Year 3

...r Expectations Yearly Overview Our curriculum overviews gives you an idea of which topic yOur child will be studying at which point during the school year....

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...

Year 4

...r Expectations Yearly Overview Our curriculum overviews gives you an idea of which topic yOur child will be studying at which point during the school year. Quick Links...

Maths

...ties appropriate to their age.......riate to their age....

Resources for Parents

Behaviour at Home Hello and welcome to these mini presentations about understanding and managing behaviour at home. These presentations seek to help us to understand where misbehaviour may come from as well as providing us with some practical ways of managing misbehaviour. They also provide us with...

Mission, Vision and Aims

Mission Statement The Blossom Federation is made up of three primary schools - Daubeney, Sebright and Lauriston Schools - plus Daubeney Child & Family Hub and Sbright Children's Centre. Collectively, we serve over 1,200 Hackney children and families and are proud of our provision in supporting...

Science and Sustainability

... the prominence it requires. Our vision for science is, “to ensure that children are given a scie...... scientific knowledge and skills. Our Science teaching offers opportunities for children to: Develo...

Nursery

...not just their academic learning. Our Foundation curriculum covers the following: Personal, Social......important contexts for learning. Our topics this term are: Autumn 1: 'Amazing Me’ Autumn 2: ‘Ce......ces for learning at home Learning in Nursery Our curriculum overviews gives you an idea of which to...

Computing

If you would like to know more about this area of the curriculum, please talk to Joel Power. Computing in EYFS We understand how important it is that children develop their technology skills and we will continue to use a range of technology to support and enhance learning in other areas of the...

Physical Education

...ay to embed life-long values. Our curriculum aims to improve the wellbeing and fitness of all children across the Blossom Federation, not only through the sporting skills taught, but through the underpinning values and disciplines PE and Healthy Living promotes. The specialist PE teams deliver and p...

Admissions

...r at the Daubeney Main School Office. Our Nursery provides places for up to 120 children - 60 am (9am – 12pm) and 60 pm (12.30pm – 3.30pm). As part of the 120 part time pupils, we have an allocation for full time nursery places per day. Full time places can either be funded, based on certain cri...

Religious Education

Intent Across the Blossom Federation, our RE curriculum provides children with an understanding and appreciation for beliefs, cultural practices and values. The Blossom Federation follows The Hackney Education agreed syllabus and lesson plans where available. We hold six designated RE days at the...

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 1

...Expectations Yearly Overview Our curriculum overviews gives you an idea of which topic yOur child will be studying at which point during the school year. Useful Links Links to useful websites to support with learning....

Nurture Group - The Nest

...and in a way that suits them. Our Nurture provision is designed to be a bridge between home and school; a place where children can feel safe and secure. The room aims to replicate a home; has a table to share breakfast, a beautiful living room, role play and quiet area to play games and work collabo...

Ofsted

The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. Following a recent visit by Ofsted’s inspectors (October 2023), we are...

Privacy Notice

We hold personal data about pupils to support teaching and learning, to provide pastoral care and to assess how the school is performing. We may also receive data about pupils from other organisations including, but not limited to, other schools, local authorities and the Department for Education....

Vacancies

We proud to be part of the Blossom Federation, so you may want to check for vacancies at Lauriston Primary and Sebright Primary to see if there are any opportunities to work at our wonderful partner schools

PE and Sports Premium

Across the Blossom Federation, we have prioritised PE and sport in our budget to enhance children’s participation, involvement, and attainment in PE. We are committed to ensuring our children understand the importance of being active, to have a healthy lifestyle and to enjoy sports and games...

About our Curriculum

...ool is recognised and valued. Our curriculum embraces the community, recognising and celebrating Our......next stages in their education. Our curriculum is underpinned by the teaching of basic skills, knowl......ne with the national curriculum. Our Curriculum 2025 - 2026...

Ambassadors

Their role is to be helpful, polite, friendly, respectful and caring. They are smartly dressed and support the staff in maintaining discipline. They are responsible for promoting our school values and expectations of behavior, meet and greet visitors and escort them around our school and being a...

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...

Year 5

...Expectations Yearly Overview Our curriculum overviews gives you an idea of which topic yOur child will be studying at which point during the school year....

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...

Daubeney Children & Family Hub

...w.Facebook.com/DaubeneyChildrensCentre Our last Ofsted inspection rated the Children's Centre as Good. Welcome to the Daubeney Children & Family Hub About the Daubeney Children & Family Hub COurses, Sessions and ResOurces Children & Family Hub Highlights Policies...

Early Years Foundation Stage

... with fifty part time places. Our morning Nursery begins at 9am and ends at 12pm; the afternoon Nursery starts at 12.30pm and ends at 3.30pm. We have fifty full time spaces, nursery begins at 9am and end at 3.30pm. We have the capacity for three Reception classes, each with thirty places. Please se...

Curriculum Overviews

A curriculum overview gives you an idea of which topic your child will be studying at which point during the school year. Year Group Overviews Subject Overviews

Contact

Daubeney Primary School Daubeney Road Clapton London E5 0EG Telephone: 020 8985 4380 Fax: 020 8525 7639 Email: admin@daubeney.hackney.sch.uk The person who deals with queries from parents and members of the public: Debi Groves Other Key Contacts Executive Head Teacher: Robin Warren Head of School:...

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...

Nursery Open Evenings

Is your child 3-4 years old? Are you looking for a Nursery space? Come and visit us, meet the teachers, play in our wonderful nursery and collect an application form. We have AM, PM and Full Time spaces available. Need to know more? Take a look at what we're learning in Nursery and see some of our...

Free School Meals

...ase contact the school office....

Year 2

...office staff. Yearly Overview Our curriculum overviews give you an idea of which topic yOur child will be studying at which point during the school year. End of Year Expectations...

Governors

...Schools and Children Centres. Our governors represent Our wider school community: elected parent and staff governors, one Local Authority nominee and co-opted members from the wider community. They have a mix of skills, experiences and backgrounds to help provide the best possible support to the Sch...

Daubeney Loves Reading

Reading for Pleasure We have a rich reading culture at Daubeney. We are committed to creating an ethos and an environment that excites, enthuses and inspires children to read for their own enjoyment. We aim to develop a community of readers through high quality reading provision. The children have...

Online Safety

...e benefits of the online world. Our IT curriculum ensures that children are explicitly taught how to keep themselves safe online and Our PSHE Curriculum gives children the opportunity to share and talk through their experiences online. Online Safety Agreements Each Year teacher across the school wor...

Home Learning

Home Learning is an activity that should enhance your child’s experience so at Daubeney the activities we give all children are based on skills that will be useful and help them to learn during class time. Lower School Years R, 1 and 2 children should have 1 hour per week of home learning and...

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 -...

Inclusion

Launchpad for Language The school have invested in an exciting early years package with the Speech and Language Therapy service. Listening and talking are the key foundation skills for later literacy and academic achievement. Launchpad for Language is a fun filled language enrichment programme for...

Music

...ices that we and others make. Our vocal and instrumental skills are applied to Our theoretical knowledge when we compose and perform in bigger groups. By the end of a child’s music jOurney, it is Our intention that they have the confidence and curiosity to know how to be individually and collabora...

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...

Performance, Results and Reporting

This page presents the performance data for the academic year 2025-2026 for the school and Federation based on: End of Early Years Foundation Stage data Outcomes of the Y1 Phonics Check Key Stage 1 Teacher Assessment Y4 Multiplication Times Tables Check Key Stage 2 Teacher Assessment and Tests The...

Starting Reception in September

... Expressive Arts and Design Our Vision The Early Years at Daubeney will provide an environment tha......ulating, challenging and fun. Our holistic approach ensures children become confident, inspired and ...

Year 6

...ear Expectations Yearly Overview Our curriculum overviews gives you an idea of which topic yOur child will be studying at which point during the school year....

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 Uniform

... what clothing yOur child wears. Our Uniform Grey trousers Grey skirts White shirt Tie Blazer Black, grey or red tights Black shoes Children are not permitted to wear Bandanas Patterned/Sparkly headscarves Hoodies Hooped earrings ColOured tights Leggings PE kit Daubeney team colOur t-s...

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...

Attendance

... to other schools nationally. Our current attendance target is 96%....

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...

Spanish

...secondary languages curriculum. Our curriculum has been designed to progressively develop skills in ......vely develop skills in Spanish. Our Scheme of Work shows how we deliver the National Curriculum Prog...

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...

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...

Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development

... they may find themselves in. Our ethos, ‘Success No Matter What” will equip Our children with the necessary attitudes and values for life, in an ever changing society. We teach Our children about the part they play in society and the place they have in the world. At Daubeney we recognise that t...

SEND and Our Local Offer

... Word Aware Game of the Week......together to serve yOur child. Our inclusive curriculum is supported by several highly rated provisio......ssment Lead SEND Information Report Our School’s SEND Information Report explains what we offer ch...

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...

PSHE - Jigsaw

...e and it is tailored to meet: Our pupils’ age and maturity levels; Every pupil’s learning needs; What pupils need to know to be healthy and safe in school, in their personal relationships and in the wider, ever changing world Below is a summary of RSE coverage within the Jigsaw scheme for...

Forest School

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

Staff

At Daubeney we are federated with Sebright and Lauriston Schools and some of our staff work across all three schools

Year 4 - Spanish - Spring Term 1 2023

Outstanding effort from our Year 4 students this half term! Students in Year 4 have enjoyed revisiting food items in Spanish and learning how to share their opinions on food. Students can now talk about what food and drinks they like to have, using a range of positive and negative opinion phrases...

Exploring numbers

This week we have been focusing on numbers . We also used our number skills when making cookies

Displays at Daubeney - September 2023

We love showcasing our learning at Daubeney and we love using displays to do this! Have a look at our wonderful displays from around the school!

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

Daubeney Book Corners

The Junior Literacy Team visited all the classes from Nursery to Year 6 to check out everyone's book corners and judge them for the competition. We saw very creative and colourful corners with themes such as space, oceans, jungles and even hot air balloons! We want to show off our book corners so...

Year 4 - Cross Curricular: Rivers

Today, 1-03-2023, the children had a triple cross curricular session using the Chromebook to research information about rivers. This is also our topic in our cross curricular lesson. The children applied their reading skills to locate and record facts about rivers

Year 5 - Science: Geocentric vs. Heliocentric

Do you know what geocentric or heliocentric means? Today, we investigated the different theories of our solar system and we learnt that different people in the past had different opinions on what space looked like! Have a listen to some of our questions to different significant people in history

Year 2 - Spanish - Spring Term 1 2023

At Daubeney, students in Year 2 learn through songs, games, storytelling and role play. This half term, students have really enjoyed learning the story ‘Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?’ in Spanish. Students can now name a range of animals and describe them using colours, as well as use...

Year 6 - Literacy: Freeze Frames

Today we freeze framed scenes from chapters 1 and 2 of Floodlands by Marcus Sedgwick. When we were tapped on our shoulder, we explained to the rest of the class which character we were and what their thoughts and feelings were in that scene. Then we hot seated as some of the characters we have come...

The Nest - Painting

This week we are expressing our emotions through painting

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...

Year 6 - Geography: Physical Geography

We started the lesson by recapping what we learnt last week, first by looking at our floor book and second by completing a recap quiz as a class. We discussed the difference between physical and human geography. We played a game as a class where we had to figure out if the landmark was a physical...

Junior Mental Health Team - Mindful Colouring Sessions for Children's Mental Health Week

JMHT have been delivering mindful colouring sessions to celebrate Children's Mental Health Week

Year 2 Mapping Skills Day

We had lots of fun during Mapping Skills Day! We identified points on a compass, and explored giving correct directions. We then used a bird's eye view map of the school to navigate our way around the playgrounds, discussing which direction we had to go. We also identified what a key is on a...

Year 2 Computing Week 3

This week we started our topic for this half term which is 'creating pictures'. We explored impressionist art and then made our own impressionist style painting by using 2 paint a picture

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...

Year 5 - Math - To calculate 10, 100, 1000 , 10000 and 100000 more or less

Year 5's took their learning outdoors today! A great and rich experience for them, to use outdoor resources to support them in solving mathematical problems relating to place value

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

Nursery - World Book Day 2023

Nursery are having an amazing time celebrating world book day today! They came dressed as their favourite book characters, and the children have been so excited to share who they are. We have some superheroes, princesses and even a big scary Gruffalo!

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

Parakeet class trip to Hackney City Farm

This week year 2 enjoyed a trip to Hackney City Farm! We enjoyed exploring the habitats of many farm animals as part of our Science topic this half term. We saw a range of animals including pigs, donkeys, goats and ducks!

Spanish - Día de Muertos

..., parades, prayer and fun. Our highlights - students in Year 3 loved decorating papel picado and Year 3 students showed off their singing skills with Un poco loco , from the Disney film Coco and … we even had Our own Calavera Catrina !...

Duckling Class - Hello Alan! Welcome to Earth

This week, an Alien named Alan visited us from outer space! We introduced ourselves to Alan and made him feel very welcome! We created space pictures using chalk to make Alan feel at home and showed Alan how to sort items by colour and shape! We're very excited to show Alan the smells and...

Year 5 - WOW day Autumn 1 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 : How would you prepare to climb Mount Kilimanjaro ? Year 5 learnt the challenges mountain climbers face such as potential dangers, expensive equipment and being ready...

Year 2 - WOW Day Autumn 1 2023

Year 2 had so much fun on WOW day for Autumn 1! We recapped all of our learning about the world, and worked as a team to create our own climate scenes. We chose from either a tropical or polar climate, and thought about the plants you'd find there as well as the animals. We used lots of recycled...

Year 5 - WOW Day: Pulleys, Levers and Gears

What are mechanisms? Why do we use pulleys? Where can you find a real life example of gears? These are all questions we considered today when ending our DT topic with our fantastic WOW Day! After writing our reflections on what we learnt. we worked in small groups to make wells that included a...

Year 2 - Computing Week 2023 - Week 7

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

Year 4 Autumn 1 Wow Day

Year 4 had an earth shattering Wow Day! We started the day by recapping our learning and answering the big question 'How would you survive an earthquake?' After that, we built cities using recycled materials that we brought in from home. We designed houses, sky scrapers and roads and took a before...

Year 3 Wow Day

The children had fun making their own Amazon rainforests as part of our Wow Day activities

Reception - Duckling Class - Smell and Taste

Last week, we enjoyed exploring our senses. We talked about different smells and we had a discussion on good smells and bad smells. We made our very own big smelly bear! We tasted different food including sugar, salt and lemon. Some of us enjoyed the sourness of the lemon...some did not. We also...

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"

The Nest - This week in Nurture - Autumn Week 6 2023

This week we have been using our fine motor skills,learning number bond, plants,hot seating Rapunzel and the witch, art and much more

Year 2 - 2L Spring 1 WOW Day

We had so much making our own cars, from choosing the wheels and axles to designing the chassis. We measured how far they travelled on a range of surfaces and enjoyed racing against each other!

Year 2 - Art and literacy

Year 2 have been exploring the story of The Magic Bojabi Tree as our long burst writing focus this half term. This week we created scenes from the book using watercolours, thinking about the setting of the story and the animals we would include

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 2 - Computing week 5

This week year 2 continued their creating pictures topic and learnt about the artwork of Piet Mondrian. We then explored making our own pieces of art on 2paint a picture, and focused on using solid lines and blocks of colour

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...

Year 2 - Computing Week 6

This week we made our own race course with a range of characters. We thought about how the options for the turtle were different from other objects and programmed each of them to move. We had fun exploring how we can create and change algorithms of our own!

Year 6: Maths - Multiplying

We learnt how to multiply 4 digit numbers by 2 digit numbers. We practiced this skill with our partners

Year 6 - Geography: Debate

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

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!

Year 2 - Computing week 4

This week in our computing lesson we explored pointillism art. We discussed aspects of this theme and looked at lots of example pieces. We then used 2paint a picture to create our own pointillist art pieces using a body outline as a template

Year 5 - Geography: Mapping Skills Day

What are the 8 points of a compass? What are thematic maps? What about a topographical map? On this Mapping Skills Day, we learnt that maps can tell us a lot of information, including how much rainfall a place may get. We ended the day by making our own maps out of salt dough

Reception - Duckling Class - Halloween Dress Up Day

We had so much fun dressing up for Halloween. We saw witches, zombies, football players, superheroes, skeletons and lots more. We enjoyed designing our own pumpkins and making spider webs!

Year 2 trip to Hackney city farm

Today, we visited Hackney City Farm to explore what animals live nearby in our local area. We had so much fun investigating which animals lived on each part of the farm and had a go at making each of the animal noises. We discussed what each animal liked in their habitat and how they moved around...

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!

Nurture 2023/24 Our first Week

Computing Week 4

This week we used 2Question to follow a binary code in order to find out the names of each avatar. We carefully answered yes or no to each question to find the correct names. We then used our debugging skills to find the errors in a binary tree and fix them so that each step worked correctly

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 Sky colour role play

Year 5 have been completely immersed in the book 'Sky colour'. They have made predictions, created a blurb and today they acted out scenes from the story. Have a look at the fantastic acting

Spanish Music Project

The school band and class 5MC have been working on our own arrangement of the Mexican classic , La Cucuracha. Linking music to Spanish language lessons is a special project that Daubeney is part of , in collaboration with other Hackney Schools and the Hackney Music Service. We hope you like our...

