Religious Education
Intent Across the Blossom Federation, our RE curriculum provides children with an understanding and appreciation for beliefs, cultural practices and values. The Blossom Federation follows The Hackney Education agreed syllabus and lesson plans where available. We hold six designated RE days at the...
Admissions
Daubeney is moving to a two form entry sized primary school. There are currently two classes of Reception children and this will continue for the academic year 2023 and beyond. It is currently three form entry primary school in Years 5 & 6 although it retains three classes of Year 2 children....
Contact
...Governors: Will Emms Chair of Local School Committee: Annwen Johnson BEM SENDCO: Raj Dharma Interim Finance & Personnel Officer: Shahina Khanam If you wish to contact the Chair of Governors, please mark your correspondance 'FAO Mr Will Emms, Chair of Governors'. The School Day Daubeney Prima...
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Governors
...rent and staff governors, one Local Authority nominee and co-opted members from the wider community....... Schools in the Federation have a Local School Committee who focus on the individual schools, their ......nd developments. The Chair of the Local School Committees are: Daubeney – Annwen Johnson BEM Sebr...
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...
Humanities - History & Geography
Intent To deliver a broad and balanced curriculum, which includes ensuring children are able to access cross curricular subjects like Geography, History and RE regularly. To have a deeper understanding of the world that we live in by learning in a cross curricular, creative and experiential way. To...
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...
PSHE - Jigsaw
Intent One of the integral features of the Blossom Federation curriculum. The backbone of PSHCE is our JIGSAW programme. Jigsaw connects the pieces of Personal, Social and Health Education, emotional literacy, social skills and citizenship, carrying out a mindful approach to PSHCE which brings...
SEND and Our Local Offer
...kney Education also publishes a Hackney Local Offer on its website . This sets out a wide range of i......ng people with SEND. The purpose of our Local Offer is to inform parents and carers about: how we ...
Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development
At Daubeney, the children and their learning are at the very heart of everything we do. Its impact is seen both within and outside of the classroom. We believe strongly in a holistic education for our children, rooted in our conviction that our children will succeed regardless of their background...
Year 2 trip to Hackney city farm
Today, we visited Hackney City Farm to explore what animals live nearby in our local area. We had so much fun investigating which animals lived on each part of the farm and had a go at making each of the animal noises. We discussed what each animal liked in their habitat and how they moved around...
Year 3 - Mapping Day
The children in year 3 enjoyed their mapping day where they learnt all about co-ordinates, using a compass for directions, map symbols and they ended their sessions by drawing their own map of our local area
Year 2 science Trip - March 2024
This week Year 2 visited Hackney Marshes to finish our Plants topic. We went on a plant hunt to see what is growing in our local environment and spent some time sketching the plants we could see
Duckling Class - St Barnabas Church Trip
On Wednesday, we visited our local church! We walked to the high street, looking carefully where we were going and remembering what we learnt at road safety. When we arrived at the church we had a look around and listened to the story of The Nativity. Some of us were able to dress up as people from...
Duckling Class - Daubeney Fields Trip
On Wednesday, we visited our local park. We visited the park because we have been learning about maps. We have been finding out what a map is and what is is used for. We have looked at road maps, zoo maps, tube maps and many other maps. We created a a walking route that was safe to walk to Daubeney...
WEA online
As we all adjust to saying safe at home due to Coronavirus, we have found our normal day to day routine has changed quickly. Despite the challenges this may bring, this also presents a unique opportunity to stay better connected with others like your family, friends, colleagues and your local community. The WEA would like to offer you the opportunity to socialise online through a range of activities and courses from the comfort of your own home. Find out more below.
Mapping Day 2023
To start the new geography topic, Year 5 had an entire day learning about maps relating to their local area . It was important that Year 5 understood the key features of a map as well as, acknowledging that reading a map is a great skill to have. To end the day, they had the opportunity to draw a...
Year 4 - Mapping Skills Day
Year 4 had fun learning all about maps on Mapping Skills Day today (12-09-2023). The children started their learning by learning about ordnance survey maps and the different symbols that are used to represent physical and human features. We then looked at grid references and identifying...
