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...

SEND and Our Local Offer

Our SENDCO Welcome to the Blossom Federation SEND offer. From the moment I took over as SENDCO at Daubeney, my dedicated team and I have tried to create a personalised experience for you - and bring back, the element of working together to serve your child. Our inclusive curriculum is supported by...

School Uniform

Daubeney is a ‘uniform school’ this is supported by the SLT and the Governors. We believe that a school uniform is important: It looks smart Wears well Contributes to a sense of belonging and community Gives a common purpose Makes children feel equal to their peers in terms of appearance Fosters a...

Safeguarding

...rs Child Safety on YouTube: Parent Factsheet Online Safety Operation Encompass - Parent Letter......afety Operation Encompass - Parent Letter Each school is required to prepare an annual safeguard......2022 Spring 2023 Tips for Parents and Carers...

Admissions

...anaged by Hackney Education . Parents are welcome to visit the school prior to contacting Hackney Ed......s, both Parents need to be working. Parents are eligible for 15 hours of funded childcare if both th......years old before 1 April 2024 Parents earn at least £8,670 a year and less than £100,000 a y...

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...

Year 5

... Residential 2025 Parent Meeting Spelling test Spellings will be handed out on a Friday and the test will be the following Friday. Times tables tests Times tables will be handed out on a Friday and the test will be the following week. This is timed so please try to practice using a 5-m...

Attendance

At Daubeney we know that good attendance is the key to successful schooling, and we believe our pupils can be amongst the best. Although we aim for 100% attendance, each year we set a target for attendance, and this is used to compare us to other schools nationally. Our current attendance target is...

Assessment

...veloped following the progression maps for each subject. Reporting to Parents There are two planned ...... two planned opportunities for consultations with Parents each year - Parents’ Days: one in the se...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

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...

Daubeney Children & Family Hub

Daubeney Children & Family Hub is just down the road from Daubeney Primary School. The centre shares its state of the art facilities with Daubeney Nursery which is a high quality and beautiful environment for children to learn. The centre is run by our Children’s Centre Manager – Suzanne...

Governors

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

Daubeney Village

...more interesting and exciting. Daubeney Parent association and the Executive Head teacher decide how to spend funds. How can I be involved in Daubeney Village? There are many different ways you can help with Daubeney Village whether you have lots of time to offer or not. Some of the roles are time-c...

Early Years Foundation Stage

...licy April 2024 We believe… Parents/carers are children’s first and most important educators. Practitioners will aim to develop a partnership with all Parents/carers that is based on mutual respect and shared responsibility. Every child is included regardless of their ethnicity, culture, or re...

Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL)

... Stay tuned... OPAL Ideas for Parents...

PSHE - Jigsaw

...onships and Health Education RSHE A Guide for Parents and Carers RSHE Content Grid Ages 3 - 11......d Ages 3 - 11/12 Content Overview Map LGBTQ Parent Leaflet Parent Access If you would like acc......2 Content Overview Map LGBTQ Parent Leaflet Parent Access If you would like access to Jigsaw mat...

Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development

...: Assemblies British Values Parent Coffee Mornings Cluster Dance Performances Visitors –......s and enrichment Daubeney Village Parental Workshops SEN support...

Ofsted

...ow kindness and respect to one another. Parents and carers say they feel part of a strong community.......ey Primary School to other prospective Parents" Parent View Parent View asks for your opinion on 12......hool to other prospective Parents" Parent View Parent View asks for your opinion on 12 aspects of y...

Online Safety

... Cards Online Safety Links for Parents and Carers These links contain advice about staying safe online, and support with setting Parental control on your devices. Online Activity and Mental Health...

Religious Education

...p compassion for others through a caring and supportive environment. Parent's Right to remove their......supportive environment. Parent's Right to remove their child from RE Parents & carers have a ri...... resources, ask questions etc so they can make an informed decision. Parents & carers have a ri...

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...

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...

Science and Sustainability

Science We recognise the importance of Science in every aspect of daily life. As one of the core subjects taught in Primary Schools, we give the teaching and learning of Science the prominence it requires. Our vision for science is, “to ensure that children are given a science curriculum, which...

