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...

Phonics & Early Reading

At Blossom Federation we have devised our own phonics programme based upon the principles of Letters and Sounds. We use a range of resources and strategies to tailor the phonics provision to meet the needs of our pupils. It aims to build children's speaking and listening skills in their own right...

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...

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...

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...

Maths

Our Vision Our vision at Blossom Federation is to nurture a life-long love and confident use of Maths. We aim to develop lively, enquiring minds encouraging pupils to become self-motivated, confident and capable in order to solve problems that will become an integral part of their future. Through...

Early Years Foundation Stage

The Early Years (Nursery and Reception classes) will provide an environment that is happy, warm, secure and stimulating. We aim to ensure that all children become confident and independent, and enjoy exploring and learning. We aim to enable children to develop a strong sense of self, while also...

Mini Garden

The School councillors came up with an idea earlier this year to develop a green space in the KS2 playground where wildlife can flourish and our Daubeney family can enjoy nature. They have worked hard with support from Dave and Gavin to design a “Mini Garden”. The friends of the Earth...

Year 5 - First Week

How was your summer? We spent the first day of Year 5 learning our new routines, finding our new seats and starting some new learning. We can't wait to experience more new things in Year 5

Year 4 - 4M: ICT Online Safety

On Monday (5-09-2022) the children in 4M had their first computing session and focussed on online safety. They completed a few activities using PurpleMash and answered a quiz all about online safety

First Week in Reception - Yellow Class

We have had so much fun during our first week at Daubeney! We have made lots of new friends, explored the school and enjoyed getting to know our new adults! We have been writing and decorating our names, building in the sand, drawing pictures of ourselves, cooking dinner in the Monster Cafe,...

Year 2 - 2L's First Week Back!

We had lots of fun in our first week back! We created beautiful self portraits, made some collaged flowers, and explored our new classroom

Year 4 Timetables Club - 5th October 2022

The children in Year 4 enjoyed their first Timetables club today, 5-10-2022, where they practiced their times tables and their fluency. Every week they will be practicing and each week will assess their learning using the assessment tool on their Purplemash program

Reception - Yellow Class - The Extraordinary Gardener

This week we started our reading groups! We really enjoyed our first reading sessions. We have also been reading 'The Extraordinary Gardener' and have been making different types of flowers. We have been practicing our phonics with different games, learning Spanish and building different...

Family Phonics Workshop

A big thank you to parents who attended our first family phonics workshop this half term. It was so lovely to see parents engaging in various phonics activities. We went through all of phase 2 sounds and had an excellent time playing table tennis phonics and snap! We look forward to seeing you...

Reception - Ducklings Week 1

This week we were lucky enough to have 5 duck eggs arrive! We waited patiently for the eggs to hatch and over the first few hours, they all hatched! We have watched them eat, drink and cuddle with each other. Both classes have enjoyed watching them, stroking them and watching them grow! Alongside...

Year 5 - WOW Day: Ancient Greece

...reeks using recyclable items. First, we created the base and structure of the vase which was then followed by decorating the vase. This was a great way to end our topic on Ancient Greece where we learnt about how and where they had an influence on modern society....

Year 4 WoW Day - Ancient Egyptians

Today, 15-12-2022, the children in Year 4 enjoyed their activities around Ancient Egypt. Our first lesson was answering the Big Question, 'Were Pharaohs Fair'. Then we made our own Cartouches and build a sarcophagus, pyramid and a mummy

Christmas in Reception

...ool trip to see 'Whiskers First Winter' which we loved!...

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 2 – Spanish: Story telling and learning a second language

Language learning begins with listening and speaking, so storytelling is a fabulous tool for teaching any language, whether that is a first or a second language . At Daubeney we learn new Spanish words and phrases in KS1 from stories. Stories teach us grammar and syntax in the most natural way....

Year 5 - Literacy: Instructional text

...duced to instructional texts. First, they learnt about different features which was then followed up by a practical task (Origami-style ships)....

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!

Mr Logan’s weekly update video

Please see my first update video of the summer 2 half-term. I hope you find it informative and useful. Kind regards,

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!

Daubeney Ambassadors 2023-24

Daubeney Ambassadors of 2023-24 had their first meeting on Friday. They were very excited, passionate about their new role and responsibilities and had so many great ideas

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...

Year 5 - Yoga

In our first yoga lesson, we got used to being on the yoga mat, hearing sounds and enjoying relaxing yoga. We can't wait for our next session!

Year 6 Residential 2022 - Day 2

The sun came out hip hip hooray! And it looks like we’ve seen the last of the rain! It was a jam packed day today and our first full day here at Danbury! We’re still having an amazing time and we’re going to be reading all of your comments when we have hot chocolate later on so keep them coming!...

