news!! Construction of our new playgrounds have been approved - take a look at these computer generated images of how our new KS1 & KS2 playgrounds will look! The Daubeney Road access will only be through the main gate until further notice, as work begins on our KS1 Playground from Monday...

Philip Womack visits Year 6

To meet a real life author was something that the Year 6 children were thrilled to experience. Philip Womack did not fail to deliver, as he presented an exciting and engaging session on supporting the Year 6 children to create their own mythical stories based on his book; 'The Broken King'....

Reception - Blue Class: Work Week 2019

Blue Class have thoroughly enjoyed learning all about different jobs this week as part of work week. We were very lucky to have lots of wonderful parents who volunteered their time to come and talk to us about their jobs. We had TV producers who showed us adverts they had created, a daddy who...

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...

Reception - Red Class Visit Discover Story Centre

Red class had a wonderful time at the Discover Story Centre. We carefully listened to the story 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea' and went on a very exciting story trail. The children loved acting out the story and using lots of story props. Take a look to see what fun we had!

Science Juniors Make Lava Lamps

The Science Juniors had the opportunity to get onto the Daubeney Science 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

Spanish Champions Make Displays About Themselves

Our Spanish champions had an exciting meeting this week and they had a great time making creative and colourful displays in which they spoke about themselves in Spanish! They shared what their hobbies, favourite food, birthday, etc. are in Spanish

Summer Fair 2015

All the fun of the fair!

The One Show - Parents' Evening

Teachers, parents and children from Daubeney appeared on The One Show on Wednesday 20th December 2017. They featured in a film discussing their experiences of parents' evening

Transforming our School Gates

This week, children from Years 1-6 have been involved in an exciting screen printing workshop. Using pictures of local Hackney landscapes the children got stuck in to create one of the local landscapes. The children used cut out shapes of paper to create their chosen building. Using their designs...

Victoria Derbyshire - Call for Free Sanitary Products in Primary Schools

Nadia Collier, a member of staff here at Daubeney joined Victoria Derbyshire on Thursday 14th March for a discussion about calls for the Government to extend the supply for free sanitary products to primary schools

Welcome

A big welcome to the Daubeney Primary School website. I am the Executive Head Teacher of the Federation of Daubeney, Sebright and Lauriston Schools and Children Centres. These are very exciting schools to be a part of and we hope you enjoy learning about us in these pages and finding out about all...

World Book Day 2016

Daubeney celebrated World Book Day with a blast! The children and staff made a massive effort in coming to school dressed as their favourite book character!

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?

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...

Year 1 - Zoo Lab visit 1L

Year 1 had an exciting visitor as part of their Science topic Animals including Humans. Zoo Lab introduced the children to a variety of animals in the classroom, from a giant snail to a slithering snake! The children enjoyed being able to hold, touch and stroke the animals and learnt lots of new...

Brazilian Carnival 2016

The spirit of Rio transformed Daubeney into a colourful display of dancing and fun!

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...

5M Reading With 4S

The children in 5M welcomed the exciting young writers from 4S and had a chance to read their stories. The main focus of the session was to evaluate how well the year 4S children were writing and help them to improve by giving positive criticism

BBC Big Breakfast - 48 Hours Before the Election

Daubeney is, once again very proud, to be working with BBC Breakfast and Radio 5 Live on the exciting feature - 48 Hours Before the Election. Mr Logan, Mr Dharma and Mr Ainsworth were proud to be representing the education sector during the programmes. We encourage all parents to ensure they watch...

BBC Breakfast - Austerity Discussion

Mr Dharma appeared on BBC Breakfast on Monday 12th June to discuss the impact of austerity on education

BBC Breakfast - Meeting Andy Murray

We are absolutely delighted to be featured on the BBC once again! This time, it's summer and it's Wimbledon! A huge congratulations to Hamnah in 5O for being invited by the BBC to meet the World No.1 tennis champion – Sir Andrew Murray OBE - at the prestigious Queen’s Club in...