Year 3 - Mapping Day
The children in Year 3 - Kingfisher and Toucan - enjoyed their Mapping Skills Day today (11-09-2023). The children started their learning by looking at grid references and identifying co-ordinates on a map. Then we discussed how to use a compass and how the compass points can help us. We used the...
Reception - St Barnabas Church Trip
Have a look at our photos from our RE trip to the local church. We listened and re-enacted the Christian Christmas story
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 6 - Mapping Day 2024
Year 6 started off their geography learning this year with Mapping Day. They used compass points to create sentences about their playground, created different routes using a local map of the area and finally drew their own maps of Homerton. We had a lot of fun looking at all of the roads and places...
Year 4 - Mapping Skills Day
The children in Year 4 enjoyed Mapping Skills Day learning all about maps, co-ordinates, grid references, symbols and also had the opportunity to draw their own maps of our local area
Rainbow Room - Spring Hyacinth
Mr. Patryk has recently noticed that spring is beginning to appear in his garden and during his visits to the local park. However, there was one particular flower that caught his attention. Which flower is it? It's the wonderful Spring Hyacinth, which the children in the Rainbow Room were...
Tenerife - Day 2
We have had a fantastic day in Tenerife! This morning, we visited the local schools to see their day to day, and to see how it differed from ours. After lunch, we headed to the pools! We have had so much fun and looking forward to tomorrow!
Rainbow Class - Geography
Our learners have been exploring what makes Hackney special through a creative geography project. Using their knowledge of local landmarks, community spaces, transport links, parks, and places they enjoy, pupils designed their own unique Hackney logos
Year 1 Peacock Class - Mapping Skills Day
We enjoyed our first Mapping Skills Day! We looked at maps of the local area, particularly our school. We then followed directions and used a map of our playground to find our landmarks. We then created 3D models of the playgrounds
Rainbow Class - Geography (My Local Area)
As part of the geography learning, children took part in exciting geography activities focused on exploring their local area. Using photographs, symbols, maps, and matching tasks, learners developed their understanding of familiar places within the community. Some children were able to identified...
Year 2 Trip to Homerton Library
As part of the Year 2 provision, we will be taking the children to Homerton Library. The trip will take place on Wednesday 24th June. Children will have the opportunity to explore their local library.
16th June 2026
Year 2 - Science: Plant Hunt 2026
We went on a plant hunt in Hackney Marshes! Spring time is the perfect time to see what is growing in our local environment
Tenerife - Day 3
We have had another fabulous day in Tenerife! We started our day at the local school taking part in French, Maths, English and Art lessons. At the end of the school day, we painted a Cesar Manrique fish with our new Spanish friends! After school, we visited the town centre and treated ourselves to...
Year 5/6 Boy's & Girl's - Hackney Football Competition
The Year 5/6 enthusiastically took part in local Hackney football tournament. Showcasing great teamwork and sportsmanship, Unfortunately both team got knocked out of the semi-finals but was extremely proud of the children accomplishment
Hackney Schools’ Challenge 2025
The Hackney School Challenge is a running challenge that is open to primary school children of all abilities across the borough of Hackney and local areas. It will take place on Saturday 17th May 2025 and ties in with the Hackney Running Festival,
1st April 2025
Year 1 - Peacocks: Our local walk
In our Geography lessons, we have been looking at the UK and our local area. We had a walk around the local area, checking off different features of Homerton. This included the shops in the square, flats, post offices and parks
Year 1 - Parrot class went on a local area walk
As part of geography, Parrot Class went on a local area walk. We discussed what was in our local area. We saw lots of houses, flats and shops. We even saw a post office and a pharmacy. We also enjoyed a walk through Daubeney fields spotting squirrels along the way!
Parent Communication - 25th September 2025
This week during assembly, we introduced the Junior parkrun to the children. We are excited to share that Daubeney School is now signed up, and children can take part in local parkruns while proudly representing our school!
25th September 2025
BADU Support Line
BADU Community is an organisation that uses sport as the driving force to empower, educate and uplift young people and their families in the local community. We focus on giving people in the local area activities and opportunities to bring about positive outcomes. We have close relationships with...
Year 2 - Trip to Hackney Marshes
Year 2 visited Hackney Marshes to explore what plants grow in our local environment
Tenerife adventures II
On Monday we spent the day in our partner school, CEIP César Manrique. We played games with another year 5 group in the morning and we went to visit the town hall where the mayor of Puerto de la Cruz greeted us in the afternoon! It made us feel very welcomed and fortunate. We then spent the...
