Daubeney Loves Reading

Reading for Pleasure We have a rich reading culture at Daubeney. We are committed to creating an ethos and an environment that excites, enthuses and inspires children to read for their own enjoyment. We aim to develop a community of readers through high quality reading provision. The children have...

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...

Physical Education

Intent The Blossom Federation believes that Physical Education (PE), experienced in a safe and supportive environment, is essential to ensure children attain optimum physical and emotional development and good health. We intend to deliver high-quality teaching and learning opportunities that...

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...

Daubeney Primary School Nurture - Fairy Cakes

Baking fairy cakes for Nurture Graduation

Reception Duckling Class - Sharing

This week in maths, we have been learning about sharing! We have been talking about what equal means and how we can make sure things are 'fair' and the 'same'. We used gingerbread men to help us practice our sharing and we shared out counters

Year 3 - Scientific Investigation

The children in Kingfisher class carried out a fair test in their Science lesson. They tested different surfaces to identify the one with the most and least friction, measuring the distance their car travelled

Year 2 - Australia Wow Day

This week we've had lots of fun for our Spring 2 WOW Day. We took a virtual trip to Australia, making sure we had our passports and boarding passes ready! Once on the plane we were ready for take off! In the afternoon we made some delicious fairy bread using colourful sprinkles

Autumn Book Fair 2022

...We had another fantastic Book Fair at Daubeney last week. It was great to see so many children excited about books. Altogether you spent an amazing £959.26 which equals £479.63 in rewards for us to spend on some great new books for the school. What book did you buy? Would you recommend it? Comment...

Spring Book Fair 2023

...re your ideas.......s would like to see at the Book Fair next time? Comment below to share your ideas....

Year 5 - RE Day: Sikhism

Did you know that Sikhism started from a person called Guru Nanak who wanted to make a better religion that treats everyone fairly? We learnt this and lots more today. Have a look at our learning!

Year 5 - Science: Soluble or Insoluble?

Do you know what soluble and insoluble means? We learnt about what they are today. We used our new learning to carry out a fair test to see what substances are soluble and what substances are insoluble. We used salt, sugar, flour, hot chocolate powder and black pepper. Which ones do you think are...

Year 4 WoW Day - Ancient Egyptians

... Question, 'Were Pharaohs Fair'. Then we made our own Cartouches and build a sarcophagus, pyramid and a mummy....

Year 5 - Literacy: Midnight Fair Power of Play

During this power of play lesson, we imagined what it would be like to be at the fair. What did the fair look like? How could we describe the world of the book. After, we created a story map of the story from our discussions

Year 2 - The Midnight Fair Characters

...acters in ‘The Midnight Fair’. We thought about the way they would stand, the way they would move and the way they would talk. We imagined something they would say and then stood in a circle facing outwards to deliver the line with emotion and movement....

Year 5 - Literacy: Scene descriptions

...s more into the book Midnight Fair, we spent the lesson discussing our thoughts and ideas on different scenes from the book and recording them in our groups....

Year 2 - Book Fortnight

...the story ‘The Midnight Fair’. We explored various points of the story and used freeze frames to imagine what the characters were doing and what they would be feeling....

Year 2 - The Midnight Fair

This lesson, we used watercolours to paint a scene from the story. We used bursts of colour to show how the lights of the fair twinkled in the night time and thought about the places we would see if we were there

Year 4 Outdoor Science Investigation - How does distance affect the volume of the sound?

Year 4 developed their scientific skills by investigating how sound is affected by the distance it travels. They made their prediction and also discussed how the investigation could be a fair one by considering the variables

Year 2 - World of the Story

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

Year 4 - The Midnight Fair

... of the story of The Midnight Fair in freeze frames....

Year 3 Kingfisher - Testing Frictional Force

The children in Kingfisher carried out a fair test to determine which surface will have the most frictional force. They built a ramp and tested different surfaces to test how far their car would roll and see which surface had the most and least frictional force

Year 2 - Australia WOW Day

We had lots of fun making our own boarding passes and passports this lesson before boarding our plane to Australia. We then had some delicious fairy bread!

Year 3 - Rumpelstiltskin

This week, Year 3 have been exploring the story of Rumpelstiltskin in their literacy lessons through the Power of Play sequence. They've thoroughly enjoyed their first week—acting out scenes, building a fairy tale world, and bringing their imagination and drama skills to life

Another successful summer fair at Daubeney!

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...

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...

Children's Centre - Summer Fair / Health Event - 4th August 2022

Year 5 and 6 Residential 2020 - Day 3

[menu name="year5-6-residential-2020"] Day 3 and things are not slowing down. The sun even poked its head through the clouds for a few glorious seconds. The children finished an exhilarating day of activities today with fried chicken, wedges and waffles with ice-cream for dinner. Oh,...