BBC Breakfast - Race Inequality Discussion

Our Head of School, Gregory Logan featured on BBC Breakfast on 10th October to discuss the findings of the Government's Ethnicity Facts and Figures audit

BBC Radio London - Parents Helping With Homework Discussion

Our Head of School, Mr Logan joined Vanessa Feltz on BBC Radio London on 9th March 2018 for a chat about how parents can best help their children with homework

Black History Month 2016

At Daubeney we celebrated Black History Month and many students were enthused enough to carry out their own research. Mr Logan was impressed by the quality of the research and the passion for History shown by the children here at Daubeney. We look forward to an even bigger Black History Month next...

Boys Book Club - 12th March 2019

The boys in the Boys Book Club enjoyed a cosy session today (12th March 2019) reading a range of books from our library. It was very interesting to read in our library because we found some exciting books to read

Chain Reaction Workshop

Years 4 - 6 were delighted to be part of a rapturous workshop delivered by Chain Reaction – an orgaisation that specializes in working with children to develop vital tools and techniques to achieve successful conflict resolution - whilst keeping it fun and involved in ‘real life’....

Exciting Maths in Year 2!

Here are some photos of Year 2 learning maths

Classroom Displays 2017

Daubeney is full of exciting learning. The school is following a theme of 'Intrepid explorers'. Take a tour through a gallery of our bright and colourful displays to see the amazing learning that is taking place. You should also take a look at our displays from 2018, and 2019

Classroom Displays 2018

Daubeney is full of exciting learning. Take a tour through a gallery of our bright and colourful displays to see the amazing learning that is taking place. You should also take a look at our displays from 2017, and 2019

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...

Daubeney Carnival 2017

Each year group presented a dance from a different culture or tradition before joining together for a whole-school big dance!

Daubeney Has Talent 2016

On 9th March 2016, 14 children from Daubeney school took part in the Cluster E Dance show. Daubeney was one of 11 schools taking part and they finished the show with a bang! We are very proud of our students. They only had 8 weeks to learn the dance and then perform it in front of over 200 people!...

Daubeney on BBC Breakfast - Terrific Scientific Launch

Daubeney is very proud to be working with the BBC on this very exciting opportunity to develop scientists of the future with a cutting edge programme such as Terrific Scientific . We encourage all parents to ensure they watch the programme with their children and enjoy the potential and...

Daubeney on You and Yours - BBC Radio 4

Following our wonderful participation at the national launch event of the BBC's new science initiative - Terrific Scientific and subsequently being featured on BBC Breakfast ; Daubeney, is honoured to have been invited by BBC Radio 4 to participate in their You and Yours episode - aired on...

Developing Writing in Year 2 and Year 5

It was exciting today (25th January 2019) to welcome the Year 2 writers to Year 5 where they were supported to develop and extend their learning. The children in Year 5 helped the Year 2 writers to extend their sentences using relative clauses

EcoACTIVE Awards

Eco-Team went to the Science Museum for the EcoACTIVE Awards. We had a really exciting day and our project scrapbook won £100 pounds to help our school become more Eco-friendly! Thank you to all who supported the team with all their hard work so far this year!

Year 1 - Hilda Offen

Year 1 had an exciting visit from the author Hilda Offen . The children were eager to look at her books and were even more surprised when they found out she wrote and illustrated her own books. Hilda very kindly passed around storyboards and books of her work. The children got to experience being...

Year 2 - Black History Month Art

It's been an amazing week! As part of Black History Month, children had an exciting opportunity to participate in the 'Big Draw'. Year 2's Art drawing was an inspiration from Derek Walcott who was an artist, play writer and a poet from the Island of St. Lucia

Year 6 - 6F IntoUniversity

6F had the amazing opportunity to spend an entire week with the IntoUniversity team. The focus for the week’s learning was diversity and inclusion. On Monday and Tuesday we looked at inspiring people throughout history such as Emmeline Pankhurst, Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela and...

