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Year 3

Class Teachers Welcome to Year 3 Daubeney Pupil Wellbeing Survey https://forms.office.com/e/VUwUMb0Mq2 Times tables tests We advise children to log into Times Tables Rock Stars daily to practise their times tables. They will be tested every Friday and will compete against other class groups weekly....

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...

Year 1

Class Teachers Meet the Teacher Phonics Screener Meeting Pupil Survey Survey Link PE Day - Friday Please ensure your child brings their PE kit and suitable footwear to school every Friday in a bag. At home, please allow your child to practice getting changed by themselves to help them to be able to...

Forest School

Autumn Term – Year 2 Spring Term – Year 1 Summer Term – Reception During Forest School sessions, children are encouraged to work with others to carry out activities such as den/shelter building, role play, exploration, practical and creative skills and tasks. These sessions will be delivered by...

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...

Music

Every child experiences the opportunity to realise themselves as composers and performers in their whole-class weekly music lessons. Lessons are delivered by our Music-specialists, using a holistic approach that includes moving, singing and playing as a way to understand and be creative in a range...

Science and Sustainability

Science We recognise the importance of Science in every aspect of daily life. As one of the core subjects taught in Primary Schools, we give the teaching and learning of Science the prominence it requires. Our vision for science is, “to ensure that children are given a science curriculum, which...

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...

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...

Year 4

Times tables tests We advise children to log into Times Tables Rock Stars daily to practise their times tables. They will be tested every Friday and will compete against other class groups weekly. PE Children in Year 4 have PE every Monday and must bring in their PE kit to school including trainers...

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...

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...

SEND and Our Local Offer

Our SENDCO Welcome to the Blossom Federation SEND offer. From the moment I took over as SENDCO at Daubeney, my dedicated team and I have tried to create a personalised experience for you - and bring back, the element of working together to serve your child. Our inclusive curriculum is supported by...

Literacy

At Daubeney we are committed to raising standards in Literacy and follow the National Curriculum in order maintain accurate coverage across the year. In order to maximise opportunities to develop literacy skills, we make cross curricular links wherever possible. In Early Years we follow the Early...

Year 5 - Literacy: Himalayas Fact File

Today we created a fact file all about the Himalayas as part of our ‘Hook into a Book’. We looked at pictures of the mountains and discussed Mount Everest. We are very excited to begin our new book ‘King of cloud forest’ by Michael Morpurgo

Music - Summer Term 2022

It was a great year of skateboards, ukuleles, djembes, recorders with lots more in between. We enjoyed and celebrated our interschool concert with guest bands from Ickburgh, a local special needs school and also a band from Rushmore. Alongside this we often had our outdoor jam on a Friday lunchtime...

Year 2 - 2P Singing School Trip

On Tuesday Class 2P went on a very exciting singing school trip into central London. We went to a small but very grand church called St Ann and St Agnes . It is in the vicinity of St. Paul’s in the heart of bustling central London. 2P sang their hearts out with a professional ensemble called...

Year 5 - Maths: Drawing Lines and Angles

Today in maths, we put our knowledge of angles into use and drew angles using a protractor and ruler

Therapy Dog

Research has shown many benefits to therapy and reading dogs in school settings. Daubeney School has introduced the access to a dog promoting emotional well-being, curiosity and engagement as an additional provision for pupils with high additional needs at school. Although there is a risk in...

Year 5 - 5C at IntoUniversity

Do you know what university is about? We have been learning about what life will be like at university by experiencing university course would be like. We learnt about space and created different space homes based on the atmosphere of different planets

Year 5 - Science - Life Cycle Wheels

After recapping last week’s lesson on human life stages, we looked more in depth into each of the following areas: physical changes, mental changes and independence. For each of the human life stages, we considered how each of these areas would change. In partners, we took our whole class...

Mr Logan Meets the School Councillors of 2022/23

School Council, Admin Committee invited Mr. Logan to meet with the School Councillors of 2022/23. The committees introduced themselves, updated Mr. Logan about what they had been up to since coming into post and informed him about their future plans. They were all mesmerised listening to Mr. Logan...

Falcon Class at Into Uni!

Falcon class had a brilliant week with the staff of into university! Our toooc of the week was liberal arts. We learned so much about different universities, university courses, and about people who studied liberal arts. We also went to the Wallace Collection in central London and learned about the...

Year 2 - Computing: Week 3

This week we used the same avatars and began to use our binary questions to identify characters. We thought about questions we could ask that would have a yes or no answer, that would split our options into two equal groups. When they were all complete we had made our own binary tree!

Year 2 Maths Partition with Bar Models

This week Year 2 have been focusing on partitioning numbers into parts. We split the numbers into either 2, 3 or 4 parts and discussed if we had made equal groups. We identified that two equal groups would show half and that four equal groups would give us quarters

Duckling Class - Planting sunflower seeds

This week in Duckling Class, we have been learning about how plants grow. We have been talking about what plants need to grow and the life cycle of a plant. We used this knowledge to plant our own sunflower seeds. We are hoping with the right amount of water, sunlight, food and space they will grow...

Year 2 - Computing Week 6

This week we used 2Beat on Purple Mash to create our own beats for our music. We were then able to upload this into 2Sequence to finish making our tunes with our own melodies on top

Year 6 – Eagles Class: Into University

...row when we graduate from our IntoUniversity focus week! Friday We’ve graduated! We started off by travelling to Middlesex University and immediately shot off on a tour led by our fantastic student ambassadors. They showed us all the things we have to look forward to when we go to university. Aft...

Year 3 Literacy in the Stone Age

The children in Year 3 had fun today creating ancient paper which they had to travel back into the Stone Age and teach the people how to make. They will use their papers to create a diary entry all about their experience during the Stone Age which is based on the book we are reading

Year 6 - History: The Blitz

To start the lesson, we recapped our learning by doing a recap quiz as well as having a quick flip through the floor book. Then, we learnt lots of information about what the Blitz was and how it impacted people in London. Our task was to collectively film a news report as a class. We divided the...

Year 6 - Geography: Debate

This lesson started off with us completing the recap quiz about physical geography. Then, we learnt about what land use meant and what this looked like across the UK. After, we learnt about what HS2 was and what were some reasons why it should and shouldn’t be built. As a whole class activity, we...

Week 1 in Parakeet Class

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

Year 4M IntoUniversity

...yed their activities with the IntoUniversity team learning all about different careers. They explored careers like product designing, engineering and palaeontology. The children identified the skills they were using in different careers and completed some fun activities....

