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...

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...

Computing

If you would like to know more about this area of the curriculum, please talk to Joel Power. Computing in EYFS We understand how important it is that children develop their technology skills and we will continue to use a range of technology to support and enhance learning in other areas of the...

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...

School Uniform

Daubeney is a ‘uniform school’ this is supported by the SLT and the Governors. We believe that a school uniform is important: It looks smart Wears well Contributes to a sense of belonging and community Gives a common purpose Makes children feel equal to their peers in terms of appearance Fosters a...

Year 2 Art Wow Day

For our end of topic wow day this half term, we spent the day creating mini masterpieces for our art exhibition! We displayed a range of skills that we had learnt such as mixing primary colours to make secondary colours, creating tones of colours by adding black or white, and creating an image to...

Year 2 - 2L Forest School: Whittling, Pencil Making and Exploring the Woods

Year 2 - 2S Forest School: Whittling, Pencil Making and Exploring the Woods

Year 2 - 2H Forest School - Whittling Pencils and Exploring the Woods

Year 2 - 2S Forest School - Whittling Pencils and Exploring the Woods

School Choir Trip to Homerton Hospital

The school choir, led by the inimitable Kari Stewart, performed in the Foyer of Homerton Hospital spreading joy and Christmas cheer. The children sang their hearts out and did the school proud. Here are some ot the hits we sang:

Year 5 - Computing: Friction and Functions

It's week 4 of coding in Year 5 and we are working on some more complicated things like friction and functions. We know that friction stops us from sliding all over the place and made use of this knowledge to stop the football on our screen from sliding off. Then we created a function where the...

Year 4 - Maths Club

...ying Times Tables Rock Stars, Hit the button, MTC games, Maths on Purple Mash and many more maths games. Every Wednesday the children in Year 4 have the opportunity to develop their fluency in their TimeTables....

History and Computing

As part of our Great Fire of London topic, we used 2Create on Purple Mash to design our own tudor houses. We thought carefully about the features of the houses such as wooden beams, thatched or tiled roofs and white exterior

Year 4 Outdoor Art

The children in Year 4 had a wonderful art lesson outside today. They used our outdoor area to inspire them to use black and white tones. The children enjoyed learning outdoors and are looking forward to more outdoor lessons

Year 5 – Spanish - Antonio Gaudí. Trencadis technique

As part of a series of cross curricular lessons, year 5 have explored the famous Catalan architect Antonio Gaudi’s life and work, and created their own artwork inspired by the architect. Trencadís is an artistic method popularised by Gaudi. It is a mosaic-like effect, achieved by cementing together...

Year 2 - Jigsaw Summer 1 Week 2

This week we focused on physical contact, including touches that we like such as high fives, hugs, and holding hands, compared to touches that we don't like such as pushing, hitting, and fighting. We also discussed how it is ok to not like physical contact even if it is kind, and talked about...

Year 6 - Art WOW Day 2024

We began this week’s lesson by recalling wood blocking techniques and how we would replicate that using polystyrene. We also looked back at our designs for our polystyrene printing pattern. For our WOW day we found out that we were going to do some of the techniques that we had learned about. First...

Year 1 - Iggy Peck Architect

Our book focus for two weeks is Iggy Peck Architect by Andrea Beaty. We used role play and hot seating to explore the story and the characters, and we also had a go at making our own structures out of items from around the classroom!

Rainbow Room: Shapes Learning

Today, the children learned about 2D shapes by drawing them on the whiteboard, which helped develop their fine motor skills and ability to form shapes through drawing. Afterward, they played a shape-matching game, naming familiar shapes like circles, triangles, and squares

Rainbow Room: Buttons Maths

Children were actively engaged in a math activity that involved using buttons for counting. They placed the buttons on circles numbered from 1 to 10 and then recalled the names of the numbers. Additionally, the children used a whiteboard to practice simple addition. They placed buttons under the...

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...

Rainbow - Maths Learning

Wow! Our pupils are awesome mathematician because they were exploring mathematics in many and fun ways. Children were able to use numbers puzzles by placing them in the correct order from 1- 10 by following the number sequences and they counted animals that was representing each of the numbers....

Rainbow Class - Science & DT Learning

This week, our pupils became investigators as they explored different materials and their properties. They practised writing simple sentences about a variety of materials and matched these sentences to the correct picture descriptions. This helped them develop early writing skills, including...

Rainbow Class: Iggy Peck, Architect (Design & Technology)

This week, our pupils enjoyed a story that opened a window into the world of architecture. The pupils explored different types of buildings from around the world and learned about the important work that architects do when designing the places we live, learn, and play in

Year 2 - Maths: Division sharing

To help us understand how to divide by sharing, we worked with our partners share out numbers equally on our whiteboards

Rainbow Class: RE - Learning about Islam

As part of our RE learning, pupils have been exploring Islam. They were actively engaged in matching key vocabulary words with corresponding images, such as mosque, hijab, prayer mat, Ramadan etc . This supported their understanding of important religious concepts and symbols. Pupils explored the...

