Physical Education

Intent The Blossom Federation believes that Physical Education (PE), experienced in a safe and supportive environment, is essential to ensure children attain optimum physical and emotional development and good health. We intend to deliver high-quality teaching and learning opportunities that...

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...

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...

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...

Mental Health

Here at Daubeney, We are very lucky to have a team of people working to support mental health and well-being. This team consists of DHML - Designated Mental Health Lead - Cheryll Gustave CWIS - CAMHS worker in school - Karolina Balciunaite WBF - Wellbeing Framework Partner - Claire Tregear EMHP -...

Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL)

Introduction to OPAL OPAL stands for Outdoor Play and Learning and is a programme endorsed and supported by Sport England . OPAL's mission statement is "To ensure that every schoolchild has an amazing playtime every day with no exceptions." We aim to: improve well-being develop self-regulation...

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...

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...

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...

Junior Mental Health Team Place2Be Fundraising

The JMHT raised £309.39 for Place2Be. They met with Matthew Charlton the Community Fundraising Manager at Place2Be to discuss the work they do, explain how our £309.39 could make a difference

Year 4 and Year 5 Workshop - Giving

As part of our Giving Week, Year 4 and 5 met with Olivia (Mental Health Support) and Vana (CAMHs Worker in school) to discuss memories of helping others, friendship and feelings. Can you think of a memory that you helped someone? How did this make you feel? How do you think it made the person you...

Junior Mental Health Team - Thank You to Daubeney Staff

Did you know, when you express your appreciation for someone, you will not only improve their lives but yours as well. You will feel more fulfilled because you have done something to make someone else’s life better. It will change your mindset. Our mood and daily outlooks change when we focus on...

Year 5 - Yoga - Week 3

It’s our third week of yoga and we are definitely becoming much better at it! We still get the giggles sometimes but we’re learning how to slow ourselves down much faster than we used to be able to

Year 1 - Computing - Week 2

In Week 2 of computing, Year 1 used Chromebooks to design their own version of an Alberto Giacometti sculpture, as part of our Cross Curricular Art topic. They used 2Paint on Purple Mash and thought about the colour and shape of the lines they needed to use

Year 4 Timetables Club - 5th October 2022

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

Computing Team - Augmented and Virtual Reality Apps

The computing team met with the fabulous Oyedo who showed us all about augmented and virtual reality apps. Watch this space for our own apps coming soon

Year 5 - Computing: Spreadsheets

We have started a new computing topic and it is Spreadsheets! We are learning about formulas and how to make our lives easier when we are adding and subtracting by using a spreadsheet. This week, we learnt how to make a spreadsheet that converts metres to centimetres and centimetres to metres!

School Council - New Committee Meetings

Our new School Council cohort met in their new committees and they began with a bang! This year the councillors have decided to have three committees; Journalist Committee, Admin Committee and the Junior Road Safety Committee. They were very excited and began straight away planning for the coming...

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...

Family Phonics Workshop - Session 3

...ren had a great time feeding 'Metal Mike' all the words. We revisited all of our phase 2 sounds and then practised reading CVC words by segmenting and bending the words. To end the session, we played a really fun CVC lotto game. Take a look to see what fun we had!...

Year 5: Science - Magnetism and Decanting

If you lost a bunch of paperclips in sand, how could you get it back? What if you spilt a bunch of oil onto your glass of water, how could you get that out? Today in science, we talked about two methods of separating materials: magnetism and decanting. We carried out 2 different experiments to test...

Year 4 - Maths Club

On Wednesday, 22-02-2023 the Year 4 Maths had a full house. The children enjoyed playing Times Tables Rock Stars, Hit the button, MTC games, Maths on Purple Mash and many more maths games. Every Wednesday the children in Year 4 have the opportunity to develop their fluency in their TimeTables

Year 5 - Literacy: Conscience Alley

Should Harry Potter stay with the Dursley's or go with Hagrid to Hogwarts? What do you think? Would you trust going to a new school with someone you've just met? We debated this by doing a conscience alley and had some amazing arguments!

