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...

Daubeney Village

... your details and click on Create My Account Choose from over 3,300 retailers including Amazon, John Lewis, thetrainline.com, Sainsbury's and Aviva, do your online shopping as normal and Daubeney Village will receive a free donation at no extra cost to you for every purchase you make. How is mone...

PSHE - Jigsaw

...the end of primary: Being Me in My World / Celebrating Differences / Dreams and Goals / Healthy Me /......ssons): Autumn 1: Being Me In My World Autumn 2: Celebrating Differences Spring 1: Dreams and ...

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...

Governors

... Body section of the website. My name is Will Emms and I am the Chair of Governors of the Blossom Federation of Daubeney, Sebright & Lauriston Schools and Children Centres. Our governors represent our wider school community: elected parent and staff governors, one Local Authority nominee and co-...

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...

Free School Meals

Our Catering Team works very hard to prepare a delicious and varied diet. As School Meals are universally free in London thanks to the Mayor of London, we expect all children to have a hot meal during the day. Pupil premium and free school meals If your child is eligible for ‘free school meals’ and...

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 - Hackney City Farm

... noses" "My favourite part of the trip was the ducks, I heard the ducks saying quack" " I loved all the animals in the farm except for the pig outside, it was smelly....

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

My First Week in Red Class - Autumn 2020

My First Week in Yellow Class - Autumn 2020

Nurture Group - Year 1 - National Outdoor Learning Day

...me maths. "I loved it today" "My favourite part was the walk in the woods" 'My favourite part was ma......t was the walk in the woods" 'My favourite part was making bubbles and catching them"...

Spanish - KS1: My name, Parts of the day and Greetings

Pupils in KS1 have been learning how to introduce themselves in Spanish. They can ask other people their names and say who they are. They have also been learning the parts of the day and greetings in Spanish. They really enjoyed learning through songs and games

1L Family Portrait Painting

As part of our Cross Curricular History topic 'Who and What is in my World?', we spent an afternoon sketching and painting our very own family portraits. We thought about who is in our family and discussed how our families might be the same or might be different. We used sketching pencils...

Year 2 - WOW day - Great Explorers

Today Year 2 came to school dressed up as their favourite explorer. They then prepared some interview style questions for their explorer of choice and engaged in some interview role-play. They then answered the BIG question which was 'What makes a Great Explorer?' To round it all off, Year 2 made...

Fitness and Mental Health Assembly

...y Mr Swarbrick and Mr Shamji. My Swarbrick and Mr Shamji discussed the importance of fitness and how it supports our mental health. What types of fitness do you do?...

Nurture Group - Christmas Decorations

Today our parents came in to help us make some Christmas decorations for our Nurture Room. "I felt happy that mummy came to help us"

Music - Playing Jimmy Hendrix

Year 5 - Science: Heliocentric Models

Year 5 are beginning to learn about the Earth and Space! Today we were learning about the different theories scientists had about space and what was at the centre of it. We learned that a long time ago, people thought that the planets orbited Earth. But now we know that the planets orbit the sun!...

Junior Mental Health Team - Compliment Booklet

A very BIG thank you from Mr Matvad to our Junior Mental Health Team. Mr Matvad received a Compliment Booklet today with loads of lovely, kind and caring messages. "This really made my day, I am so happy." We would like to thank the JMHT for an amazing project that they themselves created...

Spanish - KS1 Introducing Themselves

This term our KS1 pupils have been learning to introduce themselves in Spanish. They feel very confident now and ready to make new friends in Spanish!

Celebrating Differences Day 2021

Year 5 - Maths: Making Graphs

Today we made bar graphs and created questions about the data that we collected yesterday. "It was really fun because we all worked together to create our graphs and questions" - Elijah "I really liked making graphs today because maths is my favourite subject" - Rachel

Nursery - Spooky Dress Up Day

Nursery has had a fantastic day with our 'Spooky Dress Up' day. The children listened to the story 'Pumpkin Soup' and explored the inside of a pumpkin using spoons, and wooden sticks. They each had a turn to talk about the texture, colour and talked about what they could smell. They...

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

Virtual Assembly - 24th June 2020

Sports Day - Day 2

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...

Year 1P - Learns The Gruffalo

This week in 1P we started learning The Gruffalo. First we chose a character that we wanted to be in the performance and explained why we would be good for the part. We discussed how we could stage the story and worked together to rehearse each part. On Friday we performed our stories to the other...