Science and JIGSAW

In Science we have been learning about taking care of the environment and trying to recycle items that we already have at home. We brought in empty jars to recycle them into dream jars! We had lots of fun adding the coloured paints and glitter, and watching the magic happen!

Year 5 - Maths: Angles in real life

aving focused on angles for the last few weeks, we thought it was time to take our learning into the outside! We took our protractors with us to investigate different types of angles that we could see in the playground

Year 5 - Safer Internet Day

Do you know how to be safe on the internet? What about when you are playing games online? Who might you go to if you are feeling pressured into doing something you aren't comfortable with? Year 5s have been discussing this today as it is Safer Internet Day and now have the knowledge and skills...

Year 5 - Maths: Rounding Decimals

Do you find decimals difficult? We've learnt a super easy way to make sure we can always round decimals to the nearest tenths and whole number. We'll be putting our learning into action in tomorrow's lesson!

History Dress Up Day 2021

It was once said that going into a library and all history unrolled before me. Here at Daubeney, you need only to come in to our website and experience history relived and refreshed through the determined spirits of our pupils, fired by an unquenchable thirst to learn, remember and thrive. "A...

Ms Khatun's Banana Pancake Recipe

Ingredients 1 cup self raising flour 1 cup milk 2 tablespoons sugar pinch of salt 2 ripe bananas 2 large eggs 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 3 tablespoon butter Steps: In a medium bowl, mash the bananas until almost smooth. Add the eggs. Whisk with a fork to combine. Add the melted butter. In another...

It Takes a Village... 2020 - Episode 1

Daubeney Primary Presents ‘It Takes a Village...’ 2020. This is episode 1 of 4 and places the Black Lives Matter movement into context for our primary students

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...

Nurture Group - Year 1: Nature All Around Me

In Science we have been learning about Nature all around me. We collected leaves to observe the different colours they change into during the Autumn season. We then used tin foil and sponges to paint our own leaves. The group then decided to make some butterflies to add to our nature display

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...

Year 4 - Poetry and Performance

Today (13-11-2020) the children in year 4 were excited to publish their anthology of poems and perform their poems. The children created an acrostic poem, simile poem and kennings poem. They were able to recognise different forms of poetry, read aloud their poems with intonation, volume, tone and...

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

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...

Year 1 - 1S Back at School!

1S are super excited to be back at school! This week, we're putting even more fun into our learning! We're making, drawing, playing, creating, chatting and PARTYING! Today in Maths, we played snakes and ladders, counting our spaces and racing to get to 100!

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....

Art Team Easter Competition

Take part in this years Young Artists Summer Show, presented by the Royal Academy of Arts. Submit a piece of artwork based on any theme, using any materials to admin@daubeney.hackney.sch.uk by the 21st April for submission into the competition. For more information, visit the Royal Academy website

Year 2 - History Day

We had a fantastic day today! We made Tudor houses and then burnt them down! We watched as the wind blew the flames and turned them into ash, like it would have been in 1666. Well done everyone for dressing up and have a lovely Easter holiday!!!

History

It was once said that going into a library and all history unrolled before me. Here at Daubeney, you need only to come in to our website and experience history relived and refreshed through the determined spirits of our pupils, fired by an unquenchable thirst to learn, remember and thrive. "A...

Year 4 - 4B: Outdoor PHSE Lesson

For 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

Year 5 - 5C at IntoUniversity

...ity yesterday when we went to IntoUniversity! We discussed areas of university like clubs and societies, accommodation and location of universities! We are so inspired about universities now!...

Year 4 - 4S Mental Health Awareness

For 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...

Year 4M - Outdoor Maths

Today, 20-5-2021, the children in 4M had a practical fraction lesson outside in our Hop Garden. The children were asked to make themselves into different fraction amounts

Year 4B - Wow Day - 27th May 2021

In Wow Day today, we did a variety of different activities which included a news report on an Earthquake in Japan. The children got into character and played a camera person, a reporter on scene, a reporter in the studio and witnesses

Nurture Group Baked a Cake!

On Thursday 17th June 2021 we celebrated a birthday in nurture. We baked a cake for his birthday. The children really enjoyed measuring the ingredients and mixing all the ingredients together. They especially enjoyed cracking the eggs into the bowl

Reception: Yellow Class - Ice Cream Parlour

In Yellow class the children were super excited to use the Ice Cream Parlour where they were making ice cream cones. They had a great time taking orders then scooping shaving foam into cones and adding a variety of sprinkles. They had heaps of fun! If you are passing Yellow Class, remember to stop...

Year 4M IntoUniversity

...excited to meet the team from IntoUniversity via on online Google Meet session. The children learnt ......certain jobs. They will visit Into University when they are in Year 5 and a whole week in Year 6....

Nurture Group - The Little Red Riding Hood Role Play

In Literacy we have started to learn about the Little Red Riding 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"

Rudolph Run

Daubeney Primary School is collaborating with St Joseph’s Hospice to run laps around the playground to raise money for the hospice. The run will take place on Wednesday 8th December 2021 in the KS2 playground from 9:30am. Reception classes will commence the run and run 1 lap around the playground,...

Year 3 - 3HC Celebrating Differences Day

Today we are having a ‘Celebrating Differences Day’ because we are all different and unique but UNITED we stand together, at Daubeney! Children in 3HC have come into school wearing traditional clothes from where they are from and/or wearing colours of their country flag

Year 6 - 6M IntoUniversity

...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 where they were able to experience how visu...

Year 5 - Science: Separating Materials

We explored how we can separate different materials. We had to separate metal from sand using magnetism. We then investigated how different liquids can separate depending on their density. We also mixed some salt into some water and we will be observing it over the next few weeks to see if the salt...

Children’s Mental Health Week 2022 - Growing Together

During the last week of our half term, week commencing 7th February 2022, Daubeney celebrated Children’s Mental Health Week. The theme was Growing Together. Growing Together is about growing emotionally and finding ways to help each other grow. Challenges and setbacks can help us to grow and adapt...

Year 5: Art - Textiles

Year 5 made Mexican inspired mood-boards for art. They sketched their ideas into their sketchbooks and it turned out amazing

Year 2 - Now Press Play in Science

Year 2 had lots of fun using the Now>Press>Play headsets last week to learn more about Mary Seacole. We were immersed into life in Jamaica, learning about healing soldiers using herbal remedies. We were taken through the journey of travelling to London to try and support with the help efforts...

Year 2 - Beach Trip 2024

This week year 2 had the best time at the beach! We travelled by coach to Margate and spent the day in the sun! We went into the sea, played football on the beach, painted pictures, buried our legs in the sand, there was so much to do!

