Year 4

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

Nursery

EYFS Team Welcome to Daubeney Nursery! In the nursery, we plan exciting activities every week based on our observation of children’s needs, interests, and stages of development across the seven areas of learning to enable the children to achieve and exceed the early learning goals. We hope you...

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...

Reception

Meet the Teacher EYFS Team Yearly Overview Welcome to Reception! Important information PE is on Monday. Please send your child to school in their PE kit. Please bring in your book bag on your book bag day. Please bring in a water bottle with your child’s name clearly labelled. Please bring a spare...

Safeguarding

At Daubeney we are passionate about and committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and visitors to share this commitment. We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support...

School Council

Daubeney School Council are a hardworking and enthusiastic group of children from years 3-6. They are the voice of their peers. They are elected every academic year by their peers in a democratic fashion of campaign, speech and voting. The School Council is made up of three committees. Admin...

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...

Spanish

Pupils at our school learn Spanish and enjoy the benefits of starting to learn a foreign language at an early age. Learning a foreign language provides an opening to other cultures, fosters pupils’ curiosity and deepens their understanding of the world. It helps them to develop communication...

Year 1

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

Year 2

Class Teachers Meet the Teacher PE Days Children in Year 2 have PE every Friday. They must wear their school uniform in to school and bring their PE kit in their bag to change in school. Forest School Parakeet class will begin Forest School sessions on Friday 15th of September and they will run...

Year 3

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

Year 6

Class Teachers Secondary School Application Home Learning Daily reading and reading records to be completed Times Tables Rockstars – TTRS IXL – one Maths and one Literacy objective to be practiced daily Weekly spelling list PE Children in Year 6 have PE every Wednesday and must bring in their PE...

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...

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 -...

Literacy

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

Year 5

Class Teachers Residential 2025 Parent Meeting Spelling test Spellings will be handed out on a Friday and the test will be the following Friday. Times tables tests Times tables will be handed out on a Friday and the test will be the following week. This is timed so please try to practice using a...

Quick Links

Staff Links IT Support Helpdesk - To log a call, enter your work email address and click ‘Log In’. An email will be sent to you with a link to the Helpdesk. Click this link and you will be taken to an area where you can see your calls. To log a new call, click the button in the top right and fill...

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...

School Development

Each year the staff, children and governors review the progress we have made and identify areas of focus for continued Development for the future. This self-review and evaluation is part of our ongoing school Development cycle and helps us to devise the ‘School Development Plan’ or SDP. The SDP...

Starting Reception in September

Your Teachers The Early Years Curriculum at Daubeney Your child will be learning skills, acquiring new knowledge and demonstrating their understanding through seven areas of learning and development. There are three prime areas that are embedded in everything we do: Communication and Language...

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...

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...

News and Letters

Religious Education

...tions from around the world, for example Christmas, Easter, Chinese New Year, Eid, Diwali – these may change or be added to depending on the children in FS, as we try to celebrate the festivals that the children in the class will celebrate at home. Look at what makes us the same and different to...

Clubs

Please submit applications to admin@daubeney.hackney.sch.uk Breakfast Club Breakfast Club runs every day from 7:45am – 8:55am. This includes fruit, cereal, bagels and juice. Activities will start at 8:15am Breakfast Club Registration Form 26-27 Breakfast Club Changes Update Form 26-27 Breakfast...

Daubeney Village

Daubeney Village is an organisation of parents and staff. Its role is to encourage closer links between home and school and organise fundraising events to provide an opportunity for parents, staff and pupils to get together. How is money raised? Daubeney Village raises money through events. They...

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....

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...

Governors

...lities Governing Body Membership Governor News Meeting Minutes...

Rainbow Room - Peers Reading: Library

Children have joined their peers from different classes in the school library to take part in the peer reading by looking at illustrations and words from the books to develop new vocabulary from reading

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 - Exploring Money

To start our new maths topic of money, we spent some time identifying coins and notes. We discussed their values and compared their worth. We also began adding some coin values together using our addition skills to help us

Rainbow Room: Display Boards

...ar, we focused on the Chinese New Year Celebrations and Growth Mindset Learning....

Excellence in Music Award 2025

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

Year 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

KS2 Assembly - Life in Spanish Primary Schools

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

Rainbow Room - Chinese New Year

...ing experience making Chinese New Year arts and crafts. They made lanterns, colourful and creative snakes, blossom trees and a selection of traditional social stories were read to them....

Year 3 - Design and Technology - Spring 2025

The children in Year 3 started their Cross Curricular topic today on Linkages and Levers. They wrote what they knew about the topic and later used their Chromebooks to research information about Linkages and Levers

Year 3 - Science

The children in year 3 started their topic today around Animals and Humans. They discussed what they knew and shared their facts. We created a mind map of our learning

Year 2 - Role on the wall

We started a new book this week called ‘How to Live Forever’. We began by exploring the characters of the story and identifying adjectives to describe how they are seen by others on the outside and how they feel or want to be seen on the inside

Tenerife Adventures

What a weekend we have had! Friday was an exciting day travelling in which we had the opportunity to get to know a bit better the rest of the group and their adults. On Saturday we had a fantastic day at Las Teresitas beach where we played games and had a swim in the Atlantic sea! Sunday was a...

School Council off to a Great Start!

...be improved. The “Blossom News” Newsletter is a fun and great way for the Journalist Committee to share interesting stories and updates with the school community. Do you have any ideas or specific content your hoping to include in the second edition? Junior Roa...

Rainbow Room - Displays: Spring

We invite you to take the opportunity to explore our new and vibrant displays, which beautifully highlight the incredible learning and growth of the children in the Rainbow Room. These displays serve as a celebration of the creativity, curiosity, and dedication that our students have invested in...

Year 2 visit our new school library

We visited our brand new learning resource centre in school and loved the new space! We explored how the books are organised and enjoyed choosing a book to read with our friends!

Year 2 Computing A2W2

This week we started our new topic of online safety. We explored the search bar on Purple Mash and discussed why it's a safe search compared to search engines such as google. We also used the filter option to narrow down our results and found our activity for the day. Once we completed our work...

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 - Computing Week 2

Our new topic this half term is Questioning. This week we were introduced to binary questions which only allow for 2 answers. We played a game of guess who with our computing avatars, making sure our questions could only have yes or no as answers. Next week we will be using binary questions to...

Year 6 – DT: Research

To begin our new topic, we discussed what we already know about shelters. We then learned how to define a shelter and different types of shelters. We also discussed and defined functionality. In our groups, we decided on the type of shelter we wanted to make and researched it. We researched the...