Boys Book Club - 21st May 2019

...nce to watch a Myth using the Myths and legends website, which is free and has loads of amazing Myths to read. it can also be used as a story telling site, the stories can be read to you or you can read it yourself. The boys in the book club would like you to visit the website and listen to some ama...

Year 5 - 5F Forensics Workshop

On Tuesday (18th July 2019), 5F used their scientific skills to carry out a forensics investigation. They aimed to solve the mystery of a stolen dog and had to analyse fingerprints, ink samples and shoe prints!

Year 2 - 2C Fun in the Park

...vourite parts: "My favourite part was climbing on the ropes because it was quite challenging" - Ava "I liked covering Mr Ricardo in the sand and sliding down the enormous slide!" - Rachel "I liked going to the really big slide in the sand&q...

Year 3 - Visit the Adventure Playground

Year 3 children showed lots of fantastic skills at the adventure playground today. It was fabulous to see how they supported one another and developed new skills. They also encouraged each other to try things that maybe they have not done before. As we left Zara said, "That wasn't an hour!...

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 6 Visit to The London Eye

... immersion for The London Eye Mystery they had to visit the last place Salim was seen. They investigated the area and spoke with staff so they can use their quotes in their newspaper articles. They also got to visit the South Bank centre where they had their lunch which has been the venue of many fa...

Boys Book Club - 27th January 2020

Today (27th January 2020) the boys book club watched and read a story from the myths and legends website , which is a free website with many interesting myths and legends. Every session before the boys book club start we read a story and have fun discussing it. Today the boys selected their...

Year 5 - 5MC at IntoUniversity

On Monday we went to IntoUniversity!! We recapped our knowledge of university and participated in many activities that showed us what university life could be like! Then we recapped what we learned about Space and created different space homes based on the atmosphere of different planets. "I liked...

Family Matters Workshop - Dreams and Goals

"Have a vision, it is the ability to see the invisible. If you can see the invisible, you can achieve the impossible" (Walt Disney) Our dreams and Goals, a truly fun filled and creative workshop were the invisible became a visible by creating a vision. We had some lovely feedback from...

Year 6 Spanish Champions visit Petchey Academy

Our Spanish Champions from Year 6 visited Petchey Academy and observed a Year 7 Spanish lesson. It was a great opportunity for our Year 6 pupils to get to know what Spanish is like in Secondary school and to work alongside Year 7 pupils. They enjoyed working together and sharing their experiences...

Year 5 - Comic Gallery

In literacy we have been learning about the features of comics and we create our own comics based on ancient Greek myths such as King Midas and the Golden Touch. Today we showcased our comics in Year 5 gallery and discussed what we liked about each others work. What is your favourite ancient Greek...

Year 5 and 6 Residential 2020 - Day 5

...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 office around our arrival time so please look out for commutation in this regard. Once again, a huge heart-felt thank you for your invaluable and motivating comments throughout thi...

Hello to 3G

Hi 3G, I wanted to check in with you all and I hope you are doing ok? I can see that so many of you have been doing lots of your home learning which is great. Do not forget to look after yourself in other ways too, exercise is very important as is your mental wellbeing. Remember the breathing...

Healthy Me - Miss Kepha's Fruit Salad

Hi Daubeney I hope you are all doing well and being safe at home. As part of our ‘Healthy Me’ week, I've made a short video to show you all how to make one of my favourite healthy snack. A fruit salad! Personally, I like to include my five a day fruits and veg, so you can add one of...

Ms Shaikh's Banana Bread Recipe

Hello everyone! I hope you are having a wonderful time playing, learning and creating at home! In my spare time I love to cook, so today I wanted to share one of my favourite recipes with you: banana bread! Hopefully my video will make it super easy to make some banana bread of your own, showing...

Virtual Assembly - 21st April 2020

Relationships - Relationship with myself!

Virtual Assembly - 13th May 2020

Junior Literacy Team

Nursery - Messy Play Day

Nursery had their first Messy play day. The children had so much fun exploring many different messy activities. We had corn flour, cutting spaghetti, cars in paint, shaving foam, water beads and lots more. One child said "Miss I am so excited, this is so much fun" and another said "I...