Rainbow Room - Teddy Bear Maths

1, 2, 3 — let’s count! Our pupils enjoyed a maths learning experience where they explored numbers through hands-on activities. Using concrete objects such as teddy bears, the pupils developed their counting skills and deepened their understanding of number representation. They practised adding...

Year 3 Toucan - WOW Day 2025

The Year 3 Toucan class had an inspiring Wow Day, drawing creativity from the artist Andy Goldsworthy. They ventured into the playground to craft natural sculptures using leaves, twigs, and other found materials. Back in the classroom, they painted tree-themed canvases in an artistic style inspired...

Parent communication - 12th September 2025

Firstly, well done for completing the first full week of the school year! Routines are very important and certainly help with school life Talking of routines, let’s get back into the routine of sharing our Golden Expectation of the Week.

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12th September 2025

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 - Maths: Partitioning tens and ones

In this lesson, we recapped what tens and ones looked like in different ways. Then, we used dienes to practise partitioning my two digit numbers into tens and ones

Parent communication - 19th September 2025

I think I can confidently say that everyone is now back into the routine of school life. In our usual fashion, please find below our Golden Expectation of the week, our word of the week and our debate topic of the week to facilitate those home learni

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19th September 2025

Year 3 'The Great Kapok Tree' Immersion

As part of our immersion into the text, Year 3 recreated the rainforest setting from the story. We collected leaves and twigs from the Hop Garden and use a variety of materials to create a rainforest collage

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 Room - Clock Numbers

Today, our pupils stepped into the role of math detectives as they explored missing numbers on clocks. Armed with curiosity and sharp observation skills, they carefully checked the clocks and filled in the missing numbers. This engaging activity was able to help pupils to get familiar with numbers...

Rainbow Room - Clay Snowman's

As part of our winter theme, pupils explored the texture of both wet and dry clay through a hands-on modeling activity. They used clay rollers and their hands to roll the clay into three spheres of different sizes, forming the body of a snowman. Pupils had make their snowman's to be unique and...

Year 6 - Transition session

This week, Year 6 students welcomed a small group of Year 11 ambassadors from Urswick Secondary School for a transition session focused on developing photo description skills—an essential foundation for future language learning. The visit boosted our students’ confidence and underscored the...

Letter to Hackney Parents re Ofsted

As the Director of Education and Inclusion in Hackney, I am writing to share important information about the revised Ofsted inspection framework, which came into effect in November 2025 ...

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22nd January 2026

Rainbow Room - Exploring and Learning about Materials

Our pupils have been diving deeper into their science learning this week as they explored a variety of living materials in our investigation tray. The pupils were encouraged to observe, touch and discuss both familiar and unfamiliar items, allowing their natural curiosity to guide their...

EHT Update Letter - 29th January 2026

A Happy New Year to you all. Can we still say that? Of course we can, because we are 95 days into January! Despite the gloomy weather, things are nice and sunny within Blossom and across our schools. Phew!

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29th January 2026

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

Reception - Our own Ducklings!

This week, we have been so lucky to hatch our own eggs! We have been learning about the lifecycle of a Duck and we saw it for ourselves. We received 5 eggs and we watched them hatch into Hatchlings. They are now growing into Ducklings! They are super cute

Year 5 - Wow Day - Spring 2026

It was truly a Wow Day to remember! Year 5 spent the day exploring mechanisms—recapping what they are, how they work, and why they’re used. To finish, they designed and built their own mechanical systems. Using their knowledge, they created pulley systems with the goal of cleaning the...

Year 4 Nightingales visit Urswick

Today, the Nightingales visited Urswick Secondary School to take part in a fantastic art session led by one of the school’s art teachers. The students explored their creativity by creating artwork inspired by William Morris and had a wonderful time experimenting with patterns and designs,...

Year 3 - Ministry of Stories

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

Year 5: History - Windrush

In today’s lesson, Year 5 explored the experiences of the Windrush generation, learning about their journey to the United Kingdom and how they settled into new communities. The session encouraged pupils to develop empathy and a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by those who arrived...

Rainbow Class - Transports: History

As part of our history learning, our pupils had a great opportunity to learn about different types of transport across land, water, and air. They were able to sort and match transports by gluing and sticking them into the correct categories, for example, a helicopter in the air group, a ship in...

Year 2 - Science: Plants 2026

During our plants topic, we planted beans and seeds so that we could observe how a plant grows and learn more about what a plant needs to grow into a strong healthy plant

Year 2 - Science: Recycling items

Do you know what items can be recycled? We explored this by sorting items into different categories

Rainbow Class: Coreboard Intervention (Pop The Pirate/ Colour Match)

As part of the targeted intervention session, pupils engaged in a small-group activity using the " Pop the Pirate" game, by developing communication, social, and early literacy skills. Pupils took turns inserting coloured swords into the barrel, showing good engagement and anticipation....

Year 5 & 6 Residential Trip - July 2026 - Day 2

In the Mix '26 - Day 2 Today started off sunny and bright despite the bleary eyes due to lack of sleep. Are they usually up at 4am?! 😩 It turned into a very hot one but everyone coped very well, I think 'where are your water bottles?' might turn into the slogan of the trip. Lots of brave children...

Year 4 - Hornbills at Intouniversity

...and exciting careers with the Intouniversity team. Next year, they will continue to have workshops exploring more career options in the future....

Rainbow Room - Art: WOW Day

WOW! As part of ART WOW DAY, our pupils immersed themselves in a vibrant dot painting activity, exploring creativity through colour, pattern, and design. With great enthusiasm, they carefully used colourful dots to create beautiful artworks, developing their concentration, fine motor skills, and...

EHT Update Letter - September 2026

The start of term has been a positive one for all of us. The children returned from the holidays with masses of enthusiasm and excitement; they have settled well into their new classes, some of which are brand new cohorts, and classrooms...

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15th September 2026

Rainbow Class - Planting Fun & Plants Life Cycle (Science)

As part of the science and sustainability learning, our pupils did enjoyed learning about about how plants grow. We explored the life cycle of a plant and learned the correct order: seed → root → shoot → plant → flower → new seeds. Using visual pictures and sequencing...

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 6 Residential - Survive and Thrive

Survive and thrive, Daubs ‘25 Well believe it or not, today was even hotter! Everyone has dealt with it well though and are staying hydrated and being reminded to wear sunscreen! No campfire last night as we were informed it may have sent the whole place on fire so probably best not to have done...