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....

My First Week in Yellow Class - Autumn 2020

Year 6 RE Day - Buddhism

This half-term Year 6 explored the religion of Buddhism. We learned about the four noble truths, the eight fold path and how the Buddha first became enlightened. We then put all of this information into a leaflet and finished off with some art inspired by what we had learnt. [slideshow...

1L Look Up!

Our literacy focus for the first two weeks of Autumn 2 has been a book called Look Up! We enjoyed reading the book, acting it out, hotseating characters from the story and learning lots of facts about space! We even drew our own space pictures! I wonder what you will see when you look up?

Reception - First Week Back

Reception pod have had fun learning all about the rainforest this week. We have been looking and learning about the animals of the rainforest and their habitats. We have created masks and parrots, and we have been completing rainforest research in our rainforest research centre! We have also been...

Nursery - First Day Back

...and meeting brand new friends....

Art in Year 2 - Spring Watercolours

We had a lovely afternoon making watercolour Spring pictures. We looked at different flowers and made some landscapes. What a lovely first day!

Year 3 - British Science Week 2021

Year 3 conducted an experiment to discover what colour bubbles are. We made bubble bottles to observe the colour of the bubbles. We found that at first the bubbles appeared colourless, but when held up against the light the bubble split revealing different colours of the rainbow

Year 1 - 1A First Week Back at School

1A had so much fun being back at school this week. We played lots of games, made friendship bracelets, wrote compliments and messages for our friends and even enjoyed playing in the hop garden. Take a look to see what fun we had

Year 1 - 1L Literacy: First Week Back

1L read the story of Rainbow Fish this week and thought about what it meant to be a good friend! We acted out the story and made scales for Rainbow Fish saying how we could be a good friend. We also made compliment cards for our friends, telling them what we like about them and then made friendship...

Year 1 - 1L Maths: First Week Back

1L had lots of fun playing maths games and practising addition and subtraction during our first week back together! We focused on working together with a partner and using mathematical language to explain our work!

Reception - Journey through African

We have had a fantastic first week back! This week, reception have been taking a Journey through Africa, learning about the countries, animals and landmarks! We have been making African inspired masks, African patterns using 2D and 3D shapes and bright colours. We have also enjoyed playing in the...

Year 6 Residential 2022 - Day 1

Well, we all crossed our fingers for sunny weather but of course, shortly after our arrival the skies opened and it definitely made for a memorable first day. We had archery, climbing, aerial treck, mountain biking, obstacle courses and ALL in the pouring rain. Our children have settled in so well...

First Days in Year 5

We have had so much fun in our first two days back after the summer break! We’ve already begun working on our maths and we’ve submitted our entries for the logo completions for our new federation name “The Blossom Federation”. We’re very happy to be back!

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...

Reception - Our First Week

This week, we have said "Hello!" to our new Reception children. We have been taking part in many activities including playing in the mud kitchen, having water play in our paddling pools and having a bite to eat at our Farm Shop Café! We can't wait for next week for even more, fun learning!

Reception Trip to St Barnabas Church

Reception enjoyed their first out of school trip to St Barnabas Church, where we learnt about the Story of Christmas. We dressed up as the characters and acted out the nativity. We had so much fun!

Aspiring Authors in Year 5

Well done to these two young aspiring authors, who spent their free time last weekend beginning to write a novel. They thought carefully about their title and front cover. They were inspired by their favourite books and began writing their first three chapters. We are very proud and can’t...

Nurture Group's First Skateboarding Lesson

Mr O'Flynn has now switched our extra music sessions to skateboarding lessons. We LOVED our first session! "It was hard but it was fun" "It was SUPER MIGHTY good" "I can't wait for our next session, thank you Mr O'Flynn"

Year 6 - 6M IntoUniversity

The children in 6M enjoyed a whole week of activities with the team from IntoUniversity. They discussed and learnt all about life at university, the courses on offer and activities provided by many different institutes. They children also discussed diversity and empathy and visited the Dialogue Hub...

Year 5 - Greta and the Giants Roleplay

We are learning about the book Greta and the Giants for the first two weeks of this half term. To help us understand the story more, we acted out the story and even made props inspired by Greta and her friends. We will be writing a blog based on the book

Year 5 - Trip to Science Museum

It was our first trip of Year 5 - can you believe it? We certainly could by the end of the day - we were so tired! We visited the museum as part of our science unit on space but we also so many other amazing things!

Nursery - Messy Play Day

Nursery had their first Messy play day. The children had so much fun exploring many different messy activities. We had corn flour, cutting spaghetti, cars in paint, shaving foam, water beads and lots more. One child said "Miss I am so excited, this is so much fun" and another said "I...