Year 5 - Maths: Perimeter

Today Year 5 had fun with a variety of 2D shapes. The aim of this lesson was to understand what perimeter means, measure accurately using rulers and calculate the total length of the chosen 2D shape

Year 3 - Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) – Volcanoes

This half term students in Year 3 have covered volcanoes as part of their Geography curriculum. In our Spanish lessons students have really enjoyed learning about the Canary Islands and its volcanoes. CLIL provides the opportunity to diversify methods of classroom teaching and learning. Students...

School Council - Junior Road Safety Officers

The School Council, Junior Road Safety Officers met with Max Moorock, Road Safety Officer from the London Borough of Hackney. The JRSOs updated Max on their plans and were happy to take tips from Max on how to help our Daubeney family stay safe on the streets

Year 5 - Computing: Spreadsheet Area and Perimeter

This week, we learnt about how we can use formulae to calculate things for us easily, like area and perimeter. By copying and pasting a forumlae, we could find the area and perimeter of a shape by simply typing in the length and width of the shape

Year 5 - RE Day: What Happened to Islam in the Middle Ages?

We learnt all about the Five Pillars of Islam and even discussed what Islam was like during the middle ages. Did you know that they went through a Golden Age, where learning and inventions were thriving in the capital of Baghdad, whilst most of the rest of the world was going through the Dark Ages?...

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...

Boys Book Club - 7th June 2021

On Monday 7th June 2021 the Boys Book Club met and enjoyed a relaxing reading session in our Hop garden

Boys Book Club - 23rd November 2020

Today 23 November 2020 the boys book club met and read a story ’George the giant tortoise’. We used our reading stems to discuss the story and looked at answering questions about the story

Boys Book Club - 7th December 2020

Today the Boys Book Club met and read an interesting text all about sharks. They discussed the text and used their reading stems to understand the text. Next week they will focus on comprehension questions about the text

Year 4 - Division

Today 8-12-2020 the children in Year 4 used the short efficient method to divide

Boys Book Club - 15th March 2021

The Boys Book Club met today 15th March 2021 and read some of their favourite books. We had, poetry, non fiction books, comic books and information texts. What do you like to read?

Year 4 - 4M SEAL Lesson - Give

This week the children in 4M were set a challenge to GIVE something anything like a smile, or a helping hand or even time to talk. We had a lovely session sharing as a class

Boys Book Club - 29th March 2021

Today (29th March 2021) the Boys Book Club met and read a text called The Submarine. They enjoyed answering the questions and reading the story

Year 4 - 4M: Peer Tutor Award

In 4M today. 14 - 05- 2021. our young peer tutor received a personalized award for supporting and developing Maths with his peers. Our young peer tutor worked hard to help his peers develop their arithmetic skills and Maths knowledge. Well done to our young STAR!

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 4 - 4B PHSE: Genes

In PHSE today, we learnt that we all have genes inside us and they give us our characteristics. We get half our genes from our birth mother and half of our genes from our birth father and this means, we may look like our parents but sometimes we don't. We tried to guess which kittens went with...

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...

Boys Book Club - 28th June 2021

Today, 28th June 2021, the Boys Book Club met in our special Daubeney Bus and had a chance to explore encyclopaedias. The boys then used Lego to create different objects they saw in the book

Boys Book Club - 5th July 2021

On Monday, 5th July 2021, the Boys Book Club met for their second reading and Lego session. The boys looked at construction and inventions from the past and then used Lego to recreate them

School Council Meeting - 8th September 2021

The School Council met together for the first time! They were elected last year, but due to Covid restrictions the team never met together. It was a very special and exciting moment for all. The School Council will meet every Tuesday for this half term. Some vacancies have become available…so watch...

Nursery - Row, Row, Row Your Boat...

It was all hands-on deck down in the nursery as the children enjoyed the newest addition in the playground. They rowed down the streams, through the rivers and shores and you wouldn't believe what creatures they met along the way! The children were super eager to make their boats bright and...

