Assessment

...er assessments in Reading, Writing, Maths and Science are submitted to the DfE at the end of June. Peer Assessment Peer assessment is done at the end of an activity when children are given the opportunity to assess each other’s work. Time is given for children to exchange books etc. and comment on...

About our Curriculum

...ory, Art, Design Technology and Science. Curriculum Impact We plan our lessons with clear learning o......st completing reasoning activities. Science In Science, skills and knowledge sheets are used whic......g reasoning activities. Science In Science, skills and knowledge sheets are used which follow the...

Science and Sustainability

...s Gedny. Sustainability Links......e recognise the importance of Science in every aspect of daily life. As one of the core subjects tau...... the teaching and learning of Science the prominence it requires. Our vision for Science is, “to ...

Computing

...the three aspects: Computer Science – this covers programming (both block-based and text-based), including computational thinking using web-based software such as Scratch. children across Key Stage 1 and 2 will write code to program physical and on-screen objects, interactive games and use text-...

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

Year 4 - String Telephones

Year 2 - Science Day 2024

Year 4 - Science

Year 3 - Science Lab

Year 5: Science - Geocentric and Heliocentric theory

Year 5 created posters and presented this to their peers. They researched about two different theories; it conveyed which planet or sun is the focal point, and how other planets revolve around it

Year 2 Science week 2 - Plants

...ted 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!...

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 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 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...

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 Hawk Class - Into University Experience

Monday During Our Into University Experience, On Monday, we did the carousel activity learning bout psychology, philosophy, classics and social sciences. Tuesday On Tuesday we did self portraits or our fellow peers. . In the afternoon, we carried out research, created fact files and biography and...

Year 5: Science - Air Resistance

Today for science, Year 5 tested air resistance by making parachutes and then allowing them to free-fall. They observed the parachute as it fell towards the ground. This was followed by, partner talk on why the parachute slowed down

Year 5 - Science: Careers related to forces and motion

Year 5 explored a variety of careers relating to forces and motion. For the main activity, they created either a poster or slideshow to present to their peers

Year 4 - Science: Making Circuits

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

Science - Weather Reporters!

In parrot class we have been busy reporting the weather. We pretended to be weather reporters and used weather symbols to demonstrate the weather conditions in each of the 4 countries in the UK. Take a look to se what fun we had!

Year 3 - Scientific Investigation

...ried out a fair test in their Science lesson. They tested different surfaces to identify the one with the most and least friction, measuring the distance their car travelled....

Year 2 - Science: Dream jars

Our topic this half term is the environment and we are thinking about how humans can help the planet. We collected old jars throughout the week and then recycled them to give them a new purpose. We used paint and glitter, along with cotton wool, to create our very own magical dream jars. We had...

Year 3 - Science

Today 17.01.2024 the children learnt all about how plants and animals obtain food

Year 3 - Magnetic Hunt

...in Kingfisher class had a fun Science Lesson today 2-05-2024 searching for buried treasure using mag......using magnets. As part of our Science lesson we are learning about forces and magnets and the childr...

Science Exposé

...In the end, we all learnt that Science is in everything we do; whether we are on the playground, adjusting lights or mixing colours. Who knew that slicing bread actually involves a lot of Science? Using gravity and fiction is Science. Below we have feedback from some of the children: Year 3 - Luca -...

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 - Science: Week 5

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

Year 5: Science - Sir David Attenborough

This term for science, Year 5 are focusing on different scientists and inventors. This lesson we focused on the famous British broadcaster and biologist, Sir David Attenborough for his amazing contribution to the world of science. Children first researched and then produced their own documentaries...

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

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...

Year 6 - Science: Shadows Experiment

We finally did our experiment this week! A couple of weeks ago, we discussed and wrote up our predictions to the question: How is the shape and size of an object’s shadow determined? Today, we got to see if our predictions were accurate! We even drew bar charts and wrote up our conclusions...

Year 2 - Science in the Hop Garden

We have been learning about habitats all around the world recently, so we decided to take a look in our own garden to see what lives and grows there. We were able to identify a range of plants in our garden habitat, such as clover, ivy, lily pads, carrots and much more! We also saw some common...

Year 5 - Science: Soluble or Insoluble

Do you know what soluble or insoluble means? Today, the children in year five learnt the meaning of these two words. We learnt about what it means for a substance to dissolve and we even did an experiment to test out what we know

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 5 - Science: Separating mixtures

In this lesson, we learnt about 4 different processes of separating mixtures: evaporating, decanting, filtering and sieving. We made our predictions on the evaporation experiment then conducted a carousel activity of the other 3 processes

Year 5 - science: how does gravity work?