Year 4 WoW Day - Ancient Egyptians

Today, 15-12-2022, the children in Year 4 enjoyed their activities around Ancient Egypt. Our first lesson was answering the Big Question, 'Were Pharaohs Fair'. Then we made our own Cartouches and build a sarcophagus, pyramid and a mummy

Nurture Group - Cooking with Parents

Our parents came in to school to cook with us! We made fruit kebabs and chocolate Rice Krispies. "I really liked doing this activity with mummy" "I was happy that daddy came to nurture to make fruit kebabs with me" "Daddy and I really enjoyed the eating part"

Year 5 - ELWP Circular Economy Workshop

East London Waterworks Park came to visit us and teach us about the benefits of circular economy. We created our own circular economy designs for the park, which may be turned to life!

Year 5 - Literacy: Greek Myth Story Maps

... you know? We read some Greek Myths and created story maps of them! Have a look!...

Year 5 - Trip to the British Museum

...en learning loads about Greek Myths (Literacy) and Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses (History) this half term. At the British Museum, there are so many artefacts related to those topics. We spent the day exploring the museum and furthering our learning....

Year 4 - RE Day

...wn class poem 'The World, My World'. Listen to us perform our poem....

Year 3 – Kingfisher: The Roman Armour

The children in Kingfisher explored the Roman army today in their History lesson and focused on the equipment and armour used by the Roman soldiers. They used their knowledge to create an information poster all about the different pieces and their uses

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!

Rainbow Room – PHSE: Family & Friendships

...ve" and "You Can Be My Friend." These stories helped understand the positive relationships with their family and friends. We also discussed activities they love doing with their loved ones and friends. Lastly, children sorted pictures to understand good and bad friendships as they ...

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: Urwisck Transition Session. Phonics

Children in Year 6 hosted a small group of ex-Daubeney students from Urswick Academy this morning. Year 11 students have shared the importance of learning phonics through a series of activities and games in a lesson they delivered. This transition session has also given our children at Daubeney the...

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

Rainbow Class - Science & DT Learning

...ldquo;There’s a Bear on My Chair.” The pupils enjoyed exploring the book and used it as a springboard for learning about the different parts of a chair. Moreover, pupils practiced naming each part of the chair, locating it on a real chair, and then sticking labels onto the correct areas...

Rainbow Room: Human Anatomy (Our Body)

We have been learning names of the body parts and identifying them on the human's body drawing

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 5 - Geography: Human Geography

We learnt that human geography means things to do with people. We spent the lesson researching what the economy, trade, culture and food is like in Tanzania! We then created a presentation to show what we have learnt

Science Exposé

During our science exposé workshop, Daubeney parents came in to share with us their fascinating careers, working in a science related (STEAM) sector. Children from different year groups enjoyed learning about and exploring careers from different fields. In the end, we all learnt that Science is in...

Year 5 - Literacy: Artwork Inspired by Poetry

In today's literacy lesson, we drew some art inspired by the imagery created by the poem "Mrs McPhee" in the book "The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry" Here is the poem: Mrs McPhee Who lived in South Zeal Roasted a duckling For every meal. 'Duckling for breakfast And dinner and tea And...

Reception Duckling Class - Me and my Family

This week, we have spent time talking about our families. We have discovered that families come in all shapes and sizes and that's okay! We have had fun creating our home, drawing our family members and creating a family tree

The Nest - Baking Cookies

Today we had lots of fun baking cookies! We used flour, butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla essence. "it tasted delicious" "yummy" "it is crunchy" "ten out of ten"

Year 6 - 6MC - IntoUni Week

...ies and learning!" - Humza "My favourite part of the week was when we performed at Cambridge University and when we made posters about Malala Yousafzai!" - Katie "I really liked how we got to go to Cambridge University and the Wallace Collection and how we got to work as a team." - Bersu "I li...

The Nest - Our Trip to Pizza Express

This week we went to Pizza Express and we were lucky enough to make our own pizzas. Emmanuel the chef gave us his secret ingredients to a perfect pizza. "It was the best day" "The pizza tasted delicious and scrumptious " "I am going to save some for my sister"

Mr Logan’s weekly update video

Please see my first update video of the summer 2 half-term. I hope you find it informative and useful. Kind regards,

Reception - Hackney School of Food

On Wednesday, we had the chance to visit Hackney School of Food. We made our own pizzas from scratch, where we mixed ingredients to make the dough. We then used our fine motor skills to cut up our vegetables for our toppings and mixed together a tomato sauce! We rolled out our dough to make our...