Duckling Class - Ordinal Numbers

...ve been reading about Chinese New Year so we have been talking about racing. We had our own running races with each other, and had to use ordinal numbers to help us present our winning rosettes. We had so much fun!...

Duckling Class - Chinese New Year

...about and celebrating Chinese New Year. We have been talking about 'The Great Race' and all the animals involved. We have learnt that this year is 'The Year of the Dragon'. We have been designing and creating our own dragons and fans to celebrate CNY. We have been using our fine m...

Art Team Newspaper - Issue 13 January 2024

Year 2 – Maths and Spanish joint project. Shapes

CLIL stands for Content and Language Integrated Learning and as the term suggests, this approach is used to teach students about a new subject in a language foreign to them. Through CLIL, students not only learn a second language but also learn about a topic totally new to them. This week Year 2...

Year 2 Spring 1 Week 1 computing

This week we began our new Computing topic, learning all about coding. We discussed what an algorithm is and took turns giving sets of instructions, being careful to be precise. We then used Purple Mash to create algorithms which made our planes take off from the run way. We also tried debugging an...

Year 6 - History: The Blitz

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

Year 2 - Add by making 10

This week we practised adding two single digits together. We made each number on a tens frame and then moved some counters to make a ten frame full. We thought about the new number sentences we could write and how this could help us add numbers easily

Junior Art Team Newspaper - May 2024

ITN news report on Windrush 75 in the Hall of Fame

Year 6: Science - Discovering new animals

After completing the recap quiz as a class, we looked through our floorbook to remind ourselves of what we learnt and made last week. Then, we learnt about vertebrates and invertebrates and how they are different. We learnt about specific types of vertebrates and invertebrates and what makes them...

Junior Literacy Team 2023/2024

Meet the new members of the Daubeney Junior Literacy Team! They are very eager to share their passion for reading and writing with everyone at Daubeney. The team will be supporting Ms Lester in promoting Literacy across the school through assemblies and events. They will also be in charge of...

Gardening Afterschool Club

The gardening club began by introducing the important rules to children when it comes to using the school garden, for instance listening to each other, working in teams, being safe when using tools, taking respectful care of plants, fruits and vegetables etc so this was well followed by all the...

Reception - Ducklings first week!

We have had a superb first week in Duckling class. We have been making new friends, meeting our new teachers, playing different games, getting creative and enjoying the weather outside!

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...

Daubeney Ambassadors 2023-24

Daubeney Ambassadors of 2023-24 had their first meeting on Friday. They were very excited, passionate about their new role and responsibilities and had so many great ideas

Week 1 in Parakeet Class

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

Year 5 - Art: Final Pieces

Over the last 2 lessons, we have been working on our final pieces of art for the topic inspired by 1960s Popart! To start, we had to sketch our own portraits. We had to decide what part of our faces to begin sketching and work from there. To complete our final art pieces of the topic, we received...

Year 5 – Los planetas

What a great start to this final term! Students in year 5 are learning new vocabulary and grammar structures while learning about space. Students have revisited days of the week and discovered the origins of the words, many of them coming from planets in both, English and Spanish

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 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 5 - History: Gods and Goddesses

In this lesson, we explore the gods and goddesses of Ancient Greece. We already knew the names and powers of some because of the book we are reading called “Who Let the Gods Out”. Some of us were already experts. To show our learning, we designed trading cards for each of our favourite...

Kingfisher - in the Library

Kingfisher class had a fantastic time today reading in our new library

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 5 - We love our new library!

We love our new library and we love spending time exploring the books in here!

Junior Literacy Team 2024-2025

Meet the new members of the Daubeney Junior Literacy Team! They are very eager to share their passion for reading and writing with everyone at Daubeney. The team will be supporting Ms Lester in promoting Literacy across the school through assemblies and events. They will also be in charge of...

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...

Reception - Let's get started Autumn 2!

We have had a great start to Autumn 2 in Reception! We have been learning about 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 in Numeracy. We visited the new Daubeney Library, and we loved it! We have been taking part in great learning and having lots of fun at the same time as you can see!

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 Literacy - Man on the Moon immersion

This week we introduced our new Literacy topic of non-chronological reports. We are going to be focusing on the topic of astronauts and space, and so are using the book 'Man on the Moon, a day in the life of Bob' as our long burst text. We retold the story as a whole class using our...

Reception - Library Trip

24/10/24 Reception visited Homerton Library. We really enjoyed looking at all of the books and we are excited to use our new library cards. We also enjoyed listening to a story read by the librarian

Year 5 – Mexican textiles

As we start a new Content and Language Integrated project at Daubeney, children today had the opportunity to revisit their historical, geographical and cultural knowledge of Mexico through a range of different sources. Students were introduced to los rebozos, and a range of different textiles –...

Year 5 - Literacy: Adverts

Today, we started our new topic on adverts. We started the lesson off by watching some ads and discussing the purpose of those adverts. We then learnt about the features of written ads so that we are equipped to make our own next week!

Year 5 - Geography: Jane Goodall

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

Year 5 and Year 6 - First Two Spanish Lessons

Busy first couple of Spanish lessons for children at Daubeney! Yr5 and Yr6 explored different memory techniques for retaining information, while learning new words, and explored the mile-long list of cognates that English and Spanish share. And you, could you work out the meaning on any of the...

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 5 - Our second week in Year 5

This week was full of exciting activities, from Mapping Skills Day to a practical maths lesson. We even created posters and researched the author of our new whole class reader, Michael Morpurgo. Have a look at our fun week!

Reception - Our First Week

We have loved our first week in Reception at Daubeney! This week, we have been exploring our new classrooms! We have been reading in our garden themed reading are, making Play-Doh faces, playing in our home and our doctors' surgery, as well as exploring our maths and writing areas. We have been...

Year 4: Transition day to Year 5!

Today, we spent a day with our new Year 5 teachers! We learnt a bit about them, told them about us and created our class charter! After that, we went to King’s Hall for our swimming lesson

Year 2 - RE: trip to Aziziye Mosque

...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 set, and explained how the beautiful patterns around the mosque were...

Duckling Class - Our Ducklings

This week, we have been lucky enough to hatch our own duck eggs! We received the eggs in an incubator to keep them warm whilst the eggs hatched. On Monday and Tuesday, we started to see that cracks on the shells and knew that we would soon have ducklings. When we came back to school on Wednesday,...