Year 6 Residential - Survive and Thrive

If the start of the day is a sign for the rest of the week, we are in for a spectacular time! The coach was right time, right place and to top it off there was no traffic on the way. We arrived around half 11 which means there was plenty of time for everyone to settle into their cabins, unpack,...

Daubs on tour ‘24 - Day 1

After a delayed start (excuse you coach company) we arrived to blue skies and sunshine. After a quick lunch we went straight into activities. Everyone had a go, got stuck and enjoyed themselves. We are looking forward to festival night later and please leave comments!

Year 5 - Literacy: Scene descriptions

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

Daubs on tour ‘24 - Day 2

Day 2 was a scorcher! Cloud cover intermittently helped us out a little though. The children awoke at sunrise after a pretty late night but were surprisingly still full of energy We got straight into activities and the children were amazing. They tried things they'd never done before and really had...

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 and 6 Residential 2020 - Day 5

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

Year 5 and 6: End of Year Seaside Trip 2024

Today was brilliant! To celebrate the end of the year, we took a coach to Southend and had fun on the beach. After that, we dove into Adventure Island where we spent the rest of the afternoon screaming and laughing on all the rides!

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 2 - World of the Story

As part of our immersion into the story of The Magic Bojabi Tree, we investigated the setting of the book. We thought about where the mountains were located in relation to the trees, and identified where lion's rock would be, given that it was a long journey from the bojabi tree. We mapped it...

Year 5 - Geography: Jane Goodall

Do you know who Jane Goodall is? We learnt that she is a zoologist who dedicated her life to learning about chimpanzees in Tanzania. We learnt lots of things about her and we put our new-found knowledge into practice by creating a comic of the key events of her life!

Year 5 - Maths: Rounding

In this lesson, we recapped rounding and discussed the steps to do it. We then put our knowledge into a real life situation by rounding the average salaries of jobs that we might be interested in

Portuguese Spotlight Prize Winners

Last June, Maielly and Sueni were entered into a Portuguese Spotlight competition organised by Stephen Spender Trust.  They translated a poem from Portuguese into English together, and individually created a visual representation of the poem. At Daubeney, we are delighted to announce that they are...

Celebrating Black History Month Through Music

This year at Daubeney, we are thrilled to share a special video highlighting our Black History Month music lessons. With a focus on promoting diversity in the world of classical music, we’ve partnered with the renowned London Symphony Orchestra to bring this vision to life. In the video,...

Rainbow Room - Singing Intervention (3 Speckled Frogs)

The children were engaged as the adult sang the familiar song "3 Speckled Frogs." They joined in singing along and followed the song's phrases to count the frogs from 1 to 3. As they sang, the children placed the frogs into a red container with water. Additionally, the children used a...

Year 6 - Day 2 of Into Uni: Eagles Class

Today we had another brilliant day, we created portraits using watercolours and collage. We explored how the time you have to create an image changes the detail and content - what you think is important enough to include. We also continued to learn all about our three famous individuals - Jean-...

Excellence in Music Award 2025

The Daubeney Music Department and our star pupil, Noah, have just received a prestigious award from the Mayor of Hackney, Caroline Woodley. On Tuesday night, Mr. Logan, Mr. Brian, and Noah attended a ceremony at the Hackney Empire to accept our certificate and a bursary worth £2,700. So, how did we...

Year 2 - Computing

To continue our coding topic, we wrote an algorithm for The Princess and The Frog. We made each character move, and used the collision detection again, this time to turn the frog into a prince! We also explored debugging an algorithm that had mistakes

Year 3 - Maths: learning about time

In our math's lessons, we’ve been learning about time—hours, minutes, and seconds. To put our knowledge of converting minutes to seconds into practice, we created a circuit in the KS1 playground. We timed each other to see how long it took to complete the course—and had lots...

Year 5 - Science: Water Resistance

We learnt about water resistance by carrying out an experiment where we tested out dropping chunks of plasticine into water to see what shape was the most streamlined and had the least water resistance

Year 5 - Literacy Power of Play immersion lesson

Today we used drama to re tell the beginning of the story 'The Black Hole'. We practised moving and manipulating our bodies into shapes and characters before making freeze frames of the story, focusing on the mood and emotions of the character

Year 5 - Geography: Mapping Skills Day

Today is Mapping Skills Day! We utilised our wonderful library to immerse ourselves into our topic - learning all about Turkey through maps and atlases. After that, we learnt about thematic maps and what the purpose of them is. In our third lesson, we created our own map of Turkey and included...

Rainbow Room - Blocks Play

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

Rainbow Room - Money (Coins)

The children were engaged in a hands-on math activity exploring money, focusing on 1p coins. They independently counted the coins from 1p to 10p and placed them into money bags, reinforcing their counting and money use skills in a practical context

Football Boot Competition

During Spring, we entered into a football boot competition where the children were asked to design a pair of football boots. We had over 100 entries! They have now been collected and will be going through the voting panel. Each class will have 1 winner plus 1 whole school winner. Watch this space!

Rainbow Room - Ducks in Water

As part of the Indentiplay activity, children were introduced to ducks and bowls—one filled with water and one empty. The activity began with an adult modeling the actions. For example, the children observed the adult placing a duck into the water while saying, "Ducks in the water."...

Year 3 - Informal Letter Practise: Mother's Day Cards

In today's lesson, we practiced writing a Mother's Day card since the occasion is coming up. This ties into our focus this week on writing informal letters

Year 2 - Eid Cards

Today, Ayyad spent his time creating Eid Mubarak cards, pouring his creativity into each design with vibrant colors and imaginative details. Filled with excitement for the upcoming celebration, he also wrote heartfelt messages inside, sharing his warm wishes with his family

School Council off to a Great Start!

The School Council of 2024-25 is off to a great start! Their dedication to working for the betterment of their peers and splitting into focused committees shows a strong commitment to addressing different aspects of school life. The committees are; Admin Committee, Journalist Committee and Junior...

Year 5 - IntoUniversity: Astronomy

What is it like to study at university? What kinds of classes do they have? We explored the types of lessons university students might have by learning about astronomy. We took part in a variety of activities and worked with a team!

Year 2 - Spanish: Lectura rítmica. Iniciación a la lectura musical

At Daubeney we incorporate musical reading into our Spanish lessons as it is a very effective strategy that helps long term memory retention, fits a wide range of learning styles, improves students’ pronunciation and intonation, and it is fun!