Mr Logan’s Weekly Update Video - 21st July 2023

Please watch my final video of the year. Wishing everyone a great summer holiday. We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday 6th September

Year 5: cross curricular - Human geography in Tanzania

Year 5 spent their afternoon researching human geography in Tanzania. They used Chromebooks to search for settlement patterns, main trade, economy and tourism. All the information was collated, and in their groups, they presented their findings to the class. It was a fun opportunity for kids to...

Year 3 Mystery Reader

...ted to be read a story by our Mystery Reader who came in and read an exciting story filled with suspense and adventure....

Year 6 Day at the Zoo!

To finish off Autumn 1 and out learning of Living Things and their Habitats, Year 6 spent a day at the zoo observing animals, their habitats, their diets and their Latin names! Later in today I and my colleagues will be sending more pictures along with quotes from the children. Please include these...

Nursery - My body is amazing

Nursery have been learning about the human body

Year 5 History – Gods and Goddess Fact Cards

...earn more about Ancient Greek Mythology and with our class reading book – ‘Who Let the Gods Out’....

Duckling Class - Christmas Jumper Day

Today (15/12), it was Christmas Jumper Day. We really enjoyed wearing our festive jumpers and had fun making decorations to decorate our classroom! We also had our Christmas Dinner with our teachers. It was so yummy!

Year 5 - Ancient Greeks Wow Day - Autumn 2 2023

Year 5 had an awesome WOW day! They recapped what they have learnt this term and made relevant links to the over arching question: What influence did the Ancient Greeks have on our modern society? To tend the topic in great fashion, Year 5 created masks which represented Greek myths whilst...

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 3 - Mystery Reader

... afternoon 19-2-2024 when our Mystery Reader came in to tell them a story. Each week we will be having a parent as a Mystery reader to read and tell a story. If any parent is interested please contact your child’s teacher....

Year 3 - Mystery Reader

...eader....

Ukulele Trip to Gainsborough

Daubeney recently performed at an interschool ukulele event at a nearby school. It was an event organised by Mr. O Flynn and Ms. Fort from Gainsborough Primary School and eight primary schools took part in total. We had a fantastic time and we dressed up in a Hawaiian theme as that is where the...

Reception - Blue Class: Work Week 2019

Blue Class have thoroughly enjoyed learning all about different jobs this week as part of work week. We were very lucky to have lots of wonderful parents who volunteered their time to come and talk to us about their jobs. We had TV producers who showed us adverts they had created, a daddy who...

Reception - Red Class Meditating

Red class love meditating! We spoke about how meditating makes us feel. Take a look at our video and read what the children have said about meditating. "I felt calm" - Kaliyah "It made me think of my favourite things" - Bea "It made me feel I was asleep in my bed" -...

Reception - Red Class: Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Red class really enjoyed reading the story 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears'. We have been using props and resources to retell and explore the story further. We loved using different voices to retell the story. We used a deep loud voice for daddy bear, a squeaky voice for mummy bear and a...

Reception - Yellow Class Journey to Africa

Last week we went on a journey to Africa. The children thought deeply about what it would be like to go to this very large continent and what they might see there. We watched real life video clips of some of the amazing animals that live in Africa. We talked about what the weather would be like and...

Reception Trip to Hommerton Library

Reception went to Homerton Library! We had an amazing time listening to stories, looking at books and talking about the illustrations. We learnt that a library is a quiet place to enjoy reading and a place to borrow books from. Here's what the children have said about the trip; Ayesha "I...

School Councillors visit Credit Suisse

On Thursday 28th, the Year 5 and 6 School Councillors went to Credit Suisse, Canary Wharf, and took part in a video conference with James Weldon Johnson Leadership Academy, East Harlem, NYC. The students shared collages of their favourite parts of their respective cities, and talked about what they...

Storytelling with Phil McDermott

To celebrate National Storytelling Week (29th January - 3rd February 2018), we invited Phil McDermott, the master storyteller, to Daubeney. Each year group had a fun and engaging session listening to Phil tell amazing stories. The children were inspired by mysteries, myths and fables and enjoyed...

When I Close My Eyes

An original tune. Ambrose is on drums and Isaac and Tasharne are on piano

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'....