Year 5 used computers to research about gravity and how it impacts the environment around us. Using the information they discovered, they produced posters containing facts and amazing designs

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

Year 4 Trip to the Science Museum

...r 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 topic electronics....

Year 4M Science Experiment at Cardinal Pole Secondary School

...ren 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 different chemical...

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 5 - Literacy: Conscience Alley

Should Harry Potter stay with the Dursley's or go with Hagrid to Hogwarts? What do you think? Would you trust going to a new school with someone you've just met? We debated this by doing a conscience alley and had some amazing arguments!

Year 2 - Science Plant Hunt

...here in school!...

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 5 - Science: Planets

...ings we learnt about today in Science!...

Year 4L Science at Cardinal Pole Secondary School

...arkles....

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 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 - Science: Soluble or Insoluble?

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

Year 2 - Science: Material Sorting

Year 2 thought about the properties of various materials that they could find around the classroom. We discussed what each item was made from, and how that affected it's use. We also discussed how we could sort the items in various ways, giving reasons each time

Year 4 - ICT and Science - The Human Digestive System

Today, 9-11-2022, the children in Year 4 used their Chromebooks to further research the human digestive system, learning key facts and information. They also completed an activity, labelling the digestive system and a quiz

Year 4 - Science and ICT: Classifying Living Things

Today, 12-10-2022, the children in Year 4 used their Chromebook and explored classifying living things. They completed a range of fun activities on Purplemash learning all about classifying animals

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...

Year 6 - ICT and Science in 6M

...etrieve information about our Science topic. This term in Science we will be looking at Scientist an......r Science topic. This term in Science we will be looking at Scientist and Inventors....

Year 4 - Telephone Science

The children in 4M had fun making their own telephones. I wonder how is it possible to hear each other- what makes the sound travel?

Science and JIGSAW

... watching the magic happen!...

Year 3 - ICT and Science

...sh to discover more about our Science topic Rocks and Soil....

Parrot Class - Science: Planting

In science we have been planting beans. We did an experiment to see which plant will grow best. Is it the one with no water? Is it the one with water and sun? Is it the one with no sun? I wonder which one it will be

Year 3 Science - The Human Skeleton: Spring 1 2025

The children in Year 3 studied the human skeleton. They discussed the main parts and the functions of the various bones. They also had an opportunity to make the human skeleton in class

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 3 Science - Fossils

The children in Year 3 studied how fossils are formed and how we can identify different species from fossils

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...

Year 2 Science - Exercise

... and brains....

Year 5 - Science: Soluble and Insoluble

Year 5 had a science lesson to remember ! They put their investigational skills to the test, as they conducted an experiment to test if certain substances would dissolve. The experiment required them to first predict if the substances were soluble or insoluble in water. Moreover, the outcome was...

Year 3 Science and ICT

...plants which is part of their Science unit. Next week we will be learning more about plants and what they need in order to grow....

Year 2 - Zoo Trip 2023

... 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!...

Year 3 Science Experiment

The children in Year 3 enjoyed their experiment to see how water travels up the stem to the leaves

Year 5 - Sea Life Trip

Year 5 visited the lovely Sea Life Aquarium in relation to what they are learning in science. They observed a variety of sea creatures, living things and the habitats; a great opportunity for them to use their inner curiosity, to explore about the wonders of marine life

Year 3 - Science Autumn Term 2023

The children in Year 3 enjoyed planting their own seeds. They will observe it grow over the next few days

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...

Parakeet class trip to Hackney City Farm

...y farm animals as part of our Science topic this half term. We saw a range of animals including pigs, donkeys, goats and ducks!...

Year 3 - Science

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

Year 2 - Trip to the Science Museum

Year 5 - Science: Friction - Spring 2025

To learn about friction, we carried out an experiment where we tested the distance that toy cars went on different surfaces

Year 4 - Science

... in Year 4 are enjoying their Science learning this term which is all about the states of matter. They discussed the different states of matter and how they change. They also used their Chromebook to research facts and information about the topic....

Year 4 - Science Experiment

The children in Year 4 had an exciting science lesson where they carried out a fair test to investigate factors that affect evaporation. They soaked three cloths in different amounts of water making them different in weight. Then hung them out to dry and recorded the weight every hour. The children...