EHT Newsletter - Issue 9 - 11th June 2025

Assessment season is upon us. This began just before half term with our Y6’s all sitting their SATS (Standardised Assessment Tests). As usual, this was a slickly executed week, planned meticulously by our leaders to take into account the needs of our

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11th June 2025

Healthy Me - Mrs Alam's Fruit Kebabs

Hi Daubeney, Hope you are all well and safe at home. I've made a video to show you all how to make a healthy snack. You can be as creative as you like with this recipe. You will need: A selection of different fruits (I have used strawberries, oranges, pineapples and grapes) Some wooden skewers...

Reception - Blue Class: World Book Day 2020

Blue class dressed up in their favourite book character today (6th March 2020). It was really nice to see them happy and cheerful. Blue class carefully listened to the stories they bought into school throughout the day inside and out

Year 5 and 6 Residential 2020 - Day 4

[menu name="year5-6-residential-2020"] It’s Day 4 and you’d have thought the tiredness would have set in by now... well it has for the adults! The children are just as energised as ever. After a hearty breakfast, they were pasting their way down, by now, a well trodden and...

Year 3 - Celebrating Chinese New Year

Today Year 3 found out about Chinese New Year. They completed several artistic activities to celebrate the occasion and listened to Chinese New Year music. 'Luck is a very important part of Chinese New Year. Lanterns are released into the sky to send off the bad and make room for the new.'...

This Week in 1S

1S have settled into Year 1 super quickly! They have been playing and writing, drawing and running! This week we have been drawing our own maps and writing our own sentences using colourful semantics. We even know all about odd and even numbers! We can't wait to learn even more :)

Transforming our School Gates

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

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 - Animals

In Science our topic is Animals including Humans. We have been learning about animal classifications. We sorted animals out into different groups; reptiles, birds, amphibians, mammals and fish

Year 1 - Odd Numbers

In Year 1 we have been learning about odd and even numbers in Maths. We sorted numicons into odd and even. Dexter said “Even numbers always have a partner but odd numbers always have ne left out”

Year 1 - Spaceship in the Hop Garden

A spaceship 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...

Year 1 Groovin'

Have a look at 1H making beautiful music supported by Year 3 superstars; Jenny on keyboard and Hayden on bass. Team work makes the dream work!

Year 1 Trip to Homerton Library

...by Anthony Browne called 'Into the Forest' so the librarians read us some other stories by him. The children really enjoyed meeting Morgan and Myrna who made the stories really enjoyable for them....

Year 2 - Conscience Alley

Over the next two weeks in literacy, we will be learning about how to write an excellent informal letter. Today, we read a book called “The Day the Crayons Quit”. It is about a boy, called Duncan, and how his crayons quit and left him because they were not happy with how he was treating...

Year 2 - Space and Astronauts at the Science Museum

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

Year 2 - Visit to the Gurdwara in Bow

The children in year 2 visited the Gurdwara in Bow on Wednesday. The children and adults were asked to remove their shoes and socks and cover their heads with a scarf. They were warmly welcomed into the Gurdwara and shown to the prayer room. A lady explained what Sikhs believe in and how they...

Year 2's Trip to Kew Gardens

On Wednesday 20 th May, year 2 went on a fantastic trip to Kew Gardens. The trip was linked to our learning – Growing Plants. We travelled by London Overground from Homerton to Kew Gardens. It was a long journey! When we got there, we split up into groups and went to see various things in the...

Year 3 - Cave Paintings

To immerse into the topic of the Stone Age, Year 3 got the opportunity to create their very own Cave paintings. Each picture tells a story, can you infer what the story might be? Take a look at the pictures!

Year 3 - George's Marvellous Medicine

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

Red Class - Festive Fun

Red class enjoyed a delicious Christmas lunch today. It was lovely to see everyone enjoying themselves and getting into the Christmas spirit. Take a look below to see what fun we had!

Year 3 - KidZania

Yesterday (28th March 2019) Year 3 were incredibly lucky to visit KidZania. They got the opportunity to independently wonder and roam around the safe and secure indoor city run by kids. In KidZania, the children were able to get a fun and realistic insight into the adult world by taking part in a...

Year 3 - Making Roman Soldiers

Today (7th March 2019) Year 3 got the opportunity to put their artistic skills to use. This term, our topic is the Romans, and to immerse them into the topic, they created their own Roman soldier. The children will be using these models as a stimulus for their journal writing in Literacy. Have a...

Year 3 - Parents Visit Children at School

Year 3 were very lucky to have a parent come into school this morning, and share her knowledge about the rainforest and climate change. Jenny showed the children a slide show showing them what's happening to the worlds rainforests. The children were very happy to share their knowledge and learn...

Year 3 - Poetry

Year 3 worked in groups to practise and perform Michael Rosen's 'Don't'. We use tone, intonation, actions and emphasis to bring the poem to life! We will be planning and writing our own performnce poem this week!

Year 3 - Work Week

This week, year 3 are learning all about how money is dealt with in the adult world. Today (27th March 2019) we brought Hackney's Mare Street into our classroom! The High street included a Cinema, Post Office, Bank and a Supermarket! Pupils all got their own wallet which included some money,...

Year 3 and 4 - Frinton-on-Sea

Year 3 and 4 had a wonderful time yesterday at Frinton-on-Sea. They got the opportunity to splash about in the sea, play with the sand and enjoy a delicious picnic. Take a look at the pictures!

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 - Frinton on Sea

Year 4 had a wonderful day at Frinton on Sea beach. After a long coach ride, children got to enjoy the sun, sea and sand. Lots of magical moments at Daubeney! Anaya said: "Thank you Daubeney for taking us to this beach, I loved paddling in the sea." Alan said: "This is the best trip...

Year 4 - IntoUniversity Careers Workshop

... below!......rsity workshop about careers. IntoUniversity helped teach the children about skills needed for diffe...

Year 4 - IntoUniversity Workshop

...d a special workshop from the IntoUniversity team. The children were engaged in various activities, ......et a chance to go to the 'Into University' building to explore more activities and learning....

Year 4 - Lego Workshop

Year 4 had an interesting Lego workshop organised by the City Year team. They had a wonderful time learning about coding and robotics and put all this knowledge into use. Take a look at what they got up to!

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 4 Visit Hackney Museum

Year 4 visited the Hackney Museum to learn more about migration and how the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings settled into Hackney. The children were fascinated by all the amazing migration facts and stories. Year 4 got the opportunity to look through real artifacts of migrants from Hackney which dated back...