Year 3 - Kingfisher: Online Reading

...ortunity to read online (CCBC Newsround) as part of their reading session. The children enjoyed the child friendly News reports and CBBC is a great website for children's News which can be accessed from home. They also had the opportunity to read a selection poems as part of our Literacy topic....

Rainbow Class: Colorful Hands

We had so much fun creating colourful hands! Pupils explored making their own handprints on a range of different textures, using both primary and secondary colours. They enjoyed experimenting with colour mixing, discovering how new colours can be created by mixing colours together. The activity...

Residential 2027

Year 2 - Literacy: Vlad and the Great Fire of London role-play

We start the summer term by reading and exploring a new book, Vlad and the Great Fire of London. We spent the lesson talking about the book then did some freeze frames of different parts o the story

Year 5: History - Windrush

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

Year 3 Language Day

Year 3 Kingfishers speak 13 languages! We celebrated Language Day by talking about all the different languages we speak at home and at school. We shared our languages with pride and learned how to say hello in each one. Everyone enjoyed practising new greetings and discovering how languages help us...

Language Day at UEL

A selected group of children enjoyed an inspiring visit to the University of East London, where they explored the campus, discovered the medical facilities, and took part in engaging language sessions. Pupils particularly enjoyed learning new languages including Russian, Romanian, Ewe, and Latin,...

Rainbow Class - Geography: Exploring Places

Our learners were a great explores as they were learning about community and places as part of their geography learning, and by using symbols, pictures, and matching activities, pupils identified a variety of important places including shops, schools, post offices, police stations, parks, and...

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!

Year 6 Science - Classifying a new specie

The children in Year 6 had a fun lesson today exploring a scenario where we invented or discovered a new specie. The children drew their new animal and scientifically classified the new animal. They also recorded information about the animal that would help others to classify the animal

Year 5 & 6 Residential Trip - July 2026 - Day 3

Well good news, everyone slept much better last night! Which meant that at least we were better prepared for another hot day. Everyone did super well today again, pushing those limits and achieving things they might not be sure they could. We're very proud of everyone and how well they are...

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

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

Spanish - Tenerife

We loved spending time in our partner school in sunny Tenerife, Spain! Pupils enjoyed a friendly, inspiring environment where they built confidence in numeracy, tried out French, got active in PE and through some traditional Canarian games and had fun exploring new ideas in Robotics - all while...

Rainbow Room - Exploring Autumn in Hop Garden

As the weather turned warm and sunny, pupils enjoyed exploring autumn in the school garden—collecting colourful leaves and even spotting a snail! This outdoor learning has inspired staff to plan exciting new activities for next week. Can our pupils guess what the next topic will be?

Year 2 - Sustainability lesson - Autumn 1 2025

We're in a new classroom! This means we have to spend time making it ours! And to start, we learnt what sustainability is and we spent time creating posters to remind ourselves of how to be more sustainable while at school

Year 4 - Cross Curricular Learning

The children in Year 4 started learning about earthquakes as part of the Geography topic. They discussed what they knew and used their ICT skills to further research facts about earthquakes

Year 2 - Science: Hackney City Farm

We visited Hackney City Farm to learn about the animals that live there and their habitats! We enjoyed seeing all the different animals and even saw some new born piglets!

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 5 - History: Windrush and Hackney

What is the link between Hackney and the Windrush generation? Today, we investigated this by looking at images and maps of bombs sites in Hackney. We also reminded ourselves of the experiences of Windrush generation after they arrived in the UK by watching some videos. Finally, we learnt about the...

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 - Preparing for Tenerife

Children from across the Federation came together at Lauriston Primary for a special meeting ahead of their upcoming visit to Tenerife. It was a wonderful opportunity for pupils to meet each other, build new friendships, and collaborate on designing the logo that will represent this unforgettable...

Nursery - Learning new skills

We are learning about our classroom and all the skills we can practice. We enjoyed counting. We liked talking about our family

Rainbow Class - Learning Showcase

This week, some of our pupils had so much fun during their engaged learning sessions. They used magnetic letters to place them in alphabetical order, helping them develop letter awareness, understand spacing, and even form new words. Our trains and tracks was a big success too! The children loved...

Year 5 and Year 6 - Spanish: Word on Beat

Year 5 and Year 6 use the viral game Word on Beat to improve pronunciation and build new vocabulary. Keeping words in rhythm helps pupils focus, listen carefully, and confidently try out new sounds — all while having fun

Rainbow - Autumn Tree (Apple Painting)

Pupils were engaged in creating their own unique and colourful autumn trees as the weather shifting between sunny and rainy, days. They explored painting autumn trees with apples—what an exciting new idea! Pupils enjoyed making apple stamps on their trees using red, yellow, and green paint,...

Year 1 Peacocks - Past and Present

This term in History, we are looking at the History of Hackney. We have been looking at new and old photos, and comparing them. We have found it very interesting looking at old photos

Rainbow - Constructive Activity

Adults have introduced a new learning opportunity called Constructive Play, where children use stickle bricks to create their own arrangements. This open-ended activity encourages creativity, problem-solving, and spatial awareness. Children explored different ways of connecting and placing the...

Rainbow - Autumn Vocabulary Learning

Pupils were exploring fantastic learning about autumn vocabulary and oracy by being introduced to new words related to this season. Some pupils were able to look at the autumn-related illustrations on the worksheets and talk to each other about who they saw, what they saw, etc. Then, with the...

Nursery - Welcome Back

We welcomed back all our friends after the summer holidays. We are excited to meet new friends too

Nursery - Making New Friends

This week we welcomed new friends. We are learning about each other. we are learning to share and take turns

Year 5 - Art: Evaluation (Outdoor Lesson)

As an introduction to our new topic, we looked at some art from the 1960s and even investigated Andy Warhol’s art. We talked about what similarities and differences we noticed about a style of art called pop art. As a class, we evaluated a piece of art together. We discussed the colours,...

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 2 – Spanish: Story telling and learning a second language

Language learning begins with listening and speaking, so storytelling is a fabulous tool for teaching any language, whether that is a first or a second language . At Daubeney we learn new Spanish words and phrases in KS1 from stories. Stories teach us grammar and syntax in the most natural way....

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 5 Maths Masters

On Friday the 15th of January 2016, Mr Naidoo cam to visit the Year 5 classes to look at how we can round any given number to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000. Mr Naidoo showed us how to spot patterns and howe can use the rules to help us round. The class were excited to learn new skills and become...