Year 2 WOW Day

For our Summer 1 WOW Day, Year 2 made Tudor houses as we have been learning about the Great Fire of London. We then explored how the fire would have taken hold very quickly and we watched as it burned from house to house!

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...

Year 5 – Spanish: Eurovision

The international song contest is an engaging and competitive way to get students thinking about how languages relate to one another, as well as a great opportunity to consolidate geographical and of course, language knowledge. Students have enjoyed listening to some of the songs, and giving and...

Reception - Spring Term

Now look through the eyes of the teachers.... This term we have been learning about Space, Africa, Easter and many other topics! We have also been helping Gavin to plant Tulips in our playground! We have read stories such as 'Monkey Puzzle', 'Handas Surprise' along with non-fiction...

Science and JIGSAW

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

History and Computing

As part of our Great Fire of London topic, we used 2Create on Purple Mash to design our own tudor houses. We thought carefully about the features of the houses such as wooden beams, thatched or tiled roofs and white exterior

History and Art

We painted a scene from the Great Fire of London last week. We thought about the colours you would use for the fire and how to create the silhouettes of the buildings in front

Computing Week 3

This week we explored binary trees and worked collaboratively to think of questions that could be used to classify a range of avatars. We then tested our binary tree to make sure each question worked well and we could identify each avatar by asking yes/no questions

Year 5 - Literacy: Art

To help us really understand the experiences of the main character Marisol, in the book Sky Color by Peter H Reynolds, we created our own art inspired by pictures from the book!

Computing Week 2

In Computing we explored pictograms as part of our Questioning topic for this half term. We discussed what types of homes we lived in and made a pictogram to show the answers

Year 5 - Maths: Angles in real life

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

Year 1 A - Story Seekers Project

We had a brilliant telling session from Miss Gustave a few weeks ago. We were inspired by Miss Gustave's story and then came up with our own Anansi stories. Have fun listening to our stories!

Year 3 - Spanish - Spring Term 2

What a fun half term for Year 3 students at Daubeney! Students can now understand a wide range of body parts and use them to make descriptions including masculine and feminine forms of colours. Adjectival agreement is one of the most challenging grammar points covered in this key stage, very well...

Spring Book Fair 2023

...ent below to share yOur ideas....

Year 5 - Science - Life Cycle Wheels

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

Year 5 - Literacy: Biography research (Computing)

For our literacy topic, we are learning to write biographies. As we are reading Floella Benjamin's Coming to England, we decided to write about her. We did research using a range of sources, such as fact files and the internet

School Council - Junior Road Safety Officers

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

Reception - Yellow Class Easter Bonnet Parade

We loved making our Easter hats this week! We used coloured card, gems, googly eyes and tape to make our bonnets, and some of us made our own bonnets at home!

Year 5 - Geography WOW Day: Turkey

To end our topic of learning about Turkey, we created some art inspired by Turkish ceramics and appreciated Turkish food with a celebration at the end of the day. We learnt that blue is a prominent colour in Turkish culture and we evaluated the food that we ate and thought about what we liked about...

Family Phonics Workshop

Today we went through all of phase 5. We looked at split digraphs and created a 'spelling snake'. We made our snakes really long by reading the words and matching it with the correct snake. Do you recognise these split digraphs? a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, u-e. Take a look at what we had

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...

Year 1 - 1A World Book Day 2023

1A had a brilliant day dressing up as our favourite book characters!

Year 5 - RE Day: Women in Religion

For our last RE Day of the year, we thought about how women are valued and treated in different religions. Although history has shown us that women weren't treated equally, religions usually teach to treat everyone equally

Year 4 - Mapping Skills Day

Year 4 had fun learning all about maps on Mapping Skills Day today (12-09-2023). The children started their learning by learning about ordnance survey maps and the different symbols that are used to represent physical and human features. We then looked at grid references and identifying...

Year 3 - Mapping Day

...ss points to give directions. Our third lesson was all about map symbols, the children had a fun activity where they had to match the different symbols found on a map. We ended Our day looking at Our local area and drew Our own maps....

Year 4 - Wow Day

The children in Year 4 had a fun filled Wow Day. They designed and built settlements along a river they created, using their knowledge from our learning this term

Year 3 Maths

Today, 7-09-2023 the children in Year 3 Toucan and Kingfisher class enjoyed their introduction to this terms maths objective. They played a game which helped them with learning Place Value and identifying which digit changed when adding and subtracting. We hope the pupils enjoyed playing their...

Mr Logan’s update video - 24th July 2023

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Year 2 Poetry

This half term year 2 are exploring poetry in Literacy. We have looked at poems by Michael Rosen and watched videos of him reciting some of them. We read through some of his work, chose our favourite poem and then performed to the class

Year 5 - World Book Day 2023

Who is your favourite book character? Can you spot them in Year 5? Can you spot any characters you know?

Year 2 Art Wow Day

For our end of topic wow day this half term, we spent the day creating mini masterpieces for our art exhibition! We displayed a range of skills that we had learnt such as mixing primary colours to make secondary colours, creating tones of colours by adding black or white, and creating an image to...

Year 2 Art - Collaging

Last week year 2 had fun collaging a piece of work in Art. We thought about what image we wanted to make, colours we would need, and where we would be placing the pieces

Year 2 - Computing Summer 2

This half term our topic has been presenting ideas. We have looked at a range of ways to present the story of Goldilocks. We read an e-book, took a quiz and explored concept maps. Last week we made our own quizzes, thinking carefully about the types of questions we wanted to include. We chose from...

Eco Team Trip

Today we went to the Leaside Trust Center! We learned about the Running Out of Time campaign and we got to meet the runners! The Running Out of Time campaign aims to raise awareness about Climate Change. The runners have been taking part in a relay from Ben Nevis in Scotland to the Big Ben in...

Reception - Old MacDonalds Farm

On Thursday, we visited Old MacDonalds Farm for our end of year trip. We had so much fun! We started off by looking at the animals where we saw pigs, goats, cows, meerkats, alpacas, tortoise, donkeys and rabbits! After lunch, we went on lots of different rides and played in the outdoor and indoor...

Year 5 - Computing: Blog Publishing

In computing last week, we spent time publishing our writing. But because we wrote a few blog posts, we decided to type them up as if they were on a blog. We learnt about how to include photos by copy and pasting, change the colour and font of the text as well as what layout would look best for a...

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 2 - Science Plant Hunt

As part of our Science topic we went on a plant hunt in the hop garden this week! We had fun exploring and identifying a range of plants that grow right here in school!

Year 4 - ICT and Literacy

Today, 9-03-2023, the children in Year 4 used their Chromebooks to research facts about river pollution. In Literacy, they will be writing a letter to our Council representative about this issue

Year 5 - Science: Day and Night

Do you know why we have day and night? We learnt about that today and we showed our learning through discussions and written work!

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

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

Year 6 - Literacy: Protests

On Thursday, we took inspiration from Speak UP and created our own protest posters. On Friday, we role played parts of the story and included our protest posters. We also hot seated as some of the main characters

Year 4 Outdoor Art

The children in Year 4 had a wonderful art lesson outside today. They used our outdoor area to inspire them to use black and white tones. The children enjoyed learning outdoors and are looking forward to more outdoor lessons

Year 4 - Outdoor learning

Spending time outside is proven to have a positive effect on children’s physical and mental health. At Daubeney we are making the most of this sunny day and have taken our Spanish lesson outside. Great opportunity for them to take ownership of their learning and enhance teamwork skills

Year 1 - Anasi stories!

Year 1 have been looking for Anasi stories! We've heard and read lots of tales of Anansi and were inspired to write our very own! We had a go at writing them and then we did some story telling, sharing our wonderful stories to the rest of the class. Have a listen!

Year 5 - Computing Week 2

We've spent another week familiarising ourselves with the 2Design and Make program. This lesson focused on changing the shapes of our vehicles. We did a few challenges as a class

Digital Leader Trip

Yesterday, our Digital Leader team had lots of fun visiting the Apple store in Stratford City. There they had the opportunity to code and create with Swift Playgrounds using an iPad. The children experimented with code and designed an app using the About Me playground. They had a great time...

Year 3 - Literacy Autumn 2 2023

Toucan class in year 3 had a fantastic day role playing scenes from our book SPEAK UP!

Year 2 - Australia Wow Day

This week we've had lots of fun for our Spring 2 WOW Day. We took a virtual trip to Australia, making sure we had our passports and boarding passes ready! Once on the plane we were ready for take off! In the afternoon we made some delicious fairy bread using colourful sprinkles

Year 5 - Windrush: Understanding Windrush Generation Experiences

Year 5 got involved with some exciting role play; it exhibited what the Windrush generation experienced during the departure, journey and arrival stages of their migration to the United Kingdom

Year 2 - Science: Dream jars

...t would have been thrown away!...

Year 2 - History: GFoL Week 2

This half term we are learning all about the Great Fire of London in our History lessons. This week we discussed how and where the fire started, on Pudding Lane in 1666. We explored a range of reasons for why the fire lasted for five days, including having a very hot, dry summer, the houses being...

Year 2 - Computing Week 2

...ith identification of avatars....

Digital Leaders trip to Apple

...39;t wait to make more tracks!...

Year 2 Maths Partition with Bar Models

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

Junior Art Team Trip

On Tuesday 23 rd April our Junior Art Team enjoyed a trip to the Young V&A in Bethnal Green. Not only did they have a nice time on their trip, but they had the opportunity to look at art and design in toys and ‘everyday’ objects. Thank you to Ms Smith for leading, and thank you to...

Family Phonics Workshop Spring 2024

Thank you to those parents that attended the Family Phonics Workshop in spring term. Your support is very much appreciated. So far we've covered phase 2, 3 and 4 phonics and have engaged in lots of fun activities to help our pupils with their reading. We can't wait to see you in the Summer...

Duckling Class - Planting sunflower seeds

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

Year 3 - Volcano Wow Day

Year 3 had an amazing fun packed WOW day all about volcanoes. We started with a quiz before we designed and made our own volcanoes. We ended the day by answering the big question and creating our own volcanic ERUPTIONS!!

Duckling Class - Easter Egg Hunt

On the last day of Spring 2, we went on an exciting Easter Egg hunt. All week, we have been designing our own Easter eggs and making cornflake cakes so what better way is there to finish the week off than an Easter egg hunt. We had so much fun!

Year 2 science Trip - March 2024

This week Year 2 visited Hackney Marshes to finish our Plants topic. We went on a plant hunt to see what is growing in our local environment and spent some time sketching the plants we could see

Year 4 Spring 2 Wow Day

The children in Year 4 had a fun filled Wow Day. They designed and built settlements along a river they created, using their knowledge from our learning this term

Year 2 - plant careers

Last week we explored a range of jobs that involved plants. We discussed farmers, florists, gardeners and botanists. We then had a turn being a botanist by using a microscope to look at our bean plants that have been growing in the classroom!

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 - Jigsaw Week 4

In week 4, we thought again about food groups and how we need a balanced diet with items from each group to keep our bodies healthy. We worked together to group food items and discussed our favourite healthy meals

Year 2 - Computing Week 6

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

Year 2 - Computing Week 4

For this Computing lesson, we used 2sequence again. This time we each started with a tune for Twinkle Twinkle Little Star before changing it to make it our own. We added a range of instruments and listened to how different each of our tunes were

Year 2 - British Science Week 2024

Year 2 have enjoyed British science weeks by carrying out experiments, visiting a science exhibition and welcoming real life scientists to our school

Year 4 sound investigation - March 2024

Year 4 had fun making string telephones to investigate how sound travels to our ears. Watch the videos to hear use explain how it works

Sav Akyuz Author Visit

KS1 had the amazing opportunity to meet 'Bear Moves' author Sav Akyuz. He ran a fun, interactive workshop with Year 1 and 2 children full of energy and laughs. After giving a brief introduction to his work as a writer, and illustrator, he created an imaginary character with the help of the...

Venessa Taylor Author Visit

KS2 had the amazing opportunity to meet 'Baller Boys' author Venessa Taylor. She ran an exciting workshop with each year group which involved fun activities, hearing her read a chapter of the book and answer the children's questions. Some lucky children even got signed copies of the...

Duckling Class - World Book Day 2024

On Friday, we celebrated World Book Day. We dressed up as our favourite characters from our favourite books. This included Alice in Wonderland, Muhammed Ali, Kings and Queens, Paddington and many more! We had so much fun!

Year 2 Science week 2 - Plants

This week we planted some beans as part of our Science topic. We planted in 4 pots in total and have given each pot different growing conditions to investigate what plants need in order to grow well. Ask us about our bean plants!

Year 2 JIGSAW Spring 2 week 2

Computing This week year 2 were using a search engine to find answers to a range of questions relating to dinosaurs. We discussed our online safety agreement before using Google Chrome to search for our answers. We explored the images tab and also discussed how search engines work by giving us the...

Year 2 Cross Curricular - Australia week 2

For this weeks lesson we focused on learning about ways in which Australia and Great Britain are similar and ways in which they are different. We explored how both countries are islands, the main language is English and that they have the same head of state. We also identified that they are in...

Year 2 Computing Week 3

This week we began our topic of Music. We used 2sequence on Purple Mash to create our own digital music, thinking about the tempo, volume and range of instruments we could choose from

EYFS Video Tour

Year 3 Mystery Reader

The children today were delighted to be read a story by our Mystery Reader who came in and read an exciting story filled with suspense and adventure

Year 3 - Magnetic Hunt

The children in Kingfisher class had a fun Science Lesson today 2-05-2024 searching for buried treasure using magnets. As part of our Science lesson we are learning about forces and magnets and the children had to identify which objects are magnetic and which are not

Year 4 – Spanish: Costa Rica

This half term, students in Year 4 build on previous learning of the use of ‘me gusta’, develop an understanding of the sound - spelling relationship in Spanish, and aim to understand a story based in Costa Rica. They have recently explored a range of sources – including atlas, fact files, and...

Toucan class are learning about light in Science

How many light sources can you identify? Is the moon a light source? What about ice cream?

Year 6 - Trip to V&A Museum

To begin our Japanese textiles topic, we spent the day at the V&A Museum where we learnt about different artefacts that relate to Japanese textiles. We learnt about some heel-less shoes, dyes that are used and materials used for different items of clothing in Japan. Finally, we walked around...

Daubs on tour '24 - Day 5

The final day of our residential finally gave us some cooler weather to enjoy our final activities. The children got stuck in, despite showing signs of tiredness and I think we were all about ready to get on the coach home. Apologies for the delay in putting these up but Friday was a bit of a...

Daub's on Tour '24- Day 4

It’s been a much nicer day today weather wise, 24 and cloudy! Children are excited for their activities and campfire tonight. See you tomorrow!

Kingfisher: Science

The children in Kingfisher had an exciting outdoor lesson today -26-06-2024 where they investigated magnetic objects in our school and playground

Daubs on tour '24 - Day 3

...ial trekking, zip wire and climbing wall. Our first group is off to canoe and kayak this afternoon (look for more pictures after dinner) which is an excellent opportunity to enjoy the weather we have been having. It’s talent show tonight and I know the adults are excited to see what the children h...

Daubs on tour ‘24 - Day 2

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

Daubs on tour ‘24 - Day 1

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

Year 2 - Beach Trip 2024

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

Year 6 - Eagle Class’ last trip to IntoUniversity

This week, we went to IntoUniversity for the last time altogether. Of course when we are in secondary school, we’ll be able to come back for Academic Support but we will still miss coming here together during the school day. We thought about how we might prepare for secondary school and discussed...

Year 5 and Year 6 - Spanish: Eurocopa 2024

EURO 2024 takes place in Germany between 14th June and 14th July. In our lessons this week, children in Year 5 and Year 6 have revisited topics such as numbers, colours, days of the week and European countries, as well as simple verb forms using EUROS as a stimulus

Year 2 - RE: trip to Aziziye Mosque

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

Year 2 - Literacy: Extra Yarn

To start off our Summer 2 literacy work, we read the book 'Extra Yarn' as part of our whole school book fortnight. We spent time exploring the narrative by working together to retell the story using the main points. We then imagined what it would be like to be one of the characters, and...

Year 2 - Jigsaw: Week 1

This half term our Jigsaw topic is 'Change'. We began the topic by thinking about how a range of animals change from babies to adults. We discussed how some animals are born with the same features as their respective adults, and also thought about how some baby animals are completely...

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,...

Spanish Champions at Tate Modern

A group of Spanish Champions had the chance to visit the Tate Modern this week, where they explored various works of art by Hispanic artists. Amongst these artists was Doris Salcedo, a Colombian-born visual artist and sculptor. Her work took the form of a long crack in the floor in 2007, and today...

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 2 - Computing: Week 3

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

Duckling Class - Forest School: Summer 2024

This week, we enjoyed Forest School with Miss Clare! We made our own bubble wands using sticks and pipe cleaners. We also had our own small sketch books to sketch, paint and collect leaves and flowers. We had so much fun!