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...

Nurture Group - The Nest

The Nest is a place for children to have the opportunity to grow in confidence and become engaged, successful learners in their classrooms and the school community. Nurture is an environment where adults and children work closely together; a place where mistakes and accidents are discussed; where...

Starting Reception in September

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

Free School Meals

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

Parent Art Workshop - REC/KS1

...n Wednesday, we hosted an Art Parent Workshop for our Reception and KS1 cohorts. The children and their carers enjoyed taking part in a range of different art activities including bracelet making, collaging, painting, air dry clay and making paper plate fish! We look forward for our next workshop!...

Year 1 - Family phonics workshop 2024/25

Thank you to all the parents that attended the Family Phonics Workshop this year. We hope that this has been useful and that you are feeling confident in supporting your child with reading and phonics now. Here are a few photos to highlight what we have been doing

Year 3 Toucan - What I Want to Be When I Grow Up

Toucan class absolutely dazzled everyone with their assembly on 'What I Want to Be When I Grow Up.' They presented it to KS2 and their parents with incredible confidence and flair, earning well-deserved applause!

Winter Resources

...day time....

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...

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...

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 - 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!

Excellence in Music Award 2025

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

Oracy Parent Talk with John Linklater

Quantity Surveyor and Construction Manager

Oracy Parent Talk with Hannah Thompson

Events manager and globe trotter extraordinaire

Mr Logan’s Weekly Update Video - 30th June 2023

...me. Have a great weekend....

Mr Logan’s update video - 24th July 2023

...our viewing infotainment....

Parents Consultation Survey 2022

... management of the school....

Spanish Champions Help at Parents' Evening

Spanish Champions working! Earlier on this week, at parents' evening, some members of the team helped parents with their Spanish language, as well as informed them about how we learn at Daubeney. HUGE gracias!

Nursery - Teddy Bears Picnic

Nursery had a wonderful time having a teddy bears picnic at the park. We sang some songs and spoke about our favourite teddies. The children enjoyed introducing their teddies and eating their snack. Lexie said "My teddy likes eating apples". Sulemane said "My teddy is called...

Parents' Evening

Parents' Day 2017

... Parents' Day Programme......n early booking is desirable. Parents need to arrange an appointment with the class teacher from the......kshops throughout the day. Parents' Day Poster Parents' Day Programme...

ParentMail

... we have decided to introduce ParentMail , a quick and easy way to communicate with Parents through ......hings online and we feel that ParentMail would really improve and simplify the processes involved wi......ctivities and trip payments. ParentMail will be beneficial to you because; Messages will get to y...

Nursery Visit to St Barnabas Church

...getting dressed to take part. Parents came along to support us....thank you!...

Nursery visit to Old MacDonald's Farm

Nursery had a wonderful time visiting Old MacDonald's Farm. We looked at lots of farm animals and even stroked the rabbits, guinea pigs and a European eagle owl. The children enjoyed going on the rides and having lunch with their class. A big thank to all parents who volunteered to help out!

Nursery Sports Day 2017

Nursery's sports day revealed that we have many budding athletes in Daubeney! The children hopped higher than kangaroos in their sacks, balanced like aeroplanes in the sky in the egg and spoon race and ran (almost) as fast as cheetahs! The parents didn't do too badly either, as you can see...

Nursery Easter Bonnet Parade

Nursery had a wonderful time parading around the nursery playground. The children made some wonderful hats and sang songs to their parents. Take a look below to see some creative hats!

Nursery Christmas Performance 2015

As part of their Christmas performance the children in Nursery sang songs to their parents

Nursery Celebrate Chinese New Year

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

Nursery - Pyjama Day

The children (and parents!) in nursery showed off their fabulous night-time attire in aid of Great Ormond St Hospital on Friday. Elijah excitedly said, "I can't believe we're not going to bed now!" The excitement lasted throughout the day, so it was lucky we had an activity that...

