Music

Every child experiences the opportunity to realise themselves as composers and performers in their whole-class weekly music lessons. Lessons are delivered by our Music-specialists, using a holistic approach that includes moving, singing and playing as a way to understand and be creative in a range...

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...

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...

Maths

Our Vision Our vision at Blossom Federation is to nurture a life-long love and confident use of Maths. We aim to develop lively, enquiring minds encouraging pupils to become self-motivated, confident and capable in order to solve problems that will become an integral part of their future. Through...

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

Reception Graduation

On Monday 19th July, Reception had their graduation. We all looked the part in our graduation caps. We enjoyed singing our favourite class songs to our adults and our favourite Spanish song! We also enjoyed shaking our teachers hands and getting our certificates. We all had a lovely afternoon and...

Year 3 - 3K Christmas Song

Merry Christmas from 3K!

Year 6 - 6S Christmas Song

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

Year 6 - 6K Christmas Song

6K with the Christmas hit, Feliz Navidad! Merry Christmas to everyone from 6K!

Year 6 - 6FO Christmas Song

Here is 6FO’s contribution to the festive fun! Jingle bell jingle bell jingle bell rock!

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!

Year 5 - 5MC Christmas Song

Year 3 - 3S Christmas Song

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

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

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 2 - 2C Christmas Song

Year 1 - 1L Christmas Song

Year 1 - 1A Christmas Song

Reception - Yellow Class Christmas Song

Reception - Red Class Christmas Song

Reception - Christmas Jumper Day 2020

Wednesday 9th December was Daubeney's Christmas Jumper Day and Christmas Lunch! We spent the day taking part in Christmas activities such as decoration making, card making and playing Christmas songs! We also had our Christmas Lunch which we all enjoyed!

Reception - Blue Class Christmas Song

Year 4 - 4S Christmas Song

Year 4 - 4M Christmas Songs

Year 2 - 2P Christmas Song

Year 2 - 2HP Christmas Song

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

Year 1 - 1L RE Day: How and Why Christians Celebrate Christmas

For Autumn 2 RE day, Year 1 explored how and why Christians celebrate Christmas. We retold the Nativity story and thought about the people and why they are important to Christians. We then sang lots of Christmas songs and discussed other ways that people may celebrate, like putting up a Christmas...

Year 4 - 4S Diwali Workshop

4S enjoyed a Diwali workshop where they learnt about the story surrounding the festival of light and they achieved this through stories, song and dance

Spanish - First week

Very busy week for students at Daubeney after the summer break! Students in Year 1 have enjoyed singing along to familiar songs and revisiting greetings, while students in Year 5 have had the opportunity to improve their memory skills to help vocabulary retention through games, and learning about...

Year 5: History - Windrush

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

Rainbow Class - Learning about Seasons

Pupils explored learning about the different seasons by watching a short, engaging video and listening to a song related to seasonal changes. Following this, pupils took part in a hands‐on matching activity, where they matched pictures associated with each season, as well they were able to sequence...

Reception - Spanish: Numbers 1-10

In Reception, we also learn the numbers 1–10 in Spanish to help strengthen the children’s understanding of number value and number order. Through songs, games, and hands-on activities, the children build confidence recognising and counting numbers in both English and Spanish

Spanish - Eurovision Inspired Language Learning!

Today, in our Spanish lessons we have used the excitement of Eurovision as a fun and engaging context for language learning. Students practiced using numbers in context, casting their own votes and expressed opinions about some of the performances. They enjoyed listening to songs in a range of...

Rainbow Room - Incy wincy spider song

Children from the Rainbow Room were engaged in listening to their favorite spring song, "Incy Wincy Spider," sung by an adult. They practiced remembering the sequences and actions related to the song, while also following simple instructions such as putting the spider on the tube and letting it go....

Year 5 - Computing Workshop

Today, Mr Power from Sebright taught us about coding by using these mini computers called microbits! We learnt how to set them up and made our microbits show our name and even sing us a song!

Rainbow Room- Old McDonald Song

As part of the Singing Group Intervention, children from the Rainbow Room participated in an interactive session centered around their favorite song, "Old McDonald Had a Farm," using farm animals to make the activity more engaging. The adult sang a line of the song and paused, allowing...

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...

Rainbow Room - Singing Intervention (3 Speckled Frogs)

The children were engaged as the adult sang the familiar song "3 Speckled Frogs." They joined in singing along and followed the song's phrases to count the frogs from 1 to 3. As they sang, the children placed the frogs into a red container with water. Additionally, the children used a...

Year 3 – Spanish: Autumn Term Singing

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

Parakeet class learn about continents

This week year 2 have been learning about the 7 continents. We love singing the continent song! Ask us about them when you see us!