Reception - Ducklings first week!

We have had a superb first week in Duckling class. We have been making new friends, meeting our new teachers, playing different games, getting creative and enjoying the weather outside!

Nurture 2023/24 Our first Week

Duckling Class - Our first trip!

Today (16/11/23), was our very first school trip! Group 1 of Duckling Class visited Homerton Library! We enjoyed looking through different books from fiction to Non-fiction, and we enjoyed reading them to each other. We were lucky enough to be able to take books back to school! We are so excited...

Year 6 - Geography: Physical Geography

We started the lesson by recapping what we learnt last week, first by looking at our floor book and second by completing a recap quiz as a class. We discussed the difference between physical and human geography. We played a game as a class where we had to figure out if the landmark was a physical...

Year 4 Wow Day

The children in Year 4 had an amazing Wow Day. They first completed their end of term assessment and then began creating their earthquake cities. Some of our pupils had the opportunity to make a pop-up earthquake building

Reception - Hackney School of Food - May 2025

On Tuesday, Cygnet Class enjoyed their first trip to Hackney School of Food. We made our own dough, chopped our own toppings and watched our pizzas bake! We had so much fun learning different kneading and cutting techniques

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

Year 4 Hornbills - ICT lesson

The children in Hornbills had their first ICT/ Computing lesson today where they discussed Online Safety. They had a few task to complete using Purplemash which taught them how to stay safe when using the internet

SEND PE - Autumn 2025

"The SEN pupil's completed their first PE lesson. They actively participated in all activities and were always willing to take on challenges during the session. Keep up the excellent work!"

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!

Year 2 - Maths - Week 1 2025

To get us back into the swing of things with our amazing maths, we spent the first week reminding ourselves of what numbers up to 20 look like and what tens and ones look like

Year 2 - Computing: Exploring Purple Mash

For our first computing lesson in Year 2, we spent the lesson learning how to log in to Purple Mash and exploring the website. We will be using Purple Mash for almost all of our computing learning from now all the way up to Year 6!

Year 5 and 6 - Boys first federation match

Everyone enjoyed themselves and were able to work together as a team

Year 5 - Arsenal Community Outreach - Week 1 2025

Year 5 completed they first lesson with an Arsenal community coach . They actively participating of having ideals to improve they community

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 - Colours Alphabet

Today, the children had a fantastic time during their phonics session, which skillfully combined learning with lots of fun! The session focused on colours, giving the children the opportunity to not only name various colours but also practice their phonics skills by identifying the first letter...

Year 2 - Literacy: Rainforest Artwork 2025

We spent the last week of our first half term completing writing that relates to our geography topic: Hot and Cold countries. We created artwork inspired by the rainforest!

Year 4 - Measurement

The children continued their learning in our Measurement topic and measured a variety of object in the class. They first estimated the measurements then measured in cm and converted to mm

Year 4 Hornbills - Wow Day - Spring 2026

The children had an amazing day making their own board games. Their first lesson they used their science learning to add lights to their designs then completed their board games. After, they played their games and evaluated them against a specific criteria

Year 4 Hornbills at The Urswick Secondary school

...ve to go back to do some more....

Tenerife - Day 1

We have had a wonderful first, full day in Tenerife! We hiked Teide and we saw many famous Tenerife Lizards. After we had our lunch, we had so much fun at the pool! After dinner, we had chill time to reflect on our first day and enjoy some card games, as well as ball games. We are very excited for...

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...

Nurture Group - Our first few weeks in Nurture

We have just started our journey in nurture and we are extremely excited to be there

Year 1 Peacock Class - Mapping Skills Day

We enjoyed our first Mapping Skills Day! We looked at maps of the local area, particularly our school. We then followed directions and used a map of our playground to find our landmarks. We then created 3D models of the playgrounds

Reception - Forest School: May 2025

Receptions first visit to forest school. Exploring the pond and making nature books

Reception - Duckling Class - Week 2

In Week 2, we had a fantastic Road Safety Workshop where a visitor came in to talk to us about how to safely cross the road. We had so much fun and learnt so much! We had a visit from Nova, our federation dog! This is the first time we have met Nova, and look forward to seeing her again next week!...

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...

Year 5 - Science: Soluble and Insoluble

Year 5 had a science lesson to remember ! They put their investigational skills to the test, as they conducted an experiment to test if certain substances would dissolve. The experiment required them to first predict if the substances were soluble or insoluble in water. Moreover, the outcome was...

