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An iconic building and official residence of The Queen, Buckingham Palace has been the focus of many moments of national celebration, from Jubilees and weddings to VE Day and the annual Trooping the Colour which marks The Queen's official birthday. It is also a busy working building welcoming tens of thousands of people through its gates each year for Investitures, Garden
Year 5 - Literacy: Advertisements
... been reading The Extraordinary Gardener in Year 5 and we created advertisements based on the book....
Year 5 - 5C Reading Outside
...our reading lesson in the Hop Garden today!...
Reception - Trip to Hackney School of Food
...in the Hackney School of Food Garden on the picnic benches. We had such a fun time!...
Mini Garden
...Gavin to design a “Mini Garden”. The friends of the Earth have shown interest in support......tage of developing their Mini Garden by painting the decking....
Year 6 - 6M Yoga
This morning, 22-6-2022, the children in 6M had a wonderful session with our professional Yoga instructor. The children felt the calm and peaceful setting, of the hop garden, to be an amazing space to do Yoga. They really enjoyed the different Yoga techniques they did and felt relaxed and ready for...
Nurture Group - Water Play
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Year 4 - Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebrations
...a fantastic picnic in the Hop Garden and a wonderful quiz. Well done to everyone who helped make this day a great success....
Year 6 Reading Booster
...ng booster session in our Hop Garden. They read a selection of text fiction and non-fiction and discussed the text before answering the questions....
Year 1A - Book Fortnight - The Extraordinary Gardener
...e book 'The Extraordinary Gardener' By Sam Boughton as part of our book fortnight. We have been planting cress, writing instruction on how to plant a seed, acting out the story and doing observational drawings of plants. Take a look at what fun we had!...
Nurture Group - Planting
...g the story The Extraordinary Gardener. We decided to grow our own plant. "Plants makes us feel peaceful"...
Year 5 - Outside Classroom Day
...ter Joe in 'The Extraordinary Gardener'! We can't wait to see our plants grow and grow and GROW! "It was great, I really enjoyed Outside Classroom Day!" - Utku "I really enjoyed Outside Classroom Day because I got to plant a seed - just like Joe from the book! I'm very excited to see it grow!" ...
Reception - Yellow Class - The Extraordinary Gardener
...eading '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 things in our Construction Area!...
Year 1 - 1S Outdoor Learning
Today, 1S took their learning outside! We did some part whole maths in the hop garden, using autumn leaves to help us add with hoops!
Year 1 - 1L Take Maths Outdoors
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Year 3 - Science: Plants and Flowers
In Year 3 we are learning about plants this half term in Science. The children have spent time in the Hop garden carefully observing the flowers growing there. This week they have been learning about the functions of different parts of a plant
Year 6 - 6M Book Corner
...k corner in 6M is a lush 'Garden Of Knowledge' and the children are very excited to read their favourite books while relaxing in the Garden under the tree....
Nurture Group - The Little Red Riding Hood Role Play
...ng Hood. We went into the Hop Garden and re-enacted the story. "I think little red riding hood felt frightened" "I think the wolf was hungry and felt excited in the beginning" "The woodcutter is a brave man"...
Nursery - Trees in the Garden
The tree in our nursery garden fascinates Daubeney children. The children are often observed using all their muscles to help them climb the tree. Children enjoy sitting in the tree, looking for bugs and collecting rainwater
Boys Book Club - 7th June 2021
On Monday 7th June 2021 the Boys Book Club met and enjoyed a relaxing reading session in our Hop garden
Year 4M - Outdoor Maths
...ion lesson outside in our Hop Garden. The children were asked to make themselves into different fraction amounts....
Year 4B - Outdoor Learning
...ed reading session in the Hop Garden. Some of us sat on the climbing frame and shared books that we were reading with our classmates and some children even had the opportunity to read with Miss Bennett today....
Year 2 - Science Plant Hunt
As part of our Science topic we went on a plant hunt in the hop garden this week! We had fun exploring and identifying a range of plants that grow right here in school!
The Secret Life of Reception - Autumn 2 2022
...ading about The Extraordinary Gardener, talking about the people who help us in our community, writing sentences and started to get ready for Christmas!...
Kingfisher Outdoor Poetry Session 2025
Kingfisher Class enjoyed the sunshine and the Hop-garden reading a selection of poems from the Whole Class Reader (I heard it in the playground by Allan Ahlberg)
Year 2 - Science: Environment survey
Do you know what our school environment has? Does it have trees? What about animals? What kinds of sounds can you hear? Is there litter? We went around the school playground and hop garden to carry out a survey
Rainbow Room - Exploring Spring
We had a fabulous time exploring our school garden today. Around the pond, we discovered clusters of frogspawn and spotted several frogs swimming across the water. Some pupils enthusiastically tried to count them as they darted through the pond. Pupils also explored the pond’s ecosystem by...