Year 5 - History: Windrush and Hackney

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

Spanish - KS1: My name, Parts of the day and Greetings

Pupils in KS1 have been learning how to introduce themselves in Spanish. They can ask other people their names and say who they are. They have also been learning the parts of the day and greetings in Spanish. They really enjoyed learning through songs and games

Year 5 – Spanish: Eurovision

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

Year 5 – Spanish/Music joint project

As part as a pioneering joint Spanish and Music project, students in Year 5 have revisited vocabulary and structures we originally learnt in the Autumn term. Students are now able to express their musical preferences and justify their opinions using music specific vocabulary, such a timbre ,...

Year 3 - Spanish - Spring Term 1 2023

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

Year 2 - Spanish - Spring Term 1 2023

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

Family Phonics Workshop - Session 4

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

Music - Summer Term 2022

It was a great year of skateboards, ukuleles, djembes, recorders with lots more in between. We enjoyed and celebrated our interschool concert with guest bands from Ickburgh, a local special needs school and also a band from Rushmore. Alongside this we often had our outdoor jam on a Friday lunchtime...

Year 5 & 6 Trip to Southend Adventure Island

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

Year 2 - 2P Singing School Trip

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

Year 2 - 2P Chocolate in Spanish & Lew Wallace School in Albuquerque

Year 2 have learnt the names of different types of chocolates in Spanish and can say which ones they like and the ones they don´t. They are sharing a song and everything they know of chocolate with their Music & Spanish pen pals in USA, the Lew Wallace Elementary school of Albuquerque

Year 4 - 4B PSHE: Resilience

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

Prefects' Morning Out

As a reward for all of their hard work this term, the prefects were treated to a morning at London Fields Park with some sweet treats from Broadway Market. We also had a Christmas sing song on the way home

1L RE Day - How and Why do Christians Celebrate Christmas?

1L had lots of fun for RE day in Autumn 2. We listened to the Nativity story and then acted it out as a class. We listened to some Christmas Carols and sang some Christmas songs while we decorated our Christmas tree with baubles! We also learnt about the Christmas star and decorated our very own...

Year 5 and 6 Residential 2020 - Day 4

[menu name="year5-6-residential-2020"] It’s Day 4 and you’d have thought the tiredness would have set in by now... well it has for the adults! The children are just as energised as ever. After a hearty breakfast, they were pasting their way down, by now, a well trodden and...

Year 1 - RE Day in 1L

For RE Day this half term, Year 1 explored how and why people celebrate Harvest. We explored which foods can be harvested and acted out how you would do this. We had fun pretending to dig up potatoes and carrots, and picking apples and pears off the tree! We also sang Harvest songs, and made our...

Father Christmas Visits Nursery

Nursery had a very special visitor on Monday. Father Christmas came and gave every child in nursery a special present. We sang him one of our special Christmas songs, which he liked very much. He even read us a poem that he had written too!

Year 1 - 1P's Monkey Puzzle Assembly

1P had our class assembly. We sang songs and told the story of Monkey Puzzle. We had a great time and thanks to everyone for coming!

Year 1 - 1L Jack and the Beanstalk Assembly

1L worked so hard for their class assembly today! They retold the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, and had fun singing songs

Rights Song

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Reception - Yellow Class Learn About 2D Shapes

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

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 - 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...

Nursery - Music Lesson

Yesterday Nursery had a very exciting Music lesson. After practising for Christmas songs for our upcoming performance, Mr O'Flynn took all the children around Nursery making music with......... Each one of those .......had a different beat and together Nursery had lots and lots of fun

KS1 Spanish & Music Assembly

This week KS1 had an amazing time in our Spanish & Music assembly. They played a Spanish quiz and sang their favourites Spanish songs. We could see how much they have learnt about numbers, colours, wellbeing or body parts, just to name a few. They were awesome!

Guitar and Ukulele

We have had a lot of success teaching ukulele to our Reception class. They have been working from a book called Ukulele Magic and can play a song called "Thumb Brush Strum."

Daubeney Choir Perform for Nursery

Nursery had visitors performing. Yes it was Daubeny's Choir! The Choir team came and sang some beautiful songs as Nursery and 2G watched delightfully. Children paid great attention to the Choir singing. Nursery children were very brave and took the opportunity to perform one of their Christmas...

Year 2 - 2C Visit the Tower of London

Today (7th March 2019) we went to the Tower of London and we learnt about the Great Fire of London. We got to sing songs, act and learn amazing facts about the Great Fire of London. We also had a chance to go to see other parts of the palace like the Crown Jewels and even meet an Earl from the 13th...

Collage by Atticus and Khanya 5M

Our budding Year 5 stars have been busy writing a song. Have a listen! I think you will agree that it is a very accomplished piece of song writing

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...