First Week in Nursery - Autumn 2020

Well done to all the new nursery children for such a wonderful first week! We’ve had so much fun playing, drawing, running, jumping, climbing and painting and we cannot wait for the fun to continue in the weeks to come! Have lots of rest this weekend and we will see you next week for more...

Duckling Class - Library Visit

This week was Group 2s first week at the Library. We enjoyed our walk to Homerton library, we listened carefully to the library rules and then we explored the children's section. We founds lots of books that we would like to read and we were able to bring some of them back to school!

Spanish - Phonics

To ensure children can pronounce and read words and sentences accurately and confidently in Spanish, a consistent approach is used from early years. Our phonics approach is based on the context of what vocabulary children are learning depending on the year group or stage. Children start learning...

Year 6 - Geography: Mapping Skills Day

Lesson 1: For our first lesson this Mapping Day we first recapped all that we have learned before, including the 8 points in a compass to how to read a map. We then looked at globes and how to read globes. On our maps, we identified the 7 continents, lines of latitude such as the Tropics of...

Year 6 – DT: Evaluate

In this lesson, we evaluated our prototypes! We first discussed what is evaluation and why we should evaluate. We then discussed the tools and materials we used, problems we encountered, what went well and more! We then completed an evaluating sheet with our group after discussing each question and...

Year 2 JIGSAW Spring 2 week 2

Computing This week year 2 were using a search engine to find answers to a range of questions relating to dinosaurs. We discussed our online safety agreement before using Google Chrome to search for our answers. We explored the images tab and also discussed how search engines work by giving us the...

Spanish - Dia del libro – World Book Day

World Book Day was first created in 1995 by UNESCO and originally aimed at promoting reading, publishing and copyright. Since then however, it has grown bigger than anyone could ever have hoped for, with over 100 countries now taking part in World Book Day Celebrations that encompass everything...

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 5: Science - Sir David Attenborough

This term for science, Year 5 are focusing on different scientists and inventors. This lesson we focused on the famous British broadcaster and biologist, Sir David Attenborough for his amazing contribution to the world of science. Children first researched and then produced their own documentaries...

Year 6 - Art WOW Day 2024

...ques that we had learned about. First we had to understand the steps and instructions we would have to follow to accomplish our desired outcome. When we did block printing in Falcons class, we drew our design on the polystyrene block and carefully pressed onto the polystyrene block to create positiv...

Year 1 - Parrot Class: DT

...een 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 sturdy for ...

Reception - Our First Week

We have loved our first week in Reception at Daubeney! This week, we have been exploring our new classrooms! We have been reading in our garden themed reading are, making Play-Doh faces, playing in our home and our doctors' surgery, as well as exploring our maths and writing areas. We have been...

Year 5 and Year 6 - First Two Spanish Lessons

Busy first couple of Spanish lessons for children at Daubeney! Yr5 and Yr6 explored different memory techniques for retaining information, while learning new words, and explored the mile-long list of cognates that English and Spanish share. And you, could you work out the meaning on any of the...

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...

Year 5 - Geography: WOW Day

... by celebrating our learning. First, we answered the overarching question, then we made a to do list for people planning to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Finally, we designed and created our own backpacks and thought about what we’d bring with us!...

Year 2 - Parakeet School of Food trip

... we need to use to make them. First we made pumpkin scruffins, followed by a fancy fruit salad. They were both scrumptious!...

Year 2 - Captain Robert Falcon Scott

This week in History we learnt about the explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott. We discovered that he was part of a British team that were trying to be the first people to reach the South Pole. His expedition was called Terra Nova, and they set off in 1910, finally reaching the South Pole in January...

Reception - Week 1: Spring 2025

We have enjoyed our first week back at school! We have been talking about our holidays, practising our numbers and our phonics

Year 2 - Changing Materials

In Science, we took part in an experiment about changing the shape of materials. We made a prediction first, as to what material would be the most changeable and which would be the least. We then chose various items and tested to see whether we could squash, stretch, twist or bend it. We recorded...

Year 2 trip to the Science Museum

We had so much fun on a trip to the Science Museum recently. We explored a range of aeroplanes and thought about how they had changed over the years. We discussed the materials they were/are made from and looked at miniature versions that were used in the design process. We then had a great time...

My First Week in Red Class - Autumn 2020

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...

First Week in Year 6 - Autumn 2020

The children have all settled in fantastically to their new classrooms. We have already begun working on maths, spelling & handwriting and literacy. We have started our class reader 'Under the Lights' so make sure to ask the children what is happening in the story when they get home....

Year 2 - Making Toy Cars

In D&T we have been designing and making our own toy car. We first designed our car and made our body using cardboard. We then attached the axle to the wheels. We had a class race when we finished constructing our car. It was fun! Can you guess who won?