Reception - Homerton Fire Station

We went to Homerton Fire Station and had such a good time. We all had a turn on the fire hose and got inside the Fire Engine. We watched the Fire Fighters slide down the pole. Thank you to all the parents who accompanied us on the trip. Yellow Class at Homerton Fire Station. Jaziah is having a go...

Nursery - First Week of School

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

Nursery - Autumn Treasures Bag

...lling a Autumn treasures bag. Parents and children will be collecting Autumn treasures together, during the half term holiday....

November Parent Workshop

We had another fantastic turn out for our second literacy parent workshop of the Autumn term. KS1 parents had the opportunity to learn some fun ways to support their children with writing at home. We had a go at using visual image to inspire children’s imagination and creativity. The parents and...

Most improved music curriculum!

While fireworks were exploding overhead, a very proud Mr. Clarke, Miss Douglas and Mr. O‘Flynn went to the Hackney Empire to attend the Hackney Music Service Annual Gala. Mr O’Flynn was tipped off that there might be an award for Daubeney and sure enough Daubeney received a special acknowledgement...

Maths Times Table Challenge

...n, commitment and enthusiasm. Parents are urged to encourage their children to practice their times table facts and related division facts....

Maths Parent Workshop - Autumn 2 2018

...rom all those who attended. Parent Workshop Presentation...

Maths Parent Workshop

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Maths Junior Team Coding Club

At Daubeney the Maths Junior Team have been having a fantastic time engaging in a Coding Club. This is held every Friday morning and facilitated by two of our very enthusiastic parents. The pupils are fully engaged during these sessions and looking forward to creating their own amazing projects...

Maths Family Workshop KS1

...workshop was very positive. Parent Maths Workshop...

Mapping Out a Walking Zone

The Eco team and Junior Road Safety Team went on a trip around our local area to map out a walking zone that children and parents can use to commute to and from school. The children were very excited to be creating this map and be part of such an important project for our school. The routes we...

Reception - Blue Class: Work Week 2019

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

Reception - Launchpad for Language Parent Workshop

...on Tuesday 17th January 2017. Parents had fun with their child/ren making fantastic story props. They found out how they can help their child/ren with storytelling and took home story prompts!...

Literacy Parent Workshop - March 2019

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

Red Class - Fire Station Visit

As part of Inspire Work Week Red Class went to the Fire Station. Take a look to see what a brilliant time we had! A big thank you to all the parents that volunteered on the day

Year 2 - 2C Class Assembly - 15th November 2018

Today we did our first class assembly of the year! We talked about writing instructions in literacy, maps in geography and the environment in geography! Thank you to all the parents and carers who came to watch us perform! We hope you enjoyed it!

Year 1 - Sports Day 2018

Year 1 had a great time at sports day this week! They participated in lots of different activities. Thanks to all of the parents for coming!

Woodwind Concert

Our annual Woodwind Concert showcased some of the rising stars of Daubeney and the mature saxophone skills of Callaghan. Our ears were treated to the sweet mellow sounds of the flute, saxophone and clarinet. These children are the ones who stuck with their instrument all year with help from their...

Welcome

A big welcome to the Daubeney Primary School website. I am the Executive Head Teacher of the Federation of Daubeney, Sebright and Lauriston Schools and Children Centres. These are very exciting schools to be a part of and we hope you enjoy learning about us in these pages and finding out about all...

The One Show - Parents' Evening

Teachers, parents and children from Daubeney appeared on The One Show on Wednesday 20th December 2017. They featured in a film discussing their experiences of parents' evening

Talking About Emotions Workshop

...out Emotions’ Workshop. Parents had the opportunity to hear from our CAMHs worker and family support who discussed the importance of mental health and how they can support their children. The children were invited to participate in activities with their Parents. The Parents and children discus...

Short Ride in a Fast Machine

This is our music video for the BBC Ten Pieces Project. Thanks to parent volunteer Guy Sherwin for helping the children produce old style hand drawn animation. Drums by Jackson, Year 4 and keyboards by Tracey in Year 6

School Choir Perform for Nursery

Our parent led school choir performed for a captivated nursery audience on Wednesday 5th of July. We had a sing off in which nursery children and our choir sang for each other. 4G were in the audience too and they treated us to a cool rendition of Kye Kye Kule. Massive applause and kudos goes to...