Year 6 - 6F Visit Sky Studios

6F were lucky enough to have the exciting opportunity to visit the Sky Skills Studio in the O2. They got to experience reading the news from a teleprompter and took fun photos with celebrities and film characters using a green screen. They even got to try out virtual reality which was like being...

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 6 - 6M IntoUniversity

Last week, (Monday 28th January – Friday 1st February) 6M has the exciting opportunity to go to Into University. Each day brought new and exciting learning. On Monday, we learnt all about the theme of the week which was diversity and inclusion. Following on from this, we learnt all about...

Year 6 - 6M Visit Sky Studios

Today (22nd November 2018) 6M had the exciting opportunity of visiting The Sky Studios in the O2 arena. Through this unique experience, we have definitely spotted some upcoming TV stars. There is a plethora of activities and we would recommend anyone to go along to enjoy reading the news; the...

Year 6 - End of Year Production

Year 6 have been working hard on creating an exciting end of year production. They have been developing their talents of acting, signing and dancing. Also, they have been working creatively to make back drops and props for the production

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 Work Week

During Work Week, Year 6 had a wonderful opportunity to design an invention that would make Dyson and Apple pay attention and pitch their designs to 'Dragons' who were looking for an exciting investment opportunity. The Dragons, professionals from eminent corporations from the city,...

Year 5 Residential 2017 - Day 1

Thank you all for being on time this morning and supporting us with a fabulous start to our exciting adventure. We got here in great time and great spirits! The are absolutely amazing and supporting each other during room set up and the activities! Too many magic moments to mention here! We're...

1B's trip to Sainsbury's

For our exciting 'Work Week' topic this week, 1B went on a trip to Sainsbury's in Dalston. This was an opportunity for them to experience the roles and responsibilities of some of the people that worked there. They all got to decorate their own gingerbread man and of course eat it...

Year 5/6 Residential - Oxford

29th June Thank you parents for all your lovely messages; we've had a great time sharing these, especially the nicknames! The children are doing absolutely great. However, after a gruelling day today, they are very tired. We've decided to have an early night after a much-needed hot...

Year 5 Meet Mr Saunders

Year 5 have been learning about World War 2 over this half term and had the chance to visit the renowned Imperial War Museum . As if this wasn't exciting enough, we were lucky enough to have a World War 2 survivor names Mr Saunders come to visit us at school! Mr Saunders told us about life in...

Year 2 - Great Fire of London

Year 2 got ready for next terms topic on the Great Fire of London, with an exciting workshop this week. The children role played the scene of the buildings in London and in role as shop keepers. They learnt how the buildings were burnt down in the tragedy. The Great Fire of London happened in 1666,...

Year 3's Visit to Kew Gardens

On their recent visit to Kew Gardens, Year 3 observed the dry, arid space populated by spiky cactus plants & noted the distinct change of temperature & humidity as they walked into the tropical Palm House. Those with glasses couldn't not notice; their glasses steamed up as soon as they...

Year 2 - Maths Workshop with the Happy Puzzle Company

Year 2 took part in an exciting maths workshop with the Happy Puzzle Company. We developed our team work skills whilst solving challenging maths problems!

Year 2 - Opera in 2G

2G have had a very exciting morning as they have had a visit from two opera singers. They were able to listen to the beautiful voices of the two very talented ladies, and also take part in a workshop. The children were really focused by what was a unique experience for them

Year 2 - Space and Astronauts at the Science Museum

Year 2 visited the Science Museum to learn about space and astronauts. We had fun looking at space shuttles, space capsule, what food astronauts eat in space and we saw a piece of the moon! It was very exciting! We learnt about Yuri Gagarin who made history in 1961 when he became the first human to...

Year 3 - First Week Back At School

In Maths, we have been looking at place value and representing numbers using dienes and counters. We have also started to add on 1, 10 and 100 onto different numbers using our knowledge of place value so far. In Literacy, we have been recounting our summer holidays and we are preparing to create...