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 - Trip to the Science Museum - Spring 2026

We went to the science museum to learn about space and what life was like for the astronauts in space

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,...

Rainbow Class - Seasons Arts & Crafts

...ombined 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 seasonal clo...

Year 4 - Understanding the States of Matter

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...

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

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 4 Science - Making telephones

Year 4 - Hornbill: Science

The children in Hornbill were super excited when they made their own string telephones. They learnt all about sound and how sound travels. They discussed the science behind how we hear and decided to make their own string telephones

Year 5 - Science - Spherical Bodies

...ear 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, distance...

Rainbow Class- Jungle Animals

... in the jungle....

Year 4 Hornbills - Wow Day - Spring 2026

The children had an amazing day making their own board games. Their first lesson they used their science learning to add lights to their designs then completed their board games. After, they played their games and evaluated them against a specific criteria

Year 2 - Science: Changing shapes experiment

We carried out an experiment about how we can change the shapes of different objects by stretching, squashing, bending and twisting

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

The children had fun today in their science lesson designing a blue print for a product that uses electricity

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...

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

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 - Hop Garden

...long the way too!...

Year 6 - Science Research Activity

The children in Year 6 used their ICT skills to research information and develop their learning all about micro-organisms. They used different ICT skills to gather and record their information

Year 6 Science - Classifying a new specie

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

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 - 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...

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

Year 1 Peacock - Science: Lego

...ego Masterpieces....

Rainbow Class - Human Life Cycle & Needs / Human Body

... life cycle stages....

Rainbow Room: Human Body Learning

...nto worksheets....

Rainbow Class: Body X-Ray Art Fun

...d hands-on way....

Year 2 - Science: Reusing

What does it mean to reuse? We learnt about this and did a fun activity where we reused scrap paper to making origami jumping frogs!

Year 2 - Science: Recycling items

Do you know what items can be recycled? We explored this by sorting items into different categories

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...

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

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 3 – Learning Science through Spanish

Children in Year 3 have had the chance to build up and consolidate their science knowledge through Spanish. They can now name a range of vertebrates and invertebrates and describe their characteristics in two languages!

Year 3 Toucan - Great Gases

We attended a science workshop about Great Gases, where we explored the properties and effects of liquid nitrogen, observed how electricity moves, and examined the way heat rises

Rainbow Room - Our Body: Identity Play

As part of the science activity, we incorporated an identity play where children were asked to use a doll to identify and name different body parts. This activity aimed to help them become more familiar with the human body

Rainbow Room - Science (Our Body)

The children were actively participating in a science lesson focused on learning about the human body. They engaged in a body parts memory game that helped them learn the names of various body parts. In this game, they matched the names of body parts with their corresponding pictures, such as the...

Year 3 - Kahoot in ICT

...wering questions based on our Science topic - Animals and Humans....

Year 5 - Science: Water Resistance

We learnt about water resistance by carrying out an experiment where we tested out dropping chunks of plasticine into water to see what shape was the most streamlined and had the least water resistance

Year 5 - Science: Air Resistance

We learnt about air resistance by making parachutes to test how the size of the parachute changes the speed of falling

Year 2 trip to the Science Museum

... 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 learning ...

Year 5 - British Science Week Workshop

...un experiments during British Science Week! We had fun learning using dry ice! We even attempted to make our own ice cream!...

Year 2 - Science Recycling

This week we discussed recycling items from around the classroom and at home. We identified various recycling bins that we may have for different materials such as paper, metal, glass and fabric. We learnt about the recycling process and why this is a better option than throwing things away in the...

Year 2 - Science Hop Garden

...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 - Changing Materials

...r predictions were correct....

Year 3 - Trip to Stepney Farm

Today, Year 3 visited Stepney Farm, where they observed various animals and identified which ones are vertebrates and which are invertebrates, linking to their science topic for this term. They also discussed what these animals might eat if they lived in the wild

Year 4 - Science - Experimenting with electrical circuits

Year 4 had fun experimenting with electrical circuits in science. We were able to make the bulb light up using foil instead of wires. This is because foil is made of metal which is an insulator

Year 3 Kingfisher - Science - Spring 2025

The children in Kingfisher discussed the terms vertebrates and invertebrates. Their activities allowed them to identify which animals belong to vertebrates and invertebrates. The children also did some research using their Chromebooks to find facts about the topic they are learning

Year 3 Kingfisher - Shadow puppets

...ldren in Year 3 enjoyed their Science lesson today using torches to make a shadow theatre. They had so much fun....