Reception Duckling Class - Sharing

This week in maths, we have been learning about sharing! We have been talking about what equal means and how we can make sure things are 'fair' and the 'same'. We used gingerbread men to help us practice our sharing and we shared out counters

Year 2 - Great Fire of London WOW Day

Today we had lots of fun bringing together all of our learning from the last half term. We worked in groups to make Tudor Houses, thinking carefully about the colours of the walls and the patterns of the timber beams. We also decorated windows and added thatch to the top! In the afternoon, we set...

Year 2 - Science: Week 5

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

Year 2 - RE Day: Summer 1

For this half term's RE Day we thought about a range of religions and discussed how do we know what is right and wrong. We thought about ourselves and how we know what the right and wrong choices are, and discussed 5 different religions, thinking about how they seek guidance and what they believe....

Year 2 - Maths: Time

This week we have been focusing on time in our maths lessons. We started by making our own clocks, thinking carefully about where the numbers go and what each hand measures. We then used them to show a range of times including o'clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to

Year 2 - Literacy: Week 5

To end our story of Vlad and the Great Fire of London we worked in groups to create a scene from 1666. We used all of our learning and knowledge from previous weeks to make a diorama depicting a location in London. Take a look at London Bridge over the River Thames, or the bakery on Pudding Lane....

Year 2 - Computing: Week 4

In week 4, we used all of our knowledge about binary questions to use a program to find out the names of our avatars. We had to answer questions carefully to get the right name! We also debugged a binary tree that had some errors!

Year 3 - Comprehension

The children enjoyed reading a story which links to our cross curricular topic about the Romans. They used the text to answer questions and discussed the story

Year 3 - Maths: Time

Today 14-05-2024, the children in Kingfisher enjoyed their Math lesson out of class in our Music room. The children looked at telling time and finding time difference

Year 2 - Science: Recycling

This week, we took our learning outdoors and decided to help our school with recycling. We picked litter from the playground and decided which bin to put it in. We discussed how each one of us has a responsibility to look after our environment and thought of other places we could help with picking...

Year 2 - Literacy: Explore the World

This week we have focused on exploring the world of the story. We began by making collages to explore scenes of London in the past and during the fire. We thought about what London would have been like in 1666, discussing the locations in the story. We used masking tape to map out the setting,...

Year 2 - Literacy: Explore the characters

We have done lots of fun work recently exploring the characters in our story. We made posters for role on the wall, allowing us to think of adjectives to describe the characters inner and outer personality, as well as making our own character puppets

Year 2 - History: Tudor Houses

This week we discussed Tudor houses. We explored how they were made from timber beams that were covered in tar, and then filled with sticks called wattle. They were then covered in daub, which is a mixture of clay, sand and dung! We designed our own Tudor houses both on paper and online using...

Duckling Class - Handas Surprise

This week, we have been reading 'Handa's Surprise'. We have been talking about the animals and the fruit in the story. We created our own animal scene and we wrote postcards about what animals we saw. We also learnt how to weave and created our own fruit baskets

Computing fun in Toucan class!

We learned about spreadsheets and had a go at creating our own using Purplemash

Year 6 - Literacy: Speeches

This week, we have been working on writing speeches about things that matter to us - the environment and our library. We performed these speeches in front of our peers today!

Year 2 Science - Exercise

This week for our Science lesson, year 2 have been learning about exercise and the effect it has on our bodies. We took turns showing an exercise and thought about how our lungs and heart had to work harder to pump blood with oxygen around our bodies. We also explored how exercise is good for our...

Year 3 - ICT and Science

The children today, 19-12-2023 used their Chromebooks and their program Purplemash to discover more about our Science topic Rocks and Soil

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...

Duckling Class - St Barnabas Church Trip

On Wednesday, we visited our local church! We walked to the high street, looking carefully where we were going and remembering what we learnt at road safety. When we arrived at the church we had a look around and listened to the story of The Nativity. Some of us were able to dress up as people from...

Duckling Class - 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 4 Autumn 2 Wow Day

Year 4 had lots of fun for our History Wow Day. We went back 5000 years to the Ancient Egyptian times and learnt how to write in hieroglyphics. We wrote messages to our friends and designed our own cartouches. After that, we made our own 3D mummies and sarcophaguses! Watch the videos to learn more...

Jackie and the Beanstalk - Teacher Panto

Oh no it isn’t! Oh yes it is! The children enjoyed our annual staff panto ‘Jackie and the Beanstalk’. They all had a wonderful time watching their teachers take part in the performance and had a big giggle!

Year 3 – Spanish: Autumn Term Singing

Over the past four months students in Year 3 have worked hard practising key structures to be able to greet people, ask and answer questions about their names, age and wellbeing. Singing provides rhyme and repetition, and allows children to make connections between letters and sounds. There is a...

Parrot Class - Science, exploring our sense of touch!

This week we have been exploring our sense of touch. We explored different textures and had to describe what objects feel like. We said that our sense of touch was important and useful for distinguishing objects around us

Duckling Class - Library

We enjoyed our last weekly visit until after Christmas to the library. We loved looking at the different books and enjoyed listening to a story

Duckling Class - Its beginning to look like Christmas

This week, we started our Christmas and seasonal holiday prep. We have been talking about Christmas and Hanukkah - making decorations, writing lists, playing games. We enjoyed playing in the Antarctic small world with the snow and beginning to practice our Nativity

Year 4 - Science Experiment

Today Year 4 did an experiment to help us understand how the digestive system works. We were able to identify the parts and the functions of the digestive system and had lots of fun learning all about how our food becomes waste

Year 1 - Parrot Class visited the Hackney School of Food.

Parrot class visited the Hackney School of Food today. We made rainbow salad and green cheese scones. We had fun practising our knife skills and chopping salad leaves. We also discussed our sense of taste as this relates to our science topic, 'Animals including humans'. We also said that...

Year 2 Science - How to keep our bodies clean

This week we have been learning about ways in which we should keep our bodies clean and healthy, from showering and bathing to using a tissue when we sneeze. We conducted an experiment using water and dried herbs to try and find out why soap is so important to use when you wash your hands. Ask us...

Reception Duckling Class - Maps

This week we have been learning all about maps. We have been discovering what a map is, why we use a map and looking at different types of maps including zoo maps, tube maps, street maps and treasure maps! We have been creating our own maps, following the routes and finding the treasure. We had so...

Duckling Class - Daubeney Fields Trip

On Wednesday, we visited our local park. We visited the park because we have been learning about maps. We have been finding out what a map is and what is is used for. We have looked at road maps, zoo maps, tube maps and many other maps. We created a a walking route that was safe to walk to Daubeney...

Year 2 RE day Autumn 2

For this half terms RE day we focused on Judaism and thought about 'What values does Hanukkah teach us?' We learned about the story of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of light, we explored the Maccabees and why they were brave, and thought about values we could learn from the story. We then...

Duckling Class - Library Visit

This week was Group 2s first week at the Library. We enjoyed our walk to Homerton library, we listened carefully to the library rules and then we explored the children's section. We founds lots of books that we would like to read and we were able to bring some of them back to school!

Year 5 History – Gods and Goddess Fact Cards

Year 5 had lots of creative fun making their own God and Goddess Fact Cards ! They used their historical knowledge along with their creative skills to produce some wonderful fact cards. These will be used in lesson to help us learn more about Ancient Greek Mythology and with our class reading book...

Year 2 - Computing A2W3

This week we continued our Online Safety topic, and were introduced to emails. We discussed how emails can be a quick and easy form of communication, but we have to be aware of who we are talking to and how we conduct ourselves. We used 2email to start a conversation with Barnaby Bear, and were...

Year 6 - History: The Blitz

...it impacted people in London. Our task was to collectively film a news report as a class. We divided the news report into 5 sections and each small group picked one of the sections to write a script for. Then, we filmed the news report, including lots of information from Our lesson....

Duckling Class - Our first trip!

Today (16/11/23), was our very first school trip! Group 1 of Duckling Class visited Homerton Library! We enjoyed looking through different books from fiction to Non-fiction, and we enjoyed reading them to each other. We were lucky enough to be able to take books back to school! We are so excited...

Duckling Class - Autumn 2 - Week 3

This week, we have been continuing to read 'The Extraordinary Gardener'. We have been using describing words to talk about how Joe is feeling and story sequencing. We have been making our very own flowers with play-doh and gems, we have been finger painting our own gardens and making flower...

Year 1 Protest - Speak Up

Year 1's were inspired by reading the book 'Speak Up' by Nathan Bryon to go on a protest. We went on a protest to convince Mr Logan why we should have a library in our school. We thought of lots of reasons why having a library at our school will benefit us. We enjoyed making placards as...

Parrot Class - Role Play

We have been reading the story Little Red Riding Hood. We pretended to e the characters in the story and acted out the story with our peers. We used character masks and lots of story props to make it interesting. We also discussed the characters feelings in different parts of the story

Year 4M Science Experiment at Cardinal Pole Secondary School

The children in Year 4M had an amazing Science lesson at Cardinal Pole Secondary School today, 2-02-2023. They were able to use the amazing facilities of their science lab. The children were taught by a secondary science teacher and had a fabulous session where they used Bunsen burners and...

Year 2 - Spanish - La oruga glotona

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of Eric Carle’s best books, and it can be used as a fantastic resource for us to learn the name of some fruits and other food items, days of the week and the words for caterpillar and butterfly in Spanish. Excellent lesson today!

Reception - Duckling Class: Anti-bullying Week - celebrating Kindness Day!

This week, it is Anti-Bullying Week! We started this week off by celebrating ‘Kindness Day’. We talked about what it means to be kind, how we can show kindness and why we should show kindness. After our circle time, we drew pictures of ourselves and our friends being kind to each other!

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 - Zoo Trip 2023

We had so much fun visiting the zoo last week as part of our Science learning! We were able to get up close to lots of animals including lions, tigers, monkeys, gorillas and penguins. Ask us about our favourite animals when you see us!

Reception - Duckling Class - Week 2

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

Year 1 - Shine star Shine!

Year 1 performed brilliantly for our nativity show. They have been working hard to remember their lines, made wonderful costumes and hats and sang beautifully!

Year 2 Wow day Autumn 2

For this half terms wow day we recapped all of our knowledge from this History topic. We explored the expeditions of Sarah Marquis, Mae Jemison and Captain Robert Falcon Scott. We had fun interviewing explorers and drawing an explorer scene. We had the most fun in the afternoon when we made our...

Year 6 – Science: Natural History Museum

As part of our topic on Evolution and Inheritance, we went on a trip to the Natural History Museum, where we took part in a workshop that introduced us to the concepts that underpin evolution through natural selection. In the workshop, we: Explored what evolution is, how and why it happens Looked...

Duckling Class - Chinese New Year

This week, we have been learning 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...

Year 6 – RE Day: Judaism

As part of RE Day in Autumn, we learnt about Judaism. We spent time researching Jewish artefacts as well as learning about the rules that Jewish people follow. We ended the day by designing and colouring in our own Hamsa Hand because this is a symbol is significant in Judaism

Year 6 – RE Day: Islam

During this RE Day, we spent a lesson researching each of the 5 pillars of Islam then presented our research. We then focused in on the Hajj pillar – a pilgrimage Muslims go on to Mecca. We learnt about why Muslims do this and some children who have experiences of it, or hope to do this in...

Year 6 – History: WOW Day

We started off WOW Day by recapping all of our learning from this half term. We thought about how each lesson’s learning contributed to our understanding of just how devastating World War II was. We learnt about the impacts it had on Britain and wrote our responses to the overarching...

Year 6 – History: Diversity of the Allied forces

Having taken a week’s break from history due to RE Day, we spent the beginning of this lesson recapping our learning from when we went to the Museum of London Docklands and what we learnt about how World War II impacted the East End. After that, we reminded ourselves of the Allies and Axis...

Year 6 – Eagles Class: Into University

Monday We learnt about what liberal arts are and the subjects that make it up. We took part in a carousel activity about psychology, philosophy, classics and social sciences. At each activity, we learnt about what that subject means and then completed an activity that relates to our learning. An...

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...

Year 6 – DT: Make

Today we recapped what we learned and did last week. We looked at our designs and discussed some of the decisions we made. We then had a serious discussion about using tools such as junior hacksaws and hot glue guns safely. Then we looked at all the different techniques we can use to create a...

Year 6 – DT: Evaluate

In this lesson, we evaluated our prototypes! We first discussed what is evaluation and why we should evaluate. We then discussed the tools and materials we used, problems we encountered, what went well and more! We then completed an evaluating sheet with our group after discussing each question and...

Year 6 – DT: Design

We began recapping our previous lesson and we shared our research on different types of shelters. We began this week’s learning by considering the different factors needed when building a structure. We thought about what the purpose of our structure would be, how it would be used and the...

Year 6 - Geography: Mapping Skills Day

...reate Our own global jOurney! Our next step asked us to recall what longitude and latitude determine. Lesson 3: For Our third lesson, we learned more about time zones and how they work. We learned that time increases the more east we go and decreases the more west we go. We learned about the Intern...

Year 3 - Mystery Reader

A huge thank you to our Mystery Reader today who came in and read a story to our Year 3 children. The children were treated to a wonderful story and told beautifully by our mystery reader

Year 2 Maths- Measuring

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

Duckling Class - We love reading!

Every morning, we have small group reading sessions with our adults at school. We love these! We make sure we use our reading finger and use our phonics to help us sound out tricky words!

Duckling Class - Ordinal Numbers

This week, we have been learning about ordinal numbers in maths. We have 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!

Toucan Class - Mapping Day

Toucan class learned about coordinates, compass points, map symbols and used our knowledge to draw a map of our playground. We took our maps outside to measure how many steps it took us to get from one point to another

Duckling Class - Final Christmas Week 2023

This week has been our final week of Autumn 2. We have been doing a lot of different Christmas/seasonal activities. This includes showing of our nativity (video coming soon!) making decorations, cards, making gingerbread men, practising wrapping presents and talking about what we will be doing...

Family Phonics Workshop - Autumn 1 & 2

A big thank you to all the parents that attended the family phonics workshop in Autumn term! We focused on phase 2 phonics, looking at pronunciation of sounds and how words can be segmented and blended. We joined in with a range of phonics games and had fun reading CVC words using our phase 2...

Year 3 - Mystery Reader

The children had a fantastic story telling session this 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

Duckling Class - Valentines Week and Party!

Last week of Spring 1, we celebrated Valentines Day! We enjoyed making cards for our family, making play-doh hearts and making decorations for our party! On the last Friday, Duckling Class hosted a family Valentines Party. We enjoyed making heart shaped biscuits for our family to enjoy at the...

Year 6 Hawk Class - Into University Experience

...er graduation!!!...

Falcon Class at Into Uni!

...he 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 Greek myths behind some famous pieces ...

Year 4 - Spring 1 Wow Day

Year 4 had a very exciting Wow Day. We started by sketching our ideas then presenting our ideas to a panel of Dragons (Mr Dharma and Ms Gustave)! After that, we worked in groups to build our games, selecting from a range of tools and materials. We included an electrical component. Then we got to...

Duckling Class - Parent Lunch

This week, we invited our parents to come and join us for lunch. We had such a great time! We enjoyed showing off the wonderful lunch we have at Daubeney. We can't wait for the next one!

Duckling Class - Discover Children's Story Centre

On Tuesday, Duckling Class enjoyed a trip to Discover Children's Story Centre. We had to get on the bus and travel all the way to Stratford. When we got there, we were told that it was our mission to create a story to save 'Squiddly Diddly World'. In order for us to create a story, we had to warm...

Toucan class visit the RAF museum

Year 3 visited the RAF museum to explore linkages, levers and pulleys linking to our DT topic this term

Parrot Class - Trip to Discover Story Centre

Parrot class had a brilliant time at the Discover Story Centre today! We had fun exploring the story centre and used our imagination to come with interesting characters and story settings. We came up with our own story and shared this with the story tellers

Year 2/3 Boys Leyton Orient Football Tournament

Spanish - Phonics

...ch is used from early years. Our phonics approach is based on the context of what vocabulary children are learning depending on the year group or stage. Children start learning the vowels first. Actions are added so students can remember the sounds and review and retrieval is embedded in lessons....

Year 4 Trip to the Science Museum

Year 4 had a fantastic time in the Power Up gaming exhibition at the Science Museum. We had the opportunity to have a hands-on gaming experience, featuring the very best video games and consoles. We learnt lots of interesting facts about computer games from the past 50 years which links to our DT...

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 5 - RE Day: Sikhism

Did you know that Sikhism started from a person called Guru Nanak who wanted to make a better religion that treats everyone fairly? We learnt this and lots more today. Have a look at our learning!

Year 6 WOW Day - WW2

To complete our cross curricular topic - WW2 - we researched and created different bomb shelters used to protect people. We learned about Morrison shelters, Anderson shelters and Underground shelters! Then we created miniature versions of them! Have a look below! What do you know about WW2 bomb...

Year 4 Story Telling with Phil McDermott

The children in Year 4 had a great story telling session with Phil McDermott today (2-02-2023). There was so much laughter as Phil told stories that grabbed their imagination and it was full of humour. We loved the stories and the funny facial actions used by our story teller

Year 4 - Outdoor Lesson: PHSE

In our outdoor lesson, we learnt about resilience. We created dens, structure and art using natural materials. Then certain children were chosen to destroy them which helped us to understand what is resilience and how can we overcome when we are hurt

Year 5 - Adding Fractions

In Year 4, we learnt about adding fractions but what happens when the fractions don't have the same denominator? We worked with our partners this week to find the lowest common denominator to solve each number sentence

Year 5 - WOW Day - Iceland and Volcanoes

To end our topic of Iceland and volcanoes, we made volcanoes. We constructed, painted and erupted them today! What do you know about volcanoes?