Year 4 - Wow Day: Crayon Resist

For Wow Day in Year 4, we learnt about the technique of crayon wax resist where you draw something in crayon and paint over it. We were able to create amazing artwork of Mount Everest as a result

Year 3 - Outdoor Maths Lesson

In Year 3 we have had an outdoor maths lesson on Mabley Green. The children investigated many of the mathematical concepts from the Year 3 curriculum. They made arrays with leaves, used natural objects to create symmetrical patterns and took measurements of towers that they built

Year 2 – Art lesson - Pablo Picasso

Something different this week for Year 2 students who have had the opportunity to learn about Pablo Picasso’s life and art style. Students have designed their own abstract portraits inspired by the work of the Spanish artist. Very creative and interesting pieces of work!

Year 4 WOW Day - Ancient Egyptians

For Wow Day, we created our own Ancient Egyptian village. We used different methods to create the River Nile, palm trees and pyramids. We also created death masks

Math - Adding decimals with different decimal places

Year 5 learnt about adding decimals with different decimal places. A strategy we consolidated was column method which was utilised to solve an array of mathematical problems. They completed their tasks outside whilst enjoying the lovely weather

Reception - Duckling Class - Week 2

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

Year 5 – Spanish - Antonio Gaudí. Trencadis technique

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

Year 3 Science - Rocks

Year 3 had fun exploring the 3 main types of rocks - igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. We examined different rocks and used key vocabulary to describe their properties

Rainbow Room - Chalk Butterflies Drawing

As part of our captivating social story, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," children immersed themselves in a artistic experience. They enthusiastically engaged in colouring and drawing their own spring butterflies, using chalks. With each stroke, they brought their imaginations to life, crafting...

Year 3 – Kingfisher: Literacy

The children in Kingfisher were super excited today. They continued their learning around journals. They did something amazing today and created a whole class journal making sure all the features were included

Year 5 - 3D Shapes - May 2025

We recapped the 3D shapes and their properties then drew our own 3D shapes on isometric paper

Nurture Group - Art work inspired by Giacometti

Rainbow Room- Weather Patterns

Children participated in learning about various weather phenomena they encounter in their daily lives, such as sunshine, rain, and clouds. They had a great time using colorful lollipop sticks to match different colours to weather cards. This activity helped them visualize and demonstrate different...

Year 2 - Science: Living, Dead, Never Alive

In this lesson, we learnt about how how everything can be thought of as living, dead or never alive. We talked about what makes something a living thing (MRS GREN)

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 - Letters, Fingers Writing and CVC Learning

We had so much fun exploring literacy in our learning! The children enjoyed using the colorful sequence mats to create various marks and letters with their fingers, helping to develop early mark-making, letter formation, and fine motor skills. Also, were also fully engaged in practicing how to...

Year 2 - Maths: Column Method Addition

To introduce ourselves to the idea of column method addition, we spent the lesson representing this using our dienes and working in pairs. We are beginning to look at what column method means

School Council Meeting - January 2026

The School Council recently met with Mr. Warren to share updates on their committees’ work since being elected and to outline their plans for the future. During the meeting, the Council had the opportunity to learn more about Mr. Warren’s experiences growing up, his journey to becoming...

Year 5 - Cardinal Pole Visit

We visited the secondary school Cardinal Pole and took part in an experiment using a bunsen burner and different metals!

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...

Rainbow Room - Art from 1970s

As part of our Arts Curriculum, pupils engaged in creating fantastic artwork by exploring and experimenting with a range of art materials. They demonstrated creativity, curiosity, and confidence as they used different techniques and resources to produce imaginative pieces. Pupils have learned about...

Rainbow Room - WOW DAY

It was a fantastic WOW Day! Pupils showed great creativity as they used light food‐dye colours mixed with water to paint their own geometric shapes, by carefully creating bright and colorful patterns on each piece. They experimented with how the colours blended and enjoyed making their artwork...

Year 2 - Maths: Measuring in CM

We use rulers all the time to underline the date but do you know how to measure in centimetres? We went around the classroom to measure a variety of objects (and people) using our rulers

Rainbow Class: RE - Learning about Islam

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

Rainbow Class: Maths (Shapes Matching/ Shapes Names)

As part of their Maths learning, our learners explored the properties of 2D shapes by counting and identifying the number of sides each shape has. Pupils practised recognising and naming a range of common shapes, including circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles. They also matched shapes to...