Year 5 - Science: Models of the Solar System

We learnt about how and why the model of the solar system has changed over time from the Ancient Egyptians’ God Ra, to the Ancient Greeks’ Geocentric model, to Nicolaus Copernicus’ Heliocentric model

Rainbow Room - Exploring and Learning about Materials

Our pupils have been diving deeper into their science learning this week as they explored a variety of living materials in our investigation tray. The pupils were encouraged to observe, touch and discuss both familiar and unfamiliar items, allowing their natural curiosity to guide their...

Year 4 - Amazing Home Learning

...ir weekly home learning and a Science home learning project....

Year 1 Peacocks - Our Body

... includes all of our bones!...

Year 4 Science - The Digestive System

The children discussed and identified the main parts of the digestive system. then they looked at the functions of each part. with this knowledge they created their information posters all about the digestive system and how it works

Year 3 Science - Rocks

Year 3 had fun exploring the 3 main types of rocks - igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. We examined different rocks and used key vocabulary to describe their properties

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 1 Peacocks - Evergreen or Deciduous?

...f trees and their features....

Year 2 - Science: Hackney City Farm

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

Year 2 - Science: Living, Dead, Never Alive

In this lesson, we learnt about how how everything can be thought of as living, dead or never alive. We talked about what makes something a living thing (MRS GREN)

Year 5 - Science: Day and Night

How do we have day and night? What purpose does the sun play in giving us daylight? Why is it dark at night? We investigated this in this lesson!

Rainbow Room - Human Life Cycle

...es changes people grow....

Rainbow Room - Our Body and Senses

...nd senses as part of PHSE and Science....

Rainbow Room - Our Body and Senses

...pasta....

Year 3 Kingfisher - Science Investigation

The children in Kingfisher class had an interesting lesson investigating magnetic and non-magnetic objects. The children used magnets to explore objects around the class and test to see whether they were magnetic or non-magnetic

Year 6 Hawks - British Science Week Workshop - Dry Ice experiment

...s spring term was the British Science Week . This year’s theme was ‘Adapt and Change’ the 6 Hawks enjoyed Science workshop whereby they learnt about state of matter and even attempted to make ice-cream. The children had the opportunity to explore different hypothesis and the functions of dry i...

Year 6 - Hawks & Eagles: Science - Circuit and Voltage Experiment

Before the experiment, we begun the lesson by recapping our prior knowledge: scientific symbols for circuits, the difference between circuits and voltage as well as our hypothesis. We began our learning by understanding the difference between electricity and circuits and how voltage equals power....

Year 4 – Science

...phones. We had lots of fun in Science today....

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 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!

Comic Relief 2022

Our Junior Mental Health Team helped raise money for Comic Relief. Our Daubeney children donated £1 and dressed up with the theme of, Make us Laugh! Helping others and helping yourself. It’s good for you! Doing things for other people actually has a beneficial effect on developing our own...

Year 3 and Year 4 - Science Club

The children in year 3 and 4 enjoyed experimenting with surface tension, floating and investigating how different objects, even unlikely ones, can float due to manipulating the surface tension. Mr Ricardo was amazed to see how well the junior scientist carried out the investigation and their...

Year 5 - 5M Full STEAM Ahead

...26th February 2019) to have a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics workshop. The children played many different games looking at various occupations and their meanings and designed a floating boat using only limited resources....

Year 4 - Woodberry Wetlands

...y have been learning about in Science. At first the children were scared and didn't want to get their hands dirty but by the end of the day everyone was brave enough to get their magnifying glasses out and get stuck in!...

Year 4 - Woodberry Wetlands

As part of our science topic, we were very lucky to take part in the workshops held by the Woodberry Wetlands centre. We got the opportunity to go and look for creatures in the wildlife and observe and classify what they were using the classification key. We also got to go pond dipping where we...

Year 4 - Science: How Sound Travels

...derstand" - Dorina...

Year 4 - Science: How Our Bodies Work

...Year 4 have been very busy in Science investigating our bodies and how they work. One of our Learning Questions was 'How can different liquids affect our teeth' and we were able to investigate that in class! If you want to find out more, ask our Year 4 students about how we conducted the ...