Starting Reception - Autumn 2017

Reception are settling well into routine. They are learning about their new school, making new friends and building relationships with all the staff

Reception - Yellow Class: 'Whatever Next' by Jill Murphy

We had a fabulous week focusing on the story 'Whatever Next' by Jill Murphy. The children learnt all about onomatopoeia words. We pointed out many of them in the story and we thought of some of our own onomatopoeia words, which we then put into our literacy writing. As part of the...

Year 5 - 5M IntoUniversity

...today (6th March 2019) at the IntoUniversity office in Clapton. The pupils were introduced to the courses on offer at university, social clubs, living arrangements and degrees on offer. They took part in various activities which gave them a better insight Into attending a university....

Farewell Ms. Douglas

On Wednesday our usual singing assembly was transformed into a surprise leaving assembly for our Head Teacher Ms. Douglas. We had beautiful poems recited and heart felt tributes from staff members. The children sang "Something inside so strong" because Ms. Douglas has given us all...

1A - Odd and Even Numbers

In maths we have been learning about Odd and Even numbers. We sorted numicons into odd and even

1D - Sense Investigation

1D did a sense investigation for Science. We explored what our senses do for us by tasting different items, listening to different instruments, smell different things, touching different materials and looking into sight boxes

2K - 'Me and You' by Anthony Brown

As part of our literacy unit on Traditional Tales, we have been reading the book 'Me and You' by Anthony Brown. We based our assembly on this amazing book and retold the story by creating a short trailer and rehearsed the story line. We had lots of fun practising and trying to portray the...

5C - IntoUniversity Workshop

...excited today to attend their IntoUniversity workshop, where they spent a lot of time discussing what a university is what courses are offered there. The children also looked at clubs and societies and possible places they could stay if they attended a university out of London....

5M - Nelson Mandela Biographies

5M were busy last week publishing their biographies based on Nelson Mandela. The children worked extremely hard to create notes, then turn them into factual sentences, using formal language. Next they drafted a copy, edited it then prepared their biography for publishing. We are all proud of their...

5O - IntoUniversity

...ar 50 had a wonderful time at IntoUniversity, where they learnt about courses offered at university, places to stay, clubs and societies that are available to join. next term they will return to the workshop for a whole day, where they will study a subject in more detail....

6D - Globe Theatre

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Brazilian Carnival 2016

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

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...

Eco-team Climate Change and Environment Training

The Eco-team received training from 'Eco-Schools' about climate change and the environment. They also conducted an Environmental audit to ensure our school is as sustainable as it can possibly be. They were able to identify what we already do and how we can improve. Now that they know how...

Fireworks!

To celebrate bonfire night nursery have painted some beautiful pictures. We have been talking about how fireworks explode into different colours in the sky and have been learning to recognise and name colours. Here's what some of the children had to say about bonfire night... Gabriella said...

Reception - Yellow Class Learn About 3D Shapes

We have been learning all about 3D shapes. We talked about the difference between 3D and 2D shapes. The children were able say that 2D shapes are flat and 3D shapes are not. We sorted out 2D shapes and 3D shapes into two sets. The children all made their very own 3D shakers. We talked about the...

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...

IntoUni

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IntoUni Graduation

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KS1 Science Parents' Workshop

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

KS2 Assembly - Life in Spanish Primary Schools

This week, KS2 pupils enjoyed a Spanish assembly where they could get to know what life is like in Spanish Primary schools. They learnt new vocabulary related to the school, like do the register, classroom, playground, line up, teacher, just to name a few. Pupils had a great time watching Spanish...

Mr Young's Visit to Daubeney Primary to see Year 6

Year 6 were enthralled by a visit from Mr Young (Osceola’s dad) who inspired all the children and adults in the art of writing newspaper reports. Mr Young shared his valuable insights into the world of Journalism and shared some invaluable tips to help Year 6 write newspaper reports. Mr Young...

Nursery - Baby Clinic

Nursery have enjoyed using their new role play area which has been turned into a baby clinic. They have been weighing the babies, dressing, feeding, bathing and doing check ups. They have even learn how to put a nappy on the baby!

Nursery - World Book Day 2019

Its World Book Day at Nursery and the children have dressed up! Please have at a look at some of the creativity that went into making these outfits awesome!

Nursery are Wild About Reading

In the Nursery the children chose to transform their reading area into a jungle theme. They have been super excited to read amongst their new jungle pals and have even given them names. The children have been reading lots of familiar stories and have enjoyed retelling them to their friends. It has...

Nursery Butterflies

The nursery children watched with fascination as the caterpillars that they nurtured over time formed cocoons and emerged into beautiful butterflies, ready to fly off into the world to explore. Scarlett reported, "today we let the butterflies go. I think they will go looking for flowers."...

Nursery's Caterpillars

The children in nursery have enjoyed observing the caterpillars as they transform into butterflies. The children waved goodbye and they were very excited to let the butterflies out of their net

ORDER, ORDER! The House will hear...

Last Friday, Daubeney's finest school council members were given the marvellous opportunity to attend a visit to The Houses of Parliament in company of Miss Bree, Mr. West and City Year's own Mr. N. The trip allowed for the group to venture into the heart of London, specifically the area of...

Reception - Chicks Day 4

Day 4, two more chicks hatched last night. All nine chicks have moved into their new home, the Brooder Box

Year 5 - 5F Trip to IntoUniversity

...participated in a workshop at IntoUniversity. The children were engaged in activities to learn more about university life. Well done to everyone, especially Amira and Ronnie, who received congratulatory postcards for their effort!...

Year 5 - 5M IntoUniversity: Engineering and Design

...e at our whole day session at IntoUniversity. The children had a whole day focused on engineering and designing activities and participated in many hands on activities....

Year 5 and 6 Residential 2020 - Day 3

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

Year 2 - 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...

Newsletter - 16th September 2016

Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome to another exciting year at Daubeney! We trust that you have all enjoyed a great summer and are now looking forward to the many magical moments planned for the year ahead. It has been a great start to the year, with the children returning to school looking extremely...

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16th September 2016

Newsletter - 30th September 2016

Dear Parents and Carers, Thus far, it has been a wonderful start to the new academic year. Our children are really showing their enthusiasm for learning and for being leaders. JH OMYH QRR NHJXQ POH SURŃHVV PR HOHŃP RXU 6ŃORRO FRXQŃLOORUVB JH OMYH MOVR HVPMNOLVOHG VHYHUMO ¶ÓXQLRU PHMPV· where...

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30th September 2016

Newsletter - 14th October 2016

Dear Parents and Carers, As we rapidly approach the end of our first half-term I am truly inspired by the growth and development that I have seen in our children over the last six weeks. One example of that growth you too will bear witness to, when you read the articles written by the members of...