Year 5 - Volcano Safety Poster

Do you know how to be safe if you live near a volcano? Year 5s have been learning about volcanoes and thought about how they could ensure people are safe if they live near one. Have a look at our posters!

Year 1 - Safer Internet Day

Today, for Safer Internet Day, we thought about how we use the internet to play online games. We discussed how we can keep ourselves safe when playing games online, who to talk to if we need help or are unsure of anything, and also explored the things that are safe to share online and things that...

Year 1 - 1L WOW Day

For the end of our Spring 1 Geography topic, we focused on famous London landmarks. We took a virtual tour of lots of famous places around London and then created them ourselves!

Year 1 - 1L Numbers to 50

We have been exploring numbers to 50 in our maths lessons recently. We thought about how many tens and ones each number has, as well as how we could show the number using dienes. We also identified what is one more and one less than a given number

Year 5 - Science: Filtering and Sieving

This week we learnt about another 2 separation processes: Filtering and Sieving. We learn about how these are both reversible changes through our experiment!

Year 5 - Computing: Plagiarism

Do you know what plagiarism is? We learnt about it and how we have to reference the information we copy or borrow from different sources!

Year 4 - Countries and Nationalities in Spanish

We have been learning to talk about where we are from and our countries of origin in Spanish. We know the name of many countries in the world in Spanish and we can ask people about their nationality

Year 2 - VOCES8 Choir: Chocolat Chaud

Please enjoy our latest recording with VOCES8 choir. We are singing a French tango called Chocolat Chaud

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...

Year 6 - 6M IntoUniversity

The children in 6M enjoyed a whole week of activities with the team from IntoUniversity. They discussed and learnt all about life at university, the courses on offer and activities provided by many different institutes. They children also discussed diversity and empathy and visited the Dialogue Hub...

Eco Team Bulb Planting

The Eco Team had a great time planting donated bulbs around pavement trees surrounding our school. We had a great time and cannot wait to get our fingers green again as well see the bulbs grow in a couple of months time

Year 5 - Reading Art

This half term our whole class reading book is "The Time-Travelling Cat and the Tudor Treasure". In our reading sessions we predicted what we thought the book would be about and made some art inspired by the title of the book, time travel. We created our own ideas of time machines!

Year 5 - Computing: SMART

What are the responsibilities and support when we are online? In Year 5 today, we learnt about SMART, which helps us stay safe on the internet. We discussed our thoughts and took notes on Purple Mash

The Junior Literacy Team's Top Tips

Check out the Junior Literacy Team's top tips for filling in your reading records as well as some amazing book recommendations! Comment below and share what you are reading at the moment and your top tips for reading at home

Year 5 - Maths Outdoor Learning

To start off our long division topic in Year 5, we took our learning outdoors and thought about how we could divide large numbers. We spent the morning drawing out our learning on the playground in chalk!

Nurture Group's First Skateboarding Lesson

Mr O'Flynn has now switched our extra music sessions to skateboarding lessons. We LOVED our first session! "It was hard but it was fun" "It was SUPER MIGHTY good" "I can't wait for our next session, thank you Mr O'Flynn"

Aspiring Authors in Year 5

Well done to these two young aspiring authors, who spent their free time last weekend beginning to write a novel. They thought carefully about their title and front cover. They were inspired by their favourite books and began writing their first three chapters. We are very proud and can’t...

Year 5 - Reading: Art

We are starting a book called The Firework-Maker's Daughter by Phillip Pullman in Year 5 this half term and to get us really excited, we created our own art inspired by fireworks! Have a look at our creative work!

Year 4 Writing Club - 12th January 2021

Today in Writing Club, we learnt about calligraphy and how important it is. We saw everyday examples of calligraphy and watched a video on how we can do calligraphy. We used our current spelling words to create posters

Year 6M - Cartographers

... Well done to Our young stars!...

Year 5 - Maths - Multiplying 2 Digit Numbers

We are learning to multiply 2 digit numbers by 2 digit numbers and to help us understand what we are doing, we used dienes and worked with our partners to answer questions together

Year 5 - Mapping Skills Day

What did we remember about maps from the Autumn term? We put this to the test during our second Mapping Skills Day of the year! We looked at features of maps and types of maps. We even drew our own map of Iceland and created a 3D replica based on a topographic map of Iceland

Year 5 - Literacy Roleplay

This week we are writing a narrative based on the video Taking Flight and to help us understand the story, we used our imaginations to go on an adventure like Tony and his grandpa does in the video. Some of us flew on planes, whilst others swam through the depths of the dark, blue oceans

Year 5 - Harry Potter Slumber Party

To celebrate finishing our whole class reader, we watched Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. We dressed in our pyjamas and brought our teddy bears and blankets to make it extra cosy

Year 5 - 5SM Christmas Play

One of the students in Year 5 wrote a play and the whole class got together to make her script come to life! We are so proud of the achievements of our children - this was entirely child led and the other Year 5 children loved it

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 5 - Computing: Spreadsheet Counters

This week in computing we continued our topic on Spreadsheets and learnt how to add a counter. We used this to answer the question "Is 'e' the most popular vowel?" Look at how we did!

Year 3 Literacy - Stone Age

As part of one of our Literacy sessions this half term, the children created Stone Age caves to help them write a non-chronological report

Junior Mental Health Team Place2Be Fundraising

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

Year 1 - DT: Making a Chair

As part of our DT topic of 'How do you make a structure strong?', we thought carefully about designing a chair and then used resources from the classroom to make it! We worked hard to make each part of the chair and then thought about how we could secure them together

Year 5 - Science: Air Resistance

This week in science, we have been learning about air resistance and friction. To test this out, we made our own parachutes using tissue paper and string and tied different weighted objects to it to see how that affects the speed of falling

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

Nurture Group - Cross Curricular: Making a Chair Using Cardboard

Today we made a chair using cardboard. We worked as a team to make the legs, seat, back and spindle. We managed to make it stand for our teddy to sit on, unfortunately it did not stay standing when a child sat on it

Year 5 - Maths: Rounding Decimals

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

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 6 Reading Booster

The children in Year 6 enjoyed their reading booster session in our Hop Garden. They read a selection of text fiction and non-fiction and discussed the text before answering the questions

Year 1 - Forest School - 1S Nature Journals and Play

Year 5 - Red Nose Day 2022

Have a look at our funny outfits? Which one made you laugh the most?

Year 5 - History: Charles I

To end the lovely sunny day yesterday, we decided to spend our research lesson outdoors and created a poster about different aspects of Charles I’s life. At the end of the lesson, we presented our findings to the rest of the class!

Year 1 - Forest School - 1A Making Nature Journals and Playing

Year 4 and Year 5 Workshop - Giving

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

Golden Achievers for our Teachers

...ring Our achiever assemblies. Our teachers were very surprised and we had lots of smiling faces!...

Parents Consultation Survey 2022

... the management of the school....

Fitness and Mental Health Assembly

This week is Fitness Week and Year 5 and Year 6 had a special assembly lead by 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?

Comic Relief 2022

...e brain, enhancing well-being.......raise money for Comic Relief. Our Daubeney children donated £1 and dressed up with the theme of, Ma...

Children’s Mental Health Week 2022 - Growing Together

...ary, we had a Dress to Express Day. Our Junior Health Team raised money for Place2Be and raised £309.39!!! Thank you all for yOur contributions!...

Year 6 - 6M: World War 2 Artefact

WHAT A LESSON WE HAD TODAY IN 6M! We were so lucky to have a real life WW2 Bomber jacket from a fighter pilot. Not only did we get to inspect the jacket but it belonged to a great grandfather of one of our pupils in class. In the box, there was also a comic, which was based on a true event of the...

Year 5 - Trip to Science Museum

It was our first trip of Year 5 - can you believe it? We certainly could by the end of the day - we were so tired! We visited the museum as part of our science unit on space but we also so many other amazing things!

Year 5 - RE Day: Judaism

Today we learnt about Judaism and answered the question: What can we learn from the past? We looked at the Passover and the Holocaust and reflected on how we have learnt from those stories. We ended our day with making our own Purim masks

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!...

Year 5 - World Book Day 2022

What a fun filled day of dress up and book related activities! We all came in as some of our favourite book characters (whether good or evil) and created a book cover and blurb about them. We spent the afternoon designing our bookmarks that we will use to remind us that reading is fun!

Year 5 - Character and Setting Description

We are continuing to look at the Greta and the Giants story this week and to help us with our descriptions, we spent the lesson talking about how we can describe characters and settings. We worked collaboratively as a group to come up with descriptions and write it down on our brainstorms

Year 4 - 4S World Book Day 2022

4S really enjoyed their World Book Day. Great costumes of their favourite characters as they celebrated reading with fun and engaging activities. The passion for reading is unbelievable and it is great to see!

Year 3 - 3HC World Book Day 2022

3HC dressed up in their favourite book character! We are celebrating world book day that took place yesterday

Year 1 - 1L World Book Day 2022

Today we had lots of fun dressing up as our favourite characters from some fabulous books. We discussed who we were and explored some of the stories. We made our own bookmarks and designed the front covers of our books!

Reception - World Book Day 2022

Reception had a lovely day dressed as our favourite book characters!

Year 3 WOW Day - Cave Paintings

Year 3 created Cave paintings as part of our WOW day for cross curricular. They used wet tea bags and felt tip pens to create the cave look. Have a look and see how good they are!

Year 3 - 3HC Celebrating Differences Day

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

Year 1 - 1A DT: Making a Chair

For DT we have been designing and creating our own chairs. We have been looking at how to make a structure strong. We discussed using stronger materials such as card and cardboard and resources to connect pieces together. The outcome was amazing and most of our chairs were strong and sturdy. Take a...

Year 5 - Outdoor Learning: Literacy

After reading "The Boy Who Answered the Call of Kilimanjaro" yesterday, we roleplayed the story during our Outdoor Learning session. We found props and performance locations in the outdoors to help us truly imagine what it is like to be out in Tanzania

Understanding and Managing Behaviour Workshop

On the 9th November, Vana, our CWIS (CAMHs worker in school) lead a parent workshop about managing emotions

Year 5 - Outside Classroom Day

For Outside Classroom Day, Year 5 became factors and multiples for maths. We also planted seeds - just like the main character Joe in 'The Extraordinary Gardener'! We can't wait to see our plants grow and grow and GROW! "It was great, I really enjoyed Outside Classroom Day!" - Utku "I really...

Year 3 - Outdoor Learning Day

In Year 3 we got our coats on and went outside for some outdoor learning! We used outdoor resources to solve maths problems in Mabley Green. After, we went to Daubeney Fields and linked it to our whole class book for literacy

Year 1 - 1L Take Maths Outdoors

Today 1L went to the Hop Garden to practise our addition skills using the part-whole model. We used hoops to create the part-whole diagram, and then chose leaves from around the garden to help us count!

Year 5 - Wow Day - Tanzania

How would you prepare to climb Mount Kilimanjaro? To end our geography topic we had a wonderful WOW Day where we recapped all of our learning and answered the overarching question. Then, we spent the rest of the day learning about the Maasai people. We created posters all about them and the ways...

Year 3 - 3HC's Class Assembly - 21st October 2021

3HC’s sharing assembly was held on 21/10/21 and it was ALL about Brazil and saving the RAINFOREST! Must watch! The children worked so hard and were super excited to perform. The children shared some facts, acted out the story ‘The great Kapok tree’ by Lynne Cherry and sang and danced to the song...

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...

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

Year 3 - Rainforests

Year 3 have been very fortunate today, they listened to a talk from one of our parents all about sustainability in The Rainforest. They also had the opportunity to ask questions

Year 5 - Maths Outside

Today we took our statistics learning outside! We created a tally chart by noting down all of the different types of vehicles that passed us. We saw way more vehicles than we predicted we would find!

Reception - Mae Jamison Visit

Reception have been learning about space and had a very special guest in to visit. Mae Jamison came along and we asked her lots of questions about her life and she talked about following her dreams, despite not always being encouraged to

Eco Team Waste Audit

This afternoon Daubeney's Eco Team conducted a waste audit with Hackney environment. We found many ways were we are not using our bins correctly but we also found many ways that we are! We can’t wait to begin making changes at our school and help everyone get rid of their waste correctly!

The Junior Literacy Team Visit Everyone's Book Corners

The Junior Literacy Team visited all the classes from Nursery to Year 6 to check out everyone's book corners and judge them for the competition. We saw very creative and colourful corners with themes such as space, oceans, jungles and even hot air balloons! We want to show off our book corners so...

Spanish Champions 2021-22

We have selected our wonderful Spanish Champions for this school year. They are ready to help everyone in the school to love & learn more Spanish

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!

Mental Health Parent Workshop - 12th October 2021

On the 12th October 2021, our CAMHS worker, Vana Lamprogianni lead our Parent Workshop. We discussed the WAMHS project and how she supports in our school. She also discussed the importance of looking after our mental health. Please see below Vana’s presentation. There will be another workshop on...

World Teachers' Day 2021

On the 5th October, Daubeney Primary School celebrated World Teachers' Day. The children came to school dressed as our teachers and created cards, poems and gifts for staff to show their appreciation. We had a special staff breakfast and our Junior Mental Health Team created cards and handed out...

Cooking in Nursery

The children in the Nursery enjoyed making Veggie pizza roll ups! They learnt about hygiene when preparing food and talked about some of their favourite foods to eat. Take a look at some of the pictures. We definitely have some chefs in the making!

Year 5 - RE Day - Buddhism

What did the Buddha teach about living a better life? Today we explored the religion of Buddhism and learnt about how Buddhists view life through understanding the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. Do you appreciate what you have or seek out things that you don't have?

Prefects - Whole Team Training

... during a whole team training....

Year 4 - All About Me in Spanish

We had a great time making our self-portraits and learning to talk about ourselves and the thinks we like, and we don´t like in Spanish

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

Anti-Bullying Week 2021 - One Kind Word

Daubeney enjoyed spreading kindness in Anti-Bullying Week. The focus was, One Kind Word. Children had the opportunity to participate in activities during their JIGSAW sessions and ended the week with our annual Odd Socks Day . The children discussed bullying in assemblies and workshops and...

Year 5 - Outdoor Learning: Life Cycles

...les of ladybird and mosquitos....

Year 4 - Science: Living Things and Their Habitats

In science, we are learning about living things and their habitats. We took a trip to Daubeney fields to explore what living things can be found and what classification they fall under. We had fun enjoying the nature of our environment and learning about different plants and insects

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

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

Year 5 - Outdoor Learning: Learning About Place Value

As part of our outdoor learning this week, Year 5 went to Daubeney Fields to learn about place value. We used different natural resources such as leaves, sticks, stones along with string to make place value charts. We then used these resources to make number representations all the way up to...

Nurture Group - Planting

In Literacy we have been reading the story The Extraordinary Gardener. We decided to grow our own plant. "Plants makes us feel peaceful"

Year 1A - Book Fortnight - The Extraordinary Gardener

We really enjoyed reading the book 'The Extraordinary Gardener' By Sam Boughton as part of our book fortnight. We have been planting cress, writing instruction on how to plant a seed, acting out the story and doing observational drawings of plants. Take a look at what fun we had!

Year 1 - 1L's Last Day Before Christmas

1L had a fun filled last day of school today! We had some tasty treats, we watched a film and we practised our dance moves! We showed off our traditional clothes too as part of international dress up day! We hope you have a lovely Christmas!

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...

School Council - St Joseph's Hospice Rudolph Run

On Wednesday the 8th of December, we participated in St Joseph's Hospice Rudolph Run. The aim was to raise money to help the hospice look after patients. The run started at 9:30 with the receptions and the year 6s ended the run at 10:55. On Tuesday the 14th of December, two children delivered the...

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!

Year 4 WOW Day - Ancient Egyptians

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

Year 5 WOW Day - Ancient Greeks

To celebrate the end of our History topic on Ancient Greeks, we created, designed and painted our own Greek inspired vases using salt dough. Have a look at our fun day!

Christmas Baking in the Nursery

Today the Nursery children enjoyed baking delicious cupcakes. They enjoyed mixing, scooping, pouring and most of all eating their cupcakes!

WOW DAY Year 6 - Ancient Benin

Today, 14-12-2021, the children in Year 6 enjoyed their Wow Day activities by designing and creating masks, inspired by the real ones from Ancient Benin. The children also discussed how reliable resources are and which historical resources can be trusted

Spanish learning website: Languagenut.com

All pupils at the Blossom Federation can now use Languagenut.com , one of the best online language-learning websites, which provides interactive and engaging activities and resources for children to learn Spanish. This online language-learning platform promotes a fun, simple and engaging approach...

Nurture Group - Hackney City Farm

Last week Friday we were lucky enough to go visit Hackney City Farm. "We saw the pink pigs and it went oink oink and they had oval 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...

Staff Panto 2021

Oscar worthy rendition of the age-old Disney classic put on by our wonderful Daubeney staff - we can guarantee you have never seen nor heard Cinderella told in this way!