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 - What We're Learning in Spring 2 2017

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

Year 5 - IntoUniversity: Space

...at time learning and enjoying Science....

Year 3 - Science Week 2019

As part of science week, Year 3 used their engineering skills and creativity to create their unique inventions. Their invention must help people/the environment. They will be taking part in a national competition and if they are lucky enough to be the winner, REAL engineers will bring their...

Year 3 - Reading Club

...which linked with our British Science Week. The book was called 'I have an Idea' and showed many great inventions from past to present. The Year 3 boys will be meeting every week, on Wednesday to celebrate reading and read for pleasure. Next week they will read a book all about 'Super...

Year 3 - Investigating the Effect of Food Colouring on Stems

Year 3 have been investigating the effect of food colouring on stems. We have made our predictions and will draw our conclusions soon!

Year 3 - Forces and Magnets

Year 3's science topic for this term is forces and magnets. After creating mind maps to think about what questions we had about this area, we then took part in a game of tug of war! We discovered the the team who used the most force (pulling) would win. If we used equal force then the rope did...

Year 2 visits Year 1 - Science Week Experiments

...ing to nibble on!)....

Year 2 Super Science

Learning About Plants

Year 5 - British Science Week 2019

Today (12th March 2019) the children in Year 5 used their engineering skills and creativity to design a product as part of a nation wide competition. Their product must be able to help in any way or form and all applications will be submitted by to the nominated university and their engineering...

Year 5 - Junior Scientist

Today (5h February 2019) the Year 5 children used their moon phase home learning to help them create a scientific poster. Their posters included the different phases of the moon and many relevant facts about the moon. This helped the Year 5 children understand the importance of sharing and...

Year 2 - Space and Astronauts at the Science Museum

...into space!...

Year 5 visit the Science Museum

...r!...

Year 6... It's Electrifying!

WOW! In science in Year 6 we have been delving into the enlightening topic of electricity. It was a truly de-light-ful lesson today when we got hands on with all the circuitry components. We made bulbs light, buzzers go BZZZZT and even made helicopters move across the table

Year 6 - Science Week 2016

Year 6 - BBC Launch of Terrific Scientific

Year 5's Air Resistance Experiments

...tance experiment based on our Science topic of Forces. We developed a question as a class of whether two parachutes of different surface areas would land at the same time if dropped from the same height. We used plastic bags, cellotape and strings to create our parachute. We then tested it by dro...

Year 5 Visit to the Science Museum

...uary 2019) Year 5 visited the Science Museum. We delved into our Science topic which is ‘Space’ and we explored many scientific discoveries and had a whale of a time. What was your favourite learning experience of the day?...

Year 5 - We Made Our Own Planets

...work will be displayed on our Science board. Please come to the Year 5 classes if you would like to see our fantastic learning....

Year 5 - Natural History Museum

Year 5 had the pleasure of visiting the beautiful Natural History Museum in central London. We explored the many exhibits it had to offer including an insect room, fossils from prehistoric times as well as a mammal room and more! All of this related to our science topic this term: Living Things...

Year 5 - The Friction Test

Today in science (23rd April 2019) the Year 5 children tested the different effects of friction, using four different surfaces. The children build a ramp and with a toy car measured the distance the car travelled on different surfaces, testing the effects of friction

Year 5 - STEAM Competition

A massive well done to all teams who participated from Year 5 today in a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) competition. The students showed amazing teamwork skills. Congratulations to all teams - one team from 5M came 3rd while the team from 5F came first and made it...

Year 5 - Seperating Mixture Experiment

The children in year 5 today (1st April 2019) were very busy this afternoon in their science lesson. the task was to use various mixtures; sand and iron, sand and plastic, flour and lentils, sand and water and with resources they had to separate the mixtures using their scientific knowledge

Year 5 - Scientific Experiment

Today (5th March 2019) the Year 5 children carried out a fair test to investigate the affects of different water temperatures on sugar. The children used hot, warm and cold water to test whether the sugar will dissolve at different times. They used different water temperatures but ensured...

Year 5 - Science and Maths

Today (30th April 2019) the Year 5 pupils used their science and maths skills (cross curricular links) to draw a bar graph in order to present their data from the friction fair test carried out last week. The children used their data, and constructed a bar graph to show the effects of friction on...

Year 5 - Our Planets

...sed their Literacy skills and Science skills, combining them to create a wonderful display....

Year 2 Science Week - Molecules and Atoms

...e scientific slime!...