Red Class - Our First week in Reception

We are having lots of fun in our new class!

Red Class - Our First Week in Reception

We are having a wonderful time in Red Class!

SATs Saturday School

Well done to all the children that came to our first SATs Saturday School of the year. The children all enjoyed themselves having the entire school to themselves and not having to wear school uniform - they even saw the teachers wearing jeans! They also enjoyed flapjacks, biscuits and a juice for...

School Council Elections

We are preparing to elect our school council for the 2016/17 school year. As part of the process children will complete speeches in class next week. The subejct is: "Why I should be chosen for Daubeney School Council". Once the class has selected the 4 members they will be putting forward...

Sports Update - Cross Country and Netball

On the 26th November the boys and girls participated in a cross country and did really well. Also on the 28the November 2018 it was some children's first time playing netball - they really impressed with their performance

Year 1 - 1L Visit Virgin Trains in Euston Station

1L had a great trip on Tuesday to visit Virgin Trains in Euston Station as part of work week. We had fun exploring a train and split into groups to learn more. We visited the train shop and found out what it would be like to work there. We took a seat in first class! We also spent time with the...

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...

Year 1 Trip to Daubeney Fields

Year 1 went on our first trip to Daubeney Fields. We looked at what is in our surrounding area and will be making a map about our local community!

Year 2 - 2C Class Assembly - 15th November 2018

Today we did our first class assembly of the year! We talked about writing instructions in literacy, maps in geography and the environment in geography! Thank you to all the parents and carers who came to watch us perform! We hope you enjoyed it!

Year 2 - Fire Safety Visit

On Monday, a member of the London Fire Brigade came to our school to talk to us about Fire Safety. At first a lot of us thought that the only job they had was to save people from burning homes. But we quickly found out that fire safety is a lot more than that. We learnt about how to keep ourselves...

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...

Reception - Yellow Class Visit the Library

Yellow Class have been on their first trip to the local library. We walked all the way there and the children were so sensible and grown up. Mrs Addai and all the grown ups who accompanied us on the trip were very proud of all the children. The librarian read us a story called 'Handa's...

Year 3 - 3P Shares their Learning

3P had a wonderful time during our sharing assembly. The audience were amazed to see how well the Year 3 children performed on stage. Their main message was that success comes from hard work and determination, never giving up. They also shared with us some stories of famous people who failed at...

Year 3 - Boys Book Club

Today (6th March 2019) Year 3 started their first session in Boys Book Club. They shared their favourite book with the boys and completed a questionnaire about reading. Watch this space to see more

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 - Making Roman Shields

Year 3 are soon to be members of a Roman army! Today they took their first step towards that goal by making their very own Roman shields, which will be put to the test tomorrow in a battle with the Celts! Who do you think will win?

Year 3 - Shadows

3G have been learning about shadows. Our first investigation was to discover how shadows are formed. Secondly we conducted an experiment to see how and why shadows change their size

Year 3 - Things We Learnt This Term

...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 around with lit fuses on his beard to scare people? After that, we went to the hall and walked the plank blindfolded. The following day, we made pirate biscuits called &ls...

Year 3 Maths Workshop

Year 3 took part in Maths workshop led by Mr Naidoo. The children were challenged through a series of activities to test their mathematical knowledge. They first of all began with a test of their times table where they had a set time to answer as many times table questions as they can. They later...

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 4 - Sound

Year 4 are learning all about sound this half term. They have started their first session with a practical lesson about vibrations and the sounds that they make. They have also shared some questions that they have about sound. I challenge Daubeney students to find out the answers and comment below!

Year 4 - Using Spaghetti and Plasticine to Construct 3D Shapes

... 3D shapes in a very fun way! First they used spaghetti and Plasticine to construct their shapes. Then they wrote down how many faces, vertices and edges each shape had. Comment down below, how many faces does a cube have?...

Red Class - Decorating Cupcakes

...cupcakes to create a snowmen. First we spread the vanilla frosting on our cake and then we had to use our counting skills to create the eyes, nose and mouth. Can you guess how many sweeties we needed to create the eyes, nose and mouth for our snowmen? Take a look below to see what fun we had....

Reception - Red Class' First PE Lesson

Take a look to see what fun we had during our first PE session. "l like running and playing the wild animals game" - Kaivan "I like rolling" - Sueni "I like doing racing in our team colours" - Benjamin

Year 4 - Woodberry Wetlands

Year 4 were very lucky to go on a trip to Woodberry Wetlands where they had first-hand experience seeing all the creatures that they have been learning about in Science. At first the children were scared and didn't want to get their hands dirty but by the end of the day everyone was brave...