Golden Achievers - End of Autumn Term

Massive congratulations to our End of Term Golden Achievers, what a tremendous achievement!

Year 5 - Christmas Jumper Day and Rudolph Run

Are you excited for Christmas? Year 5 are! Have a look at our eventful day!

Year 1 - 1L Christmas Day

We had lots of fun yesterday wearing our Christmas jumpers, going for a Rudolph run and enjoying our Christmas dinner!

Year 1 - 1A Senses Experiment

1A have been doing an experiment this week using our senses. We explored what our senses can do! We had fun hearing different musical instruments, using telescopes to see, smelling and tasting different food items. Take a look to see what fun we had!

Year 1 - 1L Senses Experiments

In Year 1 this week we have been experimenting with what our senses can do. We tested what we could see, hear and feel, and then had lots of fun with things we could smell and taste!

Year 4 - 4K Sharing Assembly: The Hunter

4K sharing assembly was held on 18/11/21 and was inspired by our focus book 'The Hunter.' The children worked so hard to present and act out the story with great confidence. A huge thank you goes to all the parents who came to watch us perform

Year 1 - 1A Christmas Jumper Day & Christmas Lunch

We had an amazing time at school celebrating Christmas Jumper Day and eating our special lunch. Take a look at what fun we had!

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

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

Nurture Group - Shapes in the Environment

We went to the park to look for some shapes. We drew some shapes in the sand too. We got to have a little play after all our hard work

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"

Year 4 - 4B Sharing Assembly: Egyptian Cinderella

In 4B, we have been learning about the Ancient Egyptians so for our sharing assembly, we read a book called the Egyptian Cinderella and acted out the story. We had great fun learning more about the Egyptians

Rudolph Run

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

Christmas in Reception

Christmas she’s started this week in Reception with Christmas jumper designs, Christmas tree decorating and making toys in our Santa Work Shop. We have been talking about what can keep on us on the nice list…

Year 1 Cinderella Ball

Year 1 had lots of fun dressing up for a royal ball as part of our story immersion for Cinderella! We wore our best outfits with a royal crown, and we enjoyed some majestic dancing and a magical banquet! A massive thank you to prestige_event_stylist for decorating the hall for us, it looked amazing!

Science Team Experiment - Mixing Acid with Bicarbonate of Soda

For our science team meeting we had a look at what would happen if we mixed an acid like vinegar with bicarbonate of soda and had some exciting results!

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...

Year 1 - 1L Shape Hunt

This week we have been learning about 2D shapes - we can name each shape and describe how many sides and corners each shape has. We went on a shape hunt around the school to see which shapes we can find in our environment!

Year 1 - 1L Science: Parts of the Human Body

This week in Science we have been learning about human body parts, as part of our Animals including Humans topic. We used sticky notes to label the parts of the body that we know!

Year 3 - Rocks

In Year 3 as part of our science topic about rocks, we have been carrying out an experiment to find out whether rocks are permeable or impermeable

Year 1 - Iggy Peck Architect

...ems from around the classroom!...

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...

Year 6 - 6MC - IntoUni Week

We have spent a week with IntoUni! We learned about inspirational people such as Malala Yousafzai and Martin Luther King Junior. We also visited the Wallace Collection in Central London and Cambridge University! "It was one of the best into uni sessions we had and we had lots of fun with the...

School Council - New Committee Meetings

...ing year, so watch this space!...

The Nest - Parent Workshop

We invited our parents in to make Christmas decorations with us

Year 2 - Computing Autumn 2 Week 3

This week is the final week in our online safety module. We explored our digital footprint and discussed how everything we do online leaves a trail behind us, like taking barefoot steps on a beach

Year 2 - Computing Autumn 2 Week 2

This week we continued our internet safety topic and learnt about using emails as a way to communicate with other people. We learnt how to reply to a message and send an attachment too!

Year 2 - 2L One Kind Word

This week we took part in thinking of 'one kind word' as part of anti-bullying week. We had fun exploring all the kind words we could use and showed off our odd socks today too!

Junior Mental Health Team - Anti Bullying Week 2022

JMHT have been delivering art therapy for Anti Bullying week. We have been celebrating differences, friendships and reaching our with kind words

Reception - Yellow Class - The Extraordinary Gardener

This week we started our reading groups! We really enjoyed our first reading sessions. We have also been reading 'The Extraordinary Gardener' and have been making different types of flowers. We have been practicing our phonics with different games, learning Spanish and building different...

Year 2 - Spanish: Number Knowledge

In Year 2 we have started the week reinforcing our number knowledge and making links between figures and words using a tangram. Students really enjoyed this hands-on activity and the competitive element of it

Family Phonics Workshop

A big thank you to parents who attended our first family phonics workshop this half term. It was so lovely to see parents engaging in various phonics activities. We went through all of phase 2 sounds and had an excellent time playing table tennis phonics and snap! We look forward to seeing you...

Therapy Dog

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

Year 2 Act Out Varmints

This week Year 2 explored our Book Fortnight story, Varmints, by using talk partners and role play. We thought about what the characters may have been feeling at each point in the story and explored the meaning of the book

Year 2 - Computing Autumn 2 Week 1

This week we learned how to use the search bar on Purple Mash to find resources on the site. We spoke about it being a safe search bar, and how search bars on the wider internet might not be safe. We used the filter option to make sure we found relevant resources. We completed an emotions activity...

Year 2 - 2L Forest School - Making Forest Creatures

Making forest creatures with clay and natural resources

World Mental Health Day 2022

It was World Mental Health Day on Monday 10th October. To celebrate mental health at Daubeney parents were invited to a “Child Anxiety” parent workshop. Children in KS1 and KS1 attended assembly around Mental health day. The children learnt about how children are supported with their...

Family Phonics Workshop - Session 3

Thank you to all the parents and carers that attended our third family phonics session today. We focus on oral segmenting and blending and the children had a great time feeding 'Metal Mike' all the words. We revisited all of our phase 2 sounds and then practised reading CVC words by segmenting and...

Year 2 RE Day - Autumn 1 2022

For Autumn 1 RE day, Year 2 learnt about Hinduism and explored what is important to Hindus. We learnt about Ganesh and Krishna, and thought about our own role models in our lives

Year 2 - Computing Autumn 1 Week 7

This week we completed our final lesson in our art topic for computing this half term. We explored surrealism and then used eCollage on Purple Mash to make our own artwork using drawings and clip art

Year 6 WOW Day - The UK!

Today we completed our learning for our Autumn 1 topic - the UK! We sketched our favourite landmarks in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We then created sculptures of our favourite landmarks. Which landmarks have you visited in the UK? Do you have a favourite landmark? Why?

Nursery - Jobs and People in Our Community Who Help Us

In Nursery we have been talking about different jobs and the people in our community who help us. Children talked about what they wanted to be when they grow up and took part in imaginative play

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!

Year 5 - RE Day: Buddhism

Today, 13-10-2022, the children in Year 5 had fun and exciting lessons, learning all about the Buddhist faith. They discussed the main beliefs, the importance of The Four Noble Truths, looked at the Eightfold Path and teachings of Buddha

Year 4 - RE Day: Judaism

Today, 13-10-2022, the children in Year 4 has fun and exciting lessons, learning all about the Jewish faith. They discussed the main beliefs, the importance of a synagogue, looked at different Jewish festivals and coloured in their own stained glass image

Year 1 - 1A Computing: Harvest Festival

This week we've been using the Chromebooks and linking it in with our RE topic - Harvest festival. We used Purple Mash to create a harvest basket, full of delioucious fruits and vegetables. We've been using the programme to drag and drop and select colours on paint

Year 2 - Computing Autumn 1 Week 6

This week we explored the art work of William Morris and discussed how they use repeated patterns and rotations. We then used 2Paint to make our own repeated pattern piece of art. We thought about the design we made and the size of the pattern as well as the option to rotate our designs

Daubeney Reading Champions

...e Daubeney Reading Champions! Our role is to promote reading at Daubeney and share Our ideas with other schools in Hackney. We had the opportunity to attend the Reading Champions launch at Hackney Town Hall and got to meet Councillor Bramble, the deputy mayor, who presented us with Our badges. We al...

Year 4 - ICT and Geography

Today, 11-10-2022, the children in 4L had their computing session where they used their ICT skills to learn more about our Geography topic, 'Earthquakes'. They researched information and completed activities on PurpleMash all about Earthquakes

Year 4 - Concrete Maths

Today, 11-10-2022, Mr Matvad and his Maths group used concrete resources to help us add and subtract 4 digit numbers. We created our own place value chart and used this to help us solve different calculations. Tomorrow we will be adding and subtracting with exchanging

Year 2 - Geography and IT: Exploring Earth

This week for our Geography lesson we were exploring the Earth! We used atlases and Google Earth to identify the North and South Poles, as well as the equator. We had fun identifying countries around the world and discussing what the climate is like in each place

Eco Team Waste Audit

We have conducted a waste audit of our school! It was loads of fun and we found out how much we waste as well as if we are using our bins correctly! We can’t wait to share our results next term!

Reception - People Who Help Us

This week we have been learning about the people who help us in our community. We have been looking at police officers, fire fighters, carers, recycling collectors, teachers and others. We are looking forward for the police and the fire fighters to come in next week!

Year 5 - Literacy Outdoor Learning

Year 5 were set the task of building dens suitable for the Himalayas. Ashley who sets off on a long arduous journey across the Himalayas would have had a similar experience when trying to find shelter in the evenings. The children had to work as a team and think about the properties of the...

Reception - Mini Rabbit Cake Baking

Last week, Reception focused on a story called 'Mini Rabbit Not Lost' and it was about a little rabbit who got lost when he was searching for berries for his cake. We decided to make our own cake. We figured out what ingredients we needed, measured them out, mixed everything together and...

Year 3 - Spanish - Mi color favorito

Students in 3P have enjoyed revisiting colours and learning how to ask an answer questions about their favourite colour in today's lesson

The Nest - Making Sandwiches

We watched a video on how to make a Jam sandwich and then tried it all by ourselves. "it taste delicious"

Year 5 - Computing: Friction and Functions

It's week 4 of coding in Year 5 and we are working on some more complicated things like friction and functions. We know that friction stops us from sliding all over the place and made use of this knowledge to stop the football on our screen from sliding off. Then we created a function where the...

Year 2 - Coding Week 4

This week we continued our coding topic and learnt about using a timer to run a block of commands after a delay. We had fun making a magician's rabbit disappear and then reappear!

The Nest - The Hackney School of Food

We joined our class to go to The Hackney School of Food to make Cheese and Spinach Scones and Rainbow Slaw

Year 5: Science - Magnetism and Decanting

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

Year 2 - IT in Cross Curricular: Designing our own Vehicles

Today Year 2 had some fun designing their own vehicles with wheels using Chromebooks, as part of our Design and Technology topic. We thought about the shape of the vehicle and how we could decorate it too. We learnt about the job of engineers to plan, design, test and make various items including...

Year 2 - Coding Week 3

This week we continued our coding topic. We created an algorithm to instruct characters to move when they are clicked and to stop when they collide. We also explored how to change the character image once they collided!

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 5 - Hackney School of Food

This week, we went to Hackney School of Food where we learnt about knife skills, kitchen safety and how to create a healthy and balanced meal. We did everything ourselves! We cut our own vegetables, prepared a sauce by grinding up ingredients in a mortar and pestle and even made our own meatballs...

Reception - Chinese New Year and Ordinal Numbers

This week, we have 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...

Year 5 - Spanish - Mi ciudad

This half term our students in Year 5 are learning to describe cities using a range of adjectives and naming their different buildings. These are some pictures of 5C students. Games are always a great way to get students talking in Spanish!

Year 2 - Coding Week 2

This week we started our coding topic! We had lots of fun trying to make planes take off from their runways and adding code blocks to detect any collisions. We had to think carefully about the algorithm we made and how we could debug if there were any problems!

Family Phonics Workshop - Spring Term 2023

It was so lovely to see parents and carers taking part in our family phonics workshop yesterday. This half term we will be focusing on phase 3 phonics and looking at digraphs and trigraphs. Parents had a wonderful time playing phonics bingo and reading with their child. Take a look to see what fun...

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"

The Nest - Literacy and Maths

...iteracy and maths in The Nest....

The Nest - Movie and Christmas Presents

Thank you for our presents Bob! We loved them!

Year 2 - Sports Day

Year 2 had lots of fun taking part in our annual sports day this year. We took part in a sack race, egg and spoon race, obstacle course and tug of war!

Year 4 WoW Day - Ancient Egyptians

...ivities 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....

Year 5 - WOW Day: Ancient Greece

We created vases inspired by ancient Greeks using recyclable items. First, we created the base and structure of the vase which was then followed by decorating the vase. This was a great way to end our topic on Ancient Greece where we learnt about how and where they had an influence on modern society

Year 2 - Spanish Christmas Cards

This term in Year 2 we have learnt numbers, colours and shapes through Cubism and Pablo Picasso's art. Today we have decorated our own Christmas cards inspired by his work

The Secret Life of Reception - Autumn 2 2022

Take a look at what we have been learning about this half-term through the eyes of many 4 / 5 year olds! Reception have really enjoyed taking their own photos of their time in Reception at Daubeney! This half-term, we have had so much fun! We have been learning about numbers 1 - 5, shapes, patterns...

Year 2 - 2L Christmas Prep

This week 2L have been making lots of Christmas decorations! We decorated Santa faces for our hoop, made a paper wreath and even made our own baubles. We then decorated the tree with our creations!

Family Phonics Workshop - Session 4

This week we enjoyed singing the Blossom Phonics song. We sang the alphabet song and joined in with the actions. We played a game of 'I spy' and practiced our oral segmenting and blending skills. We then read CVC words using our phase 2 phonics sounds. We look forward to our following...

Year 4 - Controlled Experiment

The children in Year 4 had a fun controlled experiment, learning all about our digestive system. The children were able to identify the parts and the functions of the digestive system. They had fun learning all about how our food becomes waste

Year 2 - Computing Autumn 2 Week 5

This week we continued with our topic of Spreadsheets. We made a magic square using our coloured cells and identified and used the 'total' buttons this week. We then explored ways in which numbers could be placed inside the square to make the totals the same around the outside

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

Year 4 - Trip to the British Museum

4L had an amazing time at the British Museum on Thursday 24th November. We saw some amazing Ancient Egyptian atrefacts including mummies! We learnt some fascinating facts about heiroglyphics which links to our history topic. It was like going back in time!

Year 2 - Computing Autumn 1 Week 5

This week we used 2Paint on Purple Mash to explore the art work of Piet Mondrian. We discussed how they used lines and colour to produce their art work, and then had a go at making our own versions

Year 2 - Computing Autumn 1 Week 4

This week Year 2 learnt about pointillism art and how it is different from last weeks art technique. We explored some art work from Georges Seurat and Paul Signac before we created our own masterpieces using the chromebooks

Year 5 - 5C at IntoUniversity

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

Year 5 - Environmental Sculptures

Today we went to Daubeney Fields to create our own sculptures based on the artist Andy Goldsworthy. We used our natural surroundings as tools and resources such as branches, twigs, leaves, feathers and mud!

Year 1 - Computing - Week 2

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

What do children think about freedom at breaktimes?

Please see how your children feel about the idea of freedom at break times. This video will be shared with other OPAL schools across the country. We hope it puts a smile on your face

Year 5 - Yoga - Week 3

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

Year 5 - Maths: Reflection

To end our topic of position and direction, we learnt about reflection. Some of us got confused when reflecting whole shapes but it became much easier when we just reflected each point of a polygon. Next lesson, we’ll be thinking about reflection with coordinates

Year 5 - Computing: Game Design

This week we spent time really focusing on our game design skills by using 2DIY3D on Purple Mash once again. We spent time adding more levels to our games as well!

Junior Mental Health Team - Thank You to Daubeney Staff

...r. It will change yOur mindset. Our mood and daily outlooks change when we focus on positive things ......ve things rather than negative. Our Junior Mental Health Team wanted to say a big thank you and show...

Year 5 - Literacy: Dragon Trump Cards

To finish up our week of the Dragon Slayer, we designed our own dragons and made trump cards for them! We considered their powers, favourite food and appearance

Year 2 - Sculpting with Clay

As part of our learning in Art, 2KF have been learning about an artist called Yayoi Kasuma. We had an fantastic lesson making amazing sculptures out of clay. There were many types of techniques we had to learn e.g. pulling, rolling, smoothing and adding detail. Have a look at some of our...

Year 6 - ICT and Science in 6M

Today, 22-6-2022, the children in Year 6M used their Chromebooks to complete their Scientific activities on Purplemash. Then they used their research skills to retrieve information about our Science topic. This term in Science we will be looking at Scientist and Inventors

Year 6 - 6M Yoga

This morning, 22-6-2022, the children in 6M had a wonderful session with our professional Yoga instructor. The children felt the calm and peaceful setting, of the hop garden, to be an amazing space to do Yoga. They really enjoyed the different Yoga techniques they did and felt relaxed and ready for...

Year 5 - Role Play: Dragon Slayer

Today Year 5 role played the Dragon Slayer! We picked our favourite part and performed them for our class!!