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14th October 2016

Newsletter - 25th November 2016

Dear Parents and Carers, Here at Daubeney we pride ourselves on providing memorable and magical learning opportunities for our students, and it fills me with great pleasure to share in this edition of our newsletter SOME of the wonderful activities our students have partak-en in over the last...

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25th November 2016

Newsletter - 27th January 2017

Dear Parents and Carers, It is with great pleasure that I yet again have the opportunity to celebrate the incredible teaching and learning that takes place here at Daubeney on a daily basis! As you read this edition of our fortnightly newsletter you will see a snapshot of the plethora of...

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27th January 2017

Summer Project 2018

To keep your brains ticking over the Summer holidays, here are some fun and creative activities for you to sink your teeth into. There are maths, literacy, creative and science activities for Key Stage 1 and 2. We look forward to seeing your amazing home learning in September! Creative KS1 KS2...

Year 5 - IntoUniversity Centre

...oring engineering at the 'IntoUniversity Centre' in Clapton. The three classes went on different days but all had the opportunity to use their designing and engineering skills to create a solution for a problem that was posed by the adults in the centre. The children worked in groups, used t...

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...

Year 5 Residential 2019 - Day 3

[menu name="year5-residential-2019"] Day 3 and things are not slowing down. And wait for it... IT DIDN’T RAIN! The sun even poked its head through the clouds for a few glorious seconds. What a time to be alive. The children finished yesterday with fried chicken and chips and...

Year 3 - Outdoor Reading

Year 3 enjoyed a fun afternoon reading their 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...

Year 5 Residential 2019 - Day 4

[menu name="year5-residential-2019"] It’s day 4 and you’d have thought the tiredness would have set in by now... well it has with the teachers. The children are just as energised as ever. They finished last night with wider games and the usual hot chocolate before bed. This...

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 - 2C Fun in the Park

During our family picnic day in Victoria Park, we had lots of fun climbing, sliding and making things with sand. Here are some of our favourite parts: "My favourite part was climbing on the ropes because it was quite challenging" - Ava "I liked covering Mr Ricardo in the sand and...

Year 3 - Mapping Skills Day

Year 3 immersed themselves 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...

Newsletter - 22nd July 2016

Dear Parents and Carers, It has been another amazing year here at Daubeney, with an exceptionally eventful and enjoyable last half term! Our children have been able to achieve great results for all of their tests in Year 1, Year 2 and significantly in Year 6 with the new assessment criteria. We...

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22nd July 2016

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 4 - 4M IntoUniversity Workshop

...us activities provided by the IntoUniversity team, who came Into school today to carry out a range of activities. The children had to use various skills like; teamwork, listening, creativity and building skills to complete the various activities....

Year 3 Visit Kew Gardens

To further their knowledge & interest in their class topic of rainforests, 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...

Year 1 - 1TK Class Assembly: Little Red Riding Hood

1TK have worked really hard on their class assembly this week. Our assembly was about Little Red Riding Hood. We created a short trailer for our assembly using iMovie. We acted out the scenes and then put it into the trailer. We had lots of fun singing 'Stay on the Path'. We hope you...

Year 6 - WOW Day - Autumn 2 2019

We kicked off Autumn 2 with a "WOW DAY". We started off with some sweet treats from all across the continent. We tasted delicacies from countries such as France, Poland and Sweden. We then put our researchers hats on and had to choose on country from Europe and create an eye-catching fact...

Year 3 - Sharing our Great Learning

Our Year 3 pupil was excited today to share his learning with other classes. The pupil in Year 3 visited Mr Matvad in Year 4 to share their learning. They transformed their bedroom into a chocolate haven filled with adjectives and descriptive language

Year 6 - 6S Send Fan Mail to Year 5

6S were so impressed with Year 5s pantomime performance , we decided to send them some fan mail. We snuck into their classrooms at break time and delivered their letters so they would be surprised when they returned from break. We hope they liked the cards because we certainly loved their...

Year 3 - Stone Age Cave Paintings

To immerse into the topic of the Stone Age, Year 3 got the opportunity to create their very own cave paintings. Each picture tells a story, can you infer what the story might be? Take a look at the pictures!

Year 3 - Stone Age workshop at the Hackney Museum

Year 3 have been learning all about the Stone Age this term. During their visit to the Hackney museum, they got an insight into how Hackney was during the Stone Age era. They were able to have a touch of a range of artefact replicas including animal fur, flint tools and fossilised poop; they were...

School Council - Interview with Matt Harding by Jago

The School Council are divided into four committees; the Journalist Committee research and write articles about activities scheduled to take place in school, what children do outside of school and anything of interest happening within our community. This is an article written by Jago in 5MC. He...

British Science Week 2020

The pupils and staff of Daubeney primary school drew the curtains to a close on an awesome British Science Week. Parents spent the afternoon in school educating and motivating pupils on a wide range of stem related jobs, from building their own animation into a film, taking fantastic photos when...

Rec/Yr1/Yr2 - Maths Parent Workshop

WHOWHOWHOWHO:::: Reception / Year 1 / Year 2 WHEN:WHEN:WHEN:WHEN: Wednesday, 21st September 2016 WHEREWHEREWHEREWHERE:::: Infant Hall TIMETIMETIMETIME:::: 9am - 10:15 AIMS FOR THE SESSIONAIMS FOR THE SESSIONAIMS FOR THE SESSIONAIMS FOR THE SESSION:::: ⮚ To get an insight into how Maths is taught at...

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14th September 2016

Newsletter - 17th June 2016

...ar 5 went on a whole day trip to 'IntoUniversity' where their stereotypes and prior knowledge was challenged. They were inspired by the fact that anyone can attend University and how it did not have an age limit! Year 5 took part in a range of activities and put a lot of effort Into their cre-ation...

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17th June 2016

Year 5 - 5MC IntoUniversity

...th February 2019) 5MC visited IntoUniversity to learn about university life. During the workshop, 5MC learned about degrees, accommodation, university locations and clubs and societies. Would you like to go to university? What degree would you study? Why?...

Year 6 - 6S Into University

...spend an entire week with the Into University team learning all about diversity and inclusion. On Monday and Tuesday we looked at inspiring people throughout history including: Emmeline Pankhurst; Martin Luther King Jr; Nelson Mandela and Malala Yousafzai. We also learnt all about inspiring women su...