Spanish - Little Linguists Team

The Little Linguists Team met for the first time this week! Students received their Language Challenge Booklets, filled with exciting activities to complete throughout the year as they explore new languages and cultures. We can't wait to see their progress!

Rainbow Class - RE day - Exploring Christianity & Church

As part of our RE Day, our pupils were engaged in learning about Christianity and explored some of the important symbols associated with this faith. As a creative activity, the children carefully designed and decorated colourful crosses using tissue paper, helping them to deepen their understanding...

Rainbow Class - Attention Bucket & Singing

Pupils maintained their attention well during Attention Bucket activities, showing curiosity as they explored new and exciting items. They enjoyed choosing songs and demonstrated good listening skills by responding immediately with actions and movements linked to the music. The session supported...

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 3 - Kingfisher: Finds Fractions of Amounts

The children used concrete, pictorial and abstract methods today in class to find fractions of amounts

Year 2 - Computing Week 2023 - Week 7

This week was our final lesson on creating art. We looked at some of the work by William Morris and thought about the patterns he made, how he used symmetry and rotation, and how he repeated patterns. We made our own repeated patterns in two different ways, they look amazing!

Daubeney Library

Look at our amazing brand new library! We are so excited to have our own library at Daubeney. Each class had the opportunity to go and explore the wide range of books. From fiction and poetry to non-fiction topics such as science, history, geography and RE, there is something for everyone. What did...

Boys Book Club - 16th November 2020

The Year 4 boys met today 16-11-2020 and enjoyed reading a selection of books which were their favourite books. We had many different genres and discussed which books we enjoyed most

Year 2 Maths - Shapes

This week in Maths, Year 2 have been working on naming and identifying a range of 2D and 3D shapes. We then focused on 2D shapes, identifying how many sides and vertices each shape has and using mirrors to find the possible lines of symmetry

Year 2 Maths- Measuring

Today we took our Maths learning outside and used rulers to measure objects from around the classroom and the school. We identified our lengths using centimetres as our standard unit

Year 3 Meets a special Author

It was an amazing experience today 12-3-2024- when the children met the author of Baller Boys vs The Bulldozers, Vanessa Taylor. They had a session with the author and discussed her latest book

Year 2 - Science: Dream jars

Our topic this half term is the environment and we are thinking about how humans can help the planet. We collected old jars throughout the week and then recycled them to give them a new purpose. We used paint and glitter, along with cotton wool, to create our very own magical dream jars. We had...

Year 2 - Science: Week 5

This week we finished off our topic of 'environment' by recycling household items that we had brought in. We made a whole range of new items out of something old that would have gone in the bin! Lava lamps, jewellery boxes, jet packs....the ideas were endless!

Year 2 - RE: trip to Aziziye Mosque

This week we took part in our final RE day of the year. We went to visit Aziziye Mosque in Stoke Newington. We met the imam and he taught us all about the features of a mosque. He explained why there are lines on the carpet, why there is a dome in the middle of the mosque, how the prayer times are...

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 2 Maths - Subtract across 10

This week we have been learning new skills in Maths to help us with our arithmetic. We focused on subtracting across 10 today, identifying how many counters we need to take away to get down to 10, and then working out how many we still needed to subtract, using our number bonds to help us

Year 2 - Column Addition

This week we have been learning a new method in maths called column addition. This helps us to add together two 2-digit numbers easily

Year 2 - Safer Internet Day

Today we took part in Safer Internet Day, thinking about the theme of 'Too good to be true?'. We discussed scams and things we may see when we are online that are often too good to be true, such as free items, free gems or access to exclusive itmes. We explored what we should do if we see...