First Week in Year 3

Take a look at what Year 3 have been getting up to in their Maths and Literacy lessons this week: In one of their Literacy lessons, Year 3 got to know the story of The Gingerbread Man in preparation for a writing task later this week. In groups, they created freeze frames of different scenes from...

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!

1D - First Week Back At School

We've achieved a lot in our first week back in 1D. Take a look at some of the things we've done:

4G - Intrepid Explorers

4G made a trailer to accompany their first class assembly of the year. I think we have some movie stars of the future!

4G's Letters from Chicago

4G received our first letters from our new pen pals in Chicago, USA! We can't wait to write back!

4P’s trip to Tramshed by Mark Hix

This week, year 4 got to experience what it felt to work for the very first time! They were lucky enough to go to the famous restaurant and make delicious doughnuts and marshmallows with the head chef. Not only that, they also got the chance to make their very own mocktails! After making the...

Blue Class Sharing Assembly

Blue Class had their very first assembly on Thursday! They worked incredibly hard, scripting their own lines and being super brave! We loved sharing all our many talents with key stage 1 and look forward to showing lots more!

Boys Book Club

Today (22nd January 2019) the Boys Book Club members met for their first session. Our first activity was to complete a survey to establish our views on books, reading and reading for pleasure. Our session then began with reading genres that we usually enjoy. So we decided to read a range of comic...

Centre of the Cell

Centre of the Cell is a science education centre based at Queen Mary, University of London. It is the first science education centre in the world to be located within working biomedical research laboratories. Year 6 were amazed to be part of an high-tech interactive experience on cell biology

Daubeney Concert Band - First Performance

On November 30th the Daubeney concert band performed at one of their first performances

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...

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

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...

Hispanic Day 2018

This week all Daubeney celebrated their first Hispanic Day! Everyone had an amazing time learning to dance flamenco and pupils from all year groups learnt everything about all the Spanish speaking countries. They made flags, posters, drawings, masks and they could even enjoy a Spanish lunch!

Literacy September Parent Workshop

We had a great turn out for our first literacy parent workshop of the term. KS1 parents had the opportunity to learn some fun ways to support their children with reading at home. Their children also attended and it was great to see parents and children enjoying reading together by discussing the...

Maths Family Workshop KS1

Today Wednesday 26th Daubeney held its first (Autumn 1) Maths Family KS1 workshop.The attendance was amazing and the parents and children took part in some fantastic team sharing and confidence building with a focus on making maths alive outside of school. Where can we find/ use maths at home or in...

Nursery - Chinese New Year

Nursery enjoyed their first week back after half term. We have had fewer tears than usual... which means children are settling in more easily after a break. This week we have been celebrating the Chinese New Year. Children have enjoyed taking part in the activities. They have decorated and painted...

Nursery - First Week of School

Welcome to Our Nursery! A warm welcome to all our new parents, children and carers at Daubeney Nursery. So far, the children have been exploring the nursery and gradually settling in. Take a look at the photographs below to see how the children have enjoyed their first week in Nursery

Nursery - First Week of the Spring Term 2017

Nursery enjoyed their first week of the new Spring term and indeed it very much felt like Spring! As you can see, they enjoyed the warmer weather and discovering that new flowers had grown in the nursery garden. Rio said, "Look at the daffodils! They smell so nice!" They also enjoyed...

Nursery - The Five Senses

Nursery have been learning all about the five senses this term. After reading the story 'Brown Bear Brown Bear, What Do You See?', they confidently described what they could see around them. They named colours and animals, and identified the first sound in some words. Agnes said, "I...

Nursery Had Their First PE Session!

The nursery children really enjoyed their first PE session delivered by Mr Simon and Mr Reece. The children experimented in moving in different ways, balancing, walking, hopping on one leg and running. We even played a game, naming colours and matching the coloured cones. Well done Nursery!

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...

Year 4 - Wahaca

...y important in the workplace. First they used their maths skills to add up a customer's bill. Then they made some delicious guacamole and ate it with chips! Finally, they made mouth-watering pina colada mocktails. "This was a really fun trip, I learnt so much about working at a restauran...

Year 4 - Work Week

Today "Work Week" began at Daubeney Primary School with year four pupils going out on their first trip to the Andina Restaurant in Shoreditch in the city. The experience was amazing, as pupils had the opportunity to experience a range of jobs that they could do if they wanted to choose a...

Year 2 - Spelling Test - 3rd April 2020

Hi Year 2, I hope you are all well. We are having our first spelling test! Please comment below with words you found tricky. You can also use the words from our spelling to write a sentence, don’t forget to add an adjective or adverb to your sentence. Good luck everyone!