Blue Class met Andrew Weale

Blue Class met the author Andrew Weale today. He read them two stories, and a poem! They helped him retell his stories through rhyme and singing songs

Blue Class Assembly

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

Alexia Performs 'Long Way Home' For Our Singing Assembly

Alexia learned this song back in Year 3 and it is still one of her favourites. I think we can all agree, her voice is amazing! Well done Alexia

1Ps Class Assembly - Autumn 2018

Thank you to everyone who came to our assembly, we worked very hard learning our words, songs and remembering what order we were in!

1Ps Class Assembly - 18th January 2017

Thank you to everyone who came to see our assembly today. We worked very hard learning lots of songs and our lines. Unfortunately, we only managed to capture a snippet but we hope you like it!

Year 1 - 1T's Class Assembly: Growth Mindset

We had our class assembly on Thursday 7th February. We spoke about our SEAL topic for the term and we presented our cross curricular work. We enjoyed performing our songs for our friends and family. Thank you everyone for coming!

Year 2 - 2C Class Assembly - Great Fire of London

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

Year 1 - RE Day - Autumn 2020 - Harvest Festival

1A have been finding out why and how do people celebrate the harvest festival. We have been singing songs and making thank you cards for all the things we are grateful for. We also learnt what 'harvest' means and which food items can be harvested

Year 1 - 1P's Sharing Assembly

Thank you to everyone who came to our assembly. We had fun learning the Gruffalo story and the song with makaton signs! This is a special recording as the original didn't have sound! We hope you enjoy it

Year 2 - 2C Class Assembly - January 2020

We have been learning so much about the Great Fire of London! During our assembly we acted out the story and we even talked about how we know what happened during the fire. We ended out assembly be singing a song and doing all the actions. What was your favourite fact about the Great Fire of London?

Spanish - Español: Autumn Term Summary.

“FELIZ NAVIDAD Y PRÓSPERO AÑO NUEVO! = Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! -Y4 & Y2 worked on using more Spanish with their teachers and their classmates to follow instructions and to talk to each other. They had a great time playing bingo and many other games. - Y4 learnt...

Year 3 and Year 4 Carol Concert Preparations

Please read to find out what your child is singing for the carol concert and then help by practising the song at home. Carol Concert Lyrics 3P are singing Christmas is Coming , an original song by the Daubeney School Choir and Band 3G are singing I Saw Three Ships 3T are singing Wonder by Naughty...

Year 2 - 2C Class Assembly - October 2019

Today it was our class assembly and we told the story of The Magic Bojabi Tree! We even sang a song about friendship! Enjoy!

Year 6 Graduation - Class Of 2019

As always, it was an emotional farewell to our year 6’s on graduation day (17.7.19). There were speeches, there were guests of honour, there were songs, there were special achievements there were tears and there was laughter! As we all enjoy the summer, we reflect on the good times and wish...

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...

Year 2 - Carnival

Did you know that "Bee's Knees" and "Cat's Pajamas" were terms used in the 1920s that meant something was the best? After all the practice and and hard work we put into our dance, we were definitely the Bee's Knees and Cat's Pajamas! Our theme was the 1920s so we...

Year 3 Celebrate Wacky Day

Year 3 donned their most extravagant outfits and dyed their hair (and tongues!) every shade of the rainbow to celebrate all things wacky. They danced to some funky tunes, played on the climbing frame and even had a go at singing some songs themselves in the hop garden! Everybody had a whale of a...

KS1 & Reception Mariachi Assembly

For Hispanic week, KS1 and reception had fun this morning taking part in an assembly with a Mariachi band! We listened to them play lots of songs and we all joined in passing maracas around and having lots of fun! Thank you Mr Arribas for organising such a lovely assembly!!

Reception - Red Class Sharing Assembly

Red class performed brilliantly last Thursday (16th May 2019) and they enjoyed singing some of their favourite songs. It was a spectacular performance!

Year 2 - 2C Easter Bonnet Parade

Happy Easter! For our Easter Bonnet Parade, we decorated cards using felt tips, glitter and bow with rabbits and Easter eggs! We had a lot of fun designing them and we chose the song Firework by Katy Perry to dance to during the parade! Take a look at our photos! Which bonnet catches your eye?

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...

Yellow Class - Christmas Fun

Yellow Class have been having lots of amazing Xmas fun over the last couple of weeks. We did our nativity show where we all dressed up to perform for our families. It was very special and we sang Christmas songs and acted out a show. All the grown ups were so pleased at our talents. Definitely the...

Year 3 Maths Workshop

Year 3 took part in Maths workshop led by Mr Naidoo. The children were challenged through a series of activities to test their mathematical knowledge. They first of all began with a test of their times table where they had a set time to answer as many times table questions as they can. They later...

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 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 2 - 2C Singing the Continent Song

Last week in Year 2, we learnt about the continents by singing a song about it! 2C loved the song so much that they can’t stop singing it! Here is a video of our class singing the continent song. Do you know all 7 continents?

Rainbow Room: Human Body Learning

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