Year 5 - The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Today (26th April 2019) the children in year completed their published story based on the Aesop tale, 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf'. The children used the ideas from the story and write their own version from the view of the main character - the boy. The pupils, in addition to the story added in...

Year 5 - Published!

The children in Year 5M were extremely excited today (4th October 2018) when they published their first piece of work - a narrative story, which focused on our unit 'Stories from other cultures'. The children adapted the story and write their own version including descriptive settings and...

Year 5 - Newspapers

Today (12th November 2018) the children in Year 5 had a chance to explore and read a variety of newspaper articles. This term, for our long burst genre, we will be looking at news-papers and creating our own articles. Encourage your child to read the news at home

Year 5 - Headlines

The children in Year 5 had an interesting literacy session today (16th November 2018) where they created headlines. They used pictures from newspaper articles and their own ideas to come up with catchy and suitable headlines. Encourage your child to read the newspapers over the weekend and watch...

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 - Author Karen McCombie Visits for World Book Day

The Year 5 children were delighted to meet an author today (27th February 2018), Karen McCombie , who came in today and spoke to children about writing books. They were introduced to new writing techniques and were amazed to learn what it takes to write a book. The children are enjoying their World...

Year 5 - Ancient Greeks at The British Museum

Year 5 visited the Ancient Greek exhibit in the British Museum. We had lots of fun exploring and imitating some of the sculptures. 'I think it was interesting because of how the Ancient Greeks crafted the artefacts' - Brandon, 5C 'I liked the fact that we had fun while learning....

Year 5 - 5M Word Tree

5M are excited to have their word tree on display in the classroom. Every week we choose two new words based on our topic. We explore the word, learn its meaning, apply it in a sentence then try to use the word in our daily learning. What other words from our topic can you list at home with your...

Year 4 Trip to Suleymaniye Mosque

As part of Religious Education (RE), Year 4 had a great time visiting Suleymaniye Mosque in Hackney. We were able to learn about Islam and Muslims' place of worship. The imam (religious leader) took us on a tour of the mosque and answered any questions we had. 'We learnt new things that we...

Year 5 Residential 2018 - Day 3

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

Year 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 - 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 - IntoUniversity Workshop

Year 4P who are now the new Year 5M enjoyed a special workshop from the IntoUniversity team. The children were engaged in various activities, like creativity by designing their own trainer, being an archaeologist and having a go at being a road and town planner. The children are now looking forward...

Year 4 - Indian Inspired Tapestries

Year 4 have been creating Indian inspired tapestries. We learned lots of new seeing skills. Take a look at the results

Year 4 - 4K Trip to Lego Headquarters

4K enjoyed an amazing trip to Lego Headquarters where we took part in hands-on activities. We built robots, had a go at programming and concluded with team races. We also played memory games, learnt about the history of the Lego family and tested the newest Lego video games. Take a look at some of...

Blue Class - Language Walk

Blue Class children and parents went on a language walk to the Hackney Marshes, walked by the canal. Miss Poppy our speech therapist provided top tips to develop listening skills, and how to help your children to learn new words

Year 3 Trip to the Ministry of Stories

Year 3 were sent on an exciting mission to the Ministry of Stories. There were given an assignment from the Chief of the Ministry to write 30 new stories as the story supplies were running low. When they arrived at the Ministry of Stories, they were taken through a secret door which led to the...

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 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 - Smarties Fractions

Today Year 3 used Smarties to work out the fraction of quantities. They counted all the Smarties from the tube to work out what the denominator was. They then counted how many Smarties there were of each colour and wrote their final answer in fraction form. Here are what a few children said about...

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...

Year 5 Residential 2018 - Day 5

Good afternoon everyone. This is the last update so I’ll keep it short. It’s been an absolutely amazing week. In the words of Senior Aribas, “Muy Bien, fenomenal!” The children have been brilliant and have pushed themselves to the absolute limit. It’s only been a week...

Year 3 - KidZania

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

Year 5 visit the Science Museum

Year 5 recently visited the Science Museum to watch an amazing humanoid robots 3D film all about science, technology and engineering. Year 5 enjoyed all that the film had to teach us and felt inspired and blown away by the new technology that will soon be prevalent in our every day lives. Of...

Year 6 - Prefects

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

Year 6 - Pen Pals in New York, USA

...ach School in Miller Place in New York asking if we would like be their pen pals. We jumped at the opportunity and got our pens and paper out. It has been so much fun writing letters and receiving them all the way from the USA. We have learnt so much about our pen pals and learnt they like all the s...

Year 6 - 6S go to Sky Studios

In 6S we are taking on the role of journalists as we 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...

Year 6 - 6M Visit Sky Studios

Today (22nd November 2018) 6M had the exciting opportunity of visiting The Sky Studios in the O2 arena. Through this unique experience, we have definitely spotted some upcoming TV stars. There is a plethora of activities and we would recommend anyone to go along to enjoy reading the news; the...

Year 6 - 6M IntoUniversity

Last week, (Monday 28th January – Friday 1st February) 6M has the exciting opportunity to go to Into University. Each day brought new and exciting learning. On Monday, we learnt all about the theme of the week which was diversity and inclusion. Following on from this, we learnt all about...

Year 6 - 6F Visit Sky Studios

6F were lucky enough to have the exciting opportunity to visit the Sky Skills Studio in the O2. They got to experience reading the news from a teleprompter and took fun photos with celebrities and film characters using a green screen. They even got to try out virtual reality which was like being...

Autumn Term in Nursery

A new term has begun! The children have been settling in well. They've enjoyed exploring all that nursery has to offer both indoors and outdoors, from making cakes out of play-dough and 'cooking' in the role-play area to kicking a football around the garden outside. They have also made...

Year 5 Were Dancing

The Year 5 children had a fun session today when the dance instructor came to school to teach them their new dance for our summer carnival

Year 3 - Non Chronological Reports

Year 3 have published the reports they have been writing about their chocolate factories . They have invented some wonderful new delights that Willy Wonka himself would have been proud of

Year 3 - Kew Gardens

Year 3 had a fantastic learning experience at Kew Gardens to introduce our new topic for the half term: Rainforests! We explored Palm house with our teacher for the day. It was so humid! We discovered that Papaya fruit is used as medicine, and that Banana trees have huge purple flowers! We touched...

Nursery Celebrate Chinese New Year

...stic time celebrating Chinese New Year. We had a party and created monkey hats to celebrate the year of the 'Monkey'. Nursery also enjoyed listening to some Chinese music and stories. A big thank you to all our parents who brought in some delicious Chinese dishes!...

