Literacy
...writing skills. Approaches to Speaking and Listening: Group discussions and reporting back to the ......in back-and-forth exchanges with their teacher and peers ELG Speaking – Participate in small g...
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...
Spanish
Pupils at our school learn Spanish and enjoy the benefits of starting to learn a foreign language at an early age. Learning a foreign language provides an opening to other cultures, fosters pupils’ curiosity and deepens their understanding of the world. It helps them to develop communication...
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...
Letters and sounds
Materials that concentrate on activities to promote speaking and listening skills, phonological awareness and oral blending.
Rainbow - Letters, Fingers Writing and CVC Learning
We had so much fun exploring literacy in our learning! The children enjoyed using the colorful sequence mats to create various marks and letters with their fingers, helping to develop early mark-making, letter formation, and fine motor skills. Also, were also fully engaged in practicing how to...
Year 4 Hornbills - Oracy - 5th November 2025
The children had a fun discussion session this morning 5-11-2025 as part of their study start. They used conversation prompts to explore speaking and listening as part of our oracy skills
Year 4 - Spanish: Weather
Children in Year 4 have been practising phonics and learning to describe the weather in Spanish - building confidence in both reading and speaking!
Year 4 – Science
Year 4 Hornbills made telephones using paper cups and they could hear their peers speaking through the telephones. We had lots of fun in Science today
Year 5 – Spanish: Confidence and Fluency Speaking
Year 5 students completing an exercise to reinforce the pronunciation of key sounds in Spanish. Students confidence and fluency develop as they feel more comfortable pronouncing words in Spanish
Gardening Afterschool Club
The gardening club began by introducing the important rules to children when it comes to using the school garden, for instance listening to each other, working in teams, being safe when using tools, taking respectful care of plants, fruits and vegetables etc so this was well followed by all the...
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 2 – Spanish: Story telling and learning a second language
Language learning begins with listening and speaking, so storytelling is a fabulous tool for teaching any language, whether that is a first or a second language . At Daubeney we learn new Spanish words and phrases in KS1 from stories. Stories teach us grammar and syntax in the most natural way....
Year 4 - Spanish - Spring Term 2
Excellent effort from students in Year 4 this half term who have had the opportunity to learn about a range of famous Spanish-speaking painters – including Pablo Picasso, Frida Khalo, Wilfredo Lam, Joaquín Sorolla and Salvador Dalí, and different art styles/movements. Students can now use a range...
Year 3 - 3T Explore Emotions
Everyone experiences an enormous variety of emotions-from excitement to fear to rage-and sometimes all of them in one day! It's perfectly normal. Today in 3T we explored different emotions, identifying their purpose and speaking about situations in which we have felt a particular way. We then...
Spanish learning website: Languagenut.com
All pupils at the Blossom Federation can now use Languagenut.com , one of the best online language-learning websites, which provides interactive and engaging activities and resources for children to learn Spanish. This online language-learning platform promotes a fun, simple and engaging approach...
Hispanic Week 2019
Our pupils learnt a lot about the Spanish speaking countries by researching, making presentations, posters, flags, maracas and many more. All staff, parents and especially children had an amazing time. A first-hand experience of the culture of all Spanish speaking countries: we had a Mexican...
Year 3 - 3T's Costa Rica Presentation
As part of Hispanic Week, 3T researched the Spanish speaking country of Costa Rica. Demonstrating their impressive capacity for teamwork, they focused on different areas, such as the animals, food and geography of Costa Rica, and created very informative posters. They then presented their findings...
Newsletter - 27th November 2015
Dear Parents and Carers, As you will see from our newsletter, we had a fun time 'Making a Noise' about bullying through a variety of workshops, concerts and lessons. It has been a very successful fortnight for raising our children's awareness of how we need to treat everyone with respect and be...
27th November 2015
Year 6 Meet Holocaust Survivor Eve Kugler
Year 6 had the privilege of speaking to a holocaust survivor, Eve Kugler, this week. Eve explained all about her family history and how she was separated from her parents who were interned in a concentration camp while she was forced to flee to an orphanage in America. The children were fascinated...
Year 3 / 4 - Spanish in the World and Geography in Spanish
This week, Year 3 & Year 4 are learning about Spanish in the world and Geography in Spanish! They can find Spain in a map, they can name all the continents, the most important Spanish cities and the Spanish speaking countries in Spanish. They also learnt the history behind how Spanish spread...
Speaking and Listening in Literacy Through Drama
What are Year 2 thinking?
Spanish Champions Armbands
Gracias, champions! Our Spanish champions now wear new armbands to show everyone at Daubeney that we really love Spanish in our school. They are doing a fantastic job in helping all pupils to learn more Spanish and encouraging them to practise what we learn in class throughout the week. We had a...
Literacy Parent Workshop - January 2019
The parents and children thoroughly enjoyed our January workshop which was led by Phil McDermott, the amazing story teller. They were enthralled listening to Phil tell an entertaining story then they had the opportunity to work in pairs to create their own stories. The parents learnt about the...
Hispanic Day 2018
This week all Daubeney celebrated their first Hispanic Day! Everyone had an amazing time learning to dance flamenco and pupils from all year groups learnt everything about all the Spanish speaking countries. They made flags, posters, drawings, masks and they could even enjoy a Spanish lunch!
Parent Communication - 19th June 2026
Daubeney Primary School places a strong emphasis on the development of oracy, recognising speaking and listening as essential skills for both learning and life.