KS1 - Lego Club
Children from Reception to Year 2 had a fantastic time at Lego Club, working together in small groups to design their very own Lego Hotel. Their creativity really shone through as some pupils built unique and stylish features such as hotel buildings, swimming pools, aqua parks, car parks, and...
Year 3 - Outdoor Learning 2025
.... 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 4 Hornbills - Outdoor Learning - Autumn 2 2025
The children enjoyed their weekly whole class reading session in our Hop garden where they read our story and discussed the events
Year 3 'The Great Kapok Tree' Immersion
...leaves and twigs from the Hop Garden and use a variety of materials to create a rainforest collage....
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?
Year 3 Toucan - WOW Day 2025
...the children explored the Hop Garden, collecting natural treasures to incorporate into their own miniature paintings—each one featuring real elements from the outdoors....
Summer Fair 2025
Join us for lots of fun! Bouncy Castle, Splat the Teacher Nature Hunt in the Hop Garden Games and Activities Face Paint, Food & Drinks Market Stalls
25th June 2025
Reception – Ducklings: Trip to Hackney School of Food!
Ducklings class enjoyed our trip to Hackney School of Food. We made dough, and cut the toppings to make little pizzas! We then sat in the sunny garden and eat them. What a nice morning!
Year 4 - 4B: Outdoor PHSE Lesson
...or PHSE, 4B went into the Hop Garden and used our senses to help us feel calm. Some of us drew what we heard, saw and smelt. We now have a new method to help us when we may be feeling stressed, unhappy or anxious that we can use wherever we are....
Rainbow Room - Spring Hyacinth
Mr. Patryk has recently noticed that spring is beginning to appear in his garden and during his visits to the local park. However, there was one particular flower that caught his attention. Which flower is it? It's the wonderful Spring Hyacinth, which the children in the Rainbow Room were...
Rainbow Room - Garden
Today, children from the Rainbow Room explored flowers, vegetables, and herbs in the garden. They were also engaged in observing different types of flowers and trees, focusing on their appearance and texture. The children enjoyed using garden tools, such as rakes, to tend to the soil. Some children...
Year 2 - Science Hop Garden
We went to visit our very own garden this week for Science to take part in a survey. We made a tally chart to record how many trees, plants and animals we could see and then discussed how this is useful to know. We also discussed what we can do to look after our environment
Year 2 - Science in the Hop Garden
We have been learning about habitats all around the world recently, so we decided to take a look in our own garden to see what lives and grows there. We were able to identify a range of plants in our garden habitat, such as clover, ivy, lily pads, carrots and much more! We also saw some common...
Reception - Hop Garden
..., we ventured over to our Hop Garden. We used our magnifying glasses to look at all of the fruit and vegetables that has been growing. We also went on a mini-beast hunt and visited the pond to see if we could see any wildlife....
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 2 - plant careers
Last week we explored a range of jobs that involved plants. We discussed farmers, florists, gardeners and botanists. We then had a turn being a botanist by using a microscope to look at our bean plants that have been growing in the classroom!
Gardening with Wyatt's mum
We are so lucky in nursery to have Wyatt's mum come and to do some gardening with us
Duckling Class - Autumn 2 - Week 3
...o read 'The Extraordinary Gardener'. We have been using describing words to talk about how Joe is feeling and story sequencing. We have been making our very own flowers with play-doh and gems, we have been finger painting our own Gardens and making flower collages. We have been consoli...
Gardening Afterschool Club
The gardening club began by introducing the important rules to children when it comes to using the school garden, for instance listening to each other, working in teams, being safe when using tools, taking respectful care of plants, fruits and vegetables etc so this was well followed by all the...
Year 4 - 4S Mental Health Awareness
...or PHSE, 4S went into the Hop Garden and meditated to observe the natural sounds around them which links to what they are currently learning in science. They were able to draw, say and write why it is important to take care of your mental health through regular walks, meditation and turning off devi...
Year 1 - Outdoor Learning
1A really enjoyed doing outdoor learning this week as part of our mental health week. We had literacy, maths and story time outside. We also did meditating in the hop garden. It made us feel calm and relaxed and we were able to concentrate and focus better
1D - Releasing The Butterflies in the Hop Garden
... their butterflies in the Hop Garden. We watched them grow and change from tiny caterpillars to beautiful Monach butterflies!...