Reception - Chicks Day 4

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

Reception - Chicks Day 3

Day 3 - We have three new chicks churping away. Once they are dry and fluffy, they will move to their new home, the Brooder box. Please check back for regular updates. Our school will have the Chicks in residence for two weeks. We are ending our day with seven chicks, all seem happy and hurdling...

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...

Publishing Year 5 - Newspaper Reports

The children in year 5 were focused today (27-11-2018) in their literacy sessions, where they began to publish their newspaper reports on plastic pollution. The children will get an opportunity to write another report, as a HOT TASK on Thursday on deforestation

Goldsmiths Recording Studio

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

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...

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....

Our New Playgrounds

Great news!! Construction of our new playgrounds have been approved - take a look at these computer generated images of how our new KS1 & KS2 playgrounds will look! The Daubeney Road access will only be through the main gate until further notice, as work begins on our KS1 Playground from Monday...

Nursery Trip to Paradise Wildlife Park

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

Nursery are Wild About Reading

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

Reception - Launchpad for Language Parent Workshop

Parents came and found out, how to support their children to learn new words. They even got to take home a free sock puppet

Nursery - World Book Day 2018

Nursery had a blast dressing as characters from their favourite books on Friday. The nursery was awash with a range of characters, from dinosaurs to farmers to the ever-elusive Wally. The children also had ample time to explore stories; they acted them out, snuggled up in the book corner with a...

Nursery - First Week of the Spring Term 2017

Nursery enjoyed their first week of the new Spring term and indeed it very much felt like Spring! As you can see, they enjoyed the warmer weather and discovering that new flowers had grown in the nursery garden. Rio said, "Look at the daffodils! They smell so nice!" They also enjoyed...

Nursery - First Week of School

Welcome to Our Nursery! A warm welcome to all our new parents, children and carers at Daubeney Nursery. So far, the children have been exploring the nursery and gradually settling in. Take a look at the photographs below to see how the children have enjoyed their first week in Nursery

Nursery - Cookery Week and Chinese New Year

...rful time celebrating Chinese New Year. We created some lanterns and beautiful 'rooster' hats. We also cooked noodles and the children enjoyed tasting it! "I love noodles, it smells so good and I like eating it" - Courtney "It taste like pasta, noodles are soo curl...

Nursery - Chinese New Year

... been celebrating the Chinese New Year. Children have enjoyed taking part in the activities. They have decorated and painted dragons. Counted and added animals together. Listened to the great race story and loads more....

Nursery - Baby Clinic

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

Guardian Visits Daubeney

Year 6 were delighted to have been visited by two inspiring members of the Guardian newspaper team and learning about the exciting world of Journalism and the Media. The workshop involved children thinking about what it means to be a journalist and what is involved in getting a newspaper ready each...

Handwriting in Year 3

Year 3 pupils have been working incredibly hard to perfect their handwriting this term and, as you can see, their hard work has paid off! Many of them have beautifully neat handwriting and as a result they have earned their pen licence. I'm confident that many others with earn theirs in the new...

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

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

KS1 Science Parents' Workshop

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

Reception - First Week At School

Our first week at school, we have been getting to know our new friends and teachers. We have been busy drawing, painting, climbing, running, bouncing, playing and learning at the same time

Reception - LaunchPad for Language Sock Puppet Workshop

Thank you for attending our LaunchPad for Language, sock puppet Workshop 28th November 2017 Some comments from our parents: Thank you so much for the workshop, I really enjoyed it. If you have more workshops that would be great. So much fun! Thanks. Thanks for a brilliant Alan the Alien puppet...

Year 3 - Chocolate Crazy, Learning Had

Wow! What a choco-tastic day of learning with MASTER Chocolatier Derek Smith the Year 3's have enjoyed. Where does the cocoa tree come from? Who invented the chocolate bar? What does a cocoa pod look and smell like? These were just some of the amazing facts we explored prior to creating our own...

Year 1 - Jaws, Paws and Claws Workshop

Last week Year 1 had a workshop called Jaws, Paws and Claws come in to visit from Zoolab. The workshop linked with our current science topic of Animals including Humans. There were lots of different animals that we were able to hold, touch and stroke. We learnt lots of new information about each...

Year 3 - Celebrating Chinese New Year

...ear 3 found out about Chinese New Year. They completed several artistic activities to celebrate the ......asion and listened to Chinese New Year music. 'Luck is a very important part of Chinese......ery important part of Chinese New Year. Lanterns are released into the sky to send off the bad and m...

Year 3 - 3T The Good Plant Growing Guide

"Are you tired of getting home to find your plants looking tired and droopy? Do you wish you knew how to grow strong and healthy plants? Then listen to our Good Plant Growing Guides! We did an experiment to find out the best way to grow plants so you don't have to!" - Christopher 3T

Blue Class Assembly

Blue class shared their learning this week. They talked about new years resolutions. They were very confident reading out their work. Blue Class also shared their Pictogram, they told everybody about what information the pictogram shows. They ended their assembly with a song "Wheels on the...

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 2 - 2C Class Assembly - Great Fire of London

What do you know about newspaper reports and the Great Fire of London? In 2C, we know a lot about both of these topics and did our class assembly on it. We also sang a song about the Great Fire of London and it included a lot of helpful signs to help us remember the words of the song. Have a watch...

Year 2 - 2C Chinese New Year Festivities

...k at our photos!...

City Year UK: We don't know who benefits most - the students, the schools, or the volunteers

City Year UK: We don't know who benefits most - the students, the schools, or the volunteers Last week, we had the pleasure of seeing one of our newest project partners in action. Alex, Karl and I travelled to Daubery Primary School in Hackney to meet with the City Year UK Team, take a tour of...

Year 1 - Zoo Lab visit 1L

Year 1 had an exciting visitor as part of their Science topic Animals including Humans. Zoo Lab introduced the children to a variety of animals in the classroom, from a giant snail to a slithering snake! The children enjoyed being able to hold, touch and stroke the animals and learnt lots of new...

Year 1 - Victorian Games

In Year 1, we discussed what types of games we play in the playground. We then explored some games from Victorian times. We thought about how new games are different from old games and which games we prefer to play. We played Ring a ring a roses, blind mans bluff and oranges and lemons!

Year 1 - Hilda Offen

Year 1 had an exciting visit from the author Hilda Offen . The children were eager to look at her books and were even more surprised when they found out she wrote and illustrated her own books. Hilda very kindly passed around storyboards and books of her work. The children got to experience being...