Year 2 - Wow Day - 27th May 2021

To end our Australia topic, we went to Australia! We made our own passports and boarding passes then imagined we were on a plane! We spent the rest of the day outside doing fun things like splashing in a paddling pool and making fairy bread! Are you convinced to go to Australia? Watch our advert!

Year 5 - Scientific Experiment

Today (5th March 2019) the Year 5 children carried out a fair test to investigate the affects of different water temperatures on sugar. The children used hot, warm and cold water to test whether the sugar will dissolve at different times. They used different water temperatures but ensured...

April Book Fair

... another very successful Book Fair at Daubeney! There was a fantastic selection of books and they we......6F who helped to run the Book Fair with Miss Fergus and well done to Elisabeth in 4C who bought the ......hildren that visited the Book Fair. Thanks to everyone's efforts, we have earned lots of reward poin...

KS1 Science Parents' Workshop

Today (4th October 2018) we had a fantastic parent workshop talking all about how we can do more science at home! The children got hands on with some every day objects such as fairy liquid, milk and eggs but found that these every day objects can be turned into scientific extravaganzas with the...

November Book Fair

...ou come next time!...... to organize and run the Book Fair. A special thank you to Salma, Kemari and Kelicia in Year 6 and a......to help out and keep the Book Fair open until 5pm so that the children in after school clubs didn’...

RRS: 'The Right to a Full and Decent Life' Assembly

... Right through the context of Fair-trade and how families of produce farmers across the globe deserve to live a full and decent life. Involving eager volunteers from KS2, the children were taken on a rapturous journey incorporating, Geography, History, Maths, PHSE, RE and of course the Rights of ...

Summer Fair 2015

All the fun of the fair!

Summer Fair 2016

...g time at the Daubeney Summer Fair. Ducks were hooked, faces were painted, balloons were bashed and 100’s of prizes were won! Thank you to everyone who came along to join in the fun and make it such a special day. We raised: £2560....

World Book Day 2019

World Book Day was a great success! On Friday 8th March, everybody dressed up as their favourite book character. Well done for joining in! We saw some Harry Potters, Matildas, Greg Heffleys and even a Broccoli Boy! Congratulations to the winners of the costume competition who got to choose any book...

Year 3 - Chocolate Crazy, Learning Had

...he geography of chocolate and Fair Trade....

Year 3 - Windrush Generation

Year 3 have had a brilliant afternoon learning about the Windrush. The Windrush generation refers to the immigrants who were invited to the UK between 1948 and 1971 from Caribbean countries such as Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados to help rebuild Britain post-war. The name comes from the...

Year 4 - SEAL- Odd Socks Day

Year 4 had a great SEAL session today discussing Odd socks day. We spoke about how we are different in some ways and all similar in other ways. We also spoke about accepting one another for who we are and having a growth mindset. We chose to wear odd socks today to show that it is OK to be...

Year 5 - Equivalent Fractions

...ons. We played a game of 'Fair or NOT Fair' to identify whether the fractions were equivalen......ed a game of 'Fair or NOT Fair' to identify whether the fractions were equivalent....

Year 5 - Science and Maths

Today (30th April 2019) the Year 5 pupils used their science and maths skills (cross curricular links) to draw a bar graph in order to present their data from the friction fair test carried out last week. The children used their data, and constructed a bar graph to show the effects of friction on...

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 3 - British Science Week 2021: Egg Investigation

In Year 3 we had the task to make an egg travel down a zip wire. The children were given pipe cleaners and straws to design a harness for the egg. the children were very inventive in their designs. We were learning about fair tests and how to introduce variables to the investigation

Year 5 Residential 2018 - Day 3

Day 3 and things are not slowing down. The children finished yesterday with pasta bake and hot cocoa. The tiredness had set in and it was a very quiet night in the cabin. After an energising sleep, the children were woken up to the smell of fresh pastries baking in the oven. They had enough choice...

Year 5's Air Resistance Experiments

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

Boys Book Club - 18th June 2019

Today (18-06-2019) the Boys Book Club explored the many online stories available which are suitable for primary school children. We used the iPads, and read a selection of stories. Next week we aim to read some classic fairy tales and hope to create our own fairy tale story in the session

Autumn Book Fair 2019

...VERY busy and successful Book Fair at Daubeney! You spent over £1000 buying amazing books to read a......s to organise and run the Book Fair. A special thank you to all the adults that helped out and to al...

Year 4 - Sound Investigation

Today (22-01-2020) the children in Year 4 experimented with sound waves and vibrations. They used a drum and rice to notice the different vibrations and the reactions. The children carried out a fair test and recorded their results

Year 4 - Wow Day: Ancient Egypt

Today (23-01-2020) the children enjoyed their WOW day with a variety of fun activities around our topic Ancient Egypt. The children created their own Ancient Egyptian town, then made a funeral mask for the Great Tutankhamun, answered a quiz about ancient civilization and enjoyed answering their Big...

November Book Fair 2020

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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...