Red Class - The Big Draw
Red class created some lovely landscape pictures inspired by the artist Nicolas De Steal. We used paint and oil pastels to create different sceneries. Max said "mine is a picture of a garden with lots of colourful flowers". Agnes said " I like Elijah's picture because I like the colours of the sea...
Year 5 - Finding Percentages
In 5C we have been taking advantage of this great weather and having our lessons in the Hop garden! We focused on finding percentages of an amount which we felt so confident with that we used our reasoning skills and came up with different methods of working questions out!
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 3 - Kew Gardens
...ic learning experience at Kew Gardens to introduce our new topic for the half term: Rainforests! We explored Palm house with our teacher for the day. It was so humid! We discovered that Papaya fruit is used as medicine, and that Banana trees have huge purple flowers! We touched cocoa pods and even s...
Year 2's Trip to Kew Gardens
...nt on a fantastic trip to Kew Gardens. The trip was linked to our learning – Growing Plants. W......erground from Homerton to Kew Gardens. It was a long journey! When we got there, we split up into gr...
Year 1 - The Hop Garden
...P had a great time in the Hop Garden this afternoon. We went on a plant hunt, looking for different varieties that grow. We found garlic, raspberries, pansies, courgettes and tomato plants!...
Year 1 - Spaceship in the Hop Garden
...aceship has landed in the Hop Garden! We went to the scene of the crime to investigate! "We saw hot metal. Maybe a spaceship was hot and some bits came off." "We think an alien was in the spaceship. Maybe he went into London. How is he going to get home?" "Maybe the alien cr...
Year 1 - Aliens
An alien has landed in the hop garden! Year 1 went to investigate and found pieces of its ship. Who was it? What are they like? We hope they are friendly!
Year 1 - 1P Learn About the Hackney Martian
1P learnt about the Hackney Martian today! We did some role-play, acting out different parts and imagining how the characters might feel. We think we know how was in the spaceship in the hop garden now
Nursery - Work Week 2019
Nursery enjoyed trying out different jobs in nursery this week! We had vets treating poorly animals, gardeners planting seeds, farmers collecting eggs and chefs making gingerbread! Nursery were lucky to have a chef come in and talk about cooking and the children had the opportunity to eat their...
Year 5 - Poems in the Hop-garden
The children in Year 5 had an amazing time in the Hop-garden where they performed their poems. This week the children had been reading a selection of poems and developing their skills to perform the poems. Next week, they will write their own poems using a range of different techniques
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 - Growth and Transformation
This term our topic is 'Growth and Transformation'. We will be looking closely at plants and lifecycles. So far, Nursery have been busy planting seeds, doing observational paintings of flowers and finding minibeasts in our garden. We have also been reading the story 'Jaspers...
Nursery - 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...
Gardening in Nursery
We enjoy gardening with our gardener Gavin
Eco-Team - Mabley Green Edible Garden
The Eco-Team went to the Mabley Green edible garden. We had a busy morning weeding, mulching and planting in the glorious sunshine. Thank you EcoActive for having us!
Eco Team Workshop
Daubeney's Eco-team met a landscape architect today to discuss a special project for the hop garden! They discussed what they liked about it and how it can be improved. The children came up with a range of creative ideas which we can put into action soon. 'We enjoyed being outside in the...
Boys Book Club - Poetry in the Garden
...eir session in our lovely Hop Garden. The boys read a selection of poems, then had the chance to recite some poems to their peers. It was a fun session filled with laughs and enjoyment. We were inspired by poems written by pupils from all over Hackney and published in a poetry book....
Autumn Term in Nursery
A new term has begun! The children have been settling in well. They've enjoyed exploring all that nursery has to offer both indoors and outdoors, from making cakes out of play-dough and 'cooking' in the role-play area to kicking a football around the garden outside. They have also made...
1FA - Autumn in the School Garden
We went to the school garden to look at how the trees are changing as autumn approaches. We discussed how the leaves are drying and falling off the trees. We talked to Gavin, our gardener, as he was pruning the berry bushes to prepare them for winter. We talked about how the days are longer in the...
Year 5 - Planting Bean Plants
The children in Year 5 enjoyed planting their own bean plant and will be looking after the plant throughout the weeks to come. We hope to grow the plant till it is ready for us to plant in our Hop garden
Newsletter - 26th June 2015
...ay on the flying them in the KS2 playground on a Friday afternoon. We really enjoyed ready- ......day 20th May, Year 2 went on a fantastic trip to Kew Gardens. The trip was linked to our learning Gr...
