23/11 - Year 4/5 Poetry Workshop
About our Curriculum
At The Blossom Federation of Daubeney, Sebright and Lauriston Schools, we shape our curriculum to ensure all pupils have access to a rich, exciting, experiential curriculum, which celebrates the rich diversity of our schools. Drawing on the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage and...
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...
Kingfisher Outdoor Poetry Session 2025
Kingfisher Class enjoyed the sunshine and the Hop-garden reading a selection of poems from the Whole Class Reader (I heard it in the playground by Allan Ahlberg)
Daubeney Library
Look at our amazing brand new library! We are so excited to have our own library at Daubeney. Each class had the opportunity to go and explore the wide range of books. From fiction and poetry to non-fiction topics such as science, history, geography and RE, there is something for everyone. What did...
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 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 - Literacy: Artwork Inspired by Poetry
...fin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry" Here is the poem: Mrs McPhee Who lived in South Zeal Roasted a duckling For every meal. 'Duckling for breakfast And dinner and tea And duckling for supper,' Said Mrs McPhee 'It's sweeter than sugar, It's clean as a nut, I'm sure and I'm certain It's good for me...
Young Hackney Poetry Competition Winner
...e winner of the Young Hackney Poetry Competition! She beat children from many other Hackney schools. Here is the winning poem......
Year 6 - 6M Poetry Workshop
Today, 15th October 2021, the children in Year 6M had a wonderful poetry session led by Donna Powell, who is an artist, songwriter and poet. The children with links to Black History Month enjoyed the session with creative ideas to use to create their own poem/rap or song
Boys Book Club - 24th May 2021
Today, 24-05-2021, the Boys Book Club enjoyed a session of poetry. We read a poem called, 'I cannot go to school today' by Shel Silverstein and enjoyed the poem. The boys then decided to create their own poem using ideas from the poem they have read. Here is our example created by the Boys Book...
Year 4 - Poetry Workshop
...n in Year 4 enjoyed a virtual Poetry session led by Adisa Stephen Ezeocha a poet and publisher. The children had fun with poems and rhymes....
Boys Book Club - 15th March 2021
The Boys Book Club met today 15th March 2021 and read some of their favourite books. We had, poetry, non fiction books, comic books and information texts. What do you like to read?
Year 4 - Poetry and Performance
Today (13-11-2020) the children in year 4 were excited to publish their anthology of poems and perform their poems. The children created an acrostic poem, simile poem and kennings poem. They were able to recognise different forms of poetry, read aloud their poems with intonation, volume, tone and...
Year 5 - Publishing Poetry
Today, we published the poetry we had been writing which was all about what were appreciate in our lives! This was limited to a whole school book we studied called Look Up!
Year 3 - 3G: Poetry
In 3G today the children published and performed their poems. All of the poems were inspired by the book Look Up! Look Up! The children have been learning about features of poems this week and have included some of them in their work
Year 2 - 2P Acrostic Poetry
We read our acrostic poems to each other. They were wonderful and interesting and everyone did amazingly!
Year 2 - 2C Christmas Poetry Slam
Last week we wrote some acrostic poems about Christmas and today we performed them in our class poetry slam! We learnt about about what makes a good audience member as well. Enjoy some of our acrostic poems!
Newsletter - 14th October 2016
... Last Thursday we celebrated National Poetry day and our theme was FREEDOM. So the children in 5M decided it was the perfect opportunity to release our butterflies, who had grown so huge, into the wild to allow them to taste their FREEDOM. Great overview of ke...
14th October 2016
Newsletter - 12th June 2015
...oems, which we put in '1B's Book of Poetry'. We also had the opportunity to read some of our Poetry at the Poetry assembly. Nursery joined Reception for an around the world extravaganza! The Infant Hall was filled with music and dance from countries around the world. you know what Buenos Dias means?...
12th June 2015
Year 5 - We are FREE
...ursday we celebrated National Poetry day and our theme was FREEDOM. So the children in 5M decided it was the perfect opportunity to release our butterflies, who had grown so huge, into the wild to allow them to taste their FREEDOM. Fly little butterfly Roam the skies Enjoy life Everlas...
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 - Poetry Workshop
The Year 5 children were excited today (22nd March 2019) when Bad Lay- Dee, a professional music artist came to class to help the children write a free style rap poem. The children first created a word bank of words then used them to create a free-style rap
Year 5 - Daubeney Poetry Competition Entries
Year 5 wrote entries for Daubeney's poetry competition. Good look everyone!
Year 3 - Poetry
Year 3 worked in groups to practise and perform Michael Rosen's 'Don't'. We use tone, intonation, actions and emphasis to bring the poem to life! We will be planning and writing our own performnce poem this week!
Year 2 World Poetry Day
...Poor thing!...
Boys Book Club - Poetry in the Garden
On Tuesday the 26th February 2019, the Boys Book Club made the most of the sunny day and enjoyed their session in our lovely Hop Garden. The boys read a selection of poems, then had the chance to recite some poems to their peers. It was a fun session filled with laughs and enjoyment. We were...
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!