Year 2 - Science: Plants

...s....... what they need to grow well. Science is fun and we are excited about learning more about plants....

EcoACTIVE Awards

...his year!...

Daubeney Science Juniors

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

Daubeney on You and Yours - BBC Radio 4

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

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...

Centre of the Cell

Centre of the Cell is a science education centre based at Queen Mary, University of London. It is the first science education centre in the world to be located within working biomedical research laboratories. Year 6 were amazed to be part of an high-tech interactive experience on cell biology

1D - Sense Investigation

...did a sense investigation for Science. We explored what our senses do for us by tasting different items, listening to different instruments, smell different things, touching different materials and looking into sight boxes....

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...

Guardian Visits Daubeney

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

Science Club

The children really enjoyed experimenting with surface tension

Year 2 - Science Trip to Victoria Park

... Victoria Park as part of our Science topic on plants. We enjoyed looking at different types of trees and plants....

Year 1 - Plants

...or a healthy plant to grow....

Year 2 - Planting Onions

... Take a look at our photos!...

Year 2 - Living Things and Their Habitats

... things and their habitats in Science! In partners we decorated shoeboxes that highlighted key features and animals of each habitat. Take a look at these photos of our habitats! Which habitat would you like to live in?...

Year 2 - Conscience Alley

Over the next two weeks in literacy, we will be learning about how to write an excellent informal letter. Today, we read a book called “The Day the Crayons Quit”. It is about a boy, called Duncan, and how his crayons quit and left him because they were not happy with how he was treating...

Year 2 - 2K Sharing Assembly

We had our sharing assembly yesterday (18th October 2018)! In geography, we talked about the oceans and the continents. In science, we talked about habitats and how important they are for animals. In literacy, we sang a song that narrated a story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Thank you for...

Year 1 visits Year 2 - Science Week Experiments

...bowl of water.....!...

Year 1 - Zoo Lab visit 1L

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

Year 1 - Jaws, Paws and Claws Workshop

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

Science Club

The children in science club today (17-10-2018) run by Mr Dan and Mr Ricardo, was a super excited and fun filled session. The children used ingredients to make their own slime, which turned out to be AMAZING! The children look forward to the next session, after half-term, where they will be making...

Year 1 - Animals

...phibians, mammals and fish....

The Science Team at The Royal Society

... Team at The Royal Society...

Science Juniors Make Lava Lamps

... Check out our lava lamps.......nity to get onto the Daubeney Science Laboratory (The Daubeney Bus) and don their white coats to car...

Science in 2G

In Year 2 we have been learning about plants in our science lessons. We have conducted an experiment where we planted some beans and cared for them in a variety of ways. Over the past 2 weeks we have observed how they have grown. We planted the beans in the same way but then changed the conditions...

Science Club - Sound and Vibration

...h string by making it vibrate!...

Science Club - Circuits

...time using a parallel circuit....

Science Club - Bubbles

... Science club!...

Science Show

Daubeney Students had the chance to see a science show which included hovering ping pong balls, elephant toothpaste, unpoppable balloons, UV lights and fizzy rockets!

Year 1 - 1L Science Week 2021

1L have had lots of hands on science fun this week! We started with a skittles experiment to find out what happens when you add water to skittles, then thought about which materials would keep Incy Wincy Spider dry from the rain! Then we went on a very windy senses hunt around the school to see...

Nurture Group - Year 1 - Science Experiment: Leak Proof Bag

Today in nurture we did a science experiment. We stuck sharpened pencils through a bag full of water and much to everyone's surprise, the bag did not leak! This is because the bag is made of a polymer - which is long, flexible chains of molecules. when you poke the pencil through the bag, the...

Year 4 - Science: Can you see sound?

Today, 18th May 2021, the children in Year 4 carried out a fun investigation to see whether they can actually see sound. The children used cling film, a bowl, hundreds and thousands and tested to see the vibrations created by various sounds around us

Year 4 - 4S Mental Health Awareness

For PHSE, 4S went into the Hop Garden and meditated to observe the natural sounds around them which links to what they are currently learning in science. They were able to draw, say and write why it is important to take care of your mental health through regular walks, meditation and turning off...

Year 5 - Science: Properties and Changes of Materials

Year 5 are studying properties and changes of materials in science. We had a practical lesson in which we looked at magnetism and decanting and had lots of fun doing it!