Reception - Yellow Class Learn About 2D Shapes

Yellow Class have been learning all about shapes. We have learnt the names of 2D shapes and talked about the properties of these shapes. We did lots of activities around shape such as making pictures using shaped collage. We even made shapes with our bodies. We have learnt a new song about shape...

Starting Reception - Autumn 2017

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

Spanish Champions Armbands

Gracias, champions! Our Spanish champions now wear new armbands to show everyone at Daubeney that we really love Spanish in our school. They are doing a fantastic job in helping all pupils to learn more Spanish and encouraging them to practise what we learn in class throughout the week. We had a...

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...

Daubeney on You and Yours - BBC Radio 4

Following our wonderful participation at the national launch event of the BBC's new science initiative - Terrific Scientific and subsequently being featured on BBC Breakfast ; Daubeney, is honoured to have been invited by BBC Radio 4 to participate in their You and Yours episode - aired on...

School Councillors visit Credit Suisse

...ed about living in London and New York. The New York and London school pupils got to ask each other ......g in London and New York. The New York and London school pupils got to ask each other questions and ......stions and find out about the New York snow blizzard and how their school and lessons were similar a...

School Councillors 2017/18

Congratulation and welcome to Daubeney Primary School Councillors of 2017/18. They have taken on their new responsibility with enthusiasm and dedication. We would all like to wish them all the best for the year ahead

School Council Elections

...space on Monday 10th October. New school council will be announced on Wednesday 12th October with their first meeting held on Monday 17th October....

Daubeney Science Juniors

... bus to experiment with a non-Newtonian fluid. Not sure what that is? Ask one of the science juniors, they'd be happy to explain. If you want to try this at home, try adding some corn flour to water and seeing what happens....

Red Class - Our First week in Reception

We are having lots of fun in our new class!

Reception - Yellow Class: Winter

We have had a great start to the year in Yellow Class we have a new role play area and it is a veterinary surgery. The children love it and are pretending to look after and treat animals. We have also been learning all about 'Winter'. The children learnt how to cut out snowflakes to put on...

Spring Book Fair 2023

Our Spring Book Fair was another great success! Lots of children came to buy some fantastic books to share with their families at home. Altogether you spent an amazing £1002.88 which equals £601.73 in rewards for us to spend on some great new books for the school. What books would like to see at...

Year 6 - 6M: ICT and History

...plemash to help them create a News report about the Blitz....

Year 4 - Transition Day in 5C

This week was super exciting. To get us ready for September, we spent the day with our new teacher, Miss Cheung and did lots of fun activities like learning about Miss Cheung and talking about ourselves, creating class charter, writing a letter to our old teacher and play team games

1A - First Week Back At School

In 1A we have been busy exploring our new class. We have enjoyed, building, reading, writing, puzzles and construction. Take a look at some of our pictures. Year 1 is lots of fun!

Year 5 - Ducklings Come to Visit

Daubeney has had a bunch of new friends in the form of ducklings! They started last week off in Year 3 and have now arrived in Year 5. We have been loving playing with them and watching them grow and play!

Year 5 - Literacy: Roleplay

Do you know what the most important things to consider when you are doing roleplay? We discussed them today in Year 5 and then used our new skills to roleplay the book "Ish" by Peter H. Reynolds, a lovely book about a child who learns to love their unique style of creating art

Year 1 - Art: Exploring Sculptures

Year 1 have been exploring sculptures this week as part of our new Art topic. We thought about what the sculptures looked like, what they might have been made out of and how they made us feel

Year 5 - Computing: 3D Modelling Introduction

This week we started our 3D Modelling unit in Computing and we explored a new program called 2Design and Make on Purple Mash. We designed our own houses that we can print the net for to create a 3D model of our houses

Reception - Forest School - Introduction to Forest School

Introduction to forest school and exploring new environments

Children’s Mental Health Week 2022 - Growing Together

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

Year 5 - 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!

Year 4 - 4B PSHE: Resilience

In 4B, we have been learning about resilience and how we can deal with being disappointed and not letting it consume us. We created a song that we either rapped or sang about making a new plan or setting a new goal and how we can cope with these situations

Year 5 - First Week

How was your summer? We spent the first day of Year 5 learning our new routines, finding our new seats and starting some new learning. We can't wait to experience more new things in Year 5

Year 5 - Chinese New Year

...to show respect!......lly said to others during the New Year to show respect!...

Happy Holidays from Year 4B

For the last day of school, we are celebrating differences and in our class, we speak over 20 different languages at home! We wore traditional outfits or colours from our countries. We were given a small gift from our teacher. We wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year!

School Council - Meeting with Mr Warren - 8th December 2021

School Council invited Mr. Warren to meet with them. The meeting was scheduled for Wednesday 8th December 2021. School Council Committees had a selection of questions and ideas they wanted to share with Mr. Warren. Here are some of the questions they asked Mr. Warren; What are your plans for the...

Year 6 - COP26 Climate Change Summit Workshop

Today, 26-11-2021, the Year 6 children had an unique opportunity to meet a special guest, who personally attended the COP26 summit in Glasgow. The children discussed how climate change affects the entire world, how we can play a part to reduce climate change and countries that are looking at new...

4G's Letters from Chicago

4G received our first letters from our new pen pals in Chicago, USA! We can't wait to write back!

6S - Re-Creating London Skyline

In year 6 we have started a new book 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

Junior Literacy Team 2021/2022

Meet the new members of the Daubeney Junior Literacy Team! They are very eager to share their passion for reading and writing with everyone at Daubeney. The team will be supporting Miss Fergus in promoting Literacy across the school through assemblies and events. They will also be in charge of...

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!

Nurture Group - Fundraiser

Nurture are lucky enough to welcome a new pet to the family. We will be getting a pet rabbit after the half term. We need to raise money to give it a lovely home (cage) and food. Please come and support us outside the nurture room by purchasing a cake or naming the rabbit or even both! Thank you in...

Year 5 - Outdoor Learning: PSHE

What rights and responsibilities do we have as Year 5 children? We explored these during our Outdoor Learning session. We also talked about refugees and the struggles they go through when they go to a new country

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 5 - Literacy: Himalayas Fact File

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

Reception - Our First Week

This week, we have said "Hello!" to our new Reception children. We have been taking part in many activities including playing in the mud kitchen, having water play in our paddling pools and having a bite to eat at our Farm Shop Café! We can't wait for next week for even more, fun learning!