Year 3 - Multiplication and Division - Spring 2025

The children in Year 3 worked exceptionally well today consolidating their learning and methods to solve multiplication and division problems

Year 5 - Maths: Multiplying 2 - digit numbers

To begin our topic of multiplication and division, we learnt about multiplying 2-digit numbers. As this was completely new to us, we worked in partners and practiced the method on large grid paper

Year 4 - Science - Experimenting with electrical circuits

Year 4 had fun experimenting with electrical circuits in science. We were able to make the bulb light up using foil instead of wires. This is because foil is made of metal which is an insulator

Year 4 - Phonics Activity

...tics practice....

Year 2 - Jigsaw

For this week’s Jigsaw lesson, we had a go at learning a new skill. We worked in partners to spend time learning how to count to 10 in Mandarin or count in twos in French and then presented this to the class. We thought about how learning something new can be difficult, and how it takes...

Year 2 - Lines of Symmetry

In Maths, we looked again at 2D shapes and thought about where we could identify lines of symmetry. We used mirrors to check if we were right!

Year 2 - Science Recycling

This week we discussed recycling items from around the classroom and at home. We identified various recycling bins that we may have for different materials such as paper, metal, glass and fabric. We learnt about the recycling process and why this is a better option than throwing things away in the...

Year 2 - The Midnight Fair Characters

Today we took on the role of one of the characters in ‘The Midnight Fair’. We thought about the way they would stand, the way they would move and the way they would talk. We imagined something they would say and then stood in a circle facing outwards to deliver the line with emotion and...

Year 4 - Number Day (Part 1)

...ful and meaningful way....

Year 5 - Anglo Saxon Helmets

For the past couple of weeks, Year 5 have been learning about the Anglo Saxons! This week Year 5 were asked on Google Classroom to create their own Anglo Saxon helmets! If you could create your own Anglo Saxon helmet, what would it look like?

Year 5 - Finding the Area and Perimeter

Hi Year 5. The video is in two parts so make sure you start with the correct one!

Year 2 - Meteor Showers

Did you know that meteoroids are pieces of rock that have broken off a bigger piece of rock in space? When they are falling close to Earth, the light that we see is called meteor. When we can see lots of meteors at once, we called that a meteor shower! We created our own meteor showers today!

Year 3 - Reading Club

Today (13th March 2019) the Year 3 reading club met with Mr TJ and Mr Matvad and read a story which linked with our British Science Week. The book was called 'I have an Idea' and showed many great inventions from past to present. The Year 3 boys will be meeting every week, on Wednesday to...

Year 2 - Maths: Adding Using the Column Method

It's been a fabulous week of learning in Maths. Year 2 have been learning how to add using the column method; regrouping in ones. They practiced with dienes where they learnt how to 'Stop and Swap' moving the 1 ten in the tens column

Year 2 - Venn Diagrams Using Materials

Today (14th January 2019) while looking at what materials everyday objects were made of, we learnt about Venn diagrams because objects like scissors and computers are made of plastic AND metal! We used a Venn diagram to show that objects can be part of 2 categories. A lot of everyday materials are...

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 - 3T's Climate Change Speeches

Inspired by the story 'Welcome', in which a polar bear's icy habitat melts, 3T decided to write speeches persuading people to do something about global warming. Take a listen!

Year 3 - Creating Christmas Cards with the Metropolitan Police

...njoyed it....

Year 3 - Forces and Magnets

Year 3 explored the topic of forces and magnets. They experimented with magnets and iron filings, made posters about what they already know and what they would like to find out and finished off the session with a tug of war to explore forces! Who do you think won? "Did you know that the whole...

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...

Year 3 - Meditation

Have you ever felt tired, exhausted, stressed or worried? Well meditation helps you to calm your body and relax your mind. It allows you to reflect on your self and focus on your breathing and surroundings. It is proven that meditation helps you stay calm, improve your behaviour and focus during...

Year 3 - Solving Addition Problems using Partitioning

In Year 3 this morning (21st January 2019) we have been solving addition problems using partitioning. We proved that although we were working on the same problems using the same method, we were able to use different resources to check our work

Year 2 - 2C Trip to the Library

This week, we got to go to the Homerton Library! We met the librarians who told us all about the library and what we could do there! Did you know that you can borrow books, read books and even use the computers to find out new things? We also found out that to borrow books and use the computers you...