Red Class - Paradise Wildlife Park

Red Class had an amazing time at Paradise Wildlife Park. We saw lots of animals including cheetahs, lions, zebras, snakes, owls, parrots and lemurs. We also walked around the dinosaur trail. WOW! the dinosaurs were huge and they even roared at us. Take a look at the photographs below to see what...

Reception's Stay and Learn

Big thank you, to all the parents who attended our stay and learn sessions during Autumn Term. If you would like to volunteer to take part in Daily supported Reading in Reception. Please speak to the class teacher or Miss Bibi

Reception - Launchpad for Language Parent Workshop

... take home a free sock puppet....

Reception Trip to St Barnabas Church

Reception had an amazing time visiting St Barnabas Church. The children listened carefully to the Christmas story about the birth of baby Jesus. The children even took part in acting out the story. We also looked at some story props and pointed out some very important people in the story like, baby...

Reception - Yellow Class Work Week 2019

During work we had lots of visits. The police came in to tell us about their important job. We also had some of our very own Yellow Class parents come and visit. Pearl's mum who is a Foley artist (makes sounds for films and tv programmes), Freddie's mum who is a doctor at Homerton hospital...

Reception - Yellow Class Parents Come to Lunch

Lots of the Yellow Class parents came to have lunch with their children. All the parents really enjoyed their lunch

Reception - Yellow Class Easter Parade

We had a great time at the Easter Parade. The children hats were amazing. Thank you to all the parents who work with their children to make this such a fun event

Reception - Work Week 2019: Red Class Learn About Their Parents Professions

Red Class had a lovely time during Inspire Work Week. We had parents come in to talk about their professions. We learnt so much from them. We had an actor, a costume designer, an events planner and Adam's mum from the children's air ambulance charity. Many thanks to the parents that...

Reception - Red Class Visit Homerton Library

Red class had an amazing time visiting the Library. We enjoyed walking to the library. It was great fun walking through all those colourful autumn leaves and we even spotted some pumpkins on the way. When we finally got there, the children sat beautifully listening to a story about a cow that laid...

Reception - Red Class Parents' Lunch

Reception parents had an amazing opportunity to share lunch with their child last week. It was so lovely to see lots of happy faces and empty plates. Take a look at parents in Red Class enjoying their lunch

Reception - Parents' Lunch

Reception parents had an amazing opportunity to share lunch with their child this week. Take a look at parents in Red Class enjoying their lunch

Reception - Make Your Own Sock Puppet Workshop

...onderful puppets. Have a look.......n Alien Sock Puppet together. Parents learnt about what we will be doing in Reception this year to h...

Reception - LaunchPad for Language Sock Puppet Workshop

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

Literacy September Parent Workshop

We had a great turn out for our first literacy parent workshop of the term. KS1 parents had the opportunity to learn some fun ways to support their children with reading at home. Their children also attended and it was great to see parents and children enjoying reading together by discussing the...

Literacy Parent Workshop - January 2019

The parents and children thoroughly enjoyed our January workshop which was led by Phil McDermott, the amazing story teller. They were enthralled listening to Phil tell an entertaining story then they had the opportunity to work in pairs to create their own stories. The parents learnt about the...

Year 3 - KidZania

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

Literacy Parent Workshop

...the higlights of our Literacy Parent Workshop....

Daubeney Live 2016

Just before Easter we had Daubeney Live, our annual music celebration. Our two visiting schools, Millfields and Bridge Academy blew us away with their musicality. Also we had three different bands from our own school who played to a very excited audience. There were two drum kits on stage and an...

KS1 Science Parents' Workshop

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

KS1 Parent Maths Workshop - 29th September 2017

...s and carers who attended our Parent Maths Workshop. We hope that you benefitted from finding out more about how maths is taught at Daubeney and that you feel better equipped to support your child at home. As always, should you have any further questions please don’t hesitate to contact Mr Ain...