Nurture Group - Our Trip to the Post Office

In Literacy we have been learning how to write a letter. We wrote our own letter together and went to the post office to post it. We spoke to the post man and asked him some questions

Year 5 - Yoga

In our first yoga lesson, we got used to being on the yoga mat, hearing sounds and enjoying relaxing yoga. We can't wait for our next session!

Nurture Group - Shopping Trip

This week in maths we have been learning about money. We wrote out our shopping list and headed off to the shops. Today we are making fruit kebabs and chocolate Rice Krispies. We bought the ingredients and looked at how much each item will cost and what coins we will need. Finally, we worked out...

Year 5 - Maths: Coordinates

Today, we started off our topic of position and direction by recapping our previous learning of describing position and drawing on a grid

Year 5 - Literacy: Art-ish

Sun-ish, tree-ish, butterfly-ish, fish-ish. What do you do when your drawing looks ALMOST like the thing you meant to draw? We made art inspired by the book "Ish" to show us that even if it isn't perfect, we can all do art!

Reception - Ducklings Week 1

This week we were lucky enough to have 5 duck eggs arrive! We waited patiently for the eggs to hatch and over the first few hours, they all hatched! We have watched them eat, drink and cuddle with each other. Both classes have enjoyed watching them, stroking them and watching them grow! Alongside...

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 6 Residential 2022 - Day 5

Can you believe we still managed to fit in two activities on our final day! We had our farewell lunch, said goodbye to our tents and we are officially coming home!! See you all very soon!

Year 6 Residential 2022 - Day 4

It’s our second to last day and things are not slowing down. We’ve been kayaking and canoeing, orienteering, going on an aerial trek, zip lining and doing some archery. We’ve got one final night and we’re going to celebrate by having a campfire and playing some camp games. It’s also the last night...

Year 1 - RE Trip to St. Barnabus Church

Year 1 had lots of fun for our RE day trip this half term. We visited St. Barnabus Church in Homerton. Reverend Clive told us all about the church, what happens during a mass, and about the community that visit to pray together

Year 6 Residential 2022 - Day 3

It’s been another jam packed day hahahahaha. Oh we had jam toast and croissants for breakfast. Inside joke. We’ve been kayaking, canoeing, starting fires, building bridges and climbing unimaginable heights. Last night we also had a Daubeney talent show and it’s safe to say it was VERY entertaining....

Year 6 Residential 2022 - Day 2

The sun came out hip hip hooray! And it looks like we’ve seen the last of the rain! It was a jam packed day today and our first full day here at Danbury! We’re still having an amazing time and we’re going to be reading all of your comments when we have hot chocolate later on so keep them coming!...

Year 6 Residential 2022 - Day 1

... and ALL in the pOuring rain. Our children have settled in so well and we’re so proud of the resilience and bravery they’ve shown already! Remember to leave comments and we’ll read them out at breakfast! We read every single comment!!...

Year 5 - Maths: Drawing Lines and Angles

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

Year 5 - Science: Water Resistance

This week, we have been learning about water resistance. We learnt that water resistance is similar to air resistance but we can lessen water resistance by being streamlined. To test this out we made our own boats and tested them out in a paddling pool

Year 1 - Computing - Week 3

For week 3 of computing in Year 1, we used Chromebooks to practise our Maths skills, sequencing numbers from 1-100. We thought about how to navigate a website to get to the page that we need and how to accurately use the touch pad

Nurture Group - Cooking with Parents

... enjoyed the eating part"...

Year 2 - Art in Literacy

This week we have been focusing on the book 'The Magic Bojabi Tree' in Literacy. We have had lots of fun using role play and oracy to understand the story, and today we used water colours to paint a scene from the book

Year 5 & 6 Trip to Southend Adventure Island

An unforgettable day for everyone. We had songs in the coach journey, a trip to the beach AND a fun day out at adventure island!

European Day of Languages

This week we are celebrating European Day of Languages. Students in Yr5 and Yr6 have had the opportunity to learn about some loanwords or ‘borrowings’. These are words which are now English words that come from other languages. As well as being a great chance to celebrate the diversity...

Year 2 - Computing Autumn 1 Week 3

This week we used 2Paint on Purple Mash to create a piece of art using impressionism as our theme. We created our own individual paintings and explored the way they made us feel

Year 2 - Computing Autumn 1 Week 2

This week we discussed our online safety agreement, talking about how to keep ourselves safe when using a device and who we should ask for help. We practised logging in to the chromebooks using our individual usernames and passwords, and then logged in to LGFL to access Purple Mash. We then had...

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 5 - Numbers to 1000000

Today in maths, we reviewed our understanding of place value and learnt about numbers up to 1000000. We practiced by reading place value charts and making our own representations

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

Year 2 - 2L Mapping Skills Day

For mapping skills day, we had lots of fun learning about directions and following maps. We explored maps that used a bird's eye view and practiced drawing our classroom using a key. We also painted the United Kingdom and spoke about each of the countries and their capital cities

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,...

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

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 - Art WOW Day

WOW! What a day! We wrapped up our Summer 2 half term with a WOW Day dedicated to art inspired by Antony Gormley. More specifically, we created our own art pieces inspired by "Field for the British Isles" which we called "Field for the Year 5 Isles". We even had a Year 5...

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...

Golden Achievers of the Year 2021-22

Congratulations to our Daubeney Golden Achievers of 2021/22

Year 2 - 2P Singing School Trip

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

Year 2 - 2KF RE Day

Yesterday we had a really fun RE Day learning about four religions. We learnt that all religions have teachings about forgiveness. Later, we discussed how it feels to ask for forgivness. We looked closely at a picture that shows forgivess and talked about how the bird flying away means to be free...

Nursery Graduation

Today our butterflies graduated from Nursery as they will be flying off to Reception in September

Year 5 - Summer Big Draw

"The eyes are the window to the soul", a saying that we used to inspire our surrealist art. We drew an eye and filled it with all the things that are important to us, similar to René Magritte's "The False Mirror"

Year 5 - 5C Reading Outside

Is there a better way to end the week than sitting outside, enjoying the sun and learning through reading? We spent our reading lesson in the Hop Garden today!

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

Year 1 - 1L Big Draw - Summer 2022

We had lots of fun taking part in todays Big Draw! Look at our art work!

Reception - Forest School - Blue Class Friendship Week

Making elder necklaces for our friends

Year 5 - Yoga - Week 5

...nce, stillness and breathing. Our yoga instructor, Evi, even let us choose and come up with some yoga positions that we wanted to try!...

Year 5 - Maths: Measurement

Year 5 displayed their measurement knowledge today until identifying mm and cm in rulers and comparing measurements. They also looked at objects in our class and decided if they should be measured using kilograms or grams!

Year 5 - Computing: Levels, Instructions and Titles

This week, we focused on including instructions and titles onto our games. We even thought more about how levels can be different or more difficult

Year 5 - Science: Reproduction Revision

To remind ourselves of all our amazing learning this year, we spent some time revising words like sexual and asexual reproduction. Now that we are just looking back at our work, we found that we had a lot more questions to ask and some of us have even noticed plants in our home growing sexually or...

Reception - Trip to Hackney School of Food

On Monday, we visited the Hackney School of Food. We made pizza by making our dough and adding tomato paste, cheese and oregano to match the colours of the Italian flag. We also made fruit kebabs, using bananas, pears, blueberries and raspberries. After we made our food, we enjoyed eating it in the...

Mini Garden

The School councillors came up with an idea earlier this year to develop a green space in the KS2 playground where wildlife can flourish and our Daubeney family can enjoy nature. They have worked hard with support from Dave and Gavin to design a “Mini Garden”. The friends of the Earth...

Year 2 - Now Press Play in Science

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

Reception - Week 5

This week in Reception, we have been taking part in 'Drawing Club' based on the animation 'Trapdoor'. We have been creating our own monsters through art and creativity. We have also been learning about patterns. We have been learning how to continue 2 and 3 way patterns, as well as creating our...

Year 3 - Spanish: Los volcanes y las Islas Canarias

A few months ago, alongside CC lessons, we learnt about volcanoes - how they are formed, the different parts of a volcano and its different states. We investigated the beautiful landscape of the Canary Islands and pupils had the opportunity to consider the impact of living in La Palma following the...

Rainbow Class - Under the Sea: Sensory Story

This week, pupils explored the sensory story ‘Under the Sea’ through multi-sensory activities. They engaged with tactile resources like textured sea creatures, fabrics, and water play, while adults enhanced the experience with ocean sounds, calming music, and visuals from the story....

Rainbow Class: Writing and Phonics

...ds with limited adult support....

Rainbow Class: Small World - Transports

Straight after the playtime break, some of our pupils noticed train tracks with trains on the table and a rocket set on the floor. They quickly noticed it and decided to play with them, enjoying the activity with lots of excitement

Rainbow Class: Magical Music Session

...ation towards their peers. Our Rainbow Class staff had a great time joining the children in exploring the sounds of different instruments. They demonstrated various ways to use them and helped the pupils create a range of sounds....

Year 4 - ICT and Reading

The children had an interesting Reading lesson where they read online information about our topic - Design and Technology. They researched facts and looked at how electricity can be added to a board game that they will be making in their lessons

Year 1 Peacocks - Greta and the Giants

We have been reading Greta and the Giants this week! We have been talking about climate change and what we can do to help. We acted out the story and had our own mini protest

Year 4 - Literacy

The children in Year 4 were excited today to start reading our whole school book called, Greta and The Giants. The children were inspired by the character Greta and made their own placards to protest against climate change

Year 4 - Boardgames

The children had a fun lesson today in our Design and Technology lesson. They had an opportunity to play different boardgames and critique the games they played. They discussed function versus appearances and shared their views. next week the children will begin to plan making their own board game

School Council Meeting - January 2026

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

Year 1 Peacocks - Our Body

In Science, we have been learning all about our body. We have been labelling our body parts - inside and out. This includes all of our bones!

Year 1 Peacocks - Naming our shapes!

In Maths, we have been recapping our learning from Reception and have been naming shapes. We have been using these shapes to make other things

Year 3 - DT: Linkages and levers

In today's DT lesson, we explored linkages and levers. For our third session, we followed step bystep instructions to build a waving hand mechanism that creates movement

Arsenal Social Community Project Year 6

This term, Year 6 have been learning how Arsenal Football Club is helping to protect the environment. We explored how football clubs can be more sustainable by reducing waste, saving energy, and encouraging fans to care for the planet. Well done to Romilly in Toucans for winning the raffle and...

Year 6 - Transition session

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

Rainbow Room - Clay Snowman's

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

Nursery - Working together to build

We have been working together and building our own ramps and tracks to create paths

Nursery - Sense of Sight

We have been learning about the sense of sight. We made our very own binoculars

Nursery - One-handed Tools

We are learning to use one-handed tools. We can decorate our trees, and then count how many baubles our tree has

Cross Country League Match 3

Daubeney Pupils from year 5/6 groups showcased impressive stamina as they raced across the challenging course, cheering one another on and celebrating each achievement. It was a fantastic day of sport, teamwork and school spirit. We are incredibly proud of all the children who took part

Year 5/6 Boy's & Girl's - Hackney Football Competition

The Year 5/6 enthusiastically took part in local Hackney football tournament. Showcasing great teamwork and sportsmanship, Unfortunately both team got knocked out of the semi-finals but was extremely proud of the children accomplishment

Year 3 - Stone Age

Year 3 have been exploring life from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, learning about where people lived, what they ate, and the tools they used. In one of our lessons, we created our own spears using clay and sticks to recreate a Stone Age hunting tool

Year 1 Peacocks - DT Chair for a bear

In DT, we have been looking at how chairs are built. We have been looking at the features of chairs. Did you know chairs have ears? We used Lego to help us design our own chairs, and we used labels to help us know which parts we need. We are so excited to build our own chairs next week!

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,...

Rainbow Room - Teddy Bear Maths

...ements....

Rainbow Class - Our Learning

This term, we have been very busy with lots of exciting activities. Check out our learning gallery to see what we’ve been doing

Year 3 - Geography - Earth's Layers

Kingfisher class explored the structure of the Earth and learned about the different layers that make it up. We focused in detail on the crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core, discussing what each layer is made of and how they differ from one another. Using coloured card, labels, and a split...

Year 5 - Science - Spherical Bodies

Year 5 had a fantastic time in Science as they designed and created their own imaginary planets. To inspire their ideas, they drew on real scientific knowledge, using key facts about the planets in our solar system. They thought carefully about features such as size, temperature, atmosphere,...

Year 5 - Mapping Day 2026

Today was Mapping Day, and our learning focused on developing our knowledge of maps and how to use them confidently. We explored different types of maps, including thematic maps of Turkey, which link directly to our current geography topic. The children examined themes such as population, climate,...

Year 4 Hornbills at The Urswick Secondary school

Firstly, a huge thank you to The Urswick School for inviting our year 4 hornbill class for a wonderful art lesson. The children learnt about a specific artist and discussed his work and drew ideas and inspiration from his works. Then, the children used a range of different resources to create their...

Rainbow Room - 2D Monkey Model

As part of our literacy focus, pupils enjoyed listening to an adult read the story “Monkey Puzzle .” This helped them explore the different characters in the story, especially the jungle animals. They then created their own 2D monkey model, based on the main character. Pupils followed...

Rainbow Room - WOW DAY

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

Rainbow Room - Outdoor PE

Pupils were actively engaged in physical activity on the football court, where they practiced throwing and catching the ball, as well as building their confidence in kicking and passing during simple team games

Rainbow Room - Exploring Spring

We had a fabulous time exploring our school garden today. Around the pond, we discovered clusters of frogspawn and spotted several frogs swimming across the water. Some pupils enthusiastically tried to count them as they darted through the pond. Pupils also explored the pond’s ecosystem by...

Rainbow Class- Jungle Animals

As part of our Science topic "Animals Including Humans" , pupils took part in a hands‐on exploration of animals and their habitats. They listened to the story “Monkey Puzzle”, which helped introduce different jungle animals and their characteristics. Afterwards, pupils created...

Year 2 - Tagalog taster session

... and broaden global awareness!...

Rainbow Class: Iggy Peck, Architect (Design & Technology)

This week, our pupils enjoyed a story that opened a window into the world of architecture. The pupils explored different types of buildings from around the world and learned about the important work that architects do when designing the places we live, learn, and play in

Rainbow Class - Spring 1 Term 2026

WOW! We have been so busy during Spring 1 Term with lots of fantastic learning and our work is now presented on the display boards

Rainbow Class - Learning Showcase

...ing, and even form new words. Our trains and tracks was a big success too! The children loved sliding the trains down the ramp to see how they moved — it made them laugh and encOuraged them to repeat the activity again and again....

Creative Hub - Spring Displays 2026

Take a look at our wonderful displays that showcase our learning from Reception all the way up to Year 6. We love using displays as a way to show off our learning and to help us whilst learning. We enjoy being creative so display boards are a great way to get creative with our learning!

Rainbow Class - Science & DT Learning

This week, our pupils became investigators as they explored different materials and their properties. They practised writing simple sentences about a variety of materials and matched these sentences to the correct picture descriptions. This helped them develop early writing skills, including...

Year 1 Peacocks - Chair for a bear

We used our design ideas to make our final chairs! We had so much recycling to use, we made a lot of chairs! Have a look through!

Year 5 - DT: Understanding mechanisms

We learnt more about mechanical systems and how the process of input and output makes things move. We tested our knowledge of levers, pulleys and gears so far and then made moving puppets

Year 4 Hornbills - Hornbill and Nursery

The children in Hornbill class had a lovely time supporting and playing with the children in our nursery

Rainbow Room - Fun Art from 1970s Display Board

WOW! Look at our very creative art display board which represents art from 1970s

Rainbow Room - Art from 1970s

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

Year 4 - Measurement

The children continued their learning in our Measurement topic and measured a variety of object in the class. They first estimated the measurements then measured in cm and converted to mm

Rainbow Room - Science Display Board (Materials)

WOW! Look at our fantastic display board, showcasing our pupils’ learning about materials as part of their science focus

Rainbow Room - Exploring and Learning about Materials

...ies and real‑world examples....

Rainbow Class - Shaped Rockets

🚀Zoom Zoom Rockets! 🚀 This week, our pupils were fully engaged in exploring rockets — wow! It has been an exciting journey of discovery, imagination, and hands‑on learning. In our school library, children enjoyed looking through books about spaceships and rockets. They focused on the...

Rainbow Room - Clock Numbers

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

Rainbow Room - Outdoor Learning & Play

Pupils enjoyed learning outside during autumn. They noticed the leaves changing colour and felt how crispy the leaves were when they touched them. Even our pupils had fun doing physical activities like crawling through tunnels, sliding down slides, and walking on ropes on the climbing frame

Rainbow Room - Autumn Maths Learning

... Fantastic Mathematicians. Our pupils had a fantastic time exploring autumn-themed maths activities! They practised number formation on the interactive board and enjoyed tracing numbers on pumpkins and acorns in their worksheets. This supported their number recognition and helped develop fine mot...

Rainbow - Spontaneous Learning

The children were fully engaged in spontaneous learning as they explored a variety of interests: Musical Instruments: They listened to and played with different instruments, experimenting with sound and rhythm. Sensory Toys: The children used sensory toys to help with emotional regulation, offering...