Year 3 - Trip to the Polka Theatre

Year 3 have just been on a school visit to the Polka, theatre in Wimbledon to watch 'Chocolate Cake' based onthe poem written and performed by Michael Rosen. The show was really funny. The best bit 'was when Michael ate the chocolate cake in a funny way when he shouldn't have'...

Year 3 Numeracy - Autumn 2015

In numeracy we have been focusing on subtraction and addition via column method, partitioning, and using a number-line. We have also been doing weekly multiplication test and mental maths test to improve our at home learning

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 - Hispanic Day - Making Inca Masks

Year 4 had a wonderful time making their Peruvian Inca masks as part of their Hispanic Day learning. We learnt that the Inca worshipped the sun, moon and stars and all of their masks had abstract, symmetrical patterns. Take a look at their brilliant creations! “I am really enjoying Hispanic...

Year 4 - Science: How Sound Travels

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

Year 4 - Time Capsules

On the final day of the school year 4S and 4G dug up their time capsules from the hop garden that they had planted during their transition week in Year 3. It was very exciting to read the notes they had written over a year ago. Mr Garber was particularly impressed with how so many children had met...

Year 4 - Viking Helmets

Year 4 had an exciting week creating Viking helmets. Did you know that the real Viking helmets did not have horns? Take a look at the pictures below to see how they really looked! "Before learning about the Vikings, I thought their helmets had horns" - Zakaria "It was so much fun to...

Year 4 - Viking Helmets

This week, Year 4 were creating Viking helmets to help them understand life during that era. They were able to identify the key features of a Viking hat, along with discussing where the Vikings conquered between AD793 to 1066. They had a great time and are looking forward to learning more about...

Year 4's Maths Tricks

In Year 4 we have been using our 'tricks' to help us work out challenging problems! Have a look at some of the examples where the children used their knowledge of patterns to extend their learning. "For 375 + 200. My trick is that if I know 3+2=5, then I also know that 300+200=500....

Year 2 - 2K World Maths Day 2019

Today (12th March 2019) was World Maths Day!! It was a fun day as 2K enjoyed taking part in different Maths activities. They enjoyed working in groups; whereby each child contributed ideas that helped their team solve the equation. Some teams used concrete as others challenged themselves with...

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 5 - Finding Percentages

In 5C we have been taking advantage of this great weather and having our lessons in the Hop garden! We focused on finding percentages of an amount which we felt so confident with that we used our reasoning skills and came up with different methods of working questions out!

Mother's Day Celebrations In Nursery

Everyone in nursery loves their mummies and so they wanted to do something extra special for Mother's Day to thank them for everything they do. They worked hard to make cards, carefully writing their names inside. They have been dutifully practising writing their names all term, and you can see...

4P Awful Egyptians Assembly

4P have worked tremendously hard to prepare for this assembly. They made sure they practised all their lines well before the assembly. Helen said: "This was one of the best assemblies I have ever done" Mohamed said " I loved playing Pharaoh, it was amazing!" Hayden said...

Blue Class met Andrew Weale

Blue Class met the author Andrew Weale today. He read them two stories, and a poem! They helped him retell his stories through rhyme and singing songs

Boys Book Club

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

Boys Book Club - 19th March 2019

The boys book club met today on the 19th March 2019 and enjoyed reading their favourite books in our cosy book corner. The boys then began to identify someone who would like to read their book - recommending their book with persuasive language

Boys Book Club - 5th February 2019

Today (5th February 2019) the boys read a very interesting extract called 'The Storm'. It was a story filled with similes, personification and metaphors, which made the story come alive. We sat in the book corner, all cosy, protected from the storm. We invited Mr TJ from City Year to join us 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...

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...

First Week in Year 6

It has been a busy but exciting first week back for our new Year 6s. They have had to demonstrate incredible resilience as their first task was to complete a round of assessments. The children met this challenge with grit and determination and were still smiling at the end. We have spent time...

Hackney Junior Citizenship

...round London Fire Brigade Metropolitan Police Service St John Ambulance Dogs Trust Road safety teams...