Year 5 - Eco Active Workshop

Year 5M were involved today (27th September 2018) in learning all about recycling and sustainability. The Eo Active team came into class to help the children learn about the importance of recycling and how we can recycle our food. Food waste is a major issue around Hackney and the children...

Year 5 - IntoUniversity

...t on a whole day trip to 'IntoUniversity' where their stereotypes and prior knowledge was challenged. They were inspired by the fact that anyone can attend University and how it did not have an age limit! Year 5 took part in a range of activities and put a lot of effort Into their creations....

Year 5 - IntoUniversity 2017

...excited today to attend their IntoUniversity workshop, where they spent a lot of time discussing what a university is what courses are offered there. The children also looked at clubs and societies and possible places they could stay if they attended a university out of London....

Year 5 - IntoUniversity: Space

The children in Year 5M had a wonderful session at INTO UNIVERSITY, where they studied the planets, the galaxy and outer space. The children were also treated to a Scientist, who had a rather strange piece of equipment, who taught them even more about our solar system. The activities and the...

Year 5 - Making Chocolate Cornflake Cakes

Our Year 5's used and applied their knowledge of measurement by cooking cakes and creating playdough! Here we have our young chefs concentrating on the tough task at hand... And yes the cakes were as yummy as they looked. Why not make some chocolate cornflakes cakes at home? Ingredients For 6...

Year 5 - Meet the Worms

5M had a wonderful time today with Eco Active looking at composting and how to recycle our left over food. Worms play an important part in our food and compost making and the children were delighted to meet the worms who are responsible for breaking down our foods and turning them into soil we can...

Year 5 - The Caterpillars Are Growing

The year 5 children are super excited to see their baby caterpillars growing and becoming ready for their next stage. Soon, they will enter the chrysalis stage where they will begin the amazing process of metamorphosis. Once they have changed into butterflies, we will update you and we hope to...

Year 5 - We are FREE

We are FREE Thursday we celebrated National Poetry day and our theme was FREEDOM. So the children in 5M decided it was the perfect opportunity to release our butterflies, who had grown so huge, into the wild to allow them to taste their FREEDOM. Fly little butterfly Roam the skies Enjoy life...

Year 5 Residential 2018 - Day 3

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

Year 5 Residential 2018 - Day 4

It’s day 4 and you’d have thought the tiredness would have set in by now... well it has with the teachers. The children are just as energised as ever. They finished last night with wider games which incorporated orienteering with a quiz. Of course, Mr Swarbrick’s group emerged...

Year 5 Visit to the Science Museum

Today (28th January 2019) Year 5 visited the Science Museum. We delved into our science topic which is ‘Space’ and we explored many scientific discoveries and had a whale of a time. What was your favourite learning experience of the day?

Year 6 - 6F IntoUniversity

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

Year 6 - 6M IntoUniversity

...exciting opportunity to go to Into University. Each day brought new and exciting learning. On Monday, we learnt all about the theme of the week which was diversity and inclusion. Following on from this, we learnt all about different types of families we have in our community. On Tuesday, we took ...

Year 6 - Air Raid in 6S!

In 6S we have been learning about World War II. So far we have learned about the outbreak of the war and we are reading Goodnight Mister Tom to immerse ourselves into the topic. One of the things we learnt about was air raid drills. There would be a very loud siren and everyone in school would have...

Newsletter - 27th May 2016

... Trips Monday 6th June: 5M - IntoUni 9.30am - 3.30pm Tuesday 7th June: 5G - IntoUni 9.30am - 3.30pm......3.30pm Tuesday 7th June: 5G - IntoUni 9.30am - 3.30pm Wednesday 8th June: 5C - IntoUni 9.30am - 3.30......30pm Wednesday 8th June: 5C - IntoUni 9.30am - 3.30pm ...

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27th May 2016

Year 6 - Into University

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Year 6 - Prefects

The Year 6 prefects have settled into their new roles brilliantly and are acting as inspirational role models to the rest of the school. It has been good to see the children rise to the responsibility of their duties. Here the prefects are seen sharing their inspiration in a special Prefects...

Year 6... It's Electrifying!

WOW! In science in Year 6 we have been delving into the enlightening topic of electricity. It was a truly de-light-ful lesson today when we got hands on with all the circuitry components. We made bulbs light, buzzers go BZZZZT and even made helicopters move across the table

Newsletter - 12th June 2015

...tion Year 5 had a wonderful time at Into University, where they further developed their learning on our Science topic- Space. The class studied the planets and our solar system. They used their research skills along with their own knowledge to create factual pages about each planet. The fun day ende...

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12th June 2015

Newsletter - 26th June 2015

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26th June 2015

Newsletter - 18th September 2015

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18th September 2015

Newsletter - 2nd October 2015

Dear Parents and Carers, The term is well and truly underway. As the weeks move on, each year group will go on more trips and take part in workshops. Your £10 contributions to the cost are vital to our funding of this important part of the curriculum. Please, if you have not done so already make...

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2nd October 2015

Newsletter - 23rd October 2015

Dear Parents and Carers, Half term already and a well deserved holiday for all. It was great to have an ex-pupil in school from 1953 and for him to share his experience with the chil-dren. I would just like to remind all parents that when in school they are role models and as such should be-have in...

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23rd October 2015

Newsletter - 13th November 2015

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13th November 2015

Newsletter - 15th January 2016

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15th January 2016

Newsletter - 12th February 2016

... (QJOMQG 0XVHXP Last week 6S visited IntoUniversity where had an action packed week and were treated......ed on a story by Anthony Browne called 'Into the Forest' so the librarians read them some other stor...

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12th February 2016

Newsletter - 24th March 2016

...???????????????????????????\ Last week 6F went to Into University. They learnt a lot about the different cours-es they could study at university and thought about their own ambitions. They visited the Globe Theatre and produced a project about Macbeth which they presented in a graduation ceremo...

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24th March 2016

Newsletter - 29th April 2016

...n on Wednesday the 27th April 2016 at Into University, where they discussed and studied possible subjects that they would like to study. The workshop helped the children to identify what a university is, where they could live, what subjects would appeal to them and the types of clubs they could join...

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29th April 2016

Newsletter - 16th May 2016

Dear Parents and Carers, H RRXOG OLNH PR VM\ M NLJ ¶RHOO GRQH· PR MOO RI RXU KHMU 6 VPXGHQPV IRU ŃRPSOHPLQJ POHLU HQG RI Key Stage assessments with such confidence. A big thank you must also be expressed to all the members of staff who supported our students to feel confident and relaxed during...

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16th May 2016

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,...