Rainbow - Fun Attention Activity

...ery fun and engaging for them....

Year 2 - Maths: Greater than, less than or equal to

Today we learnt about the symbols for greater than, less than and equals to and found out what they mean. Then, we came up with lots of different numbers with our partners and decided which one was greater or if they were the same

Year 2 - Literacy: The Magic Bojabi Tree Puppets

To help us with our conversations about the characters of the story, we made puppets of the characters. We considered what the character is like and decided what the expression they would have

Year 1 - Peacocks: Our local walk

In our Geography lessons, we have been looking at the UK and our local area. We had a walk around the local area, checking off different features of Homerton. This included the shops in the square, flats, post offices and parks

Year 1 - Peacocks: Autumn learning so far!

Have a look at what Peacock Class have been learning about so far. We have been reading Rapunzel. We looked at characters and setting. We have also done some acting and using adjectives. In Math's, we have been practicing our counting!

Year 3 'The Great Kapok Tree' Immersion

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

Year 2 - Literacy: The Magic Bojabi Tree Watercolours

To end our immersion week, we made beautiful paintings inspired by the Magic Bojabi Tree! We talked about what we could see and added adjectives to our observations then we drew it out on paper. Finally, we added water colour to make it really shine!

Year 1 - Parrot class went on a local area walk

As part of geography, Parrot Class went on a local area walk. We discussed what was in our local area. We saw lots of houses, flats and shops. We even saw a post office and a pharmacy. We also enjoyed a walk through Daubeney fields spotting squirrels along the way!

Drawing Club - Autumn Art

Children from Drawing Club ( KS1) were engaged in creative drawings of autumn represention as they created colourful drawings with felt tips

Year 4 - Amazing Home Learning

This week we celebrated amazing home learning by some of our Year 4 Superstars. They completed their weekly home learning and a Science home learning project

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 4 - Role Play

The children in Year 4 had a fun session role-playing the main character in our story. This helped the children to understand the character and explore his feelings

Rainbow - SEND Music & PE

Wow! This week, our pupils were fully engaged in exciting activities as part of SEND PE and Music. In SEND PE, they enjoyed jumping on the trampoline, walking along the bench, and throwing bean bags. During SEND Music, the children were captivated by the sounds of various musical instruments,...

Year 2 - Maths: Partitioning in different ways

We started the lesson by practising partitioning our tens and ones. Then we moved onto think about how we can partition a number in different ways! So we know that 45 is made of 40+5 but we also know that 20+25 is 45

Year 2 - Computing: Exploring Purple Mash

For our first computing lesson in Year 2, we spent the lesson learning how to log in to Purple Mash and exploring the website. We will be using Purple Mash for almost all of our computing learning from now all the way up to Year 6!

Year 4 - Hornbills Library Session

Hornbills had a lovely start to their day today Tuesday 16th September 2025 enjoying reading in our library

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 2 - Maths - Week 1 2025

To get us back into the swing of things with our amazing maths, we spent the first week reminding ourselves of what numbers up to 20 look like and what tens and ones look like

Rainbow - Self-Portraits Drawings

As part of our learning about ourselves and our peers, we have been exploring self-portraits. This activity has helped us reflect on our individual identities, emotions, and physical features. We looked closely at our faces in mirrors and discussed what makes each of us unique — from the...

Rainbow Room - Shapes Tracing and Colouring

Pupils explored 2D shapes like circles, triangles, squares, and rectangles on the interactive board, showing focus and independence while colouring, tracing, and drawing. In an adult-led activity, they traced and coloured shapes on large paper to create drawings. Then, pupils used the activity...

Year 4 - Hornbills: Reading

The children in Hornbills are always excited every Tuesday morning when they visit our library. The children are allowed to take books from the library to read in class as part of their independent reading session

Year 5 & 6 Cross Country League

Well done to all our fantastic Year 5 and 6 pupils who took part in the recent cross-country competition! Every runner showed incredible determination, teamwork, and resilience as they tackled the challenging course

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...

Year 2 Computing - Creating pictures: Impressionism

Do you know what impressionism is? We learnt about the art style of impressionism today and created our own impressionist inspired art on Purple Mash!

Year 2 - Maths: Column Method Addition

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

Year 2 - Literacy: Man on the Moon Drama

To start our topic, we read the story then we had lots of discussions about the story. We even acted out some parts of the story to help us remember it!

Year 1 Peacocks - Subtraction

We have been learning different ways to work out subtraction. We have used cubes, our fingers, pictures and drawings. Next week, we will be using number lines to help us!

Reception Classes - Spanish: Colours and Fruits

...urs through stories and play! Our children in Ducklings and Cygnet Classes explored words for colOurs and fruits in Spanish by using paints and real fruits — a fun way to connect language and creativity!...

Year 2 - PSHE: Celebrating differences (Stereotypes)

We learnt about stereotypes in this PSHE lesson and we considered and discussed common stereotypes that people have of girls and boys. We even linked our learning to Oracy by using our hand signals to show how we felt about each statement

Year 2 - Literacy: Rainforest Artwork 2025

We spent the last week of our first half term completing writing that relates to our geography topic: Hot and Cold countries. We created artwork inspired by the rainforest!

Year 2 - Geography: Autumn WOW Day 2025

To end our geography topic on hot and cold countries, we created shoebox habitats of what we might find in a country with a hot or cold climate. We even considered the animals and plants we might see there

Rainbow - Letters, Fingers Writing and CVC Learning

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

Year 4 Hornbills - Oracy - 5th November 2025

The children had a fun discussion session this morning 5-11-2025 as part of their study start. They used conversation prompts to explore speaking and listening as part of our oracy skills

Rainbow - Reading Stories

Pupils were well engaged during reading activities, particularly when listening to an adult read aloud the story "The Cat Who Had Different Coloured Shoes." The narrative captured their interest and provided a meaningful context for learning colours names. Pupils demonstrated recognition of colours...

Rainbow - Maths Learning

...uraged fine motor skills....

Year 4 Wow Day

The children in Year 4 had an amazing Wow Day. They first completed their end of term assessment and then began creating their earthquake cities. Some of our pupils had the opportunity to make a pop-up earthquake building

Year 3 - WOW Day - Autumn 1 2025

Year 3 had a fantastic Wow Day to wrap our learning about the Amazon Rainforest. We created vibrant dioramas of the rainforest using paints, leaves, twigs and lots of different recycled materials to bring our vision to life! Watch the videos to see what geographical features we included

Year 2 - Black History Month Drumming

To celebrate Black History Month, we had an incredible visitor who came in to lead a drumming assembly and he even did a workshop for us where we each had our own drums and we drummed along to his beat

Year 3 - Outdoor Learning 2025

Year 3 learnt what plants need to grown and discussed the steps to follow plant a seed in our science lessons. We then went out to the Hop Garden to plant our seeds and start our plant-growing journey. It was exciting to use what we learned and see how plants begin to grow

Year 3 - Black History Workshop 2025

Year 3 had fun learning about Black History with Immediate Theatre Company. We used drama to celebrate diversity in our class and learn about different aspects of Black culture such as food

Year 4 Hornbills - Outdoor Learning - Autumn 2 2025

The children enjoyed their weekly whole class reading session in our Hop garden where they read our story and discussed the events

Year 2 - RE Day: Autumn 1 2025

Why did Jesus tell stories? This was the question we focused on this half term as part of the larger question: What can we learn from special stories? We spent the day learning about Christian stories and discussed the meaning of them. We then did a range of activities that help us consolidate our...

Rainbow Room - Autumn Art

As part of our seasonal learning journey, pupils have been engaging in fantastic activities to explore the beauty of Autumn through art. Pumpkins Art: Pupils painted their own representations of pumpkins using water colours and cotton buds, adding texture and vibrancy with orange tissue paper....

Nursery - Welcome Back

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

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

Nursery - Homes

We are learning about different homes. We made our 3D models, by recycling junk materials. We made individual models and a class model of a huge residential flats

Nursery - Family

We are learning about who is special to us and who is in our family

Rainbow Room - Planting

We have been learning about the life cycle of plants, focusing on beans and cress. As part of our sensory learning, the children planted their own seeds using soil, pots and water, exploring the different textures and steps involved when it comes to planting. Over the next few days, we will be...

Science - Measuring sound in decibels

Hearing is like a sound journey that travels through your ear all the way to your brain. Everything that makes a sound — like a drum, a bell, or someone talking — causes the air around it to vibrate (shake). These vibrations travel through the air like invisible waves. Sound waves enter your ear....

Year 1 Parrots - Our First Week in Year 1

Parrot class have been very busy doing maths, literacy, phonics and geography. Take a look at our amazing work!

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...

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

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

Rainbow Class - Flower Painting (Arts & Science)

This week, the children in Rainbow Class combined their science and creative skills while learning about flowers and the different parts of plants. Children had an opportunity to to explore the features of flowers and used paint to create their own beautiful flower artwork. The children carefully...

Rainbow Class - Exploring Plants & Tress (Science)

This week, the children in Rainbow Class explored the life cycle of plants and trees through a range of practical, sensory, and engaging learning activities. Using pictures and matching activities, children explored the different parts of plants and trees by matching, labelling, or writing the...

Rainbow Class - Learning Subtraction

...r when objects are taken away....

Nurture Group - Our first few weeks in Nurture

We have just started our journey in nurture and we are extremely excited to be there

Rainbow Class - Farm Animals (Literacy Focus)

...ory play and imaginative play....

Rainbow Class - Pigs Masks & Houses (Art)

Pupils had a fantastic time taking part in a creative art activity inspired by the story of "The Three Little Pigs." They carefully painted their pig and wolf masks and explored a variety of materials, including sticks, colour paper, and tissue paper, to create houses for the pigs. This...

Rainbow Class: SEND Music

...nd exploring different sounds....

Rainbow Class - The Three Little Pigs Focus (Literacy)

As part of their literacy learning, pupils engaged in active listening while exploring the focus story, The Three Little Pigs. Children matched concrete objects, including sticks, blocks, and shredded paper, to the different houses built by the pigs in the story. They were also encouraged to feel...

Rainbow Room - Art: WOW Day

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

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

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

Year 2 - Maths: Clocks

To get us ready for our time topic, we looked at clocks and learnt about the different parts of the clock. Then we designed our own clocks - the hands even spin!

Rainbow Class - Geography

...heir own unique Hackney logos....

Year 2 - Literacy: Taking Flight Drama

To help us remember the story of taking flight, we sequenced the story and then retold the story to our partners. The challenge was the second partner had half the time to retell the story, then we halved it again! This helps us focus on the most important parts of the story so we can add our own...

Year 2 - Literacy: Performing poetry

What is your favourite poem? We have been learning about poems and we tried out performing fun and hilarious poems. We thought about our tone, volume, body language and much more! Have a watch of our performances!

Year 2 - Literacy: All About Me Posters

This year, we have had the amazing opportunity to publish our own book. To inspire us to write, we started the process by creating posters all about us to show people the best parts of ourselves

Year 2 - Big Draw 2026

For the Big Draw, we created art pieces that featured bright colourful painted backgrounds. Then we created silhouettes of animals to stick on top of our backgrounds!

Year 1 Peacock - Science: Lego

This week in Science, we have been learning about Lego. We spent time researching Ole Kirk Khristiansen (creator of Lego) and we also spent time experimenting with Lego, making our own Lego Masterpieces

Year 1 - Georges Seurat

In Art this term, we have been looking at Georges Seurat and pointillism. We used key ideas from Seurat such as pointillism, perspective and colour mixing

Rainbow Room - Maths: Adding & Subtracting Coins

...money in real-life situations....

Rainbow Class: RE - Learning about Islam

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

Year 1 Peacock Class - Mapping Skills Day

We enjoyed our first Mapping Skills Day! We looked at maps of the local area, particularly our school. We then followed directions and used a map of our playground to find our landmarks. We then created 3D models of the playgrounds

Rainbow Class - Geography: Exploring Places

...e fun with friends and family....

Year 6 Religious Education Day

The children had a wonderful Religious Education Day exploring 'How does art allow a Christian to represent his or her beliefs.' The children looked at how images and sculptures can allow someone to express their beliefs, learn from it and allow a person to follow a specific path. We ended...

Year 6 - Division - Autumn 1 2026

...eir understanding of division....

Year 1 - Geography WOW Day - Local walk

We had a fantastic WOW day, where we went on a local area walk. We used our geographical skills to navigate around our local area and point out local landmarks such as La Mela and the shops

Rainbow Class: RE Day - Lego Church

As part of our Religious Education learning about Christianity, pupils explored the significance of the Christian cross through a hands-on block-building activity. Using colourful blocks, the children carefully designed and created their own cross while developing their problem-solving, creativity,...

Rainbow Class - Bubbles Fun

WOW! We had great fun popping the bubbles as they floated through the air in our class

Rainbow Class - Attention Bucket & Singing

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

Rainbow Class - Attention & Memory Activities

Pupils engaged in a range of attention and memory activities using sensory and interactive resources. They demonstrated sustained focus, followed instructions, took turns, and practised recalling information while exploring different objects, such as pressing buttons to activate toys and squeezing...

Year 3 - Science

As part of our science learning, Year 3 have been exploring what plants need to grow and stay healthy. The children planted their own cress seeds and discussed the importance of water, light, warmth, and nutrients for plant growth. They then observed changes in their plants as they grew

Year 1 Peacocks - Science: Seedbombs

In science this term, we have been learning about plants. In this lesson, we learnt all about wildflowers and how they grow. We made our own seed bombs using compost, flour, seeds and water

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...

Lego visitors

Representatives from LEGO recently visited us, working with our Y4/5 and our Y3 classes. Children enjoyed a hands-on experience that encouraged creativity, imagination and problem-solving. Through play, pupils explored the many exciting opportunities LEGO offers, developing teamwork, communication...

Happy DLD Awareness Day!

Today, Rainbow Class proudly took part in Developmental Language Disorder Awareness Day. Throughout the day, children enthusiastically took part in a range of engaging activities, including language games, matching pictures and words , creative colourful posters. It was inspiring to see pupils...

The Nest - Volcano Science Experiment

The children in Nurture were really excited to try a volcano experiment they had seen online. We explored the experiment together, and the children loved watching the volcano erupt! It was a fun, hands-on way to encourage their curiosity, excitement and interest in exploring how things work

The Nest - Baking - Autumn 2026

Throughout this term, we have developed our baking skills through lots of practical experiences. We have learnt how to measure ingredients accurately, crack eggs independently and follow instructions in the correct order. We have also discovered which ingredients are important in baking and why we...

Extended Day Care

...ir creativity and ideas shine!...

Rainbow Class: Drums Fun (SEND Music Session)

YAY! We had so much fun playing on the drums alongside our peers

Rainbow Class - Maths: Colouring & Tracing 2D Shapes

As part of our maths learning, pupils were engaged in tracing and colouring the 2D Shapes to develop fine motor skills and shapes formations

Rainbow Class - Learning Gallery

WOW ! We had so much fun with our learning so check it out

Year 6 Eagles - Debating the Future

The children in Eagle class debated today whether the HS2 fast train should go ahead and be built. They argued about the physical landmarks and natural resources that would be lost if the train line is created. On the other hand, they also argued the impact it would have economically and how it...

Rainbow Class: PSHE & Arts (Emotions Jars)

As part of our PSHE and Arts learning, pupils explored a range of emotions through a creative "Emotions Jars" activity. Pupils identified different feelings, including happiness, sadness, anger, worry, calmness, and surprise, and discussed situations that might cause these emotions. Pupils used a...

Rainbow Class: Literacy (Story about emotions)

As part of our Literacy learning, pupils explored different emotions through stories and picture-based activities. Pupils carefully looked at illustrations, identified how characters might be feeling, and matched emotions to different situations within the story. Pupils had the opportunity to name...

Rainbow Class: Maths (Shapes Matching/ Shapes Names)

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

Rainbow Room - PHSE: Recognising Emotions

During our PSHE lesson, pupils were learning to recognise and identify emotions that are familiar to them in order to develop emotional awareness and communication skills. Pupils participated in matching, colouring, and emotion-identification activities, helping them recognise different feelings...

Rainbow Class: PSHE: Emotions Monsters

As part of our PSHE learning, our pupils had the opportunity to explore emotions through a fun and creative activity. Using recycled cardboard tubes, a variety of paint colours to represent different emotions, glitter, googly eyes, and feathers, our pupils designed and created their own Emotion...

Rainbow Class: Maths (Shapes)

As part of our Maths learning, pupils explored a variety of 2D shapes through engaging shape-identification worksheets and matching activities. Pupils practised recognising, naming, and colouring different shapes using a colour code, including circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, pentagons, and...

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

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

Tenerife - Day 1

We have had a wonderful first, full day in Tenerife! We hiked Teide and we saw many famous Tenerife Lizards. After we had our lunch, we had so much fun at the pool! After dinner, we had chill time to reflect on our first day and enjoy some card games, as well as ball games. We are very excited for...

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...

Year 3 - Friction Test

We explored what friction is and how it can be both an advantage and a disadvantage. We investigated the effects of friction by setting up a ramp with different materials on it. We rolled a toy car down each surface, measured the distance it travelled, and recorded our results. We then discussed...