Year 4 - Science: Making Sound

Today, 11-05-2021, the children in Year 4 enjoyed making sound by making a telephone cup. The children discussed how sound travels and how we hear

Year 3 - Science

This week in science Year 3 have continued learning about light. We conducted 2 experiments to answer our learning question Can mirrors control light?

Year 6 - First Week Back

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

Year 5 - Science Team Meeting

Today we had another look at female scientists. In groups, we choose a scientist, researched her and presented the information to the rest of the team!

Year 5 - British Science Week 2021: Solar System

We looked at the solar system in Year 5. We talked about the planets and how the sun is at the centre of our solar system, although people believed differently in the past. We then made our own models of this!

Year 5 - British Science Week 2021: Outdoor Learning

Today, we went outside to play bingo! We had to find certain plants, animals or objects. We discussed this after and talked about anything unusual we found. We also passed around some plants and herbs that were in the hop garden

Year 3 - British Science Week 2021: Egg Investigation

In Year 3 we had the task to make an egg travel down a zip wire. The children were given pipe cleaners and straws to design a harness for the egg. the children were very inventive in their designs. We were learning about fair tests and how to introduce variables to the investigation

Year 3 - British Science Week 2021

Year 3 conducted an experiment to discover what colour bubbles are. We made bubble bottles to observe the colour of the bubbles. We found that at first the bubbles appeared colourless, but when held up against the light the bubble split revealing different colours of the rainbow

Year 2 - British Science Week 2021

...d tested them out!...

Year 5 - British Science Week 2021

...s of fun!...

Science Team Meeting - 26th May 2021

Today, we had a science team meeting to discuss female scientists across history. The science team members were given the task of researching the scientists and will feed back to each other in their next meeting!

Nurture Group - Raincloud Experiment

In science we are learning about seasons so we did a raincloud experiment. We used shaving foam and food colouring. We learnt that when water droplets grow heavy in the sky, gravity pulls them down from the clouds as rain just like the experiment

Junior Science Team Meeting - March 2021

Today, the junior science team looked at different liquids. We predicted what would happen if we placed them in a cup. Some said they would mix while others said they would separate. After doing the experiment, they separated and some children used great vocabulary such as "heavy, density, sink and...

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 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 4 Outdoor Science Investigation - How does distance affect the volume of the sound?

Year 4 developed their scientific skills by investigating how sound is affected by the distance it travels. They made their prediction and also discussed how the investigation could be a fair one by considering the variables

Year 6 - 6M ICT and Science

...ectrical circuit....

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 - Science: Separating Materials

We explored how we can separate different materials. We had to separate metal from sand using magnetism. We then investigated how different liquids can separate depending on their density. We also mixed some salt into some water and we will be observing it over the next few weeks to see if the salt...

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

...ody that we know!...

Year 5 - Science: Air Resistance

In Year 5, we have been learning about air resistance. We made parachutes ourselves and tested them!1

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

Junior Science Team Meeting - November 2021

...t motors and bulbs!...

Year 5 - Outdoor Learning: Life Cycles

Our science topic of this half term is Animals and their habitats and during it we have been learning about the life cycles of different types of animals and insects. During our outdoor learning session, we learnt about a frogs life cycle, what type of animal they are and what they eat. We also...

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

Year 3 - Science: Plants and Flowers

...bout plants this half term in Science. The children have spent time in the Hop garden carefully observing the flowers growing there. This week they have been learning about the functions of different parts of a plant....

Robotic Arm Science Team Meeting

One of our science team members kindly brought in a robotic arm and expertly explained how it worked to the rest of the group. Everyone then had a go at using it and we tried to pick up different objects using the claw and suction cup!

Year 4 - British Science Week 2021

Today 10th March 2021 the children in Year 4 had a fun session making close circuits. The children had bulbs, batteries, switches, motors and connecting wires

Year 4 - British Science Week 2021

Today 9th March 2021 the children enjoyed making their own lava lamps using simple ingredients and apparatus. They had loads of fun during our afternoon of science

Year 1 - Science Fun

...this morning taking part in a Science experiment! We have been learning all about Mae Jemison who was the first black female to go into space, and today we discovered how a rocket blasts off. We made our own mini rockets using film canisters and effervescent tablets! We had so much fun watching them...

Year 4 - Science Investigation

The children in Year 4 carried out a very interesting science experiment to understand how sound travels through vibrations. They used a coat hanger, string and ties the string to each end. Then wrapping the string around their index fingers, placing it in their ear openings and hitting the hanger...