Nursery - Dental Hygiene Workshop

We have had a dental hygiene workshop in Nursery. Nursery met Al the dinosaur who modelled how to brush teeth carefully. The children sorted some food that could potentially be bad for our teeth. So now Nursery know how to keep our teeth clean and healthy

Work Week in Nursery

Nursery enjoyed finding out about-and trying out- different jobs people do. They pretended they were builders, wearing helmets and high-vis jackets and building with the building blocks. Fawaz said, "builders wear the helmets to protect their heads from the falling bricks! I'm making a...

Philip Womack visits Year 6

To meet a real life author was something that the Year 6 children were thrilled to experience. Philip Womack did not fail to deliver, as he presented an exciting and engaging session on supporting the Year 6 children to create their own mythical stories based on his book; 'The Broken King'....

Professor Brainwave visits Daubeney

Professor Brainwave visited Daubeney Primary School on Tuesday, 26th April, Thursday, 28th April & Friday, 29th April. Children were taken on a mathematical journey of attempting to find a solution where deep learning occurs as the sole focus is not on the answer. The focus was Geometry....

Reception - Blue Class Visit Homerton Fire Station

Blue Class went to visit the Homerton Fire Station on Homerton high street.We got to go inside a fire engine and look at all the equipment that’s inside it. We were excited to have a go at squirting water from the hose…We also met their pet fish

Reception - Minibeasts Workshop

Reception have taken part in a great minibeast workshop! Miss Lillian from the ZooLab brought us great fun and surprises. The children got the opportunity to meet minibeasts from around the world. We met Fire the Millipede from Africa, Mr slimey the African land snail. We even met a cockroach from...

Reception - Yellow Class Meet 'The Rainbow Fish'

Yellow have gone a journey through the sea and met 'The Rainbow Fish'. We have been learning all about what it is to be a good friend and treat others kindly. The children wrote about this as art of a literacy focus. Yellow Class have enjoyed taking part in creative activities drawing and...

Reception Hub Velo visit

Reception had a special visitor during Inspire work Week. We met the owner of Hub Velo. He showed us how to change a tire and fix a puncture. We spoke about the different accessories you can buy for road safety. We also went on a interactive tour of his shop and his workshop where he fixes ANY bike...

Reception Meet Author Andrew Weale

Reception met the author Andrew Weale . He read his amazing stories to us

Reception Met the Metropolitan Police

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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 5 - Division with Money

Today (1st March 2019) the Year 5 pupils used their efficient method to solve division word problems involving money. They applied their knowledge of division and their multiplication knowledge to help them solve the real-life word problems

Year 5 - Junior Maths Team

The junior maths team were in action today (5th February 2019) working across the Year 5 classes. Some children from 5M were working alongside groups in 5Mc, supporting and teaching the pupils methods to convert seconds, minutes and hours. They helped the children to extend their learning by...

Year 6 - SATs Celebration

Hi Year 6, we've put together this video for you to celebrate you finishing what is normally one of the more memorable half-terms in primary school - the half-term when you should have been sitting your SATs. As it was, you didn't have to sit them but arguably you have faced something much...

Year 1 - 1L Science Investigation

1L had fun doing a science experiment today, testing materials to see if they were waterproof. We were thinking about our big question this half term 'Could all materials keep us dry?'. We predicted which materials would keep a teddy dry and then used different materials to cover a teddy in...

Anti-Idling Campaign

Daubeney students were out early this morning handing out leaflets and informing parents and students about our anti-idling campaign. We are committed to our students living a healthy life and so we would like to ensure our air is as clean as possible. Read our leaflet to find out more information...

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...

Year 3 - 3T Explore Emotions

Everyone experiences an enormous variety of emotions-from excitement to fear to rage-and sometimes all of them in one day! It's perfectly normal. Today in 3T we explored different emotions, identifying their purpose and speaking about situations in which we have felt a particular way. We then...

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...

Year 2 - No Pen Day in 2P

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

Year 6 - Maths: Arithmetic Questions

Today in maths we did our arithmetic a little bit differently. Instead of working independently, we worked in pairs to work through arithmetic questions. We had to discuss the questions and agree on an answer. When we’d finished we had to compare our answers with another pair and any answers...