Year 3 - Friction Detectives

Year 3 became friction detectives! We learned what friction is and discovered that it can be both helpful and tricky. To test it out, we built a ramp and covered it with different materials. Then we sent a toy car zooming down each surface, measured how far it travelled, and carefully recorded our...

Year 2 - History - Explorers WOW Day

To finish up our explorers topic, we spent the day doing fun activities to do with explorers, like astronauts

Rainbow Class - Transports

As part of our history and literacy learning, pupils learned about different types of transport that people use to travel. We talked about the names of different transports and how people use them. Pupils also explored transport from the past and the present, looking at how some transports have...

Year 5: Science - Stages of Human Development

We began by reflecting on our prior knowledge of life stages and life cycles in both animals and humans, considering the changes that occur as they grow. The children then created a timeline of the human life stages, identifying typical ages and exploring the physical, emotional and mental changes,...

Year 5: History - Windrush

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

Rainbow Class - Using Coins

As part of mathematics learning, pupils took part in practical activities to explore the use and value of coins, helping to develop their understanding of money. Pupils used concrete resources, including coins and numericons, to support counting skills and reinforce number recognition from 1 to 20....

Rainbow Class - Seasons Arts & Crafts

As part of a combined Arts & Crafts and Science activity, our pupils explored the topic of seasons. Pupils created colourful paintings to represent the different seasons, using vibrant paint colours to express seasonal changes. Also, they took part in a sticking and gluing activity to explore...

Rainbow Class - Interventions Focus

As part of our Colourful Semantics intervention, pupils listened attentively as adults modelled and recalled simple sentences using the sentence structure such as " Who"/ 'What doing"/ etc. Pupils were supported to identify and understand each part of the sentence through visual...

Year 5 Wow Day - Turkey

Year 5 had an exciting WOW Day learning all about Turkey as part of their Geography topic! The children experimented with vibrant patterns and colours to design their own ceramic‐style plates, inspired by both the physical and human geography of Turkey—from its stunning mountain ranges and...

Year 3 - Volcanoes Wow Day

Year 3 had an exciting WOW Day all about volcanoes! The children loved experimenting with watercolours to create vibrant volcano artwork, using straws to blow the paint and make dramatic lava‑splash effects. They also had great fun building their own mini volcano models and watching them erupt with...

Nurture Group - Our Busy and Baking Adventures

Here are some of the highlights of what we’ve been up to- We worked together, waited our turn, supported one another, and celebrated each small success

Year 4 Wow Day 2026

The children enjoyed their Wow Day demonstrating all their knowledge about our topic - Rivers. They completed their assessment and created an information poster all about rivers using their facts and knowledge. They drew rivers and created different types of settlements around the river

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 Class - Planting Beans and Cress

As part of our science learning, the pupils took part in a hands‐on activity where they planted beans and cress. The pupils were highly engaged throughout the session, exploring the steps involved in planting and beginning to learn about the plant life cycle. They had opportunities to touch and...

Tenerife - Day 4

We had yet another fantastic day in sunny Tenerife! We visited an ecological banana plantation where we had the opportunity to have a tour and learn a range of different things about how they grow bananas! After this, we had a beautiful walk to a park which had fantastic views of the sea and 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...

Tenerife - Day 2

We have had a fantastic day in Tenerife! This morning, we visited the local schools to see their day to day, and to see how it differed from ours. After lunch, we headed to the pools! We have had so much fun and looking forward to tomorrow!

TTRS AWARD for Year 4 Pupil

The whole year 4 group were so excited when a star pupil received the GONE GREEN TTRS award. This means that all their answers on TTRS were completed in under 4 seconds. Well done to our young superstar. We are so proud of your achievements

Rainbow Class - Transports: History

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

Rainbow Room: Human Anatomy (Our Body)

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

Year 2 - Science: Plants 2026

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

Rainbow Room - Mehdi Hanna Design ( RE )

As part of the RE learning, our pupils began exploring Islam through a creative and engaging art and crafts activity. They designed their own Mehndi (henna) patterns, using chalk dipped in a mixture of powder and water to create vibrant designs on their hands. Pupils thoroughly enjoyed...

Year 1 Peacocks - BIG DRAW and Art

This week, we have had fun making Coral Reef pictures for our BIG DRAW. These will be displayed at the school exhibition later on this month

Rainbow Class - Human Life Cycle & Needs / Human Body

As part of Science and PSHE, pupils learned to identify and name parts of the human body. They were able to find, match, and write body part names on worksheets using a labelled human body diagram. Pupils demonstrated understanding by pointing to and naming most body parts independently. In...

Year 5: Wow Day - Windrush

Year 5 had an exciting WOW Day learning all about the Windrush generation as part of their History topic! During one of the activities, the children explored the work of a famous artist linked to Caribbean culture and created their own vibrant artwork, using bold colours and patterns to reflect the...

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...

Rainbow Class: Big Draw Day

...d confidence in their artwork....

Rainbow Room: Human Body Learning

As part of our Science and PSHE learning, pupils explored the human body, beginning with singing their favourite song “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” with actions to support identifying the names of different body parts. Then, pupils were using an interactive board to match facial and...

Rainbow Class: Fun Learning

...ination and fine motor skills....

Rainbow Class: Body X-Ray Art Fun

As part of our Science and PSHE learning, pupils explored the human body using simple, visual books showing body parts and organs. This was supported by looking at X-ray images of hands, arms and feet, helping pupils understand what is inside the body. Adults used clear language, repetition and...

Year 2 - History: WOW Day

To end our Great Fire of London topic, we made our own Tudor houses and burned them! It was a little sad because we put in a lot of hard work but this helped us learn a bit about how the people of 1666 felt when they lost their homes!

Year 4 - Maths with Money

The children today had the opportunity to buy a selection of items and find the correct change. They used their problem solving skills and found the change showing the amount using the money resources

Year 2 - World Book Day 2026

Have a look at our amazing World Book Day outfits!

Year 2 - Science: Plant Hunt 2026

We went on a plant hunt in Hackney Marshes! Spring time is the perfect time to see what is growing in our local environment

Year 4 - Science Experiment

...ent and the factors involved. Our next steps is to use the data to create a graph to present Our findings....

Year 2 - Science: Environment survey

Do you know what our school environment has? Does it have trees? What about animals? What kinds of sounds can you hear? Is there litter? We went around the school playground and hop garden to carry out a survey

Year 2 - PSHE: Being relaxed

What does it mean to be relaxed? What does it mean to be stressed? We talked about this in our lesson and shared ideas of how to relax when we are feeling stressed

Year 2 - Numbers Day 2026

Have a look at our amazing Numbers Day outfits!

Year 2 - Maths: Recognise quarters

What is a quarter? We spent the lesson familiarising ourselves with what this looks like in shapes

Year 2 - Maths: Partitioning 2026

As we start our fractions topic, we remind ourselves of how to partition but this time we do it using a bar model

Year 2 - Maths: Measuring in CM

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

Year 2 - Maths: Division sharing

To help us understand how to divide by sharing, we worked with our partners share out numbers equally on our whiteboards

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

We explored the setting of London in 1666 by using masking tape to create the world. We described the setting and even used our senses to imagine what it would have been like

Year 2 - Literacy: Research the rainforest

To help us with our writing, we spent the lesson researching about the Daintree Rainforest in Australia. This will give us plenty of ideas when we write an informal letter to our friends

Year 2 - Literacy: Climate March

Inspired by Greta from Greta and the Giants, we created our own posters and had our own climate march

Year 2 - History: Great Fire of London Now Press Play

We followed the Great Fire of London through a story told to us through our amazing Now Press Play headphones!

Year 2 - Geography: Spring Mapping Skills Day

In this Mapping Skills Day, we learnt how to read and interpret maps. We also learnt about compasses and to end the day, we drew and built a map of our school!

Year 2 - DT: Spring WOW Day 2026

We finished our DT topic off by building our vehicles that promote being environmentally friendly

Year 1 Peacocks - Welcome back!

Have a look at what Year 1 have been up to since coming back to school! We have had mapping skills day, practicing our counting, reading groups, phonics groups, writing stories and much more!

Year 2 - Geography: Autumn Mapping Skills Day

Today, we spent time learning about language used for direction (such as north, east, south, west) and we looked at some maps. We went on a treasure hunt, drew our own maps and even made art inspired by maps!

Year 6 - Literacy: Performing Poetry

In today’s reading lesson, we learnt a bit about how poetry can be performed. Joseph Coelho explains that our voice, emotions and body language is important to help the audience understand the point of our poems. We picked some poems from his book “Overheard in the Tower Block” to perform

Year 6 – Spanish: Phonics

Considering the greater emphasis on the explicit teaching and assessment of phonics in Secondary, and with the idea of continue helping children to become successful language learners in the future, at Daubeney we consistently complete a range of different activities that help us consolidate our...

Year 5 - Literacy: Midnight Fair Power of Play

During this power of play lesson, we imagined what it would be like to be at the fair. What did the fair look like? How could we describe the world of the book. After, we created a story map of the story from our discussions

Year 5 - Energy Sparks Workshop

Is our school energy efficient? This is what the Year 5s learn about during their workshop run by Energy Sparks

Excellence in Music Award 2025

...ollaboration, and performance. Our partnership with the LSO has infused new energy into Our music te...... both creativity and teamwork. Our commitment to inclusion shines through in spectacular productions...

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

Rainbow Room - PE Session

Today, as part of the PE session (Sensory Circuits), the children had the opportunity to engage in an enriching activity where they practiced walking along the bench. They were encouraged to make their own decisions about the direction they wanted to take, fostering independence and enhancing their...

Year 6 - Day 2 of Into Uni: Eagles Class

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

Reception - Spring 1 - Week 3

This week, we have been having lots of fun! We have been fossil hunting in our Investigation Area. We have also been using our fine motor skills to create lovely images using hammers and pins. We have also been reading 'Monkey Puzzle' this week and have been doing fantastic writing, as well...

Rainbow Room - Identiplay Learning (Cars & Instruments)

As part of Identiplay, children had the opportunity to engage in interactive play with adults and peers using a variety of objects. They explored musical instruments by mimicking different sounds, to foster auditory skills and musical creativity. Also, children played with cars by demonstrating...

Rainbow Room - Chinese New Year

The children in Rainbow Room had a wonderful learning 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

Reception - Week 1: Spring 2025

We have enjoyed our first week back at school! We have been talking about our holidays, practising our numbers and our phonics

Year 5 - History: WOW Day

To end our Ancient Greek topic, we spent the morning answering the overarching question “What influence did the Ancient Greeks have on our modern day society?” After that, we created our own Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses inspired masks as well as Ancient Olympic like olive wreath

Rainbow Room: Display Boards

The children in the Rainbow Room were involved in a range of fun and engaging activities, which were highlighted in our recent displays. In particular, we focused on the Chinese New Year Celebrations and Growth Mindset Learning

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

Reception - St Barnabas Church Trip

Have a look at our photos from our RE trip to the local church. We listened and re-enacted the Christian Christmas story

Reception - Autumn 2

Have a look at our photos from Autumn 2!

Year 1 - Parrot Class: RE Day - Christmas

During RE day we discussed why Christians celebrate Christmas. We acted out the Christmas story using props and costumes. We also created a lovely advent wreath and discussed what each candle on the wreath represents. Take a look at our lovely work!

Forest School - Animal Dens

Exploring, making animal dens, using natural resources to make christmas cards and decorations

Year 5 - Trip to the British Museum

We have been 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 5 – Partner school in Spain. Christmas cards

Last week, in our Spanish lessons, pupils from Kiwis and Robins classes created Christmas cards for our partner school in Tenerife, Spain. All pupils have written individual bilingual messages to wish them Feliz Navidad . A small group of children will be visiting the school next year, so they also...

Winter Resources

Winter Resources for Parents and Carers These resources are specially designed by the therapists at Beacon House to support regulation, connection and rest during December. Download them for free here and share with family and friends so everyone can access what they need during this busy holiday...

Year 5 - Literacy: Scene descriptions

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

Year 5 DT: Moving Dragons

In this lesson, we learnt about levers and what input and outputs are. We created our own moving dragons using card and split pins!

Year 3 - Built a Stone Age Village

The children in Year3 had a fantastic Literacy lesson. As part of our Power of Play project the children built a village where they would be living in during the Stone Age. This week they will write a travel guide for visiting the Stone Age

Year 2 - RE Day - Spring 2025

... was focussed on forgiveness. Our question was ‘What does it mean to say sorry?’. We spent time identifying why it might by difficult to say sorry and thought about other ways we could we were sorry. We discussed religious views on being honest, truthful and admitting mistakes and though...

Year 4 - Wow Day

We designed our own games working in teams and then presented our ideas to the Dragons whom we wanted to invest in our projects

Rainbow Room - Numerical Hearts

We had fun exploring numbers on heart shapes in the tuff tray, matching them to develop our numerical understanding. We also practiced counting and number recognition with interactive actions like jumping

Rainbow Room - Dots Heart Painting

We've been exploring various art techniques, and our focus has been on dot painting. We painted hearts using cotton buds and purple and pink colors. Additionally, we explored different patterns within dot painting to enhance the creativity

Year 3 - Wow Day

The children had a fun day continuing their learning all about linkages and levers. As part of our Wow Day activities they made a moving dragon, a snapping crocodile and a scissor dragon

Year 3 - Kahoot in ICT

The children had a fun session today in their ICT lesson using Kahoot and answering questions based on our Science topic - Animals and Humans

Year 1 - Parrot Class: DT

We've been busy making chairs in DT. First we looked at lots of different examples of chairs, like sofas, rocking chairs, deck chairs and swivel chairs. Then we designed our own chairs before making them out of lots of different materials. We used lots of tape and glue so that it was strong and...

Spanish Champions at the BFI

Yesterday a group of Spanish Champions was at the BFI Southbank for the day. In the morning the presenter took our pupils on an exciting journey to practice Spanish in a fun and interactive way using short films, and in the afternoon, we got to enjoy a film in Spanish

Year 3 Kingfisher - Show and Tell

The children today had another fun session in their weekly Show and Tell Session. They shared their favourite animals and gave some amazing facts about them

Year 2 - Safer Internet Day

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

Year 5 - Numbers Day

To celebrate numbers day, we dressed up as numbers and also did some fun activities during our maths lesson!

Year 5 - Maths Challenge

On Monday, four Year 5 children were invited to go to Guildhall to take part in a maths challenge lead by the students of Christ’s Hospital. The children took part in 5 challenging activities for 8 minutes each. Well done to all who took part!

Reception - Numbers Day

On Friday, we really enjoyed dressing up as our favourite numbers for Number Day. We talked about where numbers are used and why we use them

Year 2 trip to the Science Museum

We had so much fun on a trip to the Science Museum recently. We explored a range of aeroplanes and thought about how they had changed over the years. We discussed the materials they were/are made from and looked at miniature versions that were used in the design process. We then had a great time...

Year 4 - RE Day

During RE day, Hornbill class learnt about the life of Saint Francis. We were inspired by his poem 'Canticle of the Sun' and worked collaborative to write our own class poem 'The World, My World'. Listen to us perform our poem

Year 4 - Numbers Day

Hornbill Class enjoyed doing a variety of maths activities to celebrate Numbers Day. We got creative with our number-inspired outfits and had fun playing 'Who Wants to be a Mathionaire'

Year 2 - The Midnight Fair

This lesson, we used watercolours to paint a scene from the story. We used bursts of colour to show how the lights of the fair twinkled in the night time and thought about the places we would see if we were there

Year 2 - Science Hop Garden

We went to visit our very own garden this week for Science to take part in a survey. We made a tally chart to record how many trees, plants and animals we could see and then discussed how this is useful to know. We also discussed what we can do to look after our environment

Year 2 - Role on the wall

To continue our Book Fortnight, we explored the characters in more detail. We used role on the wall to discuss and write down a variety of adjectives for how the characters are seen by others on the outside, and how the characters actually feel or want to be seen on the inside

Year 2 - Money

To finish our money topic, we explored finding amounts of change. We worked with a partner to pretend to buy classroom items. The shopkeeper told the buyer how much it would cost, the buyer used appropriate coins to pay for it, and then the shopkeeper had to work out how much to give back

Year 2 - Making Equal Groups

To start our multiplication topic, this week we focussed on making equal groups. We used cubes to make towers representing various sentences such as 3 groups of 4. We talked about how groups we would need and how many cubes there would be inside each group. We could then work out the answer to the...

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

Year 2 - Computing in DT

We spent time this week using Purple Mash designing our very own cars. We thought about where we wanted to place the wheels, the shape of the chassis and the colour or pattern of the body. We had lots of fun being creative with our designs!

Year 2 - Computing

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

Year 2 - Computing

This half term in Computing we began our coding topic. We used Air Traffic Control on Purple Mash to code a variety of objects to move in different ways. We also identified the collision detection coding block and used this in our code

Year 2 - Changing Materials

In Science, we took part in an experiment about changing the shape of materials. We made a prediction first, as to what material would be the most changeable and which would be the least. We then chose various items and tested to see whether we could squash, stretch, twist or bend it. We recorded...

Year 2 - Book Fortnight

As part of our whole school Book Fortnight, we read the story ‘The Midnight Fair’. We explored various points of the story and used freeze frames to imagine what the characters were doing and what they would be feeling