Year 4 - Information Posters

...e children in year used their Science knowledge and their learning from their Science lessons, to he......and their learning from their Science lessons, to help them to create an information poster all abou...

Year 1 - 1L Science Investigation

1L had fun doing a science experiment today, testing materials to see if they were waterproof. We were thinking about our big question this half term 'Could all materials keep us dry?'. We predicted which materials would keep a teddy dry and then used different materials to cover a teddy in...

Daubeney Awarded Top Award of PSQM Outreach for Science

Last night (13th November 2019) our ex-science lead Mr Swarbrick had the honour of collecting our PSQM Outreach award. He led science for 3 years and this is testament to the incredible science work that happens at Daubeney and it was a pleasure to be a part of the process. At Daubeney we truly...

Year 6 - First Week in 6S

We have had a fantastic first week in 6S. In science we have started by asking questions about all the things we want to know about classification. In Literacy we got into character by performing role play of our modern version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We have also had our WOW Day and...

Year 5 - 5M Forensic Science Workshop

Today the Year 5 children enjoyed a special Forensic science workshop where they had to become detectives. The children used clues, fingerprints, footprints and objects left at the crime scene to identify the suspects and locate the missing dog

Summer Project 2018

To keep your brains ticking over the Summer holidays, here are some fun and creative activities for you to sink your teeth into. There are maths, literacy, creative and science activities for Key Stage 1 and 2. We look forward to seeing your amazing home learning in September! Creative KS1 KS2...

Year 1 - 1L Explore Our Senses

...ery day!...

Year 2 - Science Experiment

Today we did an experiment on how we can change the shape of everyday materials. We did things like squashing, bending, twisting and stretching. We experimented on objects like pen pots, feathers, straws, jumpers, lolly sticks and rubber bands. Can you guess which object changed the most? Can you...

1L's Class Assembly

...t animals including humans in Science! They worked really hard, well done 1L!...

Year 6 Science - Growing Mould

In science we have been learning about animals, plants and microorganisms. We could find plenty of examples of animals and plants and we decided to grow our very own microorganisms in class whilst also carrying out a scientific investigation. We are going to observe the effect water has on mould...

Year 1 - Science in 1S

Last week, 1S ventured into the hop garden to investigate our topic: 'nature around us' We loved being outdoors, looking at (and listening to) all that was around us. We loved the tomato and raspberry plant, carefully observing that different stages of the growth cycle - we especially liked...

Year 4M Class Assembly - 19th November 2020

Today 19-11-2020 our junior science and literacy team members led our class assembly. They explained their roles and activities in the group. There was also an opportunity to ask questions

Year 4M Class Assembly - 17th November 2020

Today 17-11-2020 the school council members led our class assembly in 4M. They discussed the role of a school council member and took ideas from the class to make our class even better. It was really nice to have the children leading an assembly and our next assembly will be led by the junior...

1L Science - What does a plant need to grow?

...excited to watch them grow!...

Nurture Group - Year 1: Nature All Around Me

... add to our nature display....

Nurture Group - Year 2: Science

In science we have also been learning about the weather so we decided to go and have a look at the clouds and learn their different names. We used a creative lesson to recreate them

Nurture Group - Science: Labelling Body Parts

Year 1 - Science in the Hop Garden

...the Hop Garden as part of our Science topic 'Nature All Around Us'. We looked for plants that were growing in our school environment and explored the bug hotels too! We then practised our sketching skills by drawing our favourite plant in the garden. We had lots of fun!...

Science and Art in Year 2

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

Virtual Assembly - 7th May 2020

...Science and Sustainability...

Virtual Assembly - 6th May 2020

...Science...

Virtual Assembly - 4th May 2020

...and Science...

Hello to 3G

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

Scientist of the Week

One pupil stood out for his hard work and dedication and emerged as Daubeney's Scientist of the Week. He worked tirelessly, assisting the team in Daubeney's science gadget shop but also assisting the science lead in presenting jaw-dropping experiments to the rest of the school

British Science Week 2020

...a close on an awesome British Science Week. Parents spent the afternoon in school educating and m......o was amazing. "Science is the best!" "I wish every day we could ...

Year 4 - Young Scientist

...te scientist to celebrate our Science Week in Daubeney. The children were excited to explain who the......The children have enjoyed our Science Week and will be very excited to welcome our next Science acti...

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