KS1 - SATs Advice Parental Meeting

Today we held a meeting for the parents and pupils in year two sharing information concerning the KS1 tests which will begin on May 1st. This presentation gives you an idea of some of the information discussed. Teacher assessment exemplification : end of key stage 1 - English writing Working at the...

Jam on a Boat

On Thursday 22nd of June, some fine musicians from Daubeney Primary went for a jam on a barge. We had the ukulele club, half the school choir, two rock bands and a whole collection of other talented performers. We rocked out in the blissful setting of our nearby canal dressed in our Hawaiian...

Hackney Fun Run

On Sunday 30th May, as has become tradition here at Daubeney, we took part in the annual Schools' Fun Run Challenge at Hackney Marshes. The day as per usual was a great success for all involved, with many of our students declaring/discovering their love for running! Our marathon runners Mrs...

Easter Bonnet Parade 2019

We had an eggcellent parade today! Some of our hats were eggciting and eggstravagent and the judges found it difficult to choose just two winners from each year group. Thank you to everyone who took part and all the parents and carers who were able to attend!

Easter Bonnet Parade 2017 - Year 5 and 6

Well done to Year 5 and 6 who made some amazing Easter Bonnets. Take a look as they show them off to their parents and carers at our Easter Bonnet Parade

Easter Bonnet Parade 2017 - Year 1 and 2

Year 1 and 2 rose to the challenge of creating amazing Easter Bonnets. Take a look as they show them off to their parents and carers at our Easter Bonnet Parade

Daubeney on BBC Breakfast - Terrific Scientific Launch

Daubeney is very proud to be working with the BBC on this very exciting opportunity to develop scientists of the future with a cutting edge programme such as Terrific Scientific . We encourage all parents to ensure they watch the programme with their children and enjoy the potential and...

Creative Arts - Art and Design Technology

At Daubeney, the children are given the opportunity to have a broad, balanced and exciting curriculum. Art is taught through our cross-curricular lessons with a special focus during Art weeks throughout the year. We will inspire, engage and challenge pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and...

Concert at the Hackney Music Service Festival

On Monday 3rd July our school band performed at the Hackney Music Service Festival. We performed in front of ten other schools and an audience of over 100 parents. Thank you to all the parents who made it to this event to bare witness to how great our band sounded. This is the last big hurrah for...

Christmas Number 1

Tell your Ma, tell your Pa, tell the whole wide world….we at Daubeney are proud to make an attempt at a Christmas number 1 single. The epic tale began last Christmas when two young girls, Iris Roberts and Mia Kaur came forward with their own stellar composition for our Christmas carol...

Christmas Grotto 2018

Our Christmas Grotto at Daubeney was a huge success. The children and their parents lined up patiently to get their chance to chat with Santa about their Christmas secrets. Each one walked away with a fabulous gift as well, spreading the Christmas cheer!

Blue Class - Language Walk

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

Black History Month 2018

Daubeney celebrated Black History month with a fantastic event. We had singing, dancing and lots of other things that kept us thoroughly entertained throughout the evening. Thank you to all the parents, carers, friends and family that attended and a big thank you to Miss Gustave for organising such...

BBC Radio London - Parents Helping With Homework Discussion

Our Head of School, Mr Logan joined Vanessa Feltz on BBC Radio London on 9th March 2018 for a chat about how parents can best help their children with homework

BBC Big Breakfast - 48 Hours Before the Election

Daubeney is, once again very proud, to be working with BBC Breakfast and Radio 5 Live on the exciting feature - 48 Hours Before the Election. Mr Logan, Mr Dharma and Mr Ainsworth were proud to be representing the education sector during the programmes. We encourage all parents to ensure they watch...

April Book Fair

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

1D's Assembly - 11th May 2017

1D had an amazing sharing assembly today! Everyone was absolutely wonderful and thank you to all the parents and carers that come to watch!