Year 6 - Staying Calm and Focused

6F made a fantastic to start to the term and had a great first week in Year 6. We learnt some breathing techniques to help up stay calm and focused. We also created a 'calm corner' with encouraging words of affirmation to keep us motivated throughout the year. 6F are excited for the term...

Nursery - Messy Play Day

Nursery had their first Messy play day. The children had so much fun exploring many different messy activities. We had cornflour, cutting spaghetti, cars in paint, shaving foam and lots more. One child said 'Miss this is the best day ever!' and another said 'I am having so much fun...

Year 1P - Learns The Gruffalo

...tarted learning The Gruffalo. First we chose a character that we wanted to be in the performance and explained why we would be good for the part. We discussed how we could stage the story and worked together to rehearse each part. On Friday we performed our stories to the other Year 1 classes. We we...

Year 1 - 1L Perform The Gruffalo

...ve been reading The Gruffalo. First we chose a character that we wanted to be in the performance and explained why we would be good for the part. We discussed how we could stage the story and worked together to rehearse each part. On Friday we performed our stories to the other Year 1 classes. We we...

Year 1T - Retells 'The Gruffalo' by Julia Donaldson

...ourite stories, The Gruffalo. Firstly, we chose a character we wanted to play in our performance. We have our reasons why we would be good for the part. Then, we worked collaboratively to rehearse each part of the story, taking care to remember not only our lines, but key part of the story. Finally,...

Year 1 - Science Fun

Year 1 had fun this morning taking part in a Science experiment! We have been learning all about Mae Jemison who was the first black female to go into space, and today we discovered how a rocket blasts off. We made our own mini rockets using film canisters and effervescent tablets! We had so much...

Federation Spelling Bee

Daubeney hosted the first ever Federation Spelling Bee with Sebright and Lauriston today (14th June) and we came out on top! We won the overall best speller for Year 4, 5 and 6! Well done to Racheal in 4K, Taylor in 5M and Mohamed in 6S and to all the contestants that represented Daubeney – they...

Hispanic Week 2019

Our pupils learnt a lot about the Spanish speaking countries by researching, making presentations, posters, flags, maracas and many more. All staff, parents and especially children had an amazing time. A first-hand experience of the culture of all Spanish speaking countries: we had a Mexican...

Year 5 Residential 2019 - Day 1

[menu name="year5-residential-2019"] Wow! What a start! As first days go this is right up there with the best of them. It was a very excitable coach journey and the children couldn’t wait to get to Youlbury and try out all the activities. We arrived in plenty of time and as usual...

Year 3 - First Day in 3T

Although new experiences can be really scary and nerve-wracking, the new 3T have shown that they are real troopers and have settled into Year 3 life wonderfully! In 3T, the tables are named after famous artists, such as Picasso and Frida Kahlo. After finding out a little about each artist, 3T...

Year 2 - Carnival

Did you know that "Bee's Knees" and "Cat's Pajamas" were terms used in the 1920s that meant something was the best? After all the practice and and hard work we put into our dance, we were definitely the Bee's Knees and Cat's Pajamas! Our theme was the 1920s so we...

Red Class - Our First Week in Reception

We are having a wonderful time in Red class!

Year 3 - Mapping Skills Day

...elves into the world of maps. Firstly, they helped some pirates to find their missing treasure by building and then using their knowledge of grid references and coordinates. They then worked together to identify symbols that are used on maps, leading to an interesting discussion about why symbols ar...

Year 1 - Favourite Places

... talked about our local area. Firstly, we talked about our favourite places in our local area, then we sketched a picture of our favourite place using pencils and finally we finished our pictures with oil pastels. We shared our pictures with the rest of the class. Watch our video to find out more!...

Year 6 - First Week in 6S

We have had a fantastic first week in 6S. In science we have started by asking questions about all the things we want to know about classification. In Literacy we got into character by performing role play of our modern version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We have also had our WOW Day and...

Year 6 - WOW Day

This really was a day that made you say, “WOW!” We started the day off with a delicious taste tour of the UK. We had Scottish shortbread, Welsh cake, Irish Boxty and English scones. We had to rate what we tasted and describe the taste and texture. Then we picked a landmark and had to...

Year 4 - Our First Published Piece of Work

Today (20th September 2019) the children were excited as they completed their first published piece of work. This week, the children were learning all about leaflets and used the key features to create their own travel leaflet for India

Year 2 - 2C The Lion and the Mouse

For the first two weeks of the half term, we are looking at the picture book "The Lion and the Mouse". To help us get excited and fully understand the story we have been role playing the story and painting a picture of one of the main characters, the lion. Take a look at our photos!