Reception - Chinese New Year and Ordinal Numbers

...e been learning about Chinese New Year. We have been reading a story called 'The Great Race' which explained about the chinese zodiac. We made fans, red envelopes, dragon masks, lanterns and used chopsticks for our wooly noodles. We also used the Great Race story in Numeracy this week, wh...

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...

Year 2 - Spring 2 Week 2 Computing

This week we started a new topic, learning about effective searching. We explored the difference between the internet and the world wide web, thought about different browsers that you can use and identified search engines to help us find information we need. We used this knowledge to search for...

Year 5 - Literacy: Curiosity Collage

This week, we have started reading a new book called Quest. We made predictions about the book yesterday and today we created a curiosity collage, which had all our brilliant ideas that we want to include in our writing next week

Year 6 - Spanish - Spring Term 1 2023

Extremely busy term for Year 6 students who have worked really hard at Daubeney. Students have developed the ability to use context and previous knowledge to estimate new words, to identify words in written form through dictation using their phonics knowledge, and to work with a partner in dialogue...

Year 3 - Spanish - Spring Term 1 2023

This term year 3 students have been introduced to new language structures that enable them to talk about their birthdays, and their favourite colours, months of the year or days of the week. Students have enjoyed role-play tasks, asking and answering questions from memory, and of course, singing...

Reception - Spanish - Spring Term 1 2023

Reception students love singing the numbers up to ten with Rosita! This term students have used this great number knowledge to count libros (books), pinturas (colouring pencils), gomas (rubbers), lápices (pencils), tijeras (scissors), sacapuntas (pencil sharpeners) once they learnt those new words

Year 5 - Maths: Fractions of Quantity

This week in Year 5 has been full of fractions. We've spent time multiply unit and non unit fractions with integers, multiplying mixed numbers with integers and finding the fractions of a quantity. Here is us recapping some work and learning some new things!

Year 5 - DT: Moving Dragons

...this last weekend was Chinese New Year? It is a celebration that takes place all around the world and celebrates the New year according to the lunar calendar. To celebrate this, we made moving dragons in DT, using cardboard, paper and split pins. It contains a lever and by moving part of it (input),...

Year 5 - Science: Soluble or Insoluble?

Do you know what soluble and insoluble means? We learnt about what they are today. We used our new learning to carry out a fair test to see what substances are soluble and what substances are insoluble. We used salt, sugar, flour, hot chocolate powder and black pepper. Which ones do you think are...

Year 2 - Computing Autumn 2 Week 4

This week we started our new topic of Spreadsheets. We learnt how to colour individual cells in our rows and columns, and also how add an image to a cell. We then explored adding a value to an image, and using the counting tool to say how many items we had in a certain area

First Week in Reception - Yellow Class

We have had so much fun during our first week at Daubeney! We have made lots of new friends, explored the school and enjoyed getting to know our new adults! We have been writing and decorating our names, building in the sand, drawing pictures of ourselves, cooking dinner in the Monster Cafe,...

Autumn Book Fair 2022

We had another fantastic Book Fair at Daubeney last week. It was great to see so many children excited about books. Altogether you spent an amazing £959.26 which equals £479.63 in rewards for us to spend on some great new books for the school. What book did you buy? Would you recommend it? Comment...

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...

Nursery - Dressing Up Area

The children in Nursery have LOVED using our new dressing up area! There has been lots of singing, dancing and laughter!

Nursery Visit to the Church of St. Barnabas

Nursery found out all about the Christian celebration of Easter on their recent visit to the Church of St. Barnabas. They acted out part of the Easter story, standing in two lines and waving branches to welcome Jesus (played by Lexie and Nhyira!) as he arrived on his donkey and shouting...

Year 5 - Mapping Skills Day

To start our new geography topic, we refreshed our memories and learnt some new things about maps and how to use them. To end the day, we created our own maps of the playground and we made sure we had a clear and easy to read key as well!

Year 5 - Literacy Roleplay

This week we are doing our moderation writing task, which means we are showing what we know and remember from our learning in Year 4 to our new Year 5 teachers. To start off, we discussed and roleplayed the story of The Three Little Pigs but we put a twist on it and told the story from the...

Year 2 - 2L's First Week Back!

We had lots of fun in our first week back! We created beautiful self portraits, made some collaged flowers, and explored our new classroom

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...

Welcome Back Nursery

It was all smiles from our Nursery children who returned to school this week. They have been enjoying the new Baby Clinic role play area and having lots of outdoor fun!

Year 5 Residential 2019 - Day 3

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

"Clapton's Daubeney Primary school wears pink for breast cancer research" - Hackney Gazette

Clapton's Daubeney Primary school wears pink for breast cancer research - Hackney Gazette Students and staff at Daubeney Primary School swapped their uniforms for pink outfits and wigs to raise money and awareness for charity Breast Cancer Now. Read more

Junior Road Safety Officers Training

The Junior Road Safety Officers attended training organised by Hackney Council, along with other primary school JRSOs from Hackney at the Round Chapel on 25th September 2019. It was a successful day filled with activities allowing our JRSOs an opportunity to learn new things and take away exciting...

Year 2 - RE Day

Did you know that Hindus believe that there is one God that takes on many different forms? Some have many arms and legs, some don't look like humans! We learnt a lot of new things from where they pray and worship to what festivals they celebrate. The day ended with us designing our own hennas...

Year 3 - WOW Day 2019

Year 3 had a brilliant start to their new topic - the rainforest - today. They found out about the deforestation that is going on in the Amazon & wrote news reports about the fires that occurred recently, which they thought were devastating. In their reports, they call for action & make...

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 6 - Transition Week 5F to 6S

It’s been an absolutely fantastic week for the new 6S and an incredibly busy one too. In just one week the children have: completed a piece of writing, published it and begun their writing folders for Year 6; taken part in school council elections; practised their dancing for the end of year...

Year 3 - First Day in 3T

Although new experiences can be really scary and nerve-wracking, the new 3T have shown that they are real troopers and have settled into Year 3 life wonderfully! In 3T, the tables are named after famous artists, such as Picasso and Frida Kahlo. After finding out a little about each artist, 3T...

Year 5 Residential 2019 - Day 5

[menu name="year5-residential-2019"] Good afternoon everyone. This is the last update so I’ll keep it short. It’s been an absolutely amazing week. In the words of Senior Aribas, our silver medalist Spanish champion, “Muy Bien, fenomenal!” The children have been...