Year 1 - 1L's Christmas Party

1L had fun yesterday afternoon at their Christmas party. We had lots of yummy food and drink, we listened to music and played games! We also had a very special visit from Father Christmas! 1L wish that everyone has a lovely Christmas holiday :)

Year 1 - Christmas Dinner

Year 1 had a fantastic Christmas dinner last week! We enjoyed a yummy roast dinner and pulled crackers with our friends! We wore our party hats and had lots of fun together! Merry Christmas to everyone from Year 1!

Year 1 Trip to Homerton Library

...ly enjoyed meeting Morgan and Myrna who made the stories really enjoyable for them....

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.'...

Year 3 - Designing Chocolate Factories

After finding out about Willy Wonka's weird and wonderful culinary creations, Year 3 decided to design confectionery rooms of their own. Some of their ideas would give Mr Wonka himself a run for his money! One child created 'Everest Room', which contains a life sized version of the...

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 - Making Roman Shields

Year 3 are soon to be members of a Roman army! Today they took their first step towards that goal by making their very own Roman shields, which will be put to the test tomorrow in a battle with the Celts! Who do you think will win?

Year 3 - Meditation

...rdquo; – Amina “My work has improved since we started meditation” – Talha...

PSHCE - Going For Our Goals

We are celebrating the new year by going for our goals! Throughout the school, children have created 3 goals for themselves to achieve in this year. Many children dedicated their goals to helping others! Here are some of their inspiring goals: "I want to learn a life skill such as cooking so...

Nursery's Pet Hamster

Nursery had a very special visitor. Violette's mummy very kindly brought in their pet hamster to show the children. The children enjoyed having ‘Cherry’ the hamster in our class. They were super excited to see Cherry and were being very gentle, stroking him carefully. A big thank...

Year 3 - Plasticine Stonehenge

Year 3 explored and investigated the mysteries of the great Stone Age wonder of Stonehenge. We discussed and debated how and why it was made. We then built our own using Plasticine and learn the stages in which it was built

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...

6S - Re-Creating London Skyline

...ok called 'The London Eye Mystery'. To immerse ourselves in the story, we have re-created the London skyline using our artistic skills. Have a look at some of the magnificent pieces of artwork we created. Mr Swarbrick even had a go....

Alex Milway Visits Year 4

Year 4 were joined by the Author and illustrator Alex Milway . He told us all about his books where the characters are mythical creatures and even created some new characters based on our ideas!

BBC Breakfast - Meeting Andy Murray

We are absolutely delighted to be featured on the BBC once again! This time, it's summer and it's Wimbledon! A huge congratulations to Hamnah in 5O for being invited by the BBC to meet the World No.1 tennis champion – Sir Andrew Murray OBE - at the prestigious Queen’s Club in...

Boy's Choir Rehearsal

The boys choir rehearse with the help of Aleks from City Academy

Boys Can Sing

We sang our hearts out at City Academy with five other schools. Every child was a star performer and really rose to the challenge on the day

Boys Can Sing!

It was a pleasure to have our boys take part in the third annual 'Boys Can Sing' event at City Academy. As per usual our students made us very proud, and they had the chance to sing with winner of the 'Voice' 2014 Jermaine Jackman. All credit to Mr O'Flynn for his on-going hard...

Fireworks!

...ht... Gabriella said "My fireworks picture is soo colourful and shimmery". Junaid said "Fireworks go BANG in the night". Sulemane said "I see fireworks in My window"....

Nursery - Visit to Homerton Fire Station

Nursery went to visit the Homerton Fire Station on Homerton high street. We had a brilliant time watching the fire fighters in training... they were practising how to get someone (dummy) out if they got stuck on a roof! We got to go inside a fire engine and look at all the equipment that’s...

KS2 Assembly on Spanish Food

In our Spanish assembly this week, KS2 pupils had a great time learning about foods in Spanish and listening to children in Spain talking about their favourite Spanish food (churros & chocolate, fresh fish, etc). They also enjoy watching how to cook a yummy Spanish omelette (tortilla...

Literacy Parent Workshop - March 2019

Miss Fergus invited some Year 1 and 2 parents to come to a workshop with their children to learn some fun ways to practice spelling at home. The Junior Literacy team were also there to support and the team played spelling and word games with the Year 1 and 2 children. The Junior Literacy Team even...