Year 3 - George's Marvellous Medicine

Year 3 had a very exciting lesson as they were introduced to the story of George’s Marvellous Medicine. The class had to make a medicine to turn Grandma into something evil! They wrote a set of instructions to make their medicine using ingredients that George used around his house. When they...

Year 3 - Making Recycled Hats

Year 3 had lots of fun making hats from recycled material. They had a special visit from Eco Active Team to encourage the children to recycle. They were taught what things they can recycle in school and at home. They were put to a challenge to make recycled hats in 5mins. This was hardwork but Year...

Year 3 - Things We Learnt This Term

To start our term with a bang, we had wow day on Monday which was full of exciting activities all about Pirates. We came to school dressed up as pirates and even kept a pirate name to start the day. First of all, we learnt about some famous pirates such as Blackbeard. Did you know he used to walk...

Year 3 - Work Week 2017

As part of Work Week, Year 3 experienced the world of work at KidZania. We could not hide the excitement as we explored more than 60 unique and exciting professions through real-life role play adventures in a fun and safe environment. We were cashiers, doctors, firefighters, bakers, journalists...

Year 3 Trip to the Ministry of Stories

Year 3 were sent on an exciting mission to the Ministry of Stories. There were given an assignment from the Chief of the Ministry to write 30 new stories as the story supplies were running low. When they arrived at the Ministry of Stories, they were taken through a secret door which led to the...

Year 4 - Mummifying

Year 4 had an exciting this week as they had the opportunity to experience what it was like to be an embalmer. Instead of a real human (of course), they mummified oranges!

Year 5 Discuss Current Affairs

Year 5 are off to an exciting start this term with finding out about current affairs. Classrooms were heated with the well-thought-out opinions from the students. We discussed a range of issues such as; Floods in Haiti, Refugee crisis and the US presidential elections. Our students were able to...

Year 4 - Natural History Museum

Year 4 went on a trip to the Natural History Museum to learn about earthquakes. We had a really exciting day and even experienced what an earthquake would feel like!

Year 4 - Time Capsules

On the final day of the school year 4S and 4G dug up their time capsules from the hop garden that they had planted during their transition week in Year 3. It was very exciting to read the notes they had written over a year ago. Mr Garber was particularly impressed with how so many children had met...

Year 4 - Viking Helmets

Year 4 had an exciting week creating Viking helmets. Did you know that the real Viking helmets did not have horns? Take a look at the pictures below to see how they really looked! "Before learning about the Vikings, I thought their helmets had horns" - Zakaria "It was so much fun to...

Year 4 - Viking Invasions

4S were visited by a Viking as part of an exciting workshop. The children learnt many interesting facts about the Viking invasions. They also had their fortunes told from reading Viking runes. Please ask a 4S member what the Viking predicted their future would be!

Year 4 Ballet at the Royal Opera House

What an amazing opportunity it was for Year 4 to enjoy a wonderful and inspiring ballet performance of ‘Rhapsody’ and ‘Two Pigeons’ at the prodigious Royal Opera House. The children were pleasantly surprised and sat mesmerised throughout the electrifying performances. As 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 5 - Finding a Fraction of an Amount

Today (11th February 2019) the Year 5 children had an exciting maths lesson using concrete and visual resources to help them find a fraction of an amount. The children watched a video prepared by the teachers, then used the concrete materials to help them solve the calculations. After, they used...

Year 5 - Imperial War Museum

Year 5 visited the Imperial War Museum where they had to chance to deepen their knowledge on World War 2. They thoroughly enjoyed the clips that they saw in the museum and were astounded by the artefacts. "I found the museum very interesting and I learnt about the disastrous bombs that landed...

Year 5 - Literacy Unit

Year 5 had an exciting week back in school. They started their Literacy unit this term and are learning all about travel leaflets. The children will be creating their own travel leaflet based on their topic - North America. The children are excited to learn all about North America, the culture,...

Year 5 - The Power of Erosion

The children in year 5 had an exciting lesson today (26-09-2018) when they studied the power of erosion. they also looked at the different ways of erosion and identified how rocks and other formation are created

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...