26th June 2015
Year 4 - 4M Outdoor Learning Space
...s table assessment in the Hop Garden as part of our outdoor learning for Mental Health Week. The children found the outside calming and soothing and was a nice place to focus while completing their times tables....
Year 1 - Science in the Hop Garden
...t week Year 1 visited the Hop Garden as part of our Science topic 'Nature All Around Us'. We looked for plants that were growing in our school environment and explored the bug hotels too! We then practised our sketching skills by drawing our favourite plant in the Garden. We had lots of fun!...
Nurture Group - Year 1: Minibeast Hunt
We went to the hop garden to look for minibeast. We found an ant nest, spiders, woodlouse, bees, ladybirds, centipedes and lots of snails
Nurture Group - Reception: Minibeast Hunt
We went to the hop garden to look for minibeast. We found an ant nest, spiders, woodlouse, bees, ladybirds, aphid, centipedes and lots of snails
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 5 - British Science Week 2021: Outdoor Learning
Today, we went outside to play bingo! We had to find certain plants, animals or objects. We discussed this after and talked about anything unusual we found. We also passed around some plants and herbs that were in the hop garden
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 4 - Dream Catcher
...o when they decorated our HOP Garden with beautiful dreamcatchers. Make sure you visit the Hop Garde....... Make sure you visit the Hop Garden to see the amazing display....
Nursery and Reception - Hunting for Ice
Nursery and Reception hunting for ice in the nursery garden. Look at the wonderful shapes they have found. We still have some snow, which have been recycled into snow balls
Nurture Group - Creative Bird Feeders
Last week we made bird feeders using Cheerios. We then hung them in our hop garden. "The birds are going to enjoy it" Try having a go!!
Year 1 - Science in 1S
Last week, 1S ventured into the hop garden to investigate our topic: 'nature around us' We loved being outdoors, looking at (and listening to) all that was around us. We loved the tomato and raspberry plant, carefully observing that different stages of the growth cycle - we especially liked...
Reception - Yellow Class: Birds and What They Eat
The children in reception had lots of fun learning outdoors in the hop garden. They talked about different types of birds and what birds eat. They made their own bird feeders using apples, seeds, string and sticks. The children were so excited to take their bird feeders home to hang
Newsletter - 18th September 2015
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Reception - Yellow Class: Bug Hotels
As part of Climate Learning Week, the children in Yellow class learnt about bug hotels. They learnt that bug hotels are a multi-storey homemade habitat where creepy-crawlies of all shapes and sizes can find a place to stay. They collected various natural materials from home such as straw, wood and...
National Outdoor Learning Day
... and join us for our next Hop Garden event in Spring. You can see how much joy it brings to OUR children....
Year 3 Visit Kew Gardens
...inforests, Year 3 visited Kew Gardens. They were in awe of the exotic Palm House (built in the Victorian period, they noted), and especially by how hot and humid it was inside, just like the rainforest. Those wearing glasses couldn’t see for a few seconds as their glasses steamed up due to the...
Year 3 - Outdoor Breathing
...bit and use our wonderful Hop Garden to practise our breathing. It was a very relaxing environment because we could hear the rustling of leaves and the wind howling whilst breathing and meditating. "It's just a whole different experience when we meditate and breathe outdoors" - Do...
Year 2 - Mapping Skills Day
...find some treasure in the hop Garden and then we drew our own map of the classroom!...
Year 3 - Outdoor Reading
...ir favourite books in the Hop Garden. They found a cosy spot, got comfortable, and delved into their books. "Reading outside is so relaxing, I felt so refreshed" - Hussein "It's just a different feeling reading outside in the fresh air, I loved every minute&quo...
Year 5 - Crazy Day Disco
... There was a disco in the Hop Garden where the children got the chance to bust some moves!...
Year 3 Celebrate Wacky Day
Year 3 donned their most extravagant outfits and dyed their hair (and tongues!) every shade of the rainbow to celebrate all things wacky. They danced to some funky tunes, played on the climbing frame and even had a go at singing some songs themselves in the hop garden! Everybody had a whale of a...
Newsletter - 16th May 2016
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16th May 2016
Newsletter - 4th March 2016
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4th March 2016
The Nest - Hop Garden
...t on a nature hunt in the Hop Garden. The children really enjoyed exploring the outdoor environment and were very excited to discover some frogs along the way too!...
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