2K - Rocking on Timetable Rockstar!

Practice makes perfect! The children enjoyed and are still enjoying the challenges, learning and practicing their times tables on Times Table Rockstar. Most of all, they are always very proud of their hard earned coins. Such an incentive!

The Junior Art Team

We are very pleased to introduce ourselves to you. We are the Junior Art Team. We are in Years 2 to 6 and are very excited to get under way with lots of plans and projects over the year! We met this week to decide what we want to do and to think about why we do it. We asked ourselves why the arts...

Boys Book Club - 13th January 2019

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

Boys Book Club - 20th January 2020

Last week, the Boys Book Club met and read a selection of their favourite cartoons . Today (20th January 2020) the BBC had a variety of cartoons with no speech. They had the opportunity to use the pictures and create their own speech for the cartoons. They made sure they added some onomatopoeia and...

Year 4 - Science Investigation

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

Boys Book Club - 24th February 2029

Today (24th February 2029) the Boys Book Club met and read the story 'Cool Clive' by Michaela Morgan. The boys were very interested in the story and especially fascinated to see how the character wanted to be as cool as his friends. They then created their own 'COOL' front cover for a story they...

Year 4 - Money

Today (10th March 2020) the children in Year 4 used 'Real Money' and opened their shop in class. Their role was to sell items from their shop, collect payment and give the correct change to their customers. To challenge their skills, the children purposely gave the wrong change sometimes to...

Home Learning

These home learning resources were published to support children during school closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic. They are no longer being updated. Welcome to the Daubeney School home learning portal! There are links to useful resources, access to online activities and information about what...

1P - Number Bonds

In 1P we practiced our number bonds to 20. We used the part, part, whole method. These will help us with subtraction problems we will be solving this week

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 5 - Light and Dark Tones

In art, the year 5 children were using light and dark tones to create an effect in their art work. They used various methods to obtain light and dark tones, for example rubbing, smudging and using a tissue to spread the shade of black

Year 5 - Making Chocolate Cornflake Cakes

... 50g butter 75g cornflakes Method Melt the chocolate, syrup and butter together in a pan on a low heat, or in the microwave Stir in the cornflakes Spoon into 12 cake cases in a bun tin - you can just use a plate if you don't have a tin Put in the fridge to set Enjoy! :)...

Year 5 - Reasoning

The children in Year 5 worked hard today (11th October 2018) to use their reasoning skills in order to solve one and two step word problems. They used their efficient methods and showed all the working steps

Year 5 - Solving Word Problems

Today (17th January 2019) the Year 5 children worked in pairs and groups to solve a variety of mathematical word problems. They used their efficient methods and skills to help them solve the calculations. The Year 5 children are now encouraged to use their IXL maths program to continue practising...

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 - The Caterpillars Are HERE!

The children in 5M are super excited as their caterpillars have arrived. Almost everyone in class commented," They so CUTE". We will be monitoring the growth of the caterpillar and carefully watch as it becomes a pupa and enters its chrysalis. We have a special net to keep the pupa in...

Year 5 - The Tansformation Has Begun!

The children in 5M are so excited as our caterpillars have started their transformation and are entering the chrysalis stage. Soon the pupa will go through metamorphosis and our beautiful butterflies will appear. We can’t wait to see this process happen right in front of our very eyes

Year 6 - 6F Work Week 2019

For Work Week, 6F had the exciting opportunity to start their own business and create their own inventions. They worked in groups to come up with the company name, design a product and work out the budget and manufacturing costs. They then had to pitch their ideas in ‘Dragon’s...

Year 6 - Daubeney Alumni

On Monday 8 th October some past pupils from Daubeney, who are now Year 7s at Cardinal Pole, visited Year 6 to discuss life at secondary school. They talked about their timetable, uniform, homework and gave us advice on how to prepare for secondary school. We were told that the expectations in Year...

Year 6 Get Lit

In year 6 we have been learning all about light. Did you know light travels at 299,792,458 meters per second! We investigated shadows and how light travels in straight lines

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,...