Bike Around The Borough

... Hackney Downs, then to Stoke Newington, Newington Green, Dalston and then back to Hackney for lunch......wns, then to Stoke Newington, Newington Green, Dalston and then back to Hackney for lunch. The child...

Year 6 - 6F Time Capsule

6F were amazed at how Daubeney was in 2002! Many of the children from then had shared their experiences and daily activities by filling a time capsule with many newspapers, drawings and even a Harry Potter stationery set! The 17 year old capsule was found by the builders buried under the ground in...

Autumn Book Fair 2019

We had yet another VERY busy and successful Book Fair at Daubeney! You spent over £1000 buying amazing books to read at home which means that we also get lots of free books for our school book corners. Well done to Halima, Tariq, Sarah and Xiomara from the Junior Literacy team for helping Miss...

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!

April Book Fair

We had another very successful Book Fair at Daubeney! There was a fantastic selection of books and they were all half price! If you missed it, you missed out! The children bought lots of books to read at home and enjoy with their families. Well done to Queenie in 6F who helped to run the Book Fair...

Year 4 - 4M Non Fiction Session

Today (8th November 2019) the children in 4M explored many different non-fiction texts. During our guided reading session, each group read a selection of non-fiction books and recorded key facts and information they learnt. It was fun reading non-fiction books, we learnt many new facts about...

Year 4 - Natural History Museum

On Wednesday 27th November, the Year 4 pupils enjoyed a visit to the Museum of Natural History. They viewed the earthquake galleries and found all the information they learnt in class available on the display. It was very interesting to see how much the pupils knew, especially how earthquakes are...

Year 5 Mapping Skills Day

To start our Geography topic off, we refreshed our memories of geographical skills we learnt in previous years and built onto our own knowledge by learning some new skills. We looked at 8 point compasses, 4 figure coordinates, aerial photographs and even thematic maps! To end our day we went on an...

Year 3 - 3G Christmas Song - Away in a Manger

3G wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year

Year 6 - 6M PSHE

The children enjoyed their PSHE lesson today in Daubeney Fields. They discussed their year ahead in Year 6 and expressed their fears and excitement for the new year. They also had an opportunity to have some reflective time with nature and improve their wellbeing

First Days in Year 5

We have had so much fun in our first two days back after the summer break! We’ve already begun working on our maths and we’ve submitted our entries for the logo completions for our new federation name “The Blossom Federation”. We’re very happy to be back!

6S - Spanish Dictionary Challenge

This week, 6S took on a new challenge on their Spanish learning by using a Spanish online dictionary and translation websites to be able to understand and independently translate a text. They used their expertise in dealing with the Spanish alphabetical order confidently to be able to look up...

Year 4M - Wow Day - 27th May 2021

Today, 27-05-2021, the children enjoyed their Wow Day learning based around Japan, mountains and earthquakes. The children answered their over arching question, 'How would you survive an earthquake' then created their own evacuation plan. They also designed and acted out a news report, broadcasting...

Year 4B - Wow Day - 27th May 2021

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

This week in Reception... - 21st May 2021

This week in Reception, we have been having fun learning both inside the classroom and out. We have been learning about dinosaurs in our new outdoor Dino Reading Den, cooking up carrot soup in our Mud Kitchen, building sandcastles at the beach and dressing up to perform on our outdoor stage! We...

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 6 - First Week Back

and breathe! Wow! What a first week back. To say it’s been busy would be an understatement. Year 6 started the week off with a whole school virtual live assembly followed by an electrifying science workshop. We continued with our CC topic looking into the wondrous ancient kingdom of Benin....

Nursery - First Day Back

First day at Daubeney Nursery. We have been painting, counting, playing outside roleplaying and meeting brand new friends

Year 6 - 6S Christmas Song

6S chose to sing All I Want for Christmas You by Mariah Carey - we knew it'd be a challenge but we were ready! We had so much fun singing it and you should sing along if you know the words. Merry Christmas from everyone in 6S!

Our 2020-21 Spanish Champions!

These are our 2020-21 Spanish Champions! We have new Daubeney Spanish Champions for the 2020-21 school year! There will be two Spanish champions on each KS2 class. Our champions are enthusiast of Spanish and try really hard to learn and also to help other children to learn. They will lead their...

Year 6 Visit to The London Eye

On 26th November Year visited the South Bank acting as investigative journalists. As part of our 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...

November Book Fair 2020

Yet another fantastic Book Fair at Daubeney! Of course it was a little bit different this year but it was great to see that children were still very eager to buy lots of books to enjoy reading at home and inspire their imaginations. We hope you have fun reading your new books! By Mei Foo 6FO,...

First Week in Nursery - Autumn 2020

Well done to all the new nursery children for such a wonderful first week! We’ve had so much fun playing, drawing, running, jumping, climbing and painting and we cannot wait for the fun to continue in the weeks to come! Have lots of rest this weekend and we will see you next week for more...

Junior Literacy Team 2020/2021

I am excited to introduce the new members of the Junior Literacy Team! They are eager to share their passion for reading and writing with everyone at Daubeney. Watch this space for book reviews, book recommendations, literacy tutorials, competitions and more!

First Week in Year 6 - Autumn 2020

The children have all settled in fantastically to their new classrooms. We have already begun working on maths, spelling & handwriting and literacy. We have started our class reader 'Under the Lights' so make sure to ask the children what is happening in the story when they get home....

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...

Year 5 and 6 Residential 2020 - Day 5

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

Science and Art in Year 2

Did you know it’s science week? We started our new science topic by doing some art! We are learning about plants this half term. We looked at pictures of different types of plants and talked about similarities and differences of it. Then, we painted them using bright colours! Have a look at our...

Year 3 - Stone Age workshop at the Hackney Museum

...ts in Upper Clapton and Stoke Newington! That is so close to where I live!” - Dominic “I can’t believe how heavy the woolly mammoth tooth was. It probably weighed 3kg!” - Yahya “It was one of the best trips I’ve been on because we got to ...

RE Day in Year 2

Today we learnt all about Christianity and why churches are important to Christians. We started by looking at symbols and new ones that represent us. We then looked at Christian symbols and what they mean. Next we learnt about churches and their features. Finally we learnt about Christenings and...

Spanish - Español: Autumn Term Summary.

...! = Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! -Y4 & Y2 worked on using more Spanish with their teachers and their classmates to follow instructions and to talk to each other. They had a great time playing bingo and many other games. - Y4 learnt how to speak about nationalities in Spanish. ...

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...