Year 4 - Mapping Day
The children today, 20th April 2021, had a fun day of learning all about mapping. The children started by identifying continents, oceans, cities and various landmarks and features on a map. Then the children placed key features on a map while planning a local route using a local map of our area....
Year 1 - Favourite Places
This week in Year 1 we talked about our local area. Firstly, we talked about our favourite places in our local area, then we sketched a picture of our favourite place using pencils and finally we finished our pictures with oil pastels. We shared our pictures with the rest of the class. Watch our...
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...
Walking Map Zone
Recently, students went walking around our local area to create a Walking Map Zone and compiled the data for Hackney Council. The council have now got back to us with an official map for students to use to plan their journey to school using sustainable travel methods. Think about how you travel to...
Year 4 - Eco-Active Workshop
As part of an Eco-Active workshop, Year 4 went on a trip around the local area to 'map their neighbourhood' and survey litter. The children were very excited to pick up litter and learn more about recycling
Year 3 - Trip to Mabley Green
Year 3 have been learning about rainforests. They went to Mabley Green, a local green space in Hackney, to note the differences and similarities it shares with rainforests. They said that both Mabley Green and rainforests have a lot of trees and foliage, though the trees in the rainforest would be...
Year 2 - Geography: Our Local Area
In Geography, we explored our local area. We had a look at the world map and located the UK and then also has a closer look at a detail map of London to find the borough of Hackney. Later on, we thought about what kind of message we would want to write to put inside a bottle. We talked about our...
Year 1 Trip to Daubeney Fields
Year 1 went on our first trip to Daubeney Fields. We looked at what is in our surrounding area and will be making a map about our local community!
Year 1 - Trip to Daubeney Fields
We went on a walk to Daubeney Fields to look at our local area. We talked about the road names and what important buildings are around us and in Daubeney Fields!
WE Day 2019
As part of our Safer communities initiative the learning mentors took a group of year 6 children to the SSE arena in Wembley for the WE Day event. There were 12,000 people in attendance at WE Day to celebrate all young people who are socially active, locally and globally and want to see change....
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 4 - Human and Physical Geography Trip to Daubeney Fields
Year 4 went on a trip to Daubeney Fields to develop their understanding of 'human and physical geography'. They enjoyed themselves by having the opportunity to observe different things in nature and discuss the physical landscape of their local area! They will use this information to help...
RRS: 'The Right to a Full and Decent Life' Assembly
KS2 were thrilled to enjoy a wonderful and entertaining assembly (in pursuance of Article 23 of the UNCRC - 'The Right to a Full and Decent Life') delivered by our local Revered, Clive Main. Reverend Clive had KS2 completely engaged and mesmerised as he skilfully explored the above Right...
Reception - Yellow Class Visit the Library
Yellow Class have been on their first trip to the local library. We walked all the way there and the children were so sensible and grown up. Mrs Addai and all the grown ups who accompanied us on the trip were very proud of all the children. The librarian read us a story called 'Handa's...
Meg Hillier MP Visit
Our local MP, Meg Hillier, visited Daubeney to give a very special prize to one of our Year 6 students. At Christmas, we entered Meg's competition to find a picture to go onto her Christmas Card. Out of many entries from schools in Hackney, our very own Massimo in 6S won! He produced a...
Mapping Out a Walking Zone
The Eco team and Junior Road Safety Team went on a trip around our local area to map out a walking zone that children and parents can use to commute to and from school. The children were very excited to be creating this map and be part of such an important project for our school. The routes we...
Daubeney Live 2016
Just before Easter we had Daubeney Live, our annual music celebration. Our two visiting schools, Millfields and Bridge Academy blew us away with their musicality. Also we had three different bands from our own school who played to a very excited audience. There were two drum kits on stage and an...
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...
Year 4 - Hackney Museum: Travels with my Suitcase
Year 4 visited Hackney Museum where we had a workshop called 'Travels with my suitcase'. The children discovered how the local area has changed through the stories and suitcases of people who have travelled to Hackney from all over the world and throughout history. Year 4 children became...