London Eye Mystery

...bhan David’s London Eye Mystery. The London Eye Mystery is a children's Mystery novel by E......n Eye Mystery. The London Eye Mystery is a children's Mystery novel by English author Siobhan Do...

Motivational Boys Group Black History Month Assembly

Our Motivational Boys Group demonstrated many qualities today (15th October 2018) when they lead an assembly prepared by them, on inspirational figures throughout history, focusing on people from Black and African heritage. The boys used their skills and lead the assembly discussing many...

Nursery - Christmas Lunch

We had Christmas lunch at Nursery. Full time children enjoyed eating their turkey and roasted vegetables for their main and ice cream for dessert. ‘’It was yummy!’’, said Naomi. They also had to work really hard to open their Christmas crackers! They were delighted to find...

Nursery - Doctors

We have been busy pretending to be doctors. The children wore the doctors outfits and confidently used the doctors equipment to check their patients. Our patients have been sick with all kinds of illnesses. Courtney said "I've got spots on my face, I think its chicken pox", Sulemane...

Nursery - Mothers' Week Tea Party

Thank you to all of the mums who came to our Mothers' Week tea party! It was wonderful to see so many of you there. As you can see from the photos, the children were beaming with pride; they were so excited to show their mums around the nursery and, of course, share delicious food and drink...

Nursery - Teddy Bears Picnic

...their snack. Lexie said "My teddy likes eating apples". Sulemane said "My teddy is ca......es". Sulemane said "My teddy is called Sam". A big thank you to all the parents th...

Year 3 - Mental Health Day

Year 3 have been exploring their emotions through art. They enjoyed looking at works of art from Picasso's Blue and Rose Period, noting their emotional responses to each piece of art and why they might feel that way. They commented that the art from his Blue Period was sombre and gloomy, which...

Year 3 - Rebuilding Stonehenge

Today Year 3 found out about those mysterious piles of enormous stones in the south of England that have been around for thousands of years- Stonehenge. They discovered that it was built in stages, which they carefully replicated when they created the structure out of plasticine. We left the...

Year 5 Work Week

Year 5 had a brilliant start to the Spring 2 term with an enjoyable work week! They had the opportunity to meet a creative director that works in the fashion industry and learn and experience what it is like to work in an ethical clothing company. 'Work week showed me how to work well under...

Year 6 - 6S go to Sky Studios

...read the thrilling London Eye Mystery. Following our trip to The London Eye last week, we went to the O2 in London to visit Sky Studios and tried our hand at presenting the news. Whilst we were there we also got to experience VR, used a green screen and got to explore the O2....

Year 6 - Into University

... felt like a real graduation. My parents were very proud.' - Remiah, 6F 'The trip to Goldsmiths made me think about going to university when I am older. I want to study veterinary medicine.' - Defne, 6F...

Year 6 - Work Week 2019: Enterprise 6S

For Work Week, 6S 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 5 Residential 2017 - Day 4

It's our last full day on the residential and it's been another inspiring one! At breakfast we had cereal and juice for starters and then beans on toast, vegetarian sausages and saute potatoes. Yum! We read some more of the messages from families and friends whilst the children ate. We have...

Year 5 Residential 2018 - Day 2

Today was an absolute scorcher! It reached the dizzying highs of 28 degrees in Youlbury (thank you for Miss Fergus for noticing my spelling mistake in the last post). The children are adapting to independent life and have had to learn to get themselves ready for bed, keep their living areas tidy...

Year 5 Residential 2017 - Day 3

It's been another fantastic day on the residential! We started the day with cereal, juice and a huge selection of pastries! We read out all the parents, families and friends comments whilst the children ate. The comments really helped the children get motivated for another fun filled day of...

Year 3 - The Big Draw

Year 3 created beautiful landscapes inspired by the artist Paul Cezanne. Younes said, "I wanted to blend my colours to make it look like a hazy sunset!" Farzana added, "my dark mountain contrasts with my light background." The children are becoming very good at commenting on & appreciating each...

Year 4 Return to School 2017

Year 4 have had a great return to school. The children are bursting with energy and ready for all challenges thrown at them this year. 'I feel great being back at school. I look forward to doing tests and seeing my results.' Brian - 4C 'I'm happy to be back because I like Year 4....