Year 2 - Hackney Music Service Festival

We took our best singers from Year 2 to perform at the Round Chapel for the Hackney Music Service Festival. We had a fantastic time and we got to sing the songs we love so well with 15 other schools and a live band. We sang songs such as "I feel good", "Fatou Yo" and "La...

Year 3 - Parents Visit Children at School

Year 3 were very lucky to have a parent come into school this morning, and share her knowledge about the rainforest and climate change. Jenny showed the children a slide show showing them what's happening to the worlds rainforests. The children were very happy to share their knowledge and learn...

Family Phonics Workshop - 9th February 2023

...find the matching picture. Parents had a wonderful time doing this with their child. Take a look to see what fun we had....

Year 3 - 3P Class Assembly - September 2019

3P confidently performed their class assembly today and enjoyed every minute of it. They have been learning about developing a growth mindset and wanted to share what they learnt with KS2 and the parents. Take a look at their performance. We hope you enjoy it as much as 3P did!

School Council - Interview with Matt Harding by Jago

The School Council are divided into four committees; the Journalist Committee research and write articles about activities scheduled to take place in school, what children do outside of school and anything of interest happening within our community. This is an article written by Jago in 5MC. He...

Reception - Blue Class's Parent Phonic Lunch

...uary 2020) which was awesome. Parents were happy observing phonic sessions and enjoying a tasty meal with their children. Of course children were extremely happy to see their Parent in the middle of the school day!...

Reception - Yellow Class: Bug Hotels

As part of Climate Learning Week, the children in Yellow class learnt about bug hotels. They learnt that bug hotels are a multi-storey homemade habitat where creepy-crawlies of all shapes and sizes can find a place to stay. They collected various natural materials from home such as straw, wood and...

Anti-idling Awareness

As part of Climate Learning Week some members of the Junior Road Safety team handed out Anti-idling leaflets to inform parents and students about the impact idling has on our health. We at Daubeney are committed to our students living a healthy life and so we would like to ensure our air is as...

Year 2 - 2P Great Fire of London Assembly

2P wrote and preformed their assembly on The Great Fire of London. We were fantastic and thank you to all the parents and carers who came!

Family Matters Workshop - Dreams and Goals

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

Nursery Messy Play

Daubeney nursery hosted two great messy play sessions. We all got very messy with sand, shaving foam, cornflour, jelly bath, paint and spaghetti. All of our children and parents came ready full curiosity and imagination. They were ready to explore as soon as the doors opened

World Mental Health Day - 10th October 2019

Throughout the week, Daubeney participated in assemblies, parent workshops and class activities to celebrate the fantastic World Mental Health Day. This year our focus was ‘I Love Me’. Children discussed the importance of being unique and participated in activities celebrating what they...

Reception - Stay and Read Sessions in Blue Class

Blue class have really enjoyed parents staying for Stay and Read. Children have listened to stories that adults have read and shown a great interest in books. Big thank you to all the parents who have attended our stay and read sessions

Year 2 - Graduation Class Of 2019

With much fanfare our Year2’s graduated from KS1 to KS2 on 17.7.19. The teachers were proud, but not as much as the parents! As for the children they were filled with pride as the received their certificates, sang their celebratory songs and had nominated class individuals read their...

Parent Guide to Home Learning

Year 5 Residential 2019 - Day 5

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

KS1 Sports Day 2019

On this beautiful day, KS1 had their sports day at Daubeney Fields. It was a joyous day as pupils participated in different activities and parents rushed from one year group to another to cheer on siblings. 2K enjoyed tag of war, the sack race, egg on a spoon race, mini javelin, relay and many...

KS2 Sports Day 2019

Another wonderful Daubeney KS2 Sports Day was enjoyed by all that participated and watched last Thursday at Mabley Green. A big thank you to all the staff who supported and encouraged our children on the day, especially Mr Simon and Mr Simeon our PE teachers. As always, a big thank you to you our...