Year 2 - No Pen Day in 2P

We had a fun day today! We read our favourite books, played lots of different maths games and using our amazing vocabulary to describe different landmarks in the UK. At first, some of us weren’t sure how we’d be able to do anything without using pens but we soon realised that there are...

Year 6 - Visit from Bola Abisogun OBE FRICS

Year 6 were lucky enough to have a visit from Bola Abigosun where he explained to the children what a surveyor does. The children were inspired to hear about someone from Kingsmead Estate who went onto finish university with a first class honours degree and receive an award from Prince Charles. The...

Boys Book Club - 13th January 2019

Today (13th January 2020) the Boys Book Club members met for the first session in Spring term. The boys read their favourite genre, Comic books and next week during our book club meeting (every Monday afternoon) we will be creating our own comic books

Year 4 Have Had a Great First Week Back!

They have shared what they did during the summer holidays and have got to know their class teachers better. They have also jumped right into Year 4 learning for RE day where they learnt about Judaism. Have a look at the concentration on their faces!

Year 5 Residential 2017 - Day 2

Another riveting day at our residential adventure! What better way to start the day than with cereal, beans, hash browns, scrambled egg and toast? A hearty breakfast, after an interesting first night and a 6am morning workout and yoga, to prepare for another fun packed day of activities including...

Year 4 Visit Wahaca in Liverpool Street

...y important in the workplace. First they used their maths skills to add up a customer's bill. Then they made some delicious guacamole and ate it with chips! Finally, they made mouth-watering pina colada mocktails. Anaya said "the food was delicious and I learned maths is important if y...

Year 5 - Fractions

...ons with unlike denominators. First, they had to identify the lowest common denominator, change the fractions to have like denominators then add the numerators. It was amazing to see the children understand the concept and worked in pairs to solve the calculations....

Year 5 - Measure and Mass

Today (10th December 2018) the children used scales to measure the actual weight of everyday items around the classroom. They had to first estimate the weight, then measure their items. The children measured some interesting items

Year 5 - Online SPAG

The children in year 5M enjoyed their first session using the online Spelling, punctuation and Grammar activity. Each child was given a unique password and username, which will help them to log on at home in order to complete the weekly activities, which are set by the teachers. The online program...

Year 5 - Percentages

The children in Year 5 today (13-11-2018) worked extremely well, developing their learning to find different percentages of amounts. We first found 10% then used this to find other amounts, like 5%, 20% and 25%. Encourage your child at home to practice finding different percentages of amounts and...

Year 5 - Poetry Workshop

The Year 5 children were excited today (22nd March 2019) when Bad Lay- Dee, a professional music artist came to class to help the children write a free style rap poem. The children first created a word bank of words then used them to create a free-style rap

Year 5 - Professional Authors

The children in Year 5 were totally focused today when they began to publish the very first story in Year 5. This term, the children have been reading a story and used the ideas from the story to create their own narrative with an interesting ending. All published work will be available on parents...

Year 5 - Published!

The children in Year 5M were extremely excited today (4th October 2018) when they published their first piece of work - a narrative story, which focused on our unit 'Stories from other cultures'. The children adapted the story and write their own version including descriptive settings and...

Year 5 - Self and Peer Assessment

Today (1st February 2019) the Year 5 used their learning in our Balanced Argument unit and assessed their work. They first started with self-assessment, where they identified their strengths and what they did well in the unit. Each pupil then paired up with a friend to peer-assess their learning....

Year 5 - STEAM Competition

A massive well done to all teams who participated from Year 5 today in a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) competition. The students showed amazing teamwork skills. Congratulations to all teams - one team from 5M came 3rd while the team from 5F came first and made it...

Year 5 Residential 2017 - Day 3

It's been another fantastic day on the residential! We started the day with cereal, juice and a huge selection of pastries! We read out all the parents, families and friends comments whilst the children ate. The comments really helped the children get motivated for another fun filled day of...

Year 5 Residential 2018 - Day 1

What a fantastic first day. It was a very excitable coach journey and the children couldn’t wait to get to Yulebury and try out all the activities. A mere 30 minutes after arrival the games began! We had children streaming down the Zip Wire at crazy speeds! Facing their fears on the dreaded...

Year 5 Residential 2018 - Day 2

Today was an absolute scorcher! It reached the dizzying highs of 28 degrees in Youlbury (thank you for Miss Fergus for noticing my spelling mistake in the last post). The children are adapting to independent life and have had to learn to get themselves ready for bed, keep their living areas tidy...

Year 6 - The Boy Who Cried Wolf

It’s the first day back and the beginning of the Summer Term. Year 6 are going to be writing their own modern take on the well known fable of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. To get immersed in the story they performed it in groups. This will help them when it comes to planning their own story

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!