Year 3 - Trip to the Polka Theatre

...have' said Reyannah. 'My favourite part was when his mum said "you ate all of the chocolate!" and all of the singing' said Ayesha. We all met Michael Rosen and the actors after show and even got to ask questions. Aftyer the show, some of us got to meet him again and he signed a...

Year 3 - What We're Learning in Spring 2 2017

Year 3 are learning about Light and the Romans this half-term. In Science, we have investigated light and discovered that visible light contains 3 different colours! In history, we have learned about life in the Roman army. We made our own shields and practised our battle formation following Latin...

Year 3 Pledge to Prevent Plastic Pollution

Year 3 found out about the dangers of plastic pollution. They were horrified and pledged that they would do their best to reduce their own plastic use to make a difference to the planet. "I will use a paper straw instead of a plastic one" - Ava "I will refill my water bottle every...

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 - Meditation

Every Friday, Year 4 spend 10 minutes of their afternoons meditating. Meditation helps you to relax and feel calm after a long week of learning (and playing) at school. It also helps you relax your mind so you are ready for a fun afternoon of learning. "Meditating helps me feel calm and...

Year 4 - Meditation

Year 4 have been meditating in class as a way of relaxing and making ourselves feel better. 'Meditation makes me feel calm and it helps me to get all the stress out.' - Ren 4C 'Meditation makes me calm down and helps me focus on my work' - Sofien 4C

Year 4 - Work Week Dress Up

... work. Fathia said "My dream is to become a doctor an open up My own surgery" Anaya said " I want to be a teacher just like Miss Patel" Justin said "I want to be a tennis player because it's fun and I enjoy to keep active. Also when I'm sad it help...

Year 4 - Working Collaboratively Through Role Play

After a restful holiday, Year 4 are back and rearing to go! We had a great time stimulating our imagination and working collaboratively through our role playing lessons in Literacy. 'I enjoyed role-playing the mum in the story because I learnt how to use more adjective in my sentences and I...

Year 4 Workshop at Hackney Museum - Travels With My Suitcase

...shop called 'Travels With My Suitcase'. This workshop was all about the history of Hackney going all the way back to the Anglo Saxon era. "I really enjoyed the trip, we got to touch real artefacts from the past. I'm going to come again with My mum" - Ismail "I loved that...

Year 5 - We are FREE

...eam high Open your eyes My lovely butterfly...

Year 4's Maths Tricks

...ng. "For 375 + 200. My trick is that if I know 3+2=5, then I also know that 300+200=500. Then I just add on 75." - Evellyn "For 57-19. I know that I cannot take 9 away from 7, so I have to regroup. It then becomes 17. 17-9=8 and 4-1=3. So the answer is 38!" - Bola ...

Year 5 - Balanced Argument

Today (14th January 2019) was the starting point for the Year 5 long burst genre, Balanced Arguments. The children began with a ‘COLD TASK’, writing a balanced argument with limited input. The idea of the cold task is to assess prior knowledge and then teachers will plan accordingly in...

Year 5 - Beast Quest!

The children in Year 5 are loving our new selection of fiction books. The latest craze is Beast Quest by Adam Blade. In this series, two young children bravely taken on mythical and magical beast. Their quest leads them to amazing destinations and incredible adventures. If anyone is interested in...

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 - Poets

...with an amazing poems called, My Gift To You... which they presented to their families. I hope all the mums, dads, brothers, sisters and grandparents enjoyed the poems the children wrote. Even Miss Calliste and Miss Cherid enjoyed their poems which were written by the children for them....

Year 5 - Royal Academy of Engineering

The Year 5 children were amazed at the workshop yesterday, where they saw how robots can be designed in order to create music. It was a very interesting session, the children were curious to see how robots work and can be programmed. Mr Fahy and Mr Martykan loved the END TREATS when we were given...

Year 5 - Self Assessment: Fractions, Decimal, Percentages

Today (15th February 2019) all the Year 5 pupils revisited their learning in our Fraction, Decimal and Percentage (FDP) unit. The children identified where and when they were successful and what they needed to do in order to further develop their learning. They carefully looked at each objective...

Year 5 - Story Time: 'Pandoras Box'

This morning (9th November 2018) Year 5M enjoyed a lovely story to start the day. We listened and watched the story of 'Pandoras Box'. the children enjoyed the story and found the myth to be very interesting

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...