Nursery - Sports Day 2019

Nursery's sports day revealed that we have talented athletes in Daubeney! The children jumped in their sacks, balanced in the egg and spoon race and with a bean bag on their heads and had a raced with each other! Well done to all involved and thank you to the parents for coming to watch

Hispanic Week 2019

Our pupils learnt a lot about the Spanish speaking countries by researching, making presentations, posters, flags, maracas and many more. All staff, parents and especially children had an amazing time. A first-hand experience of the culture of all Spanish speaking countries: we had a Mexican...

Reception - Red Class trip to London Zoo

Red class had a brilliant day out at London Zoo last week (12th June 2019) The children were amazed to see a variety of animals. They particularly liked the black headed python, the penguins, the sleepy lion and and the beautiful butterflies. We also enjoyed eating our lunch at the aquarium with...

Anti-Idling Campaign

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

Year 1 - Phonics Screening Check Workshop

Thank you to all the parent who attended our Phonics screening check workshop. Please see information below of what we discussed. You should also take a look at our useful phonics websites

Nursery - Messy Play Day

Nursery had their first Messy play day. The children had so much fun exploring many different messy activities. We had cornflour, cutting spaghetti, cars in paint, shaving foam and lots more. One child said 'Miss this is the best day ever!' and another said 'I am having so much fun...

Maths Family Workshop - 20th March 2019

British Science Week 2020

...some British Science Week. Parents spent the afternoon in school educating and motivating pupils on a wide range of stem related jobs, from building their own animation into a film, taking fantastic photos when working with the best light, learning about the power of wind, experimenting with diff...

Prefect Applications for 2020-21

Job starts in September - applications accepted from Year 5 only A prefect is appointed by the Executive Headteacher on the recommendation of the Senior management team and other staff. It is expected that prefects will follow and demonstrate the Daubeney Standards in their everyday lives. Position...

Carnival 2018

This year, our carnival was in the theme of musicals. The staff and children had lots of fun dancing to different songs. We had Year 1 dressed as bears dancing to Bear Necessities, Year 5 dancing to Thriller and even the Reception children gave a great performance to the song Fame. Thank you to all...

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...

Family Phonics Workshop - Spring Term 2023

...ng at digraphs and trigraphs. Parents had a wonderful time playing phonics bingo and reading with their child. Take a look to see what fun we had!...

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...

The Nest - Parent Workshop

We invited our parents in to make Christmas decorations with us

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...

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...

Be Internet Legends Online Safety Assembly

...live assembly from Google and Parent Zone, as part of their Be Internet Legends Scheme. They had lots of fun learning about the 5 pillars of online safety - smart alert, strong, kind and brave....

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...

Nurture Group - Cooking with Parents

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

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"

Reception - Black History Week 2020

Today children celebrated Black people making a difference in Daubeney. It was amazing to see so many children dress up - thank you parents for your effort and support

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

Understanding and Managing Behaviour Workshop

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

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...

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

Mental Health Parent Workshop - 12th October 2021

...r, 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 the 9th November at 9am, this will focus o...

3G Sharing Assembly - Black History Month

3G's sharing assembly was held on 7/10/21 it was based on the children's learning around Black History Month. The children sang two songs, recited a poem and spoke about five influential black people that they had researched. It was lovely to see so many parents

Year 4 - 4B PHSE: Genes

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

Mental Health - Staff Well-being Week 2021

In Summer 1, week 6, Daubeney staff participated in ‘Duvet Week’. The staff had a big focus on self care and taking care of their mental health. It is really important that staff and parents take time for self care. Our Junior Mental Health Team created certificates and a video to show their...

Mental Health - Playing and Socialising with Friends

8th March 2021 Children, staff and parents were all happy to return to school! During the lockdown, our Daubeney children took part in a Mental Health Questionnaire. Can you guess what the majority of the children said they missed the most? Playing and socialising with their friends. The teachers...

Year 5 - Christmas Song

Year 5 had lots of fun performing their Christmas song Rockin Around the Christmas Tree. Watching this video has brought a massive smile to Mr. Fahy's face. He knows it will do the same for parents and carers!