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...

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...

Year 2 - Maths Partitioning

For this maths lesson, we took our learning outside. We worked in partners to partition a number into its tens and ones. We then wrote out number sentences down on our whiteboards and thought about other ways we could partition the number

Year 4 - Science Investigation

The children in Year 4 carried out a very interesting science experiment to understand how sound travels through vibrations. They used a coat hanger, string and ties the string to each end. Then wrapping the string around their index fingers, placing it in their ear openings and hitting the hanger...

Year 6 - 6K Christmas Song

6K with the Christmas hit, Feliz Navidad! Merry Christmas to everyone from 6K!

Year 2 - Performing to and Reading with Year 1s

In literacy, we watched a video called 'Catchit' and retold the story in our own words. After writing the story and including our own ending, we created performances to show to the Year 1s based on our writing. After performing to the Year 1s, they invited us to read their stories with them...

ABC Hit It!

An original tune by the Daubeney School Band

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...

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...

Goldsmiths Recording Studio

...dsmiths Recording Studio. ABC Hit It The latest studio release from the Daubeney School Band. Produced / engineered by Winther at Goldsmiths Recording Studio. Composed by Mr. O Flynn, Mr. Keating and the Daubeney School Band....

Nursery - Santa Visit

Nursery were lucky enough to have a surprise visitor come to see them. He wore red and white and had a long white beard. It was SANTA! The children were so excited and could not quite believe that Santa had come early with a present. Thank you Santa!

Nursery Trip to Paradise Wildlife Park

Nursery enjoyed encountering lots of new animals on their big day out to Paradise Wildlife Park. They were mesmerised by the elegant white tiger, in awe of the enormous anaconda and surprised by the emus, who they thought looked very funny. Inigo commented, "I've never seen anything that...

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...

Reception - Yellow Class Visit Paradise Wildlife Park

All of Reception classes went on a end of term trip to Paradise Wildlife Park. We had an amazing time seeing so many different animals. We especially liked the meerkats, penguin and the white tiger. The weather was very hot but we found lots of shaded areas. We had a picnic lunch and we played in...

Recording Studio Trip

We took our school band and part of our choir to a recording studio in North London. We recorded our hit single "Daubeney Christmas". It will be released this coming Christmas as a charity single. We had a great day out as you can see in our photographs

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

Year 1 - 1P Work Week 2018

1P dressed up as lots of different things for Work Week! We had footballers, teachers, ballerinas, a builder, a speech and language therapist, an architect, doctors and nurses, a vet, chefs and even a manager of John Lewis! Well done everyone!

Year 3 Maths Workshop

...s table through games such as Hit the Button. Finally they ended the workshop dancing to a number song. It was a great day full of maths learning....

5M - Inspire Work Week Project

The children in 5M were excited to create their own fashion T-shirts, using tie dye for our Inspire Work Week project. They enjoyed making and mixing colours to make their products colourful and amazing. Watch this space to see our finished product, which will appear very soon. Their fashion show...

Year 4 - Designing Bridges

Year 4 have been learning about how maths and literacy are important in the world of work. In maths this week, Year 4 were designing their very own bridge, just as an architect would! They then used their design to create a model of it. Mikey said "I loved building the model, it was so much...

Year 4 - Science: How Sound Travels

In our Science lessons this term, Year 4 have been exploring sound and how sound travels. We have learned that sound is created by vibrations and travels in waves. During this lesson, we wanted to test how sound travels through different materials. We did this by attaching some string onto a metal,...

Year 5 - Creating Navajo Patterns

The Year 5 children enjoyed creating their traditional Navajo patterns, based on learning in the class. The children studied different designs and patterns and identified the bold colours used by the Native Americans. We hope to paint our designs on white material so the children can take them home...

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 6 - Monet Workshop

Year 6 had the amazing opportunity to take part in a four-hour workshop where we focused on the work of Claude Monet. We learned that he was inspired by nature and enjoyed experimenting with light and colour. We had to create colour wheels using only the primary colours and white. We then used...

Year 3 - First Day in 3T

...yed the times table game 'Hit the Button' and spoke about our hopes and fears about the coming year. Overall,a great first day and I'm looking forward to the year ahead with the new 3T!...

Year 3 - 3T Get Arty in the Park

Today (21st June 2019) 3T took time to really appreciate the beauty of nature. They closely observed leaves, trees, even single strands of grass, before sketching whatever captured their imagination. Orson commented, "There are so many cool patterns and different shades of green on this one leaf!"...

Reception - Red Class - Our Body

Red Class have had a wonderful week learning about our bodies. We have been naming and labelling different parts of the body. We also spoke about what is inside our body. The children came up with lot of interesting facts. Sky said “our heart pumps blood to the rest of our body”....

Rainbow Class: RE Day - Lego Church

As part of our Religious Education learning about Christianity, pupils explored the significance of the Christian cross through a hands-on block-building activity. Using colourful blocks, the children carefully designed and created their own cross while developing their problem-solving, creativity,...