Year 4 - Physical and Human Geography
As part of our Cross-curricular lessons, we paid a visit to our local area to explore examples physical and human geography. Check out our pictures!
Trees for Cities Planting Workshop
We were very lucky to be part of the Trees for Cities workshop to plant more trees in Hackney Marshes. Children planted young trees to add to an existing woodland area to create more space for wildlife and for the local residents to enjoy. They learnt about different types of trees in the area,...
Year 4 - Sustainability
Year 4 had an interesting Eco-Active workshop where they studied the local area as part of the 'Map your neighbourhood' project. They also learnt about who is responsible for different areas and how we can look after them
WOW Day in Year 1L
Year 1 had fun making shoebox worlds of their local area for the end of their Cross Curricular topic. They used cardboard boxes, tissue paper and card as well as other materials from home that could be reused for our project! We thought about who and what is in our world, and discussed what...
WOW Day in Year 1TK
Year 1 have been learning about 'Who and what is in my world?'. To end their topic the children had Wow Day! 1TK had lots of fun being creative and making a shoe box world of their local area. They worked in groups to create different parts of their local area. Using a range of materials...
Your child's journey from birth to five
This resource has been created to support your journey into parenting. Birth to five years is a key time in your child's physical, emotional and social growth and development. The experiences you create together during this time can last a lifetime. Our journey from birth to five years provides you with trusted, age related and local information to help you to find your path through the many local activities and services available to support you and your family in Hackney, helping you to ensure that your child/children are happy, healthy and ready to learn. The resource You can download the poster and click on each of the images to find out more. Alternatively you can access the information via the age buttons. ,
Year 4 - Map Day
Today (9th September 2019) the children in Year 4 explored a variety of types of maps. They began learning about the cardinal points and then used the points to complete two different activities. The children also studied the United Kingdom and the countries which make up the UK. Our final activity...
It Takes a Village...
This half-term we having been holding a series of events every Wednesday (5pm-7pm) under the banner of, ‘It Takes a Village...’. We have been blessed to have had the opportunity to host some world class speakers such as: Gary Younge, Patricia Lamour MBE, ‘Lt. Stitchie’,...
Eco Team Meet The Senior Team
Today the Eco team met with Mr Logan, Mr Dharma, Ms Gustave, Ms Cenac and Ms Bibi to discuss all the great work they have been doing over the year. They also discussed future plans for the school and what they'd like to see happen. The children inspired the adults with their enthusiasm and...
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...
27th January 2017
Year 5 Planting Trees on Mabley Green
Year 5 children were excited and thrilled to have been invited to Mabley Green to plant 12 trees as part of our ECO project and also be a part of helping our local community become green. The children in pairs were each given a tree to plant and were taught skills like how to dig, levelling the...
SEND Forum - Preparing for Adulthood & Post-16
...s Disability Service * HackneyÓs Local Offer * If you canÓt make the meeting but want your views considered, please contact HiP, HackneyÓs Independent Forum for Parents/Carers of Children with Disabilities, on 07985 739851 or info@hiphackney.org.uk. If you have special requirements or need an in...
19th September 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...
16th May 2016
Newsletter - 27th November 2015
Dear Parents and Carers, As you will see from our newsletter, we had a fun time 'Making a Noise' about bullying through a variety of workshops, concerts and lessons. It has been a very successful fortnight for raising our children's awareness of how we need to treat everyone with respect and be...
27th November 2015
Newsletter - 12th June 2015
Dear Parents and Carers, Last half term was very busy with many exciting trips, poetry workshops and ending with a spectacular Foundation Stage Performance. It was a delight to see our young children confidently talk aloud and perform some amazing songs and dances from around the world. We have a...
12th June 2015
Year 6 Express Their Creative Talent
Shifting their energy from arduous revision for the end of year tests; Year 6 took to our local environment to create amazing landscape masterpieces using a range of Art media including water colours, oil pastels and charcoal. No doubt, room needs to be made in some eminent galleries across the...
Year 6 - Posting Letters to America
Today, two of our Year 6 children took our responses to the local post office. They had to find an appropriate envelope and pay for that. Then they had to write the address we were sending it too, as well as the return address (in case it gets lost). They then had to choose normal air mail or...
Football Competition
Daubeney football team took part at a local competition on the 08.10.26 . They were really impressive and was able to get third place
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