Maths Family Workshop

This workshop had a focus of using stories to teach mathematics and helping children develop mastery. The parents had the opportunity to learn strategies to help with the mastery of concept: everything from basic counting to doing algebra. The book we focused on was "One is a snail, ten is a...

Year 3 - Work Week

This week, year 3 are learning all about how money is dealt with in the adult world. Today (27th March 2019) we brought Hackney's Mare Street into our classroom! The High street included a Cinema, Post Office, Bank and a Supermarket! Pupils all got their own wallet which included some money,...

Year 5 Residential 2017 - Day 3

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

Year 6 Meet Holocaust Survivor Eve Kugler

Year 6 had the privilege of speaking to a holocaust survivor, Eve Kugler, this week. Eve explained all about her family history and how she was separated from her parents who were interned in a concentration camp while she was forced to flee to an orphanage in America. The children were fascinated...

Year 6 - Into University

6F spent a week at Into University doing a variety of activities focused on our topic World War 2, including a visit to Churchill War Rooms and HMS Belfast. On the Friday we visited Goldsmiths University. We had a tour of the campus, learnt about university life, all the different courses you can...

Year 5/6 Residential - Oxford

29th June Thank you parents for all your lovely messages; we've had a great time sharing these, especially the nicknames! The children are doing absolutely great. However, after a gruelling day today, they are very tired. We've decided to have an early night after a much-needed hot...

Year 5 Residential 2018 - Day 5

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

Year 5 Residential 2017 - Day 2

Another riveting day at our residential adventure! What better way to start the day than with cereal, beans, hash browns, scrambled egg and toast? A hearty breakfast, after an interesting first night and a 6am morning workout and yoga, to prepare for another fun packed day of activities including...

Year 5 Planting Trees on Mabley Green

Year 5 children were excited and thrilled to have been invited to Mabley Green to plant 12 trees as part of our ECO project and also be a part of helping our local community become green. The children in pairs were each given a tree to plant and were taught skills like how to dig, levelling the...

Year 5 - Young Authors Publishing Session

5M today (Tuesday 2nd October 2018) were extremely focused and engaged in their publishing session. Excited, they all prepared their pages with pictures from the story in order to publish their own version of the story. The children cannot wait for the whole story to be published and ready for our...

Year 5 - The Night Sky

Year 5 had the opportunity to have a parent in to teach them about Art. Children were able to create a backdrop of the night sky from an image from our theme book - The heart and the bottle. We used paint and various different materials to create our own star to put in the night sky. We hope to...

Year 5 - The BIG Draw

Today (13th March 2019) the Year 5 pupils were excited to start and complete their Big Draw project. We looked at an artist, Andy Warhol, and studied his printing designs. The children chose the theme of food and fruits to use as their stimulus and along with their creative skills painted some...

Year 5 - Professional Authors

The children in Year 5 were totally focused today when they began to publish the very first story in Year 5. This term, the children have been reading a story and used the ideas from the story to create their own narrative with an interesting ending. All published work will be available on parents...

Year 5 - Poets

The Year 5 children had an amazing week of poetry. They developed their skills in writing different types of poetry and ended the week with an amazing poems called, My Gift To You... which they presented to their families. I hope all the mums, dads, brothers, sisters and grandparents enjoyed the...

Year 5 - Money, money, money!

The Year 5 children enjoyed their practical maths lesson today, where they used coins and notes to make various amounts. The children added different amounts, found the change and also used different coins to make different amounts. Children should encourage parents to allow them with their next...

Year 5 - 5M Word Tree

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

Year 4 - 4K Sharing Assembly: Living Things and their Habitats

4K proudly performed their class assembly to parents and the whole school. Their class assembly was based on the science topic of Living Things and their Habitats. Well done to all the pupils who worked hard and performed with confidence! What a team!

Year 3 Literacy - Gregory Cool

We have been focusing on the text Gregory Cool. The book is about a young boy who travels to the Caribbean island of Tobago, to spend the summer with his grandparents. Upon his arrival he realizes, the lifestyle in Tobago is much different from the lifestyle in London. We are using this book to...